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PtP - One Directionless (1)
Week 6: CompletionOption 1
Spell Bound
337 pages/GR
How it fits: green (grass on cover), blue (jean shorts), white (shirt and author's name), black (cat and title), and purple (bottom half of cover)
Date completed: 5/7/22
Rating: *4 STARS*
This was such great way to wrap up this story arch. There was a lot in there but it was also eye rolling at some times. Like Elodie and her antics, especially when trying to get back at Archer. There were some surprises and deaths (not going to tell you but was really ticked off about that!) and betrayals. But it ended on such a great note. I'm glad I finally started this series and followed it through.
Story line was left open, I think it would be nice to be able to revisit this world again.
🎁Pass The Parcel (Team Challenge)🎁🎁 COMPLETION POST - WEEK 6
Option 1
5. The French Institut national de l'audiovisuel defines K-pop as a "fusion of synthesized music, sharp dance routines and fashionable, colorful outfits."
* Read a book with a colorful (energetic) cover. The cover must have at least 5 separately identifiable colours from: White, Yellow, Orange, Red, Pink, Purple, Blue, Aqua, Green, Grey & Black.
Please state your identified colors.
🎁Date - May 06, 2022
Surrender by Brenda Jackson
🎁Pages - 320 Kindle Edition
🎁Qualifications - Cover has colors green, purple, gold, red, brown, white yellow and black
🎁 Date completed -May 8,2022
🎁 Rating - 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Stars Audio Book
🎁 Reviw - Alpha Male meets stubborn love of his life!
I haven't read this book since it first came out, and it didn't disappoint! Fiery chemistry, action packed drama, trauma and a extremely amount of thrilling romance makes Surrender a must read!
COMPLETION POSTWEEK 4 - OPTION 1
by Talia HibbertBad for the Boss
Pages - 262
How the book qualifies - #247 on the available list
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
Completed - 5/9
Rating - 4 stars
Review - It took me a long time to get into this book but once I got past the middle I couldn't stop reading it. The beginning and how they start their relationship was a little hard for me to believe
Outstanding:Selections:
Shandrea - week 6 : you need to post one before the call tomorrow
Completions
Carmen - weeks 4-6 : you need to post one before the call tomorrow
Shandrea - weeks 5-6
Lea - weeks 5-6
Week 4: Completion PostOption 1
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
Read: 5/8/22
Rated: 4.5 stars
Review: NO! NO! NO!
It’s the one word that she needs to learn. Such a sweet and complicated mess Anna is but you love her anyway. Pleasing your family can be the worse. Anna learns things about herself which she doesn’t want to share but has to so she can move forward but she frustrated me at some points in the story. Her sister is a b***ch and mom is ok but can be judgmental.
Quan maybe isn’t the guy you would expect him to be since he has tattoos and drive a motorcycle but he’s exactly who Anna needs. So when Anna’s boyfriend decided he wanted an open relationship, the jerk, and meets Quan, things begin to change and Anna finds things about herself that make sense and eventually gives her peace.
Though she made me so frustrated at times, I enjoyed it because the story made you want to yell, feel sad for her and rage too. Like I still don’t like her sister. Hahahaha
Jane (PS) wrote: "Outstanding:Selections:
Shandrea - week 6 : you need to post one before the call tomorrow
Completions
Carmen - weeks 4-6 : you need to post one before the call tomorrow
Shandrea - weeks 5-6
Lea..."
Thanks for the reminder Jane. I've been trying to remember to poat and always forget. LOL
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "Outstanding:Selections:
Shandrea - week 6 : you need to post one before the call tomorrow
Completions
Carmen - weeks 4-6 : you need to post one before the call tomorrow
Shandr..."
Haha - I do that at times as well. I've read the book, but can't recall where I need to post it!
SELECTION POST - WEEK 6 OPTION 1 - TASK 5 - Read a book with a colorful (energetic) cover. The cover must have at least 5 separately identifiable colours from: White, Yellow, Orange, Red, Pink, Purple, Blue, Aqua, Green, Grey & Black.
Love at First Spite by Anna E. Collins
Pages - 298
Qualifications - colors: blue, green, white, yellow, orange
COMPLETION POSTWEEK 5 - OPTION 1
Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey
Pages - 400
How the book qualifies - published March of 2022
Completed - 5/9
Rating - 5 stars
Review - I loved this book. I also loved the first one. I had a hard time relating to the MC in the first book and I couldn't wait to read the second book because the character was more relatable to me. Loved it, loved both MC's
Week 5: Completion postOption 1
Mr. Bloomsbury by Louise Bay
pages: 288
How it Qualifies : Published March 8th 2022 (ends in 2)
Read: 9 may 22
Rating: 2🌟
Review: If this was a standalone book, my review would have been more positive, but it is part of the mister series. This book just seemed as a repeat of the other books. Broke American girl goes to London and fall in love with rich English man.
The story was sweet and very predictable, but had been a okay read if this storyline was not a repeat of the rest of the series.
Selection Post Week 6Option 1
5. The French Institut national de l'audiovisuel defines K-pop as a "fusion of synthesized music, sharp dance routines and fashionable, colorful outfits."
Read a book with a colorful (energetic) cover. The cover must have at least 5 separately identifiable colours from: White, Yellow, Orange, Red, Pink, Purple, Blue, Aqua, Green, Brown (late add), Grey & Black.
Obsession in Deathby J.D. Robb
Pages: 417
How if qualifies: cover include following colors: orange, black, red ,white and green.
Completion Post Week 6Option 1
5. The French Institut national de l'audiovisuel defines K-pop as a "fusion of synthesized music, sharp dance routines and fashionable, colorful outfits."
Read a book with a colorful (energetic) cover. The cover must have at least 5 separately identifiable colours from: White, Yellow, Orange, Red, Pink, Purple, Blue, Aqua, Green, Brown (late add), Grey & Black.
Obsession in Deathby J.D. Robb
Pages: 417
How if qualifies: cover include following colors: orange, black, red ,white and green.
Date Read: 10th of May 22
Rating: 4🌟
Review: This was another great Eve Dallas book. I really enjoyed that the crime story kept me on my toes all the way to end, I had not guessed the killer! A huge plus in my book.
I am also very impressed that the personal stories of the characters still are very interesting even in book 40. This definitely makes me want to keep reading this series.
Week 7: SelectionOption 1
Betrayal
234 pages/GR
How it fits: #552 on the Best falling in love with a millionaire/billionaire/king/wealthy man list
Outstanding:Completions
Carmen - weeks 5
Shandrea - weeks 5-6
Week 7
Option 1
13. J-Hope is a rapper as well. With his independent release of the song 'Chicken Noodle Soup', he is also the wealthiest.
* Read a book from one of the following lists:
Millionaire, Billionaire, King, Wealthy Man
Billionaires, Millionaires, Tycoons and Other Utterly Rich Romance Heroes.
MM Romance with a millionaire/billionaire and an everyman
Your book must come from one of the above lists. Please state the list in your post.
Option 2
Key date: 12 November 2021
Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars
Option 3
Pass
Week 7: CompletionOption 1
Betrayal
234 pages/GR
How it fits: #552 on the Best falling in love with a millionaire/billionaire/king/wealthy man list
Date Completed: 5/13/22
Rating: *4 STARS*
Ugh, Rich people confound me! LOL, seriously, I think the saying "money can't by happiness" is so true. Alex is a trust fund baby who just graduated from Stanford. Her sights are set on Columbia Law School now but she's got one vacation to let loose before she's got to buckle down. She meets Not and they agree on a one week only, vacation fling that stretches Alex's (who is calling herself Charli on her vacation) limits.
When the week is over she doesn't expect to see Not again. But he breaks the rules and puts her number in her phone. She doesn't expect to ever use it but after her family tells her that her trust fund is now empty, she finds herself in New York without any money.
Her cousin tells her about a service called Infidelity that paired him with his lover, Cyrus. And pairs high profile employees with even higher profile clients. The only catch is that you have to been with the client for a year. Down on her luck Alex agrees to sign with Infidelity but she has no idea what she's done.
This was not as light as some of Aleatha Romig's latest works have been but not nearly as dark as some as the earlier stuff. But, I think this first book is just the tip of the iceberg. I knew what was going to happen but didn't know exactly how it was going to play out.
The book ends on a cliffhanger, and I'll have to continue to see what happens next that is for sure. I appreciated what Alex was going through. It sucks that the rich people familial obligations were put before her happiness but we see it time and again. I'm hoping that Nox gives her a way out.
Week 7: Selection Post
Memory in Death by J.D. Robb
Pages: 348
Qualifies: In the list of Millionaire, Billionaire, King, Wealthy Man but different series from the list
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Outstanding:
Selections:
Shandrea - week 6 : you need to post one before the call tomorrow"
Shandrea's selection for week 6 is in msg 110 :)
Jane (PS) wrote: "☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Outstanding:
Selections:
Shandrea - week 6 : you need to post one before the call tomorrow"
Shandrea's selection for week 6 is in msg 110 :)"
Thanks *smh* LOL
🎁Pass The Parcel (Team Challenge)🎁🎁 SELECTION POST - WEEK 7🎁
Option 1
13. J-Hope is a rapper as well. With his independent release of the song 'Chicken Noodle Soup', he is also the wealthiest.
* Read a book from one of the following lists:
Millionaire, Billionaire, King, Wealthy Man
Billionaires, Millionaires, Tycoons and Other Utterly Rich Romance Heroes.
MM Romance with a millionaire/billionaire and an everyman
Your book must come from one of the above lists. Please state the list in your post.
🎁Date - May 13, 2022
One Special Moment by Brenda Jackson
🎁Pages -320 Kindle Edition
🎁Qualifications - #1595 on the Millionaire, Billionaire, King, Wealthy Man https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
🎁 Pass The Parcel (Team Challenge)🎁🎁COMPLETION POST - WEEK 7🎁
Option 1
13. J-Hope is a rapper as well. With his independent release of the song 'Chicken Noodle Soup', he is also the wealthiest.
* Read a book from one of the following lists:
Millionaire, Billionaire, King, Wealthy Man
Billionaires, Millionaires, Tycoons and Other Utterly Rich Romance Heroes.
MM Romance with a millionaire/billionaire and an everyman
Your book must come from one of the above lists. Please state the list in your post.
🎁Date - May 13, 2022
One Special Moment by Brenda Jackson
🎁Pages -320 Kindle Edition
🎁Qualifications - #1595 on the Millionaire, Billionaire, King, Wealthy Man https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
🎁 Date Completed - May 14, 2022
🎁Rating - 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Stars Audio Book
🎁 Review - I loved it!
Colby was trying to help her brother's cosmetic company by getting billionaire movie Star Sterling Hamilton to endorse his new fragrance. But a mix up happen and Sterling thought she answered an ad to be a surrogate and the craziness began! Love, Romance, drama intrigue and a curse made this an awesome read. I highly recommend this series.
SELECTION POST WEEK 7 - OPTION 1
This Man by Jodi Ellen Malpas
Pages - 448pgs
Qualification - #4 on this list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Completion PostWeek 6
Read: 05/14/22
Rated: 4 stars
Review: Love and hate
Hmm, that may be a fun mix with these two since neither of them are perfect and both have their secrets that they don't want anyone to know. Its just a bit ridiculous but in a way I can understand why they are keeping them. It also makes for an interesting story.
Cal is definitely having a hard time moving on but yet can manage to help others move on. The deathletes of his wife is a major issue for him but the guilt he holds onto isn't something he should have. Things happen and we can't change what happened and I believe excepting the guilt is misplaced and he needs to do what he's told others to do and let it go. Molly is another one that needs to let her sister know what she knows but also come to except what she really wants. These two together are a mess but what fun the banter between them is and the make up can be fun too. First they need to be honest with each other and their loved ones.
Outstanding:Completions
Carmen - weeks 5
Shandrea - weeks 6
Lea - week 7 - selection post
SELECTION POST WEEK 7 - OPTION 1
Rock Hard by Nalini Singh
Pages: 398
How it qualifies: #406 on this list
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Completion POST WEEK 7 - OPTION 1
Rock Hard by Nalini Singh
Pages: 398
How it qualifies: #406 on this list
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Date read: 18 May 22
Rating: 3 very small stars
Review:
This is my first Nalini Singh series, and I really wanted to like it. As the outline of the series and also this book, fits really well with I normally enjoy. This book was my least favorite in this series, even though it has one of the most interesting back stories. I however did not connect to characters as much as I had hoped. One of the problems can be the narration of the audiobook, the characters are all from New Zealand but the narrator speaks with an American accent which just takes something from the book.
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Outstanding:
Completions
Carmen - weeks 5
Shandrea - weeks 6
Lea - week 7 - selection post"
Sorry for my late post, totally forgot That I had not posted my choice 🤦🏻♀️
COMPLETION POSTWEEK 6 - OPTION 1
Love at First Spite by Anna E. Collins
Pages - 298
Qualifies - colors: blue, green, white, yellow, orange
Completed - 5/18
Rating - 5 stars
Review - Loved this book, I loved the idea of a spite house, I loved how the characters got together/fell for each other.
Week 8
Option 1
8. Some K-pop artists have suggested that the uncertainty and pressures of their jobs as entertainers may be detrimental to their mental health.
* Read a book with an MC who is either struggling with mental health or works in the medical industry (doctor, nurse, psychologist, etc)
Qualification must be via the precis, main page location, list or shelf.
Your book must come from one of the above lists. Please state the list in your post.
Option 2
Key date: 19 November 2021
Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars
Option 3
Pass
Lea wrote: "☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Outstanding:
Completions
Carmen - weeks 5
Shandrea - weeks 6
Lea - week 7 - selection post"
Sorry for my late post, totally forgot That I had no..."
No worries. We all have our days :)
Week 8: SelectionOption 1
The Jake Ryan Complex
255 pages/GR
How it fits: from précis --> Chicago obstetrician Mackenzie “Mac” Huntress set her standards for men very high early on.
Week 8: CompletionOption 1
The Jake Ryan Complex
255 pages/GR
How it fits: from précis --> Chicago obstetrician Mackenzie “Mac” Huntress set her standards for men very high early on.
Date completed: 5/21/22
Rating: *3 STARS*
The author had me until the end. I felt for Mac, I really did. It's hard sometimes to be successful in work as a woman because your love life can really suffer. I'm sure her mother meant well but the constant questioning of Mac's choices left her with no choice but to invent the perfect man. Then family circumstances put Mac in the hot seat to produce said man.
Mac wanted JT from the beginning but she thought he was off limits. Then he wasn't, then bombs were dropped.
I got this book because of the title. I loved Sixteen Candles when I was growing up. Not so much any more but (now the outrage at the possibility of Sam wanting a black guy and pink trans-am...LOL, just smh) and the some of the inappropriate situations, especially the one with Caroline.
Anyway, I'm getting way off topic. I picked up the book for the title. I enjoyed the shenanigans for the most part. I even enjoyed the ending that was a little too close to the aforementioned movie. It was just silly at the end in the delivery room. I seriously just wanted to throw the book in the air (I didn't as it would have damaged my phone--but it was a close thing)! It was just as step too far in a story that was already a bit over the top.
Option 1
The Jake Ryan Complex by Bethany Crandell
255 pages/GR
How it fits: from précis --> Chicago obstetrician Mackenzie “Mac” Huntress set her standards for men very high early on
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Week 8: SelectionOption 1
The Jake Ryan Complex by Bethany Crandell
255 pages/GR
How it fits: from précis --> Chicago o..."
Hahaha, Carmen! LOL It's like Deja vu!
Sassafrass wrote: "☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Week 8: SelectionOption 1
The Jake Ryan Complex by Bethany Crandell
255 ..."
Hahaha I liked the cover and said why not give it a try but still thinking of a different book. I don’t want to be disappointed with the ending like you did. Hahaha
I was drawn to the title since I loved Sixteen Candles growing up.
Sassafrass wrote: "I was drawn to the title since I loved Sixteen Candles growing up."I can understand that too. Hahaha
🎁Pass The Parcel (Team Challenge)🎁🎁 SELECTION POST - WEEK 8
Option 1
8. Some K-pop artists have suggested that the uncertainty and pressures of their jobs as entertainers may be detrimental to their mental health.
* Read a book with an MC who is either struggling with mental health or works in the medical industry (doctor, nurse, psychologist, etc)
Qualification must be via the precis, main page location, list or shelf.
🎁Date - May 22, 2022
The Trouble with #9 by Piper Rayne
🎁Pages - 201 Kindle Edition
🎁Qualifications - Precis: One word that comes to mind when someone talks about me. I like to think of it as protection, watching out for the ones I love. But now I’m spending more time in the penalty box than on the ice and the team owner isn’t happy.
Finding myself across the room from the hot therapist I kissed on New Year’s Eve only makes me push my problems down further. I want couch tim ...
Week 8: SelectionOption 1
Doctor Dearest by R.S. Grey
358 pages/GR
How it fits: precis: Dr. Easton is part man, part myth.
SELECTION POSTWEEK 8 - OPTION 1
British Bedmate by Penelope Ward
Pages - 255
Qualification - in the precis, mentions MC is a doctor
Week 8: Selection PostOption 1
Doctor Dearest by R.S. Grey
358 pages
How it qualfies: precis: Dr. Easton is part man, part myth.
Carmen - you need a post a book completion before I post the next theme :)Week 5 - Carmen
Week 7 - Carmen & Shandrea
Week 8 - all except Sass
Oh darn I finished my book and totally forgot to post it. Why oh why do I keep doing that. I’m on it
Completion Post Week 7
Read: 5/22/22
Rated: 4 stars
Review: This was another entertaining Eve, suspense story. I don't know how she does it with all that she has to deal with when it comes to her past and then trying to solve the murders. Well this murder hit home for sure and yet she managed to get through it with her friends and of course Roarke, which I have to say he really rocked when he put Trudy in her place even though he knew Eve would be pissed but he did good in my book. I just love these two together. They're great together.
I'm working on week 4 book. I'm hoping to have it done soon
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "I'm working on week 4 book. I'm hoping to have it done soon"👌
COMPLETION POSTWEEK 7 - OPTION 1
This Man by Jodi Ellen Malpas
Pages - 448
Qualification - #4 on this list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Completed - 5/26
Rating - 4 stars
Review - the way this book started really had me wondering if I was going to be able to finish it.. The hero was very possessive, kind of aggressive. I didn't really like the way she wrote the hero but as I got farther and farther into the book it got a little easier to read.
Week 9Option 1
11. Jin is the eldest member of the group and was recruited for both his looks and singing. His tag name is World Wide Handsome.
* Read a book with a handsome* man on the cover.
(*your interpretation.)
Facial features must be seen clearly. Sunglasses ok.
Option 2
Key date: 26 November 2021
Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars
Option 3
Pass
🎁Pass The Parcel (Team Challenge)🎁🎁 COMPLETION POST - WEEK 8
Option 1
8. Some K-pop artists have suggested that the uncertainty and pressures of their jobs as entertainers may be detrimental to their mental health.
* Read a book with an MC who is either struggling with mental health or works in the medical industry (doctor, nurse, psychologist, etc)
Qualification must be via the precis, main page location, list or shelf.
🎁Date - May 22, 2022
The Trouble with #9 by Piper Rayne
🎁Pages - 201 Kindle Edition
🎁Qualifications - Precis: One word that comes to mind when someone talks about me. I like to think of it as protection, watching out for the ones I love. But now I’m spending more time in the penalty box than on the ice and the team owner isn’t happy.
Finding myself across the room from the hot therapist I kissed on New Year’s Eve only makes me push my problems down further. I want couch...
🎁Date Completed - 05/28/2022
🎁Rating - 🌟🌟🌟🌟 1/2 Stars Audio Book
🎁Review - Great read!
Maskim is the Florida Fury enforcer who feels he has to protect his teammates on the ice. When he is forced to go to Therapy because of his increasingly aggressiveness which has gotten completely out of control . Then there's Paisley the therapist who he kissed on New Years Eve and he doesn't believe in Therapy. They go through a lot of ups and downs but their story was very hot and a enjoyable read. A definite recommend!
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🎁 SELECTION POST - WEEK 6
Option 1
5. The French Institut national de l'audiovisuel defines K-pop as a "fusion of synthesized music, sharp dance routines and fashionable, colorful outfits."
* Read a book with a colorful (energetic) cover. The cover must have at least 5 separately identifiable colours from: White, Yellow, Orange, Red, Pink, Purple, Blue, Aqua, Green, Grey & Black.
Please state your identified colors.
🎁Date - May 06, 2022
Surrender by Brenda Jackson
🎁Pages - 320 Kindle Edition
🎁Qualifications - Cover has colors green, purple, gold, red, brown, white yellow and black