PtP R24 - The Book Affair (6)

[Christina]

Week 8 Completion Post

Rating: 4 stars
Review: I disliked how this one started off with all of the I love you/I hate you vibes at the beginning of the book. That being said, I fell like the book really took off and I read through this one very quickly. I loved the ending even though I thought part of it seemed a bit rushed. Everything wrapped up nicely, if a bit overly optimistic.

[Christina]

Week 10

Option 1
15. A honeymoon trip will generally mark the beginning of the couple's married life.
Read a book tagged 'holiday' or 'vacation'. These are the only tags that will work.
So this can be a genre on the main page or on the book's shelves. A list will not work.


Please ask in the Q&A if you aren't sure.

To insert links in your posts, please read these instructions in the Q&A thread:
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Option 2
Key date: 20 December 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

[Christina]

Week 10
Selection Post

Option 2

Pages: 389
Team member: Grace read this June 14, 2025 with a rating of 4 stars.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

🔔

[Linda C]

Selection Post - Week 10
Option 1

15. A honeymoon trip will generally mark the beginning of the couple's married life.
Read a book tagged 'holiday' or 'vacation'. These are the only tags that will work.


The Unhoneymooners - Christina Lauren
Pages: 432
How it Fits: tagged 'vacation' 89x https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

[Kat]

Week 10
Selection Post
Option 2
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
How it fits: Read by Louise on March 25th 2025 rated 4*

[Grace]

Week 10 Selection Post
Option 2

Book The Kiss Quotient
Page #: 323
Qualification: Louise read The Heart Principle (book# 3 in The Kiss Quotient series) on January 5th, 2025, 4 stars

[Louise]

Selection Post - Week 10
Option 1

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Pgs: 276
How It Fits: tagged vacation 25 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

[Jessica]

📅Week 10 - Selection Post
Option 2 - 🔖Key Date: December 20, 2024

📚Book: What the River Knows
✍️By: Isabel Ibañez
📃Page Numbers: 404
🗝️How the book qualifies: Louise rated this 4 stars, and finished on May 22, 2025. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jessica]

✅Completion Post - Week #10
What the River Knows

Rating (3) ⭐⭐⭐
Review: There was a lot going on in this book. I feel like there were too many people that I wasn't able to keep track of. Inez's mom is a ROYAL P.O.S. and I hope she dies being eaten by a Nile Crocodile in the second book. I was annoyed with Witt the entire time, and feel like poor Inez was being played for a fool…especially that epilogue! I might read book two to find out what other foolishness this poor girl finds herself in.

[Linda C]

Week 9 - Completion Post

Option 1
9. A wedding is generally a pretty expensive event
Read a book with a wealthy character.
Qualification may come from the precis, an appropriately titled list or a relevant tag.

Marrying Winterborne (The Ravenels, #2) by Lisa Kleypas
Marrying Winterborne - Lisa Kleypas
Pages: 400
How it Fits: on list Best falling in love with a millionaire, billionaire, king, wealthy man page 6
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 6/23/25

Review: Innocent, shy Helen is shocked by her first kiss from her fiance and retires to her room. Her sister-in-law breaks the engagement. But Helen did not want that or anyone sheltering her and making her decisions. She determines to turn a new leaf and approaches her gruff fiance who is a rags to riches Welshman and reset the engagement. She vows to always be direct and honest with him and asks him to do the same and not to accept anyone speaking for her. This puts them back on course and learning how to communicate. This is important because Helen finds out some of her history that will affect their relationship. There are also commerce vs society feuds that come into play. As usual I really enjoyed this authors work. Looking forward to the rest of the books in this series.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Kat wrote: "Week 10
Selection Post
Option 2
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
How it fits: Read by Louise on March 25th 2025"

Hi Kat - could you please add Louise's rating for the book to the selection post? Thx

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

🐝

Outstanding completions:
Week 3 - Kat
Week 8 - Christina
Week 9 - Kat
Current week selection:
Week 10 - Christina

[Louise]

Completion Post - Week 10
Option 1

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Pgs: 276
How It Fits: tagged vacation 25 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Date Read: 6/24
Rating: 3*
Review
This is the 1st in the Summer series and centers around “Belly” who spends every summer at Cousins Beach with her mum, her mum’s best friend and her sons. This is a coming of age novel where we get glimpses of previous summers and the relationship between Belly, Jeremiah and Conrad and how those relationship has changed as they each have to deal with not only the hormones of teens growing up but also the emotional turmoil that surrounds there home life. I did find this a bit predictable but would go on to read the next to see what happens

[Christina]

Hi Jane, both my posts went up on June 20th, so I should be caught up except for week 10 completion post.

I just realized today is Thursday... I better finish it quickly.

[Kat]

Week 9
Option 1
Completion post

Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes
Date read: 26.5.25
Pages: 438
Rating: 3*
How it fits: Wealthy character mentioned in the blurb
Review: This was a book of three half’s. First 50% was good. The next 40% was slow then last 10% was good. Jojo moyes generally are a hit or miss for me. I liked parts of it, but found Nishas spoiled ways because of having money off putting, my favourite character was Sam’s friend Andrea. Although she’s going through something she’s a very good loyal friend.

[Grace]

Week Completion Post

Book: The Kiss Quotient
Rating: 👓👓👓👓👓
Review: I really enjoyed this book. It was equal parts sweet, funny, and heartbreaking. Michael and Stella were wonderful characters that fully complemented each other.

[Kat]

Week 11

Option 1
4. Music is played ~ before, during or after
Read a book with an MC who is a musician or music composer/lyricist. Not a poet.

Qualification must be found on Goodreads and come from the book's main page, a list or shelf/tag.

Tags such as music, musician, singer, composer, rockstar will work. These tags MUST be in context. The tag 'artist' will not work on its own. Combo tags such as 'arts-music-writing' or 'rockstar-actor- famous' will not work as they are too broad.
Please ask in the Q&A if you aren't sure or if the qualification is borderline.


To insert links in your posts, please read these instructions in the Q&A thread:
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Option 2
Key date: 27 December 2024
Member has read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars

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.

3 - Wedding Between the Lines
9 - The TBR-idesmaids
12 - I Do Crew
8 - We Do Take Thee Trope
4 - Aisle Be There For You
10 - Storybook Soulmates
11 - Maids of Dishonour
5 - You May Kiss The Book
6 - The Book Affair
1 - Novel Nuptials
7 - Kiss The Miss Goodbye
2 - Til the Last Page Do We Part

Eg. Team 3 picks from team 9's members bookshelves. Team 2 picks from team 3'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.


Option 3 The pass is not available this week

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Christina wrote: "Hi Jane, both my posts went up on June 20th, so I should be caught up except for week 10 completion post.

I just realized today is Thursday... I better finish it quickly."

Got them!! Sorry :)

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

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[Grace]

Week 11 Selection Post

Book Rockstar Valentine
Page #: 136
Qualification: Precis states "Fronting a rock band was always the dream."

[Christina]

Thanks Kat for posting and Jane!!!

[Jessica]

📅Week 11 - Selection Post
Option 1
🔖Task 4. Music is played ~ before, during, or after Read a book with an MC who is a musician.

📚Book: Midnight Stage
✍️By: Sheridan Anne
📃Page Numbers: 399
🗝️How the book qualifies: Precis blurb, "Ezra Knight is the biggest rockstar to ever walk the planet, but before he belonged to the world, he belonged to me. He was my brother’s best friend, my soulmate and protector, and when their band—Demon’s Curse—took off, so did he."

[Grace]

Week 11 Completion Post

Book: Rockstar Valentine
Rating: 🎸🎸🎸
Review: It was exactly what the precis said, short instalove story. It was just an average read for me.

[Louise]

Selection Post - Week 11

Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson
Pages: 439
How it Fits: from précis “…From America’s most beloved superstar and its greatest storyteller—a thriller about a young singer/songwriter on the rise and on the run…”

[Kat]

Since we have winners not sure there’s a point in me choosing a final read as I’ve still got a few books to finish

Thanks for a great game team

[Christina]

Great game everyone!!

[Linda C]

Week 11 - Selection Post

Option 1
4. Music is played ~ before, during or after
Read a book with an MC who is a musician or music composer/lyricist. Not a poet.


Sunfire - Lynne Connolly
Pages: 310
How it Fits: #35 on Melody: Paranormal Romance with Singers and Musicians - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7... - per blurb - MCh Corinne is Classical guitarist - MCH Aiden is member of rock band Pure Wildfire

[Jessica]

✅Completion Post - Week #11
Midnight Stage

Rating (4) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review: This is a 4 star plus book, however because of the super heavy content I had to drop a star. This is a super fast read and I really enjoyed it. I think rockstar romance is a new favorite I didn't know I needed in my life.