PtP R23 - Readers Dough it Better (3)

[Laura]

Week 9

Option 1
5. A sourdough starter is a live fermented culture of fresh flour and water
* Read a book that has been 'fermenting' on your bookshelf for at least 12 months. (Added to your shelves at least 12 months ago.)
Please state the date you added it to your shelf.

If you haven't been tracking books on GR for 12 months yet, then select a book that was added to your shelves in the first month.
You can also reread a book but it must have been originally added at least 12 months ago.


Option 2
Key date: 31 May 2024
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.

[Laura]

From the Q&A

jewelee wrote: "Would a book qualify if it had been added to the "currently reading" shelf a few years ago but had no progress (because didn't actually read it)?"

Hi Jewelee - yes. But you need to read it from the beginning :)

To everyone and to clarify - any shelf works (eg wishlist, to read, currently reading etc) but you must have added it more than 12 months ago.

[Laura]

Selection Post

Week: 9
Option: 1
Book: Problem Child
Page Count: 438
How it fits: Added to my Up Next (TBR) shelf 1/23/23

[Sassafrass]

Week 9: Selection
Option 1


Jackson
Pages: 360/GR
How it fits: shelved as "to-read" on May 13, 2022

[Sassafrass]

Week 9: Completion
Option 1


Jackson
Pages: 360/GR
How it fits: shelved as "to-read" on May 13, 2022
Date Read: 11/30/24
Rating: *4 STARS*

This was better than I thought it was going to be. I was so ready to be upset by the story because I thought it was over and there all these questions that still needed to be answered!

And then story went on for another few chapters! It helped answer a lot of those questions that I had. I enjoyed the story and all the background that we got. I liked all the characters too.

I've never read anything by this author, but I am very interested in continuing on with the series!

[LaurLa]

Selection Post🚦Week 9
Option 1


Call🚦5. A sourdough starter is a live fermented culture of fresh flour and water
Task🚦Read a book that has been 'fermenting' on your bookshelf for at least 12 months
Book🚦Party of Two
Pages🚦349 (GR kindle, linked edition)
How it fits🚦added to TBR January 2022

[R~wka]

Laura wrote: "@R~wka - don't forget to post your Week selection before the Week 9 call is made!

Also, if I've totally missed it, which is possible, someone please point me in the right direction. :)"

I'm very sorry girls, I was sure I posted my selection Thursday. With the madness in my country with the presidential elections and others personal things I was just blanking. If isn't to late I'll post today my selection (and completion for week 7, is a week since I finished reading it)

[LaurLa]

Completion Post🚦Week 9
Option 1


Call🚦5. A sourdough starter is a live fermented culture of fresh flour and water
Task🚦Read a book that has been 'fermenting' on your bookshelf for at least 12 months
Book🚦Party of Two
Pages🚦349 (GR kindle, linked edition)
How it fits🚦added to TBR January 2022
Date Read🚦11.30 ★★★★
Review
I have enjoyed this series a lot and this one is no exception. I like the banter and wit between the MCs (this is usually my jam!). I agreed with Olivia that Max was almost too good to be true because even his flaws were endearing. However, once we ran into conflict, I liked how he stepped up even though he was clueless on how to do it. His best quality is his willingness to own his mistakes and work like hell to fix them - and to lean on others when he needs to.

[Sassafrass]

R~wka wrote: "Laura wrote: "@R~wka - don't forget to post your Week selection before the Week 9 call is made!

Also, if I've totally missed it, which is possible, someone please point me in the right direction. ..."

I would go ahead and post and also post your completions. When Jane reviews the threads she will follow up on everything. But if you do your posting now and get it done and she says it's ok, it's already taken care of.

[R~wka]

Selection Post~ Week 8
Option 1

Catching Lightning
Task: Read a romance featuring a sporty MC or a law enforcement MC
Book: All Lined Up
Pages: 304
How it Fits: MPG Sports

[R~wka]

Completion Post - Week 7


The Fine Print
Date Read: Nov 20
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
It's hard to talk about a book I read a week ago, but I can say that I still remember passages from it. Like many other romantic books, sometimes certain scenes seem pulled by the hair by putting mistrust in the middle between the main characters. It left me wanting to read the other 2 books.

[Cathy M.]

Selection Post

Week 9 - Option 1

Page Count: 552
How it fits: Added "To Read" shelf on 12/24/2019

[Cathy M.]

Oh crap, I accidentally changed the status from "To Read" to "Read" (I just added it to my Read Next shelf to keep on standby and system changed automatically to "Read"). I changed it back to "To Read" and looks like the date added changed to today's date.

But if you go to my shelf and click to review the reading progress, it still shows as initially shelved on 12/24/19.

[Laura]

Cathy M. wrote: "Oh crap, I accidentally changed the status from "To Read" to "Read" (I just added it to my Read Next shelf to keep on standby and system changed automatically to "Read"). I changed it back to "To R..."

I went to your bookshelves and searched for Renegades. You have that one on your shelves twice. The Kindle edition is showing today's date, but the hardback is showing as having been added on December 24, 2019. So looks like you're good.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Cathy M.]

Laura wrote: "Cathy M. wrote: "Oh crap, I accidentally changed the status from "To Read" to "Read" (I just added it to my Read Next shelf to keep on standby and system changed automatically to "Read"). I changed..."

Huh, thought I just hit the button to change the edition (since I'm listening to audio instead of reading kindle version). Let me fix!

Thanks for checking!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Sassafrass wrote: "R~wka wrote: "Laura wrote: "@R~wka - don't forget to post your Week selection before the Week 9 call is made!

Also, if I've totally missed it, which is possible, someone please point me in the rig..."

Very good advice Sass!!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

🌻
Week 9 Selection - R~wka & Vicki!!

Week 8 Completions - Laura, R~wka, LaurLa, Vicki
Week 9 Completions - All except Sass

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

R~wka wrote: "Selection Post~ Week 8
Option 1

Catching Lightning
Task: Read a romance featuring a sporty MC or a law enforcement MC
Book: All Lined Up
Page..."

Remember to post week 9's selection

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Vicki wrote: "Selection Post~ Week 8
Option 1


Task: Read a romance featuring a sporty MC or a law enforcement MC
Book: All Lined Up
Pages: 321 (first kindle edi..."

Remember to post week 9's selection

[R~wka]

Selection Post - Week 9
Option 1
Call: 5. A sourdough starter is a live fermented culture of fresh flour and water
Task: Read a book that has been 'fermenting' on your bookshelf for at least 12 months


Book: Mr. Mustachio Is Falsely Accused
Pages: 283
How it fits: added to TBR on Jan 04, 2023 link

[Laura]

Jane (PS) wrote: "🌻
Week 9 Selection - R~wka & Vicki!!

Week 8 Completions - Laura, R~wka, LaurLa, Vicki
Week 9 Completions - All except Sass"

Now that Turf Wars is over, and Amazing Race is ending this weekend, I will definitely get caught up!

[Laura]

Week 10

Option 1
10. Patience is required
* Read a book from one of the following lists:
Can't Wait Books of 2024
Can't Wait Books of 2023
Can't Wait Books of 2022
Can't Wait Books of 2021
Can't Wait MM Romance 2021
Can't Wait MM Romance 2020
Gay Romance featuring 'Need You Now' Sex
(Sorry MM readers - the lists didn't go up to 2024)


Option 2
Key date: 7 June 2024
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.

[Laura]

Selection Post

Week: 10
Option: 1
Book: Leather & Lark
Pages: 375
How it qualifies: Can't Wait Books of 2024 #91

[LaurLa]

Selection Post🚦Week 10
Option 1


Call🚦10. Patience is required
Task🚦Read a book from one of the following lists
Book🚦Graveyard Dog
Pages🚦162 (GR kindle, linked edition)
How it fits🚦#444 on Can't Wait Books of 2024

[Sassafrass]

Week 10: Selection
Option 1


Curvy Girl Summer
Pages: 362/GR
How it fits: #299 on the Can't Wait Books of 2024 List

[Sassafrass]

Week 10: Completion
Option 1


Curvy Girl Summer
Pages: 362/GR
How it fits: #299 on the Can't Wait Books of 2024 List
Date Completed: 12/6/24
Rating: *4 STARS*

Danielle Allen has done it again ! I love this friends to lovers romance. Her characters are so perfectly flawed. Her stories just draw me in. And this one is no different. Aaliyah, Ahmad, and all the characters melded perfectly together to bring this story to life.

Aaliyah and Ahmad were so perfect for each other, I couldn’t stand it. My frustration throughout the book that these two weren’t together sooner sometimes took me away from the story. But Miss Allen took us on a journey that in the end was so perfectly drawn out that I kicked myself for wanting to rush the story.

I love the way that it ended. I’m usually one of those girls that is dying to get the epilogue. But this one was kind of a nontraditional ending that was perfect for this nontraditional romance.

Danielle Allen is one of those authors that I found by accident. And ever since I’ve discovered her, she hasn’t disappointed. I’m looking forward to reading more books in the series.

[Vicki]

Selection Post ~ Week: 9
Option: 1


Book: Tsarina
Page Count: 471
How it Fits: October 25, 2020 – Shelved

[Vicki]

Completion Post ~ Week 9
Option 1

Book: Tsarina
Author: Ellen Alpsten
Date Read: 30 November 2024
Rating: 5 stars

Review:
I loved this one set in St. Petersburg, 1725 during Peter the Great's era and Catherine, his wife. Two polar opposites in society as she was born very poor, Catherine used her womanly wiles to earn her way to her heart's desires. But Peter was a terribly cruel man and Tsar. After his death, Catherine used her brain and beauty to do the unthinkable in her day and age...she gained POWER unlike any other Russian woman of her time.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

🍒

[Vicki]

Jane (PS) wrote: "Vicki wrote: "Selection Post~ Week 8
Option 1


Task: Read a romance featuring a sporty MC or a law enforcement MC
Book: All Lined Up
Pages: 321 (fi..."

OMG! What is wrong with me this time around the PtP? I don't know why I keep messing up...sorry!

[Vicki]

Week 8 Completion Post


Book: All Lined Up
Date Read: 1 Dec 2024
Rating: 4 stars

Review:
I really liked this one a lot! It's set in Rusk University so the MC's are young adults but adults. I loved Dallas who is very transparent and says it like it is. Her father is a Texas football coach who ends up coaching the football team at RU. So things get complicated after they are falling for each other but then he discovers she's Coach's daughter and that's a no-no for him or he can get kicked off the team. And her ex was a football player and a jerk, so she's sworn off dating football players. Naturally, they begin to fight their feelings and vacillating what to do with those feelings. I loved it.

[LaurLa]

Completion Post🚦Week 8
Option 1


Call🚦13. When shaping, the dough is often referred to as either a 'boule' or 'baton'
Task🚦Read a romance featuring a sporty MC or a law enforcement MC
Book🚦Fall Into Me
Pages🚦274 (GR kindle, linked edition)
How it fits🚦male MC is sheriff deputy per blurb on book page: "Sheriff's deputy Troy Lee Farr"
Date Read🚦12.07 ★★★★
Review
This was a bit of a May-December romance with the female MC being on the May side of the equation. She was an interesting combination of brass confidence and insecurities. Understandable insecurities so it wasn't annoying. I liked how he treated her - letting her know how awesome he thought she was but also not letting her get away with being down on herself. I really enjoyed seeing this relationship develop. A couple of not-so-surprising surprise twists but overall a nice feel good story.

[R~wka]

Completion Post~ Week 8
Option 1

Catching Lightning
Task: Read a romance featuring a sporty MC or a law enforcement MC
Book: All Lined Up
Pages: 304
How it Fits: MPG Sports
Date read: dec 08
Rating: 3⭐️
Review :
Is not the first sport romance which I just can't enjoy reading. I came to the conclusion that I just don't like sports romance. Is a light dark sport romance,and the plot didn't catch my attention to enjoy it. I don't think I'll read the other books in series..

[Cathy M.]

Selection Post

Week 10 - Option 1
Under the Whispering Door
Page Count: 376
How it fits: #23 on Can't Wait Books of 2021 List

[Cathy M.]

Sorry, just remembered that I need to read a different book for another challenge.

[Cathy M.]

Selection Post

Week 10 - Option 1
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
Page Count: 416
How it fits: #17 on Can't Wait Books of 2024 List

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Outstanding:

Week 8 completions - Laura
Week 9 completions - Laura, Cathy, R~wka
Week 10 selections & completions - R~wka & Vicki
Week 10 completions - Laura, Cathy, LaurLa

[Cathy M.]

Completion Post


Week #9 - Option 1

Read: 12/07/24
Rating: 3 stars

Review:
This reminded me of a watered down YA version of The Boys (which I love!). I sort of missed the blatant and shocking violence associated with the show but it was fun enough. I picked this up solely because I loved Marissa Meyer's Cinder Chronicles and didn't really know anything else about it.

So there are the Renegades and the Anarchists - sort of wish the "villains" (latter group) were better named, like more bad-ass or something, but it is what it is. I liked that their intended roles are put into question - are the Renegades really the good guys and the Anarchists the bad?

Our heroine, Nova, was a bit of a bad-ass. I really liked her, and her backstory was so sad. But I wish that she had better super powers. I felt a little underwhelmed by it, especially when she infiltrated the Renegades and had to hide it so they didn't figure out who she really was.

Actually I think I felt underwhelmed by most of what happened in this story. Hence the 3 star rating. But I do think I'll go on to the next one just to see if it improves or catches more of my attention.

[Laura]

I’ll have 2 of mine done today.

[Laura]

Completion Post - Week 10

Book: Leather & Lark
Date Read: 12/12
Rating: 5 stars
How it fits: Can't Wait Books of 2024 #91
Review: How is it possible that this one was even better than Butcher? More importantly, how is it possible that books with main characters who are serial sorry, Lark is very clear that she is a multiple deleter, not a serial killer. Anyway, how is it possible that these main characters are likable?

I thought the main baddie in this one wasn't very well developed, either as a character or in regards to his motivation. But Lark and Lachlan were so perfect that that was easy to overlook. And the audio is very well done!

[Laura]

Laura wrote: "I’ll have 2 of mine done today."

Correction, one today and one tomorrow morning.

[LaurLa]

I'll get mine done today. Are we in a position we can compete for the win or do we even want to?

[Laura]

Is the winner just the team that reads the last week the fastest? If so, probably not.

[LaurLa]

Yes, provided of course the rest of the weeks are completed and approved by Jane.


I'm good either way. I usually try to find the shortest book I can for week 11, just in case, but it we can't get caught up as a team, it's no big deal for me.

[Laura]

LaurLa wrote: "Yes, provided of course the rest of the weeks are completed and approved by Jane.


I'm good either way. I usually try to find the shortest book I can for week 11, just in case, but it we can't get..."

This one just got away from me as life has gotten busy. But I did have fun playing with you all!

[Laura]

Off topic, but before we all go our separate ways, what part of South Carolina are you in, Cathy? When we did the Greater Charlotte Book Crawl last April we went to a few bookstores in Rock Hill, SC. It's a beautiful area (and some great bookstores)!

[Cathy M.]

I live right outside of Charleston in Summerville. Sad to say that in the 3 years I've lived here, haven't really ventured out and seen things. But doesn't help that I have to fly for 1 week each month to LA and I'm not young anymore. In my 20s and 30s, it wouldn't have been a problem. But now in my 40s, and doing it for 3 years, it's gotten tiring. Especially on my body due to my sleep schedule getting jacked up so much. I will attempt for the 3rd time to resign some time this year. But we'll see :P

I can't believe we're almost to the end! Where has the time gone?! I usually try to find a short one for last week but I only started my week 10 book last night so don't think I'll be able to speed thru them. Work is too busy today. But I can try to push tomorrow (which will probably be too late for the 1st place win).

But I've had fun with you all!

[Laura]

Cathy, I realize the name could be misleading, but it’s a book crawl. We hit 19 bookstores in the month of April and will do it again this year!

[R~wka]

Selection Post

Week 10 - Option 1
Somewhere Dial A for Aunties
Page Count: 299
How it fits: #88 in "Can't Wait Books of 2021"

[LaurLa]

Week 11 - Final week


Option 1
14. Bake at 450F (or 230C)
Read a book with an avg GR rating of at least 4.3 stars.
Please ask if you are not sure.


Option 2
Key date: 14 June 2024

If you use this option, this week you must select your book from the team shelves immediately below your team in this list. The last team picks from the first team.

9 Loaf Me Tender
3 Readers Dough it Better
2 Sourdough Sagas
8 Dough Go Breaking My Heart
1 Ready Set Dough
7 Night of the Living Bread
10 The Jane Doughs
4 Books Bake Me Happy
6 Knead To Read
5 The Path of Yeast Resistence

Eg. Team 9 picks from team 3's members bookshelves. Team 5 picks from team 9's members bookshelves.

DO NOT PICK from a team member who has left the team during the game. Picks must come from current members. If you aren't sure if they are current, please check on the spreadsheet that is linked in the first message of this thread.


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