Rawk: Troupe Task 2015 - Finished

 

Rawk-A-Tiers Troupe Task 2015 hosted by Rawk-A-Tiers on Goodreads.


This is part of the Rawk-A-Tiers challenge and this one is about working together in our troupes
This challenge is suppose to be repeated every quarter when we get put into new troupes.
We stayed in the same Troupe for this last quarter so we didn't have another challenge.

For the first troupe challenge starting 1st of July, I am part of Water troupe.
Update 22/7: I read 2 books for this challenge and we came in third.

The Troupe Task is a team building exercise for you and your new troupe. It must be completed as a troupe, and every member of your troupe must contribute at least one book toward the task.

☯ The task begins when the quarter opens.
☯ One troupe member will assume responsibility for keeping a running post of the troupe task showing all claimed books and their finished completion dates.
☯ The task list must be claimed in order on your thread in the Troupe Task folder. You may plan your list and sign up strategy in your troupe chat threads.
☯ Troupe members must claim their own books. No proxy, substitutions, or delegated posting of tasks by one member for another.
☯ You must link to the edition of the book that you actually read. For book cover tasks, that edition must actually match the task.
☯ Once all members have claimed a book, you may start reading your books, posting your finished books, and claiming any remaining books on the task list. Remember that books must be claimed in the order in which they appear.
☯ You may not claim a second book until your first book is finished and posted.
☯ No member can read sequential tasks. If you read task #7, you may not also read task #8.
☯ Your final list must be verified and time stamped by one of the two heads of house. That stamp will be the official “finish” time used for determining final standings for the quarter. 

TASK LIST 
Start July 1st. 
I read 2 books for this challenge.

1. Read a book from your Head Of House’s bookshelves.
2. Read a book from your Troupe Leader’s bookshelves.
Fire And Ice by Dana Stabenow (On Danielle's Freebie Shelf)
3. Read a “fire” book.
4. Read a “water” book.
5. Read an “air/sky/wind” book.
6. Read an “earth/land/planet” book.
7. Read a book labeled “Classics.”
8. Read a Fantasy or Sci-Fi book.
9. Read a Romance book.
10. Read a Historical Fiction book.
11. Read a Contemporary fiction book.
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen (It has fiction and contemporary as a main genre)
12. Read a Non-Fiction book.

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The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen

Twenty-seven-year-old Josey Cirrini is sure of three things: winter in her North Carolina hometown is her favorite season, she’s a sorry excuse for a Southern belle, and sweets are best eaten in the privacy of her hidden closet. For while Josey has settled into an uneventful life in her mother’s house, her one consolation is the stockpile of sugary treats and paperback romances she escapes to each night…. Until she finds it harboring none other than local waitress Della Lee Baker, a tough-talking, tenderhearted woman who is one part nemesis—and two parts fairy godmother…
Fleeing a life of bad luck and big mistakes, Della Lee has decided Josey’s clandestine closet is the safest place to crash. In return she’s going to change Josey’s life—because, clearly, it is not the closet of a happy woman. With Della Lee’s tough love, Josey is soon forgoing pecan rolls and caramels, tapping into her startlingly keen feminine instincts, and finding her narrow existence quickly expanding.
Before long, Josey bonds with Chloe Finley, a young woman who makes the best sandwiches in town, is hounded by books that inexplicably appear whenever she needs them, and—most amazing of all—has a close connection to Josey’s longtime crush.
As little by little Josey dares to step outside herself, she discovers a world where the color red has astonishing power, passion can make eggs fry in their cartons, and romance can blossom at any time—even for her. It seems that Della Lee’s work is done, and it’s time for her to move on. But the truth about where she’s going, why she showed up in the first place—and what Chloe has to do with it all—is about to add one more unexpected chapter to Josey’ s fast-changing life.
Brimming with warmth, wit, and a sprinkling of magic, here is a spellbinding tale of friendship, love—and the enchanting possibilities of every new day.. From Goodreads.

This was different. Josey, the main character of this book wasn't my favourite person in this book. Della Lee was far more interesting and I would love to be having books turn up out of the blue like Chloe.
Another interesting character is Rawley who can't break a promise, he has a small role but is still quite important in connection with Josey's awful mother.
I also liked the twist at the end that I really hadn't seen coming.
I am definitely going to read more of  Sarah Addison Allen's books.

This book qualifies for:
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2015
I love Library books 2015
The Challenge Factory: Scavenger Hunt Part XV
Rawk-A-Tiers: Summer At The Beach
Rawk-A-Tiers: Words With ... Myself!
Rawk-A-Tiers: Getting Acquainted
Rawk-A-Tiers: House Games
Rawk-A-Tiers: Troupe Task 2015
A Million More Pages Hogwarts: Dragon Nursery
A Million More Pages Hogwarts: Hogwarts Scavenger Hunt

Fire And Ice by Dana Stabenow

Newenham, Alaska, is a long way from the big-city comforts of Anchorage, where Sergeant Liam Campbell was an up-and-coming state trooper with everything going his way. But that was before his life unraveled. Transferred in disgrace to this rough-and-tumble fishing town on the shores of Bristol Bay, Liam knows Newenham is the end of the line. It's also his last shot at getting his life back.. He's about to come in for a very rough landing. Stepping onto the airstrip at Newenham, Liam walks into a crime scene: a body torn apart by the propeller of a Piper Super Cub. As if that isn't enough of a welcome, the woman bending over the corpse is Wyanet Chouinard, the only woman Liam ever truly loved - and soon to be his prime suspect. Next, a man is held hostage in the town's only decent burger joint--held for shooting out a jukebox that was playing Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville. And Liam still doesn't have his uniform on. From Goodreads.



I have actually had this books for 4 years so it was about time I got around to reading it. It starts full speed with a dead guy within the first few pages and it just continues from there. Trooper Liam Campbell knows nothing about his new beat as he steps off the plane but he has to learn fast to figure out who is who in the small town of Newenham, Alaska.

This book qualifies for:
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2015
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: Word Hunt 2015
The Challenge Factory: Scavenger Hunt Part XV
Rawk-A-Tiers: Summer At The Beach
Rawk-A-Tiers: Words With ... Myself!
Rawk-A-Tiers: House Games
Rawk-A-Tiers: Troupe Task 2015
A Million More Pages Hogwarts: Pick One For Me
A Million More Pages Hogwarts: Dragon Nursery
A Million More Pages Hogwarts: Backpacking Around The Globe
A Million More Pages Hogwarts: Clue#2

Rawk: Troupe Task 2015

 

Rawk-A-Tiers Troupe Task 2015hosted by Rawk-A-Tiers on Goodreads.

This is part of the Rawk-A-Tiers challenge and this one is about working together in our troupes
This challenge is suppose to be repeated every quarter when we get put into new troupes.

For the first troupe challenge starting 1st of July, I am part of Water troupe.
Update 22/7: I read 2 books for this challenge and we came in third.

The Troupe Task is a team building exercise for you and your new troupe. It must be completed as a troupe, and every member of your troupe must contribute at least one book toward the task.

☯ The task begins when the quarter opens.
☯ One troupe member will assume responsibility for keeping a running post of the troupe task showing all claimed books and their finished completion dates.
☯ The task list must be claimed in order on your thread in the Troupe Task folder. You may plan your list and sign up strategy in your troupe chat threads.
☯ Troupe members must claim their own books. No proxy, substitutions, or delegated posting of tasks by one member for another.
☯ You must link to the edition of the book that you actually read. For book cover tasks, that edition must actually match the task.
☯ Once all members have claimed a book, you may start reading your books, posting your finished books, and claiming any remaining books on the task list. Remember that books must be claimed in the order in which they appear.
☯ You may not claim a second book until your first book is finished and posted.
☯ No member can read sequential tasks. If you read task #7, you may not also read task #8.
☯ Your final list must be verified and time stamped by one of the two heads of house. That stamp will be the official “finish” time used for determining final standings for the quarter. 

TASK LIST 
Start July 1st. 
I read 2 books for this challenge.

1. Read a book from your Head Of House’s bookshelves.
2. Read a book from your Troupe Leader’s bookshelves.
Fire And Ice by Dana Stabenow (On Danielle's Freebie Shelf)
3. Read a “fire” book.
4. Read a “water” book.
5. Read an “air/sky/wind” book.
6. Read an “earth/land/planet” book.
7. Read a book labeled “Classics.”
8. Read a Fantasy or Sci-Fi book.
9. Read a Romance book.
10. Read a Historical Fiction book.
11. Read a Contemporary fiction book.
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen (It has fiction and contemporary as a main genre)
12. Read a Non-Fiction book.

★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩