TART8 - It’s Raining Men and we've got Umbrellas! (6)

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I'll take July 2019, for Southern Conjuring, pub. July, 2019

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COMPLETION
Task 17 - 90. Reads a book published in sequential months

Book: Southern Conjuring by Amy Boyles
Qualification: month of pub adjacent to teammate's book pub month
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Earliest edition pub, July 2019.
Pages: 170
Date: Oct. 27
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5. Sweet southern, light, paranormal, about half way through very long series. Set in Magnolia, AL...fictional...but 20 miles from where I live.

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Kira took October 2019.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I took July 2019.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

So, we need books for August and September 2019.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


According to MKat's post, month is determined by EARLIEST edition release date, not just earliest Kindle edition date.

[Jane]

I can do August

I do have a back up September if needed Tammie. and I've got to finish a book before I start so let me know which month you prefer

[Tammie]

I'll read for September 2019

I won't be starting until late tomorrow as I have a chunkster I'm working on that I have to finish by tomorrow for another challenge :)

[Jane]

Completion Post

Task 17: 90. Each member reads a book published in sequential months, i.e. June, July, August and September 2019. Teams decide which months. No pass for this task.
Book/cover link:
Twilights in Colorado by Milan Watson
Page numbers with source: 160
How book qualified: Published August 15, 2019
Date Completed: 10/28-23
Rating/Review: ★★★

[Kira]

Completed

Task 17: 90. Each member reads a book published in sequential months, i.e. June, July, August and September 2019. Teams decide which months. No pass for this task.


The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas
304p, Kindle 1st edition
Published on October 15, 2019
Date Completed | 10/29
Rating/Review | 4 stars - Review

[Tammie]

Completion Post

Task 17: 90. Each member reads a book published in sequential months, i.e. June, July, August and September 2019. Teams decide which months. No pass for this task.


No More Bad Dates, Kate O'Keeffe | 10/29
1st Edition, Kindle Edition, 248 pages
Qualification: First published September 5, 2019
★★★
I found this story like too many others but with less depth...I was interested because I read a 'Cozy Cottage' installment recently that I really did like. In this one of the employees at Cozy Cottage developing a pact this her friends and they along with her roommate set about to screen potential dates. Not especially entertaining but the writing wasn't full of errors at least.

[Tammie]

Completed

Task 17: 90. Each member reads a book published in sequential months - July, August, September, October 2019.

July - Benita - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
August - Jane - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
September - Tammie - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
October - Kira - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Kira wrote: "Completed

Task 17: 90. Each member reads a book published in sequential months, i.e. June, July, August and September 2019. Teams decide which months. No pass for this task.

[bookcover:The Art o..."

Please correct to the first edition Kindle page count (303 or 330, either work). Thanks.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 18 - 117. Read 8 books with an average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews.

Books selected for this task need to have an average rating under 4.2 AND less than 250 reviews (not ratings). You can find this information on the main book page under the title. Please include the average rating and number of reviews in your completion posts.

[Tammie]

One Sentence Audio wrote: "I am struggling with GR today...starting this post early. Several posts have been blipped then disappeared.

COMPLETION
Task 18 - 117. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book/author:..."

That's super weird. I'm still looking...

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COMPLETION
Task 18 - 117. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book 1 of 8 for Team Task 18-117

Book/author: The Gingerbread Witch by Alexandra Overy
Qualifications: rating 3.9 (less than 4.2), reviews 73 (less than 250)
Pages: 196
Date: October 29, 2023
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ retelling. A innovative reconstruction of Grimm's Hansel and Gretel in a richly described fairy tale world

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COMPLETION
Task 18 - 117. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book 2 of 8 for Team Task 18-11. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book/Author: A Dyeing Shame by Elizabeth Spann Craig
Qualifications: rating 3.62 (less than 4.2), 189 review (less than 250)
Pages: 224
Date: October 29, 2023
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ cozy mystery, older characters. I would probably like it more if I had started at the beginning of the series, but started here at #3 because I got it free on audible and it fit the challenge.

[Jane]

Completion Post

Book 3 of 8 for Team Task

Task 18: 117. Read 8 books with an average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews.
Book/cover link:
The Camera by Valentina Church
Page numbers with source: 198
How book qualified: Rating 4.0 (less than 4.2), 0 review (less than 250)
Date Completed: 10/29-23
Rating/Review: ★★★★

[Kira]

Completed

Task 18 - 117. Read 8 books with an average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews.
Book 4 of 8 for team task


Witch Slapped by Danielle Garrett
213p, Kindle 1st edition
Average rating is 4.15 and 117 reviews
Date Completed | 10/30
Rating/Review | 4 stars - Review

[Kira]

Completed

Task 18 - 117. Read 8 books with an average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews.
Book 5 of 8 for team task


Happily Ever Hoyden by Eva Devon
201p, Kindle 1st edition
Average rating is 4.18 and 22 reviews
Date Completed | 10/30
Rating/Review | 4 stars - Review

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COMPLETION
Task 18 - 117. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book 6 of 8 for Team Task 18-11. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book/Author: Progressive Dinner Deadly by Elizabeth Spann Craig
Qualifications: rating 3.68 (less than 4.2), 132 reviews (less than 250)
Pages: 222
Date: October 30, 2023
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ cozy mystery, older characters. MC is a 80+ year old woman, sluething (much to the annoyance of her small town police chief son) as she attempts to change the reading goals of her book club

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COMPLETION
Task 18 - 117. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book 7 of 8 for Team Task 18-11. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book/Author: A Body in the Backyard|12432313] by Elizabeth Spann Craig
Qualifications: rating 3.73 (less than 4.2), 176 reviews (less than 250)
Pages: 242
Date: October 30, 2023
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ cozy mystery, older characters. MC is a 80+ year old woman, sluething (much to the annoyance of her small town police chief son) as she finds a dead body in her backyard, next to the murder weapon, a garden gnome.

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COMPLETION
Task 18 - 117. 8 Books, Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book 8 of 8 for Team Task 18-11. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book/Author: Death at a Drop-In by Elizabeth Spann Craig
Qualifications: rating 4.05 (less than 4.2), 43 reviews (less than 250)
Pages: 216
Date: October 30, 2023
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ cozy mystery, older characters. MC is a 80+ year old woman, sluething (much to the annoyance of her small town police chief son) as she murder unfolds after a drop-in social event, and Myrtle scales up her relationship with her co-investigator (Miles). I got it free for a review using freeaudiocodes . com.

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Team Task 18-11 completion

But...do we all need to do a book or pass?

1. Benita. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2. Benita. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
3. Jane https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
4. Kira. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5. Kira. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
6. Benita. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
7. Benita. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
8. Tammie https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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

[Tammie]

I still need to finish my book...an no I don't want to use my pass. I think we have until tomorrow.

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Tammie wrote: "I still need to finish my book...an no I don't want to use my pass. I think we have until tomorrow."

Awesone! Thank you!

[Tammie]

Completion Post

Book 8 of 8 for Team Task

Task 18: 117. Read 8 books with an average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews.

Jump into the Sky, Shelley Pearsall | 10/31
Kindle Edition, 354 pages
How book qualified: Rating 3.86 (less than 4.2), 158 review (less than 250)
Date Completed: 10/31
Rating/Review: ★★★★
A story about a young boy's quest to go and live with his father after basically being kicked out of the house by his Great Aunt. I liked it but as a younger reader's genre, it's not a book I would recommend to most as it's a pretty simple read. I took the genre into account when I decided on my rating.

[Tammie]

Benita, if you could add my post to your lengthy list and check us in, I'd appreciate it. I will check back in a bit to make sure you've been online to do so...if not, I'll get it taken care of.
Thanks,

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Tammie wrote: "Benita, if you could add my post to your lengthy list and check us in, I'd appreciate it. I will check back in a bit to make sure you've been online to do so...if not, I'll get it taken care of.
Th..."

Done!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I will check books later, I have an appointment this morning.

Here is your next task!

Task 19 - 92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide.

As a team decide whether your books will be set in the past or in the future, then read at least 1500 pages set in that time frame. ‘Historical’ or ‘Futuristic’ tags will qualify depending on the selected time frame. If looking for specific years, it would need to be 25 years to the future or the past. Remember to use the first edition Kindle page count.

[Kira]

I prefer past!

[Jane]

past is fine with me

[One Sentence Audio]

I vote "past"

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Past it is, by a unanimous vote.

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COMPLETION
TAsk 19 - 92 1500 Pages set in Past


Book: The Rogue You Know byShana Galen
Qualifications: MPG Historical & Regency
Pages: 353
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️


Task 1500 - 353 = 1147 pages remain on task.

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COMPLETION
Task 19 - 92. 1500 Pages set in Past

The Bibliophile by Christy Sloat
Qualification: set in past, US Revoltionary times. Précis "transports him to Colonial America on the verge of war." MPG historical
Pages: 203 (no GR Kindle page count. Amazon Kindle page count source https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07YQ9... )
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Task page count. Book 2 on Task
1147-203 = 944 pages remain on task.

[One Sentence Audio]

oops...too short


COMPLETION
Task 19 - 92. 1500 Pages set in Past

Cahootus Hollow by Jordan Elizabeth
Qualification: tagged historical
Pages: 112 (trying to find minimum for this challenge)
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Task page count. Book 3 on Task
944-112= 832 832 pages remain on task.

[Tammie]

The minimum page count is 150p

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Tammie wrote: "The minimum page count is 150p"

Thanks

[Tammie]

Completed

Task 19 - 92. 1500 Pages set in Past
Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston | 11/1
256 pages, Kindle Edition - pub 2009...this was the earliest I found in 19 pages
Qualification: MPG Historical Fiction, written in 1937
⭐️⭐️⭐️
I found parts of this book poetic, others difficult for me to understand. It's a story of a young woman searching for love. She finds it/loses it several times.

[Tammie]

944-256 | 688 pages remaining (assuming Benita's 3rd book won't work)

I can read another if needed

[Jane]

Completion Post

688-235 = 453 remaining

Task 19: 92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past: Past
Book/cover link:
Der var ti, der var ni ... by Agatha Christie
Page numbers with source: 235 (this will change if it gets combined where it should be- then it will be 258)
How book qualified: Original book tagged Historical fiction 211 times
Date Completed: 11/1-23
Rating/Review: ★★★★

[Jane]

I've also got a few more I can read but I most likely won't be able to finish any more today.

[One Sentence Audio]

I am currently doing The Last White Rose at 500+ pages, but it will be very late today before I finish it.

[Tammie]

One Sentence Audio wrote: "I am currently doing The Last White Rose at 500+ pages, but it will be very late today before I finish it."

OK...we can only get a task every 48 hours...so that's more than enough time.

Thanks

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COMPLETION
Task 19-92. 1500 pages set in PAST

Book: The Last White Rose by Alison Weir
Qualification: MPG Medieval
Pages: 545
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[MountainKat, Moderator]

One Sentence Audio wrote: "COMPLETION
Task 18 - 117. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book 1 of 8 for Team Task 18-117

Book/author: The Gingerbread Witch by Alexandra Overy..."

Likely a typo, but please correct to the first edition Kindle page count (197). Thanks.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

One Sentence Audio wrote: "COMPLETION
Task 18 - 117. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book 7 of 8 for Team Task 18-11. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book/Author: [book:A Body in the Back..."

Please add the first edition Kindle page count (242). Thanks.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

One Sentence Audio wrote: "COMPLETION
Task 18 - 117. 8 Books, Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book 8 of 8 for Team Task 18-11. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book/Author: [book:Death at a ..."

Please add the first edition Kindle page count (216). Thanks.

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Task 19-92 Completion
1500 pages, Past

1. Benita 353 pages
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2. Benita 203 pages
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
3. Tammie 256
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
4. Jane 235
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5. Benita 545
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
6. Kira pass
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Pages read 353+203+256+235+545=1592

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MountainKat wrote: "One Sentence Audio wrote: "COMPLETION
Task 18 - 117. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book 1 of 8 for Team Task 18-117

Book/author: The Gingerbread Witch by [autho..."


CORRECTION
COMPLETION
Task 18 - 117. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book 1 of 8 for Team Task 18-117

Book/author: [book:The Gingerbread Witch|58939861] by Alexandra Overy
Qualifications: rating 3.9 (less than 4.2), reviews 73 (less than 250)
Pages: 197
Date: October 29, 2023
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ retelling. A innovative reconstruction of Grimm's Hansel and Gretel in a richly described fairy tale world

[One Sentence Audio]

MountainKat wrote: "One Sentence Audio wrote: "COMPLETION
Task 18 - 117. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book 7 of 8 for Team Task 18-11. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book/Autho..."


CORRECTION

COMPLETION
Task 18 - 117. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book 7 of 8 for Team Task 18-11. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book/Author: A Body in the Backyard|12432313] by Elizabeth Spann Craig
Qualifications: rating 3.73 (less than 4.2), 176 reviews (less than 250)
Pages: 242
Date: October 30, 2023
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ cozy mystery, older characters. MC is a 80+ year old woman, sluething (much to the annoyance of her small town police chief son) as she finds a dead body in her backyard, next to the murder weapon, a garden gnome.

[One Sentence Audio]

MountainKat wrote: "One Sentence Audio wrote: "COMPLETION
Task 18 - 117. 8 Books, Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book 8 of 8 for Team Task 18-11. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Boo..."

CORRECTION

COMPLETION
Task 18 - 117. 8 Books, Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book 8 of 8 for Team Task 18-11. 8 Average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews

Book/Author: Death at a Drop-In by Elizabeth Spann Craig
Qualifications: rating 4.05 (less than 4.2), 43 reviews (less than 250)
Pages: 216
Date: October 30, 2023
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ cozy mystery, older characters. MC is a 80+ year old woman, sluething (much to the annoyance of her small town police chief son) as she murder unfolds after a drop-in social event, and Myrtle scales up her relationship with her co-investigator (Miles). I got it free for a review using freeaudiocodes . com.