Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

Hi everyone!

We are changing up our group buddy read a little this year. Our plan is to pick a book that may be on the shorter side, is free or close to it, and that will hopefully help you complete your monthly challenges! It could be from any genre, just a book that we think might be interesting and good. Feel free to join in any time during the month and share your thoughts on the book! Do use the spoiler tags if you want to mention something that might spoil the story for someone who hasn't read it yet.

Our September Group Buddy Read is Flirts! 5 Romantic Short Stories by Lisa Scott

This book is currently FREE on Amazon. It also fits the September Monthly Challenge - Category 1 - Author's last name begins with 'S'.

*A little inside info.........this book fits a category in the upcoming Quarterly Challenge that is beginning September 15th.

Flirts! 5 Romantic Short Stories to squeeze into your busy life. Fun, flirty, sweet and sassy - always with the perfect happy ending.

Each story is 8,000 to 11,000 words in length (approximately 32-44 typical book pages in length. 53,000 words total, or 210 typical book pages.)

The stories include:

The Hot Girl's Friend
How can a plain Jane find love when her best friend is a curvy blonde man magnet?
Jane usually busies herself during a night on the town, fending off the men lusting after her gorgeous friend Miranda. When Brady the bartender overhears her inspired, ludicrous excuses, he resolves to hook up Jane with his friends. But Jane would be quite happy with him. Pine along as Jane tries to find her own happily ever after.

Wrong Place, Right Guy
She's in the wrong place at the wrong time. Can the guy who saves her be Mr. Right? Or will his past keep them apart?
When Kristen is jumped in a parking lot, Tony jumps in to save the day. While she thinks her hero could also be her heartthrob, Tony's worried his past is reason to stay apart. Will the good guy get the girl in the end?

Not You
One night with a stranger...gets even stranger the next day.
Single, lonely Carly thinks the best way to handle her mother's third wedding is by throwing her own bachelorette-party-for-one the night before. What's the harm in her first one-night stand ever? She'll find out the next day.

Desperately Seeking Cupid
Does she finally have the key for finding love?
Brianna has tried everything to find love - with no luck. So she's turning to feng shui to bring romance to her world. Too bad the guy she's after thinks its bunk. Will her formula for love work - or blow up in her face?

Never Been Dumped
It's a relationship with an expiration date and it's going to go bad.
Rachel hates breaking hearts. She's never been dumped, and she's tired of being the one to walk away. But a handsome stranger in town for the summer promises he'll dump her after their summer fling. Will they be able to say goodbye?


Please join us!!

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I'm in! =)

I'm in as well. Never been on this before, only read books that I try to find to read and think this is pretty cool. Happy reading all.

I'm in too!

Aneerah wrote: "Are you guys still doing this?"

Yes, I plan to read this later in the month! (Hint - it works for one of the categories in the new quarterly challenge that starts on the 15th!)

I'm in... Just want to knock off some 'committed' reads first :D

I totally forgot about Kat's hint that this one works for the Quarterly, and went ahead and read it, lol.

I thought all five stories were really cute, with the first two being my favorites. They were all fast and sweet reads, with all of the books having a small, common thread. Maybe because of the shortness of the stories, the characters all felt very similar. And besides a few descriptive lines of their eye and hair length and color, there wasn't much to distinguish them.

I really enjoy short stories, and ones where there is a common thread and that all tie in at the end is a plus for me. I would read another one in this sereis :)

(view spoiler)[I thought it was funny that several couples fell into bed very quickly, there were step-children in love, lots of flirting and sexy talk, but zero sex scenes. Complete fade to black. It felt a little off that there were racy story lines yet no sex scenes at all. I don't need the sex scenes in my books, but if you are going to write flirty, sexy stories, it seems a little odd not to include a single scene to show the couples doing more than flirting and a bit of kissing- I guess that's why it's titled Flirts! lol (hide spoiler)]

4 more days left to read this one!

Anyone else read it already? Stop by the thread and let us know what you thought :)

I finished it yesterday. But I don't want to comment on my phone. I'll get back here when I'm on my computer.

I listened to this book over the weekend. I enjoyed it, but found it too easy to put down - thus a short book took a couple of days. I liked some of the stories more than others, but I really enjoyed how they were all independent but linked. I'd have to go back to look, but I want to say the first and last were my favorites.

And I agree with your spoiler Fran!