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@Georgia don’t forget to post your week 1 selection postPm also sent.
I will be out this evening when the shelf is called but will check back later.
Week 22. Mixed race 👩👨🏾
* Read an interracial romance from one of the following lists:
Best interracial reads
Best interracial PNR
Best interracial and multicultural MM romances
Non-causasian protagonists in scifi, fantary, horror or PNR
Interracial romance ebooks / print
If you use Option 1, your selected book MUST be on one of the lists above.
Option 2
Key date: 11 March 2022
Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars
Series rule applies:
That is, if the book is in a series but does not match where you are up to, you may read another book from that same series
Option 3
Pass
A selection post must be made for whichever option you choose - INCLUDING A PASS
Refer msg 3 for formatting of all 3 options. This format is also in msg 3 of your team threads.
Week 2 (Option 1) - selection post2. Mixed race
Task: Read an interracial romance from the following list: Best interracial PNR
Book:
Beast Behaving Badly by Shelly Laurenston Pages: 379
How it qualifies: #3 on Best interracial PNR list - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Selection posting: Week 2 option 1Task: read an interracial romance from Best interracial PNR
Book/cover link: Mind Game
Page numbers: 384
How book qualified: # 40 from Best interracial PNR https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Sally906 wrote: "Week 22. Mixed race 👩👨🏾
* Read an interracial romance from one of the following lists:
Best interracial reads
Best interracial PNR
Best interracial and multicultural MM romances
Non-causasian pr..."
Thank you Sally.
Links to the shelves
Read an interracial romance from one of the following lists:
Best interracial reads
Best interracial PNR
Best interracial and multicultural MM romances
Non-causasian protagonists in scifi, fantary, horror or PNR
Interracial romance ebooks / print
Selection Post - Week 2 - Mixed race 👩👨🏾Option 1
Dimitri by Roxie Rivera
Pgs: 284
How It Fits: #126 Best Interracial Reads
Week 2 - Completion Post2. Mixed race
Task: Read an interracial romance from the following list: Best interracial PNR
Book:
Beast Behaving Badly by Shelly Laurenston Pages: 379
How it qualifies: #3 on Best interracial PNR list - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Read: 18/09/22
Rating: 2★s
Review: Whew! Not my cup of tea at all and not just because Bo was an ice hockey player - a sport I dislike intensely. This had a goodreads rating of 4.7 and I have no idea what I am missing but if I didn’t need it for this challenge it would have been a DNF. I hated the two MCs - Bo was a violent thug at worse, a bully at best. Blayne was - well - I couldn’t work her out. This shapeshifter world is not one I am comfortable with. But Bo did love Blayne while Blayne just thought he was going to eat her, so that was a bit amusing. It has such a high rating, and some of my closest goodreads friends loved it. So obviously I’m in the minority
Completion posting: Week 2Task: read an interracial romance from Best interracial PNR
Book/cover link: Mind Game
Page numbers: 390 per link above
How book qualified: # 40 from Best interracial PNR https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Date Completed: 9/18/22
Rating/review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
My kind of book, romantic suspense, science paranormal, action, alpha heroes, strong women. Feehan does get a little wordy at times but I plan to continue on with the series as I need to know all the other characters stories now.
Selection post ~ Week 2~ Option 1 - Mixed race
Book: Delaney's Desert Sheikh
Pages: 192
How the book qualifies: #73 on Best Interracial Reads
Week 2 - Selection Post
Option 1 - Mixed race
Book - Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
Page numbers - 386 pages
How the book qualifies - #20 on Best Interracial Reads List
Sally906 wrote: "Week 2 (Option 1) - selection post2. Mixed race
Task: Read an interracial romance from the following list: Best interracial PNR
Book: Beast Behaving Badly by Shelly Laurenston (iBook)
Pages: 379..."
Hi Sally - please update your selection post for the GR book link. Thanks!
Looks like Georgia has left the challenge. I'll PM to confirm.
Jane (PS) wrote: "Hi Sally - please update your selection post for the GR book link. Thanks! (..."Ooops!
All done Jane 😃👍
Just confirming that Georgia has left the challenge - she's been inundated at work and doesn't want to hold you up :)
Completion post ~ Week 2
Book: Delaney's Desert Sheikh
Rating: 4⭐
Review:
A light romance book. Was easy to read. There was no misunderstanding to make long story for nothing, and I loved that. The hero was sure about his felling and the heroine also. I will give a try for next book in series, just curious about the brothers stories.
Week 316. Piano keys - the piano was invented around 1700. 🎹
* Read a book with page numbers ending in double numbers. Eg 100, 155, 222, 388 pages etc...
Note - this task has been updated to make finding the book a bit easier!
Remember, you can use any edition to qualify for the task (excluding audio books as they are quoted in hours).
Minimum page count of 100 remains.
Option 2
Key date: 18 March 2022
Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars
Series rule applies:
That is, if the book is in a series but does not match where you are up to, you may read another book from that same series
Option 3
Pass
Selection posting: Week 3Task: 16. Piano keys - Read a book with page numbers ending in double numbers. Eg 100, 155, 222, 388 pages etc...
Book/cover link: Lily's Promise: How I Survived Auschwitz and Found the Strength to Live
Page numbers: 288
How book qualified: hardback edition page numbers end in 88 see above link
Week 3 (Option 1) - selection post16. Piano keys - the piano was invented around 1700
Task: Read a book with page numbers ending in '00'. Eg 100, 200, 300 pages
Book:
Capturing the Pirate's Heart by Annie SeatonPages: 200
How it qualifies: page numbers end in 00
Completion posting: Week 3Task: 16. Piano keys - Read a book with page numbers ending in double numbers. Eg 100, 155, 222, 388 pages etc...
Book/cover link: Lily's Promise: How I Survived Auschwitz and Found the Strength to Live
Page numbers: 288
How book qualified: hardback edition page numbers end in 88 see above link
Date Completed: 9/24/22
Rating/Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This is a Holocaust survivor’s memoir that goes beyond just her war experiences but also encompasses her childhood in Hungary, her liberation by the American troops, her immigration to Israel and then to England in later years.
Week 3 - Completion Post16. Piano keys - the piano was invented around 1700
Task: Read a book with page numbers ending in '00'. Eg 100, 200, 300 pages
Book: Book:
Capturing the Pirate's Heart by Annie SeatonPages: 200
How it qualifies: page numbers end in 00
Read: 25/09/22
Rating: 3★s
Review: Annie Seaton is an Australian author, and I love her books. This book is one of her early works and although a pleasant read, it didn’t knock my socks off. Handsome pirate, innocent girl, evil religious uncle and missing priceless treasure that everyone wants to get their hands on. Got all the ingredients for a great read - but just slightly missed the mark for me.
I fell a little behind in the challenge...oops...but here is my
Week 2 - Completion Post
Option 1 - Mixed race
Book - Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
Page numbers - 386 pages
How the book qualifies - #20 on Best Interracial Reads List
Rating - 2.5 ⭐️
Review - I usually don’t read YA, but for some reason this book stood out to me while I was searching through the challenge reading lists. Now I remember why, I usually don’t read YA. It was a little too cliché, a little too tropey, and a little too much West Side Story/Romeo & Juliet. Although I did enjoy the male protagonist, Alex; his likable character was not enough for me to enjoy the pairing of him and Brittany.
Week 3 - Selection Post
Option 2 - Select a book from the 'READ' list of a team-mate that they read in the last 6 months AND that the team-mate rated at least 3 stars.
Book - Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Page numbers - 377 pages
How the book qualifies - Read by Louise on 8/12/22 and rated 4 stars
Week 3 - Completion Post
Option 2 - Select a book from the 'READ' list of a team-mate that they read in the last 6 months AND that the team-mate rated at least 3 stars.
Book - Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Page numbers - 377 pages
How the book qualifies - Read by Louise on 8/12/22 and rated 4 stars
Rating - 5 ⭐️
Review - I love Book Lovers. I chose this book as my week 3 read, because, yes I have read it already, and already knew it would be a funny, charming, quick read, that I desperately needed during this busy week I've had. Nora is a badass, ambitious, independent, career-driven bosslady, which I love. Emily Henry writes Nora's ambitions in such a way that, as a young person just starting out in my career, myself, really looked up to. Also the banter between Nora and Charlie is stellar and perfect.
Week 4Option 1
14. Text print
* Read a book available in paperback.
Option 2
Key date: 25 March 2022
Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars
Series rule applies:
That is, if the book is in a series but does not match where you are up to, you may read another book from that same series
Option 3
Pass
A selection post must be made for whichever option you choose - INCLUDING A PASS
Refer msg 3 for formatting of all 3 options. This format is also in msg 3 of your team threads.
Selection posting: Week 4Task: 14. Text print Read a book available in paperback.
Book/cover link: Second Chance Spring
Page numbers: 400
How book qualified: link to paperback edition
Week 4 (Option 1) - selection post14. Text print
Task: Read a book available in paperback
Book:
An Informal Christmas by Heather Gray Pages: 150 pages
How it qualifies: Is available as a paperback - 0692573348 - which is copy I’m reading
Louise wrote: "Week 1 - Zebra, Border Collie, Holstein Cow, PandaLouise - The Man Who Died Twice - Selection - Completion
Georgia -
Allie - Part of Your World - Selection
Sally90..."
Allie completion posting for this week is # 49 and for week 2 is #74
Week 4 - Selection Post
Option 1 - Text print
Book - The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Page numbers - 416 pages
How the book qualifies - Book title above is linked to paperback edition
Completion post ~ Week 3
Book: Ordeal by Innocence
Rating: 4⭐
Review:
Is my second book written by Agatha Christie, sure will not be the last. I've listened the audio book. It captivated me from start to finish. But it seems to me that the ending was a bit faster compared to the rest of the book.
Completion posting: Week 4Task: 14. Text print Read a book available in paperback
Book/cover link: Second Chance Spring
Page numbers: 400
How book qualified: see link above to paperback edition
Date Completed: 10/1/22
Rating / Review ⭐️⭐️
This is the third in the series a second chance romance. It really didn’t hit it for me. Lily had broken up the MC due to childhood trauma that seemed really lame to me. Much of the book was description, other characters stories, hand wringing.
Week 4 - Completion Post14. Text print
Task: Read a book available in paperback
Book:
An Informal Christmas by Heather Gray Pages: 150 pages
How it qualifies: Is available as a paperback - ISBN 0692573348 - which was copy I read and linked to above
Read: 02/10/22
Rating: 3★s
Review: not a light and fluffy read - MC, Rylie, works in a Children’s Cancer Unit. Her love interest is Zach. Their relationship develops very slowly as the work Rylie does, and the kids, and her Christian faith are front and centre rather than the romance.
Week 4 - Selection PostOption 1
Northern Lights by Nora Roberts
Pgs: 637
How It Fits: MMPB Northern Lights
Selection post ~ Option 1 ~ Week 4 
Book: A Thousand Boy Kisses
Pages:352
How the book qualifies: Is available as a paperback - link in title
Completion Post - Week 2 - Mixed race 👩👨🏾Option 1
Dimitri by Roxie Rivera
Pgs: 284
How It Fits: #126 Best Interracial Reads
Date Read: 9/24
Rating: 3*
Review
This was an enjoyable read about Benny and Dimitri who unknown to the other have had feelings for each other for many years. Benny runs the family business but obstacles in her path threatens her life and livelihood and Dimitri is there to protect her and guide her brother away from the destructive path he is on. This is the second in the series which I will continue with
Week 4 - Completion PostOption 1
Northern Lights by Nora Roberts
Pgs: 637
How It Fits: MMPB Northern Lights
Date Read: 10/4
Rating: 5*
As usual this had everything that I've come to expect from a Nora Roverts novel. Meg is a pilot in Lunacy where Nate has just taken up the positiion of Police chief after moving from Baltimore where he watched his partner be gunned down. As they're feelings grow a danger is lurking when the body of Meg's estranged father is found. Before they get their HEA Nate and Meg need to uncover the killer's identity before he takes more lives.
Week 5Option 1
6. Chessboard ♟️🏁
* Read a book with a smart MC:
Brainy Romantic Heroes
Nergasms
Gay Bookish, Nerdy, Geeky Characters
Nerdy Geeky Heroines of Romance
If you use Option 1, your selected book MUST be on one of the lists above.
Option 2
Key date: 1 April 2022
Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars
Series rule applies:
That is, if the book is in a series but does not match where you are up to, you may read another book from that same series
Option 3
Pass
Week 5 (Option 1) - selection post6. Chessboard
Task: Read a book with a smart MC: BrainyRomantic Heroes list
Book:
Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa KleypasPages: 373
How it qualifies: #2 on BrainyRomantic Heroes list - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Week 5 - Selection PostOption 1
Three Fates by Nora Roberts
Pages: 467
How It Fits: #166 Nerdy Geeky Heroines of Romance
Selection posting: Week 5Task: 6. Chessboard ♟️ * Read a book with a smart MC:
Book/cover link: It Happened One Autumn
Page numbers: 400
How book qualified: #5 on Brainy/Genius Romantic Heroes https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Completion Post -Week 3Option 1
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
Pgs: 400
How It Fits: 400pgs
Date Read: 6/10
Rating: 4*
Review:
This has been on my TBR for 6 years and for some reason I was under the impression that this was a young adult book. Boy was I wrong. Nella knocks on the door of a house in Amsterdam as the new wife of a wealthy merchant. This is a house full of secrets that Nella slowly discovers with the aid of the miniaturist, the elusive craftswoman who crafts the miniatures for the replica house that Nella's husband gifted her as a wedding present. This was quite a magical book with an underlying mystery that is never quite revealed. Looking forward to reading the second book in this series.
Completion post ~ Week 4
Book: A Thousand Boy Kisses
Rating: 4⭐
Review:
I've started this book without reading the reviews. Was a bad ideea. I was almost to abandon it, more that half of book was difficult to read (luckily I listened to it audiobook). I have mixed fellings with it. Loved the writing, the characters but... For me the life is cruel enough to read sad stories.
Selection post ~ Week 5Option 2
Book: The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2)
Pages: 354
Read by: Sally906 ~ Bridgertons, #3: An Offer From a Gentleman
star rating: 5
date read: Jul 28, 2022
Completion posting: Week 5Task: 6. Chessboard ♟️ * Read a book with a smart MC
Book/cover link: It Happened One Autumn
Page numbers: 400
How book qualified: #5 on Brainy/Genius Romantic Heroes https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Date Completed: 10/9/22
Rating/Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Not sure why this book was on this list but it was a solid historical romance. The dollar princess from NYC finds British aristocrats stuffy to say the least and the British Earl finds American heiresses to be too outspoken and irreverent. Somehow they end up being perfect for each other.
Completion post ~ Week 5
Book: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Rating: 5⭐
Review:
A book by Julia Quinn that was impossible for me not liking it. The chemistry between Hero and Heroine was awesome. I devoured the book and soon will the rest from this series.
Week 5 - Completion Post6. Chessboard
Task: Read a book with a smart MC: BrainyRomantic Heroes list
Book:
Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa KleypasPages: 373
How it qualifies: #2 on BrainyRomantic Heroes list - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Read: 10/10/22
Rating: 5★s
Review: I really enjoyed spending my time with another Hathaway - this time Poppy finds her perfect match although it was a far from perfect beginning. Harry was a bad boy - afraid of love and commitment - Poppy won’t settle for anything less. Somehow they need to find their way to their happy ever after.
Week 4 - Completion Post
Option 1 - Text print
Book - The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Page numbers - 416 pages
How the book qualifies - Book title above is linked to paperback edition
Rating - 2/5 ⭐️
Review - This book has been on my TBR list for a while now and it has been so hyped up on BookTok, unfortunately it did not live up to the hype for me. One of my favorite parts of fantasy romance novels is the world building and descriptions of the mythical world. I was pretty underwhelmed by Holly Black's worldbuilding in this book. And while I also love an enemies-to-lovers trope, I did not appreciate it in this book. The enemies-to-lovers banter was more of a bully romance, which I do not enjoy. Overall was disappointed with this read.
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Option 1
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
Pgs: 422
How It Fits:
Date Read: 9/14
Rating: 4*
Review
I thoroughly enjoyed this return to the Thursday Murder club, a group of 70+ sharp witted residents of a retirement complex who “solve” cold case murders, and not so cold. This time involved the death of a spy and theft of diamonds. The escapades of this group of elderly sleuths are entertaining as they use logic and cunning to get to the truth.