PtP Double Booked (T10)

[Hazel]

Eugenia wrote: "I forget, does PtP require the book to be MPG Romance?"

No it doesn’t have to be romance.

[Hazel]

📚Completion post
Week 1 Option 1📚

Book: A Discovery of Witches
Pages: 594
How it qualifies: Main page setting states New York
Read: 9 April
Rating: 4.5⭐️
Review: I have wanted to read this book/series for a while. My work have a physical copy in our kitchen bookcase and I feel as if it has been looking at me saying read me. When I saw it would fit this weeks theme I picked it up and I’ve been happily reading it the last few days and getting absorbed in the magic, history and science that are threaded through the pages.
It was a long book, it probably could do with some parts being edited out but there was nothing, in my opinion, that detracted from the storyline.

I have the trilogy and I think I’m just going to dive into book 2 to see what happens.

[Krissy]

COMPLETION POST
Week 1, Option 1


My Choice: How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin 🎧
Pages: 368
How it Fits: MP setting London, England
Date Read: 4/08
Rating: ★★★
Review: There were a lot of characters to keep track of. Plus they were all related to at least one other character so you had to keep track of who they were as individuals and who they were related to. I am not very good at that. Because of that when the whodunit was revealed I had to remind myself who that character was. It ruined the shock factor. Plus the story included one of my mystery genre pet peeves. Using (view spoiler)[cheating (hide spoiler)] as a plot twist 🙄

Despite all of that I still enjoyed it enough to rate it 3 strong stars.

I listened to the audiobook on Spotify and the narrators (Alexandra Dowling & Jaye Jacobs) did a fantastic job.

[Hazel]

All updated in Msg 4.

Only waiting on a completion post from Darkness for this week.

[Hazel]

📚Week 2📚

Option 1
11. Mainland Europe
Read a book set in mainland Europe (aka Continental Europe)
Mainland Europe does not include the UK. Please ask if you aren't sure.

For all the location/setting tasks, the book does not have to be solely set in that location; it simply needs at least one scene set there. The usual precise, main page, tag or list will need to be provided to show how the book qualifies.

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Option 2
Key date: 6 October 2023
Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars


Option 3
Pass

A selection post must be made for whichever option you choose - INCLUDING A PASS
Refer msg 3 in your team thread for formatting of all 3 options.

[Hazel]

Mainland Europe does not include the UK.

So countries like France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, The Netherlands, Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Greece etc. (Just pulling these from the top of my head - the list is much longer.). Technically the Greek islands aren't in it, but for our purposes we'll leave them there.

[Darkness]

Hazel wrote: "All updated in Msg 4.

Only waiting on a completion post from Darkness for this week."

Will have it read by end of week.

[Steph (semi-hiatus)]

If it helps anyone Romance in Ireland or Irish Heros

There are links to other lists that qualify for this task on this link as well :)

[Darkness]

Selection Post
Option 2


Book :Butcher & Blackbird
Pages: 355
Qualifies: Read by Hazel on Dec 21, 2023 and rated 4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Darcy]

Selection Post
Week 2, Option 1


One Hot Italian Summer
384 pages
How the book qualifies - the precis describes the Tuscan villa where the main characters are staying, along with other mentions of Tuscany/Italy.

[Steph (semi-hiatus)]

Selection Post
Option 1 Mainland Europe

Book The Lost Duke of Wyndham
Pages 383
Qualifies MP location Ireland

[*book:The Lost Duke of Wyndham|8314121]

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Steph wrote: "If it helps anyone Romance in Ireland or Irish Heros

There are links to other lists that qualify for this task on this link as well :)"

Just remember that Ireland is not part of Mainland Europe. Books set there will not count.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Steph wrote: "Selection Post
Option 1 Mainland Europe

Book The Lost Duke of Wyndham
Pages 383
Qualifies MP location Ireland

[*book:The Lost Duke of ..."

Steph - you will need to find another book :). Sorry.

[Steph (semi-hiatus)]

Jane (PS) wrote: "Steph wrote: "Selection Post
Option 1 Mainland Europe

Book The Lost Duke of Wyndham
Pages 383
Qualifies MP location Ireland

[*book:The..."

Well google lied to me again. I'll repick :)

[Hazel]

The Republic of Ireland is part of mainland Europe whereas Northern Ireland is not. I think for this task though, Jane is wanting the group of countries in the main land mass of Europe to make it easier.

[Steph (semi-hiatus)]

Hazel wrote: "The Republic of Ireland is part of mainland Europe whereas Northern Ireland is not. I think for this task though, Jane is wanting the group of countries in the main land mass of Europe to make it e..."

Ohhhhh I forgot about Northern Ireland my bad lol

[Hazel]

Steph wrote: "Hazel wrote: "The Republic of Ireland is part of mainland Europe whereas Northern Ireland is not. I think for this task though, Jane is wanting the group of countries in the main land mass of Europ..."

Northern Ireland doesn’t count either for this task though.
I’m finishing my current book then need to start looking for what I’m going to read. I’ve been stuck in the discover of witches trilogy since starting the first one last week.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Hazel wrote: "The Republic of Ireland is part of mainland Europe whereas Northern Ireland is not. I think for this task though, Jane is wanting the group of countries in the main land mass of Europe to make it e..."

Thanks Hazel :). Yes - its confusing, but I was just going all everything on the big landmass for simplicity since not everyone will check the details on definitions. Not that Wiki seemed to say that Rep of Ireland WAS in mainland EU, hence my full exclusion :)

[Steph (semi-hiatus)]

Selection Post
Option 2 Week 2

Book The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
Pages 475
Qualifies Read by Darcy Feb. 14, 2024 and rated 4 stars

[Eugenia]

Selection Post
Week 2
Option 1: Mainland Europe

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
233 pp
How it fits: MP Setting - Denmark

[book*:Girl with a Pearl Earring|2865]

[Krissy]

🎧📚🎧📚🎧📚🎧📚

[Eugenia]

*** COMPLETION POST ***
Week 2
Option 1: Mainland Europe

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
233 pp
How it fits: MP Setting - Denmark
Read 13 April
3 Stars
Well, this was seriously underwhelming. I think the only reason this book sold was because of the cover.

[book*:Girl with a Pearl Earring|2865]

[Hazel]

📚Selection post
Week 2: Option 1📚

Book: Time's Convert
Pages: 446
How it qualifies: MPG setting Paris and Limousin (Both France)

[*book:Time's Convert|38356765]

[Steph (semi-hiatus)]

Completion Post
Option 2 Week 2

Book The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
Pages 475
Qualifies Read by Darcy Feb. 14, 2024 and rated 4 stars
Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review Reread April 2024
Idk what she puts in her books but they're like crack for me.

This authors books aren’t the greatest stories I’ve ever read. But they’re comforting. And best of all. I don’t have to worry about the surprise pregnancy trope which drove me from MF romances in the first place.

[*book:The Wall of Winnipeg and Me|29367958]

[Darcy]

Completion Post
Week 2, Option 1


One Hot Italian Summer
Pages: 384
How the book qualifies - the precis describes the Tuscan villa where the main characters are staying, along with other mentions of Tuscany/Italy.

Rating: 4
I loved the buildup of the relationship and romance between Grace and Claudio, how it started slow and simmering, took a while to get going, and eventually exploded. And yay for no ridiculous third-act breakup.

[Krissy]

🎧📚🎧📚🎧📚🎧📚

[Hazel]

Krissy wrote: "SELECTION POST
Week 2, Option 1


My Choice: Up To Snow Good by Charlie Novak
Pages: 180
How it Fits: MP setting France

[*book:Up To Snow Good|..."

Krissy I don’t see an edition of your book with 180 pages. The one you have linked to has 212. Please could you repost (selection and completion posts-sorry)

[Krissy]

Hazel wrote: "I don’t see an edition of your book with 180 pages. The one you have linked to has 212. Please could you repost (selection and completion posts-sorry)."

Makes sense cause I'm the one that changed the page count from 180 to 212 in the book details but then never changed it on my selection post. Cause that's the kind of crap I do 🙄

[Krissy]

SELECTION POST
Week 2, Option 1


My Choice: Up To Snow Good by Charlie Novak
Pages: 212
How it Fits: MP setting France

[*book:Up To Snow Good|63219361]

[Krissy]

COMPLETION POST
Week 2, Option 1


My Choice: Up To Snow Good by Charlie Novak
Pages: 212
How it Fits: MP setting France
Date Read: 4/15
Rating: ★★
Review: I listened to the audiobook and I loved the narrator. The story? Not so much. I was kind of bored. Plus the way it kind of hinted at kink but never fully went there was a let down.

[Hazel]

Krissy wrote: "Hazel wrote: "I don’t see an edition of your book with 180 pages. The one you have linked to has 212. Please could you repost (selection and completion posts-sorry)."

Makes sense cause I'm the one..."

😂😂 I do things like that all the time

[Hazel]

Updated tracking to Msg 74.

I sprained my thumb at the weekend - my husband jammed it in a door - accidentally (I think) while we were moving furniture. It’s sore to bend, grip or lift and writing is hard. On GR I use my phone to do everything which can be tricky enough but having to change how I hold my phone and what fingers I use to type is tiring. I’ll update more later.

[Krissy]

Hazel wrote: "I sprained my thumb......"

Ouch. That sucks. Sorry about your thumb ☹️

[Darkness]

Completion Post
Option 2 Week 1


Book: The Dark One
Pages:226
Qualifies Read by Steph on 27.2.2024, Rated - 3 stars
Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review
Quick nice audiobook. I did like this one better than the fist one and I will need to read 3rd one fast as possible to continue a series

[Darcy]

Hazel wrote: "Updated tracking to Msg 74.

I sprained my thumb at the weekend - my husband jammed it in a door - accidentally (I think) while we were moving furniture. It’s sore to bend, grip or lift and writing..."

Hope your thumb is getting better, Hazel!

[Hazel]

Darcy wrote: "Hazel wrote: "Updated tracking to Msg 74.

I sprained my thumb at the weekend - my husband jammed it in a door - accidentally (I think) while we were moving furniture. It’s sore to bend, grip or li..."

Thanks it’s definitely better.

[Hazel]

Tracking is up to date.

Just week 2 completion posts from myself and Darkness to be added.

[Hazel]

📚Week 3📚

Option 1
16. Around the World in 80 Days
Read a book with 8 and 0 in the publication date of the book's first Kindle edition

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Option 2
Key date: 13 October 2023
Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars


Option 3
Pass

A selection post must be made for whichever option you choose - INCLUDING A PASS
Refer msg 3 in your team thread for formatting of all 3 options.

[Darcy]

Selection Post
Week 3, Option 1


Close to You
Pages: 320
How it Qualifies: Published 8/9/2016, 8 and 0 in the date.

[Steph (semi-hiatus)]

Selection Post
Week 3-Option 1

Book The Fortunate Son
Pages 289
Qualifies Published 08/2023

[*book:The Fortunate Son|136234418]

[Hazel]

Selection post
Week 3 - Option 1

Book: The Highland Fling
Pages: 349
How it qualifies: First kindle edition published 24 Aug(08) 2021 - Has 0 and 8 in date

[*book:The Highland Fling|56236716]

[Hazel]

📚Completion post
Week 2: Option 1📚

Book: Time's Convert
Pages: 446
Read: 20 April
Rating: 4⭐️
How it qualifies: MPG setting Paris and Limousin (Both France)
Review: This book didn’t have the same threats or magic as the All Souls trilogy but it was good to find out more of Marcus’s backstory and share Phoebe’s journey of becoming a vampire. I loved that Phillip got Apollo as his familiar and wonder what Rebecca will get if she has one.

[*book:Time's Convert|38356765]

[Eugenia]

Selection Post
Week 3
Option 1: Has a 0 & 8 in Publication date

Band Sinister by K.J. Charles
251 pp
How it fits: Kindle 1st ed pub 2018

[*book:Band Sinister|41947093]

[Hazel]

📚Completion post
Week 3 - Option 1📚

Book: The Highland Fling
Pages: 349
Read: 20 April
Rating: 3⭐️
How it qualifies: First kindle edition published 24 Aug(08) 2021 - Has 0 and 8 in date

Review: I gave this book 3⭐️ because at the beginning it genuinely made me laugh out loud. I got it on KU with audio available as well and I was laughing while walking the dog. 2 American girls travel to Scotland to run a coffee shop for 6 months and try to find themselves. They mention the famous Boaby Stone (I’ve never heard of this and I’m Scottish) which is a castration stone and I had to Google it. There are some great humorous moments, some steamy sections and some tearful bits but I felt the more serious moments were rushed.

I had a few issues with this book 1)The males all seem to wear kilts everyday 2)The male narrator i really don’t think is Scottish he makes Mel Gibson’s Scottish accent in Braveheart sound great 3)Scottish people don’t use the word diaper so the author/editor should have done better research but 4) This is the worst but no one I know in Scotland has ever put jam on a tattie scone? The Scottish guy serves tattie scones with jam and butter. Later he talks about them being made with potatoes but still says they’re the best with jam on them. I did a Facebook poll of all my friends and they are all horrified at the thought of this.

[*book:The Highland Fling|56236716]

[Krissy]

SELECTION POST
Week 3, Option 1


My Choice: A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
Pages: 256
How it Fits: March 28, 2023

[*book:A House With Good Bones|60827975]

[Eugenia]

*** COMPLETION POST ***
Week 3
Option 1: Has a 0 & 8 in Publication date

Band Sinister by K.J. Charles
251 pp
How it fits: Kindle 1st ed pub 2018
Read 20 April
4.5 Stars
Review: All the LOVE and all the STARS!!!!!

(Edited to add AUDIOBOOK: The narration made this book far less engaging, enjoyable, and funny than reading it. Cornell Collins brought too much propriety and took away the lightness I felt whilst reading. My suggestion: skip the audio.)

Original review:
What a wickedly, salacious country romp in Recency England!!! KJ Charles latest recency romance is pure heart and comedy!! 💓💓💓

I think I fell in love with every single crazy character Charles created!!

Guy and Philip, our two MCs make a delicious pair together. Philip, a libertine of the worst sort and a family enemy, to boot, has set his sights on the virginal Guy. His plans to debauch the young man go astray as he finds himself caring for Guy.

Guy, brought by circumstance of his sister's near fatal accident to the home of Sir Phillip, soon realized that his host is not as scandalous as rumours have made him out to be. He also realizes that he very much likes being debauched by Philip whilst his sister convalesces in his drawing room.

The DEBAUCHING of Guy is a joy to read and see!!! This has to be one of my favorite debauching books EVER!!! Why? Because it took more than one scene to debauch our young hero. Because he loved every second of it. Because he threw himself into learning with such gusto. Because Guy is one of the dearest characters I have ever encountered!

Ok, ill stop rhapsodizing about the DEBAUCHING of GUY and move on. The rest of the story was simply lovely!! 💓💓 We meet the notorious Murder hellfire club and it's wonderful members--all notorious in their own way, yet all .....you know what? I'll leave the mystery to what they are to the book...it's just more fun without spoilers!!

I so so so so so so HOPE there is another book in the making. This cast of characters cannot disappear! I need more of my notorious rake, Corvin and more of the irascible artist, John. And then there's a part of me that want to see all four in bed together at the same time. It's a hellfire club, after all and isn't orgies what they do?!

Read this book, you'll love it!! There are a lot of characters I introduced at the beginning, but hold out because you'll soon keep them straight (ha ha) in your head!

Ahhh, now I want to read it again and take my time to savor the humor and the LOVE!!! Thanks the gods for this book that catapulted me out of a major book slump!!🙌🙌

Super highly recommended with fireworks and laughs!!

[*book:Band Sinister|41947093]

[Hazel]

Eugenia wrote: "*** COMPLETION POST ***
Week 3
Option 1: Has a 0 & 8 in Publication date

Band Sinister by K.J. Charles
251 pp
How it fits: Kindle..."

That’s how I feel about audio sometimes. I’m not a huge audio listener, I’m faster reading but sometimes at the weekend doing housework or driving to work during the week I like to listen.

[Darcy]

***Completion Post***
Week 3, Option 1


Close to You
Pages: 320
How it Qualifies: Published 8/9/2016
Finished 4/21/2024

Rating: 3.8 rounded up

Quick Review: I really liked both main characters, how they recognized their feelings and didn't play games with each other. Loved the side characters and setup of five women running a successful restaurant business. An easy, mostly low-drama read.

[Darkness]

Selection Post - Week 3
Option 1: Has a 0 & 8 in Publication date


Book :The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
Pages: 483
Qualifies: Published February 28, 2023

[Steph (semi-hiatus)]

Completion Post
Week 3-Option 1

Book The Fortunate Son

Pages 289
Qualifies Pub. Date 08/01/2023
Date Read April 21
Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review This author is usually pretty hit or miss for me and I think this is the first series I could actually really like. I need the rest of the series to go to audio ASAP so I can finish it.