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TART Challenge - Round 6 - Fast Like Molasses (5)
hahahaha....never mind. I see what i did. LOL. I picked the wrong book. you have two 'unread' books on your MnG shelf that were added in March. State of the Union and Fireworks. I checked to see when State of the Union was added to your main tbr in case the date was different from the MnG shelf. It wasn't.
I meant to add Fireworks, but I guess I really wanted you to read State of the Union. sorry about that. Fixing it shortly.
Chan wrote: "hahahaha....never mind. I see what i did. LOL. I picked the wrong book. you have two 'unread' books on your MnG shelf that were added in March. State of the Union and Fireworks. I checked to see w..."
I figured there had to be some reason this was getting a little weird!
For future reference, the date added is the date you initially added it to your bookshelves...has nothing to do with any one individual shelf. It's the same everywhere.
Oh, and since I ALMOST read Fireworks yesterday but something told me not to and I picked something different, I guess I have to read that one! Thanks for figuring it out, Chan!
Thanks for the tip. I wasn't sure about the added dated being the same regardless of shelf. I double checked my post a moment ago and i had updated it with State of the Union...AGAIN! what is with me and this book. I might need to read it.
My post is really fixed with Fireworks now.
I'm guessing when you went to hit the edit post button your mouse slipped down to cancel instead. When I looked at it in between it didn't have a new edit time.
Task 20 - 112. Each teammate picks two books for the other teammates from their regular (not special) to-read shelf that has been there over a year and the teammate picks one of those books to read. No pass for this task.
FireworksPages: 343
Qualifies: Added to my TBR on March 14, 2021 and recommended by Chan
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: October 24, 2022
Sorry, I’ve been MIA for the last day. Are my picks ok or do I need to redo them?
Elizabeth wrote: "Sorry, I’ve been MIA for the last day. Are my picks ok or do I need to redo them?"They're great, Liz!
Task 20 - 112. Each teammate picks two books for the other teammates from their regular (not special) to-read shelf that has been there over a year and the teammate picks one of those books to read. No pass for this task.Book:
Pages: 336
Qualifies: Added to my TBR shelf September 16, 2021 and recommended by Chan https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Rating: 👹👹👹👹
Completed October 25, 2022
Hey everyone, not sure if I'm going to finish tonight. I have mastitis/plugged duct and my body is wrecked. Trying to convince the baby to go to bed early with me because I'm draggin! 🤣
#20 | 112. Each teammate picks two books for the other teammates from their regular (not special) to-read shelf that has been there over a year and the teammate picks one of those books to readBook: The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf
Pages: 355
Qualifies: Chosen by Karen
Rating: 🐺🐺🐺🐺
Completed: October 25, 2022
Courtney wrote: "Hey everyone, not sure if I'm going to finish tonight. I have mastitis/plugged duct and my body is wrecked. Trying to convince the baby to go to bed early with me because I'm draggin! 🤣"Yikes. I hope you feel better, Courtney.
Courtney wrote: "Hey everyone, not sure if I'm going to finish tonight. I have mastitis/plugged duct and my body is wrecked. Trying to convince the baby to go to bed early with me because I'm draggin! 🤣"Oh, that sounds miserable! I hope it clears up quickly, and that the munchkin is/was cooperative!
Task 20 - 112. Each teammate picks two books for the other teammates from their regular (not special) to-read shelf that has been there over a year and the teammate picks one of those books to read. No pass for this task. 
Bound to Submit
Pages: 154
Qualifies: Added to my TBR Aug 30, 2020 and Recommended by Karen
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Completed: 10/26
Thanks! Feeling much more human today. Basically felt like I had a bad flu all night. Glad it's over! Posted in the tracking thread 👍
Glad you are feeling better Courtney - breast infections are the worst! (Said as both a mom and a midwife!)
I'm too tired tonight to check you completions and update tracking - i'm not worried, but I will do it tomorrow.Here is your next task!
Task 21 - 74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.
This is not a team decision, you may read a book initially published in the birth month of any teammate. You may not use your own birth month unless it is the birth month of another teammate as well. Use the initial publication date for this task. If there is a date listed at the top of the editions page, use it! Otherwise, I will be looking for the earliest dated English language edition regardless of format for the qualification. Please include the teammate and their birth month in your completion posts.
MountainKat wrote: "Glad you are feeling better Courtney - breast infections are the worst! (Said as both a mom and a midwife!)"Thanks! I had a friend reach out and recommend some sunflower lecithin, so I'm going to try that and hope it keeps the clogs away in the future!
74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.January, April, September, November
My birthday is November. I'm going to do
. It's initially published in January 2022. The page number isn't listed on GR, but it's 264 on Amazon.
Courtney wrote: "74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.January, April, September, November
My birthday is November. I'm going to do [bookcover:Down and Dirty|58678..."
I'm just heading to bed now, but I'll add the page count to the book page tomorrow.
My birthday is January. I’m going to do
which was published September 20
Chan, you tried so hard to let me read
for the last task, but it didn't work. Now I get to read it for this one! 😁
Courtney wrote: "MountainKat wrote: "Glad you are feeling better Courtney - breast infections are the worst! (Said as both a mom and a midwife!)"Thanks! I had a friend reach out and recommend some sunflower lecit..."
Hope it helps! Google castor oil packs if you it does happen again - early and often. They were extremely helpful for a lot of our moms. 😊
Task 21 - 74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.January (Liz), April (Karen), September (Chan), November (Courtney)
Book 1
State of the UnionPages: 334
Qualifies: First published September 20th 2022 (Chan's birth month)
Rating: 5 stars
Completed: October 26, 2022
Book 2
Visions of Sugar PlumsPages: 155
Qualifies: First published November 5th 2002 (Courtney's birth month)
Rating: 3 stars
Completed: October 27, 2022
I've started a 2nd book
, but even though it's short I probably won't finish until tomorrow morning (unless I spend more time awake tonight than I plan on).
Task 21 - 74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.January (Liz), April (Karen), September (Chan), November (Courtney)
Down and Dirty
Pages: 264
Qualifies: Initially published in January, which is Liz's birth month
Rating: ⭐️⭐️
Completed: 10/27
Task 21 - 74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.January (Liz), April (Karen), September (Chan), November (Courtney)
Book:
Pages: 432
Qualifies: Published in September. Chan’s birth month
Rating: 4 stars
Completed October 27, 2022
Courtney wrote: "Thanks! Feeling much more human today. Basically felt like I had a bad flu all night. Glad it's over! Posted in the tracking thread 👍"
Glad you are feeling better. it sounded awfully painful
~KarenH~ wrote: "Chan, you tried so hard to let me read for the last task, but it didn't work. Now I get to read it for this one! 😁"Woohoo! i'm glad it worked for this challenge
We have the best birth months! It was so easy to find books. My MnG shelf was filled with books first published in our birth months.
#21 | 74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own monthBook 1
Book: My One and Only
Pages: 385
Qualifies: Published in January; Liz's birth month*
Rating: 🚗🚗🚗🚗
Completed: October 26, 2022
Book 2
Book: Rescued by the Cowboy
Pages: 274
Qualifies: Published in April; Karen's birth month
Rating: 🤠🤠🤠🤠
Completed: October 27, 2022
*See messages 484 - 486 below
Well, my brain is officially on vacation - or was last night anyway! I discovered when I was almost done with my 2nd book that it was published in December, not November...grrrr! The only thing that makes it not quite as bad as it could be is I know Kat has some appts. today and probably wouldn't have been around to give us our new task by the time I finished that book. I've already started another one
and it's shorter and a narrator that I can speed way up, so should be done in 90 min. or less.
Chan wrote: "#21 | 74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own monthBook 1
Book: My One and Only
Pages: 385
Qualifies: Published in January; Liz's birth mo..."
Chan, I'm not seeing a January pub date for your first book...the earliest I see is March 29, 2011.
This is what i see...i copied and pasted from the main pageMy One and Only
Kristan Higgins
3.95
15,844 ratings1,341 reviews
Just when she thought she had life and love all figured out…
Divorce attorney Harper James can’t catch a break. Bad enough that she runs into her ex-hubby, Nick, at her sister’s destination wedding, but now, by a cruel twist of fate, she’s being forced to make a cross-country road trip with him. And her almost-fiancé back at home is not likely to be sympathetic.
Harper can’t help that Nick has come blazing back into her life in all of his frustratingly appealing, gorgeous architect glory. But in Nick’s eyes, Harper’s always been the one. If they can only get it right this time, forever might be waiting—just around the bend.
GenresRomanceContemporary RomanceChick LitContemporaryFictionAdultHumor
385 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2011
Wow, that's weird...on the editions page it just says First published 2011, and there's no edition with that date. But Kat allows makes allowances for things that GR has incorrect (like bad tags or things on lists that really shouldn't be) I think you'll be ok. I'm still back on the old page, so I can't actually see it.
Chan, why don't you add a note to your book 1 qualification just saying "see msgs 484-486" or something like that, so Kat doesn't do the same thing I did!
Hi Karen. Okay. thanks. I'll make that update shortly.
This is another problem with the new page. It puts the date of whatever edition the page comes up on and then after it always has an initially published date, but no indication which edition that is. Then after that it has the list of all the books, but if there aren’t enough editions it won’t open into that page with the full list, and so to actually check all the dates you have to click each edition one by one and all the dates aren’t correct.
That's interesting...I've never had a problem with the editions or dates before. I've always been able to just go to the editions page. Maybe that's another one of those things like with the tags...sometimes it works and sometimes the option isn't there.
I think it depends on how many editions there are. Just like there's a problem with the tags. If the amount doesn't hit a certain number, it doesn't offer you the option to "show all". When you open up the different edition pages from the new main page, it's so hard to keep track of which over you've opened already because some just list the year without any other identifier. That list page is so much more useful, but it doesn't come up as an option without something like 5 or 6 different editions. I ended up picking a book specifically because it only had one edition because I was too worried about getting messed up because of the new page
OK Chan, I will take your word for it because I don't see that either.Here is your next task!
Task 22 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model.
Books selected for this task need to have a model on the cover with a tattoo. You can use any cover to qualify for this task. Please include the qualifying cover in your completion posts.
Ooh yay! I'm going to read
.It came up on an insta I follow for getting in the mood for Halloween with a monster romance 😂. I've been hoping to fit it in somewhere.
This is what shows on the new page for Chan's other one btw. The new page doesn't specify which edition it gets that initial publication date from though. Have I mentioned how much I hate the new page 😂https://ibb.co/jb2f8Nd
MountainKat wrote: "OK Chan, I will take your word for it because I don't see that either.Here is your next task!
Task 22 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model.
Books selected for this task need to have ..."
Yikes. sorry Kat. I thought you had the new page and could see what I see. from now on when it comes to a publication date, i'll open each book. There's still some glitches with the new page and editions.
Courtney wrote: "This is what shows on the new page for Chan's other one btw. The new page doesn't specify which edition it gets that initial publication date from though. Have I mentioned how much I hate the new p..."Oh thank you for taking a screenshot courtney. lol it makes me feel less bad now that people can actually see that it is really listed as January 1, 2011.
I don't know how to post a screenshot, so thank you for doing that for me.
I was drawing a complete blank, so was going to just find some short rereads. One of the books I saw was from the Vino & Veritas series that we've used for series tasks...looked there and found several fairly short ones that qualify. I will have no problem with two, and can probably finish three by tomorrow night if needed - and only one is a reread!
i have two books lined up and could read a third too.
Task 22 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model.Book 1
InsatiablePages: 198
Qualifies: See cover above
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: October 27, 2022
Book 2
UndercoverPages: 203
Qualifies: See cover above
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: October 28, 2022
Book 3
Hard as It GetsPages: 360
Qualifies: See cover above
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: October 28, 2022
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It's on my TBR, it's just not old enough - has to have been there at least a year.