PtP - Bean There, Read That (6)

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Team Members


Captain Grinder
🫘Lisa

Frothers
Roger
🍵Diane D
🍵Shan A
🍵JL
🍵Mariana

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

1. Introduce yourself to your team. Let your team members know where you are from. This is a 'nice to know' when categories are announced and when team-mates can expect other members to post their book choices.

2. Captain Grinder - reserve a couple of posts in this thread tracking your team's book selection and completion. (Alternatively they could convert a chat comment to the tracking post/s.)

3. Name your team. Using this round's theme, come up with a fun name. Given we are an open/public group with no age limit, so please make sure any chosen name is smart, not smutty ;)

Please PM your name to Jane(PS) by 14 September

4. If you have a private profile, please 'friend' your team-mates. This is really important, because without this, your team-mates can't see your shelves to select a books under option 2. (It will also help with one of the categories in this round!)

5. Please post your book selections/completions in the format provided below. (This format is also posted in both the Q&A and Sign-Up threads.) We need to know the week that each book corresponds to, the page numbers, and how the book qualifies including links to lists/shelves (where applicable), etc. I can't stress this enough. When in doubt - link it*!

* don't link to your review in your completion post - reviews in your completion posts should be included in full in that post.

You don't want to start reading a book and then find it doesn't meet the requirements because some information (eg page count or theme link) was missing from your original post.

I will be monitoring this and your book will not be considered complete until I am satisfied that your selection and completion posts comply with the format rules of the challenge.

Remember - you can ONLY change your book selection in the week that the theme is called.

6. You MUST check in with your team each week, ideally once the theme is announced. Please let your team know if you expect to have spotty communication or are on holidays or having an operation, etc.

7. When you post the completion of your book, you must post a review; enough for us to know you have actually read the book. Please don't link to a review. You must post the review in this thread.

8. Re-reads are allowed but you can't read the same book twice within this challenge.

9. There is no prize for the winning team - bragging rights only :)

10. Each week, the theme will be announced in the Q&A/Announcement thread. The full list of themes announced during this round will be maintained in msg 1 of that thread.


The Rule on the Pass Option
* Each team can only have ONE member using their pass each week.
* Each member can only use that pass once each 5 weeks.
* This means that one or two team members (dependent upon the size of your team) will miss using a pass in each 5 week block.
* No-one can use the pass option in the last week of the challenge.
* In the final week Option 2 has altered and I will be allocating each team another team from which their book selection must be chosen :)

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Key selection and completion post information. You must have ALL elements in your book posts.


For selection post Option 1 you must have:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
How the book qualifies - please note which qualifying bookshelf/list you are using or the tags that justifies that it works.
If the theme is based off the bookcover, post the cover. If there is a letter count in the title, publication date etc, please note these details.

For selection post Option 2 you must have:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
Name of the team-member, their star rating, the date they read the book.

For selection post Option 3 you must have:
Week #
PASS


For the completion post you must have:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Rating (1-5)
Review


Please DO NOT CHAT in these selction/completion posts. It needs to be super clear.

If you 'waffle' about your decided book - please REPOST your selection once you decide. DO NOT go back and edit your waffling post.

IF YOU NEED TO CORRECT A POST FOR MISSING INFORMATION or because the didn't qualify etc, please REPOST this information in a NEW post. I don't want to have to keep going backwards in the thread.

[Lisa]

Week 1 to 6
(view spoiler)[
Week 1. Dual Authors. Complete
✓ Lisa Casting Light. Option 2. Read by Diane. 9/14/23 and rated 5 stars
✓ Diane D Shattered Secrets. option 1
✓ Shan A My Brother's Forbidden Friend. option 1
✓ JL Guard Me. option 1
✓ Mariana Good Boy. option 1

Week 2. Drawn Cover. Completed
✓ Lisa You Can Do Magic. option 1
✓ Diane Returning Home. Option 1
✓ Shan A The One Night Option 1
✓ JL Fire Touched. Option 1
✓ Mariana A Merry Little Meet Cute. Option 1

Week 3. Brown and green on cover. Completed
✓ Lisa Fakers with Benefits. Option 1
✓ Diane D Alpha's Rejection. Option 1
✓ Shan A Grin and Beard It. Option 1
✓JL Silence Fallen. Option 1
✓ Mariana Legends & Lattes. Option 1

Week 4. Unadulterated. Completed
✓ Lisa Hellhounds Never Lie. Option 2. Read by Diane 8/13/23 and rated 5 stars
✓ Diane The Omega King. Option 1
✓ Shan A Divergent. Option 1
✓ JL Hopeless Romantic. Option 1
✓ Mariana The Duchess Deal. Option 1

Week 5. 300+ pages
✓ Lisa Scott Sapphire and the Emerald Orchid. Option 2. Read by Diane 9/25/23 and rated 4 stars
✓ Diane Cypress Ashes. Option 1
✓ Shan A The Good Girl's Guide to Rakes. Option 1
✓ JL Mystery Man. Option 1
✓ Mariana Twisted Love. Option 1

Week 6. Cowboys. Complete
✓ Lisa Wolves Always Bite. Option 2. Read by Diane 10/18/23 and rated 5 stars
✓ Diane How to Hide Your Dragon Baby. Option 2. Read by Lisa 10/24/23 and rated 4 stars
✓ Shan A High Country Bride. Option 1
✓ JL Play It Safe. Option 1
✓ Mariana Buns. Option 1 (hide spoiler)]

[Lisa]

Week 7 to 11
(view spoiler)[
Week 7. Set in the Americas. completed
✓ Lisa The Humbug Holiday Option 1
✓ Diane Dasher. Option 2. Read by Lisa 11/3 and rated 4 stars
✓ Shan A Mile High. Option 1
✓ JL Baden. Option 1
✓ Mariana The Bodyguard. Option 1

Week 8. Historical. Completed
✓ Lisa The Sleeping Soldier. Option 1
✓ Diane Dancer Option 2. Read by Lisa 11/4/23 and rated 4 stars
✓ Shan A Shotgun Bride. Option 1
✓ JL The Courtesan Duchess. Option 1
✓ Mariana The Governess Game. Option 1

Week 9. Oz or NZ. Completed
✓ Lisa Holiday Heart Strings. Option 1
✓ Diane Prancer. Option 2. Read by Lisa on 11/10 & rated it 4 stars
✓ Shan A Dr. Stanton. Option 1
✓ JL Decker's Dilemma. Option 1
✓ Mariana Private Charter. Option 1 (hide spoiler)]

Week 10. Remote
✓ Lisa Surprised by Fate. Option 2. Read by Diane 11/3/23 and rated 4 stars
✓ Diane Rudolph. Option 2. Read by Lisa on 11/21 & rated it 4 stars
Shan A Wreckage. Option 1
JL The Search Option 1
✓ Mariana Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute. Option 1

[Lisa]

Hi
I'm Lisa and I am originally from New Haven, CT but am living in London, England.
I am the challenge Mod in another group and so I don't have a lot of time to do challenges myself but I do try to do this one as its only 1 book a week.
I read MM exclusively and this year have been making an effort to read lots of new releases.

[Lisa]

Team Names

Bean There, Read That

[Lisa]

xx

[JL]

I guess I'll start. Hi all, I'm from Michigan where I live with my husband and our two sons and two dogs and maybe in the future a bearded dragon...
This will be my 3rd PtP. I think. I also play BINGO when it comes around and Tower Teams. My choice of read is romance (mommy porn as my husband calls it) but I also like thrillers and suspense, preferably with romance thrown in ;)
I guess since this is coffee themed my team name nomination will be the either the Page Grinders or Bean there, read that. I'm not very creative.

[Mariana]

Hello. My name is Mariana, I'm from Romania, I am 33 years old, love to read, but this last few years were tough to make time. I live with my boyfriend, no kids, no pets. I work in a hospital. I played in the past, so I know to rules, I just hope this challenge will make me read more and meet new people...that is the best part.

[JL]

Mariana wrote: "Hello. My name is Mariana, I'm from Romania, I am 33 years old, love to read, but this last few years were tough to make time. I live with my boyfriend, no kids, no pets. I work in a hospital. I pl..."

Hello and welcome Mariana!

[Diane]

Hey everyone. I'm Diane & I live in northeast Ohio with my husband of 38 yrs. I am a mother of 2 daughters and a grandmother of 2 grandsons. I recently lost my fur baby Angel and it's been really hard. I am a fur grandmother to a very spoiled male cat named Skylar. I read & listen to a lot of books. I decided to take off this round as captain :)

I actually really like Bean there, read that

[JL]

Diane wrote: "Hey everyone. I'm Diane & I live in northeast Ohio with my husband of 38 yrs. I am a mother of 2 daughters and a grandmother of 2 grandsons. I recently lost my fur baby Angel and it's been really h..."

Welcome Diane! So sorry to hear about your fur baby.

[Shan ~A~]

Hi team! I'm Shan.

A person who probably, most likely, definitely does too many challenges.

Mother of 4, with 4 grandkids all belonging to my son. A set of twins, and two older boys (not that much older since they range from 1-4). My youngest just started her Sr. year in HS, so it's been fun so far.

I read mostly romance, but also read genres outside of that. It depends on mood or sometimes tasks for challenges.

I also like the name Bean there, read that

Diane, really sorry for your loss.

[Lisa]

Looks as if 4 of us like Bean There, Read That, so if no one objects Ill submit that name to Jane later today.

Looks as if we are just waiting on Roger to join us.

[JL]

Shan ~A~ wrote: "Hi team! I'm Shan.

A person who probably, most likely, definitely does too many challenges.

Mother of 4, with 4 grandkids all belonging to my son. A set of twins, and two older boys (not that m..."

Welcome Shan! Both of my sons are just in there 20's so I give them like 5-7yrs before hopefully they start giving me grandkids. Hope your youngest enjoys her senior year!

[JL]

Lisa wrote: "Hi
I'm Lisa and I am originally from New Haven, CT but am living in London, England.
I am the challenge Mod in another group and so I don't have a lot of time to do challenges myself but I do try t..."

Hi Lisa & welcome! I tried to add you as a friend but couldn't.

[Diane]

Hey Lisa, I thought we were already friends, but apparently we are not. I tired to answer but couldn’t come up with the right answer :D.

[Shan ~A~]

Diane wrote: "Hey Lisa, I thought we were already friends, but apparently we are not. I tired to answer but couldn’t come up with the right answer :D."

same

[Lisa]

Hi, after I became a Mod in another group, the world and its wife wanted to be my friend, so I changed the question and made the answer really hard. It stopped all the requests.
Ill send you both a friends request

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Lisa wrote: "Hi, after I became a Mod in another group, the world and its wife wanted to be my friend, so I changed the question and made the answer really hard. It stopped all the requests.
Ill send you both a..."

Haha - and now I want to see if I can answer the question! Glad we were friends beforehand 😂

[Diane]

Week 1

#4 - read a book written by two authors

Qualification needs to be shown on the main page with 2 authors listed (narrators don’t count) or through a list which shows authors that write under a single name

[Diane]

Selection Post

Week #1

Option 1: Read a book written by two authors

Bookcover/link: Shattered Secrets
Page numbers: 181 pgs/Goodreads
How the book qualifies: by R.J. Scott and Diane Adams

[*bookcover:Shattered Secrets|11454434]

[Mariana]

Selection Post
Week #1, Option 1
Read a book written by two authors

Book: Good Boy by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy
Page numbers: 283 pages per Goodreads
How the book qualifies: by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy stated in precis

[*bookcover:Good Boy|30747137]

[Mariana]

Completion post:
Week 1, Option 1

Book: Good Boy
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
I loved HIM and US by the same authors and I was excited to have a reason to read more about Jamie and Wes. Jess and Blake were a fun couple, especially Blake. I like his family, he was a happy guy and I had a lot of fun to be in his head. I felt like he know what he wanted and he went for it. He was sometimes too pushy, but maybe this was the only way to make Jess open up to him. Jess was having a hard time finding herself, but I am happy that she found her own path. I read this book at work yesterday and I resented every time I had to put it down. I loved it and I want to read more from this authors.

[Shan ~A~]

Selection Post
Week 1, Option 1
Task: Read a book written by two authors
Book/Author: My Brother's Forbidden Friend by Piper Rayne
# of pgs: 249
How it fits: Piper Rayne is a duo
Romance Duo List: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
GRs Bio Page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

[JL]

Selection Post
Week #1, Option 1
Read a book written by two authors

Pgs; 294
How book qualifies; written by both J.L Beck and C. Hallman

[Lisa]

Week 1
Selection Post - Option 2
Casting Light
350 pages
Read by Diane on 9/14/23 and rated 5 stars

[JL]

Completion post:
Week 1, Option 1

How book qualifies: written by both J.L Beck and C. Hallman
Pgs: 294
Rating: 3 stars
Review: I think I have a love/hate relationship with this dark, mafia romance because I loved Ivan and Violet but not so much how they met and Ivan's clear nonchalance about his line of work and how the women are treated. Until he meets Violet and gives up everything to save her. When he steals her away, he puts a target on both of their backs.

[Roger - president of NBR United -]

So sorry internet went out on 10th and just got it back!

[Diane]

Completion Post

Week #1

Option 1: Read a book written by two authors

Bookcover/link: Shattered Secrets by R.J. Scott and Diane Adams
Completion Date: 9/20
Rating: 4 stars
Review: For the most part, I enjoyed the book. I didn’t care for the time jump at the end. We go from just starting as a couple, to moving in together. What happened to the missing wolves broke my heart. I can’t wait to continue the series.

[*bookcover:Shattered Secrets|11454434]

[Lisa]

Week 1 - completion Post
option 2
Casting Light
350 pages
Read by Diane on 9/14/23 and rated 5 stars
Date read: 9/23/23
3 stars

I have to be honest, reading this book I felt exhausted. Sometimes I struggled to keep up with the dialogue and who was saying what. If I am really honest not alot seemed to happen throughout the book.
I do usually enjoy Alice's books but perhaps this wasn't for me.

[Diane]

Lisa wrote: "Week 1 - completion Post
option 2
Casting Light
350 pages
Read by Diane on 9/14/23 and rated 5 stars

I have to be honest, reading this book I felt exhausted. Sometimes I struggled..."

I'm sorry you didn't like it :(

[Shan ~A~]

Completion Post
Week 1, Option 1
Task: Read a book written by two authors
Book/Author: My Brother's Forbidden Friend by Piper Rayne
# of pgs: 249
How it fits: Piper Rayne is a duo
Romance Duo List: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
GRs Bio Page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Finished: 09/23
Rating: 4 stars
Review: I have enjoyed getting to know the Greene Family and was glad to finally get to Chevelle and Cameron's story.

The story has no angst, at least between the MCs, which I appreciated. We had some issues with an outside source, which you know about if you're reading the series in order, but that was dealt with right from the beginning.

The rest is these two figuring out their relationship with each other and the people in their lives (especially Cam with his dad) and Chevelle dealing with the guilt she's always felt about her mom's death.

I do want to say that I did get upset with Fisher when he was unwilling to listen to Cam at the beginning. He definitely deserved to have to eat crow.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

🌺

[JL]

Excited to start the next book in this challenge! Anyone else been waiting (im)patiently to start? Has anyone picked out books to go with the list of challenge draws ahead of time or, like me, are you just waiting to find out what the next challenge is?

[Mariana]

I am excited too. My week was hard, it is so hard to work with people, so I want a week end with no stres and a good book. I am a mood reader, I have home a lot of books so I would like to find something that I already own, but if nothing fits it's fun to shop too. I love to have an excuse to buy more books.

[JL]

Mariana wrote: "I am excited too. My week was hard, it is so hard to work with people, so I want a week end with no stres and a good book. I am a mood reader I have home a lot of books so I would like to find som..."

I'm also trying to read more from my home library as well. I have a lot on my shelf I haven't read yet so I would like to read more of those.
Sorry you had a hard week, hopefully you have a fantastic weekend.

[Diane]

Week 2

Option 1: Latte Art - the decorative surface pattern on Flat Whites or Lattes
Read a book with a drawn cover.

These ones count:


And its likely that the covers in these lists will work:
Books with Cartoonish Covers
Best Gay Drawn Covers

If you aren't sure, please post in the Q&A thread.

[Diane]

Selection Post

Week 2: Option 1: Latte Art - the decorative surface pattern on Flat Whites or Lattes. Read a book with a drawn cover
Bookcover/link: Returning Home by A.M. Rose
Page numbers: 321 pgs/Goodreads
How the book qualifies: graphic cover



[*bookcover:Returning Home|55163901]

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

🎨

[Shan ~A~]

Selection Post
Week 2, Option 1
Task: Read a book with a drawn cover
Book/Author: Well Played

# of pgs: 332
How it fits: Drawn cover

[*bookcover:Well Played|50089191]

[Lisa]

Week 2
Selection Post
Drawn Cover
( ok'd by Jane )
287 Pages

[Lisa]

Week 2
Selection Post
Drawn Cover
( ok'd by Jane )
287 Pages
date read: 10/1/23
4 stars

Its the day that Kal leaves the carnival after being there for 1 year and he meets Ryan a popstar who is playing a local festival.
We meet a huge cast of secondary characters, most of them members of rock bands. Both Kal and Ryan are damaged but fins the way forward by being together.
As the story progresses we learn Kal's backstory and the trials of Ryans life.

[Mariana]

Selection Post
Week #2, Option 1
Read a book with a drawn cover

Book: A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy&Sierra Simone
Page numbers: 425 pages per Goodreads
How the book qualifies: Drawn cover

[*book:A Merry Little Meet Cute|60121411]

[Mariana]

Completion post:
Week 2, Option 1

Book: A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy&Sierra Simone
Rating: 2 stars
Review:
I choose to read this book because I liked the cover, it was very cute and had a plus size women on the cover. Being a plus sized women myself I was very excited to read a love story with a plus size women that has a very unapologetic attitude about her sex life. I loved that part, but in rest the story was disappointing: it was too long, the conflict was very predictable and I didn' t like Noah, the main male character. I think this book had the potential to be good, it had interesting characters, but in the end it feel juvenile and kind of boring.

[JL]

Selection Post
Week #2, Option 1
Read a book with a drawn cover

Book: Fire Touched by Patricia briggs
Pgs: 342
How the book qualifies: Drawn cover

[*book:Fire Touched|25776210]

[Diane]

Completion Post

Week 2: Option 1: Latte Art - the decorative surface pattern on Flat Whites or Lattes. Read a book with a drawn cover
Bookcover/link: Returning Home by A.M. Rose
Completion Date: 10/3
Rating: 4 stars
Review: This was really good & I wish there would be more. So Reed is an Omega who has been sheltered, though that is too nice of a word for what his parents did to him, all his life. He never even met the Alpha of his pack, which is just sad. His parents were real POS & I'm glad we only see them for a very short period of time. So he is given/sold to an Alpha from a wealthy pack. He knows nothing of the outside world so he is so very scared. When he arrives at his new home, turns out he went from one prison to another. Jax is an Alpha of his pack that has lost his lands & home to an invader that killed his parents & tried to kill he & his sister. He knew he couldn't fight him & win so they take off & are living in the woods keeping an eye on the home pack collecting intel biding their time before they can take what is rightfully back. When Jax finds out that a new Omega has arrived, he hatches a plan. It was not an easy fight to get their home back & what they really needed was a sacrifice that Reed was willing to do over the objects of Jax. What started as an arranged mating eventually turns into love. I loved the epilogue that took place 3 years later to see how everyone is doing. I would love to see this turned into a series as there could be dangers from other packs. And I would love to see what happened in the epilogue advance.



[*bookcover:Returning Home|55163901]

[Shan ~A~]

I'm on the waitlist at my library for my book. It says I'm first in line, but I may start looking for another if I hadn't gotten it by the time we get the next call.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Looks like Roger isn't playing this round.

Please proceed without him :)