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PtP - The Dazzling Dazzle (3)
Selection PostWeek: # 3
Option: # 1
Book:
Banana Slit by Angela K. RyanPages: 177
How the book qualifies: pagenumber ends in 77
[*book:Banana Slit|59081215]
CORRECTIONSelection Post - Week 3
Until the Dawn by Elizabeth Camden
Until the Dawn
Pages: 511 pages per this link
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
How it fits: 511 pages
Broken Link: [*book:Until the Dawn|27804175]
CORRECTIONCompletion Post
Week 3
Option 1; piano keys
Book Title/Author: Until the Dawn by Elizabeth Camden
Book Cover: Until the Dawn by Elizabeth Camden
Date Completed: September 24, 2022
How Qualifies: This edition had 511 pages per this link
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Broken Link: [*book:Until the Dawn|27804175]
⭐⭐⭐
Review:
Historic romance, Christian
While listed as #1 of the Until the Dawn series, there are 2 prequels: Toward the Sunrise and The Rose of Winslow Street.
Sophie van Riijn, an amateur meteorologist in upstate New York, is using the roof of Dierenpark, an abandoned mansion high atop a windswept cliff in the Hudson River Valley, owned by the Vandermarks, to do her weather observations.
Quentin Vandermark, the first member of the owners family to return to the area in three generations, intends to put an end to the shadowy rumors about the property. When he finds an interloper, they are instant enemies, until he finds she can reach his very troubled son.
Broken Link: [*book:Until the Dawn|27804175]
SELECTION POST Week #3 - Option #1
Mine by Mary Calmes
Pages: 222/GR
How it Qualifies: double 2s
[*book:Mine|15846744]
Completion PostWeek #3
Task: 16. Piano keys - Read a book with page numbers ending in double numbers. Eg 100, 155, 222, 388 pages etc...
Book: All Systems Red
Date Read: 9/25
Rating: 4.5 stars
How it fits: 155 pages (in my selection post I had the wrong edition, with 144 pages.)
Review: How have I missed this series? I should have listened to my mom years ago when she told me I should read it! Such a quick, entertaining read!
[*book:All Systems Red|33396171]
Completion PostWeek #: 3
Bookcover/link:
Banana Slit by Angela K. Ryan 9/26-22Rating: ★★★
Page numbers: 177
How the book qualifies: pagenumber ends in double 7
Review:
This was okay, a typical cosy mystery with the MC solving the mystery before the police. At least she has the help of a retired PI. My problem with this series, is that it seems like there is going to be a continuing mystery running through the series which I don't like. I might still continue reading the series.
Completion Post - Week 2 Option 1Book:
Date Read: 9/23
Rating: 3 Stars
How it Fits: #18 on Best Interracial Reads List
Review: A good Beauty and the Beast naughty re-telling. Lila and Hunter had a hot steamy "relationship" for the most part. When they weren't arguing and fighting. It felt kind of rushed.
[*book:Mistress to the Beast|35894131]
LaurLa wrote: "Hope everyone is having a great weekend! For week 2, it looks like we just need completion posts for Jane and JL. If I've missed them somewhere, please let me know!!Great job team keeping up!"
Just posted mine. Sorry I was on vacation and didn't have time to post.
Week 3 Selection Post Option 1Book:
Pages: 277
How it Fits: Pages # ends in double 7
[*book:Mine to Keep|60909012]
COMPLETION POST Week #3 - Option #1
Mine by Mary Calmes
Pages: 222/GR
How it Qualifies: double 2s
Finished: 9/27
Rating: ★★★★★
Review: I absolutely love this book. Good thing it's fiction because their relationship is soooo very unhealthy. But I LOVED the crazy. I couldn't get enough of it. The crazier Landry was the more I loved it. They both were just a mess of possessiveness and obsession with a dash of jealousy. My only critique would be that the story did get a little boring when it went into detail about Trevan's work. Every once in a while it got a little too info dumpy. I didn't care how bookies and betting worked. But I still give it 5 strong stars
One Sentence Audio wrote: "CORRECTIONCompletion Post
Week 3"
Thanks for updating these!
Completion Post Week 3 Option 1Book:
Pages: 277
Fits: Pages # ends in double 7
Review: 4 Stars
Definite warnings/triggers on this one. 18+
Ava and Cyrus's story was hot, dirty and dangerous. Mafia romance with lots of Alpha-Domination.
[*book:Mine to Keep|60909012]
Week 4 CallOption 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.
The Dazzling Dazzle ➺ Status updateWeek 1
➺ All complete
Week 2
➺ Jane completion
Week 3
➺ LaurLa completion
➺ Emeli completion
Let me know if I've missed a post anywhere!
We're doing well - mostly on track. I know I'll have my week 3 book done in a couple days.
Reminder for Week 4: if you choose Option 1, you do not have to read the paperback edition, the book just needs to be available in paperback.
LaurLa was just letting us know what is still needed for each week. :)
Week 4 Selection PostOption 1: 14 ->A book available in paperback
Book Title and Author: How to Seduce a Scot by Christy English
How to Seduce a Scot
Link that proves available in paperback:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/149261...
Pages: 345
Broken Link: [*book:How to Seduce a Scot|25382850]
Selection Post - Week 4Option 1
Book: Timber
Pages: 749
How it fits: multiple paperback editions available
[*book:Timber|56459780]
Completion PostWeek #: 2
Bookcover/link:
Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh 10/1-22Rating: ★★★★
Page numbers: 330
How the book qualifies: # 2 on Best Interracial Paranormal List
Review:
I'm really enjoying this series. I like how it is a new couple in each book but the previous people are still such a big part of the book. I'm ordering the next book from the library.
Selection PostWeek: # 4
Option: # 1 ►14. Text print
* * Read a book available in paperback
Book:
Shattered Bonds by Faith HunterPages: 380
How the book qualifies: It has been published as paperback (and I'm reading that version)
[*book:Shattered Bonds|42438218]
Laura wrote: "LaurLa was just letting us know what is still needed for each week. :)"Thank you. I mistakenly thought it meant the reverse as that was what was recorded as done.
Completion PostWeek: 4 Option 1 (Paperback available)
Bookcover/link: How to Seduce a Scot
#1 in 3 book/1 novella series Broadswords and Ballrooms
Date Completed: October 1, 2022
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pages: 384
How the book qualifies: a paperback version is available. Proof of paperback availability:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/149261...
Review: This strong Scot male main character is not great literature, but it is an example of my favorite sub-genre of historic romance. On a day that brought me the diagnosis of a seriously agressive stage 4 cancer diagnosis for my hospitalized husband, this book worked better than a glass of wine or a valium. The story is of newly impoverished Lady Catherine Middlebrook and her romance with Alexander Waters. I would have preferred more historic political detail and a subplot, but it still soothed my troubled mind.
Broken Link: [*book:How to Seduce a Scot|25382850]
One Sentence Audio wrote: "CORRECTIONSelection Post - Week 3
Until the Dawn by Elizabeth Camden
Until the Dawn
Pages: 511 pages per this link
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3......"
Thanks for correcting these Benita and LaurLa :) I was just about to comment when I saw that LaurLa had already done so, and that you had redone the posts :)
Completion Post - Week 4Task: 14. Text print - Read a book available in paperback
Book: Timber
Date Read: 10/1
Rating: 5 stars
How it fits: multiple paperback editions listed on Goodreads
Review: This one was a wild ride. Hades deserves the happy ending, but the route was sure bumpy! Overall, I loved the support and family feel of this harem!
[*book:Timber|56459780]
Week 3 completion Option 1
Love in Slow M'Ocean
Finished 29/9
⭐⭐⭐⭐
This was a good daddy Little romance and i really enjoyed the holiday theme so all a good addition to the series
Selection postWeek 4
Option 1
192 pages
[*book:Asher's Answer|62455219]
Paperback available
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B...
Week 4 completion
Finished 2/10
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This was such an emotional book and i really wanted to hug poor Little Asher but i Loved how his daddy Charlie helped him heal i cant wait for the next book so all in all a great debut book
SELECTION POST Week #4 - Option #1
Axel's Pup by Kim Dare
Pages: 560/GR
How it Qualifies: https://www.amazon.com/Axels-Pup-Were...
[*book:Axel's Pup|21522467]
Selection Post Week 4 - Option 1Book:
Pages: 402
How it Qualifies: Available in Paperback
https://www.amazon.com/Because-Dark-S...
[*book:Because of the Dark|60532709]
Completion Post ➺ Week 3Option 1
Call: 16. Piano keys
Task: Read a book with page numbers ending in double numbers
Book: Ignited
Pages: 311 pp (GR kindle, linked edition)
How it fits: 311 pp
Date Read: 10.02 ★★★★
Review:
Very high action romantic suspense. It features the unrest in the Pakistan/Afghan areas as well as the conflicting sentiments regarding the US there. It was published almost 10 years ago, so it may not be as accurate now as at that time, but I felt like it was probably close. I hope it gave a fair view to all sides but not ever having been in the area, I can't really speak to that. I felt like it was brave for the female MC to try and continue her father's legacy of bringing education to girls. It's sad for me as an American who has always had freedoms to think that it's not that way everywhere and that there are extremists who feel those who think differently than they do should be killed for it. Overall the book was good from a character and romance perspective. The subject matter could be difficult to accept regarding issues that are not easily resolved - certainly not in a romance book for entertainment.
Selection Post ➺ Week 4Option 1
Call: 14. Text print
Task: Read a book available in paperback
Book: Faithless in Death
Pages: 383 pp (GR kindle, linked edition)
How it fits: paperback edition: Faithless in Death
[*book:Faithless in Death|53190613]
Completion PostWeek #: 4
Bookcover/link:
Shattered Bonds by Faith Hunter 10/4-22Rating: ★★★★★
Page numbers: 380
How the book qualifies: There is a paperback version of this book and it is the one I read.
Review:
This is book 13 in this series and MC has changed a lot through the series which has been great to follow. As in all these books MC and her friends has to fight the baddest vampires around and only just survive. This is one of my favourite series at the moment.
[*book:Shattered Bonds|42438218]
Completion Post ➺ Week 4Option 1
Call: 14. Text print
Task: Read a book available in paperback
Book: Faithless in Death
Pages: 383 pp (GR kindle, linked edition)
How it fits: paperback edition: Faithless in Death
Date Read: 10.04 ★★★★
Review:
I can never go wrong with an In Death book. This one didn't disappoint. This one was more procedural and less awful serial killer focused which I appreciated. I love when Eve starts making connections out of almost nothing that leads to huge takedowns of bad people! Also can't wait to see how the living arrangements with Mavis and Peabody et al plays out!
COMPLETION POST Week #4 - Option #1
Axel's Pup by Kim Dare
Pages: 560/GR
How it Qualifies: https://www.amazon.com/Axels-Pup-Were...
Finished: 10/04
Rating: ★★★
Review: Wayyyy too long. I really enjoyed the book but I just don't understand why it had to be so long. It seemed to drag endlessly. I felt like the plot was just going in circles non stop. Plus I struggle when an MC has sex with others after feelings are involved with the other MC. Even if it is technically not cheating. In the book it felt even more unnecessary. Why not stick to fighting or whipping? Idk. I still liked the book overall.
Completion Post Week 4 Option 1
How it fits: Available in Paperback
https://www.amazon.com/Because-Dark-S...
Pages: 402
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: Wes is back and he has his own personal stalker this time! He's also disconnected from his best-friends Lilly and Rhys. After he loses everything, he moves to the middle of nowhere to the one school that can hopefully help him get his dream back. But when he meets Kingsley "King" she throws all of his carefully laid plans out the window. They have this instant explosive attraction. Only, when he finds out who she really is, it's even more devastating because they have both fallen hard for each other. But being betrayed by his best friends and now the girl he loves is too much for him.
I loved King and Wes so much. Their attraction and their connection are so hot. I love the way they are pulled together and weather the storms thrown their way. And I love, love their HEA.
Up next is Followed by the Dark (The Dark #5) Denielle and Marcus's story. Finally, we'll find the reason behind the hatred Marcus has for Denielle.
[*book:Because of the Dark|61462171]
SELECTION POST Week #5 - Option #1
Invitation to the Blues by Roan Parrish
Pages: 220/GR
How it Qualifies: #500 on Best Gay Romance with Bookish/Nerdy/Geeky Characters
[*book:Invitation to the Blues|38510053]
Week 5Option 1
6. Chessboard ♟️🏁
* Read a book with a smart MC:
Brainy Romantic Heroes
Nerdgasms
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
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 Post - Week 5Tempt Me at Twilight
Pages: 385
How it fits: #2 on Brainy/Genius Romantic Heroes
[*book:Tempt Me at Twilight|8121948]
Thanks for posting, Laura!We are all caught up through week 4!! Way to go everyone!!
I have 2 options for week 5! I think I'm going to wait to choose until I know about a couple other team challenges before I decide for sure.
Selection PostWeek 5. Option 1. 6. Chessboard ♟️🏁
How Qualifies...On the list: Nerdy Geeky Heroines of Romance #88...but the # changes. Heroine is a world travelling professional scientist (lepidopterist) and museum curator, participating in top scientific academies, with a side gig as crime investigator.
A Treacherous Curse
Book Title/Author: A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourne
Kindle 1st Page Count: 320
Broken Link: [* bookcover:A Treacherous Curse|26244626]
If this book does not meet the standards, I will finish an alternate within 2 hours.
Selection PostWeek: # 5
Option: # 1 ►6. Chessboard ♟️🏁
* Read a book with a smart MC: from list
Book:
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. MontgomeryPages: 250
How the book qualifies: # 49 on Nerdy Geeky Heroines of Romance Novels list
[*book:Anne of Avonlea|25844172]
Complection PostWeek: # 5 Option 1. 6. Chessboard ♟️🏁
Book Title/Author: A Treacherous Curse by Deanna RaybourneA Treacherous Curse
Rating/Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Set in Victorian England, heroine, and retired Naval surgeon partner, investigate murders and Victorian crime. Romance is a secondary plot line as main characters work slowly toward each other through series, not book. I like this series because of the tidbits of intellectual knowledge and language I pick up, as I enjoy the engaging story rich in factoids on Egytology, taxidemy, Queen Victoria's family and lepidoptery.
Broken link: [*book:A Treacherous Curse|26244626]
...one of Goodreads challenges requires broken links...I think it is this one. Sorry if it isn't.
Selection Post Week 5 Option 1Book:
Pages: 290
How it Fits: #92 on Brainy/Genius Romantic Heroes
[*book:Black Lies|22471294]
Selection Post ➺ Week 5Option 1
Call: 6. Chessboard
Task: Read a book with a smart MC from one of the lists
Book: The Deeds of the Disturber
Pages: 483 pp (GR kindle, linked edition)
How it fits: #193 on Brainy/Genius Romantic Heroes
[*book:The Deeds of the Disturber|36164416]
Looking good for week 5. Just have a selection post outstanding for Emeli... unless I missed it! Let me know. 😊
Selection Post ➺ Week 5Option 1
220 pages
Number 135 on the Gay Bookish, Nerdy, Geeky Characters list
Completion Post - Week 5Call: 6. Chessboard ♟️🏁
Book: Tempt Me at Twilight
Date Read: 10/10
Rating: 5 stars
How it fits: #2 on Brainy/Genius Romantic heroes
Review: The Hathaways almost eclipse the Bridgertons in my mind. Almost, but not quite. Still, this is a fictional family I would love to be a part of!
[*book:Tempt Me at Twilight|8121948]
Week 6 CallOption 1 ➺ 9. Black tie suit (formal wear) 🤵♂️
*Read a book with a cover model in a suit or formal wear
Option 2
Key date: 8 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
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 Post - Week 6Book:
Pages: 430
How it fits: She's in a formal dress
[*bookcover:Party Girl|60378060]
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Great job team keeping up!"
You've not missed mine, I haven't read it yet :-)