TART8 - Story Squad (14)

[Laura]

I'm reading

[Geri]

Karen - I’ll be reading that if we get the task, read the same author. 🙂

[Megan]

I'm reading Christmas in Good Hope sorry forgot to say

[Geri]

Completion Post

Task: Each teammate reads a book tagged ‘family’ or ‘holiday’ - teams decide

Not Your Ex's Hexes by April Asher
Kindle Edition, 349 pages
How book qualified: Team decided on holiday. Book is tagged holiday on page 2, second column, 4 down. Tagged 3 times. https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Date Completed: 9/25/23
Rating/Review: ✶✶✶✶
A good demon/witch paranormal romance. A one night stand turns into a second chance at romance. There was heat and charm and some humor.

[Megan]

Completion Post
Task 1 - 0. Each teammate reads a book tagged ‘family’ or ‘holiday’ - teams decide.
Team picked Holiday

Christmas in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk
Read: 25th September
Pages: 302/ kindle ed.
Qualifies: Tagged Holiday by 15 people, first column around half way down. https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: Simple super quick read.

I liked Ami. Her character is a sweet person who wants to help others fueled by trying to right her mistake but who can blame her.

The hero is best described as a grumpy man but hes grieving and I liked him. He was grumpy but not in a way that was off putting.

Enjoyed the HEA.

[Karen ♐]

Completion Post
Task 1 - 0. Each teammate reads a book tagged ‘family’ or ‘holiday’ - teams decide.
Team picked Holiday


State of Grace Marie Force
Read: 9/27/23
Pages: 338 / kindle edition
Qualifies: Tagged Tagged Christmas 4X (1st pg)/holiday-christmas 1X (2nd pg)
Rating: 5 Stars
Review: Another fantastic book by Marie Force. Sam, as usual, has a couple murders to solve right before Christmas when they plan a big bash at the White House. All the previous stories continue with secondary characters (and a couple new ones). I love this couple and how they make their busy life work especially finding time for each other.

[Laura]

Still here and still reading! Sorry I'm slow

[Megan]

No worries Laura, are you enjoying your book?

[Karen ♐]

Don’t worry about it, Laura.

[Geri]

Yes. No worries, Laura.

In case you do finish on Saturday, I may not be online much. Time for my Covid booster. I’ll probably be power napping. 🙂

[Karen ♐]

I'm going for an endoscopy today so I might not be on much later today but hopefully will be back on tomorrow.

[Geri]

Hey Karen. Hope your procedure went well!

[Karen ♐]

Geri wrote: "Hey Karen. Hope your procedure went well!"

Thanks. I should have results within a week.

[Laura]

Megan wrote: "No worries Laura, are you enjoying your book?"

Yes, I am enjoying it very much! Just not as much time to read as I'd like. Hoping to finish tonight.

[Laura]

Completion post
Task 1-0- Each team reads a book tagged family or holidays. Teams decide
-holiday

Pages: 400
Read: Oct 2
Rating: 3 stars
Fits: tagged holiday by 21 people, first page, 1st column
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
[*book:Take Me Home for Christmas|18302281]

[Laura]

Geri hope you don't mind I checked us in since you all waited so long for me

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 2 - 4. Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy.

To qualify for this task the selected books need to be tagged as ‘PNR’, ‘paranormal romance’, ‘paranormal’ or ‘fantasy’. Tags are the only qualifier for this task. Please include a link to the top shelves page of your qualifying tag in your completion post, also include the qualifying tag, the top shelves page number and the number of tags. If the tag is MPG, just say that it is as your qualifier.

[Geri]

I’ll be able to do this one with no problem!

[Megan]

I assume we don't all have to read the same.

[Megan]

Hope the procedure went well Karen. Hope the results are OK as well

[Karen ♐]

Megan wrote: "Hope the procedure went well Karen. Hope the results are OK as well"

Thanks.

[Laura]

Karen ♐ wrote: "I'm going for an endoscopy today so I might not be on much later today but hopefully will be back on tomorrow."

Sending along my positive thoughts Karen for great results

[Laura]

Megan wrote: "I assume we don't all have to read the same."

Nope, we don't

[Karen ♐]

Laura wrote: "Karen ♐ wrote: "I'm going for an endoscopy today so I might not be on much later today but hopefully will be back on tomorrow."

Sending along my positive thoughts Karen for great results"

Thanks, Appreciate it.

[Laura]

I'm reading

[Karen ♐]

I'm going to read

[Geri]

My book won’t be released until tomorrow and it’s 400 pages. I’m looking forward to it.


I may be the last to finish this time!

[Megan]

I'm going to read The Valkyries' Queen its tagged both so thats handy.

[Megan]

Completion Post
Task 2 - 4. Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy.

The Valkyries' Queen by Quinn Arthurs
Read: 4th October
Pages: 174
Qualifies: MPG Fantasy
Rating: 4 Stars
Review:
This was a good read. I hadn't noticed it was so short and really I don't think you'd notice until the ending when it sort of just snaps all together..

I like the world for this. I wish I could see more of it.

Yeah nice short series but enjoyable.
[*book:The Valkyries' Queen|44573329]

[Megan]

Yeahh didn't realise my book was so short!! Whoops haha

[Geri]

Glad you enjoyed the book! I’m still working on mine.

No need for a broken link. I am linking the completion posts directly. 🙂

[Laura]

Still working on mine
And...we are projected to be hit by Hurricane Phillipe this weekend
Hopefully it misses us like the last one. Sunday is our Thanksgiving

[Geri]

Hopefully, you and your family can enjoy Thanksgiving. And Phillipe heads elsewhere!

[Karen ♐]

Really hope this hurricane misses you, Laura, so that you can have a great Thanksgiving.

[Megan]

Hope the hurricane misses you Laura. Happy Thanksgiving :-)

[Karen ♐]

Completion Post
Task 2 - 4. Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy.

Chasing His Puma Golden Angel
Read: 10/7/23
Pages: 170
Qualifies: MPG Fantasy & PNR
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: I love how the story continues in this series. Brock keeps giving Doc a hard time until he really gets to know her. The Company is still causing them a lot of trouble as they try to help other shifters that need assistance. I loved how at the end of the book the epilogues set up the next couple books.

[Laura]

I should finish my book tomorrow evening

Hurricane Phillipe passed us again. We had some rain and wind. Nothing like Fiona last year.

[Karen ♐]

Laura wrote: "I should finish my book tomorrow evening

Hurricane Phillipe passed us again. We had some rain and wind. Nothing like Fiona last year."

So glad it passed you by, Laura!

[Geri]

Like Karen said, happy Phillipe didn’t cause much trouble!

[Laura]

Completion post
Task 2-4. Read 4 books tagged /shelved as PNR or fantasy
My Lady Quicksilverby Bec McMaster
Read: Oct 9
Pages: 448
Rating: 3 stars
Fits: MPG Fantasy and PNR

[Laura]

Had to switch books...my first read wasn't enough pages

[Geri]

Completion Post

Task: Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy.

Silence and Shadow by Erin Beaty
Kindle Edition, 400 pages
How book qualified: MPG Fantasy
Date Completed: 10/9/23
Rating/Review: ✶✶✶✶
Book 2 in a really good young adult fantasy romance that also has a good amount of traditional murder mystery investigation. I enjoyed this one as much as book 1.

[Geri]

Checked in!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 3 - 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.

You can do the recommendations however you wish - to the group, to each individual, to the person below you on the list or ?? - it's up to you. If you want to provide a specific shelf to pick from, it needs to have a minimum of 10 books on it. Please include a link to the message with the recommendations in your completion posts.

[Geri]

I’ll be reading

I enjoy this series. 🙂

[Megan]

Going to pick up How Much I Feel

- Found on Karens 5 Star shelf she recommended to look at :-)

[Karen ♐]

I'm going to read from Megan's shelf. I haven't read a book by this author for quite a while.

[Laura]

I'm reading Almost Like Love from Megan 's shelf

[Laura]

Task 3-12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate- no pass for this task

Almost Like Love by Abigail Strom
Read: Oct 11
Pages: 224
Rating: 4 stars
Fits: from Megan's recs shelf ( about half way down)
Message 20

[Geri]

Completion Post

Task: 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate.

The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo by Kerrigan Byrne
Kindle Edition, 384 pages
How book qualified: #54 on Karen’s recommended 5 star shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...✓
Date Completed: 10/12/23
Rating/Review: ✶✶✶✶
Another good book in the series. It had heat and emotion. And a hero and heroine I cheered for. Now I need to read Veronica’s story… LOL