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Pass The Parcel Round 13 - Team 9 WON!
Q&AAbout the Challenge
Q: I see in the directions that a theme will be called each Friday. Under what circumstances would I need to read more than one book per week? Just if I fall behind?
A: Yes. You will only be reading more than one book in a week if you are behind in your reading. However if you can use your 'pass' (option 3) during the challenge you could read only 9 books in 11 weeks. This will be entirely dependent on how your team works those 5 available passes in each 5 week block - remembering that there likely 6 team members in your team.
Falling behind by more than two books: you can't fall behind by more than two books. If you have two books outstanding at the theme announcement, you will need to have read at least one book in the new theme's week. If another theme is announced and you have three books unread, then I will have to remove you.
PLEASE NOTE - I will not remove, nor accept retirement from, any players in the last two weeks of the challenge. This will mean that the team cannot win if their players are MIA in the last two weeks.
Q: For a theme call, can I use a book I'm already reading ?
A: No. Books must be started after the theme call. This is the same for all RRRC challenges. (You can start a book after a theme call but before you have posted your selection post.)
Q: Do we have to report anywhere when the team is done with a week's theme?
A: Each group will have their own thread, and members will post their progress there. Team Captains will summarise team progress at the front of their team thread. I will maintain an overall progress chart for all the teams - and will post progress sporadically (hopefully weekly depending on my time commitments), but definitely in the last week ;)
Q: Completion post. Rather than including my review in the completion post, can I insert a link to my review?
A: No. Please include your actual review in the completion post.
Q: Option 2. Select a book from the 'READ' list of a team-mate that they read in the last 6 months AND that the team-mate rated at least 3 stars. Can we have a firm date set for the full challenge, eg 1 August, to allow for planning?
A: No. The six months will recalibrate each week - you can't plan until you have your team and it is only up to 6 members whose shelves you can pick from. I'll provide the six month date limit each week to avoid confusion.
Q: Does the 'series' rule only apply to Option 2?
A: Yes
Q: Under Option 2, can I use the same book from my team-mates shelf in multiple weeks under the 'series' rule? eg. continuing a series but using the same qualifying book.
A: Yes. But this can only continue whilst the book on your teamie's shelf continues to meet the 6 month key date timeframe.
Q: Under Option 2, can you use the book even if they didn't put a date read?
A: No.
It has to have a read date to show that it was read in the last six months. Otherwise it wouldn't qualify for Option 2. You can ask your teammate to add a date if you know they have read it though.
Q: Regarding the option to 'pass'. Do we have to decide that week who's passing or could we choose later on? Let's say that during week 1, everybody decides to read their book but once week 2 starts, one player realizes she cannot read week 1's book for whatever reason. Assuming that nobody else from the team passed, could she then decide to pass on last week's book?
A: No. The book selection or pass needs to be specified in the theme announcement week.
Members can only change their book selection in that theme's week. Once the next theme is announced, books are set in stone and cannot be changed.
Q: Do the books we use have to be on a particular bookshelf?
A: In some cases yes. Books must be selected from the lists provided if I don't have "(stated in the precis or shown on listopia or shelf)". Where I have noted "(stated in the precis or shown on listopia or shelf)", if a book is chosen from one of the optional lists, it is automatically approved.
Q: Must people follow the format you provided exactly? Or does the captain just need to make sure they include pertinent info? Week, book, # of pages, option and in the case they pick a shelf/listopia, a link to that?
A: I absolutely need the information requested here. I don't mind what the format is, although I would prefer it set out in the order of the list.
A lbookink or bookcover MUST be used. You cannot just type out the book title. And where the book is from a list or bookshelf, you must note which list/shelf. I have removed the need to insert a link.
The reasons:
* If you don't have the link to the book, the Captain and I will have trouble checking that the book qualifies. There are a lot of books out there with the same title. You don't want to be told AFTER you have read the book that it doesn't work.
* I need the week that the book relates to since some books may be read out of order.
* The page numbers makes it so much easier for everyone to know that the books complies with the rules.
* The same for the bookshelf name/tag or the qualifying note referencing the GR summary (ie how it qualifies for the theme).
It is important that the members do their bit to help out the Captain and the organizers to show compliance without us having to go digging.
Q: When you say "the Captain will also double-check that your book selection complies with the rules": Does this mean that if team-members say 'book is in this shelf' the captain must verify that the book is actually on the shelf? And that if they say the theme is in the GR summary, we also have to verify that?
A: I don't want the Captain to be a policeman but we do need someone in each team following how the rest of the team is progressing. If the info provided by the member looks reasonable to the Captain, fine - there is no need to investigate each shelf/tag or how the book otherwise qualifies.
But if we are reading a theme and the book selected looks dubious for that theme or how it qualifies, I would like the Captain to check it out further.
Q: What is the precis?
A: The precis is the blurb on the back of the book cover; the summary; the synopsis. Any of the details that are posted on the GR book description page will qualify.
Q: My book doesn't have a page count on ŷ but I have the word count. Can I use the word count and what is the minimum acceptable?
A: Yes - a 35,000 minimum word count will be accepted as a substitute for the 100 page minimum. Because the word count to page conversion varies greatly, I have gone at the high end for this conversion.
Q: My book doesn't have a page count on ŷ but Amazon does have a page count. Can I use Amazon's page count?
A: Yes. Please provide a link to the Amazon book page.
Q: If I read two books during the challenge that qualify for an announced theme, does our team earn more points?
A: No. We don't actually accumulate points in this challenge. You and your team-mates either complete all your reading and are ready to 'read-off' in the last week (week 11), or you aren't...
Q: If a team member is going to be away during the week of a theme, can they leave a list of pre-selected books (for all remaining themes) with the Team Captain to post that week?
A: Yes. If the team member has already highlighted that they will be away for a particular week, or has an operation etc, I am happy for the Team Captain to post that participant's book selection post. They must have pre-selected a book for that theme though.
The alternative is for the absent member to pre-select a book that complies with option 2, taking into account the 6 month date that will apply during that week.
Q: If a team member is reading a book in another language, should they post the book link in the selection & completion posts to the non-English version or to the English version?
A: Please link all books to the English version of that book. The book MUST have an English version to qualify for use during this challenge. (Apologies to everyone that is affected by this rule, but I need to know that the book qualifies for the theme etc.)
Q: Are re-reads allowed?
A: Yes. But each book can only be read once during the round/challenge.
If the theme specifically excludes a re-read, eg First in a new (to you) series, then obviously you must select a book you haven't read before.
Q: Does the book have to be a romance?
A: No, but it does have to be a novel. Textbooks will not count. Biographies and autobiographies are OK.
Q: If I don't find a book I like in the lists of theme books, can I choose any book that fits the theme?
No. You MUST select a book from a list where lists have been provided and where they do not have '(stated in the precis or shown on listopia or shelf) optional lists:' That is, if the only option for the theme are lists, then you MUST choose a book from those lists.
Other lists have 'optional' in front of them simply to help people. I won't question books that come from those lists. But you can also choose books that fit the theme via the blurb/precis, through bookshelves or other lists not provided. You just need to state how it fits and where the information came from.
REMEMBER: you may also select to use option 2 or 3 that week unless it is the last week, in which case only option 2 is a viable alternative.
Q: If a book is on a specified theme list but does not (in my opinion) meet the theme, can I still read it?
A: Yes. If the book is on the mandatory (or optional) lists/shelves in the theme post it qualifies whether it meets the theme or not.
Q: If I pick a book off a team mate's shelf it has to be a book that fits the theme? Or can it be any book at all, as long as it got 3 stars and was read in last 6 months?
If you use Option 2, you do not need to fit it to the week's theme. As you said, it can be any book so long as it was rated at least 3 stars by your teamie and was read no more than 6 months prior.
AND if the book is in a series but does not match where you are up to, you may read another book from that same series.
Q: Can I use the same option 2 book from my team-mates shelf more than once during the challenge by invoking the series rule?
Yes. So long as the book remains 'read' within the last 6 months with reference back to the week's key date, you can use the same book from your team-mates shelf. You just can't read reread a book previously used with this round.
Q: Option 2 - If the book I want to read isn't on my team-mate's shelf but they have read it during this challenge, can I just link to their completion post in our team thread?
A: No. The book MUST appear on their 'read' list.
Q: Can I DNF a book?
To DNF a book you must have:
* read at least 50% of the book
* the minimum page requirement of 100 pages must have been read in addition to having completed 50% (that is, if the book is only 105pp in total, you will need to have read through to and including page 100. If the book is 400pp, you need to read 200pp before you DNF the book.)
* note in your review that it was a DNF and explain why
* rate accordingly (no higher than 2 stars) and shelve the book as DNF
* in the 'completion post', you will need to note the pages read out of the total pages.
If it is a current week book, you can of course change the book. Once we have rolled into the next call, your book selection is set and cannot be altered.
Q: If I want to change my book within the week of the theme call, can I also change my option - eg from Option 1 to Option 2 or 3
A: Yes.
Q&AAbout the Themes
Q: Will any of the themes be repeated?
A: No, not for this round.
Q: Do we have to support that the book shows up in a particular shelf (eg showing you a link of how many people shelved a particular book as 'stalking') or just saying 'there's a stalker shelf' would suffice?
A: You must state the full name of the shelf/list/tag or provide a link to that shelf/list within your selection book post.
Tip from Calila: After you've decided on your book, If you go the book page, scroll and click on "Lists with this book" and then click on the appropriate list and copy the url, you'll link directly to the book's ranking on the list rather than just copy/paste the list in general.
This is not a requirement - just an easy way to link to your book in a list.
Q: What happens if a book is mis-shelved?
A: If books have been incorrectly shelved, they still count for that round. (I would appreciate them being removed if it is an RRRC shelf AFTER the round is finished.)
Where a theme has optional lists and the theme must be apparent in the title, the goodreads summary page or must be shelved by a GR member using words that show eligibility.
Q: Does the book HAVE to be on a bookshelf?
A: Where a shelf has been listed for a 'list-mandatory' theme, YES.
Q: Are listopia lists sufficient for proof of eligibility for the non-mandatory list themes?
A: Listopia will work for eligibility where it's name is apparent and correlated to the theme.
Q: Where a theme is based on a bookcover, can we use alternate edition covers of the same book?
A: Yes
Q: Book length - Some books straddle the page minimums depending on format (eg all books must be at least 100 pages). Can I choose, for example, to use the paperback page count per goodreads even though the hardback page count for the same book does not qualify?
A: Yes. If there is a goodreads edition that cites over 100 pages (any edition), that book is fine to use.
Q: When the themes are announced is there going to be listopia or Readers shelves suggested to help us pick?
A: I have included in the themes the lists/shelves that can be used to select books in most cases, where applicable.
Q: Does the 100 minimum page count still apply where books are included on a list/shelf that are under 100 pages.
A: Yes - the 100 page minimum still applies.
Q: Will 'second' work for the number theme in #3? eg Second Chance.
A: No. It needs to be a number.
How to insert a link into a post
To insert a simple link to a shelf there are a couple of options:
* Copy the https address in the address bar of the page where the book is found - highlight the web-address, copy the address, and paste into your post
or
* Find a link to the shelf that you want (eg on my lists of shelves to use for the themes), right click with your mouse, select 'Copy Link Location' and then paste into your post
If you want to make it pretty and have a specific name:
* Type <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">name the location<*/a> but without the asterisks.
How to add in book links
* Click on 'add book/author' on the top right of your message box
* Type on the name of the tilte (if its popular I often add in the first or last name of the author as well)
* Select the correct book from the list and click 'add'
* At the bottom of the pop-up box you may choose whether to add a simple link or use the book cover.
Theme tracking
1. Nobel prizes
A set of annual international awards bestowed in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural, or scientific advances.
* Read a book with a crazy smart MC from one of the following lists:
Brainy/Genius romantic heroes
Brainy/Genius romantic heroines
Intelligent erotica with a real storyline
Best gay romance with bookish/nerdy/geeky characters
The Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel written in the English language and published in the United Kingdom.
* Read a book written by a UK author.
No foreign language editions to be used when showing how your book qualifies.
You may use a novel written by two authors, only one of which is from the UK. If you wish to use an anthology, at least 50% of the authors must be from the UK.
3. Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, also officially and popularly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry.
* Read a book with alliteration in the title. Eg Borrowing Blue or Devil's Daughter
The alliteration can be anywhere in the title and can have 'a', 'an', 'the' or 'and' in between the two alliterating words - eg Twisted and Tied. No other words.
4. BAFTAs
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts or BAFTA Film Awards honour the best British and international contributions to film.
* Read a book with an MC who is an actor or works in the film industry, from one of the following lists:
Best gay romance involving performing arts
Romance with actors/actresses/acting
Best historical romances with actor heroes/heroines
Best contemporary romance starring actors/actresses
The Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee.
* Read a book with a tree on the cover.
6. Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.
* Read a book with the letter 'U' or 'Z' in the title.
(Anywhere in the title; does not need to be a capital)
7. UNESCO Peace Prize
The Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize is intended to honour living individuals and active public or private bodies or institutions that have made a significant contribution to promoting, seeking, safeguarding or maintaining peace.
* Read a book with one of the following words in the precis/blurb on the book's main page:
'peace', 'happy', 'cooperation', 'good' or 'tranquil' or words that have the same root word.
The modern Olympic Games are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.
* Read a book with an MC who plays sport from one of the following lists:
Sports Romance
Romance with hero/heroine are athletes
Best Gay Athletes
9. Global Music Awards
Global Music Awards is a top-tier music competition that honors talented musicians around the world. It is a showcase for musical gems and unique voices.
* Read a book with an MC who is a musician, from one of the following lists:
The ultimate bad boy / rock star list
Musically inclined heroes/heroines in romance
MMR profession musicians / rockstars bookshelf If you can't see this shelf from the MM Romance group, let me know and I'll look into providing a list of the books.
10. Golden Raspberry
The Golden Raspberry Awards is a parody award show honoring the worst of cinematic under-achievements.
* Read a book from one of the following lists:
Guilty Pleasures - Crap You're Embarrassed to Love
Male characters you would run from if they tried to date you
Would Rather Pluck My Eyebrows
Most Unappealing MM book covers of 2015
Most Unappealing MM book covers of 2014
The Darwin Awards recognize individuals who have supposedly contributed to human evolution by selecting themselves out of the gene pool via death or sterilization by their own actions.
* Read a book from one of the following lists:
Death gods and reaper protagonists
OMG you almosts DIED mm with hospital scenes
Gay romance featuring a grieving MC
OMG you almost died - straight edition
Best near death angst books - romance historical
Best injured or ill heroine with hero angst
Black widow/widower romances - hero/heroine is suspected of killing spouse or lover
Grim reaper theme
12. Longines Prize for Elegance
The Longines Prize for Elegance is an award given by Longines to a male and female currently at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.
* Read a book with a beautifully dressed person on the cover. E.g. wearing formal attire or a smart business outfit.
The Archibald Prize is awarded annually to the best portrait, 'preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in art, letters, science or politics', painted by any artist resident in Australasia.
* Read a book set in Australasia or written by an author from Australia or New Zealand.
Australasia comprises Australia, New Zealand, and some neighbouring islands.
14. Best in Show
"Best in show" is the title that is given to a winning animal in an animal show/competition, such as a dog show, cat show, or horse show. (Source: Urban Dictionary)
* Read a book with a dog, cat or horse on the cover.
15. Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The highest rated romance movie to date is It Happened One Night from 1934.
* Read a book with 3 or 4 in the publication date. You cannot convert the month to a number equivalent.
FYI - I have removed the requirement that a link to a list or shelf is required in the selection post. BUT you MUST include the full name of that shelf/list in the post so that the book can be checked if needed. The name of the list or shelf MUST indicate that the book would likely fit that shelf.If you aren't sure - please include a link.
The Captain may request a link be provided by a team member if they need to verify that book.
Hi JaneFor theme 2 can this be a co authored book where one is from the UK or does it need to be only by one UK author?
Hi Hazel - I’ll accept a co-authored novel where it is one of two authors, but one UK author in an anthology won’t work.
Jane (PS) wrote: "Hi Hazel - I’ll accept a co-authored novel where it is one of two authors, but one UK author in an anthology won’t work."Thanks Jane it’s a novel I was looking at.
This is my first time participating in PtP, so I just want to confirm my understanding: we only have to read one book for each theme, not as many as we can like the Bachelor challenge?
Mell wrote: "This is my first time participating in PtP, so I just want to confirm my understanding: we only have to read one book for each theme, not as many as we can like the Bachelor challenge?"Yep - just one book that fits the theme :D
This challenge is about finishing as a team - not points.
Week 1Option1
10. Golden Raspberry
The Golden Raspberry Awards is a parody award show honoring the worst of cinematic under-achievements.
* Read a book from one of the following lists:
Guilty Pleasures - Crap You're Embarrassed to Love
Male characters you would run from if they tried to date you
Would Rather Pluck My Eyebrows
Most Unappealing MM book covers of 2015
Most Unappealing MM book covers of 2014
If you use this option please quote the list and page number where the title is found. A link would be even better!
Option 2
Book chosen from a team member's shelf that was read on the date below or more recently and rated at least 3 stars.
Key Date: March 8, 2019
Please ensure you follow the format shown in msg 3 of your team threads. when you post your selection and completion posts.
Hi Jane, I was just added yesterday to a team, so just to be sure I am to pick one book from the Week 1 post in message #12. IF I can't find or don't like any of the books in the various lists, I can then search my teammates' shelves for a book they've read with a finish date of March 8, 2019? I post my selection and eventually my completion in our team thread, I think. LOL The completions will be due on Fridays (or Thursdays)?
Vicki wrote: "Hi Jane, I was just added yesterday to a team, so just to be sure I am to pick one book from the Week 1 post in message #12. IF I can't find or don't like any of the books in the various lists, I c..."Hi Vicki - that is pretty much it, although for Option 2 you can select a book from your teammates' 'read' shelves that was read no earlier than March 8, and was rated at least 3 stars.
You need to note their name, date read and rating on that selection post if you go with option 2.
There is also a third option where you can take a pass for that week, but only one teamie can use that option each week, and you can only use it once every 5 weeks.
There are few other loopholes etc, but that is it in a nutshell.Also - you dont HAVE to post your completion within the week, but obviously that is the preferred way to read in this challenge.
You just can't fall behind by more than 2 books.
Refer to the Q&A thread: /topic/show/...
You MUST choose your book for each theme call within the week that the theme is announced. If you miss making your selection within that week I will have to remove you :(
You can't CHANGE your book selection once a new theme has been annnounced. So make sure you are happy to read your selected book.
You CAN change the book you select within the week of the call.
Thank you, Jane. That's pretty clear. :) I have found a couple books already, so now I just need to decide which one to read.
LOL - there are a lot of rules initially, but once you know them its pretty straight forward :D
Week 2Option1
14. Best in Show
"Best in show" is the title that is given to a winning animal in an animal show/competition, such as a dog show, cat show, or horse show. (Source: Urban Dictionary)
* Read a book with a dog, cat or horse on the cover.
Please post the bookcover in your selection post.
Option 2
Book chosen from a team member's shelf that was read on the date below or more recently and rated at least 3 stars.
Key Date: March 15, 2019
Please ensure you follow the format shown in msg 3 of your team threads. when you post your selection and completion posts.
I'm away for the next two weeks. Any questions will be ably fielded by Kat, Karen and Fran :)
For week 2, does the cat need to be a domestic cat or would a lion, tiger etc. count?
Miriam wrote: "For week 2, does the cat need to be a domestic cat or would a lion, tiger etc. count?"Hi Miriam, sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Because the basis of the question (Best in Show) is very specific to domestic animals, we're going to stay with domestic cats, dogs, and horses...no other related species. Sorry! 🙁
~KarenH~ wrote: "Miriam wrote: "For week 2, does the cat need to be a domestic cat or would a lion, tiger etc. count?"Hi Miriam, sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Because the basis of the question (Best..."
No worries, I figured it probably was, but I wanted to confirm.
OK I think these are horses on the cover 
qualifies?
Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "OK I think these are horses on the cover qualifies?"
Definitely horses, so yes, it qualifies.
So I decided I wanted to change the book I planned on reading for week #2. We can change our mind up to Friday. Correct??If we can change, I am supposed to REPOST & mark accordingly not update my selection post. Correct?
Also does stylized book covers count? Such as...
Mamacita wants a Bedtime Story wrote: "So I decided I wanted to change the book I planned on reading for week #2. We can change our mind up to Friday. Correct??If we can change, I am supposed to REPOST & mark accordingly not update my..."
Correct on both counts...you have until the new theme is posted (or 6 PM EST Friday if the theme happens to be posted early), and please repost rather than updating your original post.
Stylized covers count as long as they're "realistic". The cover you posted would qualify, but a cartoon of a cat riding a bicycle or anything else that doesn't represent the real animal reasonably accurately wouldn't.
~KarenH~ wrote: "Mamacita wants a Bedtime Story wrote: "So I decided I wanted to change the book I planned on reading for week #2. We can change our mind up to Friday. Correct??If we can change, I am supposed to ..."
Thx Karen for that confirmation!
Hello Mod! I need a ruling for a team member on a book cover for whether birds count as qualified in "Best in Show," please.
Thank you!
⚣M� wrote: "Hello Mod! I need a ruling for a team member on a book cover for whether birds count as qualified in "Best in Show," please.Thank you!"
Sorry but no, birds don't qualify. The task specifically states dog, cat, or horse.
Week 3Option1
5. Palme d'Or Cannes Film Festival
The Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee.
* Read a book with a tree on the cover.
Please post the bookcover in your selection post.
Option 2
Book chosen from a team member's shelf that was read on the date below or more recently and rated at least 3 stars.
Key Date: March 22, 2019
Please ensure you follow the format shown in msg 3 of your team threads. when you post your selection and completion posts.
Will this work? There are drawings of trees towards the bottom of the cover.
Would this count, the trees in the wolf outline?
can you use a foreign edition with a tree on it. Was thinking of reading
as the Persian edition has a tree. If the foreign edition is allowed can you tell me if this tree would count
Thanks
Fran wrote: "Will this work? There are drawings of trees towards the bottom of the cover."Looks like trees to me - but not until I zoomed and looked where you said! 😊
Miriam wrote: "Would this count, the trees in the wolf outline?"Yes to that one too.
Hazel wrote: "can you use a foreign edition with a tree on it. Was thinking of reading as the Persian edition has a tree. If the foreign edition is allowed can you tell me if ..."Yes to this as well.
I would like some clarification on tree on Cover. 
The trees are in the background but they are not individual. More like forest.
Hi mods! Just to double check. For this challenge, do books have to be MPG romance?
Mamacita wrote: "I would like some clarification on tree on Cover. The trees are in the background but they are not individual. More like forest."
I'm not really seeing enough there that I would definitely say trees...sorry! I'm happy to be overruled if Jane or one of the other mods disagrees with me, but at this point unfortunately I'd say no. It's a great book though!
Amanda wrote: "Hi mods! Just to double check. For this challenge, do books have to be MPG romance?"No, there's no MPG romance requirement for this challenge.
~KarenH~ wrote: "Mamacita wrote: "I would like some clarification on tree on Cover. The trees are in the background but they are not individual. More like forest."
I'm not..."
No problem. I changed to this one anyway.
I feel it has more trees that's noticeable.
Shannon wrote: "Are these trees?
"I see trees on the first cover, but not on the second.
Plethora wrote: "Do the trees need the greenery?
"Looks like trees to me!
MountainKat wrote: "Shannon wrote: "Are these trees?"I see trees on the first cover, but not on the second."
Thank you!!
Calila wrote: "Flame and Ash trees over the back/shoulder of the guy on the right? Or too much shadow to tell?"
I don't see any distinct trees - could be or it could be brush. I would say no to this one. ☹️
MountainKat wrote: "Calila wrote: "Flame and Ash trees over the back/shoulder of the guy on the right? Or too much shadow to tell?"
I don't see any distinct trees - could be or it could be brush. I ..."
Yeah, I thought so too but still wanted to check, thanks!
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I will also announce the themes each Friday in this thread and keep track of those categories announced in this message.
The themes will be announced between 3-6pm US EST.
Themes Announced:
Week 1
Option1 - list required
10. Golden Raspberry
* Read a book from one of the following lists:
Guilty Pleasures - Crap You're Embarrassed to Love
Male characters you would run from if they tried to date you
Would Rather Pluck My Eyebrows
Most Unappealing MM book covers of 2015
Most Unappealing MM book covers of 2014
Option 2
Key Date: March 8, 2019
Week 2
Option1
14. Best in Show
* Read a book with a dog, cat or horse on the cover.
Please post the bookcover in your selection post.
Option 2
Key Date: March 15, 2019
Week 3
Option1
5. Palme d'Or Cannes Film Festival
* Read a book with a tree on the cover.
Option 2
Key Date: March 22, 2019
Week 4
Option 1
13. Archibald Prize
* Read a book set in Australasia or written by an author from Australia or New Zealand.
Australasia comprises Australia, New Zealand, and some neighbouring islands.
Option 2
Key Date: March 29, 2019
Week 5
Option 1
8. Olympics - list required
* Read a book with an MC who plays sport from one of the following lists:
Sports Romance
Romance with hero/heroine are athletes
Best Gay Athletes
Option 2
Key Date: April 5, 2019
Week 6
Option 1
6. Pulitzer Prize
* Read a book with the letter 'U' or 'Z' in the title.
Option 2
Key Date: April 12, 2019
Week 7
Option 1
9. Global Music Awards - list required
* Read a book with an MC who is a musician, from one of the following lists:
The ultimate bad boy / rock star list
Musically inclined heroes/heroines in romance
MMR profession musicians / rockstars bookshelf
Option 2
Key Date: April 19, 2019
Week 8
Option 1 List required.
11. Darwin Awards Chlorinating the Gene Pool.
The Darwin Awards recognize individuals who have supposedly contributed to human evolution by selecting themselves out of the gene pool via death or sterilization by their own actions.
* Read a book from one of the following lists:
Death gods and reaper protagonists
OMG you almosts DIED mm with hospital scenes
Gay romance featuring a grieving MC
OMG you almost died - straight edition
Best near death angst books - romance historical
Best injured or ill heroine with hero angst
Black widow/widower romances - hero/heroine is suspected of killing spouse or lover
Grim reaper theme
Option 2 Key Date: April 26, 2019
Week 9
Option 1
7. UNESCO Peace Prize
* Read a book with one of the following words in the precis/blurb on the book's main page:
'peace', 'happy', 'cooperation', 'good' or 'tranquil' or words that have the same root word.
Option 2 Key Date: May 3, 2019
Week 10
Option 1
2. Booker prize
The Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel written in the English language and published in the United Kingdom.
* Read a book written by a UK author.
Option 2 Key Date: May 10, 2019
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