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PtP Travelling through the Pages (T12)
WEEK 5 SELECTION POST - Option 1
Until It Fades by K.A. TuckerPage numbers: 370 pages, Kindle Edition
How the book qualifies: Book set in North America - Precis:Twenty-four-year-old truck stop waitress and single mother Catherine Wright has simple goals: to give her five-year-old daughter a happy life and to never again be the talk of the town in Balsam, Pennsylvania
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Option 1 - 3. The Americas 🗺
🌎Read a book set in a country in North America or South America
📚Page number: 485pg (first kindle edition) [book:A..."
Hope you enjoy it. To be honest the first and second book were good but nothing amazing. But I loved book 3 and Priest and Salt in the wound. Her books have a sense of the forbidden that is not for everyone, but I love the yearning and tension.
COMPLETION POST - WEEK 5 Read a book set in North or South America
Until It FadesPage Count: 370 Kindle Edition
Date Completed: 6 May
Rating/Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I really enjoyed Catherine's growth as a character in believing she deserves good things in her life, including finding love with Brett. Their relationship was disappointing as it was mostly based on insta lust and dramatic circumstances, To be honest I was a little sad Catherine didn't end up with Keith. The theme of family, both the one you are born with and the one you choose, was well written.
Fav Quote:
“I’m crazy about you and you won’t even answer my calls. I need to know how to fix that so you’ll give me a chance. Please.”
Selection PostOption 1 - Book set in North America
Week #5
Book: All Rhodes Lead Here
Pages: 608 pages
How it Fits: #42 on Best Romance Novels Set in Colorado
I should finish my book for this week by tomorrow -- listening to this has taken a little longer than I thought.
Stacey wrote: "I should finish my book for this week by tomorrow -- listening to this has taken a little longer than I thought."There is no rush yet. Feel free to take your time.
The last few weeks that we want to speed up if we are playing to win.
Week 6Option 1
8. Country
Read a book set in the country e.g. farm, ranch
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.
In this case the following will work:
* the precis includes a reference to the country, ranch, farm etc
* the book is tagged/shelved with an appropriate reference to country, ranch, farm etc
* the book is set in the wilderness/remote areas
* the bookcover shows a country setting.
Please ask if you are not sure.
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Option 2
Key date: 3 November 2023
Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars
link to each of our read shelves on message 4
Option 3
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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.
Week 5: CompletionBook:Their Frozen Graves by Ruhi Choudhary
Pages: 381
Read: 5/9-11
Rating: 4 stars
Qualification: Precis states, "When two bodies are found dumped in a vast lake in Lakemore, Washington" - Washington is located in the United States.
Review:
Mackenzie Price's life has twists and turns that no one can truly imagine. She has had a rough go of it and this book doesn't make that any better. I love getting an even bigger outlook on the way she thinks and how those thoughts/backstory affect her decision making. She has definitely become one of my favorite female characters.
From this book and the last one, I have really come to enjoy Ruhi Choudhary's writing. They do such a wonderful job at fleshing out the characters enough to make you want to know more about them. Plus, the storyline was so captivating - it had a twist and turn in just about every chapter. It took a relatively predictable storyline and turned it on its head - yet while still being predictable. If you enjoy murder mysteries and small town drama, this is the perfect story for you. It isn't a standalone though - I definitely believe you need to read book 1 first because storylines crossover.
Week 6: Selection PostOption 2
Book: Beauty and the Baller
Author: Ilsa Madden-Mills
Pages: 314
Read by: Julie on March 3 (rated 5 stars)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Selection PostOption 1 - Book Set in the Country
Week #6
Book: Creed
Pages: 432 pages
How it Fits: Page 6 of Country Romance Books
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🤠🐄Option 1 - 8. Country 🐖🐓
Read a book set in the country e.g. farm, ranch 🐑
📚Page number: 468pg (first kindle edition) Glow
✅ How book qualified: Precis: When I took over the ranch, I lost everything, career included.
Selection Post - Option 1 - 3. The Americas 🗺Task: Country - Read a book set in the country e.g. farm, ranch
Week #6
Book: Featherbed
Pages: 196
How the book qualifies: From precis, "Finn Barnes knows chickens. The burly organic farmer knows all about rare breed poultry, but dealing with a hot, older bookseller is an entirely different matter. City slicker types like Harrison never end up staying in Vermont for the long-term.
They should steer clear of each other. But the flare of attraction is mutual. And somehow, amid book discussions and farm tours, they discover plenty in common. Now they’re stealing kisses in Finn’s barn..."
Completion PostWeek #6
Book: Featherbed
Date Read: 05/11/24
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review: This book is the equivalent of a warm hug. Baby chicks, ducks and a bookstore wine bar combo? Add in the steamy romance between Harrison and Finn and this was near perfect.
Completion PostWeek #5
Book: All Rhodes Lead Here
Rating: 5 stars
Review: Don't try this one if you don't care for slow burn. I've read this before, but wanted to try it with the new readers on audio and it was wonderful having the dual narration to add to the characters. I enjoyed watching the FMC build a life for herself and get over her situation, and appreciated how the MMC let her do all that before moving things along. One of my favorites from this author.
WEEK 6 SELECTION POST - Option 1
In the WeedsPage numbers: 334 pages, Kindle Edition
Qualifies: Read a book set in the country e.g. farm, ranch
So when she suddenly appears on his farm as part of a social media contest, he is … confused.
COMPLETION POST - WEEK 6 Read a book set in the country e.g. farm, ranch
In the WeedsPage Count: 334 Kindle Edition
Date Completed: 14 May
Rating/Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
In the Weeds is a warm, small town read with little angst. Evie seeks a time out from her life and finds her way back into Beckett's. While they were both nice characters, and I was looking forward to reading Beckett's story after meeting him the first book of the Lovelight Series, I was a little disappointed that their "conflict" really could have been solved with one conversation.
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“I know you came back here because you were looking for your happy. But Evie, you gave me mine while you were looking for yours and I think it's only fair if I try to return the favor.”
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📦 Week 6
🤠🐄Option 1 - 8. Country 🐖🐓
Read a book set in the country e.g. farm, ranch 🐑
📚Page number: 468pg (first kindle edition) Glow
✅ How book qualified: Precis: When I took over the ranch, I lost everything, career included.
📅Date Completed: 16/05/2024 - 💽Format: 🎧📘 - 💖Rating: 3,75✨
📝Review: A bit too long and the back and forth is between past and present built up the suspense just for us to find out the stupidest secret ever: I can't believe so many lives were wrecked because of that 🤦🏽♀️
Selection Post - Option 1 - 2. UK & IrelandTask: Read a book set in the British Isles
Week #7
Book: A Wild Night's Bride
Pages: 105
How the book qualifies: Setting England
Completion PostWeek #7
Book: A Wild Night's Bride
Date Read: 05/18/24
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Review: This was a quick entertaining read. The relationship between Neddie and Phoebe developed at warp speed but it was really fun. I will say the "Devil" and I personality wise would get along really well 😏😂
Completion PostWeek #6
Book: Creed
Rating: 3 stars
Review: A pretty classic Kristen Ashley, so if you like her writing, this will work for you. It was a little heavy on the spicy side for me so I did some skimming eventually. I also had trouble with some of the way the backstory came out -- we got a good bit of it in dreams rather than hearing the actual story and it took me a while to realize I hadn't accidentally skipped a chapter.
Week 7Option 1
2. UK & Ireland
Read a book set in the British Isles
Wiki link to a definition of the British Isles ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...
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.
Please ask if you are not sure.
To insert links (book-link or list/shelf/tag-link) in your posts, please read these instructions in the Q&A thread:
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Option 2
Key date: 10 November 2023
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
Sorry for the huge delay in posting this week's task. Had some family issues to take care off and completely forgot 🤦🏽♀️😬
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🌍💂🏽♀️Option 1 - 2. UK & Ireland 💂🏽♂️🦔
Read a book set in the British Isles
📚Page number: 249pg (first kindle edition) Buy My Soul
✅ How book qualified: Tagged place-london-or-united-kingdom x 1 person, pg 4, first column
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🌍💂🏽♀️Option 1 - 2. UK & Ireland 💂🏽♂️🦔
Read a book set in the British Isles
📚Page number: 249pg (first kindle edition) Buy My Soul
✅ How book qualified: Tagged place-london-or-united-kingdom x 1 person, pg 4, first column
📅Date Completed: 18/05/2024 - 💽Format: 🎧📘 - 💖Rating: 2✨
📝Review: I normally love Jade West's writing. Her books are kinky and quite taboo and I gobble it up, but this time around I just disliked everything about this book, and I can not pin point the reason at all. Narration was excellent.
Selection Post Week #7
Option 2
Book: Rock Chick Reborn
Pages: 214
Read by Vanessa on March 27, 2024 and given 4 stars
WEEK 7 SELECTION POST - Option 12. UK & Ireland: Read a book set in the British Isles
The ReboundPage numbers: 334 pages, Kindle Edition
Qualifies: Read a book set in the British Isles - Precis: Instead, she’s heading back to the childhood home in rural Ireland she swore she’d never return to, with some big old secrets.
Vanessa, I hope your family issues are OK. Sorry for the late posting recently - I've been focused on TART but will prioritise when we get to June.
Julie wrote: "WEEK 7 SELECTION POST - Option 12. UK & Ireland: Read a book set in the British Isles
The ReboundPage numbers: 334 pages, Kindle Edition
Qualifie..."
That is totally fine. I'm concentrating on TART too, and as long as we post our selection within the week it's all good. The last couple of weeks here are the ones that really matter.
ps: family issues are under control. Thank you 🤗😍
COMPLETION POST - WEEK 7 UK & Ireland: Read a book set in the British Isles
The Rebound by Catherine WalshPage Count: 334 Kindle Edition
Date Completed: 22 May
Rating/Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Abby had her world in New York just how she liked it, until she lost her fiancé, workplace and apartment in dramatic fashion. Desperate times call for a trip to her hometown in Ireland, which she loathes, and while there she has decisions to make. I liked the author's warm & funny style of writing in giving the characters an opportunity to either shrink back or forge ahead, embrace their imperfections, and attempt to do better in relationships.
Fav Quote:
I turn my head to look at him and he smiles when I do. The ache in my chest doesn’t go away and I wonder what I’ve done and how I’m just supposed to leave him. How I’m supposed to do anything when I’ve been falling in love with him ever since he picked me up on that cold March night and did his best to make me smile.
Completion PostWeek 7
Book: Rock Chick Reborn
Rating: 3 stars
Review: This was a short (for Kristen Ashley) novella about one of the main side characters of the Rock Chick series. TBH I have trouble keeping all the Chicks and their men separate, but Shirleen always stood out -- until this book. Unfortunately she kind of faded into the same vague female character similar to the rest of the books. I loved the fact that the MCs were older, and enjoyed the interactions with her foster kids but otherwise kind of just a meh addition to the series.
Week 6: Completion PostOption 2
Book: Beauty and the Baller
Author: Ilsa Madden-Mills
Pages: 314
Read by: Julie on March 3 (rated 5 stars)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Read on: May 13-14
Rating: 5 stars
Review:
This was such a great book. I totally understand the five star review now. I'm not normally a fan of the whole fake dating trope but there was something sweet and spicy about this one - not to mention that I do enjoy a strangers to lovers type of relationship. Another plus for me was reading the sisterhood between Nova and her sister. As someone who has a decent age gap between my sister and I, I thought it was caring, sweet, and quite realistic for the situation that they were in.
Obviously a story can't go on forever and it does have to end but I think it kind of wrapped easily and would have enjoyed a little more drama but overall, it was definitely a good read!
Week 7: Selection PostOption 2
Book: Heartless
Author: Elsie Silver
Pages: 479
Read by: Vanessa on Mar 28 (rated 5 stars)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Ariel wrote: "Week 7: Selection PostOption 2
Book: Heartless
Author: Elsie Silver
Pages: 479
Read by: Vanessa on Mar 28 (rated 5 stars)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1..."
ooooh! I love this book. The banter, tension and everything else is so good. I hope you enjoy it too. Happy reading. 😍🍸📚
I've had it on my KU for a while but haven't read it yet. When I saw it on your read list, I thought it was perfect timing to knock it off my to read list. Lol
I second what Vanessa said Ariel! Enjoy!
Ariel wrote: "I've had it on my KU for a while but haven't read it yet. When I saw it on your read list, I thought it was perfect timing to knock it off my to read list. Lol"If you like audiobooks I highly recommend it. The narration is perfection. And, It's 1/2 price with KU (in the UK it's much cheaper than the US but still better than full price).
Week 8Option 1
13. Vehicles ~ plane / boat / motorcycle / train / car / truck / bus
Read a book with a vehicle on the bookcover (any edition).
Also accepted - carriages, blimps, air balloons, etc. NOT horses; not flying carpets or brooms. So anything that will transport a person that isn't an animal (or a carpet ;).
Please ask if you are not sure.
To insert links (book-link or list/shelf/tag-link) in your posts, please read these instructions in the Q&A thread:
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Option 2
Key date: 17 November 2023
Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars
link to each of our read shelves on message 4
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.
☎️Just Ariel's completion from last week outstanding :)
Selection Post - Option 1 - 13. Vehicles ~ plane / boat / motorcycle / train / car / truck / busTask: Read a book with a vehicle on the bookcover (any edition).
Week #8
Book: Biker Babe
Pages: 121
How the book qualifies: Motorcycle -
Completion PostWeek #8
Book:
Date Read: 05/25/24
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Review: Was this the best MC book? Nope. Was I entertained by the antics of Shay and Rex? Hell yes. This was not your typical biker book. Not dark, not too much violence, it was actually a sweet romance. Second read and still enjoyed it, not enough to increase to 4 stars though 🤷🏿♀️
WEEK 8 SELECTION POST - Option 113. Vehicles ~ Read a book with a vehicle on the bookcover.
Change of PlansPage numbers: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
Qualifies: Car on cover.
COMPLETION POST - WEEK 8 - Option 113. Vehicles ~ Read a book with a vehicle on the bookcover.
Change of PlansPage Count: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
Date Completed: 27 May
Rating/Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The last of the Matthews Brothers finally gets his story and it was worth the wait. Ryker is struggling to return to a normal life after leaving the marines. Bryce is is struggling with the reality of suddenly becoming guardian to her three nieces. Despite their own issues, sparks fly between them. This grumpy/sunshine, small town romance is both honest and funny about how life isn't perfect but holding on to a good thing is worth the trouble.
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Whatever good thing I did in the world to deserve a woman like you, I’m damn grateful.
Selection Post Option 2
Week #8
Book: Freeing Luka
Pages: 307
Read by Vanessa on 1/29/24 and given 4 stars
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🚀🚂 Option 1 - 13. Vehicles ~ plane / boat / motorcycle / train / car / truck / bus 🚋🚤
Read a book with a vehicle on the bookcover (any edition). 🛸🛺
📚Page number: 280pg (first kindle edition) Lost Mission
✅ How book qualified: Spaceship on the cover
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📦 Week 8 ⛵ 🛵
🚀🚂 Option 1 - 13. Vehicles ~ plane / boat / motorcycle / train / car / truck / bus 🚋🚤
Read a book with a vehicle on the bookcover (any edition). 🛸🛺
📚Page number: 280pg (first kindle edition) Lost Mission
✅ How book qualified: Spaceship on the cover
📅Date Completed: 28/05/2024 - 💽Format: 🎧📘 - 💖Rating: 1,75✨
📝Review: So disappointing. Unfortunately this one didn’t do it for me at all. Considering it’s a war sci-fi with lots of battles, sabotage, inside traitors, a mad cult and lots of over all action, it was really boring and I had to speed up to finish it.
Such a shame. At least the narration was excellent
Week 7: Completion PostOption 2
Book: Heartless
Author: Elsie Silver
Pages: 479
Read by: Vanessa on Mar 28 (rated 5 stars)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Read: May 27-29
Rating: 4 stars
Review: Now I understand why Vanessa raved about the novel - it was so good! The tension between the main characters was so good from a romance and respect standpoint but I think the relationship I enjoyed the most was between Willa and Lucas. It was obvious that Willa needed Lucas just as much as Lucas needed a mom.
I can't wait to read the others in the series because Elsie Silver did such a wonderful job at making the universe one where all of the side characters also mean something to the storyline.
Week 8: Selection PostOption 1
Book: Wolfhunter River
Author: Rachel Caine
Pages: 330
Qualification: Swedish version cover has a car.
Week 9Option 1
9. Small town
Read a book set in a small town
For 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.
In this case, it will likely be in the precis, on a list or tagged 'small town' or similar. 'Cozy mystery' will work since that should be set in a small community.
Please ask if you are not sure.
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Option 2
Key date: 24 November 2023
Option 3
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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.
Selection Post - Option 1 - (9) Small townTask: Read a book set in a small town.
Week #9
Book: Unexpected Mate
Pages: 176
How the book qualifies: Tagged small town by 1 person, page 4 of shelves 3rd column
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🎯 Week 5
Option 1 - 3. The Americas 🗺
🌎Read a book set in a country in North America or South America
📚Page number: 485pg (first kindle edition) [book:American King|362..."
Going on my TBR thanks Vanessa. I have heard some mixed thoughts on TikTok about Sierra Simone's books but this sounds good.