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PtP R24 - Til the Last Page Do We Part (2)
Lisa wrote: "R-wka please ensure you post at least one of your completion posts before the call tomorrow (Friday). Thanks"I have less time for reading my #1 book because I have it in paperback. My reading time is better for audiobook or ebook, but surly I'll finish it in time, because is interesting
Week 3 - selection postOption 2
A Father for His Wolf Cub
108 pages
Read by MrsGeo on 1/9/25 and rated 4 stars
Week 3Option 1
8. Marriage is a legal contract
Read a book with a main character who is a lawyer.
This can be shown via the precis, lists or tags. Please note if the qualification is in the precis or link to the list or shelf/tag.
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Option 2
Key date: 1 November 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 #3 Selection Post - Read a book with a main character who is a lawyerOption 1
Bookcover/link: A Few Good Fish by Amy Lane
Page numbers: 290
How it qualifies: MC Ellery Cramer is a Defense Attorney (MPG precis)
💐 Selection Post 💐Week 3, Option 1
Task: 8. Marriage is a legal contract
Read a book with a main character who is a lawyer.
Title: The Director
Page count: 228
Qualification: According to precis, the heroine is a lawyer: "The lovely attorney kept a secret from me."
Selection PostWeek 3, Option 1
Task: 8. Read a book with a main character who is a lawyer.
Title: Empire of Desire
Page count: 366
Qualification: tagged lawyer by 19 people, pag 1 of tags
💍 Completion Post 💍Week 3, Option 1
Date read: 5/2/25
Rating: 3★
Review: Very mixed feelings here. The heroine is essentially kidnapped by the mob boss hero because she tried to hide her pregnancy from him (he's the father), so the majority of the story is her trying to plot her escape while also enjoying a pampered life being waited on hand and foot by the hero and his goons. The book tries to paint the heroine as the bad guy and in the end she's the one apologizing, but she is being held against her will. Am I supposed to be annoyed with her or sympathizing with her???
So yeah, the tone was very jarring. It felt like the author couldn't fully commit to a dark romance storyline, but then at the same time the situation was too icky for a cute romcom, so the ending result is that gray area of "eh."
SELECTION POSTWeek 3, Option 1
Task 8 - Read a book with a main character who is a lawyer
Damaged Heart by S.C. Wynne
Page count: 134
How it fits: blurb states MC is a lawyer
COMPLETION POSTWeek 3, Option 1
Task 8 - Read a book with a main character who is a lawyer
Damaged Heart by S.C. Wynne
Page count: 134
How it fits: MC is a lawyer in LA
Date complete: 5/4
Rating: 4 stars
Review: My heart really went out to Cory. He really struggled with coming home to where he had a rough childhood. Rhys was a great character and was a great match for Cory. I really felt Cory's emotions through this. It was a good read overall.
Week 3 - completion postOption 2
A Father for His Wolf Cub
108 pages
Read by MrsGeo on 1/9/25 and rated 4 stars
Date read: 5/3/25
4 stars
A sweet really easy to read story with no angst. Crete's twin and his husband are killed in a plane crash and he needs to move to Arizonia to look after his nephew.
Jett is on a cross country journey with his roommate when he is abandoned when his roommate finds his mate.
A little while later Crete comes into the club Jett is working at and although he knows he is his mate, he leaves him.
The 2 get together and of course Zephyr is there as well.
PtP Week #3 Completion Post - Read a book with a main character who is a lawyerOption 1
Bookcover/link: A Few Good Fish by Amy Lane
Page numbers: 290
How it qualifies: MC Ellery Cramer is a Defense Attorney (MPG precis)
***** 6/5/25
Review: #3 in the Fish out of Water series. I love this series and re-read it regularly. The MCs, Ellery and Jackson, complement each other so well but all the side characters are interesting in their own right, too. In this episode, the intrepid pair tangle with Karl Lacey again but bring reinforcements (much against their respective wills) from Victoriana and the Racing the Sun series. Ace, Sonny, Burton, Ernie and Jai add their own dynamic to the story and increase the excitement. 5* as always.
Week 4Option 1
3. There is a public declaration by an official (Minister, celebrant etc.)
Read a book with punctuation in the title and/or series name.
These are: full stop (aka period), question mark, exclamation mark, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, brackets, braces, parentheses, apostrophe, quotation mark and ellipsis.
A combined 'title: series' name will work. The proof can be on the main page of GR or on the bookcover. Please link to the page or include the bookcover.
It must be limited to the actual title and/or actual series name. Tangential sentences to the title or series will not work.
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Option 2
Key date: 8 November 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 3 - completion post
Empire of Desire
Date complete: Mai 09
Rating: 3.5 stars
Review:
I have almost DNF this book, but as I don't like to leave books unfinished (although I do it often have them in pending), I tried to finish the book. I don't regret reading it to the end, but it seems like the heroine tormented me a bit 😂. I'm curious about the next book, is a different couple and I have hopes will to be better.
PtP Week #4 Selection Post - Read a book with punctuation in the title and/or series nameOption 1
Bookcover/link: The Devil on my Chest: Rocky and Mal's Story by Lisa Oliver
Page numbers: 202
How it qualifies: colon in the title
💐 Selection Post 💐Week 4, Option 1
Task: 3. There is a public declaration by an official (Minister, celebrant etc.)
Read a book with punctuation in the title and/or series name.
Title: My Sister's Shadow: A Novel
Page count: 320
Qualification: Apostrophe and colon in the title
💍 Completion Post 💍Week 4, Option 1
Date read: 5/10/25
Rating: 4★
Review: This was surprisingly enjoyable despite the somewhat predictable plot, featuring your typical meek Gothic heroine who is being terrorized by her abusive husband and her twin sister. The story was fairly dark and depressing, but I loved seeing Adelaide's growth as she found the strength to become her own person and triumph over her difficult circumstances. I do wish the villains were fleshed out more - especially Victoria, the "evil" twin. She just seemed too evil that I might have rolled my eyes a few times lol. I'm a twin, so the "evil twin" trope is sort of cheesy to me. Still good fun, though!
SELECTION POST Week 4, Option 1
Task 3 - Read a book with punctuation in the title and/or series name
The Billionaire's Boyfriend by Robin Knight/Geoffrey Knight
Page count - 210
How it fits - apostrophe
COMPLETION POST Week 4, Option 1
Task 3 - Read a book with punctuation in the title and/or series name
The Billionaire's Boyfriend by Robin Knight/Geoffrey Knight
Page count - 210
How it fits - apostrophe
date completed 5/12
4 stars
This had me chuckling throughout. Matthew was a funny character who came out with some great lines. Cal was a billionaire who almost got hit by a truck and was saved by Matthew. It was definitely an odd meet cute, but I loved how it brought them together. They seemed like they were completely different in the beginning, but I loved how Matthew helped Cal feel settled and loved for who he was inside, not for his money and status. This was a great feel good story.
Week 4 - Completion PostDemon Boss' Baby Load
320 pages
How is fits: - apostrophe
date read: 5/11/25
4 stars
Nat was one of the Omegas rescued in the last book.
He needs to get a job and answers a advert to be a personal assistant. Duke interviews him and he gets the job.
Soon the 2 start a relationship and Nat becomes pregnant.
The usual type of story we expect from this series and author.
PtP Week #4 Completion Post - Read a book with punctuation in the title and/or series nameOption 1
Bookcover/link: The Devil on my Chest: Rocky and Mal's Story by Lisa Oliver
Page numbers: 202
How it qualifies: colon in the title
**** 14/5/25
Review: This is #10 of the Arrowtown series and, according to the author, will be the last. It was a good ending but didn't have as strong a plot as some of the earlier books. Rocky and Mal finally got together as fated mates in spite of knowing each other for decades with a long-standing curse the sting in the tail. Adding mpreg and the usual Arrowtown characters to the mix provided an entertaining book. Just not as strong as it perhaps could have been.
Week 5Option 1
7. A wedding takes extensive planning
Read a book:
* with a character who is a wedding planner OR
* from a series of more than 5 books.
Qualification:
* For the wedding planner option, please state HOW it qualifies through the precis/blurb, or with an appropriately named shelf or list. Please advise the shelf/list and provide a link to that page.
* For the series option, please link to the series page.
Half books etc will count toward the 6 or more books in the series, but they must show on the series page that is linked to in the selection post. Eg. Aster Valley
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Option 2
Key date: 15 November 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 5 - Selection postEcho and the Homicidal Sea Panda
391 pages
How it qualifies: from a series of more than 5 books. Heat, Prey, Love series
PtP Week #5 Selection Post - Read a book from a series of more than 5 books.Option 1
Bookcover/link: The Deputy and His Enforcer by Kiki Clark
Page numbers: 340
How it qualifies: #3/7 in the Kincaid Pack series
Kincaid Pack series
Completion PostWeek 4
Archer's Voice
Date read: May 16
Rating:4 stars
Review:
I've been planning to read this book for a long time, but many times it happens to me that I read a very popular book and I just don't like it as much as I expected. From the middle of the book something just... Didn't click for me... I wanted to give it 5 stars because it's a very good story and something unique compared to others, but it didn't reach my heart as I expected.
R~wka wrote: "Completion PostWeek 4
Archer's Voice
Date read: May 16
Rating:4 stars
Review:
I've been planning to read this book for a long time, but many tim..."
I read this book kind of recently too and had similar mixed feelings.
SELECTION POSTWeek 5, Option 1
Task 7 - Read a book from a series of more than 5 books
Ghost of an Image by Pandora Pine
Page count - 227
How it fits - book #12 out of 23 in the Haunted Souls Series
Week 5 - Completion postEcho and the Homicidal Sea Panda
391 pages
How it qualifies: from a series of more than 5 books. Heat, Prey, Love series
date read: 5/18/25
4 stars
So we have 2 water shifters who are enemies.
Echo is a dolphin who goes into the Orca ocean to search for a cave he found out about in his grandpa's journals.
He is attacked by 2 great whites and Mael, the Ocra comes to his defence.
When they connect on land they find out they are fated mates. We meet Mael's siblings when they help the pair find the cave.
There is angst in the shape of the fact that neither the Ocras or dolphins like each other very much.
💐 Selection Post 💐Week 5, Option 1
Task: 7. A wedding takes extensive planning
Read a book from a series of more than 5 books.
Title: An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder
Page count: 304
Qualification: #7 in Countess of Harleigh Mystery series (ongoing)
COMPLETION POSTWeek 5, Option 1
Task 7 - Read a book from a series of more than 5 books
Ghost of an Image by Pandora Pine
Page count - 227
How it fits - book #12 out of 23 in the Haunted Souls Series
date completed - 5/18
5 stars
I continue to love this series. The characters are wonderful. Despite so many books and ways that they could all be similar, the author has a way to make each story different, interesting, and engaging. This one got me teary eyed near the end, but it was beautiful and lovely. Cope, Jude, and the crew are amazing.
Selection Post Week 5, Option 1
Task: 7. A wedding takes extensive planning
Read a book from a series of more than 5 books.
Conjured Cookies
Page count: 200
Qualification: book #4 for 10 in Cookie Corner
PtP Week #5 Completion Post - Read a book from a series of more than 5 books.Option 1
Bookcover/link: The Deputy and His Enforcer by Kiki Clark
Page numbers: 340
How it qualifies: #3/7 in the Kincaid Pack series
Kincaid Pack series
***** 22/5/25
This series is heating up nicely - a good mystery with some intriguing questions to be answered. The two MCs in this book took a while to get together but thankfully neither was as irritating as Keiran in #2, so I enjoyed it much more. I also liked that Robson, although 100% human, wasn't automatically the weaker of the pair. I'm really looking forward to the other 3 books in the series, if only to discover why the Kincaid Pack is being targeted and by whom.
I haven't had much time to read this week but I'll hopefully be done with my book later today or by tomorrow :)
Week 1 - Completion Post
Starter Villain
Date read: May 23
Rating: 4.5★
Review:
It was slow read but a good read. I'm sure this book will make a good movie. The dolphins scene make me laugh out loud. Although it took me a while to finish it, every time I continued from where I left off, I quickly returned to the story.
Week 6Option 1
16. And they lived happily ever after
Read a book tagged 'hea'.
Option 2 Key date: 22 November 2024
💐 Selection Post 💐Week 6, Option 1
Task: 16. And they lived happily ever after
Read a book tagged 'hea'.
Title: The Fixer
Page count: 232
Qualification: Tagged "hea" x2
Week 6 - Selection postOption 2
His Crazy Little Vamp
102 pages
Read by Mrsgeo 5/20/25 and rated 4 stars
Bookcover/link: Newly Tied
Page numbers: 246
Read by: Kendra; rated: 5* on 16/4/25
💍 Completion Post 💍Week 5, Option 1
Date read: 5/24/25
Rating: 2.5★
Review: I've been following the series from the beginning. This latest installment isn't a favorite. I didn't care too much for the storyline with George's aunt, and there were too many characters (and drama) to keep track of. It did get more interesting after the aunt was murdered (not a spoiler) and a bunch of secrets starting coming out, but my attention wavered a lot.
💍 Completion Post 💍Week 6, Option 1
Date read: 5/24/25
Rating: 1.5★
Review: I did not enjoy the writing style much and was annoyed by the characters' illogical decisions. As a "bodyguard" romance this completely missed the mark. The hero wouldn't be there to help the heroine if she's in danger, but he'd certainly show up after the fact when she is already in the hospital! That was the entire vibe I got, lol.
Week 6 - Completion postOption 2
His Crazy Little Vamp
102 pages
Read by Mrsgeo 5/20/25 and rated 4 stars
date read: 5/24/25
4 stars
Victor is a vampire and is the lowest ranked vampire in the coven and as such is picked upon. One night whilst running away from the bully he is hit by a car who happens to be his mate Pierce.
Interesting story, Victor is so sweet.
Week 6 Selection Post - Option 2Bookcover/link: The Weight of It All
Page numbers: 254
Read by: Kendra; rated: 5* on 20/12/24
SELECTION POSTWeek 6, Option 1
Task 16 - And they lived happily ever after. Read a book tagged 'hea'
Inheriting Miss Fortune by Lucy Lennox
Page count - 333
How it fits - Hea tag on page 4 - https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
COMPLETION POSTWeek 6, Option 1
Task 16 - And they lived happily ever after. Read a book tagged 'hea'
Inheriting Miss Fortune by Lucy Lennox
Page count - 333
How it fits - Hea tag on page 4 - https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
date completed - 5/24
5 stars
Dev was such a quiet and out of the spotlight kind of guy. Watching him find out about Lellie and working with Tully to eventually make a perfect home for her was beautiful. I really loved seeing Dev come to terms with his past and his own happiness. This was such a sweet book. I am glad to see Dev settling in Majestic.
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Week 2
Task: 5 - Read a book with the MPG 'Magic'
Kingdom of the Cursed
Date complete: May 1
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
The adventure continues from the first book, but the style seems different. This volume is more spicy that the first one. The ending didn't surprise me because I read the precis of the last volume and it was something to expect. I'm sure I'll read the last book to have the full story, but until then it's hard for me to give a true rating of this book. Of course I liked the book, I can't call it amazing, but it kept me invested in the story.