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PtP - Category 5 Readers (5)
1. Introduce yourself to your team. Let your team members know where you are from. This is a great to know when themes are announced and when team-mates can expect other members to post their book choices.2. Chief - reserve a couple of posts in this thread tracking your team's book selection and completion. (Alternatively they could convert a chat comment to the tracking post/s.)
3. Name your team. Using this round's theme of the Weather, come up with a team name. We are an open/public group with no age limit, so please make sure any chosen name is smart, not smutty ;)
Please PM your name to Jane(PS) by early Thursday 27 February.
4. If you have a private profile, please 'friend' your team-mates. This is really important, because without this, your team-mates can't see your shelves to select a books under option 2.
5. Please post your book selections/completions in the format provided below. (This format is also posted in both the Q&A and Sign-Up threads.) We need to know the week that each book corresponds to, the page numbers, and how the book qualifies including names to lists/shelves (where applicable), etc. I can't stress this enough. When in doubt - link it*!
* don't link to your review in your completion post - reviews in your completion posts should be included in full within that post.
You don't want to start reading a book and then find it doesn't meet the requirements because some information (eg page count or theme link) was missing from your original post.
I will be monitoring this and your book will not be considered complete until I am satisfied that your selection and completion posts comply with the format rules of the challenge.
Remember - you can ONLY change your book selection in the week that the theme is called.
6. You MUST check in with your team each week, ideally once the theme is announced. Please let your team know if you expect to have spotty communication or are on holidays or having an operation.
7. When you post the completion of your book, you must post a review; enough for us to know you have actually read the book. Please don't link to a review. You must post the review in this thread.
8. Re-reads are allowed but you can't read the same book twice within this challenge.
9. There is no prize for the winning team - bragging rights only :)
10. Each week, the theme will be announced in the Q&A Annoucement thread. The full list of themes announced during this round will be maintained in msg 1 of that thread.
The Rule on the Pass Option
* Each team can only have ONE member using their pass each week.
* Each member can only use that pass once each 5 weeks.
* This means that one or two team members (dependent upon the size of your team) will miss using a pass in each 5 week block.
* No-one can use the pass option in the last week of the challenge.
* In the final week if Option 2 is used, members must select their book from another team. This will be advised in the week 11 announcement.
Key selection and completion post information. You must have ALL elements in your book posts.The format for selection posts Option 1:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
How the book qualifies - please link or name the qualifying bookshelf/list where applicable (link if possible).
If the theme is based off the bookcover or a letter in the title etc, please just repeat the theme.
The format for selection posts Option 2:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
Name of the team-member, their star rating, the date they read the book.
Format for completion posts:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Rating (1-5)
Review
Please DO NOT CHAT in these selection/completion posts. It needs to be super clear.
If you 'waffle' about your decided book - please REPOST your selection once you decide. DO NOT go back and edit your waffling post.
I'll track each team's progress separately, using the Captain's summary in each team's thread to check for accuracy.
Theme — Weathercalled on Fridays between 3–6 pm EST
WEEK 1 — 2. Fires – read a book with a red or black cover (more than 50%)
WEEK 2 — 5. Cyclone/Hurricane – read a book from the following list:
(view spoiler)
WEEK 3 — 9. Heat Wave – read a book with 300 pages or more (30 Celsius or more)
WEEK 4 — 14. Whirly Wind – read a book with Insta love from one of the following lists: (view spoiler)
WEEK 5 — 1. Drought – read a book with no people or animals on the cover
WEEK 6 — 13. Clexit Coalition (International Climate Denial group) – read a book with an “X” in the title, series, and/or author’s, main character’s or narrator’s name
WEEK 7 — 12. Greta Thunberg (Climate Activist) – read a book set in Europe
WEEK 8 — 4. Snow Storm – read a book set in autumn or winter from one of the following lists: (view spoiler)
WEEK 9 — 15. Dust/Sand Storm – read a book that has been on your TBR for more than 1 year or read a book written before 1 January 2010
WEEK 10 — 6. Beautiful Day – read a book from the following lists: (view spoiler)
WEEK 11 — 8. Cold Snap – read a book with less than 300 pages (below 30 Fahrenheit)
3. Floods – read a book that has more than 1,000 ratings
7. Humid – read a book with all the letters H-U-M-I-D in the title, series, and/or author’s, main character’s, or narrator’s name
10. El Nino (an ocean temperature weather pattern): In American Spanish, the capitalized term El Niño means “the boy” – read a book told from the male main character’s point of view or a gay romance
💧 list that may assist: Romance Books Male POV (please show HOW this qualifies)
💧 you may use a list (e.g., above), shelf, sole (or dual) male narration and, of course, MM romance
11. La Nina (the opposite ocean temperature weather pattern to El Nino) – read a book from the following lists: (view spoiler)
Week 1 – Fires – 3/6/20 — COMPLETE
Kathy — Connections in Death, J.D. Robb — black cover
Letitia — Blood Oath, Raye Wagner — black cover
Grace — The Wrong/Right Man, Aurora Rose Reynolds — black cover
Susan — The Starless Sea, Erin Morgenstern — black cover
Laura — Queen of Shadows, Sarah J. Maas — red cover
Mell — Just Down the Hall, Alessandra Thomas — red cover
Kathy — Connections in Death, J.D. Robb – 3/11/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Letitia — Blood Oath, Raye Wagner – 3/12/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Grace — The Wrong/Right Man, Aurora Rose Reynolds – 3/18/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Susan — The Starless Sea, Erin Morgenstern– 3/30/20 – ✮✰✰✰✰
Laura — Queen of Shadows, Sarah J. Maas – 3/13/20 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Mell — Just Down the Hall, Alessandra Thomas – 3/18/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
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Week 2 – Cyclone/Hurricane – 3/13/20 — COMPLETE
Kathy — Tyrant, T.M. Frazier — #15 from Villains Need Love Too!
Letitia — Broken, Eva Dresden — #209 from Villains Need Love Too!
Grace — Tangle of Need, Nalini Singh — Option 2 via Laura
Susan — A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas — #40 from Villains Need Love Too!
Laura — The Darkest Secret, Gena Showalter — #264 from Villains Need Love Too!
Kathy — Tyrant, T.M. Frazier – 3/15/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Letitia — Broken, Eva Dresden – 3/15/20 – ✮✮✰✰✰
Grace — Tangle of Need, Nalini Singh – 4/1/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Susan — A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas – 3/17/20 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Laura — The Darkest Secret, Gena Showalter – 3/20/20 – ✮✮✮✮✮
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Week 3 – Heat Wave – 3/20/20 — COMPLETE
Kathy — The Curse of Tenth Grave, Darynda Jones — more than 300 pages
Letitia — The First Girl Child, Amy Harmon — more than 300 pages
Grace — Deklan, Shay Savage — more than 300 pages
Susan — The Kiss Thief, L.J. Shen — more than 300 pages
Laura — Taken by Midnight, Lara Adrian — more than 300 pages
Kathy — The Curse of Tenth Grave, Darynda Jones – 3/26/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Letitia — The First Girl Child, Amy Harmon – 3/25/20 – ✮✮✮✰✰
Grace — Deklan, Shay Savage – 3/26/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Susan — The Kiss Thief, L.J. Shen – 5/1/20 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Laura — Taken by Midnight, Lara Adrian – 3/23/20 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Week 4 – Whirly Wind – 3/27/20 — COMPLETE
Kathy — A Taste for a Mate, Carrie Ann Ryan — #208 from Insta-Love Romance
Letitia — Pucked, Helena Hunting — #81 from INSTA-Love Romance — NO CHEATING
Grace — Infatuation, Aurora Rose Reynolds — #98 from INSTA-Love Romance — NO CHEATING
Susan — Naked, Raine Miller — #31 from Insta-Love Romance
Laura — Lover Unleashed, J.R. Ward — Option 2 via Kathy
Kathy — A Taste for a Mate, Carrie Ann Ryan – 3/30/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Letitia — Pucked, Helena Hunting – 3/28/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Grace — Infatuation, Aurora Rose Reynolds – 3/30/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Susan — Naked, Raine Miller – 4/2/20 – ✮✮✰✰✰
Laura — Lover Unleashed, J.R. Ward – 3/29/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
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Week 5 – Drought – 4/3/20
Kathy — The Billionaire’s Christmas, J.S. Scott — no people or animals on the cover
Letitia — Where One Goes, B.N. Toler — no people or animals on the cover
Grace — Pucked, Helena Hunting — Option 2 via Letitia
Susan — The Turn of the Key, Ruth Ware — no people or animals on the cover
Laura — Scarlet Toys, S.M. Sade — no people or animals on the cover
Kathy — The Billionaire’s Christmas, J.S. Scott – 4/5/20 – ✮✮✮✰✰
Letitia — Where One Goes, B.N. Toler – 4/8/20 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Grace — Pucked, Helena Hunting – 4/21/20 – ✮✰✰✰✰
Susan — The Turn of the Key, Ruth Ware
Laura — Scarlet Toys, S.M. Sade – 4/6/20 – ✮✮✮✮✮
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Week 6 – Clexit Coalition – 4/10/20 — COMPLETE
Kathy — Easy Melody, Kristen Proby — “x” in the series name, Boudreaux
Letitia — The Chronicles of Moxie, Z.B. Heller — “x” in the title, Chronicles of Moxie
Grace — Stolen Angel, Lucy Leroux — “x” in the author’s last name, Leroux
Susan — True Love, Jude Deveraux — “x” in the author’s last name, Deveraux
Laura — The Killer Knight and the Murderous Chairleg, Kelly Ethan — “x” in the main character’s name, Xandie Meyers
Kathy — Easy Melody, Kristen Proby – 4/5/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Letitia — The Chronicles of Moxie, Z.B. Heller – 4/13/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Grace — Stolen Angel, Lucy Leroux – 4/17/20 – ✮✮✮✰✰
Susan — True Love, Jude Deveraux – 4/26/20 – ✮✮✮✰✰
Laura — The Killer Knight and the Murderous Chairleg, Kelly Ethan – 4/13/20 – ✮✮✮✰✰
Week 7 – Greta Thunberg (Climate Activist) – 4/17/20 — COMPLETE
Kathy — Earl of Sussex, Tammy Andresen — set in England
Letitia — Harley Merlin and the Secret Coven, Bella Forrest — Option 2 via Laura
Grace — The Prize, Julie Garwood — set in England
Susan — Queen of Babble, Meg Cabot — set in England and France
Laura — Wild Irish Eyes, Tricia O’Malley — set in Ireland
Kathy — Earl of Sussex, Tammy Andresen – 4/18/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Letitia — Harley Merlin and the Secret Coven, Bella Forrest – 4/24/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Grace — The Prize, Julie Garwood – 4/19/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Susan — Queen of Babble, Meg Cabot – 4/21/20 – ✮✮✮✰✰
Laura — Wild Irish Eyes, Tricia O’Malley – 4/23/20 – ✮✮✮✰✰
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Week 8 – Snow Storm – 4/24/20 — COMPLETE
Kathy — Not a Hero, Cherise Sinclair — #18 from Fatal Chill Romantic Suspense Set in Winter and Cold
Letitia — Cry Wolf, Patricia Briggs — #29 from Winter Time Action and Romance
Grace — Earl of Sussex, Tammy Andresen — Option 2 via Kathy
Susan — Northern Lights, Nora Roberts — #62 from Fatal Chill Romantic Suspense Set in Winter and Cold
Laura — Harley Merlin and the Mystery Twins, Bella Forrest — Option 2 via Leticia
Kathy — Not a Hero, Cherise Sinclair – 4/27/20 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Letitia — Cry Wolf, Patricia Briggs – 4/27/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Grace — Earl of Sussex, Tammy Andresen – 4/27/20 – ✮✮✮✰✰
Susan — Northern Lights, Nora Roberts – 4/29/20 – ✮✮✮✰✰
Laura — Harley Merlin and the Mystery Twins, Bella Forrest – 5/4/20 – ✮✮✮✰✰
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Week 9 – Dust/Sand Storm – 5/1/20 — COMPLETE
Kathy — Everywhere and Every Way, Jennifer Probst — on TBR list since April 2017
Letitia — A Kingdom of Exiles, S.B. Nova — on TBR list since September 2018
Grace — Numbers, Laurann Dohner — on TBR list since August 2015
Susan — The Kiss of Deception, Mary E. Pearson — on TBR list since August 2016
Laura — Gunmetal Magic, Ilona Andrews — on TBR list since September 2018
Kathy — Everywhere and Every Way, Jennifer Probst – 5/9/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Letitia — A Kingdom of Exiles, S.B. Nova – 5/8/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Grace — Numbers, Laurann Dohner – 5/9/20 – ✮✮✮✰✰
Susan — The Kiss of Deception, Mary E. Pearson – 5/7/20 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Laura — Gunmetal Magic, Ilona Andrews – 5/6/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Week 10 – Beautiful Day – 5/8/20
Kathy — Summoned to Thirteenth Grave, Darynda Jones — #679 from What to Read in Summer
Letitia — Tattoo Thief, Heidi Joy Tretheway — #17 from Best Summer Romance Books
Grace — Lucky in Love, Jill Shalvis — Option 2 via Kathy
Susan — Well Met, Jen DeLuca — #75 from Best Summer Romance Books
Laura — Reflected in You, Sylvia Day — #191 from What to Read in Summer
Kathy — Summoned to Thirteenth Grave, Darynda Jones – 5/12/20 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Letitia — Tattoo Thief, Heidi Joy Tretheway
Grace — Lucky in Love, Jill Shalvis – 5/11/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Susan — Well Met, Jen DeLuca – 5/12/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Laura — Reflected in You, Sylvia Day – 5/12/20 – ✮✮✮✮✮
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Week 11 – Cold Snap – 5/15/20
Kathy — Delayed Satisfaction, Lauren Blakely — less than 300 pages
Letitia —
Grace —
Susan —
Laura —
Kathy — Delayed Satisfaction, Lauren Blakely – 5/15/20 – ✮✮✮✮✰
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Susan —
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Hi Team 5! This is my first time as a captain for this challenge, so I apologize now for any mistakes or annoyances! However, it’s not my first time participating in this challenge, so I at least know how to play the game. 😁I live in the Chicagoland area and try to jump on Goodreads at least once a day. I’m a big fan of romance books in many different sub genres. . .one of many reasons I love this group so much!
I’m not great with team names. . .the best I came up with is the “Category 5 Readers”. . .it was the only thing I could think of that correlated to the theme this round.
Looking forward to getting this round started!
hi I'm Laura, Im English but live in Greece, I mainly like my paranormal genre of romance but do read the odd contemp..... team names
The pentagon wardens
forecast at 5
the meddling meteorologists
Hi! I’m Mell, 31, from Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺 I’ve been happily married for 7.5 years and we have 3 kittens. I attempted this challenge last year and failed, hopefully have more success this time!
Group name suggestion: The Five Seasons
Hi Grace, Laura, and Mell! Looks like we are waiting on two teammates to check in. In the meantime, the following is the current list of suggested team names. If you have more, post them and I’ll add to this list.Team Name Suggestions
✔️Five Seasons
✔️✔️Category 5 Readers
Pentagon Wardens
✔️Forecast at 5
✔️Meddling Meteorologists
Hi team! I'm Grace and I live in San Diego. Themes are usually called anywhere from 12 pm to 3 pm my time. I read MF romance. I read most genres (contemporary, historical, paranormal, sci-fi, and so on) and usually hop around to keep from getting burned out. I've been in a little reading slump since the Bachelor Challenge finished, so I'm hoping PTP helps me out of that rut. In terms of team names I'm not the most creative, but I'm partial to either Forecast at 5 or Meddling Meteorologists.
In terms of team names I'm not the most creative, but I'm partial to either Forecast at 5 or Meddling Meteorologists.
☘KathyD☘ wrote: "Hi Grace, Laura, and Mell! Looks like we are waiting on two teammates to check in. In the meantime, the following is the current list of suggested team names. If you have more, post them and I’ll a..."I kinda like Category 5 Readers as well :)
Hi everyone I'm Susan. I've been married 34 years on April 4th. We have 7 kids, 6 boys and 1 girl. We also have 12 grandkids. I've lived in Las Vegas, NV my whole life (54 years). I met my husband when I was 18 and went to Mexico on spring break. I went to Mexico every month for 2 years to see my, then, boyfriend. My family fell in love with him and often went to Mexico with me. 2 years later I smuggled him across the border (no lie) and we were married 2 weeks later (by the way that doesn't make someone legal 😉) no worries we went through proper channels and he's been legal for over 30 years. I've never lived a dull life and our kids always have something or other going on. Besides reading I scrapbook my crazy, zany kids and life. That's us in a nut shell.
I love the name category 5 readers or the Five Seasons.
welcome Susan! it seems you’re love life is a romance book itself! happy anniversary to you and your husband (in case I forget in April)! I’m actually headed to Las Vegas later this month for work...please try to arrange nice weather for me! ;)
Hello everyone! Im from PA. Not married (yet) but after 11 years of dating he did finally propose in January. We have three crazy boys (8, 2, and 7 months). I am currently a Pre-K counts teacher of 18 3-5 years old but am hoping to teach special education in a school district next year! :Fingers Crossed: So between work and my children, I don't have time for much other than reading. I love to read anything romance. I have never played this game before and I am fairly new to book games in general but i'm excited to get started!
I like the name category five readers as well~I think I sent everyone a friend request. If not, please let me know and I will add you.
☘KathyD☘ wrote: "welcome Susan! it seems you’re love life is a romance book itself! happy anniversary to you and your husband (in case I forget in April)! I’m actually headed to Las Vegas later this month for work...."The weather here is such a fickle thing. One day this last week the kids wore shorts and I put my A/C on. The very next day it rained and was so cold. By this Friday it's supposed to be 80 degrees. I'll keep an eye on the weather for you 🐴
Thank you for the anniversary wish. I have had an interesting life but one full of love so I can't complain.
Letitia wrote: "Hello everyone! Im from PA. Not married (yet) but after 11 years of dating he did finally propose in January. We have three crazy boys (8, 2, and 7 months). I am currently a Pre-K counts teacher of..."Welcome Letitia and congrats on your pending marriage!
I was torn between both of those names but the more I think about it my vote is for Category 5 Readers
Week 1Option 1:
2. Fires - read a book with a red or black cover.
The cover. must have more than 50% of the color 'black' or 'red' on it. If you aren't sure, post the cover here for approval.
Option 2:
Key date - 6 September 2019
A book on your team mates 'read' list AND rated at least 3 stars and read on or after the key date.
Option 3:
Pass
This can only be used once each 5 weeks. Only one team mate can use this option each week,
Week 1Selection Post – Option 1
Connections in Death, J.D. Robb
Pages ➔ 384
How the Book Qualifies ➔ primarily black cover
Hi team! I will try to jump on this weekend to answer any questions and make sure our tracking post is current, but my husband is having a few complications after a procedure yesterday so I may not be as accessible as I’d like to be.
@ Grace. . .belated thank you for posting the call for this week!@ Laura. . .sounds good, but don’t forget your selection post too.
Week 1Selection Post – Option 1
- Queen of ShadowsPages ➔ 648
How the Book Qualifies ➔ primarily red cover
Laura wrote: "Ahhh yees the selection post!!!!! its been one of those days.."trust me. . .I get it! ;)
☘KathyD☘ wrote: "Hi team! I will try to jump on this weekend to answer any questions and make sure our tracking post is current, but my husband is having a few complications after a procedure yesterday so I may not..."Hope your husband is OK!
do you think blood oath by Raye Wagner is enough black? I can't post the cover as a picture on my phone unfortunately.
Week 1 Selection
The Wrong/Right Man by Aurora Rose Reynolds
Pages: 170
Qualification: Black Cover, see above
Letitia wrote: "do you think blood oath by Raye Wagner is enough black? I can't post the cover as a picture on my phone unfortunately."I think it would based on this cover.
@Mell. . .thank you! He is feeling much better. He just needed some time to recover. =)
@Letitia. . .I agree with Grace; that cover seems to be very black
@Jane. . .if you happen to see this message, could you delete post #48? Thank you! =)
Selection Post - Option OneWeek # 1
Bookcover/link:
Page numbers: 322
How the book qualifies - black cover.
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