Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

Team members

Weather Bureau Chief
★ [[ Frankie ]]

Reporters
✔LM Warren
✔Amanda A
✔Vicki
✔Hazel
✔Tiki

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.

🌎 Team Name: Weather We Win...

Weather Reporters:
🖤[[ Frankie ]] (Bureau Chief) [Checked In] - Used Pass (Week 4)
💛LM Warren [Checked In]
💜Amanda A [Checked In]
💙Vicki [Checked In]
❤️Hazel [Checked In]
💚Tiki [Checked In]

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Theme (#1): 2. Fires - Read a book with a red or black cover

Week 1 Selections
🔥[[ Frankie ]]: Books and Brews - black cover ( Selection Post )
🔥LM Warren: Anyone But Rich - black cover ( Selection Post )
🔥Amanda A: Asking For a Friend - black cover ( Selection Post )
🔥Vicki: When the Wind Blows - black cover ( Selection Post )
🔥Hazel: Pretty New Doll - black cover ( Selection Post )
🔥Tiki: Strictly Seduction - black cover ( Selection Post )

Week 1 Completions
🔥[[ Frankie ]]: Completion Post
🔥LM Warren: Completion Post
🔥Amanda A: Completion Post
🔥Vicki: Completion Post
🔥Hazel: Completion Post
🔥Tiki: Completion Post

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Theme (#2): 5. Cyclone/Hurricane - Read a book from one of the provided lists

Week 2 Selections
🌪[[ Frankie ]]: Monster in His Eyes - Villains Need Love Too (#68) ( Selection Post )
🌪LM Warren: Damaged - Crazy Love (#122) ( Selection Post )
🌪Amanda A: Lawless - Villains Need Love Too (#33) ( Selection Post )
🌪Vicki: Mercy - Villains Need Love Too (#273) ( Selection Post )
🌪Hazel: Souls Unfractured - Villains Need Love Too (#51) ( Selection Post )
🌪Tiki: Crime Lord's Captive - Crazy Love (#41) ( Selection Post )

Week 2 Completions
🌪[[ Frankie ]]: Completion Post
🌪LM Warren: Completion Post
🌪Amanda A: Completion Post
🌪Vicki: Completion Post
🌪Hazel: Completion Post
🌪Tiki: Completion Post

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Theme (#3): 9. Heat wave - Read a book with 300pp or more (30 Celcius or more)

Week 3 Selections
☀️[[ Frankie ]]: All Things Bright and Strange - 336pp ( Selection Post )
☀️LM Warren: The Third Best Thing - 369pp ( Selection Post )
☀️Amanda A: Sparrow - 312pp ( Selection Post )
☀️Vicki: Bitter Falls - 336pp ( Selection Post )
☀️Hazel: Lover Unleashed - 512pp ( Selection Post )
☀️Tiki: Rough Gentleman - 537pp ( Selection Post )

Week 3 Completions
☀️[[ Frankie ]]: Completion Post
☀️LM Warren: Completion Post
☀️Amanda A: Completion Post
☀️Vicki: Completion Post
☀️Hazel: Completion Post
☀️Tiki: Completion Post

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Theme (#4): 14. Whirly Wind - Read a book with insta love from one of the provided lists

Week 4 Selections
💨[[ Frankie ]]: USING PASS
💨LM Warren: Until November - Insta Love Romance Books (#1) ( Selection Post )
💨Amanda A: Twisted Palace - Can’t Live Without You Insta Love (#8) ( Selection Post )
💨Vicki: Dark Lover - Insta Love No Cheating (#19) ( Selection Post )
💨Hazel: Forgotten Sins - Insta Love No Cheating (#52) ( Selection Post )
💨Tiki: Embracing His Omega - Soul Mates (#114) ( Selection Post )

Week 4 Completions
💨[[ Frankie ]]: USED PASS
💨LM Warren: Completion Post
💨Amanda A: Completion Post
💨Vicki: Completion Post
💨Hazel: Completion Post
💨Tiki: Completion Post

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Theme (#5): 1. Drought - Read a book with no people or animals on the cover

Week 5 Selections
🌵[[ Frankie ]]: The Red House Mystery - no people/animals on cover ( Selection Post )
🌵LM Warren: The Confectioner's Guild - no people/animals on cover ( Selection Post )
🌵Amanda A: In Five Years - no people/animals on cover ( Selection Post )
🌵Vicki: A Heart So Fierce and Broken - no people/animals on cover ( Selection Post )
🌵Hazel: Rule - no people/animals on cover ( Selection Post )
🌵Tiki: Our Flower - no people/animals on cover ( Selection Post )

Week 5 Completions
🌵[[ Frankie ]]: Completion Post
🌵LM Warren: Completion Post
🌵Amanda A: Completion Post
🌵Vicki: Completion Post
🌵Hazel: Completion Post
🌵Tiki: Completion Post

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Theme (#6): 13. Clexit Coalition (International Climate Denial group) - Read a book with an X in the Title, Series, Author's Name, MC's Names and or Narrator's Name

Week 6 Selections
🌍[[ Frankie ]]: A Goose Girl - read by Amanda 2/5/20 ( Selection Post )
🌍LM Warren: Intermediate Thermodynamics - X in author’s name ( Selection Post )
🌍Amanda A: Assassin Next Door - X in title ( Selection Post )
🌍Vicki: Taming Alex - X in title ( Selection Post )
🌍Hazel: Wildcat - X in author’s name ( Selection Post )
🌍Tiki: Fire In His Embrace - X in author’s name ( Selection Post )

Week 6 Completions
🌍[[ Frankie ]]: Completion Post
🌍LM Warren: Completion Post
🌍Amanda A: Completion Post
🌍Vicki: Completion Post
🌍Hazel: Completion Post
🌍Tiki: Completion Post

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Theme (#7): 12. Greta Thunberg (Climate Activist) - Read a book set in Europe

Week 7 Selections
☁️[[ Frankie ]]: What the Wind Knows - set in Ireland ( Selection Post )
☁️LM Warren: Fire in His Blood - read by Tiki 12/30/19 ( Selection Post )
☁️Amanda A: Chasing Cassandra - set in England ( Selection Post )
☁️Vicki: Evelyn, After - read by Frankie 12/12/19 ( Selection Post )
☁️Hazel: The Duchess Deal - set in London ( Selection Post )
☁️Tiki: Waking Kiss - set in England ( Selection Post )

Week 7 Completions
☁️[[ Frankie ]]: Completion Post
☁️LM Warren: Completion Post
☁️Amanda A: Completion Post
☁️Vicki: Completion Post
☁️Hazel: Completion Post
☁️Tiki: Completion Post

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Theme (#8): 4. Snow storm - Read a book set in autumn or winter from one of the provided lists

Week 8 Selections
☃️[[ Frankie ]]: Hidden - Fatal Chill (#22) ( Selection Post )
☃️LM Warren: Nora Roberts Land - Falling Season (#33) ( Selection Post )
☃️Amanda A: Carry Me Home - Fatal Chill (#25) ( Selection Post )
☃️Vicki: Naked in Death - Winter Time Action (#73) ( Selection Post )
☃️Hazel: The Marriage Bargain - read by Tiki 3/3/20 ( Selection Post )
☃️Tiki: Wildest Dreams - PNR Fantasy (#21) ( Selection Post )

Week 8 Completions
☃️[[ Frankie ]]:
☃️LM Warren: Completion Post
☃️Amanda A: Completion Post
☃️Vicki: Completion Post
☃️Hazel: Completion Post
☃️Tiki: Completion Post

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Theme (#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 9 Selections
🌫[[ Frankie ]]: Catching Fire - published 9/1/09 ( Selection Post )
🌫LM Warren: That Guy - added 10/9/18 ( Selection Post )
🌫Amanda A: Charming Hannah - added 11/22/17 ( Selection Post )
🌫Vicki: Very Bad Things - added 9/2/14 ( Selection Post )
🌫Hazel: Bittersweet - added 6/29/18 ( Selection Post )
🌫Tiki: The Empress' New Clothes - published 11/21/00 ( Selection Post )

Week 9 Completions
🌫[[ Frankie ]]: Completion Post
🌫LM Warren: Completion Post
🌫Amanda A: Completion Post
🌫Vicki: Completion Post
🌫Hazel: Completion Post
🌫Tiki: Completion Post

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Theme (#10): 6. Beautiful day - Read a book from one of the provided lists
Week 10 Selections
🌤[[ Frankie ]]: USING PASS
🌤LM Warren: Tattoo Thief - Best Summer Romance (#17) ( Selection Post )
🌤Amanda A: A Summer in Sonoma - Best Summer Romance (#87) ( Selection Post )
🌤Vicki: Delirium - What to Read in Summer (#4) ( Selection Post )
🌤Hazel: City of Glass - What to Read in Summer (#55) ( Selection Post )
🌤Tiki: Anyone But Rich - read by LM Warren 3/10/20 ( Selection Post )

Week 10 Completions
🌤[[ Frankie ]]: USED PASS
🌤LM Warren: Completion Post
🌤Amanda A: Completion Post
🌤Vicki:
🌤Hazel: Completion Post
🌤Tiki:

Hi team! I'm from South Carolina and, when I'm not reading, I work full-time as an accountant. This is a fun challenge and I am looking forward to playing this round with all of you!

Hi, everyone! I’m Frankie! This is my third time playing PtP (third time as captain, too) & I seriously love this challenge! Can’t wait to play with you all!

Is there anyone who hasn’t played before?

Amanda A wrote: "Hi team! I'm from South Carolina and, when I'm not reading, I work full-time as an accountant. This is a fun challenge and I am looking forward to playing this round with all of you!"

Hi, Amanda!!

Hi Frankie and Amanda

I’m Hazel and I’m from Glasgow, Scotland. I work in HR full time and also a part time taxi driver for my 11 year old sons sport activities. I read quite a lot in my car. I have captained the last few rounds but real life has been pretty manic the last 6 months so I opted just to be a participant this time. Looking forward to it!

*waves* Hi Frankie, Amanda, and Hazel, I have played before but don't ask me how many times. LOL I loved it when I played it so I'm looking forward to playing again!

I'll be brief this time about myself. LOL
I was born in Texas, but raised and live in California
Mother of 5
Grandmother of 21 (well, #21 will be born in about 10 days)
Great grandmother of 5
Own 2 dogs: Jazzmine and Rocky
Happily married for 19 years, will be 20 on June 25
I'm a retired high school teacher (taught English, yearbook, and multicultural lit)
I travel quite a lot! This summer going to Canada, Oregon, Coral Baja, Mexico, and who knows!
LOVE The Bachelor/Bachelorette, The Voice, American Idol, Lincoln Rhyme, and live theater/musicals
And of course I'm a readaholic and a challenge addict!

Hello y'all, I live in East Texas, was raised here but born in Arizona and have traveled allot in life. Mother to 6 and have been married 23 years to my sole mate. Retired nurse, now work part time as a cashier and tech support in a call center. When I am not working I am with my 4 youngest daughters doing different stuff with them. My 2 oldest are off doing their own things now. Read as much as I can when I can. I absolutely love anything Paranormal, then Menage, then dark romance, then bdsm, the m/m romance.

Names for the group! (only 1, sorry!)

The Hurricane's

Hazel & Tiki, it’s nice to meet you! (I know Amanda & Vicki - hello, friends!)

I’m trying to think of some ‘weather related’ team names, but no luck yet!

Here are some name suggestions from me. They’re not very snappy but I’m working on it.

Weather we win or not we’re having fun!
The weather outside is frightful but the books are so delightful.

Amanda A wrote: "Hi team! I'm from South Carolina and, when I'm not reading, I work full-time as an accountant. This is a fun challenge and I am looking forward to playing this round with all of you!"

Hey Amanda, how do you like being an accountant, I have 2.5 years left in school on my bachelor's in forensic accounting

Hazel wrote: "Here are some name suggestions from me. They’re not very snappy but I’m working on it.

Weather we win or not we’re having fun!
The weather outside is frightful but the books are so delightful."

Ooh... I like the Weather We Win one. Maybe we shorten it to just that?

Weather We Win...

Or even team Weather or Not...

What do y’all think?

Happy with any of those suggestions

How about:
Hurricane Readers
Wind Reader Whippers
Crazy Hurricane Ladies
Readin Wavers
Windy Flowers

Let’s see what Vicki & Amanda’s votes are!

(I’m stuck on Weather We Win now, but I’d be good with whatever the majority votes for!)

I think Weather We Win is cute but I am also good with any of them.

Tiki wrote: "Hey Amanda, how do you like being an accountant, I have 2.5 years left in school on my bachelor's in forensic accounting"

Awesome! Most people think accounting is boring, but I love the debits and credits! I have always found forensic accounting interesting and I considered getting my master's degree in that but there were no programs close to me and online programs were not popular yet. I got it in Public Accountancy so I could get my CPA license but then I never worked in public accounting. :)

Good luck with your studies!

Amanda A wrote: "Tiki wrote: "Hey Amanda, how do you like being an accountant, I have 2.5 years left in school on my bachelor's in forensic accounting"

Awesome! Most people think accounting is boring, but I love t..."

thank you!! I started almost 20 years ago and did 2.5 years on a 5 year dual bachelor's degree program. In the fall I am going back but I have to do a small immersion program to catch up on what I already did, I kinda feel stupid sinceI have been going over some of the stuff I studied before, its been hard trying to remember allot of the stuff I studied before. I am no long 23. I am 40 year's old now. Everything feels really weird and crazy, trying to start over again a little. I am doing an online program this go around.

*knock knock* Hi Frankie 👋 😁 Good luck!

Cyndee wrote: "*knock knock* Hi Frankie 👋 😁 Good luck!"

Cyndee! Hola, my little hedgehog 🦔
Good luck to y’all, too!

I sent LM a message to let her know the threads are up!

Hi everyone, my name is Leah. I live in Texas and home school my two children. We have three cats that are very different from eachother. I read as much as I can throughout the day. Usually in the evenings I hang out with the hubby. This year is our 18th wedding anniversary. Normally I check good reads in the mornings and during the day. I'm looking forward to this challenge with all ya'll.

I have not played this challenge before. I'm good with any team name 😊

L. M. Warren wrote: "I have not played this challenge before. I'm good with any team name 😊"

I'm the same L.M.!

L. M. Warren wrote: "I have not played this challenge before. I'm good with any team name 😊"

Yay! Nice to meet you, Leah! Glad you made it. ;]

If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to ask! I’m sure any of us would be more than happy to help!

Tiki wrote: "L. M. Warren wrote: "I have not played this challenge before. I'm good with any team name 😊"

I'm the same L.M.!"

Same goes for you, Tiki! :p

Has there been a name picked yet? what are doing??

Tiki wrote: "Has there been a name picked yet? what are doing??"

Team name is, Weather we win.
Once every team has a name and all members have checked in the theme will be named. She said theme will out no later than friday.

Great!

Thanks, Leah!

I'm so sorry for not checking in after checking in. LOL I have spent a few days catching up but I'm still not 100% caught up, so I was waiting on this one since it starts tomorrow.

That being said, I think the team name is really cute!

thank you Leah, sorry work has been crazy. trying to stay updated but sometimes internet don't work well where I live

Are y’all ready for today’s theme call? I’m so excited to see what the first task will be!

I’m ready but I’m going to bed now. It’s after midnight so barely the 6th. Can’t wait to find out the theme though!

😊😊😊😊🤗📚📚

Okay! The theme for Week 1 has been announced! I’ll post it below. :]

🌦 Week 1 Theme Call 🌦

🌪 Option 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 in the Q&A for approval.

OR

🌪 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.

OR

🌪 Option 3:

Pass
Each member may only use a pass once each 5 weeks. Only one team mate can use this option each week.

I have an idea of what I might wanna read with a black cover, but I wanna browse y’all’s ‘read’ shelves first before I make my decision. LOL. ;]

Week 1 - Option 1
Theme 2: Fires - read a book with a red or black cover.


Book: Ker Dukey
Pages: 215
How it qualifies: >50% of the cover is black

Week 1 Option 1
Theme 2 Fires- book with red or black cover
Book: , Anyone But Rich, Penelope Bloom
Pages: 249
How it qualifies: cover is more than 50% black

Hey everyone! My daughter is in the hospital having my 21st grandchild today!! I’m watching her 23 month old and 2 of her other children (9 & 13) so I’m not sure when I’ll look carefully at this but at quick glance I will probably read black.

Congratulations Vicki! Hope all goes smoothly for your daughter 😊

Week #1 ~ Option 1

Book: Asking for a Friend
Pages: 312
How the book qualifies - Mostly black cover