TART Challenge - Round 5 - Insert Clever Team Name Here (12)

[Apoorva]

I have posted the completion in the main thread of the challenge too.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 2 - 6. Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews.

Books qualifying for this task need to have fewer than 500 reviews (not ratings). You can find this information on the main book page under the title. Please include the number of reviews in your completion posts. If your selected book might have over 500 reviews before the task is completed, i.e. it is a newer book or has over 490 reviews already, a screen shot might be advisable.

[Emily]

Selection Post Keep 384 reviews

[Apoorva]

Selection Post #2

Task : Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews.

Book: The Alice Equation
Author: Davina Stone
Pages: 304 pages
Fits: Has <500 reviews (currently it has 151 reviews)

[Christina T]

Selection Post #2

Task : Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews.


Book: In Too Deep
Author: Kimberly Kincaid
Pages: 345 pages
Fits: Has <500 reviews (currently 102)

[Stacey]

Selection Post

Task: Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews

Book: What We Deserve
Pages: 304
How it Fits: 207 reviews

[Emily]

Completion
Task Task: Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews
Book/cover link Keep/Rachel Van Dyken
Page numbers with source-338 GR
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary. 384 Reviews https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Date Completed. 4/17
Rating/Review. 4 Stars but was back in forth with 3-4 stars. I thought Zane was a bit of jerk at times but enjoyed Fallon.

[Apoorva]

Completion Post #2

Task : Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews.

Book: The Alice Equation
Author: Davina Stone
Pages: 304 pages
Fits: Has <500 reviews (currently it has 151 reviews)
Rating: 3.5 stars
Read: 20/04

[Stacey]

Completion Post #2

Task: Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews

Book: What We Deserve
Pages: 304
How it Fits: 207 reviews
Rating: 3.5 stars
Review: This is apparently this author's first book, and at times a little clunky, but a good main couple with lots of fun friends for the author to pair up in future books. More serious topics addressed than you would think looking at the tattooed guy on the cover.

[Christina T]

Completion Post #2

Task : Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews.


Book: In Too Deep
Author: Kimberly Kincaid
Pages: 345 pages
Fits: Has <500 reviews (currently 102)
Finished 4/20/22
Rating: 3 Stars

[Apoorva]

Task 2 Completion post

Emily
Apoorva
Stacey
Christina T

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 3 - 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.

You can do the recommendations however you wish - to the group, to each individual, to the person below you on the list or ?? - it's up to you. If you want to provide a specific shelf to pick from, it needs to have a minimum of 10 books on it. Please include a link to the message with the recommendations in your completion posts.

[Christina T]

Selection Post
Task 3 - 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.

I'm going to read Rock Hard by Nalini Singh from Stacey's favorites.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Apoorva]

Selection Post #3

Task 3 - 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.

Book: All Rhodes Lead Here
Author: Mariana Zapata
Pages: 551 pages
Fits: Recommended by Stacey (her 5 favorite books)

[Stacey]

Selection Post #3

Task: 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.

Book: One Percent of You
Author: Michelle Gross
Pages: 301
How it Fits: Recommended by Apoorva

[Apoorva]

Completion Post #3

Task 3 - 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.

Book: All Rhodes Lead Here
Author: Mariana Zapata
Pages: 551 pages
Fits: Recommended by Stacey (her 5 favorite books) Link to message
Rating: 4.25 stars
Read: 25/04

[Christina T]

Completion Post
Task 3 - 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.



Book:Rock Hard by Nalini Singh
Pages: 398
Finished: 4/25/22
Rating: 5 stars
Recommended by Stacey (5 favorites list)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Just checking all the team threads and updating the tracking posts. Let me know if you need anything. 😊

[Stacey]

Completion Post #3

Task: 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.

Book: One Percent of You
Author: Michelle Gross
Completed: 4/26/22
Pages: 301
How it Fits: Recommended by Apoorva (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Rating: 3 stars

[Emily]

I will finish mine tonight

[Emily]

Realizing I picked off shelf not favorites. Will start another book now that fits.

[Christina T]

Emily wrote: "Realizing I picked off shelf not favorites. Will start another book now that fits."

If it's off my 5 star shelf I'd absolutely recommend it for you.

[Emily]

Task 3 - 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.



Book: Rock Hard
Pages: 398
Finished: 4/27/22
Rating: 5 stars
Recommended by Stacey
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Apoorva]

Task 3 Completion post

Christina T
Apoorva
Stacey
Emily

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 4 - 1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.

As a team, select an author. Every teammate reads a book by the selected author. Please include the selected author in your completion posts. Pseudonyms are allowed, but if used please include a link to the author’s page or website showing it is the same as the team selected author. No pass for this task.

[Apoorva]

Which author would everyone like to go with? I am okay with any.

[Emily]

Here is the author list everyone talked about before we started

1. Lisa Kleypas, Nora Roberts, Erin McCartthy, Kristen Callihan, Kelley Armstrong, Jennifer Ashley, Lyndsey Sands, Rachel Gibson, Kristen Ashley, Penny Reid, Mariana Zapata

My top 3 would be
Kristen Ashley
Rachel Gibson
Mariana Zapata

but am open

[Christina T]

I've never read Mariana Zapata before but would give it a go. Her books are a little longer and will take me 5 or 6 days to read though.

[Stacey]

I'm always up for a Zapata or an Ashley. Apoorva -- you just finished one by Zapata though --do you want to go with someone else instead?

[Apoorva]

Stacey wrote: "I'm always up for a Zapata or an Ashley. Apoorva -- you just finished one by Zapata though --do you want to go with someone else instead?"

I can never get enough of Zapata, but I would prefer to go with Ashley for this task.

[Stacey]

Christina -- is Kristen Ashley okay for you? We can always give Rachel Gibson a try as well?

[Emily]

I am open to anyone. I have a few books picked out once its decided.

[Christina T]

Stacey wrote: "Christina -- is Kristen Ashley okay for you? We can always give Rachel Gibson a try as well?"

Kristen Ashley is fine but her books are pretty long so it will take me longer to read one than someone who writes shorter books. If that is ok with everyone lets go for it.

[Christina T]

I'm going to read After the Climb. I'll start it as soon as I finish up the one I'm reading now.

[Emily]

I am going to do Fantastical

[Apoorva]

I am doing Wildest Dreams by her.

[Emily]

Apoorva wrote: "I am doing Wildest Dreams by her."
Love this one

[Stacey]

I'm going to read Kaleidoscope. I have to finish another book tomorrow for another challenge, so won't start this until Sunday -- but its one of her shorter ones, so hopefully I'll get through it pretty quickly.

[Stacey]

Emily wrote: "Apoorva wrote: "I am doing Wildest Dreams by her."
Love this one"

I haven't tried this series yet -- I'll have to add it to the list!

[Emily]

Stacey wrote: "Emily wrote: "Apoorva wrote: "I am doing Wildest Dreams by her."
Love this one"

I haven't tried this series yet -- I'll have to add it to the list!"

So good, I am reading 3rd this round but all of them have been terrific

[Emily]

Stacey wrote: "I'm going to read Kaleidoscope. I have to finish another book tomorrow for another challenge, so won't start this until Sunday -- but its one of her shorter ones, so hopefully I'll ..."

One of my favorites. This one made me cry, in a good way but all the same.

[Apoorva]

Emily wrote: "Apoorva wrote: "I am doing Wildest Dreams by her."
Love this one"

That's great! I hope I do too ^_^

[Emily]

Task Task 4 - 1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
Book/cover link Fantastical/Kristen Ashley
Page numbers with source 438 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary.
Date Completed. 5/1
Rating/Review.
5 Stars/ I did not read this series in order and was curious about Tor. He did not disappoint. Cora finds herself awake in a bed where clearly she is in a different time and place. Believing she is in a dream she inadvertently starts a curse and the man set to protect her is her husband who despises her. The problem is Cora has never met this man before and she can only be the Cora of the other world but will Tor believe her when she tells the truth? Appropriate title, this was such a good book.

[Apoorva]

Completion Post #4

Task 4 - 1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.

Book: Wildest Dreams
Author: Kristen Ashley
Pages: 494 pages
Fits: Author selected by the group for this task: Kristen Ashley
Rating: 4.5 stars
Read: 02/05

[Apoorva]

Task 4 Completion post

Emily
Apoorva
Stacey
Christina T

[Christina T]

I'm hoping to finish my book tomorrow.

[Stacey]

I was hoping to finish tomorrow, but it appears I will be a wee bit delayed while I unexpectedly get my appendix removed. If it looks like it will be too long before I can get done, I'll remove myself from the challenge. Hoping it won't be too involved though.

[Christina T]

Speedy recovery Stacey

[Apoorva]

Stacey wrote: "I was hoping to finish tomorrow, but it appears I will be a wee bit delayed while I unexpectedly get my appendix removed. If it looks like it will be too long before I can get done, I'll remove mys..."

Wishing for your speedy recovery, Stacey 🤞🏼
Get well soon :)

[Stacey]

Completion Post

Task 4 - 1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.

Book: Kaleidoscope
Author: Kristen Ashley
Pages: 376 p
Fits: Author selected by the group for this task: Kristen Ashley
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 5/4/22