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PtP - Got a Latte to Read (9)
Kat wrote: "Dr. OB*"Hi Kat - when you insert the link in your post, you need to put a space or asterisk within the booklink, like this:
[*book:Dr. OB|34945008]
Week 1 completion post
320 pages
Finished on 9/28/23
Rating: 4 stars
Review: This was a fun book for fall. It has romance, drama, and magic. It was three stories of three women staying at the same cottage around halloween. Very enjoyable read, but predictable.
Week 2 has been announced 12. Latte Art - the decorative surface pattern on Flat Whites or Lattes
Read a book with a drawn cover.
Week 2: option 1 selection post
400 pages
How it fits: drawn cover, #15 on list
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Week 1: Completion PostBook: Any Luck at All
Author: Angela R. Casella
Finished: 9/29
Rating: 5 stars
Review: This was such a fun book while also having all of the right emotional tie-ins. I really enjoyed the relationship development between the two main characters, Georgie and River. It was great banter, a fun meet cute (sort of meet cute), and the personalities really meshed well.
Selection Post Week #2 Option 1
The Learning Hours
Page numbers:398 pages, Kindle Edition
How the book qualifies: This edition of the book has an illustrated cover:
[*book:The Learning Hours|35841098]
Selection PostWeek #2 Option 1
Wasted Words by Staci Hart
Pages: 349
Qualifications:
[*Wasted Words|50634648]
That's Jane's way of letting us know she has checked our team thread to that point. It also let's Jane know that is where she stopped checking.
Hi TeamI was just catching up on where we are and what we may still need. I have the list below for week 1 and 2 (along with due dates as I can't shake bad habits from my project manager career 😬)
Week 1 still need:
🗒️Completion post from Kat
📆Due ASAP please (I don't wish for you to fall behind in the challenge. Not meaning to call you out at all.)
Week 2 still need:
🗒️Selection posts from Nikki and Kat
📆Due by Wednesday in case one of you is looking to use the PASS option for this week. I'd just like to know by the middle of the week please.
Thanks all!
Sorry for the list making.
It's how I stay sane most days.
I also didn't want to let this get away from me and suddenly realize we were behind or missing items.
I’m hoping to catch up this week with week 1 task and I’ll select week 2 in the next day or two.
Kat wrote: "I’m hoping to catch up this week with week 1 task and I’ll select week 2 in the next day or two."Perfect! Thank you!! I didn't want you to fall behind at all. 😊
I’ve decided to pass for this week Option 3
Week 2
Pass
Selection PostWeek #2 Option #1
Bookcover/link:
The Secret's in the Sauce by Amanda M. LeePage numbers: 333
How the book qualifies:
[*bookcover:The Secret's in the Sauce|78813150]
Week 2 completion post
400 pages
Finished on 10/5/2023
Rating: 4 stars
Review: Enjoyable read. Will probably read nore in the series. Typical fake romance and they fall in love. Strong female mc, loved the group they put together for female empowerment.
Week 3Option 1
6. Green coffee beans must be roasted prior to consumption, which is when they turn brown
Read a book with green and brown on the cover. Both colors must be on the cover.
If you aren't sure, please post in the Q&A thread.
Option 2
Key date: 7 April 2023
State date your teammate read the book and their rating
Book from your teammate's shelf must have been read on or after this date, and rated at least 3 stars.)
Option 3
Pass
Allowed one person per team per week, and once every 4 weeks per person
Thanks for posting Kat!Team- I’ve been battling a bad cold but yesterday it finally settled into one ear and my chest. I’ve also been having vertigo attacks due to the ear fullness.
I’ll be on later tonight and tomorrow to go through the thread and consolidate the posts.
I’m sorry I’ve been MIA. It’s been very difficult to sit upright and work on a screen. I’ve got an appointment at the Urgent Care tomorrow to see if I can get an antibiotic.
Thank you all for the help through this week and keeping things running! 😌
Completion - Forgot to do this Week 1
by Max MonroePages: 314
Rating: 5 stars
Justification: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Date read: 27.9.23
Review: I loved this, Will and Melody are so sweet together, the bander and chemistry between them is so good. And Will is so swoon and I felt myself nearly well up but I was at work so had to swallow to prevent myself crying lol.
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Maggie wrote: "Thanks for posting Kat!Team- I’ve been battling a bad cold but yesterday it finally settled into one ear and my chest. I’ve also been having vertigo attacks due to the ear fullness.
I’ll be on l..."
Hope u feel better soon
Week 3 option 1
189 pages
How it fits: has both green and brown on the cover
Completion PostWeek # 2
The Learning Hours
Rating: 3.5 (rounded to 4)
Review: I like Sara Ney's Douchebag series. I like Sara Ney's books. This was one where I wanted more from both of the characters. I felt that she could have pushed a little bit more from both Laurel and Rhett. The book was well set up with Rhett having a ton of emotional load with a transfer and living with the WORST humans in the world. He slowly comes out of the fog, but he still, essentially, stays still. He doesn't push for more. Which is a little odd given the impetus of his story. Laurel grows as well. She moves on from being pushed and pulled around by what people want of her and starts to see things for who and what they are. Her values change, yet she doesn't say anything or change any of her smaller actions. For a portion of the book, that made sense. Towards the end, smaller actions or speaking up in places would have shown that growth and would have pushed or supported Rhett's growth along as well. It was like an "almost there" sort of story. I liked it, but it was almost written.
[*book:The Learning Hours|58253196]
Hi TeamMy vertigo is finally FINALLY clearing
I'm working on catching up. I'm so sorry to be so late.
To keep things going in this thread p this is Week 3's call:
Week 3
Option 1
6. Green coffee beans must be roasted prior to consumption, which is when they turn brown
Read a book with green and brown on the cover. Both colors must be on the cover.
If you aren't sure, please post in the Q&A thread.
Option 2
Key date: 7 April 2023
State date your teammate read the book and their rating
Book from your teammate's shelf must have been read on or after this date, and rated at least 3 stars.)
Option 3
Pass
Allowed one person per team per week, and once every 4 weeks per person
Completion Week 3
Option 1
Silver Bells by Carol Wyatt
Pages read: 116
Rating: 4 star
Date read: 11.10.23
Task: Read. a book with green and brown cover
Justification: Hat is green and coat is brown
Review: This is my first book by this author. I really enjoyed it, it’s my first female romance. I liked the chemistry between Vivian and Carly.
*Silver Bells
Completion PostWeek 2
Option 1
Wasted Words by Staci Hart
Pages: 349
Rating: 2 stars
Date Read: 11/19-11/10
Task: Illustrated cover
Justification:
Review/Notes: I was really hoping for a good book - I love enjoy novels that come from inspiration of other novels or retellings. I was not feeling this one though. I think the major problem I had was the chemistry between the two main characters. They were just so flat and Cam (the main female character) was very unlikeable.
Week 3 SelectionOption 2
Book: Southern Magic
Author: Amy Boyles
Read by: Nikki the Sapphired Book Dragon on May 31, 2023 with 3 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Selection PostWeek # 3
Option #1
Blind Side
Page numbers: 408 pages, Kindle Edition
How the book qualifies: Book has both Green and Brown on the Cover
Completion PostWeek # 3
Blind Side
Rating: 5 stars
Review: I'm a little embarrassed that I waited this long to read this book. It was much better than I anticipated. I like a well written fake dating trope and this one hit all of my high points. I liked the sway and shift in the power balance between the characters over the course of the story. I liked that they both grew in unexpected ways. I liked that Giana was a quiet yet well thought out character. She didn't hide from herself and she thought through what she wanted and then proceeded to go after it. It wasn't as in your face as the other characters but it was with the same determination. I appreciated that the other characters in the book recognized these traits - particularly being written as a D1 school and a high valued sport. Seeing the recent addition of the female punter to the NCAA football leauge was lovely to see written into this series. It's a story my family has been following a little as the punter has a soccer background and my eldest is looking into pursuing a career similar in paths to what Giana worked through in this book. I think my kiddo is outright looking at being an agent or PR crisis manager for athletes, but I do know she is already looking to working with the soccer and track teams in the role Giana played in the book - media specialist and PR rep. Clay was a very well written character as well. I wanted to utterly slap his father for just abandoning him outright. If your college aged son is calling you for help - you don't tell him to abandon the only parent that has stayed in his life. You step up and adult. Clay really had some harsh twists and turns in his story. When he finally let his friends in it was like a dam burst. it was more a mid book break up then a 3rd act break up. The rock bottom for Clay kept shifting and shifting. Finally - the only things that really got me was trying to mentally place North Boston University as it was sort of ..... all over the city.
[*book:Blind Side|60633773]
Kat wrote: "Week 3 selection Option 1
Silver Bells by Carol Wyatt
Pages: 114"
Kat can you please update your selection and completion posts with the book cover link as well?
Thanks!
Hi TeamI was just catching up on where we are and what we may still need. I have the list below for week 2 and 3
Please Note that Week 3 selections are due BEFORE the Week 4 call is made.
I am traveling this weekend and will be driving most of tomorrow. I'll check the thread as I make my stops. Please post as soon as you can.
Week 3 still need:
🗒️Selection posts from Nikki
📆Due ASAP please (I don't wish for you to fall behind in the challenge. Not meaning to call you out at all.)
🗒️Completion posts from Nicole and Nikki
📆Due ASAP please (I don't wish for you to fall behind in the challenge. Not meaning to call you out at all.)
Week 2 still need:
🗒️Completion posts from Nikki
📆Due ASAP so you don't fall behind
Thanks all!
just confirming my book for week 3 and i have finished my week 2 book a couple of days ago and just need to post completion
Selection PostWeek #3 Option #1
Bookcover/link:
Game of Crones by Amanda M. LeePage numbers: 337
How the book qualifies:
green and brown on cover[*book:Game of Crones|61156938]
Week 4 has been announced Week 4
Option 1
8. Espresso - for the serious/straight coffee drinker, and unadulterated
Read a book from one of the following lists:
Hero & Heroine Both Virgin
The Gut Wrenchers
Starchy Hero Gets Un-Starched
Clean Romances with Witty Worthwhile Women
Taking the Veil - Heroine in Convent or Disguised in Habit
Gay Romance Going to the Chapel
Gay Romance with a Straight Hero
If you chose option 1, you must read a book from one of the above lists.
Option 2
Key date: 14 April 2023
State date your teammate read the book and their rating
Book from your teammate's shelf must have been read on or after this date, and rated at least 3 stars.)
Option 3
Pass
Allowed one person per team per week, and once every 4 weeks per person
Week 3: completion postThe House by the Shore
189 pages
Finished 10/13/31
Rating: 3 stars
Review: The book started off good with drama and chaos. Then it got boring near the middle. The mcs did not have great chemistry.
Selection Week 4
Option 1
Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker
Pages: 236
Task: Read a book from a list
Fits:https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3... Book 36
Week 4: selection post option 1Nine Minutes
318 pages
How it fits: on list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
Kat wrote: "Selection Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker Ten Tiny Breaths"
Hi Kat - please add you week number (4), the books pages and the list it came from.
Thanks
Nikki - you will need to post a completion this week :)
Selection PostOption 1 Week # 4
Kulti
Page numbers:Kindle Edition, 552 pages
How the book qualifies: Book 83 The_Gut_Wrenchers
Completion Post Week #2
Bookcover/link
The Secret's in the Sauce by Amanda M. LeeRating (1-5): 3 1/2 stars
Review: While i have always enjoyed reading this series, up till now, Stormy kind blended in with all the author's other main characters of her other series however I though in this book she has started to stand out more on her own. The mystery itself while still being somewhat predictable had enough difference in it to make it interesting and I liked the journey to the answer the author leaded us on. I felt like the series arc as well took a significant leap forward and I look forward- to seeing where that goes. I also like the constant crossover with some of Amanda M Lee's other series and character even if it does mean i have to keep up with them also. I can't wait to see what is next for Stormy
Completion PostWeek #3
Bookcover/link:
Game of Crones by Amanda M. LeeRating (1-5): 4 stars
Review: I had fallen a little behind with this series as it was moving a little too slowly and getting a little too complicated but i found this instalment got me back into the swing of things. I felt like this book got the series arc back on course whilst providing a nice problem to solve at the same time. Due to crossovers with other series I was a little bit spoiled with this one but I am looking forward to the crossovers to come
Selection PostWeek #4
Bookcover/link:
Easy by Tammara WebberPage numbers: 336
How the book qualifies : #117 0n < a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3... Gut Wrenchers list
Week 4 completion post
318 pages
Finished 10/18/23
Rating: 5 stars
Review: This was a re-read for me. I love this series. It is brutal and angsty but the chemistry and love between these characters is a joy to read. If you love bikers, I highly recommend this series. Very similar to sons of anarchy.
Nikki thank you so much for the completion posts! ❤️
Next one has been announced Week 5
Option 1
10. Long Black - Double espresso with twice the water
Read a book longer than 300 pages.
Option 2
Key date: 21 April 2023
State date your teammate read the book and their rating
Book from your teammate's shelf must have been read on or after this date, and rated at least 3 stars. Please note all three pieces of information on your post - teamie, date & rating.
Option 3
Pass
Allowed one person per team per week, and once every 4 weeks per person
Week 5: selection post
How it fits: its 382 pages per goodreads
🎋 OutstandingWeek 3 - Ariel's completion
Week 4 - Ariel's selection, plus most completions
I've sent a PM to Ariel to check she is ok and gets that selection in soon.
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*Dr. OB"
Hi Kat - almost - put the asterisk after the first [
(not before)