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TART Challenge2 - Chase the Rainbow (2)
The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 2September 13, 2020 through November 8, 2020
It's Not a Sprint, It's a Marathon!
Tracking :
Task 1 - 0. As a team select your favorite month of 2019 (because 2020 basically SUCKS!) and each player reads a book initially published in that month. No pass for this task. 9.13.2020 - 9.15.2020
Task 2 - 6. Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews. 9.15.2020 - 9.16.2020
Task 3 - 10. Read 4 books by authors' who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb). 9.17-19.2020
Task 4 - 23. Each teammate reads a book that has been read by one of the RRRC moderators. No pass for this task. 9.19.2020 - 9.21.2020
Task 5 - 27. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year. 9.21.2020 - 9.23.2020
Task 6 - 38. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books with a non-English language edition. 9.23.2020 - 9.25.2020
Task 7 - 3. Each player reads a book by a new to you author - no pass for this task. 9.25.2020 - 9.27.2020
Task 8 - 51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task. 9.27.2020 0 9.29.2020
Task 9 - 63. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books tagged 'magic' or 'magical'. 9.29.2020 - 10.1.2020
Task 10 - 9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task. 10.1.2020 - 10.3.2020
Task 11 - 43. Read 6 books published in January. 10.3.2020 - 10.5.2020
Task 12 - 24. Read 6 books on RRRC's bookshelf, the books can not be added by anyone on your team within the last year. 10.5.2020 - 10.7.2020
Task 13 - 30. Read 6 books with nekkid man chest on the cover. 10.7.2020 - 10.9.2020
Task 14 - 45. Read 6 books with 4 word titles. 10.9.2020 - 10.11.2020
Task 15 - 86. Read at least 1500 pages in books with a hat on the cover. 10.11.2020 - 10.13.2020
Task 16 - 84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Reader's Choice is exempt from this task. 10.13.2020 - 10.15.2020
Task 17 - 94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years. 10.15.2020 - 10.18.2020
Task 18 - 97. Read 8 books by authors with more than 10 letters in their name. 10.18.2020 - 10.20.2020
Task 19 - 80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades. 10.20.2020 - 10.22.2020
Task 20 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model. 10.22.2020 - 10.24.2020
Task 21 - 80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades. 10.24.2020 - 10.26.2020
Task 22 - 102. Read 8 book published in odd months and odd years. 10.26.2020 - 10.28.2020
Task 23 - 79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope. 10.28.2020 - 10.30.2020
Task 24 - 65. Each player reads 2 books in a series, teammates can read the same or different series. 10.30.2020 - 11.2.2020
Task 25 - 98. Read 8 books with fewer than 10 letters in the title. 11.2.2020 - 11.4.2020
Task 26 - 76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item. 11.4.2020 - 11.6.2020
Task 27 - Read a book written by an authors whose initials are both in the first half of the alphabet (A-M) or both in the second half of the alphabet (N-Z). No pass for this task. 11.6.2020 - 11.8.2020 1767 p.
Information required when posting your completion/s:
Task
Book/cover link
Page numbers with source
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary.
Date Completed.
Rating/Review.
There is a 150 page minimum for books, rereads and audios ok. Books may only be used once per player during the challenge. Players may read the same book for a task unless otherwise specified. Books do not have to be romance, but must be fiction.
**For this challenge, use the GR Kindle first edition page count if available. Ebook page count will be acceptable if no Kindle page count available. The acceptability of other page counts will be made on an individual basis**
Please note that a rating is now required in your completion posts! A small review is also welcome. 😊
I think most of you know each other, at least a little, but feel free to introduce yourself again. Please give any relevant information, especially time zone as that helps know when it is best to communicate. 😊Please select a team leader to help keep track of where your team is in any given task. And as necessary guide discussions for task decisions. Any teammate can report your completions though.
Remember, it is the team's responsibility to notify the host (me) if a teammate fails to complete the task in a timely manner or otherwise goes missing! I am not checking all the team threads regularly to notice and may only check when notified a task is complete.
PS - If you want to be known as anything other than Team 2, you are free to come up with a team name. 😉
Hey all!This is so very exciting! I think I've done some sort of challenge with you all before, but in case I haven't I'm Amanda (obviously), and I live in the metro Detroit area (so EST). Also, I'm 28, which at least gives us the 90's for the decade category if it's called! But still hoping one of you is a 20 year old so we have the 00's 😂
Oh I CAN captain, especially since it seems like captain duties are fairly lax on this one, but if anyone else wants to please do as I'm already captaining two other challenges right now!
Here's the categories I found that need some sort of pre collaboration if we want to work on that:1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task
2. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide
3. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year
4. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession
5. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide
6. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task
7. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location
8. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author
9. Read 6 books with the same color cover, team decide color
10. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates� home town (born in, raised in, currently live in-all work), teams decide.
11. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, team decide which
12. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country
13. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list
14. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate
15. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate’s birth, team decides which teammate
16. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by same author
17. Read 6 books published in teammates� birth month
18. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles)
19. Read 6 books with specific item on cover, team selects item
20. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, team decides the trope
21. Add up the years of the teammates� births and each teammate reads a book with that minimum number of pages
22. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal
23. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with he sun or the moon on cover, teams decide which.
24. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them
(there are probably more, so I can edit this to add if you noticed any I missed, and will also add our answers as we get everything figured out)
I also think this is the information we need from everyone if we each want to make a post about it:
Favorite sub-genres
Favorite authors
Hometown (born in, raised in, currently live in)
What year you joined RRRC
Month and Year of birth
Favorite tropes
5 Favorite books
Are you okay with rereads?
So my answers:Favorite sub-genres: I really like fantasy, UF, paranormal, all that other worldly stuff (so eloquent). I read contemporary a lot too, but I'll choose non-contemporary first.
Favorite authors: WAY too many to say (as I'm sure we all feel). Sam Burns, TJ Klune (if I remember right Janine will NOT be choosing him lol), Jordan L Hawk, J.L. Merrow, E.M. Lindsey (again, could go on lol)
Hometown: Born and raised in Ramona, CA (but I think MKat will be the only person who knows where that is, so I'm sure she'd be okay with San Diego lol), I now live in Detroit.
I joined RRRC this year!
Birthday: February 1992
Favorite Tropes: I honestly don't really have any? I like everything if it's done right. I rarely find enemies to lovers to be done right so I'd like to avoid that.
5 Favorite books: Demons Do It Better
Deven and the Dragon
The Last Sun
Bishop: A True Lover's Story
Impossibly Fond
I love rereads!
And finally, I checked our shelves and found we have a lot of works from these authors in common, so might be good to choose for the read the same author category?Jordan L. Hawk
Jordan Castillo Price
Josh Lanyon
TASKS 1- 49💜 called
💚1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
Josh Lanyon
💚2. Each player reads the first book in a series, can be same or different series - no pass for this task.
💚3. Each player reads a book by a new to you author - no pass for this task.
💚4. Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy.
💚5. Read 4 books first published within the last year.
💜💚6. Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews.
💚7. Read 4 books that are stand alones.
💚8. Read 4 books with a beach on the cover.
💚9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
Men of Hidden Creek -series 1
💜💚10. Read 4 books by authors' who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb).
Felice Stevens /AP Eisien
Lissa kasey / sam kadence
LA Witt/Ann Gallagher/Lauren Gallagher/Lori A. Witt
Emma Alcott/Piper Scott
Virginia Kelly/Lynn Van Dorn
MA Innes/Shaw Montgomery
Skye R Richmond/Rheland Richmond
Nyrae Dawn/Riley Hart
Macy Blake/Poppy Dennison
Brandon Witt/Rosalind Abel
Joel Abernathy/LC Davis
Leta Blake/Blake Moreno
Angel Knots/Wolf Spector/Stella Starling
Xen/Cole McCade
Lisa Henry/Discontentedwriter
💚11. Read 4 books in continuing series, one that has not been completely published.
�12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.
Can we all check shelves and recommend a book to the other 3 that they havent read
Amanda reccommended for
Janeylou..Truth Will Out...Deductions...The Two Gentlemen of Altona
Trio..Kill Game..Not a Game..Into This River I Drown
Caipi ..How to Be a Normal Person..Interlude: First Noel..Raising Hell
❤❤❤❤
Janeylou recommended for
Amanda..Stay with Me..The Sumage Solution..The Tutor
Trio..The 5th Gender..Salt Magic, Skin Magic..Broken
Caipi..The River Leith..Private Charter..Untouchable
❤❤❤❤
Caipi recommended for
Amanda..Dyed and Gone to Heaven..Risk Assessment..Fakers
Janine..Passions of a Papillon..How to Vex a Vampire..Burn the Sky
Trio..Spring Strings..Risk Assessment..Machine Metal Magic
❤❤❤❤
Trio recommended for
Amanda..Best Laid Plaids..Fair Game..Rattlesnake
Janine..Best Laid Plaids..The Making of Jonty Bloom..Variable Onset
Caipi..Beautiful Beast..Mainly by Moonlight..Damned If You Do
💚13. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books tagged/shelved as sports.
💚14. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books with Contemporary Romance as MPG.
💚15. Read a minimum of 600 pages in books with an audio edition.
💚16. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books tagged/shelved as children.
💚17. Read 4 books written by a male author.
MM books written by men
💚18. Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'.
💚19. Each teammate reads a book another teammate read and rated 4 Stars or higher in the last 3 months. No pass for this task.
💚20. Read 4 books 300 pages or longer.
💚21. Each teammate reads a book with a night sky on the cover, no pass for this task.
💚22. Read 4 books #5 or higher in a series.
💜💚23. Each teammate reads a book that has been read by one of the RRRC moderators. No pass for this task.
💚24. Read 6 books on RRRC's bookshelf, the books can not be added by anyone on your team within the last year.
💚25. Read 4 books by one of the 2020 FACs.
Julia Quinn
*TJ Klune
*Jeaniene Frost
*Tessa Bailey
*Sarina Bowen
*Nora Roberts / JD Robb
*Sarah MacLean
*Helena Hunting
💚26. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books featuring shifters.
💜💚27. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year.
2017 ?
💚28. Each teammate reads a book from a teammate's to-read shelf, no pass for this task.
Amanda tbr
Janeylou tbr
Trio tbr
Caipi tbr
💚29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
Law enforcement
💚30. Read 6 books with nekkid man chest on the cover.
💚31. Read 6 books rated over 4.0.
💚32. Read 6 books with over 2500 ratings.
💚33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide...MM
💚34. Read 6 books first published between 2000 and 2010.
💚35. Read 6 books first published between 2011 and 2020.
💚36. Read 6 books with animals on the cover.
💚37. Read 6 books set in the US.
💜💚38. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books with a non-English language edition.
💚39. Read 6 books set outside of the US.
💚40. Read 6 books with over 500 reviews.
💚41. Read 6 books with over 10,000 ratings.
💚42. Read 6 books featuring best friends.
💚43. Read 6 books published in June. (A different month may be used when assigned.)
💚44. Read 6 books by authors who use initials in their name.
💚45. Read 6 books with 3 word titles. (A different number may be used when assigned.)
💚46. Read over 1000 pages in books written by duo authors.
💚47. Read 6 books set in a major city.
💚48. Read 6 books featuring cowboys.
💚49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.
One month is as good as the rest 😊
Mm Romance released May 2019
TASKS 50 - 100💚50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
If we can have a country we'll go with US, if not
a state in USA sounds easiest ....Florida as nice and sunny
💜💚51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.
JL Merrow
💚52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
Black
MM with mailny black covers
💚53. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work), teams decide. No pass for this task.
MKat said if outside USA we can use the country
Amanda ..Deroit / San Diego
Janeylou..England
Trio..Long Island / Minnesota/ Scotland
Caipi...Germany
💚54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
Mountains ( beach on cover is cat #8 )
Kat answered question
💜.G. wrote: "Hi Kat,
Question about "Read 7 books set on a beach or in the mountains."
We're choosing Mountain.
I have a series set in Jackson Hole (which is in the mountains) but the cover or blurb doesn't s..."
If the setting shows as Jackson Hole or some other well known mountain city (Aspen, Whistler, Park City, etc.), that is enough.....The Highlands also works 💜
💚55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
England
💚56. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list. No pass for this task.
MM published 2020
💚57. Read over 1000 pages in books that are MPG Romance.
💚58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
Amanda 2020�
Janeylou 2020�
Trio 2018
Caipi 2015
I sugguest 2020 as im sure we all got new books to read
💚59. Read 4 books that are NOT MPG Romance.
💚60. Read 6 books with MPG Historical Romance.
💚61. Read 4 books rated over 4.5 on GR.
💚62. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books written by an author whose first or last name begins with the first letter of a teammate's screen name.
💚63. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books tagged 'magic' or 'magical'.
💚64. Read 6 books not set on a continent of a teammate. Space does not count - must be a real continent.
Australasia
💚65. Each player reads 2 books in a series, teammates can read the same or different series.
💚66. Read over 1000 pages in books with Mystery or Suspense as MPG.
💚67. Read 6 books by an author whose first or last name begins with A. (A different letter may be used when assigned.)
💚68. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles.
💚69. Read 6 books that have won/been nominated for an award.
Rainbow Awards
💚70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
MM ..just monitor what others have posted
💚71. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task.
Teams 1 & 3 are all MM readers
We'll go with team 1 ..book sitters
💚72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
Amanda is youngest so 90's
MM books published in 90's
💚73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
NR Walker
💚74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.
Amanda Febrary
Janeylou November
Trio August
Caipi October
💚75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
S
💚76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
White top eg shirt / vest / t shirt
💚77. Each teammate reads a book that the teammate after them alphabetically has rated 5 stars. No pass for this task.
💚78. Read 6 books with alliteration in the title or author's name.
💚79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
Fake Boyfriends
MM fake boyfriends
💚80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.
1990 Janeylou
2000 Trio
2010 Caipi
2020 Amanda
💚81. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books with a dog/dogs on the cover. (A different animal may be used when assigned.)
💚82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series.
Men of Hidden Creek -series 2
💚83. Read 8 books with a white flower/s on the cover. (A different color may be used when assigned.)
💚84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category.
Will change in Novemebr if cat not called
Reader's Choice is exempt from this task.
Cat 5 looks easiest, so will go with that one
🎃🎃5. October 2nd is World Smile Day. 🎃Read a book that you know will make you smile or you know will make you happy. You can also read a book that has a person smiling on the cover, or read a book that has a title that starts with S, M, I, L, or E. Don't forget to smile today! :)🎃🎃
💚85. Each teammate reads a debut book by an author. No pass for this task.
💚86. Read at least 1500 pages in books with a hat on the cover. (A different object may be used when assigned.)
💚87. Read 8 books set in NYC. (A different city may be used when assigned.)
💚88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
Car
💚89. Read 8 books tagged with 'wedding' or 'proposal'.
💚90. Each member reads a book published in sequential months, i.e. June, July, August and September 2019. Teams decide which months. No pass for this task.
Will go with above sugguestion
June 2019 Amanda
July 2019 Janeylou
August 2019 Trio
September 2019 Caipi
💚91. Add up the years of the teammates' births and each teammate reads a book with that minimum number of pages. For example, teammates were born in 75, 83, 87 and 94 - each teammate reads a book at least 339 pages long. No pass for this task.
Amanda 92
Janeylou 65
Trio 66
Caipi 69
Book read needs to be at least 292 pgs...
💚92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide.
Past
💚93. As a team, pick a Romance List from GR Listopia with less than 100 books on it, each teammate reads a book from that list. No pass for this task.
MM August 2019 releases
💚94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
2017 Amanda
2018 Janeylou
2019 Trio
2020 Caipi
💚95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.
wolf
💚96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.
Moon
💚97. Read 8 books by authors with more than 10 letters in their name.
💚98. Read 8 books with fewer than 10 letters in the title.
💚99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.
Amandas
Demons Do It Better
Deven and the Dragon
The Last Sun
Impossibly Fond
Bishop: A True Lover's Story
Janeylou
Try
Red Dirt Heart
Consorting With Dragons
Motel. Pool.
Tigers and Devils
Trio
For Real
Crossroads
Bad Idea
Relationship Material
By His Rules
Caipi
Misfits
Where Do I Start?
September
Of Sunlight and Stardust
Elements of Retrofit
💚100. Read 8 books with more than 10 letters in the title
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Amanda
�Outlaw #986
�Love In Slow Motion #986
Trio
�Burn #982
�Seance on a Summer's Night #1001
Janeylou
�Dance With Me #992
�Save the Date #992
Caipi
�A Soldier's Wish #994
�The Weight of It All #995
Hi Amanda ...been waiting patiently (not really ) for this thread to show up..ive just messaged Caipu & TrioI been on many a team woth you all except Caipi , so
My name is Janine from England , i work part time in a coffee shop when I'm not running around after my 4 daughters !!!!
I also do a lot of voluntary work for the local RSPCA group, fostering animals ( mainly guinea pigs ) and raising funds. Inbetween all that , i read and read and read..lol...i also like my music / birds / photography / baking
Favorite sub-genres
I have been reading through last years teams and MKat said MM was classed as a sub genre ...i keep forgetting that this is a romance group , not mm romance ...will check where i saw it )
Favorite authors
NR walker
JL Merrow
Jordan L Hawk .....im really easy except TJ Klune 😄😄
Hometown (born in, raised in, currently live in)
Last year she said we would have to pick state if you lived in USA but could use country if lived outside ..but i am Birmingham England
What year you joined RRRC
2020
Month and Year of birth
Nov 19?????........65
Favorite tropes
Easy going .. like pnr, and mystery the best .but not keen on enemies to lovers / friends to lovers
5 Favorite books
Try
Red Dirt Heart
Consorting With Dragons
Motel. Pool.
Tigers and Devils
Are you okay with rereads?
Prefer not to but will for challenges
Overall im pretty easy going not keen on anything too dark (unlike Trio 😊 ) but will for a challenge
Im on GR all the time tbh ..read/ update on my phone so always see notifications , but if a decision needed quick ill just slot in..if we can go through all questions this weekend itll be easier on us
Woohoo, we finally have our team thread! :)Hello Team 👋, thanks Janine for your pm.
I'm Caipi from Germany, so my timezone is CET. I'm happily married and mom of three adult kids, two of them still at home. Sadly at the end of this month it'll be only one still at home. Though with all this covid-19 disaster there might be a lot of online classes at the University and then I'm sure my daughter will be home often. It's difficult to socialize these days so it will take time for her to find new friends there.
I'm okay with Chase The Rainbow :)
I'll go through the lists later. 👍
First I've to go groceries shopping for the weekend now. *sighs dramatically*
So theres an hour difference between me and Caipi...and Amanda & Trio are 5/6 behind ..thats not too bad
-Favorite sub-genres: Janine is right, last round we could use mm romance-Favorite authors: N.R. Walker, Lily Morton, Eli Easton, Jay Northcote, Gregory Ashe......
-Hometown (born in, raised in, currently live in): Germany - not a lot of mm romance books available which are written in English and set in Germany
-What year you joined RRRC: 2015
-Month and Year of birth: October'69
-Favorite tropes: fake boyfriend, enemies to lovers, friends to lovers,....
-5 Favorite books: Misfits September Elements of Retrofit Where Do I Start? Of Sunlight and Stardust.... might come back and change them 😂
-Are you okay with rereads? Love them, especially if an audiobook is available
Ive read all your favourites Caipi except the last one , not got round to it yet
Hi y'all, I'm SO glad we're together on this challenge, we're going to have a great time :)I've got a sick puppy on my lap so I'm' going to tackle the questions asap!
Janeylou wrote: "Ive read all your favourites Caipi except the last one , not got round to it yet"I greatly enjoyed it. :) It is slooooooow, which is normally not my thing. LOL
But listening to the audio, it didn't bother me. Maybe my rating would have been different if I had read it.....
Janine if you want to be captain go for it! I could totally co-captain if you need, and with the way the time zones are split I think we will have it easy for someone always being able to post a completion. If MM Romance counts as a subgenre, I definitely think that's what we should choose lol.
Other authors with pen names:
LA Witt/Ann Gallagher/Lauren Gallagher/Lori A. Witt
Emma Alcott/Piper Scott
Virginia Kelly/Lynn Van Dorn
MA Innes/Shaw Montgomery
Skye R Richmond/Rheland Richmond
Nyrae Dawn/Riley Hart
Macy Blake/Poppy Dennison
Brandon Witt/Rosalind Abel
Joel Abernathy/LC Davis
Leta Blake/Blake Moreno
Angel Knots/Wolf Spector/Stella Starling
Xen/Cole McCade
Lisa Henry/Discontentedwriter
I don't really care for musician stories too much but I like law enforcement for a profession (it's also pretty broad)
For list in my bingo group we're using MM Romance Group Members Choice Winners which has a lot of choices.
I think Australia would be easiest for continent none of us lives in.
I don't really like Pandora Pine (don't know why her writing style doesn't work for me!) But I like the idea of Porthkennack or other multi author series of stand-alones. Some others are:
Rosavia Royals
Ace's Wild
Men of Hidden Creek (which also has multiple seasons)
There's also this list New Couple each BookWhich probably is all stand-alones!
Still hoping Trio was born in the 2000's but if not, here is a shelf of 103 books published in the 90's we can use if birth decade is chosen Year Published 1990s shelf
I've only read Where Do I Start?, which honestly is one of those books I thought, "no way am I gonna like this", and then really did!
So since I'm such shit at picking favorites lol I just threw my favorites of 2020 shelf in a randomizer and got these five (will edit my post above as well:Demons Do It Better
Deven and the Dragon
The Last Sun
Bishop: A True Lover's Story
Impossibly Fond
Might change it before the call if you all aren't huge fantasy fans because only one is contemporary
Amanda ..i dont want to take captain off you just didnt want you to feel like you had to ..so im easy going but not sure if co captaining will work as we'll have to post in different post which will be difficult for MKat to check
Amanda wrote: "So since I'm such shit at picking favorites lol I just threw my favorites of 2020 shelf in a randomizer and got these five (will edit my post above as well:Demons Do It Better
[boo..."
Ive just put 3 of these on to my tbr shelf 😊😊..ive got the last sun pencilled in for SH
Favorite booksTry
Red Dirt Heart
Consorting With Dragons
Motel. Pool.
Tigers and Devils
My favourite.probably vary day by day so.i just went down my 5 *and the first 5 that i thought "i love that book" i picked
Janeylou wrote: "Amanda ..i dont want to take captain off you just didnt want you to feel like you had to ..so im easy going but not sure if co captaining will work as we'll have to post in different post which wil..."You do it then if you're sure you don't mind, I haven't had time to really check out the archived threads to see what's needed of me and really don't know what captaining entails on this one!
Janeylou wrote: "Amanda wrote: "So since I'm such shit at picking favorites lol I just threw my favorites of 2020 shelf in a randomizer and got these five (will edit my post above as well:[book:Demons Do It Better..."
Except for Bishop, they're all humorous fantasy stories, so if you like that you're solid!
Janeylou wrote: "Favorite booksTry
Red Dirt Heart
Consorting With Dragons
Motel. Pool.
Tigers and Devils
My favourite.probably vary da..."
I've only read one of these, but the others I've had on my radar but have been putting off for literally no reason so this challenge will be good for me.
Is it worth doing something like this 💚..no decision needed
❗need to discuss
We could do this for each of 4 x 25 tasks and add together when all sorted ......
What do you think
Tasks: 1 of 4
💚1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
Josh Lanyon
💚2. Each player reads the first book in a series, can be same or different series - no pass for this task.
💚3. Each player reads a book by a new to you author - no pass for this task.
💚4. Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy.
💚5. Read 4 books first published within the last year.
💚6. Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews.
💚7. Read 4 books that are stand alones.
💚8. Read 4 books with a beach on the cover.
💚9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
Men of Hidden Creek -series 1
💚10. Read 4 books by authors' who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb).
Felice Stevens /AP Eisien
Lissa kasey / sam kadence
LA Witt/Ann Gallagher/Lauren Gallagher/Lori A. Witt
Emma Alcott/Piper Scott
Virginia Kelly/Lynn Van Dorn
MA Innes/Shaw Montgomery
Skye R Richmond/Rheland Richmond
Nyrae Dawn/Riley Hart
Macy Blake/Poppy Dennison
Brandon Witt/Rosalind Abel
Joel Abernathy/LC Davis
Leta Blake/Blake Moreno
Angel Knots/Wolf Spector/Stella Starling
Xen/Cole McCade
Lisa Henry/Discontentedwriter
💚11. Read 4 books in continuing series, one that has not been completely published.
�12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.
Can we all check shelves and recommend a book to the other 3 that they havent read
💚13. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books tagged/shelved as sports.
💚14. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books with Contemporary Romance as MPG.
💚15. Read a minimum of 600 pages in books with an audio edition.
💚16. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books tagged/shelved as children.
💚17. Read 4 books written by a male author.
MM books written by men
💚18. Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'.
💚19. Each teammate reads a book another teammate read and rated 4 Stars or higher in the last 3 months. No pass for this task.
💚20. Read 4 books 300 pages or longer.
💚21. Each teammate reads a book with a night sky on the cover, no pass for this task.
💚22. Read 4 books #5 or higher in a series.
💚23. Each teammate reads a book that has been read by one of the RRRC moderators. No pass for this task.
💚24. Read 6 books on RRRC's bookshelf, the books can not be added by anyone on your team within the last year.
💚25. Read 4 books by one of the 2020 FACs.
Julia Quinn
*TJ Klune
*Jeaniene Frost
*Tessa Bailey
*Sarina Bowen
*Nora Roberts / JD Robb
*Sarah MacLean
*Helena Hunting
Amanda wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Amanda ..i dont want to take captain off you just didnt want you to feel like you had to ..so im easy going but not sure if co captaining will work as we'll have to post in differe..."Ok...ill use some of my first posts for the tracking
If you see im missing something give us a shout
Oh I meant to say I love the Chase the Rainbow name!And I think the groups of 25 sorted like that is brilliant
Amanda wrote: "Oh I meant to say I love the Chase the Rainbow name!And I think the groups of 25 sorted like that is brilliant"
Ok..
Trio..are you ok with Chase the rainbow?
2 of 4💚26. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books featuring shifters.
💚27. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year.
2017 ?
💚28. Each teammate reads a book from a teammate's to-read shelf, no pass for this task.
💚29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
Law enforcement
💚30. Read 6 books with nekkid man chest on the cover.
💚31. Read 6 books rated over 4.0.
💚32. Read 6 books with over 2500 ratings.
💚33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide...MM
💚34. Read 6 books first published between 2000 and 2010.
💚35. Read 6 books first published between 2011 and 2020.
💚36. Read 6 books with animals on the cover.
💚37. Read 6 books set in the US.
💚38. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books with a non-English language edition.
💚39. Read 6 books set outside of the US.
💚40. Read 6 books with over 500 reviews.
💚41. Read 6 books with over 10,000 ratings.
💚42. Read 6 books featuring best friends.
💚43. Read 6 books published in June. (A different month may be used when assigned.)
💚44. Read 6 books by authors who use initials in their name.
💚45. Read 6 books with 3 word titles. (A different number may be used when assigned.)
💚46. Read over 1000 pages in books written by duo authors.
💚47. Read 6 books set in a major city.
💚48. Read 6 books featuring cowboys.
💚49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.
One month is as good as the rest 😊
Mm Romance released May 2019
💚50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
If we can have a country we'll go with US, if not
a state in USA sounds easiest ....Florida as nice and sunny
3 of 4 💚51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.
JL Merrow
💚52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
Black
MM with mailny black covers
💚53. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work), teams decide. No pass for this task.
MKat said if outside USA we can use the country
Amanda ..Deroit / San Diego
Janeylou..England
Trio..Long Island / Minnesota/ Scotland
Caipi...Germany
💚54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
Mountains ( beach on cover is cat #8 )
💚55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
England
💚56. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list. No pass for this task.
MM published 2020
💚57. Read over 1000 pages in books that are MPG Romance.
💚58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
Amanda 2020
Janeylou 2020
Trio 2018
Caipi 2015
I sugguest 2020 as im sure we all got new books to read
💚59. Read 4 books that are NOT MPG Romance.
💚60. Read 6 books with MPG Historical Romance.
💚61. Read 4 books rated over 4.5 on GR.
💚62. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books written by an author whose first or last name begins with the first letter of a teammate's screen name.
💚63. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books tagged 'magic' or 'magical'.
💚64. Read 6 books not set on a continent of a teammate. Space does not count - must be a real continent.
Australasia
💚65. Each player reads 2 books in a series, teammates can read the same or different series.
💚66. Read over 1000 pages in books with Mystery or Suspense as MPG.
💚67. Read 6 books by an author whose first or last name begins with A. (A different letter may be used when assigned.)
💚68. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles.
💚69. Read 6 books that have won/been nominated for an award.
MM Romance Group Members Choice Winners
💚70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
MM ..just monitor what others have posted
💚71. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task.
Teams 1 & 3 are all MM readers
💚72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
Amanda is youngest so 90's
MM books published in 90's
💚73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
NR Walker
💚74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.
Amanda Febrary
Janeylou November
Trio August
Caipi October
💚75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
S
4 of 4💚76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
White top eg shirt / vest / t shirt
💚77. Each teammate reads a book that the teammate after them alphabetically has rated 5 stars. No pass for this task.
💚78. Read 6 books with alliteration in the title or author's name.
💚79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
Fake Boyfriends
💚80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.
First come first served ..ived taken 90's
1990 Janeylou
2000 Trio
2010 Caipi
2020 Amanda
💚81. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books with a dog/dogs on the cover. (A different animal may be used when assigned.)
💚82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series.
Men of Hidden Creek -series 2
💚83. Read 8 books with a white flower/s on the cover. (A different color may be used when assigned.)
💚84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category.
Will change in october if cat not called
Reader's Choice is exempt from this task.
Cat 2 looks easiest, so will go with that one
Septembers categories
. 🍂 Read a book published in September
2. 🍂 Read a book with purple on its cover, or a book written by an author with an initial A
3. 🍂 Read a book set in/or an author who is from Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, or Rhode Island, or a book where a character travels by boat.
4. 🍂 Read a book where someone writes or receives a physical letter or note, or a book with horizontal lines or a cursive/script/handwritten font on its cover
5.🍂 Read a book with a character who makes a positive impact or read a book with a character that tries to motivate or inspire others, or a book with an uplifting word in its title
6. 🍂 Read a book with some sort of technology, numbers, or a technological word on its cover; or a book that is first in a series or a prequel to a series
7. 🍂 Read a book with a haunted location, a ghost, or some other paranormal spook in it, or a paranormal book
8. 🍂 Read a book with a character who enjoys nature, or a book with yellow, orange, or red on its cover; or a book with leaves or trees on its cover; or a book set in autumn.
9. 🍂 Read a book with a character who plays an instrument, listens to music, or goes to a concert. a book with a word from musical terminology in its title
💚85. Each teammate reads a debut book by an author. No pass for this task.
💚86. Read at least 1500 pages in books with a hat on the cover. (A different object may be used when assigned.)
💚87. Read 8 books set in NYC. (A different city may be used when assigned.)
💚88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
Car
💚89. Read 8 books tagged with 'wedding' or 'proposal'.
💚90. Each member reads a book published in sequential months, i.e. June, July, August and September 2019. Teams decide which months. No pass for this task.
Will go with above sugguestion
June 19 Amanda
July 19 Janeylou
August 19 Trio
September 19 Caipi
💚91. Add up the years of the teammates' births and each teammate reads a book with that minimum number of pages. For example, teammates were born in 75, 83, 87 and 94 - each teammate reads a book at least 339 pages long. No pass for this task.
Amanda 92
Janeylou 65
Trio 66
Caipi 69
Book read needs to be at least 292 pgs...
💚92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide.
Past
💚93. As a team, pick a Romance List from GR Listopia with less than 100 books on it, each teammate reads a book from that list. No pass for this task.
MM August 2019 releases
💚94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
2017 Amanda
2018 Janeylou
2019 Trio
2020 Caipi
💚95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.
wolf
💚96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.
Moon
💚97. Read 8 books by authors with more than 10 letters in their name.
💚98. Read 8 books with fewer than 10 letters in the title.
💚99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.
Amandas
Demons Do It Better
Deven and the Dragon
The Last Sun
Impossibly Fond
Bishop: A True Lover's Story
Janeylou
Try
Red Dirt Heart
Consorting With Dragons
Motel. Pool.
Tigers and Devils
Trio
For Real
Crossroads
Bad Idea
Relationship Material
By His Rules
Caipi
Misfits
Where Do I Start?
September
Of Sunlight and Stardust
Elements of Retrofit
💚100. Read 8 books with more than 10 letters in the title.
All cats have been posted that need a decision ..some only tiny just post cat # and answer or preference I know its a bind but once its done its done and then we can enjoy reading
Wow, Janine you've been busy!! Thanks 😌I'm on my way to a birthday party but I'll take a look when I get back. Hopefully it won't be that late!
Ive got a few lists to addninto above but it will have to wait till after dinner
You are a rockstar!!�1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
I vote Josh Lanyon, even though Lanyon is hit or miss for me, she has the biggest backlog I think.
�9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
I vote Men of Hidden Creek just because there are a LOT. We'd probably have to decide on a season too, but we could just start with season 1 and then if another "Same series" cateogry is called, we could just go to season 2, 3, etc. I just listened to a random one in season 3 (I think) without having read any of the others and they definitely stand alone.
�12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.
JaneyLou-Truth Will Out, Deductions, The Two Gentlemen of Altona
Caipi- How to Be a Normal Person, Interlude: First Noel, Raising Hell
Trio-Kill Game, Not a Game, Into This River I Drown
(I pulled this off your TBRS but let me know if you want me to repick!
�24. Read 6 books on RRRC's bookshelf, the books can not be added by anyone on your team within the last year.
I haven't added any!
�27. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year.
I agree with 2017!
�29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
My vote is for law enforcement
�49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.
February also doesn't have much I've learned in SH. I'm on an arc team and there seem to be a lot in the summer. This list has 197 books on it so maybe we should do May 2019 May 2019 MM Releases
�50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
Seems like there are a lot of books set in CA, FL, and TX if we want to choose one of those.
�51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.
�52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
I pick blue (I think it's used more than black, but could be wrong)
💚53. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work), teams decide. No pass for this task.
MKat said if outside USA we can use the country
Just wanted to say you can also use CA for me
�54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
I prefer mountains but really either is fine.
�55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
England or Australia is probably easiest and I'm good with either!
�56. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list. No pass for this task.
I recommend this list but am open to anything MM Romance Group Members Choice Winners
�58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
2020 would probably be my choice
💚59. Read 4 books that are NOT MPG Romance
For this one, I recommend looking at brand new releases or lesser known books, they often don't have it on the MPG .
�64. Read 6 books not set on a continent of a teammate. Space does not count - must be a real continent.
Australia has my vote!.
�69. Read 6 books that have won/been nominated for an award.
Does MM members choice count or does it have to be an actual award? If nobody knows I'll ask!
�70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
MM Romance
💚72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
Just going to link this shelf again 1990s Shelf
�73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
Should we have a second author picked since this comes up more than once? I'm honestly good with anything.
�74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.
Amanda Febrary
Janeylou November
Trio
Caipi October
�75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
I sorted my tbr shelf alphabetically and it seems like S has the most
�76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
I think nipples or white shirt would be easiest
�79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
Age Gap or Fake Relationship would be my suggestion
�80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.
This is going to SUCK. But I do very rarely read outside MM so I can take one for the team and do an earlier decade if needed
�82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series.
Still think a different season of Men of Hidden Creek would work well
84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category.
Reader's Choice is exempt from this task.
I like this one: Read a book with some sort of technology, numbers, or a technological word on its cover; or a book that is first in a series or a prequel to a series; because of first in a series. We will also have to come back each month and decide
�88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
Car or motorcycle would probably be easiest?
�90. Each member reads a book published in sequential months, i.e. June, July, August and September 2019. Teams decide which months. No pass for this task.
I don't have a reason but I think May, June, July, August, would be easiest
�91. Add up the years of the teammates' births and each teammate reads a book with that minimum number of pages. For example, teammates were born in 75, 83, 87 and 94 - each teammate reads a book at least 339 pages long. No pass for this task.
My year is 92
�92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide.
I think past is easier but if anyone doesn't like historical, I'm totally fine with future
�93. As a team, pick a Romance List from GR Listopia with less than 100 books on it, each teammate reads a book from that list. No pass for this task.
This list has under 100 and is older so probably wont change August 2019 MM Releases
�94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
I'm assuming we will want to do 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020. But I'm up for anything
�95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.
I think wolf is easiest as it's most likely to be tagged
�96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.
I suggest moon but have literally no reason for doing it
�99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.
Here are my five again
Demons Do It Better
Deven and the Dragon
The Last Sun
Bishop: A True Lover's Story
Impossibly Fond
Let me know if I missed something!
holy smokes that's a lot of reading to catch up on - I'll get started now.Just to add to the pseudonym list Lisa Henry goes by Cari Waites as well.
And Andrew J. Peters is Romeo Preminger
Jude Munro is Mia Kerick
I'll add here when I think of more.
Trio wrote: "holy smokes that's a lot of reading to catch up on - I'll get started now.Just to add to the pseudonym list Lisa Henry goes by Cari Waites as well.
And [author:Andrew J. Peters|69..."
Thanks Trio..we probably got enough , save you searching more...i already picked mine 😄
Amanda wrote: "You are a rockstar!!�1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
I vote Josh Lanyon, even though Lanyon is hit or miss for me, she has the biggest..."
Thanks amanda.ill wait till others get back and go with majority
Favorite sub-genres - I agree, if MM is a possibility that would be greatFavorite authors - yes with Josh Lanyon (she's actually my favorite but I'll suggest more if we need them)
Hometown: born Saint Paul, Minnesota, raised in Minnesota and Saint Andrews, Scotland, currently live in New York (Long Island)
What year you joined RRRC February 28, 2018
Month and Year of birth: August 1966
Favorite tropes: I'm easy, I'll read anything
5 Favorite books: I've got such a long list but I'll grab 5 at random By His Rules, Crossroads, For Real, Bad Idea, Relationship Material
Are you okay with rereads: yes
Thanks Trio..my friend lives in St Andrews ..i visit a lot , lovely place
3 cats with reading same author so ive picked one from each of your lists 😊
I take it your easy going Trio ...im so glad all our team are 😊😊Gonna update and see where we are
Ive took into account what all your preferences are and shared everything out as best i could and jsut allocated months / years randomly (feel free to swap )So all i need from Trio & Caipi is
12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.
Can we all check shelves and recommend a book to the other 3 that they havent read
Once youve done this we can all enjoy our weekend and wait for first call
Hope i have upset anyone by picking months/ dayes etc ..you all said easy going .
Just seemed a bit silly going backwards and forewards over who wants june and who wants july 😄😄
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