Let's Talk Love Stories!

message 1: by Shilpa (new)

Apr 04, 2015 09:52PM

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message 2: by Poongothai (last edited May 13, 2015 09:18PM) (new)

Apr 13, 2015 03:01AM

Round One
Duration: 5th April - 16th April
Total : 71 pts

Kme_17 : 46
Poongothai : 25

1.Cover: Red (11)
Kme_17 | The Mime Order | 4/7/15 | ★★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Kme_17 | The Death of King Arthur: The Immortal Legend | 4/10/15 | ★★★ | 2 pts
Kme_17 | Beauty and the Billionaire | 4/11/15 | ★★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Kme_17 | Dark Tort | 4/14/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts

The Mime Order (The Bone Season, #2) by Samantha Shannon

The Death of King Arthur The Immortal Legend by Peter Ackroyd

Beauty and the Billionaire (Billionaire Boys Club, #2) by Jessica Clare

Dark Tort (Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery, Book 13) by Diane Mott Davidson

2.Book Title: 'S' (9)
Kme_17 | Standoff | 4/10/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Kme_17 | The Sea of Tranquility | 4/14/15 | ★★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Poongothai | Suddenly Last Summer | 4/16/15 | ★★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts

Suddenly Last Summer (O'Neil Brothers, #2) by Sarah Morgan

3.Author Initial: 'A' (3)
Kme_17 | Burning Up by Susan Andersen | 4/8/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts

4.Genre: Historical Romance (20)
Kme_17 | Forbidden | 4/8/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Poongothai | The Duke's Wager | 4/9/15 | ★★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | Gentle Warrior | 4/10/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | The Grand Sophy | 4/11/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts

Forbidden (The Scandalous Women of the Ton, #6) by Nicola Cornick

The Duke's Wager (Bessacarr, #1) by Edith Layton

5.Trope: Friends to Lovers (10)
Kme_17 | Catching Jordan | 4/11/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
This book is a friend to lover story because the characters are friendly to one other before they get together. Also friends play a big part in this story. This one is also on When Friends Fall In Love list on listopia.
Poongothai | The Kiss Test | 4/12/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Margo and Chris have been best friends for 20 years. Due to sudden turn of events, Margo finds herself in a position with no job, no boyfriend and no home. Chris insists she attend her Mother's 11th wedding and he ready to take her for a road trip. Does their friendship survivie the KISS TEST? It was fun watching both of them trying to understand the new feeling that they have towards the other.

Catching Jordan (Hundred Oaks) by Miranda Kenneally

6.Location: Texas (18)
Poongothai | McKettrick's Choice | 4/7/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 5+1 = 6 pts
Kme_17 | Angel at Dawn | 4/7/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 5+1 = 6 pts
Poongothai | Matt - The Callahan Brothers (Brazos Bend) | 4/14/15 | ★★★★ | Romance | 5+1 = 6 pts

McKettrick's Choice (McKettricks, #4) by Linda Lael Miller

Angel at Dawn (Midnight, #8) by Emma Holly

Matt - The Callahan Brothers (Brazos Bend) (Volume 2) by Emily March

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message 3: by Ipshita (new)

Apr 17, 2015 05:25AM

Ipshita (miss_romanceaholic) | 4744 comments

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Your correct total is 71 points.

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message 4: by Poongothai (last edited May 13, 2015 09:26PM) (new)

Apr 28, 2015 09:25PM

Round Two
Duration: 19th April - 30th April
Total : 161 pts

Kme_17 : 119
Poongothai : 42

1.Cover: Blue (29)
Poongothai | Boys Don't Knit | 4/19/15 | ★★★★ | 2 pts
Kme_17 | Tamed | 4/20/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Poongothai | Vixen in Velvet | 4/22/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Kme_17 | Magno Girl | 4/22/15 | ★★★ | 2 pts
Kme_17 | The Wrong Billionaire's Bed | 4/23/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Kme_17 | Daniel Isn't Talking | 4/25/15 | ★★★ | 2 pts
Kme_17 | Liar & Spy | 4/26/15 | ★★★ | 2 pts
Kme_17 | His Risk to Take | 4/24/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Kme_17 | Hugo & Rose | 4/28/15 | ★★★ | 2 pts
Kme_17 | No One You Know | 4/30/15 | ★★★ | 2 pts
Kme_17 | The Only True Genius in the Family | 4/30/15 | ★★★ | 2 pts
Kme_17 | Falling Together | 4/30/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts

Vixen in Velvet (The Dressmakers, #3) by Loretta Chase

The Wrong Billionaire's Bed (Billionaire Boys Club, #3) by Jessica Clare

His Risk to Take (Line of Duty, #2) by Tessa Bailey

The Only True Genius in the Family by Jennie Nash

Falling Together by Marisa de los Santos

2.Book Title: 'A' (5)
Kme_17 | Agony of the Leaves | 4/22/15 | ★★★ | 2 pts
Kme_17 | Asta in the Wings | 4/29/15 | ★★★★★| Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts

Agony of the Leaves (A Tea Shop Mystery, #13) by Laura Childs

Asta in the Wings by Jan Elizabeth Watson

3.Author Initial: 'W' (9)
Poongothai | Kiss a Girl in the Rain by Nancy Warren | 4/24/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Kme_17 | Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf | 4/26/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Kme_17 | The Man Plan by Tracy Anne Warren | 4/29/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts

Kiss a Girl in the Rain (Take a Chance #1) by Nancy Warren

The Man Plan (The Graysons, #2) by Tracy Anne Warren

4.Genre: Young Adult Romance (55)
Kme_17 | Skid | 4/20/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer | 4/22/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | The Evolution of Mara Dyer | 4/25/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | The Perfectionists | 4/26/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | Love and Other Theories | 4/26/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | The Distance Between Lost and Found | 4/26/15 | ★★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | Sweet Evil | 4/27/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | Better off Friends | 4/28/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | One Man Guy | 4/28/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | The Retribution of Mara Dyer | 4/28/15 | ★★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | The Iron King | 4/29/15 | ★★★★★ | 5 pts

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1) by Michelle Hodkin

The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #2) by Michelle Hodkin

The Perfectionists (The Perfectionists, #1) by Sara Shepard

The Distance Between Lost and Found by Kathryn Holmes

Sweet Evil (The Sweet Trilogy, #1) by Wendy Higgins

The Retribution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #3) by Michelle Hodkin

The Iron King (The Iron Fey, #1) by Julie Kagawa

5.Trope: Sports (Romance) (15)
Kme_17 | Straddling the Line | 4/22/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
this one fit the trope in many ways. The main character has a career, in Football and baseball. The heroine is a sportscaster. The conflict in the story is about hero having a secret that can effect his life in sports.
Poongothai | The Chase | 4/27/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Both the hero and heroine are racers and they have a history. It was a second chance romance and the story takes place around the racing circuit
Poongothai | Line of Scrimmage | 4/27/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
The hero is a star football player. The story starts as soon as his team finishes by winning the super bowl.This was also a second chance romance.

Straddling the Line (Play by Play, #8) by Jaci Burton

The Chase (Fast Track, #4) by Erin McCarthy

6.Location: California (48)
Kme_17 | Three Little Words | 4/22/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 5+1 = 6 pts
Kme_17 | Deeper Than the Dead | 4/22/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 5+1 = 6 pts
Poongothai | Then He Kissed Me | 4/23/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 5+1 = 6 pts
Kme_17 | If She Only Knew | 4/23/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 5+1 = 6 pts
Kme_17 | Tiger, Tiger | 4/23/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 5+1 = 6 pts
Poongothai | When Lightning Strikes | 4/26/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 5+1 = 6 pts
Poongothai | A Fool's Gold Christmas | 4/28/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 5+1 = 6 pts
Poongothai | Can't Hurry Love | 4/29/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 5+1 = 6 pts

Three Little Words (Fool's Gold, #12) by Susan Mallery

Deeper Than the Dead (Oak Knoll, #1) by Tami Hoag

Then He Kissed Me (Three Kisses, #2) by Christie Ridgway

If She Only Knew (San Francisco #1) by Lisa Jackson

When Lightning Strikes (Whiskey Creek, #1) by Brenda Novak

A Fool's Gold Christmas (Fool's Gold, #9.5) by Susan Mallery

Can't Hurry Love (Three Kisses, #3) by Christie Ridgway

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message 5: by Poongothai (last edited May 15, 2015 09:05PM) (new)

May 12, 2015 09:08PM

Round Three
Duration: 4th May to 15th May
Total :116 pts

Kme_17 : 67
Poongothai : 49

1.Cover: Green (11)
Kme_17 | The Villa of Death | 5/7/15 | ★★★★ | 2 pts
Kme_17 | Picked to Die | 5/9/15 | ★★★ | 2 pts
Kme_17 | Tailspin | 5/12/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Kme_17 | Private Eyes | 5/14/15 | ★★★ | 2 pts
Kme_17 | Julia's Child | 5/15/15 | ★★★ | 2 pts

Picked to Die (Orchard, #8) by Sheila Connolly

Private Eyes (Alex Delaware, #6) by Jonathan Kellerman

2.Book Title: 'L' (9)
Poongothai | Love Only Once | 5/7/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Kme_17 | Liars, Inc. | 5/13/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Kme_17 | Lover By Deception - Kekasih Dalam Impian | 5/13/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts

Love Only Once (Malory-Anderson Family, #1) by Johanna Lindsey

Lover By Deception - Kekasih Dalam Impian (Sweet Revenge Or Seduction, #2) by Penny Jordan

3.Author Initial: 'S' (22)
Kme_17 | The Manifestation of Light by Ryan A. Shimek | 5/6/15 | ★★★★ | 2 pts
Kme_17 | Shameless by Anne Stuart | 5/7/15 | ★★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Kme_17 | Fig by Sarah Elizabeth Schantz | 5/7/15 | ★★★ | 2 pts
Poongothai | He's So Fine by Jill Shalvis | 5/8/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Kme_17 | The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare | 5/8/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Poongothai | Rumor Has It by Jill Shalvis | 5/10/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Poongothai | Of Paupers and Peers by Sheri Cobb South | 5/13/15 | ★★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Poongothai | Maybe This Christmas by Sarah Morgan | 5/15/15 | ★★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts

Shameless (The House of Rohan, #4) by Anne Stuart

He's So Fine (Lucky Harbor, #11) by Jill Shalvis

The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare

Rumor Has It (Animal Magnetism, #4) by Jill Shalvis

Of Paupers and Peers by Sheri Cobb South

Maybe This Christmas (O'Neil Brothers, #3) by Sarah Morgan

4.Genre: Paranormal Romance (30)
Kme_17 | Vampireville | 5/8/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | Dance with a Vampire | 5/9/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | The Coffin Club | 5/11/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | Existence | 5/12/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | Royal Blood | 5/12/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | Changeling | 5/13/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts

Vampireville (Vampire Kisses, #3) by Ellen Schreiber

Dance with a Vampire (Vampire Kisses, #4) by Ellen Schreiber

The Coffin Club (Vampire Kisses, #5) by Ellen Schreiber

Existence (Existence Trilogy, #1) by Abbi Glines

Royal Blood (Vampire Kisses, #6) by Ellen Schreiber

Changeling (Order of Darkness, #1) by Philippa Gregory

5.Trope: Medical Romance (5)
Poongothai | One Tiny Miracle | 5/5/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
The Hero is a doctor and the heroine is a nurse, most of the story takes place in the hospital where they work
Poongothai | Tortured By Her Touch | 5/14/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Its a Harlequin Medical Romance. The hero is an Ex-army doc and the heroine is a psychiatry doctor and both are working together in a veterans’ rehab clinic.

Tortured By Her Touch (Army Docs #1) by Dianne Drake

6.Location: India (34)
Poongothai | The One She Was Warned About | 5/6/15 | ★★★ | Romance | 5+1 = 6 pts
Kme_17 | Kim | 5/9/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Poongothai | The Indian Tycoon's Marriage Deal | 5/9/15 | ★★★★ | Romance | 5+1 = 6 pts
Poongothai | Forbidden Jewel of India | 5/11/15 | ★★★★ | Romance | 5+1 = 6 pts
Kme_17 | The Light That Failed | 5/11/15 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Poongothai | The Zoya Factor| 5/12/15 | ★★★★ | Romance | 5+1 = 6 pts

The One She Was Warned About by Shoma Narayanan

The Indian Tycoon's Marriage Deal by Adite Banerjie

Forbidden Jewel of India (Herriard, #1) by Louise Allen

The Light That Failed by Rudyard Kipling

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message 6: by Poongothai (last edited May 29, 2015 08:44PM) (new)

May 25, 2015 11:43PM

Round Four
Duration: 17th May - 29th May
Total : 155 pts

Kme_17 : 107
Poongothai : 48

1.Cover: Yellow (14)
Kme_17 | The Stingray Shuffle | May 19 | ★★★ | 2 pts
Kme_17 | One Second After | May 22 | ★★★ | 2 pts
Kme_17 | The History of Lucy's Love Life in Ten and a Half Chapters | May 26 | ★★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Kme_17 | That's What I Like (about the South), and Other New Southern Stories for the Nineties: And Other New Southern Stories for the Nineties | May 26 | ★★★★ | 2 pts
Poongothai | I Loved a Rogue | May 26 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Kme_17 | Re Jane: A Novel | May 28 | ★★★ | 2 pts

One Second After by William R. Forstchen

The History of Lucy's Love Life in Ten and a Half Chapters by Deborah Wright

That's What I Like (about the South), and Other New Southern Stories for the Nineties And Other New Southern Stories for the Nineties by George P. Garrett

I Loved a Rogue (The Prince Catchers, #3) by Katharine Ashe

2.Book Title: 'L' (6)
Poongothai | A Lady by Midnight | May 19 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Kme_17 | The Last Princess | May 25 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts

A Lady by Midnight (Spindle Cove, #3) by Tessa Dare

The Last Princess (Last Princess, #1) by Galaxy Craze

3.Author Initial: 'B' (8)
Kme_17 | The Breathtaker by Alice Blanchard | May 20 | ★★★★ | 2 pts
Kme_17 | Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop | May 21 | ★★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts
Kme_17 | Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë | May 24 | ★★★ | Romance | 2+1 = 3 pts

Vision in Silver (The Others, #3) by Anne Bishop

4.Genre: Contemporary Romance (105)
Kme_17 | Being Elizabeth | May 19 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | Propositioning Mr. Raine | May 19 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | The Maze | May 20 | ★★★★ | 5 pts
Poongothai | One in a Million | May 20 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | Tempting the Best Man | May 21 | ★★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | Archer's Voice | May 21 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | Heat Wave | May 22 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | The Cove | May 22 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | Perfect Couple | May 22 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Poongothai | Always Look Twice | May 22 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | My Heart and Other Black Holes | May 24 | ★★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | The Treatment | May 24 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | Loving Cara | May 25 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | The Boy in the Black Suit | May 25 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Poongothai | Black Ties and Lullabies | May 25 | ★★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | Tempting the Player | May 26 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | Be with Me | May 26 | ★★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | Seducing Lauren | May 26 | ★★★★ | 5 pts
Poongothai | Double Play | May 28 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | The Dress Shop of Dreams | May 28 | ★★★ | 5 pts
Kme_17 | Ruin | May 28 | ★★★★ | 5 pts

Being Elizabeth (Ravenscar #3) by Barbara Taylor Bradford

Propositioning Mr. Raine (Riding the Raines, #1) by Laurann Dohner

The Maze (FBI Thriller, #2) by Catherine Coulter

Tempting the Best Man (Gamble Brothers, #1) by J. Lynn

One in a Million (Lucky Harbor, #12) by Jill Shalvis

The Cove (FBI Thriller, #1) by Catherine Coulter

Perfect Couple (Superlatives, #2) by Jennifer Echols

Always Look Twice (Callahan Brothers, #3) by Geralyn Dawson

My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga

The Treatment (The Program, #2) by Suzanne Young

Loving Cara (Love Under the Big Sky, #1) by Kristen Proby

The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds

Tempting the Player (Gamble Brothers, #2) by J. Lynn

Be with Me (Wait for You, #2) by J. Lynn

Seducing Lauren (Love Under the Big Sky, #2) by Kristen Proby

Double Play (Pacific Heat, #1) by Jill Shalvis

The Dress Shop of Dreams by Menna van Praag

5.Trope: Artists i.e. Romance involving Actors/Painters/Musicians (10)
Poongothai | Bringing Home the Bad Boy | May 18 | ★★★★ | 5 pts
The hero is a tatto artist. He also paints pictures for a children's book.
Poongothai | Country Roads | May 24 | ★★★★ | 5 pts
The heroine is a renowned horse painter.

Bringing Home the Bad Boy (Second Chance, #1) by Jessica Lemmon

Country Roads (Whisper Horse, #2) by Nancy Herkness

6.Location: France (12)
Poongothai | The French for Love | May 26 | ★★★ | Romance | 5+1 = 6 pts
Poongothai | All for You | May 29 | ★★★ | Romance | 5+1 = 6 pts

All for You (Paris Hearts, #1) by Laura Florand

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message 7: by Poongothai (last edited Jun 14, 2015 09:07PM) (new)

Jun 05, 2015 10:48PM

I'm In No Mood For Love (Writer Friends, #2) by Rachel Gibson

Down Town The Journal of James Aloysius Holcombe, JR. for Ephraim Holcombe Mookinfoos by Ferrol Sams

Extreme Exposure (I-Team, #1) by Pamela Clare

The Emerald Storm (Ethan Gage, #5) by William Dietrich

Easy Love (Boudreaux, #1) by Kristen Proby

Scarlet Nights (Edilean, #3) by Jude Deveraux

The Forest of Hands and Teeth (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #1) by Carrie Ryan

Skin Trade (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #17) by Laurell K. Hamilton

Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) by Victoria Aveyard

Pure (Covenant, #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

The Dead-Tossed Waves (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #2) by Carrie Ryan

Lover Enshrined (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #6) by J.R. Ward

The Dark and Hollow Places (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #3) by Carrie Ryan

Deity (Covenant, #3) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1) by Tahereh Mafi

Apollyon (Covenant, #4) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Frostfire (Kanin Chronicles, #1) by Amanda Hocking

The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles, #1) by Mary E. Pearson

5.Trope: Fake Relationship Turns Real (Romance) (5)
Poongothai | Her Accidental Boyfriend | June 2 | ★★★ | 5 pts
To get her father off her back, Kagan tells him that Shane is her boyfriend. What starts off as a fake relationship soon turns into something more.