PtP - No Rest While Reading (10)

[Shan ~A~]

Welcome, Benita!

[CB]

Welcome Benita! Great job completing a book for the first week. :)

[♏Vanessa♏]

🎉 Completion post 🎉
😴 Week #1 💤

Rating 4✨
📝Review: a sweet historical romance taking place in London during Victorian England. I loved how grumpy and rude our mfc was. The story is clean, but there was a very descriptive kiss that was so sensual it gave me tingles. Well worthy a read.

[Jean]

Great reading for week 1. Everyone is finished with their first book. The next task will be called this afternoon.

[One Sentence Audio]

Great job Team!

[Jean]

Called Task
April 7

Option 1
2. More than a third of adults fail to get enough sleep each night.
Read the third book in a series OR any book from a trilogy.
You must specify which option is used.

Option 2
Key date: 7 October 2022
*Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars
Series rule applies:
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.

[Jean]

Selection post
Option 1
Week # 2 Read any book from a trilogy
Bookcover/link: Forged in Love
Page numbers:304
How the book qualifies: 1st book in a trilogy link to series https://www.goodreads.com/series/3436...

[One Sentence Audio]

❤️SELECTION✨️
Week 2
Option 1

How fits: third book in a series (#3 in Jo Beverly's THEEE HEROES series)
https://www.goodreads.com/series/5041...
Title/Link: The Devil's Heiress
Pages: 373
Date Begun: April 7, 2023

[CB]

Selection Post:
Week # 2
Bookcover/link:
Page numbers: 434
How the book qualifies - Book #3 in the Black Dagger Brotherhood Series. https://www.goodreads.com/series/4196...

[♏Vanessa♏]

⚜️ Selection post - Option 1 💖
😴 Week #2 🛏💤

📚 Symphony for a Deadly Throne - Page numbers: 405 📖 - 14h04m 🎧
✔️How the book qualifies - Part of a trilogy and third in the series

[Jean]

Completion post
Week # 2
Bookcover/link: Forged in Love
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Review: The book is part of a trio of books set in Wyoming during 1870s. This book introduced the three main female characters each of which will be featured as a main character in the books. Each woman is unusual for her times. This book highlights Mariah, a blacksmith in the small town who is the only witness to a stagecoach robbery.

[One Sentence Audio]

COMPLETION. Week #2. Option #1

Book Title/Link: The Devil's Heiress by Jo Beverely
The Devil's Heiress
Pages: 373
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Review: Jo Beverely, one of my favorite Regency authors, offers plots that are NOT as predictable as many authors in her subgenre, and this book has late unexpected plot twists that prove that rule. A bit steamy.
Date Completed: April 8, 2023



🐰🐣Happy Easter Weekend!🐤🐇

[Shan ~A~]

Selection Post
Week #2 ~ Option 1
Bookcover/link: Faefever by Karen Marie Moning
Page numbers: 327
How the book qualifies: 3 book in series

[CB]

Hi Team
Wanted to update you I will be behind a week. I haven’t even had a chance to start my book yet and it’s a 400 page book. I will make sure I’m caught up by next Fridays call.

[Jean]

C wrote: "Hi Team
Wanted to update you I will be behind a week. I haven’t even had a chance to start my book yet and it’s a 400 page book. I will make sure I’m caught up by next Fridays call."

Not a problem! Hope everything is okay

[♏Vanessa♏]

Sorry for my delay as well. I had friends staying over. I should be able to finish the book in the next day or 2.

[Jean]

Van wrote: "Sorry for my delay as well. I had friends staying over. I should be able to finish the book in the next day or 2."

Real life happens. Don’t worry about it. This is a challenge where you can get behind and as long as you are caught up going into the last week it really doesn’t matter what happens in between.

[Jean]

Called Task
April 14

Option 1

5. Until recently, medical science was unable to consistently and fully explain why we sleep.
Read a book from on of the following medical romance lists:
Creatures Great & Small: Veterinarians in Romance
Doctor Medical Romance Heroes
Doctor Medical Romance Heroines
Best Gay Doctors
Heal Me! Best Male Doctors in Romance
Nurse Themed Romances
Include the list used in your qualification
If you use this option, your selected book MUST be on the list prior to this theme being announced.

Option 2
Key date: 14 October 2022
*Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars
Series rule applies:
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

[Jean]

Jean wrote: "Called Task
April 14

Option 1

5. Until recently, medical science was unable to consistently and fully explain why we sleep.
Read a book from on of the following medical romance lists:
Creatures..."

Boy I’m glad I took Jane’s hint to heart and added some books to all the list task!

[One Sentence Audio]

📚SELECTION📚
📚Week #3 Task 5 (Medical) Option 1 📚

Book Title/Link: Shattered Rainbows by Mary Jo Putney
How Fits: on list from approved list of lists, #21
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Pages: 379 Kindle 1st

[♏Vanessa♏]

⚜️ Selection post - Option 1 💖
😴 Week #3 🛏💤

📚 Pulling Doubles - Page numbers: 218 📖 - 5h51m 🎧
✔️How the book qualifies - number 187, page 3 - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

[♏Vanessa♏]

🎉 Completion post 🎉
😴 Week #2 💤

Rating 4✨
📝Review: my least favourite in the trilogy but the book is so well written that one can not help but get absorbed by the story, characters and all the magical setting. It even had slightly more spice than other books (from half🌶 to a full one😍). Free on KU with free audio included.

[One Sentence Audio]

📚COMPLETION📚
📚Week #3 Task 5 (Medical) Option 1 📚

Book Title/Link: Shattered Rainbows by Mary Jo Putney
How Fits: on list from approved list of lists, #21
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Pages: 379 Kindle 1st
Review/Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐With more actual history of the Battle of Waterloo than is usually contained in a Regency romance, this is a well written historical romance with a very strong female MC.

[Jean]

Selection post
Option 1
Week # 3 - 5. Until recently, medical science was unable to consistently and fully explain why we sleep.
Bookcover/link: The Doctor's Husband
Page numbers: 157
How the book qualifies: # 315 on this list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[Jean]

Completion post
Week # 3 - 5. Until recently, medical science was unable to consistently and fully explain why we sleep.
Bookcover/link: The Doctor's Husband
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Review: 3rd in a a series of 4 books about the Watson Brothers in the fictional town of Marietta MT. A cute romance, with likable characters.

[Shan ~A~]

Selection Post
Week #3 ~ Option 1
Bookcover/link: The V Girl: a Coming of Age Story by Mya Robarts
Page numbers: 340
How the book qualifies: #101 on Doctor/Medical Romance Heroes list
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[♏Vanessa♏]

Jean wrote: "Jean wrote: "Called Task
April 14

Option 1

5. Until recently, medical science was unable to consistently and fully explain why we sleep.
Read a book from on of the following medical romance list..."

That is a brilliant idea, I'll do for the remaining lists. Thank you 😍

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

C wrote: "Hi Team
Wanted to update you I will be behind a week. I haven’t even had a chance to start my book yet and it’s a 400 page book. I will make sure I’m caught up by next Fridays call."

Hi C - I know you are working on this but you must post at least one completion this week. And of course, post your selection for week 3 :)

[♏Vanessa♏]

🎉 Completion post 🎉
😴 Week #3 💤

Rating 4✨
📝Review: Another 4 stars and it would have been 5 if the ending didn't leave so much to be desired, it was a bit rushed. I just love 🥰💓love🥰💝love🥰💖 Christina's books, she has a mixture of really spicy romance with sassy, strong female characters, funny moments, drama and all in all addictive stories. This one is an enemies to lovers and it was light, fun and spicy. The narration was outstanding and just made the story better.

[Shan ~A~]

Completion Post
Week #2 ~ Option 1
Bookcover/link: Faefever by Karen Marie Moning
Page numbers: 327
How the book qualifies: 3 book in series
Finished: 04/16
Rating: 5 stars
Review: This one still feels like a pivotal point in the series to me. Mac comes into her own more in this book. She becomes a little less dependent on the men in her life, and more self-sufficient. It's not easy because these men have advantages that she doesn't possess, but that doesn't stop her from trying. I've always loved that she was willing to stand toe-to-toe with these powerful beings.

[CB]

Jane (PS) wrote: "C wrote: "Hi Team
Wanted to update you I will be behind a week. I haven’t even had a chance to start my book yet and it’s a 400 page book. I will make sure I’m caught up by next Fridays call."

Hi ..."


Hi Jane - I will be finished with Week 2s book hopefully by Wednesday. Just to make sure I have this correct - I don’t post my Week 3 Selection Post until I’ve made Weeks 2s completion post right?

[Jean]

C wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "C wrote: "Hi Team
Wanted to update you I will be behind a week. I haven’t even had a chance to start my book yet and it’s a 400 page book. I will make sure I’m caught up by next F..."

No you can go ahead do your selection post now

[CB]

Jean wrote: "C wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "C wrote: "Hi Team
Wanted to update you I will be behind a week. I haven’t even had a chance to start my book yet and it’s a 400 page book. I will make sure I’m caught up..."

Oh thanks Jean! That’s my bad. I thought it had to have my completion post done first. I’ll put up my Week 3 selection tomorrow!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

C wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "C wrote: "Hi Team
Wanted to update you I will be behind a week. I haven’t even had a chance to start my book yet and it’s a 400 page book. I will make sure I’m caught up by next F..."

Yes - your selection for week 3 can be posted, but I need a completion for any of your selected books before I announce week 4's theme :)

Thanks C and Jean :)

[Jean]

Jane (PS) wrote: "C wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "C wrote: "Hi Team
Wanted to update you I will be behind a week. I haven’t even had a chance to start my book yet and it’s a 400 page book. I will make sure I’m caught up..."

Jane can I get you to clarify for the rules. C has selected and completed a book for week 1, selected but not completed a book for week 2 and has not selected a book for week 3. This week, week 3 she must at a minimum select a book for week 3.

[First understanding of rules]
But she can have two unread books that carry over to week 4? So that in week 4 she must select for week 4 and complete one of the outstanding books?


[second understanding of rules]
Or can she only have 1 unread book that carries over to the following week, so that in week 3 she must select for week 3 and either complete week 2 or 3’s book?

My reading of your comments is that it is the second is correct, but my reading of the rules is it’s the first. I just want to be sure I’m encouraging the correct way. Of course I would prefer no one get behind a week as I think it gets harder to catch up but I know life does happen! And I think either way she will have both a book selected and read this week, but I want to be sure I have it straight in my mind for what I should be looking for.

Thanks!

[CB]

Jean wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "C wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "C wrote: "Hi Team
Wanted to update you I will be behind a week. I haven’t even had a chance to start my book yet and it’s a 400 page book. I will make ..."

Thank you for this Jean! In the meantime I’m going to go ahead and post my Week 3 Selection.

[CB]

Selection Post:
Week # 3
Bookcover/link:
Page numbers: 319
How the book qualifies - Book #17 in the Doctor Romance Heroes List https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[CB]

Completion Post
Week # 2
Bookcover/link:
Rating (1-5): 4/5
Review:
Book 3 is Zs and Bella’s story. Theirs so far is my least favorite of the first 3. It definitely has a lot of sad moments in this book - (view spoiler)[ Tohrs wife is dead, he disappears, where does this leave John.
Then there’s the fact that Bella’s brother is The Reverend - like wow that was a twist I was not expecting. (hide spoiler)]
It was nice to see Z have his slight redemption moment. I didn’t like the love triangle aspect of the story. Just not my thing. But of course it does end with a HEA.

(view spoiler)[ Oh also now who is going to be the fore-lesser??? That was left a major cliffhanger! (hide spoiler)]
4/5

[Jean]

C wrote: " Completion Post
Week # 2
Bookcover/link:
Rating (1-5): 4/5
Review:
Book 3 is Zs and Bella’s story. Theirs so far is my least favorite of the first 3. It definitel..."

Yay! We are done with weeks 1&2!

[Shan ~A~]

Completion Post
Week #3 ~ Option 1
Bookcover/link: The V Girl: a Coming of Age Story by Mya Robarts
Page numbers: 340
How the book qualifies: #101 on Doctor/Medical Romance Heroes list
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Finished: 04/19
Review: Lila is on a mission to lose her virginity before the choice is forced from her by the recruitment ceremony. The recruitment is a very cruel process in the dystopian world where you are drafted into service. This is nothing like a draft in our time, if you are recruited you are then raped by the soldiers and forced into either the lowest ranking positions or into being unpaid sex workers.

So, I completely understood Lila's determination. It's basically the only thing that she has any control over, if only she can find a willing participant. She want it to be with someone she trusts, so she tries to enlist a friend. He's reluctant, so she moves on.

In the course of all of this she meets Aleksey. The way they meet leaves much to be desired for Lila, and once she realizes his position she has even more distrust.

We don't get this story from his point of view, but his actions speaks volumes. I understood her not trusting him at first due to her experiences, but the more he showed her who he was, I expected her to get a clue. Her little sister had more since than her in that regard.

Overall, I enjoyed this story. There were times when I felt things were repeated for no reason, but it was still an intriguing story.

[CB]

Completion Post
Week # 3
Bookcover/link:
Rating (1-5): 5/5
Review:
Omg this was unexpectedly very good! Definitely is not a romcom, however, the flow of the relationship & banter between Drew and Josh just gives off that vibe. There are lots of serious topics in this book - I.e suicide by parent; parent with cancer; feelings of abandonment; addiction; drug use.
I remember when I read the 1st book of the series we were introduced to Drew and I was so not interested in her. But I guess because enough time has passed since when I read that one that I forgot this detail and man am I glad I did! I ended up really liking Drew. Is she a bit rough around the edges - yes - but honestly she deserves to be. Josh was such a good calming fit for her! And he was so obsessed! Love when the MMC is just so like head over heals for the FMC.
Would definitely reread this one and I’m definitely excited for the next book in the series which looks like it’s Ben’s story! I’m glad it’s Ben’s and not Six’s. I think I would need some time to forget about Six to be able to read his story - cuz he sucks!
5/5

[Jean]

Called Task
April 21

Option 1

7. Sleep regenerates both the mind and body.
Read a book with an exposed human body on the cover.
Cover model must be predominately unclothed with more than 50% of their skin showing.
Include the book cover in the qualification

Jane gives examples of acceptable covers here

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

Option 2
Key date: 21 October 2022
*Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars
Series rule applies:
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

[One Sentence Audio]

👩‍🎓❤️SELECTION POST❤️👩‍🎓
Week 4 Option 1

Book/Link/Author: Nothing But Time by Angeline Fortin
How Qualifies: Option 1 lots of skin

Pages: 317

[♏Vanessa♏]

⚜️💓 Selection post - Option 1 💖⚜️
😴 💤 🌚 Week #4 🌙 🛌 😴

📚 The Devil You Know - Page numbers: 298 📖 - 8h38m 🎧
✔️How the book qualifies - exposed human body on the cover

[Jean]

Selection post
Option 1 Read a book with an exposed human body on the cover
Week # 4
Bookcover/link: Hector
Page numbers: 242
How the book qualifies: book with an exposed human body on the cover.

[CB]

Selection Post:
Week # 4
Bookcover/link:
Page numbers: 168
How the book qualifies - 50% of models body is naked.

[One Sentence Audio]

🥰📚COMPLETION📚🥰
Week 4 Option 1

Book/Link/Author: Nothing But Time by Angeline Fortin
How Qualifies: Option 1 lots of skin

Pages: 317

Review/Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Kate, an academic biochemist's bad first date with an academic physicist ends with heroine being transported back to Victorian England and the physicist cannot get them home....so she takes a job as a maid and meets an Earl.

[Jean]

Completion post
Week # 4
Bookcover/link: Hector
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Review: The best part of this book was the cute baby Pegasus horse and her mee-eeh’s. Read for the two in one challenge ticking boxes but a shifter romance.

[Shan ~A~]

Selection Post
Week #4 ~ Option 1
Bookcover/link: Slade by Kade Boehme

Page numbers: 179
How the book qualifies: Exposed human body on cover

[♏Vanessa♏]

🎉 Completion post 🎉
😴 Week #4 💤

Rating 4,5✨
📝Review: This was a re-read\listen inspired by C pick from week 3 - THANK YOU 🙌😁💕👍- Love this story and the original review was 5 🌟 but this time around I took 0,5 star away because we needed a male narrator as well. They are both lawyers and enemies before being forced to work in the same case and things start to change. Not all is what they appear. Great writing and very addictive story.