Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 7
April 8, 2023 through June 4, 2023
Your Pace or Mine?

Team:
✓ LaurLa
✓ Berit Talks Books
✓ Louise
✓ Laura

The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 7
April 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 - 4.12.2023
Task 2 - 5. Read 4 books first published within the last year. 4.12.2023 - 4.18.2023
Task 3 - 13. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books tagged/shelved as sports. 4.13.2023 - 4.21.2023
Task 4 - 21. Each teammate reads a book with a night sky on the cover, no pass for this task. 4.21.2023 - 4.24.2023
Task 5 - 1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task. 4.24.2023 - 5.1.2023
Task 6 - 39. Read 6 books set outside of the US. 5.1.2023 - 5.9.2023
Task 7 - 14. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books with Contemporary Romance as MPG. 5.9.2023 - 5.12.2023
Task 8 - 9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task. 5.12.2023 - 5.16.2023
Task 9 - 28. Each teammate reads a book from a teammate's to-read shelf, no pass for this task. 5.16.2023 - 5.19.2023
Task 10 - 25. Read 4 books by one of the 2021 FACs. 5.19.2023 - 5.26.2023
Task 11 - 41. Read 6 books with over 10,000 ratings. 5.26.2023 - 5.31.2023
Task 12 - 70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors. 5.31.2023

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

Please let me know whether or not Laura is going to participate this round. They have not yet signed up as required.

Yes, Laura will be participating. Do you need her to go officially sign up at this point? I'll let her know. I think we forgot about that requirement.

I'll go sign up in the sign-up thread to make it all official.

I’m here

I'm here! I've never played this before so in case there's something I need to know, let me know!

Do we need to let them know what our team name is? Also just to clarify tasks will be posted tomorrow at 3:00 Pacific? and then we get a new task when we finish the prior? I think I got it?

Sounds like you got it, Berit. I’ll go post for our name.

Here are some tasks where we need info from each other.


12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate (in past we've posted a recommended shelf rather than individual books)

53. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work)

58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC

72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.

74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.

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.

99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.

Well I grew up in LA, so that should be pretty easy. And I just joined the group a couple days ago so 2023, that might be easy too. And I was born in the same year as LauraLa 69. November.

For 53, I think in the past the state has been good enough, not the actual town.

53. Born in Fairfield, California; Raised in Oxnard, California; Currently living in Mooresville, North Carolina

58. I joined in 2021.

72. Born in '74.

74. Born in September.

91. '74

For recommendations, I'll have to get back to you all. My recommendations always depend on the person asking.

Oh the states much easier. I I think California would be one of the easier states to find.

Just a reminder to be sure to use the page count of the first published Kindle edition. It is okay to link the edition you read, if you're reading physical or listening to audio, but for the reported page count, first published Kindle edition is what Kat goes by.

Does that mean the first on the Goodreads list or the first published by date?

By date.

Thanks Laura! SO how seriously are we taking this? I've been glancing at other teams threads just because I have no clue what I'm doing and some people are extremely prepared. But you all know I'm super type B, so whatever works.

We’re usually more laid back. We all have other challenges we have to fit in, too!

Works for me! I don't have any other challenges but I have a lot of reviewing obligations.

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.

I have options for whichever month we choose, but my first choice would be March.

I'm good with any month, would probably prefer March or April.

I can do March or April as well.

Should we go with March? I'm about to start a book so I'll do a march book, I have a ton of April books to get to ASAP so I'm good with either.

I think it’s still super early in the morning for Louise.

True, no big deal I started a March book but I have an April book I need to finish by Tuesday so either way is totally fine with me.

Good morning all. I found one for March I can do

I'll need to read a March for Turfs. I'm not sure about it. It may take me some time to get through it.

Completion Post
Task #1 - 0
Month: March

Don't Rock the Goat by Ellen Riggs
Pgs: 254
Date Read: 4/9
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: First published March 31st 2021

Awaiting pg count to be added to Kindle edition https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

Completion Post

Task #1 - 0
Month selected: March
Book: Instinct: An Animal Rescuers Anthology
Date Read: 4/11
Rating: 3.5 stars
Pages: 442
How it fits: published 3/7/23

Completion Post🔹LaurLa


Task 0🔹Each teammate reads a book initially published in a Spring Month - Team decision: March
Book🔹Son of the Morning
Pages🔹 388 pp (first kindle edition)
How it fits🔹published in March 1st 1997
Date Read🔹 04.12 ★★★★

Task 1: book published in March
Royal Blood 364 pgs. Date read: 4/12
Published 3/7/23
Rating: 5/5

I’ll check us in.

Here is your next task!

Task 2 - 5. Read 4 books first published within the last year.

To qualify for this task, the selected books need to have been initially published on or after 4.12.2022. If there is a date listed at the top of the editions page use it. Otherwise I will be looking for the earliest dated English language edition regardless of format as the qualification. Please include the initial publication date of your selected book in your completion post.

Do you think a book published after today will work? I have some arcs I need to read?

Not that that matters, this is probably the easiest task for me, I think everything I've read this year has been published this year or at the later end of last year.

Just a little FYI the answer to my question is no it needs to be published between today and a year ago today. I should be done with something by Saturday at the latest.

Berit Talks Books wrote: "Just a little FYI the answer to my question is no it needs to be published between today and a year ago today. I should be done with something by Saturday at the latest."

Me too - by the weekend, I mean.

Completion Post🔹LaurLa



Task 2🔹5. Read 4 books first published within the last year
Book🔹Moonlight and Magic
Pages🔹 182 pp (first kindle edition)
How it fits🔹published October 24, 2022
Date Read🔹 04.14 ★★★★

Completion Post
Task 2: Read 4 books first published within the last year

Spare by Prince Harry
Pages: 409
Date Read: 4/15
Rating: 5*
How It Fits: Published January 10th 2023

I should have mine done today.

LaurLa wrote: "Completion Post🔹LaurLa



Task 2🔹5. Read 4 books first published within the last year
Book🔹Moonlight and Magic
Pages🔹 182 pp (first kindle ed..."

This was such a fun series!

Task 2: Read Book published in the last year.

It's One of Us
Pages: 415
Date Read: 4/15
*Published February 28, 2023
Rating: 4.5/5

Louise wrote: "Completion Post
Task 2: Read 4 books first published within the last year

Spare by Prince Harry
Pages: 409
Date Read: 4/15
Rating: 5*
Ho..."

I don’t think we can use nonfiction for this challenge. But I did love his book!

Laura wrote: "Louise wrote: "Completion Post
Task 2: Read 4 books first published within the last year

Spare by Prince Harry
Pages: 409
Date Read: 4/1..."

Missed that bit in the rules 😞

I accidentally used a nonfiction book the first time I played. :)

Would have never have guessed that was a rule. Good to know, not that I read nonfiction much, but just in case.

Completion Post

Task 2 - 5. Read 4 books first published within the last year
Book: Captured by her Daddies
Date Read: 4/15
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 592
How it fits: First published 3/22/23