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

[Tammie]

On a separate note, we didn’t vote/pick for this one…I missed it when I made the SS of choices :(

I did make a few more decisions based on our votes so if a task does come up with a ‘yellow’ highlight on the SS we can just move forward with that choice.

I’d like us to decide on a common author and series just in case those come up…as there’s a couple of tasks that call for this…
Author…Our suggestions include:
Robyn Carr
Ilona Andrews
Patricia Briggs
Jessica Redland
Ilona Andrews
Erica Ridley
Lisa Kleypas
Kristen Painter
Ellery Adams
m.c. beaton
Marion Chesney
Julia Quinn

If we could each list the authors you are willing to read or if it’s easier the authors you don’t want to read…we’ll vote on a narrower list.

As far as series goes we have 2 series suggested that are common suggestions:
Speedwell (Deanna Rayborn) and Antiques and Collectibles (Ellery Adams)
Others—
Virgin River - Robyn Carr
Innkeeper Chronicles or The Edge or Hidden Legacy - Ilona Andrews
In Death - J.D.Robb
Nocturne Falls - Kristen Painter
Zodiac Academy - Caroline Peckham
Fallen Angels - Cassandra Clare

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

[Kira]

I am ok with all except romantic suspense!!

[Kira]

Strike that, I have one romantic suspense coming up so I can do any of the above.

[Kira]

For author, I can do Patricia Briggs, Ilona Andrews, Erica Ridley, Lisa Kleypas, Julia Quinn

For series, I prefer Veronica Speedwell but can do with any!

[Jane]

Sub genre, I prefer contemporary or paranormal. Not wild about the others but I guess I could find one.

I”m not able to read for it today as I’m on my way out just now and after that I’ve got about 7 hours left of Red Mars 🙁 to finish
but whatever is decided I’ll get to tomorrow.

[One Sentence Audio]

Tammie wrote: "One Sentence Audio wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Popular subgenres I can think of

Contemporary romance
Historical romance
Paranormal romance
Romantic Suspense
Regency romance

For sub, I believe the word..."

Thank you Tammie...I will read anything. Let me give you a longer list...

1. Historic romance
2. Rom com
3. Romantic Suspense or Mystery
4. Romantic fantasy
5. Romantic syfy
6. Romantic paranorma
7. Contemporary romance


That help?

[Tammie]

Ok
Let’s read contemporary romance this go. I’ll clarify but I think genre needs to specifically say contemporary and romance on the same line

I can read 2 by tomorrow
Jane 1
Benita are you good with 2 still…
Kira not sure of your status on reading more than 1…

I’ve not done Veronica Speedwell…but if another author or series task comes up…let’s plan to read Speedwell for that…sound good?

[Kira]

I can read 2 tomorrow Tammie!!

[One Sentence Audio]

Tammie wrote: "Ok
Let’s read contemporary romance this go. I’ll clarify but I think genre needs to specifically say contemporary and romance on the same line

I can read 2 by tomorrow
Jane 1
Benita are you good..."

Yes, I can read 2, if we can start today. I am booked 10/9-14, NYC theater trip.

[Kira]

I think it’s ok to start since we already got the task hours ago!!

[One Sentence Audio]

Kira wrote: "I think it’s ok to start since we already got the task hours ago!!"

Help...what is the task? I was waiting for a sub-genre to be announced. Confused.😟

[Kira]

Lol that happens Benita!! Here’s our task

Task 7 - 33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.

[Tammie]

Question I asked in Q/A
For same sub genre…does the word ‘romance’ need to be together as in ‘contemporary romance’ or could they be separate if the book also has romance as a genre
Answer: they do not need to be combined

[Tammie]

Ok..Jane and I will just read 1
Kira and Benita x2

[Kira]

Contemporary romance!!

[Tammie]

Hehe…and as long as it says both contemporary and romance it’s ok :)

[One Sentence Audio]

COMPLETION
Task 7-33 6 books in 1 subgenre, team decided CONTEMP. ROMANCE



Her Forever Love by Kimberly Beckett
Qualification: MPG Contemporary romance, team selected sub-genre
Date: October 7, 2023
Pages: 191
Review: ⭐️⭐️ Full of many errors, if you know horses or their therapeutic use, this contemporary romance follows the story of an Olympic competitive dressage rider, her secret daughter and a former soldier. Error example: she is offered a job in Ohio to train NEW riders to go directly into dressage International/Olympic level competition....skipping state, regional and national levels of competition. #4 in the Horses Heal series. Does make a pleasing appeal to support the therapeutic equine centers servicing the disabled.

[Kira]

Completed - Book 1

Task 7 - 33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.

Twisted Love by Ana Huang
360p, Kindle 1st edition
Contemporary Romance is the 3rd MPG listed
Date Completed | 10/07
Rating/Review | 2 stars - Review

[Kira]

Completed - Book 2

Task 7 - 33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.

Only When It's Us by Chloe Liese
388p, Kindle 1st edition
Contemporary Romance is the 5th MPG listed
Date Completed | 10/08
Rating/Review | 4 stars - Review

[Jane]

Completion Post

Task 7: 33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide. Contemporary romance

Book/cover link:
Family Ties at the Second Chances Sweet Shop: A heartwarming, feel-good romance from Hannah Lynn by Hannah M. Lynn 10/8-23
Page numbers with source: 282
How book qualified: Contemporary #1 MPG, Romance #3 MPG
Date Completed: 10/8-23
Rating/Review: ★★★

[One Sentence Audio]

COMPLETION
Task 7: 33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide. Contemporary Romance
Book 2 on Task, for me
Book 5 of 6 on Task for Team

Book: The Christmas Pact by Vi Keeland🎄🎁
Qualification: MPG Contemporary Romance
Pages: 161, 1st Kindle edition, English
Date: October 8, 2023
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 FREE in Audible Plus catalogue. Cute contemporary holiday romance based on the concept of 2 colleagues with similar names receiving their counterpart's emails.

[Tammie]

Completed


Hummingbird Lake, Emily March | 10/8
338 pages, Kindle Edition
Qualification: Contemporary romance
★★★★
I’m enjoying this series. Similar to Robyn Carr’s style…romance with a life them. Town hero is a hoot…Celeste.
Sage and Colt’s story is an excellent one.

[Tammie]

I’m driving home and only have my cell…hoping someone could check us in?
Thanks much…

[One Sentence Audio]

Tammie wrote: "I’m driving home and only have my cell…hoping someone could check us in?
Thanks much…"

I will try...


Six books in subgenre Contemporary Romance

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

Posting in other thread, too.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I will check your books later, probably tomorrow - way too tired!

Here is your next task!

Task 8 - 19. Each teammate reads a book another teammate read and rated 4 Stars or higher in the last 3 months. No pass for this task.

Books selected for this task need to have been read by a teammate on or after (add date) and rated at least 4 stars. (Series rule applies.) Please include a link to the teammate's review or read shelf showing the selected book in your completion post.

[Tammie]

Hopefully we all have access to each other's shelves...if I can find someone who's read the book I'm currently reading, I will finish tonight...fingers crossed :)

[Kira]

Completed

Task 8 - 19. Each teammate reads a book another teammate read and rated 4 Stars or higher in the last 3 months. No pass for this task.

The Christmas Pact by Vi Keeland
161p, Kindle 1st edition
Read and Rated 4 stars by Benita (One Sentence Audio Critic) on 8 October 2023 - Link to Shelf
Date Completed | 10/09
Rating/Review | 5 stars - Review

[Tammie]

I need to read these tasks better...last 3 mos!

[Jane]

Completion Post

Task 8: 19. Each teammate reads a book another teammate read and rated 4 Stars or higher in the last 3 months. No pass for this task.

Book/cover link:
Double Double Love and Trouble by Sylvia Shults
Page numbers with source: 150
How book qualified: Read and Rated 4 stars by Benita (One Sentence Audio Critic) on 7 October 2023 link to shelf
Date Completed: 10/9-23
Rating/Review: ★★★

[Tammie]

Completion Post

Task 8: 19. Each teammate reads a book another teammate read and rated 4 Stars or higher in the last 3 months. No pass for this task.


Sweep in Peace, Ilona Andrews | 10/9
Kindle Edition, 315 pages
Qualification: Jane read on 9/7/23
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
★★★★
I'm enjoying this series...IA one of my favorite authors!
The way the Inn is evolving is very cool!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Jane wrote: "Completion Post

Task 7: 33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide. Contemporary romance

Book/cover link:
[bookcover:Family Ties at the Second Chances Sweet Shop: A heartwarming, feel-..."

Please correct to the first edition Kindle page count (282). Thanks.

[Jane]

Done, and it must have been a typo as there is no edition with the page count I wrote

[Tammie]

Jane or Kira…I’m getting ready to go out but just notice Benita finished The Woman in the Library on 10/9

I read it on August 9, 2023

If one of you have time, could you make a complete post for her and check us in…I know she’s traveling also and probably forgot

I can do in 4 hrs or so if you haven’t seen this post

[Jane]

Completion Post: One Sentence Audio

Task 8: 19. Each teammate reads a book another teammate read and rated 4 Stars or higher in the last 3 months. No pass for this task.

Book/cover link:
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
Page numbers with source: 288
How book qualified: Read and Rated 4 stars byTammie on 9th of August 2023 link to shelf
Date Completed: 10/9-23
Rating/Review: ★★★★★

[Jane]

I've checked us in

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Without her commenting that she read this for this task it is hard to just assume. But I try to keep this task more easy-going so it is ok as long as it isn't all the time.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 9 - 45. Read 6 books with 3 word titles.

Books selected for this task need to have titles that are three words long. For this task, articles and ampersands count in the word total. For example The Family Gathering, Cut & Run and Judgment in Death are all 3 word titles. Please make sure your titles are three words long only - anything listed in the GR link for the book will count except for the series name in parenthesis.

[Tammie]

Thanks Jane and Mkat

I can do 2 this time

[Kira]

I can do 2 too!

[Tammie]

Completed

Task 9 - 45. Read 6 books with 3 word titles
A Killer Keepsake, Ellery Adams | 10/11
305 pages, Kindle Edition
★★★★
I enjoy this series. In this one we learn about haunted dolls.

[Kira]

Completed - Book 1

Task 9 - 45. Read 6 books with 3 word titles.

The Dishonored Viscount by Sophie Barnes
418p, Kindle 1st edition
3 words in the title
Date Completed | 10/12
Rating/Review | 3 stars - Review

[Kira]

Completed - Book 2

Task 9 - 45. Read 6 books with 3 word titles.

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
224p, Kindle 1st edition
3 words in the title
Date Completed | 10/12
Rating/Review | 4.5 stars - Review

[Jane]

Completion Post

Task 9: 45. Read 6 books with 3 word titles

Book/cover link:
Scavengers in Space by Alan E. Nourse
Page numbers with source: 168
How book qualified: 3 word title
Date Completed: 10/12-23
Rating/Review: ★★★★

[One Sentence Audio]

Completed
Task 9 -45. 6 books with 3 word titles

Title/author: Smitten Book Club by Colleen Coble, Kristin Billerbeck, Denise Hunter
Pages: 385
Source on Page Count: https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...
Qualification: 3 word title: 1-Smitten, 2-Book, 3-Club
Date Completed: October 12
Rating/Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Actively Christian anthology structure set of shorter stories which is #3 in the Smitten series, about a small NE town which rebrands itself, based on the town name, to be a romance tourist destination. Very positive and low agst, but characters are a bit shallow. Very little character carry over from earlier books in the series.

[One Sentence Audio]

MountainKat wrote: "Without her commenting that she read this for this task it is hard to just assume. But I try to keep this task more easy-going so it is ok as long as it isn't all the time."

Hi MKat,

Thank you for your forbearance. You know my consumption patterns are voracious...yes, I did the book in question. I am conducting training for Marriott execs in NYC thru Saturday, but should be able to keep up. I just my posted "completion" on the current task.

Dr. Benita Dilley

[One Sentence Audio]

Completion
Task 9 -45 6 books 3 word titles

Book:Gulf Coast Cottage by Maggie Miller
Qualification: 3 words in title
Pages: 253 Kindle 1st
Page Count Source: https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5. A 53 year old divorcee inherits a Gulf Coast cottage and begins life anew. I chose this book for 4 reasons: 1) fit challenge 2) free from author 3) older female MC 4) I own Gulf Coast vacation property. Plot is o.k.

[Tammie]

I’ll check us in

[Tammie]

Tammie -> https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Kira -> https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Kira -> https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Jane -> https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Benita -> https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Benita -> https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Tammie]

Jane and Benita please add source for your pg count

[One Sentence Audio]

Tammie wrote: "Tammie -> https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Kira -> https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/22..."


Sources on page count:
https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...
https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...