TART10 - Snakes on a Plane (6)

[Berit☀️✨]

i'm also fine with Lucy score. I mean really I could read any of these I'm just not a huge nor Roberts fan, but that could just be a psychological block?

[Laura]

Sounds like we're all good for Martha Wells. Just make sure to check your page counts with the Murderbot books. The minimum for this challenge is 150 pages and some of those books are short.

But she does have other books than Murderbot, fyi. :)

Edit: Just saw that Berit also posted about Lucy Score. Any strong preference for one over the other? My vote goes to Martha Wells.

[Berit☀️✨]

as far as page count they're kind of the opposite of one another Lucy scores books are all along Martha Wells seems to have a lot of very short books.

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

My vote goes for Martha Wells. I actually have a few of the Murderbot books lined up that I'd love to finish. Pretty sure they're longer than 150 but I'll double check.

edit: Yep, the next one I need to read is 163 pages.

[LaurLa]

The particular Murderbot I'm on is 300+ pp (per Kindle), so not an issue for me.

[LaurLa]

So are we reading Martha Wells?

[Laura]

That’s my assumption.

[Berit☀️✨]

yes! I need to start the series and this is the perfect excuse.

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

Woot, Martha Wells it is!

[Laura]

Completion Post

Task 6 - 1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
Author Selected: Martha Wells
Book: Fugitive Telemetry
Date Read: 11/8
Rating: 5 stars
Page count: none of the listed Kindle editions are in English. However there is an ebook with a page count of 172, which is what Amazon shows for the Kindle edition.
How it fits: Written by Martha Wells

[Laura]

You first time Murderbot readers should know this for when you get this far. Book 7 picks up right after book 5 ends. So if you leave too much time in between books you might start out a little lost. :)

(Book 6 can be read before 5, after 7, or in between.)

[Berit☀️✨]

thanks for the heads up! I will post in the morning :-)

[LaurLa]

I'm trying to get through my long-*ss Lucy Score book then hopefully my book for this one. Then, I don't know, a PtP and then a Clown book and somewhere in there a Bookshelf Bingo book.... None of them are playing kindly with each other.

Tell me again why we do these things?

[Laura]

For fun!

[LaurLa]

Oh yeah... that's right 🤣😜

[Berit☀️✨]

🤖 Task 6 🤖 Each player reads a book by the same author
All Systems Red
Author: Martha Wells
Date: 11/8
Rating: 4*s
Pages: 156
🤖 author Martha Wells

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

Will try to read mine today! I babysat overnight on Friday and ended up hanging out with my friends after they got home yesterday. Didn't get in until late and I did not get a second to read.

[LaurLa]

I'm starting mine today but I don't know if I'll get it done. Unfortunately it's the longer Murderbot book and I have some other stuff going on today and won't get a lot of reading time until later this evening.

[LaurLa]

Completion Post🚦LaurLa
Task #6🚦1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author


Book🚦Network Effect
Pages🚦346 pp (first kindle edition)
How it fits🚦author Martha Wells
Date Read🚦11.11 ★★★★

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

Completion

Task #6: 1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author

Book: Exit Strategy
Pages: 163
How it fits: author Martha Wells
Date Read: 11/12/24
Rating: ****

[Laura]

I checked us in.

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

Thanks! I completely forgot about doing that.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 7 - 37. Read 6 books set in the US.

Books selected for this task need to be set in the US. You can use the book details on the main page, title, precis, tags or lists as your qualification. Remember to let me know how you know your books qualify, I need to know where to look to confirm you books! Please include any necessary links and information in your completion posts.

[Berit☀️✨]

OK easy Peezy, I can do more than one if needed.

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

This is nice and easy.

[Laura]

I’m in the middle of one, so that doesn’t count. But I have some coming up that work.

[LaurLa]

I’ve got one I’m working on. Started last night but definitely after MKat,s post.

[Laura]

Completion Post

Task 7 - 37. Read 6 books set in the US.
Book: Before I Fall
Date Read: 11/13
Rating: 5 stars
Page count: 383
How it fits: On page 3 of tags, it is tagged USA, as well as several tags that include USA and historical dates.
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

[Laura]

My next book also works, so I can do 2 for this one.

[LaurLa]

Completion Post🚦LaurLa
Task #7🚦37. Read 6 books set in the US


Book🚦The Girl in the Woods
Pages🚦386 pp (first kindle edition)
How it fits🚦set in Washington state, noted on book's main page
Date Read🚦11.13 ★★★★

[Laura]

LaurLa wrote: "Completion Post🚦LaurLa
Task #7🚦37. Read 6 books set in the US


Book🚦The Girl in the Woods
Pages🚦386 pp (first kindle edition)
How it fits🚦..."

Don't forget to include how MKat can check the location. It looks like for this one you can find it in the book blurb.

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

Gonna be a bit before I finish my book. I read a memoir, forgetting we can’t use non-fiction for this. About to start a book that will work but I may be helping a friend move today so not sure how much I’ll get done today 😖

[LaurLa]

Laura wrote: "Don't forget to include how MKat can check the location. It looks like for this one you can find it in the book blurb."

Are you saying "Pacific Northwest" isn't specific enough? Considering it also mentions the FBI which is an American agency, I thought that would be enough. Good thing I am a Librarian.

[Laura]

LaurLa wrote: "Laura wrote: "Don't forget to include how MKat can check the location. It looks like for this one you can find it in the book blurb."

Are you saying "Pacific Northwest" isn't specific enough? Cons..."

No, that isn't what I meant at all. You said "set in Pacific Northwest", without saying how MKat can check it. I just meant that you needed to quote the book blurb. Or, as you are a librarian, add the setting to the book's info and then say that. :)

As I am not a librarian, I had to search all the tags for my book. :)

[LaurLa]

I'm sorry, I didn't mean that to sound as snarky as it did. I just meant I didn't realize I had to call it out if the info was on the book's main page. But I've done so now and hopefully all is well.

[Laura]

LaurLa wrote: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that to sound as snarky as it did. I just meant I didn't realize I had to call it out if the info was on the book's main page. But I've done so now and hopefully all is well."

You didn't sound snarky. I just get defensive very easily. I just didn't want MKat saying you needed to post a correction. I know how frustrating it is to realize you did it wrong. :)

[Laura]

Completion Post

Task 7 - 37. Read 6 books set in the US.
Book: Future Shock
Date Read: 11/15
Rating: 3.5 stars
How it fits: From book blurb: "But then she gets an unexpected offer from Aether Corporation, the powerful Los Angeles tech giant."

[Laura]

I'm going to read the next on in this series next, but it doesn't have anything in the blurb, book data, or tags that ties it to the USA. If only I knew a librarian who could take care of that!

Anyway, I know Berit, you said you could do 2. Are you still good for 2 or should I post my next one when I finish it?

[Berit☀️✨]

i've got two that I can post right now actually. One is tagged America and one says Atlanta in the blurb

[LaurLa]

Laura wrote: "I'm going to read the next on in this series next, but it doesn't have anything in the blurb, book data, or tags that ties it to the USA. If only I knew a librarian who could take care of that!

An..."

It magically happens sometimes!

[Berit☀️✨]

Task #7🇺🇸37. Read 6 books set in the US


Date: 11/14
Rating: 4.5*s
Pages: 388
🇺🇸 Set in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Says in the blurb as well as the book information.

[Berit☀️✨]

Task #7🇺🇸37. Read 6 books set in the US

Date: 11/14
Rating: 5*s
Pages: 446
🇺🇸 Set in Colorado, New York, and Tennessee, tagged America twice

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

I’ll be done with my book today (Saturday)

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

Completion
Task 7: #37: Read 6 books set in the US
Book: Christmas at Holiday House
Date read: 11/16/24
Rating: ****
Pages: 320
How it fits: takes place in Silver Bells, Colorado (from the synopsis on the book’s page: “picturesque Silver Bells, Colorado”

This makes book 6, I think.

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

I’ll check us in. Hope I do it right 😂

[Laura]

There is no wrong check in for this challenge, T. If you can’t do a link, you don’t even need one. Just something telling MKat to come to our thread.

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

Yay! Thanks!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Laura wrote: "Completion Post

Task 7 - 37. Read 6 books set in the US.
Book: Future Shock
Date Read: 11/15
Rating: 3.5 stars
How it fits: From book blurb: "But then she gets an unexpected offer ..."

Please add the first edition Kindle page count (277). Thanks.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 8 - 60. Read 6 books with MPG Historical Romance.

Books selected for this task need to be MPG Historical Romance. 'Historical' and 'Romance' do not need to be combined and can be combined with other words like 'MM Romance', but both must be MPG.

[Berit☀️✨]

I really dislike historical romance, lol