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TART8 - Fast Like Molasses (9)

September 23, 2023 through November 19, 2023
Run Like There's a Hot Guy in Front of You and a Creepy One Behind You.
Tracking:
Task 1 - 0. Each teammate reads a book tagged ‘family� or ‘holiday� - teams decide. 9.23.2023 - 9.24.2023
Task 2 - 4. Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy. 9.25.2023 - 9.26.2023
Task 3 - 7. Read 4 books that are stand alones. 9.27.2023 - 9.28.2023
Task 4 - 3. Each player reads a book by a new to you author - no pass for this task. 9.29.2023 - 9.30.2023
Task 5 - 27. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year. 10.1.2023 - 10.2.2023
Task 6 - 9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task. 10.3.2023 - 10.4.2023
Task 7 - 25. Read 4 books written by one of the 2022 FACs (Featured Author Challenge). 10.5.2023 - 10.6.2023
Task 8 - 32. Read 6 books with over 2500 ratings. 10.7.2023 - 10.9.2023
Task 9 - 58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate. 10.9.2023 - 10.10.2023
Task 10 - 20. Read 4 books 300 pages or longer. 10.11.2023 - 10.12.2023
Task 11 - 61. Read 4 books rated over 4.5 on GR. 10.13.2023 - 10.14.2023
Task 12 - 82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series. 10.15.2023 - 10.16.2023
Task 13 - 88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which. 10.17.2023 - 10.18.2023
Task 14 - 63. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books tagged 'magic' or 'magical�. 10.19.2023 - 10.20.2023
Task 15 - 94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years. 10.21.2023 - 10.22.2023
Task 16 - 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. 10.23.2023 - 10.24.2023
Task 17 - 69. Read 6 books that have won/been nominated for an award. 10.25.2023 - 10.26.2023
Task 18 - 67. Read 6 books by an author whose first or last name begins with A. 10.27.2023 - 10.28.2023
Task 19 - 86. Read at least 1500 pages in books with a hat on the cover. 10.29.2023 - 10.30.2023
Task 20 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model. 10.31.2023 - 11.1.2023
Task 21 - 100. Read 8 books with more than 10 letters in the title. 11.2.2023 - 11.4.2023
Task 22 - 72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate. 11.4.2023 - 11.5.2023
Task 23 - 77. Each teammate reads a book that the teammate after them alphabetically has rated 5 stars. No pass for this task. 11.6.2023 - 11.7.2023
Task 24 - 70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors. 11.8.2023 - 11.9.2023
Task 25 - 96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which. 11.10.2023 - 11.11.2023
Task 26 - 120. Read 8 books in series that have names that are 3 words long. 11.12.2023 - 11.13.2023
Task 27 - 105. Each teammate lists two favorite authors. Select books written by the authors on two different teammate's list and read books by those authors. (Two books each per teammate.) No pass for this task. 11.14.2023 - 11.16.2023
Task 28 - 104. Read 8 holiday books. 11.16.2023

Task
Book/cover link
Page numbers with source
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary.
Date Completed.
Rating/Review.
**Remember to use the first edition Kindle page count only! If your page count comes from a Kindle edition published on the initial publication date on the editions page, it will count. If your page count comes from a Kindle edition labeled '1st edition', it will count. If your page count comes from the earliest dated English language Kindle edition, it will count. I am looking for one of those three things when confirming your books! As long the page count you list is correct, I will accept any link to the book. 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. 😊

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 9, you are free to come up with a team name. 😉


Last Task - Read a book with doubles in the initial publication date.
Chan's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post (2 books)
Karen's Completion Post
KathyD's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
KathyD's Completion Post
KathyD's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Chan's Completion Post
KathyD's Completion Post
Chan's Completion Post
Chan's Completion Post
Chan's Completion Post
Chan's Completion Post
Chan's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Chan's Completion Post

Task 18 - 67. Read 6 books by an author whose first or last name begins with A.
Chan's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
KathyD's Completion Post
Task 19 - 86. Read at least 1500 pages in books with a hat on the cover.
Chan's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
KathyD's Completion Post
Task 20 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model.
Chan's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
KathyD's Completion Post
Task 21 - 100. Read 8 books with more than 10 letters in the title.
Chan's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
KathyD's Completion Post
Task 22 - 72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
Team chose Liz and Chan (1980s)
Chan's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
KathyD's Completion Post
Task 23 - 77. Each teammate reads a book that the teammate after them alphabetically has rated 5 stars. No pass for this task.
Chan's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
KathyD's Completion Post
Task 24 - 70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
Team chose Historical Romance
Chan's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
KathyD's Completion Post
Task 24 - 70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
Team chose Historical Romance
Chan's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
KathyD's Completion Post
Task 25 - 96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.
Team chose Moon
Chan's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
KathyD's Completion Post
Task 26 - 120. Read 8 books in series that have names that are 3 words long.
Chan's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
KathyD's Completion Post
Task 27 - 105. Each teammate lists two favorite authors. Select books written by the authors on two different teammate's list and read books by those authors. (Two books each per teammate.) No pass for this task.
Chan's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
KathyD's Completion Post
Task 28 - 104. Read 8 holiday books.
Chan's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
KathyD's Completion Post

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Elizabeth
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Chan's recommendations:





Elizabeth's Recommendations:





Karen's Recommendations:





KathyD's Recommendations:





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.

1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
Sarah MacLean
9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
Law Enforcement
49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.
May 2021
51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.
Vi Keeland
52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
Blue
54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
Mountains
55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
UK
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.
Most Anticipated Romance Novels of 2022
58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
Elizabeth - 2020
70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
Historical
73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
human chin??
79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
Enemies to Lovers?
80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.
2020s, 2010s, 2000s, 1990s
82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series.
Green Valley Library
88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
car
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.
August - November 2021 or February - May 2022
95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.
dog
96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.
moon



Hi everyone, and Welcome, Kathy! Thanks for filling Courtney's spot for this round!
I've started this twice before, and hopefully I can finally get this one posted! The first one I started before anyone had posted but got interrupted and when I came back Chan had been here so I needed to change what I was going to say. Second tine I was almost done and something weird happened and my whole post disappeared. Third time's a charm, right???
Msg 13 has a list of (I think) all of the posts we need to collaborate on, pulled from last round, so if everyone would take a look at that and see if anything needs to be updated or changed, that would be great. And Kathy, since you weren't in on the initial decision-making, if there's anything there that you're not interested in, please speak up and we can come up with something else. Life's too short to read stuff you don't want to if it can be avoided! 😁 Also, if you could post a list of 5 recommendations (see msg 8), that would be great. I think I found everything else I needed from you on your profile, but if you see anything I missed, let me know.
I think I pulled all of Courtney's info for this round, but will double-check that, and also for task #53, if anyone has lived anywhere other than their current state, please post the location(s). We had a bunch of extras, but I know most (if not all) were Courtney's so I pulled them all. If I removed something I shouldn't have, please let me know and I'll put it back!
That's all I can think of for now, so I'm going to hit post on this before something else happens and it disappears again!

The Duchess Deal
Fatal Affair
Flirtasaurus
Lessons in Chemistry
Thank You for Listening

No North America
not sure what “No North America� means...we all appear to live in North America...am I missing something?

👍 1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
Sarah MacLean
👍 9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
Lucky Harbor
👍 27. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year.
2017
👍 29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
law enforcement
👍 33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.
contemporary
👍 49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.
May 2021
👍 50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
New York
👍 51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.
Vi Keeland
👍 52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
blue
👍 54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
mountains
👍 55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
UK
👍 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.
Most Anticipated Romance Novels of 2022
👍 58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
Elizabeth � 2020
👍 70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
historical
👍 72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate’s birth, team decides which teammate.
80s (Chan and Liz)
✔️ 73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
these authors are ordered by my preference; the only one that really doesn’t work for me is Anna Carven
Sawyer Bennett
Lauren Blakely
Meghan Quinn
Pippa Grant
Molly Harper
Elizabeth Hoyt
Anna Carven
✔️ 75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
C � D � F � S � T � W
no preference; they all work for me
👍 76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
human chin
👍 79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
enemies to lovers
👍 80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.
2020s, 2010s, 2000s, 1990s
� 82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series.
Green Valley Library
Could we please pick a different series? I don’t own any of these on audio and can’t find them on my library apps or scribd. I’ve listed a few possibilities.
Black Dagger Brotherhood, J.R. Ward
Bridgertons, Julia Quinn
In Death, J.D. Robb
Mackenzies & McBrides, Jennifer Ashley
Mercy Thompson/Mercy Thompson World, Patricia Briggs
Stephanie Plum, Janet Evanovich
Virgin River, Robyn Carr
👍 88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
car
👍 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.
August � November 2021 or February � May 2022
👍 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.
Hottest Cover Models with Their FACES On the Cover (93)
👍 94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
👍 95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.
dog
👍 96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.
moon

No North America
not sure what “No North America� means...we all appear to live in North Ame..."
Sorry, that's just my way of saying we can't read books set in North America...I think it made more sense when Courtney was playing and it said 'No North America or Asia'

Green Valley Library
Could we please pick a different series? I don’t own any of these on audio and can’t find them on my library apps or scribd. I’ve listed a few possibilities."
No problem at all changing that one! It's interesting (although not really surprising) that your library doesn't carry that series in audio - that's one of my top criteria too. Fortunately I have access to several libraries due to reciprocal lending agreements, and while the Seattle library system doesn't have them in audio, a couple of the "smaller" libraries (still large systems, but smaller than Seattle) carry a lot more romance in general, and have that series.
This one is far enough down the list that we don't need to make a decision immediately, so we can wait for the others to chime in. Pretty sure BDB is out though...I've already warned Chan that it's probably above her blood and gore threshhold! 😁 Any of them would be fine with me...all rereads, but since the task requires us to all read different books in the series, that's a good thing!


The Duchess Deal
Fatal Affair
Flirtasaurus
[book:Lessons in ..."
Great recommendations, Kathy! I've been looking for an excuse to return to the Fatal series.
Karen, we can use the series rule for recommendations...right?

Please delete the following:
One Last Night
Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words
Please add the following
[*book:One Last Stop|54860443]
[*book:Midnight at the Blackbird Café|41556079]

✔️ 73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
these authors are ordered by my preference; the only one that really doesn’t work for me is Anna Carven
Sawyer Bennett
Lauren Blakely
Meghan Quinn
Pippa Grant
Molly Harper
Elizabeth Hoyt
Anna Carven
**I'm okay with getting rid of Anna Carven, Hoyt and Harper, since these are the bottom three authors.
✔️ 75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
C � D � F � S � T � W
no preference; they all work for me
***I'll have more of a letter preference depending on which MnG list I'll be on when this is called 😂
� 82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series.
Green Valley Library
Could we please pick a different series? I don’t own any of these on audio and can’t find them on my library apps or scribd. I’ve listed a few possibilities.
Black Dagger Brotherhood, J.R. Ward
Bridgertons, Julia Quinn
In Death, J.D. Robb
Mackenzies & McBrides, Jennifer Ashley
Mercy Thompson/Mercy Thompson World, Patricia Briggs
Stephanie Plum, Janet Evanovich
Virgin River, Robyn Carr
*** A lot of these used to be available at the library in audio form...until they started making movies and series out of them. We could add the series below, but I'm pretty open to anything as long as it's not gory and scary
In Death
Knitting in the City
Any KA series
Thunder Point
The Ravenels
Charlie Davidson
Fox and O'Hare
Hidden Legacy
Tales from Verania
Bromance Book Club

I think so, but I'll check to be sure before assuming anything!

1. I'm good with Sarah MacLean.
9. I feel like we've done Lucky Harbor multiple times so if you all want to switch it up I'm open to it. lol if not there are still books in the series I haven't read so no big deal.
27. 2017 is good.
29. I'm cool with law enforcement
33. I've got a ton of contemporary on my backlist TBR so that works for me.
49. May, 2021
50 I love New York
51.
52. I'm cool with blue
54. mountains were pretty easy last time.
55. yep UK is always easy
56.love the list pick
58 Aww. Thanks for picking me!
70. Historical my favorite
72. Hey Chan were both Millennial isn't it wonderful. lol
73. I'm good with Kathy and Chan's request.
75. any letter works for me. Except Z I don't think I've ever had a book that started with a Z.
76. Lol I don't know if Kathy came up with human chin on the cover but that is awesome!
79. enemies to lovers works for me.
80. good
82. I'm good with Bridgertons, Mackenzies and McBrides, In Death, Stephanie Plum. I've never tried the Mercy Thompson or Black dagger Brotherhood series but they sound interesting. I love the Bromance series and I don't think I've read the last one released yet.
88. car
90. Good
93. Great list
94. good
95. I love dogs
96. Moon works for me as well.

1. Bookshop Cinderella
2. A Love Catastrophe
3. The True Love Experiment
4. The Love Wager
5. Much Ado About You


We need to choose series for:
#9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task. and
#82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series.
Between Kathy and Chan we have a bunch of suggestions to choose from:
Black Dagger Brotherhood, J.R. Ward
Bridgertons, Julia Quinn
In Death, J.D. Robb
Mackenzies & McBrides, Jennifer Ashley
Mercy Thompson/Mercy Thompson World, Patricia Briggs
Stephanie Plum, Janet Evanovich
Virgin River, Robyn Carr
Knitting in the City
Any KA series
Thunder Point
The Ravenels
Charlie Davidson
Fox and O'Hare
Hidden Legacy
Tales from Verania
Bromance Book Club
Personally, since everyone has In Death on their lists, I think we should give Eve and Roarke some love! I think we've mostly avoided them since Courtney isn't a fan of RS, but it should be a great option for #82 since we all need to read different books. For #9 I'd be fine with any on the list.

Bridgertons, Julia Quinn
Mackenzies & McBrides, Jennifer Ashley
Bromance Book Club
Knitting in the City

First Task - All Teams!
Task 1 - 0. Each teammate reads a book tagged ‘family� or ‘holiday� - teams decide.
As we head into fall this year, I am really looking forward to gathering with family especially for the holidays! So for this task teams need to decide if they are reading books tagged as ‘family� OR books tagged ‘holiday�. Tags are the only qualifier for this task. Include the team decision in your completion posts. Also, please include a link to the top shelves page with your qualifying tag along with how many tags and the top shelves page number in your completion posts.


Ok, let's go with holiday then. Chan is traveling today so she said to decide without her. I just found one that's both (and it's even Halloween themed), so it works for me!

Task 1 - 0. Each teammate reads a book tagged ‘family� or ‘holiday� - teams decide.
Team chose Holiday

Page count: - 168 pages
How book qualifies: MPG Holiday
Date Completed with Rating: 9/24/23 - 4 stars


Witch Slapped, Dakota Cassidy � 9/24/23 � ✮✮✮✰�
first-edition Kindle � 190 pages
How the Book Qualifies � tagged holiday x1

Task 1 - 0. Each teammate reads a book tagged ‘family� or ‘holiday� - teams decide.
Team chose Holiday

Page count: - 202 pages
How book qualifies: MPG Holiday
Date Completed with Rating: 9/24/23 - 3.5 stars

Actually, if there's no Kindle page count on GR, the next place to go is Amazon...but I went ahead and added the Amazon page count to the GR page, so if you would just change your page count to 202, all will be good! It'll take a little bit for the change to show on the book's GR page, but that's what the count will be when it does show up.

Actually, if there's no Kindle page count on GR, the next place to go is Amazon...but I went ..."
I thought I was going crazy. I doubled checked my book again after posting and the page count was on the book. I thought I was losing my mind. Lol It makes me feel better knowing I’m not.
I already edited my post.
Also, good to know for the future. I didn’t know about checking on Amazon. This was a first for me. Thanks

Team chose holiday
Book: The Wedding Date Disaster
Pages: 233
Qualifies: Shelved plot-holiday by 1 person
Rating: 👰👰👰
Completed: September 24, 2022



Here is your next task!
Task 2 - 4. Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy.
To qualify for this task the selected books need to be tagged as ‘PNR�, ‘paranormal romance�, ‘paranormal� or ‘fantasy�. Tags are the only qualifier for this task. Please include a link to the top shelves page of your qualifying tag in your completion post, also include the qualifying tag, the top shelves page number and the number of tags. If the tag is MPG, just say that it is as your qualifier.
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September 23, 2023 through November 19, 2023
Run Like There's a Hot Guy in Front of You and a Creepy One Behind You.
Team:
� ~KarenH~
� Elizabeth
� Chan
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