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Team members

Tour Guide (Captain)
🛺 Carmen TBST

Guests
🚲 Sexyladi
🚲 Christy
🚲 Heather
🚲 Avigail

1. Introduce yourself to your team. Let your team members know where you are from. This is a 'nice to know' when categories are announced and when team-mates can expect other members to post their book choices.

2. Tour Guide (Captain) - reserve a couple of posts in this thread tracking your team's book selection and completion. (Alternatively they could convert a chat comment to the tracking post/s.)

3. Name your team. Using this round's theme, come up with a fun name. Given we are an open/public group with no age limit, so please make sure any chosen name is smart, not smutty ;)

Please PM your name to Jane(PS) by 4 April

4. If you have a private profile, please 'friend' your team-mates. This is really important, because without this, your team-mates can't see your shelves to select a books under option 2. (It will also help with one of the categories in this round!)

5. Please post your book selections/completions in the format provided below. (This format is also posted in both the Q&A and Sign-Up threads.) We need to know the week that each book corresponds to, the page numbers, and how the book qualifies including links to lists/shelves (where applicable), etc. I can't stress this enough. When in doubt - link it*!

* don't link to your review in your completion post - reviews in your completion posts should be included in full in that post.

You don't want to start reading a book and then find it doesn't meet the requirements because some information (eg page count or theme link) was missing from your original post.

I will be monitoring this and your book will not be considered complete until I am satisfied that your selection and completion posts comply with the format rules of the challenge.

Remember - you can ONLY change your book selection in the week that the theme is called.

6. You MUST check in with your team each week, ideally once the theme is announced. Please let your team know if you expect to have spotty communication or are on holidays or having an operation, etc.

7. When you post the completion of your book, you must post a review; enough for us to know you have actually read the book. Please don't link to a review. You must post the review in this thread.

8. Re-reads are allowed but you can't read the same book twice within this challenge.

9. There is no prize for the winning team - bragging rights only :)

10. Each week, the theme will be announced in the Q&A/Announcement thread. The full list of themes announced during this round will be maintained in msg 1 of that thread.


The Rule on the Pass Option
* Each team can only have ONE member using their pass each week.
* Each member can only use that pass once each 5 weeks.
* This means that one or two team members (dependent upon the size of your team) will miss using a pass in each 5 week block.
* No-one can use the pass option in the last week of the challenge.
* In the final week Option 2 has altered and I will be allocating each team another team from which their book selection must be chosen :)

Key selection and completion post information. You must have ALL elements in your book posts.


For selection post Option 1 you must have:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
How the book qualifies - please note which qualifying bookshelf/list you are using or the tags that justifies that it works.
If the theme is based off the bookcover, post the cover. If there is a letter count in the title, publication date etc, please note these details.

For selection post Option 2 you must have:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
Name of the team-member, their star rating, the date they read the book.

For selection post Option 3 you must have:
Week #
PASS


For the completion post you must have:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Rating (1-5)
Review


Please DO NOT CHAT in these selction/completion posts. It needs to be super clear.

If you 'waffle' about your decided book - please REPOST your selection once you decide. DO NOT go back and edit your waffling post.

IF YOU NEED TO CORRECT A POST FOR MISSING INFORMATION or because the didn't qualify etc, please REPOST this information in a NEW post. Its difficult to find older posts when going backwards in the threads.

Hello,

My name is Avigail and I am from Israel. I read everything that falls in my hands and I am reading a couple of books at the same time. Looking forward to playing this round with you and connecting with fellow bookworms.
Name suggestions for our group I have two:
1. Traveling through the books
2. Bookworms around 80 books

Enjoy your reading and good luck to all of us.

SELECTION POST

Week #1 ~ 14. Tourist destination
Carmen | Post
Sexyladi | Post
Christy | Post
Heather | Post
Avigail | Post

Week #2
Carmen | Post
Sexyladi | Post
Christy | Post
Heather | Post
Avigail | Post

Week #3
Carmen | Post
Sexyladi | Post
Christy | Post
Heather | Post
Avigail | Post

Week #4
Carmen | Post
Sexyladi | Post
Christy | Post
Heather | Post
Avigail | Post

Week #5
Carmen | Post
Sexyladi | Post
Christy | Post
Heather | Post
Avigail | Post

Week #6
Carmen | Post
Sexyladi | Post
Christy | Post
Heather | Post
Avigail | Post

Week #7
Carmen | Post
Sexyladi | Post
Christy | Post
Heather | Post
Avigail |Post

Week #8
Carmen | Post
Sexyladi | Post
Christy | Post
Heather | Post
Avigail | Post

Week #9
Carmen | Post
Sexyladi | Pass
Christy | Post
Heather | Post
Avigail | Post

COMPLETION POST

Week #1 ~ 14. Tourist destination
Carmen | Review
Sexyladi | Review
Christy | Review
Heather | Review
Avigail | Review

Week #2
Carmen | Review
Sexyladi | Review
Christy | Review
Avigail | Review

Week #3
Carmen | Review
Sexyladi | Review
Christy | Review
Heather | Review
Avigail | Review

Week #4
Carmen | Review
Sexyladi | Review
Christy | Review
Heather | Review
Avigail | Review

Week #5
Carmen | Review
Sexyladi | Review
Christy | Review
Heather | Review
Avigail | Review

Week #6
Carmen | Review
Sexyladi | Review
Christy | Review
Heather | Review
Avigail | Review

Week #7
Carmen | Review
Sexyladi | Review
Christy | Review
Heather | Review
Avigail | Review

Week #8
Carmen | Review
Sexyladi | Review
Christy | Review
Heather | Review
Avigail | Review

Week #9
Carmen | Review
Sexyladi | Pass
Christy |
Heather | Review
Avigail | Review

SELECTION POST

Carmen | Post
Sexyladi | Post
Christy | Pass
Heather | Post
Avigail | Post

Week #11
Carmen |
Sexyladi |
Christy |
Heather |
Avigail |


COMPLETION POST

Week #10
Carmen | Review
Sexyladi | Review
Christy | Pass
Heather | Review
Avigail |

Week #11
Carmen |
Sexyladi |
Christy | Review
Heather |
Avigail |

Hello Everyone, I am Lillian aka Sexyladi. I am a retired postal worker since last may. Moved from Chicago to Grayslake to finally enjoy my kids and grand's. I been reading since I could pick up a book read multiple books at the same time. Love all kinds of genders paranormal, contemporary, interracial, multicultural, suspense, thrillers, reverse harems Fantasy, etc. Etc

The Touring book worms
Around a book in 80 days

Hi everyone!! I'm glad this is back again. I enjoy this challenge.

I'm from NY and reading anything and everything, lol. It's my most relaxing pass time. At times I read multiple books at a time but sometimes one will keep my eyes attached more than the other. lol

Current name picks:

Traveling through the books
Bookworms around 80 books
The Touring book worms
3 - Around a book in 80 days

Hi ladies! Welcome to the group :-)

Hi all! I'm Christy and I live in Georgetown, TX with my 2 small dogs. I read mainly romance, but I will occasionally branch out to historical fiction for my in-person book clubs.

I like Around a Book in 80 Days for the team name.

Hi Christy!

I'm going to make a tally of who picks what and we will go with the winner. :D

Hi team! I'm Heather from Michigan. I read romance, mystery, women's fiction, paranormal, suspense... Almost all my 'reading' is with audiobooks. I have an Etsy shop so I'm able to read while I work and do other crafting.

Oh, and to keep it simple, I'm happy with Around A Book in 80 Days.

Have we decided on a team name?

I guess we can go with Around a book in 80 days since it seems to be the winner :-)

Sounds good to me.

It is fine by me too.

Sounds good

Week 1

Option 1
14. Tourist destination
Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong.

For all the location/setting tasks, the book does not have to be solely set in that location; it simply needs at least one scene set there. The usual precise, main page, tag or list will need to be provided to show how the book qualifies.

If you aren't sure how to insert links in your posts, please read these instructions in the Q&A thread


Option 2
Key date: 29 September 2023
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

🎁 Pass The Parcel (Team Challenge) > PtP Around a Book in 80 days (T1 🎁
🎁SELECTION POST🎁
Date April 5th, 2024
Week 1

Option 1
14. Tourist destination
Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong.

King of Greed by Ana Huang
Date Completed -
Page number - 352
Qualifications - Tag New York 5 people page 5 /genres/new-...
Review -

Week #1
Option 1: 14. Tourist destination
Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong.
Bookcover/link: Murphy's Law, Rhys Bowen

Page numbers: 224 pages
How the book qualifies: MP Location - New York City

Week #1
Option 1: 14. Tourist destination
Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong.
Bookcover/link: Murphy's Law, Rhys Bowen

Rating: ****
Review:
You definitely have to suspend your disbelief here because more happens to Molly in less than a week than happens to most people in their lifetimes. But she's a fun, plucky character and I enjoyed following her adventures. And the setting - NYC at the turn of the 20th century - is fascinating.

Selection Post - Week One

Option 1 - Tourist destination
Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong.
Book: Twisted Love by Ana Huang

Pages: 360
How it fits: MP setting London

Selection Post - Week One

Option 1 - Tourist destination
Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong.
Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren

Pages: 358
Fits: Tagged 8 times - /work/shelve...

Selection Post Week 1

Option 1
14. Tourist destination
Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong.
Book: The Maid's Room
Author: Fiona Mitchell
Page number: 320 pages
Qualifications Psynopsis: 'This is where she sleeps. A cupboard. A bedroom. A windowless box.'
Sisters Dolly and Tala have never felt further from home. In the blistering heat of Singapore, they spend their days enabling ex-pats to have lives they could never afford for themselves.
Even though she has little freedom, Dolly can just about live with her job if it means she's able to support her beloved young daughter back in the Philippines. One day - if she's lucky - Dolly may even be able to go back and see her.
Tala, however, just can't keep her mouth shut about the restrictive, archaic rules maids are forced to abide by on pain of deportation. She risks everything to help her fellow maids, who have struggled to have their voices heard for far too long.
In a world where domestic workers are treated so poorly, The Maid's Room explores how women can come together to change each other's lives, and be the architects of their own futures.

🎁COMPLETION POST🎁
Date April 5th, 2024
Week 1

Option 1
14. Tourist destination
Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong.

King of Greed by Ana Huang
Date Completed - 04/07/2024
Page number - 352
Qualifications - Tag New York 5 people page 5 /genres/new-...
Review 🌟🌟🌟1/2 Stars🎧
Alessandra and Dominic were rags to riches couple when greed and money destroyed there 10 year anniversary when Dominic lost the love of his life from broken promise after promise finally was the straw that broke the camel back. The moral of the story was don't take love for granted.

Completion Post - Week One

Option 1 - Tourist destination
Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong.
Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren

Pages: 358
Fits: set in London
Read: 4/7/24
Rated: 3 stars
Review: This had all the feeling between love and hate. I didn't like Tates' dad. Mom was sweet and caring. Tate definitely needed to learn a lot and there were moments when she annoyed me. I feel like she didn't learn anything with all the years before Sam and Tate see each other again.

☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Selection Post - Week One

Option 1 - Tourist destination
Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong.
[book:..."

Hi Carmen - for how it qualifies, can you please state where it comes from? Eg main page, precis, tag etc

If its like the other players' posts, MP is fine :)

Carmen tag London by 8 people page 3
/genres/london

Completion Post - Week One

Option 1 - Tourist destination
Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong.
Book: Twisted Love by Ana Huang

Pages: 360
How it fits: MP setting London
Date read: 4/8/24
Rating: 3.5 stars
Review: An angsty love story with a morally gray lead male character. Alex and Ava both had challenging childhoods and each came out of the challenges of the past handling a different way. Ava focuses on the positive, Alex has shut himself off emotionally until Ava breaks through his icy wall. Overall a great story, and even though you know his morally gray lifestyle will cause a big problem in their relationship, the resolution is more than satisfying.

Jane (PS) wrote: "☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Selection Post - Week One

Option 1 - Tourist destination
Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome,..."

Oops sorry will do :-)

Sexyladi wrote: "Carmen tag London by 8 people page 3
/genres/london"

Thanks Sexyladi, found it :-)

☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Sexyladi wrote: "Carmen tag London by 8 people page 3
/genres/london"

Thanks Sexyladi, found it :-)"

You are very welcome😘

Completion Post
Week # 1 Option 1
14. Tourist destination
Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong.
Bookcover: The Maid's Room by Fiona Mitchell

Qualifications Psynopsis: 'This is where she sleeps. A cupboard. A bedroom. A windowless box.'
Sisters Dolly and Tala have never felt further from home. In the blistering heat of Singapore, they spend their days enabling ex-pats to have lives they could never afford for themselves.
Even though she has little freedom, Dolly can just about live with her job if it means she's able to support her beloved young daughter back in the Philippines. One day - if she's lucky - Dolly may even be able to go back and see her.
Tala, however, just can't keep her mouth shut about the restrictive, archaic rules maids are forced to abide by on pain of deportation. She risks everything to help her fellow maids, who have struggled to have their voices heard for far too long.
In a world where domestic workers are treated so poorly, The Maid's Room explores how women can come together to change each other's lives, and be the architects of their own futures
Rating⭐⭐��.75
Dates Read: 04/09/2024
Review: There are books that I am happy that I borrow through the library. The Maid's Room is one of those books. The summary looks interesting, but the execution of the plot felt not engaging. On the other hand, it is important to read books with subject that open our minds on subject how people treat their domestic help because of status. The author's note is what made me give higher rating. If you don't like cheating in your books this book isn't for you.

Week 2

Option 1
11. Mainland Europe
Read a book set in mainland Europe (aka Continental Europe)
Mainland Europe does not include the UK. Please ask if you aren't sure.

For all the location/setting tasks, the book does not have to be solely set in that location; it simply needs at least one scene set there. The usual precise, main page, tag or list will need to be provided to show how the book qualifies.

If you aren't sure how to insert links in your posts, please read these instructions in the Q&A thread.


Option 2
Key date: 6 October 2023
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 #2 - Selection Post
Option 1: 11. Mainland Europe
Read a book set in mainland Europe (aka Continental Europe)
Bookcover/link: A Month in Provence, Gillian Harvey

Page numbers: 306 pages
How the book qualifies: MP Setting - Provence (France)

Selection Post Week 2

Option 1
11. Mainland Europe
Read a book set in mainland Europe (aka Continental Europe)
Mainland Europe does not include the UK.
Book: Secret Pleasure
Author: Jill Sanders
Page number: 208 pages
Qualifications: Summary- 'After a terrible breakup and losing her dream job, Airlea is just looking for a fresh start. When her mother takes it upon herself to help, Airlea works for a wealthy family back in Italy whose son was recently involved in a serious auto accident. She jumps at the chance to escape Greece and leaves her worries behind, unaware of the new dangers she now faces in Rome. To further complicate things, she now must deal with the most arrogant patient she's ever seen, which would be a lot easier if he wasn't so damn sexy!
Dante is fed up with his broken body. All he wants to do is work through the pain and try to get his life back to normal. Instead, his mother hires an amazingly bossy nurse to help with his rehab, which might go a lot easier if she wasn't so damn hot! Trying to keep his nosy family out of his business and vying for the affection of his beautiful nurse could end up being a dangerous affair.

Selection Post - Week Two

Option 2 - Read a book read by a teammate and rated at least 3 stars by 6 October 2023
Book: Twisted Games by Ana Huang

Pages: 451
How it fits: Avigail read on 12/23/23 and rated it 4 stars

🎁 SELECTION POST🎁
Date April 13th, 2024
Week 2

Option 2
Key date: 6 October 2023
Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars

The Marriage Auction: Book One by Audrey Carlan

Pages - 334
Qualifications - Avagail Read on April 13, 2024
Rated 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Stars.

Selection Post Week 2

Option 1
11. Mainland Europe
Read a book set in mainland Europe (aka Continental Europe)
Mainland Europe does not include the UK.
Book: The Husbands
Author: Holly Gramazio
Pages: 352
Fits: When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband, Michael.

Completion Post
Week #2
Option 1: 11. Mainland Europe
Read a book set in mainland Europe (aka Continental Europe)
Bookcover/link: A Month in Provence, Gillian Harvey

Rating: **1/2
Review:
On the surface this was fine - a blend of British women's fiction with a bit of Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy. But the more I read, the more it bothered me. All the characterizations were thin, and the 'romance' was blah. No chemistry. And I had a hard time believing that the FMC was so naive as to think that the TV show wouldn't include some drama. Probably I was just overthinking it, but none of it made much sense to me.

OTOH, the cover is lovely.

Completion Post
Week # 2Option 1
11. Mainland Europe
Read a book set in mainland Europe (aka Continental Europe)
Mainland Europe does not include the UK
Book: Secret Pleasure by Jill Sanders
Bookcover
Qualifications: Psynopsis: After a terrible breakup and losing her dream job, Airlea is just looking for a fresh start. When her mother takes it upon herself to help, Airlea works for a wealthy family back in Italy whose son was recently involved in a serious auto accident. She jumps at the chance to escape Greeceand leaves her worries behind, unaware of the new dangers she now faces in Rome. To further complicate things, she now must deal with the most arrogant patient she's ever seen, which would be a lot easier if he wasn't so damn sexy!
Dante is fed up with his broken body. All he wants to do is work through the pain and try to get his life back to normal. Instead, his mother hires an amazingly bossy nurse to help with his rehab, which might go a lot easier if she wasn't so damn hot! Trying to keep his nosy family out of his business and vying for the affection of his beautiful nurse could end up being a dangerous affair
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Dates Read: 04/15/2024
Review: Secret Pleasure is the second installment in the secret series. The Truth is the first book of the series I read in March last year. I liked the plot of the second book more. The story wasn't far-fetched.
Aislea & Dante’s relationship is more romantic and, maybe because the setting of this story is set in Italy 🇮🇹, in one place and not traveling around I enjoyed it more.
Because of Dante’s injury, they couldn't travel a lot. While reading I felt I was at Dominico & Kathleen's villa/mansion.
Florentina, Dante's aunt, is a witch. Because she was a mother figure to Dante she doesn't have to treat people he loves and are part of his life to treat them like he doesn't deserve to be in Dante's life.
Hopefully, it won't take another year to pick up and finish the “Secret�� trilogy.

Selection Post Week 3

Option 1
16. Around the World in 80 Days
Read a book with 8 and 0 in the publication date of the book's first Kindle edition

Book: Witness in Death
Author: J.D. Robb
Page number: 343 pages
Qualifications: Published March 1st 2000 by Berkley

Week #3 - Selection Post
Option 1
16. Around the World in 80 Days
Read a book with 8 and 0 in the publication date of the book's first Kindle edition
Bookcover/link: One Night Stand After Another, Amanda Usen

Page numbers: 212 pages
How the book qualifies: MP Publication Date - Published August 8, 2022 (two 8s!)

Completion Post
Week #3
Option 1
16. Around the World in 80 Days
Read a book with 8 and 0 in the publication date of the book's first Kindle edition
Bookcover/link:One Night Stand After Another, Amanda Usen

Rating: **
Review:
I read this because the FMC was a crochet designer. But even knitwear can't rescue an enemies-to-lovers situation that's resolved in about 30 seconds and MCs who are incredibly immature.

Selection Post Week 3

Option 1
16. Around the World in 80 Days
Read a book with 8 and 0 in the publication date of the book's first Kindle edition

Book: Blood of Zeus
Author: Meredith Wild & Angel Payne
Page number: 217 pages
Qualifications: First published August 25th 2020

🎁 COMPLETION POST🎁
Date April 13th, 2024
Week 2

Option 2
Key date: 6 October 2023
Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars

The Marriage Auction: Book One by Audrey Carlan
Pages - 334
Qualifications - Avagail Read on April 13, 2024
Rated 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Stars.
Date completed 04/20/2024
Rating - 🌟🌟🌟🌟1/2 Stars🎧
Review-
41/2 Stars
This series is compelling and drags you in to know the experience of the four women for different reasons committed to a marriage auction for money and the men who purchased them. Even though the book was in segments switching from one couple to the next I didn't get lost and the complex mature nature with some violent subjects that is contributed to the author very well written work. I would definitely recommend this series.