TART Challenge - Round 6 - Rubber Duckies (3)

[Diane]

If it comes to Tales of the High Court, I am actually on book 4 in the series.

[Diane]

OMG I realized I have not been updating my books when I finish them, so spending an hour posting my reviews in case you need to read something I read recently! Can't believe I left it so long.

[DeeNeez]

Ugh 😩 6pm EST seems so long to wait for our first task

[Diane]

Yeah, I was thinking we'd get it during the day.

[Gustaf]

We are getting it earlier. Kat wrote about it yesterday.

[Gustaf]

Kats message:

OK everyone, hubby and I are heading out of town in the morning to celebrate his birthday! (It's one of those big ones with a zero on the end!) I will be on my phone and busy, so not really able to answer many questions, but I'll try. If another moderator answers a question, their answer will stand. 😊

I plan to announce the first task a little earlier than scheduled, probably about 3-4 hours - sometime around 11 or 12 US EDT. Remember you need to post in this thread when you are done with the first task and that tasks are assigned no sooner than every other day. The second task cannot be assigned until Friday. I will be prepped and ready to do that from my phone - and will hopefully not have too many copy and paste errors! 🤞🏼

I will be assigning the second task to teams that finish the first without checking your posts - I won't be able to do that until we are home over the weekend. 😊

[DeeNeez]

Well, that’s confusing 😳
11 or 12 EDT happened hours ago…

[Gustaf]

I have no idea lol. Time Zones that are not my own are confusing 😂 Anyway the task will probably show up soon

[DeeNeez]

Kat posted in Loitering Layabouts….

“Hate to remind you, but the first task always requires a team decision - usually an easy one though.”

[Gustaf]

It’s usually something super easy. I think last time we had to choose either blue or yellow covers in honor of Ukraine.

[Gustaf]

I'm skeptical to Tales of the High Court btw, it's both fantasy and historical... not what I'd usually read but I'm always up for trying things at least once. So if that's the way we want to go, let's do it.

[DeeNeez]

I’m not a fan of Megan Derr. I will only read a book of hers if it’s the last resort.

[Gustaf]

Back to the drawing board then. We need a series that Helke is on board with and we all can read different books for.

[DeeNeez]

Oh, we are looking for a second Series….

[Gustaf]

Yes. There are two tasks. One is just to read the same series. We are doing Lindenshaw Mysteries for that one.

The other one is that we need to read the same series but can't read the same book. That's the one a multi author series would be perfect for.

[Gustaf]

First Task - All Teams!

0. Read a sports romance (MPG) or a book with a primarily green cover, teams decide which. No pass for this task.

With both college and pro football seasons starting, I’m sure I’m not the only one with sports on the brain! As a team, decide if you are a book with primarily green cover or a book with MPG Sports Romance. If selecting a sports romance, it can either be the generic Sports (alone or combined) or the specific sports such as football, baseball or hockey - but it MUST be MPG! If selecting books for the cover option, green must be the primary color you see on the cover to qualify. No pass for this task.

[Gustaf]

I'm 100% team sports romance for this one but I'm pretty sure I could manage green cover as well. What do you think team?

[Gustaf]

Tracking - Task 1
Read a sports romance (MPG) or a book with a primarily green cover, teams decide which. No pass for this task.
Team decision: Sports romance

Helke:
Completion Post
Gustaf:
Completion Post

Dee:
Completion Post

Diane:
Completion Post

[Helke]

Diane wrote: "Waiting for Helke to friend me so I can see her 'read' shelf and pick a book for her."

I didn't realise we hadn't friends each other tol now Diane. Sorry.

[Helke]

OK for sports too.

[Helke]

Sorry I don't want to be difficult about the series. I will try to look for other series to talk about tomorrow.

[DeeNeez]

Sports! I got one that fits SH 😁

[Gustaf]

It just happens that the Project Hero audio just was released hehe

[DeeNeez]

First kindle edition I can find
The Next Competitor

[Diane]

Sports cool with me too

[DeeNeez]

Gustaf wrote: "It just happens that the Project Hero audio just was released hehe"

Ooo…that one looks good. …another added to my tbr😂

[Diane]

I can't remember, do we post a selection post, or just a completion?

I'm going to read:
Common Goal by Rachel Reid

[DeeNeez]

Oh, someone is asking Kat about her “ MPG Sports Romance” statement.

I never noticed if there was literally a “sports romance” tag on MPG before. Kinda blew my mind, cause I’ve always just looked for “sports” on MPG on our MM Romance books… thought it was the same thing 😳

[Diane]

What? If it's tagged sports then also tagged romance you can't use it??

[Diane]

No, we are fine. Did you see her answer? As long as sports is on the MPG. Phew! Already halfway through my book!

[Gustaf]

Completion Post
Task 1 - 0. Read a sports romance (MPG) or a book with a primarily green cover, teams decide which. No pass for this task.
Team choice: Sports romance

Book: Project Hero by Briar Prescott
Page numbers: 251 / GR first kindle edition
How book qualifies: MGP Sports
Date Completed: 15/9/22
Rating: 5 stars

[Diane]

Completion Post
Task 1 - 0. Read a sports romance (MPG) or a book with a primarily green cover, teams decide which. No pass for this task.
Team choice: Sports romance

Book: Common Goal
Page numbers with source: 282 pages -- GR First edition Kindle
How book qualified: MPG Sports
Date Completed: Sept 15
Rating: 4 stars -- wasn't thrilled with the 20 minute get back together conversation after a 2 month absence, but the rest was great and a good addition to the series.

[DeeNeez]

Completion Post
Task 1 - 0. Read a sports romance (MPG) or a book with a primarily green cover, teams decide which. No pass for this task.
Team choice: Sports romance

Book: The Next Competitor by Keira Andrews
Page numbers: 247 / GR earliest kindle edition found
How book qualifies: MPG Sports Romance
Date Completed: Sept 16
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Helke]

completion post Task 1
Read a sports romance (MPG) or a book with a primarily green cover, teams decide which. No pass for this task.
Team decision: Sports romance

Book: Blade by R.J. Scott
pc: 207 first kindle edition
How book qualifies: MPG Sports Romance
Date Completed: 09/16/22
Rating: 3

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.

As a team, select a series listed on GR and everyone reads a book in that series. (Does not have to be a numbered series.) Please include the selected series in your completion posts. Teammates can read the same or different books for this task. No pass for this task.

[Gustaf]

This is the one we choose Lindenshaw for. Thank god lol.

[Gustaf]

Im on a train for a few hours, travelling to my parents place so I’m going to post the tracking after that

[Helke]

Just started another book. Will need at least the weekend. Sorry.

[Gustaf]

No stress. While I’m competitive we are doing this challenge for fun.

[Diane]

I gotta start with the first one.

[Gustaf]

Tracking Post - Task 2
9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.

Helke:
Completion Post

Gustaf:
Completion Post

Dee:
Completion Post

Diane:
Completion Post

[DeeNeez]

I’m also starting with book 1

[Helke]

I´m reading A Carriage of Misjustice. That is the next in the series for me.

[Helke]

I thought of other series: Dr. Maxwell Thornton murder mysteries by SC Wynne
Lang Downs by Ariel Tachna
Kip O´Connor series by SC Wynne
Cole McGinnis by Rhys Ford


I know it is heavy on the mystery side. Maybe I´ll find some not mystery series later.

[Helke]

Gustaf why do you have past for task 92 as team decide? We have two times future and one I take either.

[Helke]

As I´m on the pc today I took a closer look at the series Gustaf suggested. I could get behind Vino Veritas.

Or we could try Out of Uniform.

[Gustaf]

Helke wrote: "Gustaf why do you have past for task 92 as team decide? We have two times future and one I take either."

Thank you for noticing, Helke. It's supposed to be future. Changed now.

[Gustaf]

Helke wrote: "As I´m on the pc today I took a closer look at the series Gustaf suggested. I could get behind Vino Veritas.

Or we could try Out of Uniform."

Helke wrote: "I thought of other series: Dr. Maxwell Thornton murder mysteries by SC Wynne
Lang Downs by Ariel Tachna
Kip O´Connor series by SC Wynne
Cole McGinnis by Rhys Ford


I know it is heavy on the myster..."

Dr. Maxwell Thornton Mysteries could work depending on where everyone is in the series, That or Vino & Veritas.

I have already read the whole Out of Uniform series twice,

[Gustaf]

Helke wrote: "I´m reading A Carriage of Misjustice. That is the next in the series for me."

Me too!

[DeeNeez]

I’m open for the Dr Maxwell…I just started that series, so it would be book #2 for me.

I’ve read all of the Cole McGinnis series, so I could read any one of the series.

Vino & Veritas there’s a variety to choose from for me.

Lang Downs or the Kip series would have to be book #1 for me


The hard part is us not reading the same book a series.