TART10 - Who needs Rum when there's Wine (1)

[Diane]

Completion Post:

Task 16 - 116. Read 8 books with an average rating over 4.0 AND over 2500 ratings


Book: To the Moon and Back
Author: NR Walker
Pages: 220 GR (Kindle ed)
How it fits: from MPG Rating 4.12 with 4,791 ratings
Finished: Nov 13
Rating: 4.5 stars
Review: This is one of her sweet ones. Such a lovely romance between a nanny and a single dad. I especially loved the second epilogue!

[Diane]

Posting our completion!

[DeeNeez]

Storm. No power. No coffee. I’ll wait a couple hours till daylight and hope it’s back on…otherwise I’ll venture into town for WiFi and coffee

[Diane]

That sucks. Hope it comes back soon!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 17 - 68. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles.

Books selected for this task need to have one word titles, articles and exclamations included. So books such as NautiCal would work, but books like The Thief would not. Remember to use the first edition Kindle page count.

[DeeNeez]

Well, no escape. Tree down with power line blocking only access for this neighborhood. Waiting for power dudes to show up with chain saws and all. So I’ll just bundle up here . And hope things are up again before I go insane. I f***ing hate living in the countryside.

[Diane]

Think we can each pick a 300 page book?

[Diane]

I am going to read Soar which is 312 pages.

[DeeNeez]

Ok, I still have Downtime loaded on my kindle from SH. I’ll reread that one…504 pages

Thank goodness I recharged my kindle before bed last night. Going offline now to save battery 😉

[DeeNeez]

Power finally on, yay! Apparently it was more than one tree blocking the road. Finally hot coffee, next on agenda, hot shower!

[Jessica]

DeeNeez wrote: "Power finally on, yay! Apparently it was more than one tree blocking the road. Finally hot coffee, next on agenda, hot shower!"

Glad to hear it Dee 😁

[Jessica]

Im going to read Mongrel which is 284 pages but I can read the next in the series if I need to

[Skye Blue ☆*~ﾟლ(´ڡ`ლ)~*☆]

Task 17 - 68. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles.

Asher Louisa Masters
245pg GR
Completed 11/14
How it fits
One word title Asher
4 stars
Very cute.
I'm gonna have to read more in this series.
I loved the Dragon treaure.

[DeeNeez]

Completion post

Task 17 - 68. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles.


Downtime by James Allen
Pages: 504 GR (kindle first edition)
How it fits: one word title Downtime
Finished Nov 14
Rate ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Review
A very sweet historical romance. Modern day FBI agent gets zapped to the past 1888 London, and can't resist temptation to solve the Jack the Ripper mystery. The story is a bit slow moving, but everything, especially the characters really become entrancing. I wanted to beat Agent Morgan across the head, for being so dense and selfish at times. But it was his lesson to learn in this story.

[Diane]

Completion Post:

Task 17 - 68. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles.


Book: Soar
Authors: Jocelyn Drake & AJ Sherwood
Pages: 312 GR (kindle ed)
Finished: November 14
How it fits: has single word title
Rating: 4.5 stars
Review: Salem was such a stubborn guy and instead of being thrilled to find out he had a dragon mate, was scared and very resistant, thanks to an important job as a pediatric surgeon and a history of very bad relationships. Gregori was the sweetest dragon, though, and left the clan to follow him home to woo him. It was a very sweet ending to the series.

Total pages read so far: 254 + 504 + 312 = 1070

[Diane]

Thanks to Dee, you got it easy Jessica!

[Diane]

Hope you're all warmed up Dee!

[Jessica]

Completion Post: Task 17 - 68. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles.

Mongrel by Lee Colgin
Pages: 284
Finished: 15-Nov
How it fits: one word title
Rating: ⭐⭐
Review: This had so much potential but I found it underwhelming. The plot was interesting but I didn't love the characters and all around I felt this book lacked personality.

Total pages read so far: 254 + 504 + 312 +284 = 1354

[Jessica]

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[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 18 - 90. Each member reads a book published in sequential months, i.e. June, July, August and September 2019. Teams decide which months. No pass for this task.

Books selected for this task need to be published in sequential months. The months can cross over from the end of one year to the beginning of the next. You will be using the initial publication date for this task. If there is a date at the top of the editions page, use it. Otherwise I will be looking for the earliest dated English language edition regardless of format for the qualification. Please include the selected dates in your completion posts.

[Jessica]

It would be great if I could take September, April or February. How about we all name 2 or 3 months we'd like and work it out from there?

Books I hope to read in the next 48 hours:
A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel September
Dead Reckoning February
The Mastermind April

[Diane]

I have 3 as well that I can read:

January -- The Trouble with Trying to Love a Hellion
April -- SOS Hotel: Friendly Sanctuary for the Fiendishly Fabulous
November -- Rise

[Diane]

I am flexible though and happy to find a book in another month if you need me to.

[Skye Blue ☆*~ﾟლ(´ڡ`ლ)~*☆]

I’m flexable. But my top 3 choices are for what I have planned to read soon
1. Feb
2. September
3. November

But willing to read any month that is needed

[Skye Blue ☆*~ﾟლ(´ڡ`ლ)~*☆]

Oh. I have a July on deck also

[Jessica]

I can read Death in the Spires which is March, if Dee can do May or January?

[Jessica]

Skye Blue ☆*~ﾟლ(´ڡ`ლ)~*☆ wrote: "Oh. I have a July on deck also"

Didn't see this. So August would also work

[Diane]

How about:

December -- Dee
January -- Diane
February -- Skye
March -- Jessica or Dee
April -- Jessica or Dee

Dee, can you find something in those months?

[DeeNeez]

Sorry over slept this morning. Let me look up books real quick

[DeeNeez]

No to Dec!

January -- Diane
February -- Skye
March -- Jessica
April -- Dee

I’ll go find an April book now

[Diane]

Thought you might want to read a Christmas book!

Thanks Dee, I will get started now!

[DeeNeez]

Nope, just not in a Christmas mood this year. Call me Grinch

[Jessica]

DeeNeez wrote: "No to Dec!

January -- Diane
February -- Skye
March -- Jessica
April -- Dee

I’ll go find an April book now"

Or March Dee cz I really need to read The Mastermind by tomorrow night anyway

[DeeNeez]

Ok Jessica, I’ll swap with you and take March

[DeeNeez]

January -- Diane
February -- Skye
March -- Dee
April -- Jessica

[DeeNeez]

Found me a book…Pick Up Man. Going cowboys this time.

Couldn’t find a good sci-fi with enough page count for April, so cowboys it is.

[DeeNeez]

Oh wait….we all have to be reading the SAME YEAR as well. Is everyone doing 2024?

[DeeNeez]

Jessica take back March to read your 2024 book.

Task says “ Books selected for this task need to be published in sequential months. The months can cross over from the end of one year to the beginning of the next”.

But we can not jump around in years!!

[DeeNeez]

Ok …we need to regroup. I can do ANY month in 2024.

Who is doing what month in 2024?

Jessica has a MARCH 2024
Diane has an APRIL 2024

Skye ….is your FEB book a 2024?
Can you do a 2024 book for Jan, Feb, May, or June?
Which ever month you pick I can fill in the needed month

[Diane]

Good thing you noticed that Dee. I can go through the New Release folders to pick something if need be, no problem.

[DeeNeez]

Diane wrote: "Good thing you noticed that Dee. I can go through the New Release folders to pick something if need be, no problem."

I saw you had the SOS Hotel for April 😉

[Diane]

I just hope the other two come back and check this thread before starting to read.

[Diane]

The third book is from May, so I could possibly get to that one if need be.

[DeeNeez]

Ok, I have fast reads picked out for Jan Feb May and June. Now we just need Skye to make a decision.

[Skye Blue ☆*~ﾟლ(´ڡ`ლ)~*☆]

I finally got to hop back online for a min. I don't get off work for another hour. Glad you guys are on it.

I'm very happy with Feb.

[Skye Blue ☆*~ﾟლ(´ڡ`ლ)~*☆]

oh god, I didn't see the year part. LOL
No worries. I'll find one

[Skye Blue ☆*~ﾟლ(´ڡ`ლ)~*☆]

what is up with listopia?
I can't find the lists that I normally go to.

[DeeNeez]

Skye Blue ☆*~ﾟლ(´ڡ`ლ)~*☆ wrote: "what is up with listopia?
I can't find the lists that I normally go to."

Here https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

This starts with Jan 2024

[Skye Blue ☆*~ﾟლ(´ڡ`ლ)~*☆]

Found it. But couldn't search for it. Had to find a book on the list, and then click on the list from there.
Frustrating.

But I found the 2024 February list. And I'm still happy with it. There's more than 1 on there I want to read.
I'm about to be booted off the computer. But I get off soon and will find a suitable book

[DeeNeez]

Ok, we only need certification from Jessica now…

Year 2024
Dee - Jan
Skye - Feb
Jessica - March
Diane - April