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

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COMPLETION
Task 26-109 6 books, without facial hair

Book: Shadow of Doubt Parts 1 & 2 by W.J. May
Qualification: male face without

Pages: 185 Kindle
Date: Nov. 15
Review: ⭐️⭐️ at least it was free....an immortal and a law student..

[Kira]

Completed

Task 26 - 109. Read 6 books with or without facial hair on a male cover model. Teams decide. - TEAM CHOSE WITHOUT


Lord Holt Takes a Bride by Vivienne Lorret
384p, Kindle 1st edition
Man without facial hair on cover
Date Completed | 11/16
Rating/Review | 4 stars - Review

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COMPLETION
Task 26-109 6 books, without facial hair

Book: One Hundred Ways by Kelly Collins
Qualification: male face without

Pages: 266 Kindle
Date: Nov. 15
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 #8 in Aspen Cove contemp romance series, worked well as a stand alone

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4 of 6 books completed on current team task (26-109)

[Jane]

I’ll finish mine in about 2 hours

[Tammie]

Completed

Task 26 - 109. Read 6 books with or without facial hair on a male cover model. Teams decide

Season for Love, Marie Force | 11/16
330 pages, Kindle Edition
Qualification: Male face without facial hair on cover
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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COMPLETION
Task 26-109 6 books, without facial hair

Book: One Hundred Heartbeats by Kelly Collins
Qualification: male face without

Pages: 238 Kindle
Date: Nov. 15
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️#2 in Aspen Cove contemp romance series, worked well as a stand alone

[Jane]

Completion Post:

Task 25: Read 6 books with or without facial hair on a male cover model. Teams decide.: without
Book/cover link:
A not so secret Winter Wedding by Emily Harvale
Page numbers with source: 272
How book qualified: Male without facial hair
Date Completed: 11/16-23
Rating/Review: ★★★★

[Jane]

I’m still not home and can’t check us in.

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Jane wrote: "I’m still not home and can’t check us in."

Your check-ins are nicer...but I will give it a try

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TEAM Task Completion
Task 26-109 6 books, WITHOUT facial hair
Team 6 It's Raining Men

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

Insurance Book
Benita https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Completion Checked-in
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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Jane wrote: "I’m still not home and can’t check us in."

Done!📚😎

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Hey Team!

I never pay attention to team standing in GR competitiond, but with the end coming ...see liinked post...I thought I would try to figure out our position.

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

I think this is the current standing...Team #, # of tasks completed

1 13
2 22
3 26 tied with us
4 27 - Leaders. Tied
5 16
6 26 (our team)
7 12
8 7
9 27. Leaders. Tied
10 22
11 13
12 15
13 9
14 10
15 4

The post from Mkat talks about teams competing to win, but I don't understand what that means based on standings.

I have asked MKat to announce which teams are "racing for the win"

[Tammie]

We're doing well...thanks for all the super reading you all have been doing!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Just walked in, I will check your books later.

Here is your next task!

Task 26 - 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.

[Tammie]

Here's our birth months

Benita and Jane - February
Kira - January
Tammie - October

Instructions do say that you can use February if someone else on the team also has February.

[Tammie]

I will finish 2 books tomorrow...1 works for January and 1 for February :)

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I can finish 2.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I got your books checked and realized you are not eligible for a new task until tomorrow. Please disregard the task posted above. I apologize for any confusion - I was rushing to get your task as quickly as possible and didn't even look.

I will come back tomorrow with your new task.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your last task!

Last Task - Read a book featuring a wealthy character.

November 19, the last day of this round, is Play Monopoly Day. The goal in Monopoly is to be the player with the most money at the end of the game. To celebrate Play Monopoly Day, your task is to read books featuring a wealthy character. To qualify, the book will need a feature a rich or wealthy character. This can be indicated by the title, series name, precis, tags or lists. Please be sure to let me know how you know your book qualifies with any links necessary. No pass for this task.

Remember completion posts with errors or missing elements will not count towards your team total or the completion of this task. The task will be considered ‘completed’ when each team member has completed one book for this task, additional books will count towards a tie breaker if necessary. Help each other out by double checking posts are complete with the first edition Kindle page count!

There is no need to post a team completion in the Q&A thread, I will be checking all team threads at the conclusion of the challenge. 😊

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COMPLETION
Last Task

3 Bodies and a Biscotti by Leighann Dobbs
Qualification: tagged rich character x3, pg. 1, column 1, near bottom
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Date: Nov. 17, 2023
Pages: (oldest Kindle edition) 199 ...highest of several Kindle editions on original release date
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75. The Lexy Baker series is similar in many ways to J Fluke's Hannah Swenson series. Sweet, cozy mystery where a dessert shop owner is an amateur slueth with a detective boyfriend, with supporting characters of the baker's pet, friends and family. Harmless, light, fun. Widely available on Libby and HoopLa. In this book, bodies are dropping in the nursing wing of the senior center and Lexy's co-sleuth, her grandmother, is sure it is murder. This book was #4 of 15+.

[Kira]

This could not have come at a worst time! I have a 2 day trip coming up and I won’t be back home until late night of 19th November. I do not think I’ll be able to finish a single book by then 😕

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Kira wrote: "This could not have come at a worst time! I have a 2 day trip coming up and I won’t be back home until late night of 19th November. I do not think I’ll be able to finish a single book by then 😕"

Kira...no worries. Travel safely. We aren't in the running to win. I think we are currently tied for third. Just enjoy life, have fun if possible and avoid crowds.

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COMPLETION
Last Task

Book 2
Brownies, Bodies & Bad Guys by Leighann Dobbs
Qualification: has wealthy character(s)
Précise: "retired mob leader"
Tagged: 4x, column 1, "rich character"
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Pages: 220 Kindle edition, original release day
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️The Lexy Baker series is similar in many ways to J Fluke's Hannah Swenson series. Sweet, cozy mystery where a dessert shop owner is an amateur slueth with a detective boyfriend, with supporting characters of the baker's pet, friends and family. Harmless, light, fun. Widely available on Libby and HoopLa. In this book, a semi-retired mob leader moves into Lexy's grandmother's retirement complex and ends up dead. Mob money he controlled is at stake with a missing will.

[Tammie]

Complete

Last Task - Read a book featuring a wealthy character

The Violin Conspiracy, Brendan Slocumb | 11/17

Kindle Edition, 334 pages
Qualification: Ray owns a priceless (10 million dollar) Stradivarius...by the end of the story he becomes a renowned violinist.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️-1/2
My scale for 5 stars is that I would reread...but short of that, this is an excellent book. A heartwarming story about a young black man that continually overcomes significant hurdles on his journey to becoming a celebrated violinist.

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COMPLETION
Final Task

My book 3 on Task, Team book 4 on Task

Bake, Battle & Roll by Leighann Dobbs
Qualification: tagged rich character, 5x, pg. 1, column 1, mid-point
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Pages: 238
Date: 11/17/2023
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Lexy Baker series is similar in many ways to J Fluke's Hannah Swenson series. Sweet, cozy mystery where a dessert shop owner is an amateur slueth with a detective boyfriend, with supporting characters of the baker's pet, friends and family. Harmless, light, fun. Widely available on Libby and HoopLa. In this book, rich attempt to get richer through culinary scullduggary at an exclusive resort with high end pastry chefs.

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COMPLETION
Final Task

My book 4 on Task, Team book 5 on Task

Wedded Blintz by Leighann Dobbs
Qualification: tagged rich character, 3x, pg. 1, column 1, mid-point
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Pages: 213 oldest Kindle edition
Date: 11/17/2023
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Lexy Baker series is similar in many ways to J Fluke's Hannah Swenson series. Sweet, cozy mystery where a dessert shop owner is an amateur slueth with a detective boyfriend, with supporting characters of the baker's pet, friends and family. Harmless, light, fun. Widely available on Libby and HoopLa. In this book, the wealthy character is the wedding dress modisté, in whose shop the murder happens and the detective boyfriend gets a promotion.

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COMPLETION
Final Task

My book 5 on Task, Team book 6 on Task

Scones, Skulls & Scams by Leighann Dobbs
Qualification: tagged rich character, 3x, pg. 1, column 1, mid-point
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Pages: 215 oldest Kindle edition
Date: 11/17/2023
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Lexy Baker series is similar in many ways to J Fluke's Hannah Swenson series. Sweet, cozy mystery where a dessert shop owner is an amateur slueth with a detective boyfriend, with supporting characters of the baker's pet, friends and family. Harmless, light, fun. Widely available on Libby and HoopLa. In this book, the wealthy character SPOILER ALERT the former criminal that hid the stacks of cash and currency in the hidden rooms under Lexy's shop.

[Tammie]

Hey everyone! I know we're still wrapping up and Kira no worries...I want to appreciate all of you for doing this challenge with me. We'll find a fun challenge in the future to do together...please think of me if you ever need someone for a team :)

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COMPLETION
Final Task

My book 6 on Task, Team book 7 on Task

Rhubarb Pie Before You Die by Gin Jones
Qualification: tagged rich character, 5x, pg. 1, column 1, near top
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Pages: 218 oldest Kindle edition
Date: 11/18/2023
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ A female computer coding - app creator inherits a garlic hobby farm, then discovers the dysfunctional rhubarb quasi-scientist next door dead.

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COMPLETION
Final Task

My book 7 on Task, Team book 8 on Task

The Australian Billionaire
Qualification: title
Pages: 202 oldest Kindle
Date: 11/18/2023
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sweet, no sex, contemporary romance with former foster child Aussie hero who travels to California for the funeral of his favorite coach and meets coach's daughter. Wealthy character is the title mentioned hero.

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COMPLETION
Final Task

My book 7 on Task, Team book 8 on Task

How to Marry a Billionaire
Qualification: title
Pages: 219 Kindle
Date: 11/18/2023
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ This rom-com is a cute contemporary adaptation of the 1953 Lauren Bacall - Marilyn Monroe movie. Three women come together, after assorted man troubles, to plot the conjoining of a junior event planner and a billionaire at a charity rodeo.

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COMPLETION
Final Task

My book 8 on Task, Team book 9 on Task

How to Marry Another Billionaire
Qualification: title
Pages: 218 Kindle
Date: 11/18/2023
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ This rom-com is a cute contemporary adaptation of the 1953 Lauren Bacall - Marilyn Monroe movie. Three women come together, and i n this book (2 of 3) a mother of 4 under 5 seeks a billionaire husband. Funny.

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COMPLETION
Final Task

My book 9 on Task, Team book 10 on Task

How to Marry the Last Billionaire on Earth
Qualification: title
Pages: 221 Kindle
Date: 11/18/2023
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ This rom-com is a cute contemporary adaptation of the 1953 Lauren Bacall - Marilyn Monroe movie. Three women come together, and in this book, the third woman goes to Bora Bora to stalk her billionaire. This book starts with the premise of the afore mentioned film, but quickly moves to a retelling of SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS, and stranded on an island themes.

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COMPLETION
Final Task

My book 10 on Task, Team book 11 on Task

Just One Kiss by Sophie Love
Qualification: tagged "rich character" 5+×, column 1, near top
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Pages: 170 Kindle oldest
Date: Nov. 29
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Jane]

Completion Post:

Last Task Read a book featuring a wealthy character.
Book/cover link:
The Billionaire's Regret by Laura Wolf
Page numbers with source: 228
How book qualified: Billionaire in title
Date Completed: 11/19-23
Rating/Review: ★★★★

[Kira]

Thanks for all the reading everyone did for the challenge. I had so much fun throughout this one and would definitely like to participate again!!!

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Thank you 👩‍🎓! Hope to see your names in a future challenge, hopefully on the same team because you are awesome. Happy holidays🎄!

[Tammie]

Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!
Message me if you come across a fun challenge you need someone for :)

[Jane]

Thank you. This was fun. I would love to read with all of you in other challenges again.