TART Challenge - Round 5 - Fast Like Molasses (7)

[Tink Magoo is bad at reviews]

I was thinking Summer just because it's that time of year here and there are a lot of new releases for that one. I should be able to find something for winter though

[Courtney]

I was thinking winter just because there are always so many Christmas books 🤣. I can look for summer, though. Anything works for me.

[Courtney]

I'm off to bed here, so whatever you guys decide is fine with me. I'll look for something as soon as I get up.

[Chan]

If a book mentions that it's during a hockey national championship, could I count that as spring?

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

I think Courtney is right...winter would probably be the easiest to identify, if only because of holiday stories. These tend to be short, so multiple books, but unless there are lists with books by seasons I can't think of a good way to qualify most books. I'm open to whatever the rest of you think though!

[Tink Magoo is bad at reviews]

I'm not sure Chan, if it can't be confirmed in the title etc it might be best to ask just in case.

I'm not good at making decisions so I'm going to leave it to Chan and Karen 🤣

[Chan]

Okay. cool. let's go with winter. i have a christmas book on my MnG list.

[Chan]

actually, i've really been wanting to read Enemies of the State. Could i count this as winter? The precis states "Newly elected President Jack Spiers’s presidency is rocked from the very beginning.."

Presidents switch out in Winter - January.

do you think this would count?

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Chan wrote: "actually, i've really been wanting to read Enemies of the State. Could i count this as winter? The precis states "Newly elected President Jack Spiers’s presidency is rocked from the very beginning...."

Chan, I saw your question in the Q&A thread, and if I were you I'd expand your quote to what you have here. To me newly elected gives some leeway (could be a few months in and still count by some standards), but including the "from the very beginning" part narrows the time more. I still can't predict whether or not Kat will accept it, but hopefully she will...and if she does I might read it too!

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Kat has lists as a possible qualifier, so hopefully anything on this list will work without any additional qualifier: Wintertime Action and Romance https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Edit: I think I'm going to ask about this before using it as the only qualifier...

[Chan]

~KarenH~ wrote: "Chan wrote: "actually, i've really been wanting to read Enemies of the State. Could i count this as winter? The precis states "Newly elected President Jack Spiers’s presidency is rocked from the ve..."

Thanks for the suggestion, karen. i expanded it. i hope it counts; it sounds really good and it has a high rating.

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

I'm reading . It's 585 pages, so some leeway for anyone who might have a book on the shorter side.

[Chan]

Wow! thank you Karen. That leaves the rest of us with 305 pages each.

If Kat approves my book, my contribution will be 324 pages.

[Tink Magoo is bad at reviews]

I'm struggling to find anything I want to read but will try something. Being a mood reader is rubbish

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Tink Magoo is bad at reviews wrote: "I'm struggling, but will try and find something"

Hey Tink, sorry you're having trouble finding something. Since my first thought for winter books was Eli Easton's Christmas books, I took a peek at your shelves and you have that just barely qualifies for page count, but it's an option if you really get stuck. If we end up with a page count shortage, I should easily finish my book by tomorrow morning, so will have plenty of time to add a second book to bump it up (I have a neverending supply of Christmas books I can reread).

It's hard finding books that specify a season, other than the holiday books!

[Chan]

My book was approved. YAY! So, Tink, i'm offering the same thing as Karen. After i finish my book, i can definitely read another to get to the required 1500 pages. pick whatever interests you, don't worry about page count (well, min of 150 of course). I can pick up the slack 😁

[Tink Magoo is bad at reviews]

Thanks so much guys. I've started one and it's actually good so fingers crossed it stays that way and the page count is 297

[Tink Magoo is bad at reviews]

That page count is annoying, the hardback I'm actually reading is 100 pages more

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Tink Magoo is bad at reviews wrote: "That page count is annoying, the hardback I'm actually reading is 100 pages more"

Yeah, that's frustrating when it works against you, but occasionally it goes the other way. Whiskey Beach has a first edition Kindle page count that is anywhere from 200-300 pages higher than just about all the other editions...very close to the large print page count. I know it's off, but it's the same page count that Amazon has and the edition the rules say to use, so I've used it more than once in a challenge where a high page count is beneficial!

[Chan]

That leaves us with needing 294 pages. I'll wait for Courtney's page count.
By the way, this book is soooo good so far.

[Courtney]

Ok I've got and the Kindle page count is 315. So we should be good, right?

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Courtney wrote: "Ok I've got and the Kindle page count is 315. So we should be good, right?"

Yep, that's enough!

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Task 16 - 108. As a team, select a season and read a minimum of 1500 pages of books set in that season.
Team chose Winter


Book: Die For Me
Pages: 585
Qualifies: From precis: The first victim is found in a snow-covered Philadelphia field.
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: May 12, 2022

[Tink Magoo is bad at reviews]

Task 16 - 108. As a team, select a season and read a minimum of 1500 pages of books set in that season.
Team chose Winter


Book: The Nature of Witches
Pages: 297
Qualifies: From precis: In Winter, the world is on the precipice of disaster. Fires burn, storms rage, and Clara accepts that she's the only one who can make a difference
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: 13th May

[Chan]

#16 | 108. As a team, select a season and read a minimum of 1500 pages of books set in that season
Team chose winter
Book: Enemies of the State
Pages: 324
Qualifies: Precis states "Newly elected President Jack Spiers’s presidency is rocked from the very beginning"
Rating: 😊😊😊😊😊
Completed: May 13, 2022

[Courtney]

Completion Post - Task #16

108. As a team, select a season and read a minimum of 1500 pages of books set in that season.
Team chose winter


Her Christmas Cowboy

Pages: 315
Completed: 5/14
How it Qualifies: MPG Christmas, which is in winter in Wyoming where the book is set (MP Setting) 👍

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Review:
This had a very cute Hallmark movie kind of vibe. I was really digging it in the beginning. Loved how flustered Caleb got around Amy, and all his plans to woo her. But it ended up feeling just a tad overdone. His difficulty speaking to her was so exaggerated that it was hard to believe how quickly he switched to just speaking normally. I also got a bit annoyed with Amy. I get the whole controlling ex and now she wants to spread her wings thing, but she was a bit TSTL. She has no money, but she hired an accountant? She can't figure out how to shovel her driveway? Her rental is falling apart, but she still agrees to go on a date with her scummy landlord? Just too much. If the characters had been less over the top with their quirks, I think this would have worked a lot better.

[Courtney]

I'm off to bed. If the call comes and is something that needs a decision, go ahead and decide without me. I'm fine with anything.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 17 - 76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.

As a team, select a specific item and read 6 books with the selected item on the cover. Jewelry is not specific, but earrings are. Weapon is not specific, but gun is. (As examples.) You can use any edition's cover to qualify for this task. Please include the selected item and the qualifying cover in your completion posts.

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Ugh...how did we manage to miss planning for this one??? I even looked back through our threads for previous rounds and found nothing!

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

I just posted a question for Kat - can we use a specific human body part. If we can, that might make things easier...

[Tink Magoo is bad at reviews]

If we can't would flower or shoe work?

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Either of those would be fine, but I think flower would probably be easier.

My thought on the body part was chin. Pretty much any cover with a face on it would work, and also all those nekkid man chest covers that cut off most of the head but do show the chin! 🤣🤣

[Tink Magoo is bad at reviews]

That would be a good one

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Ok, Kat approved specific body parts, so should we go that direction and use chin, or try for flower (or something else)?

[Chan]

I'm okay with chin or flower. both of those seem the easiest

[Chan]

I just checked my MnG and i have a lot of chins. I do have flowers too, so either one would work.

[Tink Magoo is bad at reviews]

I say chin then

[Tink Magoo is bad at reviews]

Also, I'm away so won't start until I'm home tomorrow. Hope that's okay

[Chan]

Tink has spoken!! LOL chin it is.
No worries about starting tomorrow. Enjoy your time away.

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Tink Magoo is bad at reviews wrote: "Also, I'm away so won't start until I'm home tomorrow. Hope that's okay"

No problem, Tink!

My first book is on the longer side but I still should easily be able to finish it today, then I'll have plenty of time for another (or even 2 if necessary) tonight/tomorrow. I can spend some time today locating some short books that work.

[Chan]

I can do 2 books

[Tink Magoo is bad at reviews]

Thanks guys. I've been away every weekend the last 3 weeks so it's been a bit mad but hopefully I'll be able to do more after this one

[Chan]

I'm about an hour and half in and this book is awful. Ugh...I'm going to stick with it, but I'm not liking it.

[Courtney]

I swear when I have more options, nothing sounds good! 🤣

I really want to continue the Gridiron series, so I'm just going to go with . It's listed as over 400 pages on GR, so I though it might take too long, but my ereader says it's a little under 300 🤷🏼‍♀️. It's not a page number challenge, so I figure it doesn't really matter since it's definitely over the 150 anyway.

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Task 17 - 76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
Team chose a human chin


Book 1
Book: The Highwayman
Pages: 379
Qualifies: Human chin on cover
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: May 14, 2022

Book 2
Book: Beast Behaving Badly
Pages: 401
Qualifies: Human chin on cover
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: May 15, 2022

[Chan]

Courtney wrote: "I swear when I have more options, nothing sounds good! 🤣

I really want to continue the Gridiron series, so I'm just going to go with . It's listed as over 400 page..."

That's how it is sometimes. the more options you have, the difficult the decision.

[Chan]

I finished my first book and i didn't like it. I really want to give it 2 stars, but i feel awful rating anything below 3. I'll start book 2 tomorrow.

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Chan wrote: "I finished my first book and i didn't like it. I really want to give it 2 stars, but i feel awful rating anything below 3. I'll start book 2 tomorrow."

For me it depends on the reason that I want to give it a low rating...whether it's objective or subjective. I'm not going to lower a rating nearly as much for a book that's a trope I don't enjoy, for example, as I would one that's poorly edited, researched, has continuity errors, etc.

[Courtney]

Yeah, I'm the same. If something is well written, but I just didn't like it, the lowest I'll go is a 3. But if the writing is bad, there are lots of errors, it feels ripped off etc. then I think a 2 or 1 star is fair game. I've read a few books where I felt at the end like the author didn't even read the darn thing a final time before uploading it to Amazon because the mistakes were so obvious, so I don't feel bad about giving a low rating.

[Chan]

#17 | 76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item | Book 1
Team chose chin
Book: Willing Captive
Pages: 287
Qualifies: female chin on cover
Rating: 🙁🙁🙁
Completed: May 14, 2022




#17 | 76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item | Book 2
Team chose chin
Book: Gift of Gold
Pages: 387
Qualifies: chins on cover
Rating: 🙂🙂🙂🙂
Completed: May 15, 2022