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The Meet & Greet Challenge Round 70 (Jun/Jul)
1 June - 31 July 2025


This thread is for the participants' lists of the Meet & Greet Challenge. It will be closed until the groups are allocated and picking starts.

All discussion, chat, questions, and answers for this challenge are to occur in the other thread: here

KEY DATES:
20 May 4.00PM US EST (TUESDAY) - SIGN-UPS close date! Please allow a few hours for the groups to be posted. Once the groups are posted, picking for the groups will then commence.
22 May 12am NZ - picking starts for the bonus group.
31 May - PICKING due date! Picks for all group members must be completed.
1 June - OPENING date - Start reading!

My spot

Group 2 - 3/13

✔★

Anja - Not a Hero
Carmen TBST - Good Girl
Cheryl - King
Chiara - By Virtue I Fall
✔Christy - Caught Up|7/13/25|★★★★★
Connie - Mr. Spencer
✔Elizabeth (aco) - Rain of Shadows and Endings|6/11/25|★★★
Jessica - A Veiled & Hallowed Eve
✔Lara# - Happy Place|6/26/25|★★
LaurLa - Slow Burn
Nadine - The Wren in the Holly Library
Raine - The Heir
Sassafrass - Dr. CEO



Bonus - 8/15

*Anja - Filthy Secret
*Carrie - Beloved
✔*Cheryl - The Birthday List|6/27/25|★★★★
*Christy - Rock with Me
✔*Connie - Make It a Double|7/20/25|★★
*Ela (mouse) - The Blackstone Bad Dragon
*Elizabeth N - Say You'll Remember Me
✔*Jane - How to Hack a Hellhound|6/17/25|★★★
✔*Julia M# - Kings of Quarantine|6/30/25|★★★★
*KarenH - Cronin's Key III
✔*MKat - There with You|6/2/25|★★★★
✔*Raine - Blood & Steel|6/27/25|★★★★★
✔*Shelby - Ignite|6/4/25|★★★
✔*SusanA - A Pancakes Kind of Morning|7/4/25|★★★
*Wealie - Phantasma

The Meet & Greet Challenge Round 70 (Jun/Jul)
1 June - 31 July 2025

GROUP 1
Aminko -
Chasing the Dime June 14 ★★★★
In Bad CompanyJune 19 ★★★★
The Disappeared June 28 ★★★★

Avid Reader &GG
The Woman in Cabin 10 June 3 ★★★★
The Prospects June 8 ★★★★

Carrie
The Family Upstairs June 2 ★★★★
The Lion's Lady June 25 ★★★★

Chan:
Murder at Traitors' Gate June 1 ★★★★

Ela (mouse):
The Paleontologist June 3 ★★
The Teacher June 8 ★★★★

Jane:
A Naval Surgeon to Fight For June 1 ★★★
No Friends in Abergwyn June 10 ★★★

Jenner
Hitman's Honey June 5 ★★★
The Earl’s Hideaway, No Ladies Allowed June 26 ★★★★
Bull Mountain July 1 ★★★★★

Julie :
Assistant to the Villain June 29 ★★
Red River Road June 24 ★★★★

KathyD:
Loyalty in Death June 16 ★★★★
London Rules July 5 ★★★★★
The Body Under the Bridge July 9 ★★★★

Mary-Megan:
The Only One Left June 2 ★★★
How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying June 4 ★★★
Wolf Pack July 3 ★★★ (series replacement)

Melissa~
Until the World Stops June 8 ★★★
Tuesday's Gone June 10 ★★★★
The Bridge July 9 ★★★★
Mell
Lady Avery and the False Butler June 18 ★★★
Long Bright River June 1 ★★★

Shelby -
Into the Dark June 20 ★★★★
Breaking Point June 25 ★★★★
Witness in Death July 6 ★★★★

Bonus
*Anja Winning the Dad June 15 ★★★
*Carrie - Jurassic Spark
*Cheryl : The Anti-Wingman June 16 ★★★★
*Christy: Smoke
*Connie: Midwinter Firelight June 13 ★★★★ (series replacement)
*Ela (mouse) - An Improper Agreement June 12 ★★★★
*Ela (mouse) - The Magic of Shoes June 18 ★★★★
*Elizabeth N: The Eastern Gate
*Jamie (AL): Rescuing the Writer June 26 ★★★
*Jane - The Merchant Witch June 11 ★★★★
*Julia M#: October by Candlelight June 14 ★★★★ (series replacement)
*KarenH- The Isle of Skiy July 5 ★★★★
*MKat: The Dance
*Raine - A Thousand Cuts
*Shelby - The Voice
*Wealie - Fake It 'Til You Make It



Carryover R 69
Who Will Remember
The Castellan June 7 ★★★★
Hot Wings
The Outcast Orc
The London Chance: MM Romance
Footwork

Hold

Meet & Greet Challenge Round 70 - Group 2
Duration: 1 June - 31 July
Completed: 4/13

🌷 Anja - Iron Flame

Date Read:
Rating: 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑

🌷 Carmen - Kiss of the Basilisk

Date Read:
Rating: 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑

🌷 Cheryl - The Ever King

Date Read:
Rating: 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑

🌷 Chiara - Beautiful Venom

Date Read: 9 June
Rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

🌷 Christy - A Fate Forged in Fire

Date Read: 6 June
Rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌖🌑

🌷 Connie - Caught Up

Date Read: 10 June
Rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

🌷 Jamie - Enchantra

Date Read: 23 June
Rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

🌷 Jessica - The Knight and the Moth

Date Read:
Rating: 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑

🌷 Lara - Court of Lies and Deceit

Date Read:
Rating: 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑

🌷 LaurLa - Court of Blood and Bindings

Date Read:
Rating: 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑

🌷 Nadine - Nightshade

Date Read:
Rating: 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑

🌷 Raine - City of Gods and Monsters

Date Read:
Rating: 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑

🌷 Sassafrass - Academy of Villains - Nyx & Erebus

Date Read:
Rating: 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑

M&G Jun/Jul
Group 3

5/5 completed

Anissa: Once Upon a Boyband by Jenny Proctor
Avigail: Desserts & Dragons by Bo Huffman - 7/27/25
Christene: The Dog Across the Lake by Krista Davis
Elizabeth N: Happy After All by Maisey Yates
Grace: The Bookworm's Guide to Flirting by Emma Hart
Hazel: Psychic Dreams by Elizabeth Hunter - 6/5/25
Julia M: Freaky Ways by Amanda M Lee
KarenH: Murder at the Motel by Beth Dolgner - 7/8/25
MKat: Butterfly Bayou by Lexi Blake
Mrs Geo: The Witches of Dark Root by April Aasheim
R E C: Artemis by Andy Weir
RaeRae: How to Fake-Date a Vampire by Linsey Hall
UnusualChild (beppy): Text Appeal by Kylie Scott - 6/23/25
Wealie: Well Played by Jen DeLuca - 7/19/25

M&G Jun/Jul
Group 3
4/14

Anissa: Phantasma
Avigail: Where the Library Hides
Diane: The Truth According to Ember
Elizabeth N: The God of the Woods
Grace: Listen for the Lie
Hazel: All the Colors of the Dark
Julia M: Heir
KarenH: The Wedding People
☑️MKat: Quicksilver 6/18/2025 4.5⭐️
Mrs Geo: Darling Girls
R E C: I Hope This Finds You Well
☑️RaeRae: James 6/10/2025 4⭐
☑️UnusualChild (beppy): The Women 7/4/2025 4⭐️
☑️Wealie: The Poisons We Drink 8/14/2025 3.5⭐

MnG Round 70
June/July

Group 1
Aminko - Stacking the Deck, The Reckless Oath We Made

Avid - Once Upon a Crime
Soulless - June 4 💛💛💛💛
The Way I Hate Him - June 8 💛💛💛

Carrie - City of the Lost, This Regret
Ela - His Lucky Penny, The Plan, Pretend
Jane - Fluke and the Frontier Farce
Jenner - Two for the Dough
Julie - Make Me Yours, Pursuit, Major Love
Kathy - Fantastical, The Last Letter

Mary-Megan - Always, Happy Ever After
The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany - June 14 💛💛💛💛

Melissa - Attachments, Hot and Badgered
All Wrapped Up for the Holidays - June 3 💛💛💛

Mell - First Comes Scandal, The Exception to the Rule, Uncaged
Shelby - Games of the Heart

Susan - Indulge, No Holds Barred
Dirty Love - June 22 💛💛💛





Completed

The Meet & Greet Challenge Round 70 (Jun/Jul)
1 June - 31 July 2025
Group 1
11/? read
🎧 ✅ ⭐


✅KathyD - 🎧 6/2/25 4 ⭐

✅Avid - 🎧 6/6/25 3.5 ⭐

✅ Ela (mouse) - 🎧 6/14/25 4⭐

✅Jane - 🎧 6/9/25 4⭐
bookcover:Written in Red|15711341]
✅Mell - 🎧 6/18/25 5⭐

✅SusanA - 🎧 7/6/25 4 ⭐

✅Julie - 6/23/25 4⭐

✅Jenner - 3.5 ⭐ 7/13/25

✅Shelby - 7/18/25 4 ⭐ 🎧

✅ Chan - 🎧 4 ⭐ 7/24/24

✅Aminko - - ebook KU 7/29/25 4 ⭐


Currently reading







Carrie -


Mary-Megan -
Melissa~ -

Group 1 - June 1-July 31
13/13 picks received
5/5 read
✔ ★★★★★



Aminko - Eyes Turned Skyward ✔ 19/7 ★★★★★
Avid Reader &GG - The Dead Romantics
Carrie - The Handmaid's Tale / Guilty Pleasures / The Summer I Turned Pretty
Chan - Twilight / The Summer I Turned Pretty / Don't Tell
Ela (mouse) - Fool Me Twice ✔ 28/6 ★★★★
Jane - Dance with Me
Jenner - Where We Bloom ✔ 23/7 ★★★★
Julie - The Fall Risk / Shadow and Bone / The Spellshop
KathyD - Play with Me ✔ 4/6 ★★★★
Mary-Megan - We'll Prescribe You a Cat / The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love / The Undermining of Twyla and Frank
Melissa~ - My Dark Desire ✔ 23/6 ★★★★★
Shelby - The Travelling Cat Chronicles / The Spellshop / Lessons in Chemistry
SusanA - Unsteady / Puck and Prejudice / We'll Prescribe You a Cat

10/14 Group 3

✔️Anissa
The Dragon Steals a Mate; Marked; 📚The Fall of Rogue Gerrard ****
Avigail
Love Is a Stranger; 📚In Safe Keeping; Tangled in Divine
✔️Christene LL
Roman's Heart; 📚Encore in Death; 📚Omega's Heart ***** 31/5/25
Diane FF
✔️📚Thirteen; Sweet Like Whiskey; 📚Why Isn't Becky Twitchell Dead? **** 10/6/25
✔️✔️Elizabeth N
Loki's Enemy Mate; 📚The Hunter and His Mates ***** 22/6/25; 📚Devil and the Deep Blue Fish ***** 9/6/25
✔️Grace
Fighting Instinct; 📚Jessup; 📚Would You Hold It Against Me **** 19/6/25
Hazel
After the Storm; A Trail of Fire; Come A Little Bit Closer
✔️Julia M
Honey Bee Murder; Feinted Love; 📚The Seduction of Sebastian Trantor ***** 29/7/25
KarenH
Solstice; Survive the Night; Every Little Thing
✔️✔️MKat
📚State of Retribution **** 26/7/25; Encore in Death; 📚Balanced and Tied ***** 12/7/25
R E C
Hell on Wheels; Survive the Night; Crushed Ice
RaeRae
Men Out of Uniform; Show No Mercy; 📚Thor's Unexpected Mate
✔️UnusualChild (beppy)
The Scottish Prisoner; The Wolf Pack **** 26/8/25 ; 📚Cry Wolf ***** 16/6/25
✔️✔️Wealie
📚The Enforcer and His Heart ***** 22/6/24; Marked; 📚Prize *** 11/6/24

M&G Jun/Jul - Group 1

13/13 read 🎉🎉 CHALLENGE COMPLETED 🎉🎉

1. Aminko: Tinderbox - JUN 20 ⭐⭐⭐
2. Avid Reader &GG: Just My Type - JUN 8 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Carrie: Murder's a Witch - JUN 6 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Chan: Catch a Tiger - JUN 2 ⭐⭐⭐
5. Ela (mouse333): Fall Me Maybe - JUN 1 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. Jane: Silver Stranger: Worlds Away - JUN 14 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. Jenner: Before You Go - JUN 21 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. KathyD: The Salted Sceptre - JUN 13 ⭐⭐⭐
9. Mary-Megan: Quit Your Waning - JUN 5 ⭐⭐⭐
10. Melissa~: If You Say So - JUN 9 ⭐⭐⭐
11. Mell: Feathers So Vicious - JUN 6 ⭐⭐
12. Shelby: Finding Ivy - JUN 13 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
13. SusanA : Cocktails & Chloroform - JUN 9 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Group 3

Anissa:
Avigail:
Christene:
Diane FF:
Elizabeth N:
Grace:
Julia M:
KarenH:
MKat:
Mrs Geo:
R E C:
RaeRae:
UnusualChild (beppy):
Wealie:

M&G 70 (Jun.-Jul. 2025) Group 3
Read 6/14 ✅⭐

1. Anissa - a. The Little French Village of Book Lovers, b. The Wedding Dress Repair Shop, c. Code Name Butterfly
2. Christene LL - a. A Court of Mist and Fury, b. Wundersmith Calling of Morrigan Crow, c. Caught Up
✅3. Diane FF - a. The Last Innocent Hour, b. Million Dollar Date,c. Young Jane Young 06/21/25 ⭐⭐⭐.5
4. Elizabeth N - a. King of Wrath, b. Quicksilver, c. The Little French Village of Book Lovers
5. Grace - a. Make Me Forget,b. Forever Only Once,c. Wedding Tiers
6. Hazel - a. Siege and Storm, b. A Discovery of Witches, c. Full Measures
✅7. Julia M# - a. Quicksilver,b. Lights Out,c. Butcher & Blackbird 07/26/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.25
✅ 8. KarenH - a. Keeper of Enchanted Rooms,b. To Sir Philip with Love ,c. Covet 07/21/25 ⭐⭐⭐.5
✅ 9. MKat - a. To Sir Philip with Love , b. Changeless, c. Most Valuable Playboy 06/30/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
✅10. Mrs Geo - a. Morality for Beautiful Girls, b. The Thursday Murder Club c. Shameless Flirt 07/17/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.25
11. R E C - a. A Discovery of Witches,b. To Sir Phillip, With Love ,c. Swift and Saddled
12. RaeRae - a. Shanghai Girls,b. The Stand-In,c. The Husbands
13. UnusualChild (beppy) - a. The Astonishing Color of After, b. Wedding Tiers, c. Lady of the West
✅14. Wealie - a. Changeless,b. Enemies with Benefits,c. Totally Folked 06/04/25 ⭐⭐⭐

Final Books:
[1][2] [4][5][6] [11][12][13]

M&G 68 (Feb & Mar 25) ~ Group 2
Read 3/10 ✅⭐

✅1. Avid Reader &GG - a.Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers; b.The Mystery Guest; c.Butcher & Blackbird 07/26/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.25
2. Cheryl - a.The Love That Split the World; b.A Dash of Love; c.Some Call It Love
3. Christy - a.Things We Never Got Over; b.Terms and Conditions; c.Beneath This Mask
4. Grace - a.The Wedding Dress Repair Shop; b.Keeping You Away; c.Forever Only Once
5. Jenner - a.The Saints Go Dying; b.A Not So Meet Cute; c.Heartless
5. Jessica - a.Iron Flame; b.One Dark Window; c.Things We Never Got Over
6. Julie - a.A Welcome Misfortune; b.Some Call It Love; c.The Cruel Prince
✅7. MKat - a.Most Valuable Playboy; b.To Sir Philip with Love; c.Changeless 06/30/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
8. Rachel - a.Butcher & Blackbird; b.Iron Flame; c.The Unmaking of June Farrow
9. RaeRae - a.The Astonishing Color of After; b.Punishing Thirst; c.Swift and Saddled
✅10. UC beppy - a.Siege and Storm; b.Enemies with Benefits; c.A River Enchanted 06/04/25 ⭐⭐⭐

Final Books:
[2][3][4][5][6] [8][9]

M & G Round 67 (Dec 24 & Jan 25) ~ Group 2
Read: 2/10 ✅⭐

1. Aminko - a.The Air Raid Book Club, b.Code Name Butterfly, c.King of Midnight
✅ 2. Cheryl - a.Enemies with Benefits, b.Make Me Forget, c.Badd Mofo: The Badd Brothers 06/04/25 ⭐⭐⭐
3. Diane ~Firefly~ - a.The Last Innocent Hour, b.Due to a Death, c.Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
4. Em - a.The Starless Sea, b.Swift and Saddled, c.The Break-Up Artist
✅ 5. Jane - a.The Martian, b.The New Teacher, c.The Shadow of the Wind 06/28/25 ⭐⭐⭐.5
6. Jenner -a. A Not So Meet Cute, b.Heartless, c.A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
✅7. Jessica - a.A Court of Mist and Fury, b.Butcher & Blackbird, c.Ninth House 07/26/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.25
8. Melissa~ - a.Ninth House, b.The Martian, c.The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
9. Rachel C - a.A Bad Day for Sunshine, b.Butcher & Blackbird, c.Iron Flame
10. SusanA - a.The Royal Librarian, b.A Scone to Die For, c.The Corpse in the Cabana

Final Books:
[1] [3][4] [6] [8][9][10]


M & G Round 66 (Oct & Nov 24) ~ Group 1
Read: 2/5 ✅⭐

1. Connie - a.A Court of Mist and Fury; b.The Shadow of the Wind; c.The Italian Daughter
✅ 2. Jane - a.Twisted Lies; b.Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow; c.The Martian 07/31/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Jenner - a.A Not So Meet Cute; b.The Cruel Prince; c.A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
✅4. KarenH - a.Seduction in Death; b.The Martian; c.Twisted Lies; 06/28/25 ⭐⭐⭐.5
5. Nadine - a.The Sexy One; b.Tru Blue; c.Forever Only Once

b>Final Books:
[1] [3] [5]

M & G 65 - (Aug.- Sep. 24) Group 1
Read: 0/2 ✅⭐

1. Jenner - a.Claiming His Fate; b.A Tempest of Tea; c.Exile
2. Shelby - a.The Starless Sea; b.The Unmaking of June Farrow; c.Betrayal in Death

b>Final Books:
[1][2]

M & G 64 - (Jun.- Jul. 24) - Group 3
Read: 1/6 ✅⭐

1. Chan - aThe Mill House; b.The Hidden Letters; c.Punishing Thirst
2. Connie N - a.When Love Comes; b.Craving; c.A Is for Alibi
✅3. Ela(Mouse333) - a.The Prison Healer; b.The Girl from Silent Lake; c.Knot My Type. 08/31/25 ⭐⭐⭐.5
4. LaurLa - a.Flirting with my Enemy; b.Totally Folked; c.The Love That Split the World
5. Rachel C - a.Bride; b.The Coldest Girl in Coldtown; c.Ninth House
6. RaeRae -a.The Book Thief; b.Cruel Promise; c.Center of Gravity.

Final Books:
[1][2] [4][5][6]

M & G 63 - (Apr.-May 24) - Group 3
Read: 0/1 ✅⭐

1. Jane - a.The Forgiven Cowboy's Best Friend; b.The Book Thief or c.The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot; d.A Good Girl's Guide to Murder


b>Final Books:
[1]

M & G 62 - (Apr.-May 24) - Group 2
Read: 0/2 ✅⭐

1. Christene Paula - a.Iron Flame; b.A Good Girl's Guide to Murder; c.Witness in Death
2. Sexyladi - a.Meet Me in Another Life; b.Legally Yours; c.What Momma Left Me


Final Books:
[1][2]

M & G 61 - (Apr.-May 24) - Group 2
Read: 0/1 ✅⭐

1. Melissa~ - a.Cartes Postales from Greece; b.Twisted Games; c.Red, White & Royal Blue

Final Books:
[1]

M & G 60 - (Apr.-May 24) - Group 2
Read: 1/2 ✅⭐

1. LaurLa - a.Addicted to You; b.The Shadow of the Wind; c.The Love That Split the World
✅2. Susan A - a.My Dearest Duke;b.Itsy Bitsy Spider;c.Security Breach 06/08/25 ⭐⭐⭐.75

Final Books:
[1]

Group 2

6/13

Anja - The Pucking Coach's Daughter - June 3
Carmen TBST - Downfall - June 6
Chiara - First Semester - June 7
Christy - Hideaway Heart - June 16
Connie - Beautiful Beast: A Dark Mafia Arranged Marriage Romance - July 5
Elizabeth - Poison Roses - July 8
Jamie - Forbidden Dreams - July 6
Jessica - Awk-Weird - July 25
Lara# - That Secret Crush - July 23
LaurLa - Wall Street Titan - June 21
Nadine - Beyond the Thistles
Raine - Beautiful Beast - June 9
Sassafrass - Tease - June 19

Books Read:



Bonus - 0/15

Anja - Tame the Heart
Carrie - #Bossholes
Christy - Jasper Vale - June 2
Connie - Curveball
Ela (mouse) - Jacob
Elizabeth N - The Knockout
Jamie - Give Me a Reason
Jane - Just Like That
Julia M# - Dad's Football Friend
KarenH - Obsession Falls
MKat - Behind His Lens
Raine - Toxic Love - July 31
Shelby - Forbidden Lust - July 29
SusanA - Second Chance Player
Wealie - The Heartbreaker - July 30

Books Read:



CARRY OVERS

67

Aminko - From Lukov with Love
Jane - Snowed in with Grumpy
Jessica - Inherited Holiday
SusanA - You Can't Ruin Christmas

68

Avid - In the Weeds
Jenner - Tutoring the Player
Jessica - Swift and Saddled
Jodi - Stealing Home - July 2

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The Meet & Greet Challenge Round 70 (Jun/Jul)
1 June - 31 July 2025
Group 2 - 3/13
Bonus - 1/15

✔️⭐🎧📖

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GROUP 2
Anja - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (hardcover & Audible)
Carmen TBST - Caught Up by Navessa Allen (paperback delivering on 6/10/2025 & Audible)
✔️ Cheryl - Blood of My Monster by Rina Kent (KU) 📖 (6/4/25) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Chiara - The Book of Cin by H.M. Wolfe (KU)
Christy - Nectar of the Wicked by Ella Fields (KU)
Connie - Belladonna by Adalyn Grace (Libby)
Elizabeth (aco) - Feathers So Vicious by Liv Zander (KU)
✔️ Jamie (AL) - Dire Bound by Sable Sorensen (KU) 📖 (6/9/25) ⭐⭐⭐
Jessica - Manacled by SenLinYu (hardcover)
Lara# - House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas (paperback & Audible)
LaurLa - The Mindf*ck Series by S.T. Abby (KU & paperback)
Nadine - The Never List by Jade Presley (hardcover)
✔️ Sassafrass - The Nanny is Off Limits by Q.B. Tyler (KU) 📖 (6/7/25) ⭐⭐⭐




Group 2 Books (Reading Order):


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BONUS
*Anja - Broken Bonds by J. Bree (KU & Audible)
*Carrie - Flock by Kate Stewart (KU)
*Cheryl - Amid Clouds and Bones by Ella Fields (KU & Audible)
*Christy - Reign & Ruin by J.D. Evans (KU & Audible)
*Connie - A Prince So Cruel by Ingrid Seymour (KU)
*Ela (mouse) - The Celestra by Hannah Till (KU)
*Elizabeth N - White Horse Black Nights by Evie Marceau (KU)
*Jamie (AL) - The Awakening by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti (KU)
*Jane - Ryder by Charlotte Mallory (KU)
*Julia M# - City of Gods and Monsters by Kayla Edwards (KU)
✔️ *KarenH - Be With Me by Gabrielle Sands (KU) 📖 (6/15/25) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
*MKat - Devil of Dublin by B.B. Easton (KU)
*Shelby - Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (paperback & Audible)
*SusanA -Snapdragon by Elle Kish (KU)
*Wealie - When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker (paperback & Audible)




Bonus Books (Reading Order):


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Group 3

Anissa: Fear Me
Avigail: The Inmate
Christene: Lights Out
Diane FF: Pinky Promise
Elizabeth N: Scrappy Little Nobody
Grace: Fighter's Heart
Hazel: The Hotel Nantucket
Julia M: Butcher & Blackbird
KarenH: Long Hard Ride
MKat: First Grave on the Right
Mrs Geo: Under the Whispering Door
R E C: Dark Needs at Night's Edge
RaeRae:
UnusualChild (beppy): The Nymphos of Rocky Flats
Wealie: The Carnal Games

MEET & GREET ROUND #70 - June-July 2025
✅ ⭐

GROUP #2

0/13 READ

Anja Dangerous Innocence
Carmen TBST When We Burn
Cheryl Forever Never
Christy The Pucking Coach's Daughter
Connie Before We Fall
Elizabeth (aco) The Fallen Ones
Jamie (AL) Buried Dreams
Jessica You, Me, and Forever
Lara# Story of My Life
LaurLa Till Summer Do Us Part
Nadine Before Us
Raine Keep Me
Sassafrass Rock

Avid's MnG Rd 70 June-July '25

Group 1
Books Read (This Round): 4/5
Books Read (Previous Rds): 6

Aminko-The Woman in Suite 11
Carrie- Lights Out
Chan-Insider & A Fever in the Heart and Other True Cases
Ela (mouse)-Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness & Murder Between Friends
✔️Jane-The Jack*ss In Class-4.5⭐
Jenner-The Love Haters & Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me
Julie- A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
✔️KathyD- Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping On a Dead Man 6/8 4.75⭐
Dial A for Aunties & & The Rom-Commers
✔️Mary-Megan-Scythe & Sparrow 4⭐
Business or Pleasure
✔️Melissa~-Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone 4⭐
Going Home in the Dark & Deep End
Mell- Love and Other Words
Shelby -Problematic Summer Romance, The Au Pair Affair, & Romancing the Inventor
SusanA-Done and Dusted & The Crash

Carry Overs
Oct/Nov 24
✔️Elizabeth -Voyage of the Damned 2.5⭐

Dec 24-Jan 25
✔️Ela - We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. 4.25⭐

Feb/March 25
✔️Akshara: The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie 3.5⭐
✔️Carmen: His Risk to Take 7/12 3.75⭐
✔️Jenner: Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection 4.0⭐
✔️R E C: Honkers Under the Holly 4.25⭐

Currently Reading
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Read
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🌞 🌴 🍹 🌊 Meet and Greet June/July 🌊 🍹 🌴 🌞
Complete challenge - 5/5
Total completed: 5/13

Aminko - My Way to You
Avid Reader &GG - Murder Your Employer
🍹Carrie - Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg (7/17)
Chan - Say You'll Remember Me
🍹Ela (mouse) - What the Lady Wants: A Novel of Marshall Field and the Gilded Age by Renee Rosen (7/5)
Jane - It's a Love Story
Jenner - How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying
Julie - Ghost Business
🍹KathyD - Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan (7/10)
🌴Melissa~ - Sweetwater & the Witch by Jayne Castle (6/13)
Mell - A Dawn of Onyx
Shelby - Shadow Sands
🍹SusanA - An Unexpected Peril by Deanna Raybourn (7/3)

🔖The Meet & Greet Challenge Round 70 (Jun/Jul)
📅June 1, 2025- July 31, 2025👑Group 2
✅Challenge Progress: 5/5
🏆Group Book Progress: 8/13
🏆Carryovers Progress: 13

✅Anja: Salt & BroomⒺ⭐⭐ 📆7/8/25
❌Carmen TBST: Bulletproof🎧DNF @ 25% 7/1/25
✅Cheryl: The Starlight Heir📘🎧Ⓔ⭐⭐⭐ 📆6/7/25
✅Chiara: Indigo Ridge📘Ⓔ⭐⭐⭐💫 📆6/27/25
⬜Christy: Once Upon a Broken Heart🎧Ⓔ
⬜Connie: The Wind Weaver📘
⬜Elizabeth (aco): This Monster of Mine📘
✅Jamie (AL): Shield of Sparrows📘🎧Ⓔ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📆6/3/25
⬜Lara#: The Wallflower📘
✅LaurLa: For Whom the Belle TollsⒺ🎧⭐⭐⭐⭐💫 📆6/30/25
✅Nadine: Gothikana📘Ⓔ⭐⭐ 📆6/26/25
⬜Raine: Heavenly Bodies📘
✅Sassafrass: Catwoman: Soulstealer📘🎧⭐⭐⭐ 📆6/11/25


📚*CARRYOVERS*📚 (view spoiler)[
Round 61 Carry Overs (2)
⬜Anissa: Bewitched📘Ⓔ
⬜Breann: From Blood and Ash🎧


Round 62 Carry Overs (6)
⬜Akshara: The Scarlet Alchemist📘Ⓔ
✅Autumn: What the River Knows📘Ⓔ🎧⭐⭐⭐ 📆6/22/25
⬜Carrie: A Discovery of Witches📘Ⓔ🎧
⬜Christy: The Soulmate Equation📘Ⓔ
✅Ela: Entreat Me📘⭐⭐⭐⭐📆7/19/25
⬜MountainKat: From Lukov with Love📘


Round 63 Carry Overs (2)
⬜Dre: CorruptⒺ🎧
⬜KarenH~: A Little Magic📘


Round 64 Carry Overs (3)
✅Chiara: Midnight Strikes📘🎧⭐⭐💫 📆6/22/25
⬜Grace: SelfishⒺ
✅Nadine: Villains Are MadeⒺ🎧⭐⭐ 📆6/15/25


Round 65 Carry Overs (17)
⬜Aminko: A Lesson in Thorns
✅Carrie: Lover Eternal🎧⭐⭐💫 📆6/12/25
⬜Christy: God of Malice
✅Elizabeth: The Frostbound QueenⒺ🎧⭐⭐⭐ 📆6/3/25
✅Jane: Kulti🎧⭐⭐ 📆6/19/25
⬜Jodi: Anarchy (Hades 2)
⬜KathyD: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
⬜Mamacita: Deliver
⬜Melissa: A Shadow in the Reaping
✅Michael: For the Fans⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📆7/14/25
⬜Mkat: A Curse of Blood & Stone
✅Nadine: Filthy Rich Fae⭐⭐ 📆6/2/25
⬜R EC: Beautifully Cruel
⬜Rachael C: A Fate Inked in Blood
⬜Sexyladi: Double Pucked
⬜SusanA: Crossroads
⬜Wealie: Night Marked


Round 67 Carry Overs (9)
⬜Avigail: BootedⒺ
⬜Cheryl: Blood OathⒺ
⬜LaurLa: MadnessⒺ
⬜Melissa: The Stars Are Dying📘Ⓔ
⬜MKat: Carnal Urges🎧Ⓔ
⬜olivia: The Coven📘🎧Ⓔ
⬜Rachel C: What Lies Beyond the Veil🎧📘
⬜SusanA: Hunt on Dark Waters📘
⬜Wealie: Court of the Vampire QueenⒺ


Round 68 Carry Overs (9)
✅Aminko: The Wren in the Holly Library📘🎧⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📆6/16/25
⬜Avid Reader &GG: Kingdom of the Wicked📘🎧Ⓔ
⬜Christy: A Curse of Blood and Wolves📘
📖Grace: The Good GirlⒺ
⬜Julie: I Think Knot📘
⬜MKat: Metal SlingerⒺ
⬜R E C: Always Practice Safe HexⒺ
✅Rachel: Learn My LessonⒺRating ⭐⭐⭐ 📆6/26/25
⬜UC beppy: To Cage a God📘Ⓔ


Round 69 Carry Overs (15)
✅Carmen TBST: Deep End📘Ⓔ ⭐⭐⭐💫 📆7/10/25
⬜Cheryl: Nectar of the Wicked📘
⬜Christy: Green Light📘
⬜Connie N: The Raven QueenⒺ
⬜Ela (Mouse333): The House of Dragon BloodⒺ
⬜Elizabeth N: A Language of Dragons📘
⬜Hazel: Where Angels FallⒺ
⬜Jamie: Five Brothers📘
⬜Jenner: Threaded📘
⬜Jodi: Blood Orange📘
⬜Mell: City of Bones📘
⬜Rachel C: Sword Catcher📘
✅Raine: NocticadiaⒺ🎧⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📆6/6/25
⬜Susan: Blood of HerculesⒺ
⬜UnusualChild (Beppy): Children of Fallen Gods📘Ⓔ🎧

(hide spoiler)]

Group 1 - 9/13

Aminko - Savior of the Domini - 2 Jul
Avid Reader &GG - Wall Street Titan
Carrie - Guarded by the Nightmare
Chan - The Wives of Bowie Stone - 25 Jul
Jane - The Brazen One - 17 Jul
Jenner - Loving Captivity - 22 Jun
Julie - Kill Me
KathyD - Corpse Roads - 30 Jul
Mary-Megan - The WitchSlayer - 30 Jun
Melissa~ - Scheme
Mell - Throne in the Dark - DNF 11 Jun
Shelby - Prey Tell - 22 Jul
SusanA - Weaving Fate - 13 Jun



Bonus - 7/15

*Anja - Illusions of Grandeur
*Carrie - Finding Forever: The Hawthornes - 3 Jul
*Cheryl - A Guy Like Him - 14 Jun
*Christy - Merged With Him - DNF 21 Jul
*Connie - The Golden Spider
*Elizabeth N - Knot Your Damn Omega - 27 Jun
*Jamie (AL) - Morally Corrupt - 24 Jul
*Jane - The Alpha and his Mate
*Julia M# - The Carnal Games
*KarenH - When She Unravels - 11 Jun
*MKat - Four Seconds to Lose
*Raine - The Playing Game
*Shelby - What Hurts Us
*SusanA - Mafia and Maid - 25 Jul
*Wealie - The Witch's Wolf

Meet & Greet Round 70
June/July

Read: 3

Group 1
Avid Reader &GG - My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me by Caleb Carr
Carrie - A Million Drops by Víctor del Árbol
Chan - The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World by Christine Rosen - 21/7/2025
Ela (mouse) - A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster by Rebecca Solnit
Jane - Prep for Doom by E.R. Arroyo
Jenner - Ruins of the Galaxy by J.N. Chaney - 2/7/2025
Julie - Devices and Desires by K.J. Parker
KathyD - Tharaen by Hazel Hunter
Mary-Megan - The Night the Lights Went Out by Karen White
Melissa~ - Deadly Cry by Angela Marsons
Mell - One Pink Line by Dina Silver
Shelby - The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
SusanA - The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Clifford Stoll - 22/6/2025

Meet & Greet - Round 70
Group 2

Anja - It's Not Me, It's You
Carmen TBST -
Cheryl - A Girl Like Me
Chiara - All the Smoke
Christy -
Connie - Maybe for the Summer
Elizabeth (aco) - Applying Pressure
Jamie (AL) - Chocolate Kisses
Jessica - A Justified Love Affair
Lara# - Unconditional: A Love Story
LaurLa -
Nadine -
Raine - Curiosity
Sassafrass -

Meet & Greet - Round 70

Group 2 (4/13)
Carmen TBST - The Monsters We Are by Suzanne Wright
Cheryl - Little Dove by Layla Frost
Chiara - The Things We Water by Mariana Zapata (9/7)****
Christy - Atonement Sky by Nalini Singh (22/7) ****
Connie - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
Elizabeth - Borrowing My Bestie's Brothers by Sam Hall
Jamie The Women by Kristin Hannah
Jessica - Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Lara - Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
LaurLa - Dig Deeper by T.S. Joyce
Nadine - How to Love a Duke in Ten Days by Kerrigan Byrne
Raine - The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros 16/6 ****
Sassafrass - Broken Bonds by J. Bree (21/6) *****




Bonus Group (3/15):
Carrie - The Man from St. Petersburg by Ken Follett 21/6 ****
Cheryl - In Deep by Hannah Haze
Christy - Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood
Connie - Tangled Threads of Fate by Grace McGinty
Ela - Killer of Mine: An FBI Reverse Harem Romance by Alexis Grace
Elizabeth - A Touch of Fate by Cora Reilly (6/7) ****
Jamie - Broken by Sadie Kincaid
Jane - Finding Home by Emilia Finn
Julia -
KarenH - Kyland by Mia Sheridan (4/7) ****
MKat - Contempt of Kourtney by Eve Langlais
Raine - Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
Shelby - Dane's Mark by Lora Leigh
SusanA - Edin by Lily Mayne
Wealie - Homecoming King by Penny Reid

Meet & Greet Round 70 – Group 1
June 1 – July 31, 2025

The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley — Aminko
Rosie and the Dreamboat, Sally Thorne — Avid Reader & GG
The Revelation of Light and Dark, Sawyer Bennett — Carrie
Last Ride, Chantal Fernando — Chan
Bailed Out, Rebecca Zanetti — Ela (mouse)
Silence Fallen, Patricia Briggs — Jane
Guilty Pleasures, Laurell K. Hamilton — Jenner
Parentmoon, L.B. Dunbar — Julie
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands, Heather Fawcett — Mary-Megan
Buried, Kendra Elliot — Melissa
Runaway Groomsman, Meghan Quinn — Mel
The Mane Attraction, Shelly Laurenston — Shelby
Night’s Blaze, Donna Grant — SusanA

Round 70 Picks
Aminko


Avid Reader & GG


Carrie


Chan


Ela (mouse)


Jane


Jenner


Julie


Mary-Megan


Melissa


Mel


Shelby


SusanA

Duration: 01 Jun to 31 Jul 2025
Books Read: 14/14


KarenH – Single Orc Dad (view spoiler)[ Alpha or Aftershocks (hide spoiler)]
4 🌟🌟🌟🌟Read 01 Jun 2025

Julia – A Twist of Demon (view spoiler)[ Operation Sex Kitten or Ascension (hide spoiler)]
4 🌟🌟🌟🌟Read 01 Jun 2025

Mrs Geo – Stolen by the Alien Prince (view spoiler)[ Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies or Scarred Wolf (hide spoiler)]
3 🌟🌟🌟Read 05 Jun 2025

Elizabeth – Every Time I Go on Vacation Someone Dies (view spoiler)[ Soul of the Pack or Rebel Unicorn (hide spoiler)]
2.75 🌟🌟🌟Read 06 Jun 2025

UC Child – King of Wall Street (view spoiler)[ Spirits, Stilettos and a Silver Bustier or Alien Explorer’s Mate (hide spoiler)]
4 🌟🌟🌟🌟Read 08 Jun 2025

RaeRae – Elemental Mating (view spoiler)[ Forbidden Blood or Puck Me Baby (hide spoiler)]
3 🌟🌟🌟Read 18 Jun 2025

Christene – A Deadly Vow (view spoiler)[ Forbidden Griffin or Defender Chimera (hide spoiler)]
5🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Read 19 Jun 2025

Hazel – Dark Tomorrow (view spoiler)[ Family and Honor or Puck Me Baby (hide spoiler)]
🌟🌟🌟Read 22 Jun 2025

Anissa – A Venetian Escapade (view spoiler)[ Wolf Wanted or King of Wall Street (hide spoiler)]
5🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Read 23 Jun 2025

Grace –Tempting Auzed (view spoiler)[ The Viscount and the Vixen or Puck Me Baby (hide spoiler)]
4 🌟🌟🌟🌟Read 28 Jun 2025

Avigail – Betty Church and the Suffolk Vampire (view spoiler)[ Claim the Wolf King or Fan the Flames (hide spoiler)]
DNF @ 30% - 28 June 2025

MKat – Death & Desire (view spoiler)[ Magic Redeemed or Soul of the Pack (hide spoiler)]
3 🌟🌟🌟Read 30 Jun 2025

Diane – Happy Medium (view spoiler)[ Vampir-Killer or The Matchmaker’s Mistletoe Mission (hide spoiler)]
5🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Read 01 Jul 2025

R E C – The Belle of Belgrave Square (view spoiler)[ The Boy Next Door|10153167] or Intercepted (hide spoiler)]
5🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Read 09 Jul 2025




Books Read: 1/27

Group 1 #69 (Apr/May) 0/2
KarenH – A Measure of Menace
LaurLa – Defender Chimera

Group 1 #66 (Oct/Nov) 0/1
Hazel – Queen of Shadows

Group 1 #61 (Dec/Jan) 0/1
Carmen – Valentino’s Kiss

Group 3 #60 (Oct/Nov)1/2
Jenner – Dragon’s Nanny
REC – To Catch an Heiress
4 🌟🌟🌟🌟Read 15 Jul 2025

Group 1 #59 (Aug/Sep) 0/1
UnusualChild – Mystery at the Regal Rose Hotel

Group 2 #57 (Apr/May) 0/2
Karla – My Lord Vampire
PrinzessBookDragon – Stolen

Group 3 #55 (Dec/Jan) 0/1
Elena – Djinn

Group 3 #53 (Dec/Jan) 0/1
Chan – Prophecy Child of Light

Group 1 #50 (Feb/Mar) 0/1
Kelly – A Curious Beginning

Group 2 #48 (Oct/Nov) 0/1
Connie – A Slice of Murder

Group 2 #45 (Apr/May) 0/4
Elizabeth – Kiss My Cupcake
Grace – Claimed
LaurLa – Fight or Flight
UC beppy – The Honey-Don’t List

Group 3 #44 (Feb/Mar) 0/1
Connie N – Dragon Fairest

Group 3 #41 (Aug/Sep) 0/1
Shelby – Midnight Awakening

Group 1 #40 (Jun/Jul) 0/2
Robyn – One Night with a Cowboy
Shelby – Touch of Frost

Group 2 #39 (Apr/May) 0/3
Apoorva – Hero
Camille – How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days
Cheryl – Time Thief

Group 2 #36 (Oct/Nov) 0/1
Avid Reader – Puddin’

Group 3 #35 (Aug/Sep) 0/1
Tink – The Trickster’s Lover

Group 2 #33 (Apr/May) 0/1
Diane - Mortal Danger

Duration: 01 Jun to 31 Jul 2025
Books Read: 14/15


Carrie – Living with Her One-Night Stand (view spoiler)[ Happy Hour at Casa Dracula or Born of Darkness (hide spoiler)]

Raine – Dragon Heartstring (view spoiler)[ A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor or A Bad Day for Sunshine (hide spoiler)]
3🌟🌟🌟Read 02 Jun 2025

SusanA – Trapped with the Alien Transporter (view spoiler)[ Best Hex Ever or Rebel Unicorn (hide spoiler)]
3🌟🌟🌟Read 02 Jun 2025

Jane - KnightQueen (view spoiler)[ Stoneheart Lion or Snowflakes Over the Starfish Café (hide spoiler)]
4🌟🌟🌟🌟Read 02 Jun 2025

KarenH – Alien Warrior Untamed (view spoiler)[ Only Mostly Dead or Farenheit 451 (hide spoiler)]
3🌟🌟🌟Read 05 Jun 2025

Christy – The Player + The Pact = I Do (view spoiler)[ Snowflakes Over the Starfish Café or Shift of Fate (hide spoiler)]
4🌟🌟🌟🌟Read 07 Jun 2025

Cheryl – Dr Off Limits (view spoiler)[ Single Orc Dad or Pushing Up Daisy (hide spoiler)]
4🌟🌟🌟🌟Read 10 Jun 2025

Ela – Wolf Wanted (view spoiler)[ Scandalous or A Wolvenk Holiday (hide spoiler)]
3🌟🌟🌟Read 11 Jun 2025

Connie – The Ruthless Gentleman (view spoiler)[ Murder at Keyhaven Castle or Tornn’s Mate|125677744 (hide spoiler)]
4🌟🌟🌟🌟Read 20 Jun 2025

Shelby - Wicked Bite (view spoiler)[ Starling House or Slow Burn (hide spoiler)]
4🌟🌟🌟🌟Read 20 Jun 2025

Jamie – In the Wreckage (view spoiler)[ Dirty Filthy Rich Men or King of Wall Street (hide spoiler)]
4🌟🌟🌟🌟Read 20 Jun 2025

Anja – Bengal’s Quest (view spoiler)[ Boomerang Bride or The Boss (hide spoiler)]
4🌟🌟🌟🌟Read 25 Jun 2025

Elizabeth – Murder at the Orpheus Theatre (view spoiler)[ Wolf Wanted or Magic Redeemed (hide spoiler)]
5🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Read 28 Jun 2025

Julia – Dragon Marked (view spoiler)[ Daughter of No Worlds or The Book of Azrael (hide spoiler)]
3🌟🌟🌟Read 29 Jun 2025

MKat – Wild Sign (view spoiler)[ Catch and Release or Defender Chimera (hide spoiler)]
4🌟🌟🌟🌟Read 07 Jul 2025








Books Read: 1/14

Bonus #63 (Apr/May) - Books Read: 0/1
Shelby – Naked Edge

Bonus #62 (Feb/Mar) - Books Read: 1/1
MKat - Lost and Found
4🌟🌟🌟🌟Read 18 Jul 2025

Bonus #60 (Oct/Nov) - Books Read: 0/1
Shelby – Whispers in the Dark

Bonus #59 (Aug/Sep) - Books Read: 0/2
KarenH – Dark Protector
Sunshine – The Unsung Hero

Bonus #53 (Aug/Sep) - Books Read: 0/2
Chan – Shadow Reader
KarenH – The Edge of It All

Bonus #50 (Feb/Mar) - Books Read: 0/2
Chan – Silent in the Grave
Susan (Jazze) – Awakener

Bonus #39 (Apr/May) - Books Read: 0/1
Zara – North and South

Bonus #38 (Feb/Mar) - Books Read: 0/2
Jane – Acheron
Shelby – Daughter of the Blood

Bonus #36 (Oct/Nov) - Books Read: 0/1
Carrie – Stray

Bonus #35 (Aug/Sep) - Books Read: 0/1
Carrie – Chased by Moonlight

Meet & Greet Challenge Round 70
June-July 2025

My Meet and Greet Challenge (msg 30)

Picks read ❱❱ 6




🔺 Anja ❱❱ Newly Undead In Dark River
☑️ Carmen TBST ❱❱ Down and Dirty ❱❱ 06.29 ★★★
☑️ Cheryl ❱❱ Reckless In Love ❱❱ 06.29 ★★★★
🔺 Chiara ❱❱ The Huntress
🔺 Christy ❱❱ Blank Canvas
🔺 Connie ❱❱ The Love Haters
🔺 Elizabeth (aco) ❱❱ Deep End
☑️ Jamie (AL) ❱❱ His Steamy Summer ❱❱ 07.14 ★★★
🔺 Jessica ❱❱ A Taste of Sin
🔺 Lara# ❱❱ When in Rome
☑️ Nadine ❱❱ Heir Untamed ❱❱ 06.05 ★★★★
☑️ Raine ❱❱ Ecstasy in Darkness ❱❱ 06.13 ★★★★
☑️ Sassafrass ❱❱ Strong, Silent Cowboy ❱❱ 06.08 ★★★★

M&G 70 (June/July) - Group 1

🪻5/13 Read

Aminko - Disorderly Conduct ❥ Faebound ❥ Lunamare
Avid Reader &GG - Shout Out to My Ex ❥ The Upside of Falling ❥ Wanted: Vampire's Assistant
🪻 Carrie - Throttled - July 10
Chan - The Demon King ❥ Dead Weight ❥ Dragon Chained
🪻 Ela (mouse) - Hidden Hope - June 14
Jane - Among the Living ❥ Flirt ❥ CIA Specter
🪻 Julie - A Court This Cruel & Lovely - June 26
🪻 KathyD - Maybe in Another Life - June 19
Mary-Megan - A Fate Inked in Blood ❥ The Hanging City ❥ On These Black Sands
Melissa~ - The Demon King ❥ Your Last First Kiss ❥Dead Weight
🪻 Mell - Annie Bot - July 20
Shelby - Lord of the Fading Lands ❥ The Queen of All that Lives ❥ Three Kinds of Lucky
SusanA - Among the Living ❥ How to Choose a Guy in 10 Days ❥ Lunamare


(view spoiler)[
The Bitter Kingdom ❥ Pretty Monsters ❥ Hidden Hope
Dead Weight ❥ Disorderly Conduct ❥ Maybe in Another Life
A Court This Cruel & Lovely ❥ Your Last First Kiss ❥ CIA Specter
Throttled ❥ The Demon King ❥ Faebound
Annie Bot ❥ A Fate Inked in Blood ❥ A Court This Cruel & Lovely
(hide spoiler)]

The Meet & Greet Challenge Round 70 (June/July)
June 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025

Group 2
11/13 Completed

✔️ Anja
Book: Ruining Hattie by P. Rayne
Date read: July 12, 2025
Stars: ★★★★★
Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

✔️ ☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎
Book: Danger and Dominance by Golden Angel
Date read: July 20, 2025
Stars: ★★★★★
Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Cheryl
Book: The Thief: Second Anniversary Edition: A Mafia Romance by Tara Crescent
Date read:
Stars: ★★★★★★★★★★
Link to review:


✔️ Chiara
Book: Heathen & Honeysuckle by Sarah A. Bailey
Date read: June 13, 2025
Stars: ★★★★★
Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

✔️ Christy
Book: Between Regrets and Promises by Brooke Fox
Date read: July 9, 2025
Stars: ★★★★★
Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

✔️ Connie N.
Book: The Reluctant Flirt by Jennifer Probst
Date read: July 5, 2025
Stars: ★★★★★
Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

✔️ Elizabeth (aco)
Book: Nightshade by Autumn Woods
Date read: 6/2/25
Stars: ★★★★
Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

✔️ Jamie
Book: Handsome Devil by L.J. Shen
Date read: August 12, 2025
Stars: ★★★★★
Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

✔️ Jessica
Book: Wild Card by Ahren Sanders
Date read: June 27, 2025
Stars: ★★★★★
Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

✔️ Lara
Book: You Can Feel It In The Silence: A Small Town Romance by Emily A. Myers
Date read: July 3, 2025
Stars: ★★★★★
Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

✔️ LaurLa
Book: Wicked & Wildflower by Sarah A. Bailey
Date read: June 16, 2025
Stars: ★★★★★
Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Raine
Book: Tied by Carian Cole
Date read:
Stars: ★★★★★★★★★★
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✔️ Sassafrass
Book: Wistful Whispers by Kaylene Winter
Date read: June 9, 2025
Stars: ★★★★
Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Anja -
Carmen TBST -
Cheryl - READ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Chiara - READ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Christy - READ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Connie -
Elizabeth (aco) -
Jamie (AL) - READ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Jessica - READ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
LaurLa -
Nadine -
Raine - READ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sassafrass - READ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Meet & Greet - Round 70
Total - 19/28

Group 2: - 8/13
Anja - Daydream - 7/5
Carmen TBST - The Love Haters
Cheryl - All Rhodes Lead Here
Chiara - The Right Player - 7/16
Connie N - Cowboy, Cross My Heart
Elizabeth (aco) - Wild Love - 6/28
Jamie (AL) - The Virgin Next Door - 6/13
Jessica - Make You Mine - 6/17
Lara# - If All Else Sails
LaurLa - Gloves Off - 7/5
Nadine - Birth of a Baby Daddy - 6/7
Raine - Pretend You're Mine
Sassafrass - Her Wayward Cowboy - 7/25

Bonus: - 11/15
Anja - To the Rude Guy in Apartment Five - 6/1
Carrie - When in Rome - 6/15
Cheryl - So Into You
Connie - Can't Help Falling in Love
Ela (Mouse333) - To All the Dogs I've Loved Before - 6/5
Elizabeth N - The Right Move - 6/11
Jamie (AL) - Flawless - 7/12
Jane - Endless in Love - 7/1
Julia M# - The Graham Effect
KarenH - Before Jamaica Lane - 7/24
MountainKat - Camden - 6/25
Raine - The Game Plan - 6/7
Shelby - Hot Finish - 7/25
SusanA - Hard to Get - 7/12
Wealie - Maybe One Day

M&G Jun/Jul - Group 1 - 13/13 read

🎉🎉 CHALLENGE COMPLETED 🎉🎉

Thanks Jane!

Are we having an Aug/Sep version for this challenge?

Meet & Greet Round 70
June 1, 2025 through July 31, 2025
Group 3

14 of 14. Completed 7.25.2025

✓ Anissa - Bane's Choice by Alyssa Day 6.12.2025
✓ Avigail - A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd 6.10.2025
✓ christene_littlelibrary - Oracle's Moon by Thea Harrison 7.12.2025
✓ Diane ~Firefly~ - Heartless by Gail Carriger 7.4.2025
✓ Elizabeth - The Misfits of Copper County by May Archer 7.7.2025
✓ Grace - Handy by K.M. Neuhold 6.13.2025
✓ Hazel - The Love Fix by Jill Shalvis 6.20.2025
✓ Julia - These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean 7.26.2025
✓ ~KarenH~ - Siren in the City by Sophie Oak 7.17.2025
✓ Mrsgeo - Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk 7.14.2025
✓ R E C - Jilted by Vi Keeland 7.23.2025
✓ RaeRae - Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas 6.6.2025
✓ UnusualChild {beppy} - Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas 6.24.2025
✓ Wealie - Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb 7.15.2025



Bonus: 15 of 15. Completed 7.28.2025
✓ Anja - Away From Me by Sophie Oak 7.28.2025
✓ Carrie - Blameless by Gail Carriger 6.18.2025
✓ Cheryl - Storm's Heart by Thea Harrison 6.4.2025
✓ Christy - SOS Hotel: For a Supernaturally Safe Stay! by Adam Vex 6.23.2025
✓ Connie N. - Serpent's Kiss by Thea Harrison 6.21.2025
✓ Ela (Mouse333) - The Rivals of Copper County by May Archer 6.9.2025
✓ Elizabeth - Born in Death by J.D. Robb 7.2.2025
✓ Jamie (AL) - How to Flirt with a Hellhound by Shannon Mae 6.14.2025
✓ Jane (PS) - Small Town Siren by Sophie Oak 6.30.2025
✓ Julia - Atonement Sky by Nalini Singh 7.20.2025
✓ ~KarenH~ - SOS Hotel: Friendly Sanctuary for the Fiendishly Fabulous by Adam Vex 7.21.2025
✓ Raine - North by Sawyer Bennett 6.27.2025
✓ Shelby - True Colors by Thea Harrison 6.30.2025
✓ Susan A - It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas 7.9.2025
✓ Wealie - Creation in Death by J.D. Robb 7.28.2025