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PtP R23 - The Path of Yeast Resistance (5)
Week 7 - Completion PostOption 1
* Read a book with a title comprised of 3 words.
Her Irish Wolves by Theodora Taylor
pgs: 520
How it fits: The title is comprised of three words.
Rating: 3 Stars
Review: The overall book was okay, but Naomi, the main FMC was so annoying for about 90% of the book. Loved Sea and Wild....Dublin was okay, more so at the end, hopefully we get more of him and his character grows in the next book. I'm fascinated to learn more about the secret kingdom and see how our quartet make it out of the upcoming battle.
Week 8 - Selection PostOption 1 - Read a romance featuring a sporty MC or a law enforcement MC.
by Elise FaberPgs: 305
How it fits: MPG Sports Romance.
JL wrote: "Week 8 - Selection PostOption 1 - Read a romance featuring a sporty MC or a law enforcement MC.
by Elise FaberPgs: 305
How it fits: MMC is a ..."
JL, the requirements for this task include that the book is romance, so if you would just change your qualification to "MPG Sports Romance" that will cover both requirements. I just had to go back to my qualification and add the romance part too...even if it's pretty obvious that the book qualifies, HOW it qualifies needs to be specifically laid out in your selection post. Thanks!
Week 8 - Completion PostOption 1
Taken in Death by J.D. RobbRating: 4 stars
Review: I always enjoy revisiting Eve and Roarke, and while the shorter, 'in between' books aren't my favorites, they're still enjoyable. This one is a take-off on "Hansel and Gretel", complete with the required smart kids and evil witch. Narrated as always by the amazing Susan Ericksen.
Completion PostWeek #7
Option 1
Read a book with a title comprised of 3 words
Daddy in Blue
Jayda Marx
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Finished 25/11
I loved this book it was so sweet and romantic and it had my favourite trope daddy little so hats off to jayda marx for an awesome book
Selection Week #8Option 1
* Read a romance featuring a sporty MC or a law enforcement MC
The Alpha's Two Angels
Aspen Grey
151 pages
Arnold, a San Diego Police Detective, has been watching his angels from a distance
Completion Week #8Option 1
* Read a romance featuring a sporty MC or a law enforcement MC
The Alpha's Two Angels
Finished 27/11
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This was so good it had action steam a splash of angst all wrapped up in a perfect book
Selection Post Week 8
Option 1
Read a romance featuring a sporty MC or a law enforcement MC.
Book: Dead Speak by Pandora Pine
Pages: 272
How it Qualifies: MPG Romance MC is a cop per Précis "Detective Ronan O’Mara knows that his career with the Boston Police Department..."
Selection Post - Option 1 - Read a romance featuring a sporty MC or a law enforcement MC.Week #8
Book: The Darling
Pages: 105
How the book qualifies: MPG Romance, From precis, "They call me the Darling of the NHL because I'm the best player in the whole f*cking league."
Week 9Option 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.
Week #9
Option 1
* Read a book that has been 'fermenting' on your bookshelf for at least 12 months.
[*book:Flawless|60755618]
Page numbers: 424 pages
How It Qualifies: Added to my TBR September 22, 2023.
Week #9
Flawless
Read: 12/1/24
Rating: ✶✶✶✶
Review:
I’ve read this series entirely out of order. So I am reading book 1 last. LOL This really was a good one. Summer and Rhett were so good together. They were both three dimensional, complicated characters. I also chuckled a lot at the humor between them, and between Rhett and his brothers. It was interesting to read how characters from the later books were introduced. And knowing how the rest of the series evolves. This was a romantic and emotional read.
Week 9 - Selection PostOption 1
Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerPage count: 264
How the book qualifies: Added to my shelves September 16, 2013
Geri wrote: "Selection PostWeek #9
Option 1
* Read a book that has been 'fermenting' on your bookshelf for at least 12 months.
[*book:Flawless|60755618]
Page numbers: 424 pages
H..."
Hey Geri,
Not sure if I'm missing something or what, but I can't find this book on your shelves! I found several in the series, but only one (Powerless) has been on your shelves long enough to qualify for this task.
No, you haven’t missed anything, Karen. I mixed things up. (Sigh!) Too much stuff going on. I will repost my selection.
Selection PostWeek #9
Option 1
* Read a book that has been 'fermenting' on your bookshelf for at least 12 months.
Hot as Sin
Page numbers: 354 pages
How It Qualifies: Added to my TBR September 22, 2023.
Completion PostWeek #9
[*book:Hot as Sin|8323528]
Read: 12/1/24
Rating: ✶✶✶✶
Review:
I haven’t read much by this author. I was pleasantly surprised. This was a good second chance romance, well written, with characters I was rooting for. There was plenty of heat between the MCs as they tried to resist their feelings. And there was also some good suspense. I’d definitely read more in this series.
Completion PostWeek #8
Book: The Darling
Read: 12/01/24
Rating: ⭐⭐
Review: I wasn't expecting much from this little novella and that's exactly what I got. When they're done right, I usually enjoy step siblings' romances this was not one. This was basically porn with no plot.
Selection Post - Option 1 - Read a book that has been 'fermenting' on your bookshelf for at least 12 months.Week #9
Book: The Bluest Eye
Pages: 216
How the book qualifies: First shelved November 4, 2023
Completion PostWeek #9
Book: The Bluest Eye
Read: 12/01/24
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review: The Bluest Eye is an emotional book about Pecola Breedlove, an African American girl who dreams of having blue eyes to be deemed beautiful and loved. Set in the 1940s, it explores themes of race, beauty, and identity through Pecola's tragic story, revealing the harsh effects of societal standards and racism. Morrison's writing brings a powerful and haunting narrative that challenges perceptions of beauty and worth.
Jill wrote: "Selection Post - Option 1 - Read a book that has been 'fermenting' on your bookshelf for at least 12 months.Week #9
Book: The Bluest Eye
Pages: 226
How the book qualifies: First shelv..."
Hey Jill, your edition and page count don't match. Will you please correct your page count to 216? Thanks!
~KarenH~ wrote: "Jill wrote: "Selection Post - Option 1 - Read a book that has been 'fermenting' on your bookshelf for at least 12 months.Week #9
Book: The Bluest Eye
Pages: 226
How the book qualifies..."
Corrected 🥰
Week 9 - Completion PostOption 1
Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerRating: 4 stars
Review: This is a hard book to read, but only because of the difficult subject matter. The writing and story-telling are amazing, but the horrors of slavery in the American south are vivdly portrayed, as experienced by a modern-day black woman who is repeatedly transported through time to pre-Civil War Maryland, each time to come to the assistance of her white, slave-owning many-times great grandfather. The narration by Kim Staunton is also excellent, and really adds to the story.
Completion Post Week 8
Option 1
Read a romance featuring a sporty MC or a law enforcement MC.
Book: Dead Speak by Pandora Pine
Pages: 272
Finished: 12/1/24
How it Qualifies: MPG Romance MC is a cop per Précis "Detective Ronan O’Mara knows that his career with the Boston Police Department..."
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: My first Pandora Pine books and not my last. I love books that feature psychics and really enjoyed Tennyson's character a lot. The subject matter is intense even with it being a cold case. Some people would not want to read this book based on possible triggers (view spoiler) but I liked it even with the hard subject. Ronan's character was harder to like because he was an asshat many times throughout the book. I'm looking forward to reading more in this series and seeing what Ten and Ronan's relationship go.
Selection Post Week 9
Option 1
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.
The Necromancer's Dance by S.J. Himes
Pages: 230
How it fits: Added it to my GR To Read shelf 7/24/23
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
~KarenH~ wrote: "JL wrote: "Week 8 - Selection PostOption 1 - Read a romance featuring a sporty MC or a law enforcement MC.
by Elise FaberPgs: 305
How it fits..."
Done. Thank you!
Week 8 - Completion PostOption 1 - Read a romance featuring a sporty MC or a law enforcement MC.
Big Puck Energy by Elise Faber
Pgs: 305
How it fits: MPG Sports Romance.
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: When hockey god, bad boy, Axel, wakes up hungover and handcuffed naked to someone's front porch he's not really surprised since he blacked out after a night of drinking. What he is surprised with is the shot gun first pointed at his head and then at his "little friend' when he attempts to sweet talk said gun holder. Eventually she cuts him loose and sends him on his way only to have to do it again the next day.
Bailey is just trying to restore her grandfather's farm back into its former glory after his death and she really doesn't need the sexy, destructive hockey god distracting her. But their bickering and strong attraction keep pulling them together.
I loved Axel and Bailey. Both have pasts that weigh on them and hold them back, but they pull each other up and help heal each other.
Week 9 - Selection Post Option 1 - Read a book that has been 'fermenting' on your bookshelf for at least 12 months.
by Ashley N. RostekPgs: 254
How it qualifies: Date added to TBR 1/7/2023
Week 9 - Selection PostOption 1 - Read a book that has been 'fermenting' on your bookshelf for at least 12 months
The Sweetest Thing
E.M. Denning
190 pages
Date added to TBR
30/9 2019
A note from Jane in the Q&A thread:Hi everyone
Just a reminder that the next call heads into the second last week of the challenge.
This means that you need to get up to date with your reading, but also - no-one call pull out of the challenge for whatever reason once I put up that second last theme.
***
And for the final week, if you wish to use option 2, you will be selecting your book from the bookshelves of another team's list of members. I will let you know which team's bookshelves are available to you when I post the last theme.
Fortunately we're in great shape...all completely current through last week and only missing a few completions for the current week. Great job everyone!
Week 10Option 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.
Completion Post Week 9
Option 1
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.
The Necromancer's Dance by S.J. Himes
Pages: 230
Finished: 12/3/24
How it fits: Added it to my GR To Read shelf 7/24/23
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: My first SJ Himes book and definitely not my last. Coincidently, this is the second back to back book I've read set in Boston. This one had vampires and a hella powerful necromancer and the world building was interesting. I always like listening to Joel Leslie's narrations so that was a plus. My big gripe though is I can't get the second book through Audible Plus but can the 3rd and 4th. So weird!
Selection PostWeek #10
Option 1
* Read a book from one of the following lists
[*book:How to End a Love Story|150343925]
Page numbers: 382 pages
How It Qualifies: #130 on Can't Wait Books of 2024
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Week 10 - Selection PostOption 1
Payback in Death by J.D. RobbPage count: 364
How the book qualifies: #953 on Can't Wait Books of 2023
Completion PostWeek #10
[*book:How to End a Love Story|150343925]
Read: 12/9/24
Rating: ✶✶✶✶
Review:
I wasn’t too interested in reading this at first. The description made it sound like it could be too sad. But I’m glad I gave this a try. The story was emotional at times. But I liked Helen and Grant. They were smart and ‘real’. The push and pull of their relationship kept me interested in their romance. The book did remind me of books by Emily Henry and Katherine Center. So I’ll definitely read more by this author.
Week 9 - completion postOption 1 - Read a book that has been 'fermenting' on your bookshelf for at least 12 months
The Sweetest Thing
[author:E.M. Denning|14215226
Finished 8/12
⭐⭐⭐⭐
I always enjoy a good taboo romance and this was no exception it was so good and i really enjoyed it so thanks to em denning for yet another great book
Week 9 - Completion PostOption 1 - Read a book that has been 'fermenting' on your bookshelf for at least 12 months.
by Ashley N. RostekPgs: 254
How it qualifies: Date added to TBR 1/7/2023
Rating: 5 stars
Review:This was definitely a good fricken slow build up. Waiting for the final showdown, for Shi to finally get her life back, and to get her freedom from Mr. X. Don't get me wrong I loved all her sexy alone time with all four of the Stone boys, but being the last book I was anxious for that last stand, and I so not disappointed.
Sad the series ended but definitely loved this long-awaited ending and for Shi to get her HEA with her guys after all the heartache, pain and fear she endured.
Week 10 - Selection postOption 1 - * Read a book from one of the following lists
This Is Not a Holiday Romance by Camilla Isley
Pgs: 241 (Audio 6h 13m)
How it Qualifies: #33 on the Can't Wait Books of 2024 list.
Week 10 - Completion PostOption 1
Payback in Death by J.D. RobbRating: 4 stars
Review: Another wonderful installment in my favorite "comfort read" series. In this book Eve, Roarke, and crew are investigating the murder (staged as a suicide) of a respected but not particularly well liked retired IAB detective. As usual, the side stories involving secondary characters were as important to me as the actual main plot, and didn't disappoint. Susan Ericksen's narration was excellent as always.
Selection Post - Option 1 - Read a book from one of the following listsWeek #10
Book: Nailed
Pages: 337
How the book qualifies: 190 on the list, Gay Romance featuring 'Need You Now' Sex
Completion PostWeek #10
Book: Nailed
Read: 12/11/24
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review: If you have not read K.M. Neuhold I highly suggest you correct that immediately. This is a light-hearted enemies-to-lovers romance about two feuding neighbors, Stone and Dare, who can't resist their growing attraction. You'll come for Stone and Dare but stay for Rudy, Dare's dog, who is very much a main character in this story.
Outstanding:Week 10 - Selection Emeli & Christina
Week 10 - completions everyone except Karen & Jill
Geri wrote: "Here is my week 9 completion, Jane.https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."
Thanks Geri!
Jane (PS) wrote: "Outstanding:Week 9 - Completion Geri
Week 10 - Selection Emeli & Christina
Week 10 - completions everyone except Karen & Jill"
Geri's week 10 completion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Selection Post Week 10
Option 1
Read a book from one of the following lists
Book: Prophesy by A.E. Via
Pages: 285
How it Qualifies: #282 on the Gay Romance Featuring "Intense, Need You Now" Sex list
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
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Page count: 109
How the book qualifies: MPG Romance and tagged 'law-enforcement' by 10 people on page 1 of tags.