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The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 7April 8, 2023 through June 4, 2023
Your Pace or Mine?
Tracking:
Task 1 - 0. Each teammate reads a book initially published in a Spring Month - March, April, May or June, of any year. Teams decide which month. No pass for this task. 4.8.2023 - 4.10.2023
Task 2 - 2. Each player reads the first book in a series, can be same or different series - no pass for this task. 4.10.2023 - 4.12.2023
Task 3 - 7. Read 4 books that are stand alones. 4.12.2023 - 4.14.2023
Task 4 - 10. Read 4 books by authors who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb). 4.14.2023 - 4.16.2023
Task 5 - 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task. 4.16.2023 - 4.17.2023
Task 6 - 33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide. 4.18.2023 - 4.20.2023
Task 7 - 25. Read 4 books by one of the 2022 FACs. 4.20.2023 - 4.21.2023
Task 8 - 48. Read 6 books featuring cowboys. 4.22.2023 - 4.23.2023
Task 9 - 54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which. 4.24.2023 - 4.26.2023
Task 10 - 14. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books with Contemporary Romance as MPG. 4.26.2023 - 4.28.2023
Task 11 - 69. Read 6 books that have won/been nominated for an award. 4.28.2023 - 4.29.2023
Task 12 - 70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors. 4.30.2023 - 5.2.2023
Task 13 - 75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter. 5.2.2023 - 5.4.2023
Task 14 - 17. Read 4 books written by a male author. 5.4.2023 - 5.5.2023
Task 15 - 74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month. 5.6.2023 - 5.8.2023
Task 16 - 79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope. 5.8.2023 - 5.10.2023
Task 17 - 78. Read 6 books with alliteration in the title or author's name. 5.10.2023 - 5.11.2023
Task 18 - 96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which. 5.12.2023 - 5.13.2023
Task 19 - 88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which. 5.14.2023 - 5.16.2023
Task 20 - 66. Read over 1000 pages in books with Mystery or Suspense as MPG. 5.16.2023 - 5.18.2023
Task 21 - 100. Read 8 books with more than 10 letters in the title. 5.18.2023 - 5.20.2023
Task 22 - 114. The last person on your team alphabetically selects a book or series and everyone reads the selected book a book in the selected series. 5.20.2023 - 5.23.2023
Task 23 - 99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them. 5.23.2023 - 5.26.2023
Task 24 - 127. Read 1500 pages in books whose titles begin with ’The’. 5.26.2023 - 5.28.2023
Task 25 - 86. Read at least 1500 pages in books with a hat on the cover. 5.28.2023 - 5.30.2023
Task 26 - 121. Pick another team in this challenge and each member reads two books read by members of that team in the last 6 months and rated a minimum of 4 stars. No pass for this task. 5.30.2023 - 6.2.2023
Task 27 - Last Task
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.
**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. 😊
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 4, you are free to come up with a team name. 😉
Task List:1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
Sarah MacLean
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.
Lucky Harbor
10. Read 4 books by authors' who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb).
Pen Name List
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.
See recommendations list
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.
Best Romance with a Single Parent
Single Mothers in Contemporary Romance
Single Fathers of Romance: Great Family Men
17. Read 4 books written by a male author.
Romances written by men
M/M Books Written By Men
18. Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'.
Favorite Tag
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.
Jane's Shelf
Fran's Shelf
MKat's Shelf
Karen's Shelf
Yz the Whyz's Shelf
24. Read 6 books on RRRC's bookshelf, the books can not be added by anyone on your team within the last year.
RRRC's Bookshelf
25. Read 4 books by one of the 2022 FACs. (A different time frame may be given when assigned.)
2022-2023 FAC Authors
January - Emma Chase
February - Eve Langlais
March - Lucy Lennox
April - Avery Flynn
May - Kerrigan Byrne
June - Lily Morton
July - Kylie Scott
August - Lorraine Heath
September - Kim Fielding
October - Kristen Painter
November - Shana Galen
December - Alice Winters
January - Lauren Layne
February - Sloane Kennedy
March - Samantha Young
April - Kresley Cole
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.
Chan
Courtney
Elizabeth
KarenH
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.
Contemporary
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.
Best Friends tag
Best Friends Falling In Love tag
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.
Romance Duo Authors
Best MM Books Written By Two 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.
Law Enforcement
50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
NYC
Task List - Continued: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
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.
Ohio, Washington, Georgia, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, Texas, Taiwan
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
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.
Elizabeth - 2020
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.
No North America or Asia
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.
Book Awards
70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
Historical
71. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task.
Can't plan ahead...team with most completed tasks?
72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
80s
73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
Sawyer Bennett
Pippa Grant
Lauren Blakely
Elizabeth Hoyt
Molly Harper
Meghan Quinn
Anna Carven
74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.
January (Elizabeth), April (Karen), September (Chan), November (Courtney)
75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
C, D, F, S, T, W?
76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
human chin
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.
Enemies to Lovers?
80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.
2020s, 2010s, 2000s, 1990s
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.
Green Valley Library
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. Reader's Choice is exempt from this task.
Monthly Challenge folder
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.
August - November 2021 or February - May 2022
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.
60 + 79 + 80 + 87 = 306 Pages
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
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.
See recommendations list
100. Read 8 books with more than 10 letters in the title.
To Read shelves:Chan
Courtney
Elizabeth
KarenH
Chan's recommendations:
That Guy
Boyfriend Material
Clean Sweep
The One Night
Heidi's Guide to Four Letter WordsCourtney's Recommendations:
Diamond Dirty Like Me - The ultimate rockstar romance 🎸
Sign Here for Horns - Grumpy Earth lady meets alien concubine 👾
Lucky - reverse age gap, hot for teacher 🔥
The Tyrant Alpha's Rejected Mate - grouchy shifter alpha falls in love with a woman at the bottom of the pack 🐺
The Lady and the Orc - Epic fantasy monster smut with a side of kidnapping and Stockholm Syndrome ⚔️Elizabeth's Recommendations:
Always Be My Duchess
All Fired Up
Something Wilder
From the Jump
Nora Goes Off ScriptKaren's Recommendations:
Smash & Grab - M/M Fantasy (Shifters)
Witch Slapped - PNR Cozy Mystery/Humor
Well Met - Contemporary
Texas Destiny - Historical
Nightwork - Romantic SuspenseThere 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.
Current Task:Last Task - Read a book initially published in February or August of any year.
Chan's Completion Post
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completed Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Completed TasksTask 1 - 0. Each teammate reads a book initially published in a Spring Month - March, April, May or June, of any year. Teams decide which month. No pass for this task.
Team chose March
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 2 - 2. Each player reads the first book in a series, can be same or different series - no pass for this task.
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 3 - 7. Read 4 books that are stand alones.
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 4 - 10. Read 4 books by authors who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb).
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 5 - 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 6 - 33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.
Team chose Contemporary Romance
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 7 - 25. Read 4 books by one of the 2022 FACs.
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 8 - 48. Read 6 books featuring cowboys.
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 9 - 54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
Team chose Mountains
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 10 - 14. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books with Contemporary Romance as MPG.
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 11 - 69. Read 6 books that have won/been nominated for an award.
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 12 - 70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
Team chose Historical
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 13 - 75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
Team chose W
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completion Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 14 - 17. Read 4 books written by a male author.
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney - Pass
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 15 - 74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completed Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 16 - 79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
Team chose Enemies to Lovers
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completed Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 17 - 78. Read 6 books with alliteration in the title or author's name.
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completed Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Completed Tasks - ContinuedTask 18 - 96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which. (1380 pages read)
Team chose Moon
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completed Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 19 - 88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
Team chose Car
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completed Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 20 - 66. Read over 1000 pages in books with Mystery or Suspense as MPG.
Chan's Completion Post (352 pages)
Courtney's Completed Post (290 pages)
Elizabeth's Completion Post (304 pages)
Karen's Completion Post (492 pages)
Task 21 - 100. Read 8 books with more than 10 letters in the title.
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completed Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 22 - 114. The last person on your team alphabetically selects a book or series and everyone reads the selected book a book in the selected series.
Karen chose Lucky Harbor
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completed Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 23 - 99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completed Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 24 - 127. Read 1500 pages in books whose titles begin with ’The’.
Chan's Completion Post (456 pages)
Courtney's Completed Post (368 pages)
Elizabeth's Completion Post (368 pages)
Karen's Completion Post (431 pages)
Task 25 - 86. Read at least 1500 pages in books with a hat on the cover.
Chan's Completion Post (384 pages)
Courtney's Completed Post (205 pages)
Elizabeth's Completion Post (320 pages)
Karen's Completion Post (384 + 379 pages)
Task 26 - 121. Pick another team in this challenge and each member reads two books read by members of that team in the last 6 months and rated a minimum of 4 stars. No pass for this task.
Team chose Spicy Sprinters - Team 1
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completed Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Task 27 - Last Task - Read a book initially published in February or August of any year.
Chan's Completion Post
Chan's Completion Post
Courtney's Completed Post
Elizabeth's Completion Post
Karen's Completion Post
Completed Tasks - Continued
To Be Updated: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.
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.
Ilona Andrews
75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
A, B, H, L, R, S, T Change to C, D, F, S, T, W
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!!!I went ahead and just copied the task lists, etc. from our last round (can you tell I'm excited to get started???).
A lot of the collaborative tasks on the main list we can just leave as is, but we probably will want to change some of the series/authors since we used some of them last round. The list of tasks that may need updating is in msg #12. Also, the list of book recommendations we each made is in msg #7 - take a look there and see if you want to make any changes.
We only have a few more days to wait! 😁
Yay! So excited!For the author and series ones, I think maybe just the Illona Andrews one was actually used? I'm ok with keeping Maclean and Keeland for the other two if everyone else is.
We also used the Happily, Inc. series for #9...somehow didn't make it onto the 2nd list, but it's on the full list in msg 5, 6.If I remember correctly we had that one narrowed down to Happily Inc or Lucky Harbor, and ended up going with Happily Inc because none of us had read it. I'm fine with using Lucky Harbor this time, or if anyone has any other ideas, that would be great too.
For my recommendations, I'll keep most of them. I really want to recommend
, but it's not on KU and there isn't an audiobook yet. But I'll mention it here in case anyone wants to try it 🤣I'll change Just for Kicks to
- reverse age gap, hot for teacher 🔥And Duke of Shadows to
- grouchy shifter alpha falls in love with a woman at the bottom of the pack 🐺Needed a shifter one in there because If I don't have enough wacky recommends, Chan will be upset 🤣🤣
Hey Everybody. So nice to be back together again. I hope life is treating you all well. Oh Karen...I'm probably going to be in Tacoma in September. Are you far from there? it would be great to meet you and your doggy in person.
For message 7, i would like to switch out The Lightning struck heart with The One Night. It's only 200 pages.
I'm good with Lucky Harbor. We could even plug in Virgin River somewhere. Both of those are very long series that have long and short stories.
Lucky Harbor is fine for me. I also have some Heartbreaker Bay I need to get to if you all prefer that one.
Chan wrote: "Oh Karen...I'm probably going to be in Tacoma in September. Are you far from there? it would be great to meet you and your doggy in person."Wow Chan, that would be great! I'm probably 1.5 - 2 hours away from Tacoma depending on traffic (and Seattle is right between us, so traffic is a BIG DEAL). Probably too far for you to come here so that leaves the pup out of the picture (since she gets carsick), but I'm sure we could find somewhere to meet in the middle!
Any Shalvis works fine for me...and just to throw another option into the mix, her Sunrise Cove series consists of all stand-alones...connected only by location. I don't recall any character crossover at all.
Sunrise Cove looks good to me! Happy to try a new series 😍
Hey everyone!! Sorry I kept checking the other day and then got busy. My daughter’s 6th birthday is tomorrow. I’ve been rushing around the last few days to finished up the plans for her birthday party. I’m good with everything you all have already picked out and we’ve picked in the past. 🙂
Same for me. Sunrise cove would be okay as well.
Courtney how are you doing over in Taiwan? I remember you mentioned your husband moved to Australia(?) for work and you and the kids would follow soon after, but then you couldn't. So i wanted to check in and see how things were going.
Liz, happy bday to your daughter. I should know by now, it's her birthday. This game falls around the same time each year and you mention it.
We're all just too darned agreeable! 😁 Makes it hard to come to a decision sometimes!I think (hope) the only thing left that we don't have some sort of option for is 9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
Looks like we have it narrowed down to Jill Shalvis (or maybe Virgin River?) but not which series...Lucky Harbor, Heartbreaker Bay, or Sunrise Cove. Any of those would be a reread for me so I really don't have a preference. Of the four (including Virgin River) I might lean slightly toward Lucky Harbor or Virgin River, only because it's been the longest since I've read either of those, but I'm totally fine with any of them. Anyone else have a preference, or should I just (figuratively) flip a coin?
Elizabeth wrote: "Hey everyone!! Sorry I kept checking the other day and then got busy. My daughter’s 6th birthday is tomorrow. I’ve been rushing around the last few days to finished up the plans for her birthday pa..."Happy Birthday to your daughter, Liz! I hope she has a wonderful day!
darn it! our pesky agreeableness! my preference order...but again, i would be totally okay with whatever is picked:
1. Virgin River
2. Lucky Harbor
3. Sunset Cove
75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.A, B, H, L, R, S, T
Can we update these letters? I'm looking at what's on my current MnG 😁
C, D, F, S, T, W
I think we need one more author to replace Ilona Andrews, unless you all want to keep them again.For the series, I would put:
1. Sunrise Cove
2. Lucky Harbor
3. Virgin River
I’m happy to change the letters up too. I have a bunch of C, T and W. Honestly, my TBR is so stupid long, I have something for like every letter, so anything should work 😂.
Happy birthday to your little one, Liz!
Chan wrote: "Courtney how are you doing over in Taiwan? I remember you mentioned your husband moved to Australia(?) for work and you and the kids would follow soon after, but then you couldn't. So i wanted to c..."We're still in Taiwan. Well, me and the kids. My husband has been in Aus this whole time, but he did manage to come back for a visit at Christmas. Of course, he caught covid five days before his flight 🙄, so he ended up staying at a hotel for two days after he came in because his rapids were still positive.
There's kind of two things we're waiting on, our visas and our dog. My husband doesn't need a visa because he's a Kiwi, but we need family visas to stay there. I've submitted all the paperwork, but just waiting for a response. I figured it would be quick since we've been married over a decade and have 3 kids, but no. There are 20-somethings that have been living with with their Kiwi boyfriends for a year submitting after me and getting their approved already 😒. It's been really discouraging.
But it's not too super urgent because we're still waiting on our dog. Originally, we were going to bring the dog with us, but his health has been deteriorating really quick this past 8 months or so, and the vet didn't think he would handle the trip and quarantine well, so we're just waiting for him to pass. We've had a few false alarms since January, but he keeps pulling through. So who knows at this point.
I hate having everything up in the air though. It would be so helpful if I could plan a move date, but it's like everything is out of my control, and I HATE it. I'm way too Type A for this 🤣
Courtney wrote: "I think we need one more author to replace Ilona Andrews, unless you all want to keep them again.For the series, I would put:
1. Sunrise Cove
2. Lucky Harbor
3. Virgin River
I’m happy to chang..."
Shoot, I forgot we need to replace Ilona Andrews. Any suggestions? It's late and my brain has pretty much shut down, but the only one I can think of offhand (since I'm pretty sure we're all good with sports romances) is Sawyer Bennett. Hopefully some of you will have some other ideas!
Why don't we just go ahead and go with Lucky Harbor for the series? It's been in the running for several rounds now I think, so maybe time to just bite the bullet and go with it.
Lucky Harbor is good for me. I picked the Shalvis over Carr just because I know even though her books are usually over 300 pages, the flow is really good for me, and I can finish them pretty quick. I've never read a Carr before, so I don't know how I'll do with one, and I don't want to keep you all waiting. 😅Sawyer Bennet is fine for me. I was also thinking Pippa Grant or Lauren Blakely would be good.
Courtney wrote: "Sawyer Bennet is fine for me. I was also thinking Pippa Grant or Lauren Blakely would be good."Any of those are fine for me...I have a TON of options for Lauren Blakely, and I've never read Pippa Grant but there's plenty available in audio from the library (always happy to try out new authors). So I'm great with whatever works for everyone else!
Courtney wrote: "I think we need one more author to replace Ilona Andrews, unless you all want to keep them again.For the series, I would put:
1. Sunrise Cove
2. Lucky Harbor
3. Virgin River
I’m happy to chang..."
I'm okay with Ilona Andrews unless you had somebody else in mind?
Haha...you put the series in the opposite order as me. I'm okay with your order or any order really.
Courtney wrote: "Chan wrote: "Courtney how are you doing over in Taiwan? I remember you mentioned your husband moved to Australia(?) for work and you and the kids would follow soon after, but then you couldn't. So ..."Gosh it's like your life is limbo. I wondering why the other people are being approved before you. That seems so weird. Something's not right about that. Sorry to hear about your hubby missing two days with you and the family due to COVID. that had to suck.
I laughed at your Type A comment. Yeah this must be really aggravating you.
I hope you hear back about your family visa soon.
~KarenH~ wrote: "Courtney wrote: "I think we need one more author to replace Ilona Andrews, unless you all want to keep them again.For the series, I would put:
1. Sunrise Cove
2. Lucky Harbor
3. Virgin River
I..."
Lucky Harbor works for me.
Taking a quick peek at my MnG for authors...
Susan Stoker? She has long and short, but not sure how Courtney will feel about the action/suspense parts
Elizabeth Hoyt
Molly Harper - long and short reads, but i think she mainly writes PNR
Meghan Quinn - contemporary and usually funny
Anna Carven
Courtney wrote: "Lucky Harbor is good for me. I picked the Shalvis over Carr just because I know even though her books are usually over 300 pages, the flow is really good for me, and I can finish them pretty quick...."I forgot about Lauren Blakely. I've read her before. Can't remember if i've read Pippa Grant, but i have her on my TBR.
Oooh I just realized that we start today! Kat is probably going to pick something that's not in the list. A brand new task that we haven't had before.
Chan wrote: "Oooh I just realized that we start today! Kat is probably going to pick something that's not in the list. A brand new task that we haven't had before."
Yep, a little over 4 hours until the first task is called! And you're right - no inside knowledge or anything here, but she has always had something not on the list up her sleeve for the first task so I'm guessing this round will be no different.
Here we go!First Task - All Teams!
Task 1 - 0. Each teammate reads a book initially published in a Spring Month - March, April, May or June, of any year. Teams decide which month. No pass for this task.
I don’t know about you all, but I am so over winter this year! We are a week into April already and my daffodils have not even bloomed yet and we still have snow on the ground… 😒 So for your first task, as a team select a Spring Month - March, April, May or June. Each teammate then reads a book initially published in the selected month of any year. If there is a date at the top of the editions page - USE IT! Otherwise, I will be looking for the earliest dated English language edition regardless of format for the qualification. Please include the selected month and the initial publication date in your completion posts.
Chan wrote: "I think we've done this one before."Or something very similar at least!
I've got all but May on my M&G list, so would prefer not that, but could find one if I had to.
I'm good with March, and I'm sure the others won't mind us making the call without them...it shouldn't be difficult to find something no matter which month is chosen!
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April 8, 2023 through June 4, 2023
Your Pace or Mine?
Team:
★ ~KarenH~
✓ Courtney
✓ Chan
✓ Elizabeth