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TART Challenge - Round 5 - Chase the Rainbow (9)
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May 18, 2022 08:20AM
Also updated mine to completion
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Amazing race finished june 8th and carmen miranda finishes prob this week for us and ptp last call june 10
Janeylou wrote: "Anyone ever played Turf Wars?..theres a new one starting in June ..on Game Night"I was looking at that one too. It might be nice to have a few things over the summer. I think there's usually MMRG Spell in the summer? Big Bang...
Finished my book and updated to completion.
Caipi..are you interested in turf wars ?
Janeylou wrote: "Caipi..are you interested in turf wars ?"Just reading through the rules.....
Looks like one book a week should be enough, right?
At least one and i think they like you to stick wih what you say you will do
Sign up without me. I just looked through all our challenges and with SH, Big Bang, Umbrells Seashells Wedding Bells, Ocean Layers and the remaining weeks of The Amazing Race and Clue, I have enough on my plate for the next couple months.
LOL when you lay it all out like that it really shows we have an addiction
Amanda wrote: "LOL when you lay it all out like that it really shows we have an addiction"Yeah, looks like it! But I don't care.... 😂😂
I'm in for Turf Wars, we sign up individually and request to be together?
I updated my post to completion. Janeylou are you still working on yours or am I last?
Trio wrote: "I updated my post to completion. Janeylou are you still working on yours or am I last?"Im still doing mine , prob gonna be tomorrow before i finish tho
If you and amanda sign up, then ill do mine and say about going on same team
Caipi, youve obviously got way more will power than the rest of us ...or you have more of a social life 😄😄😄
Talking of social.life, ive got My Chemical Romance on Saturday ...keep your fingers crossed for nice weather
Ugh I'm jealous! I used to see MCR a lot, but it was before I liked them and they were just playing with other people I liked so I slept through their set 🤣 Regretting that now.
Amanda!!!!! How could you sleep through our Gerard & Co ...
I DON'T KNOW. It was pre black parade when I really started liking them. Trust me, I beat myself up over it too lolAlso, just how did I sleep through super loud music?!?
Ive just read that they doing a 21 song set list 😳
......and apparently on the merch is a picture of gay porn star Micky Taylor's ( who i met once and he so nice ) tramp stamp
..i wondering what hubby would say if i bought one 🤣🤣🤣
Janeylou wrote: "I've got My Chemical Romance on Saturday..."I'm so jealous!!!
I'll pray for a gorgeous evening for you :)
Here is your next task!Task 15 - 98. Read 8 books with fewer than 10 letters in the title.
The books selected for this task need to have 9 or fewer letters in the title. Do not count punctuation or spaces, ampersands count as 1 letter.
This task is still not working with my SH book 😡
Janeylou wrote: "This task is still not working with my SH book 😡"It doesn't fit with my three remaining SH books either. 😒
I'm going to choose something short for Race or maybe something I can listen to and read my SH books on the side.
COMPLETION POSTTask 15 - 98. Read 8 books with fewer than 10 letters in the title.
Falling by M.L. Rhodes
230 pgs
22nd May ...4.25 stars
How fits ....7 letters in title
Very much insta love , pnr .
Found the plot to be a little basic and could have done with more fleshing out and i would have loved a sequal to answer a few questions ..but i still enjoyed it
Ugh I have an arc that works but of course it doesn't have a page count yet
Completion Post Task 15 - 98. Read 8 books with fewer than 10 letters in the title.Book 1
Unhinged by Onley James
306 Pages
How it qualifies: 8 letters in title
Date Read: 5/21/2022
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Review: This book was kinda ridiculous but I honestly couldn't put it down. It's very unrealistic, but if you suspend your disbelief, it's a wild fun ride
Book 2
Psycho by Onley James
284 Pages
How it qualifies: 6 letters in title
Date Read: 5/21/2022
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: I liked this even more than the first one and I think that was all down to August. I'm a sucker for hapless clueless MC, and August was all that and more since he's incredibly intelligent and a complete psychopath. This series is just a lot of fun, even if it's really out there.
Book 3
Declared by Sam Burns
202 Pages
How it qualifies: 8 Letters in title
Date Read: 5/21/2022
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: This book picks up right where the last left off, but this time we get to see where Jax and Wesley ended up when they didn't return from their distraction mission. The world was fairly built in the first installment, which left this book room to add new and interesting plot points that had parallels to the world we wall live in today. It also had a slightly different tone as our MCs were Jax, who is the grinniest, sunshiney Thorzi to ever live and Wes, who thrives on adventure and has a lot of really fun nerdy references. This book had forced proximity done right, and really set up a lot of the final book in this extremely fun series
Book 4
Best Man by Lily Morton
234 Pages
How it qualifies: 7 Letters in title
Date Read: 5/21/2022
Rating: 5 Stars
Review: I loved it just as much as I did the first time around. It was a completely lovely and humorous story, with a touch of angst, and such a sweet romantic HEA. Morton has a talent of sweeping you away and getting you fully immersed in the story and this was no exception.
Book 5
Hardwood by K.M. Neuhold
205 Pages
How it qualifies: 8 letters in title
Date Read: 5/21/2022
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: I loved Ev and Watson when I first read their story, but it definitely had a little extra with the amazing dual narration by Liam DiCosimo and Tim Paige.
Janeylou wrote: "This task is still not working with my SH book 😡"yeah come on Kat... work with us here! LOL
Completion Post, Task 15 - 98. Read 8 books with fewer than 10 letters in the title.
I Need You by Darla O'Malley
195 pages
How it Fits: 8 letters in title
Review: I really enjoyed Darla O'Malley's writing style, and I can see why I Need You is such a popular story.
There are a number of darker themes here... I don't want to spoil anything, and the premise of the story isn't truly revealed in the precis, so I'm not going to say, but this is a real hurt-comfort romance.
This is also the perfect example of what a difference the audiobook narrator makes! I always associate Wyatt Baker with serious, darker romances, so he's a great fit for I Need You. Mr. Baker delivers a lovely performance.
I finished 2 books and am sad the third in the series doesn't fit lol. I'm deep cleaning today so will try to find an audio book that fits if we need it!
So I actually changed mine to 4 books since I should easily get through 2 audio books today. I might be able to do a 5th so everyone else only has to do 1 but if you have 2 planned go for it!
I'm done with mine, updated to completion.If you're sure Amanda, yes please!
Trio wrote: "Oooh, I've been looking forward to listening to Unhinged!"It fits the regular call for Bingo if you're doing that!
Updated mine to completion! My house hasn't looked this clean since we hosted thanksgiving so this was definitely a call that helped me out overall 🤣
Regular bingo I'm listening to The Next Competitor, and it works for PtP too... I haven't started it yet, so maybe it'll work for whatever we draw next in this challenge too!?!
Did you clean all day Amanda, and listen to audiobooks lol?
Oh scratch that, I didn't get the actual link off Lisa's original post so I figured we only needed to find a book with the title listed in the test - not that there was a list! Argh, I might be doing Unhinged after all.
Trio wrote: "Did you clean all day Amanda, and listen to audiobooks lol?"I did! I started getting to that crazy level of clean where I was scrubbing baseboards while I just moved from one book to the next lol
Amanda wrote: "Updated mine to completion! My house hasn't looked this clean since we hosted thanksgiving so this was definitely a call that helped me out overall 🤣"Wow Amanda, I wish I sometime had such a boost of energy for cleaning the house! 😂
Finished my bookWe just waiting for Caipi now
Completion Post Task 15 - 98. Read 8 books with fewer than 10 letters in the title.
Lay It Down by Mary Calmes
Pages: 150
How it qualifies: 9 letters in title
Read: May 22nd
Rating: 3.5 stars
Review:
Well, it's a typical Mary Calmes book.... I enjoyed it! 😊
Thanks Caipi..id just come to add you to main post
Caipi wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Updated mine to completion! My house hasn't looked this clean since we hosted thanksgiving so this was definitely a call that helped me out overall 🤣"Wow Amanda, I wish I sometime ..."
It's so rare for me I knew I had to take full advantage!
Sorry the tasks aren’t working with your other challenges. Blame the randomizor. I haven’t checked your completions, hopefully tomorrow. Here is your next task!
Task 16 - 46. Read over 1000 pages in books written by duo authors.
Books selected for this task need to be written by two authors. If both authors names are listed on the main book page/cover, then just list the authors as your qualification. If the two authors write under a pseudonym such as Ilona Andrews, then include a link to the author page or website showing it is two authors.
Completion Post-Task 16 - 46. Read over 1000 pages in books written by duo authors.
BTW: By the Way by Lucy Lennox and Molly Maddox
252 Pages
How it qualifies: Written by 2 authors
Date Read: 5/23
Rating: 3 Stars
Review: This was still a good Lucy/Molly book but it was just lacking that extra something. An easy read, but overall probably forgettable.
My daughter has jury duty starting tomorrow morning (hopefully she'll get excused) but I'm going to bring her and stay. I've got my phone and kindle all charged, so hopefully it will be like a little break :).I'm going to make a post for my selection, so you can link it Janeylou, even though I haven't picked the book yet.
Completion Post-Task 16 - 46. Read over 1000 pages in books written by duo authors.
IRL: In Real Life
312 pages
How it Fits: written by Lucy Lennox and Molly Maddox
Read: 24 May
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review: Very sweet.
Of course there's tons of sex, but Lucy Lennox and Molly Maddox create great chemistry between the main characters too. I enjoyed the opposites attract aspect: wealthy businessman/gaming geek. Always works for me.
Audio nicely performed by Michael Pauley.
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