Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 10🌹
🌹Theme - Ten Things I Hate About You🌹

Team 7 Members:

✓ Captain - Brittney

✓ Avigail
✓ Christy
✓ Jill
✓ R~wka
✓ Shandrea

🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 10🌹
🌹Theme - Ten Things I Hate About You🌹

The dates will begin on Saturdays at 6 PM EST, at that time the task for each date will be announced. Books must be completed and posted by the following Friday at Midnight EST. Roses will be awarded before the next date begins. Each date we will be working towards spelling out B-A-C-H-E-L-O-R. The tasks for each letter will be posted in advance, but you will not know which task will be used until the date begins.

Roses are earned by:
🌹 The First Rose 🌹 Teams earn this rose by reading 4 books fitting the task during the date. (One rose possible per team per date.)
Bonus roses may be earned by:
🌹 Speed Dating Rose 🌹 The team that has 4 members finishing 4 books (1 each) and posts in the Q&A/Announcement thread first wins this bonus rose. Note, posting is required to earn this rose. (One rose possible per date.)
🌹 Team Dating Roses 🌹 Teams with each member completing the task (with a minimum of 6 books read) earn 3 additional roses. (Three roses possible per team per date.)
🌹 Serial Dating Rose 🌹 For every multiple of 8 books read, teams will earn a rose. So 8 books is one rose, 16 books is 2 roses, 24 books is 3 roses and so on. (Number of roses will vary each date, maximum of 7 per team per date.)
🌹 Multiple Date Rose 🌹 The player who reads the most books for the date earns this bonus rose for their team. (One rose possible per date unless there is a tie.)
🌹 Longest Date Rose 🌹 The player that reads the longest book for the date earns this bonus rose for their team. Please note that boxed sets and anthologies will NOT be counted towards this rose! (One rose possible per date unless there is a tie.)
🌹 Page Turner Rose 🌹 The team that reads the most combined pages for the date, first edition Kindle only for page count, earns this bonus rose. (One rose possible per date unless there is a tie.)
🌹 Scavenger Hunt Rose 🌹This special rose is earned by finding a book that fits each rule for the letter the date represents, for example B is for ??? (hidden task), Big Bang (night sky), Bland (average rating 3-3.99) and Brat (selfish hero/heroine). After posting your completion, post in the Scavenger Hunt thread to claim the book. Both posts, in your team thread and the Scavenger Hunt thread, should list the qualifications for each task, i.e. be identical. This rose may be earned multiple times per date but only once per book. The first person to post each book claims the rose for that book. (Number of roses available per date will vary, maximum of 7 per person per date.)

Teams will not be eliminated even if they earn no roses, they will have a chance to catch up by earning additional roses on other dates. Players will be eliminated if they do not complete the task on two cumulative dates. Eliminated players will not be replaced. Remember, players are allowed to read multiple books for a given date in order to earn bonuses and/or to make up for teammates who do not read their book or who have been eliminated.

❤️ Information required when posting your completion/s: ❤️

❤️ Date Task
❤️ Book/cover link
❤️ Page numbers with source **We are using the GR Kindle first edition page count ONLY, if available. Ebook page count will be acceptable if no Kindle page count available. If GR doesn't have a page count listed, please link to the Amazon Kindle book with a page count.**
❤️ How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary. Links required for lists, tags and other editions.
❤️ Dated Completed with Rating.
❤️ If this is your second (or more) book for the task, also include that information.

Please include only this information. A small review may be included if desired, but is not required. No other discussion allowed though.

❤️You will need make a new post for your completions.❤️ If you update a prior post, i.e., if you saved posts for your completions, they will be missed when I do the accounting for each date. Make sure your books count - make a new post!

❤️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.

❤️If corrections are requested, REPOSTS ARE REQUIRED!❤️ If I request a correction for a page count or qualifier for example, you must repost your Completion Post or your book will not be counted!

❤️I strongly suggest that you create a BLANK template for your completion posts.❤️ DO NOT copy a prior post. DO NOT copy a teammate's completion. Start EVERY completion post from the blank template! This will help eliminate copy/paste errors along with missing components in a completion post.

Although you will not need to make selection posts like in the PtP, your teammates might like ideas for what to read so sharing what you are reading could be very helpful. If you choose to make selections posts, make sure they are clearly identified as such. If you have any question if your book qualifies, it would be better to find out before you read it - ask your teammates or in the Q&A/Announcement thread.

DO NOT DELETE COMMENTS OR POSTS! Even if your book doesn't qualify or you are asked for corrections, do not delete your comment. Deleted comments will confuse the tracking and may lead to books being missed! If you wish, you may strike through your comment using < s > ... < /s > without the spaces, but do not delete the comment or post!

🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 10🌹
🌹Theme - Ten Things I Hate About You🌹

Books must be 90 pages and MPG Romance. Contemporary Romance, Historical Romance, Paranormal Romance or similar is acceptable, but it must be romance. There will be NO EXCEPTIONS on the MPG Romance rule. We will be using the English language first edition Kindle page count ONLY for this challenge. Audiobooks and rereads are ok. Abridged audiobooks are NOT ALLOWED for this challenge. Books can only be read once per person during the challenge even if it fits multiple categories. Once the task for the date is announced, you may not tag a book so that it fits or edit any lists - this must be done before the date begins.

MPG = Main Page Genre:
On the main page of the book on the right hand side there is a section that says "Genres". Anything listed under that section is counted as an MPG.

MPG Romance = Main Page Genre Romance:
In the "Genres" section described above, there must be 'Romance". It could be Contemporary Romance, Historical Romance, Paranormal Romance or MM Romance, but it has to have 'Romance' listed.

❤️ Completion Posts ❤️

When making your completion posts, remember you must include how the book/s qualify. If the task states, for example (and this is just an example!):

A is for Athlete - Read a sports romance, qualification from the title, précis, list or tags.

Saying 'the hero is a runner' or 'MC is an athlete' doesn't qualify the book. Using 'précis states that hero is a football player' or 'tagged sports by 7 people' does qualify the book. Remember that links are required for lists, tags and different editions.

Also, when using the cover as the qualifier, post the cover image in your completion.

Please remember that all tags/lists must qualify IN CONTEXT!! Links MUST be provided.

Remember, books can NOT be tagged or added to lists after the date begins!

Also, books can NOT be started before the date begins!

Don't make more work for yourself than necessary - if the qualifier is in the title or on the cover, use it! You don't have to go searching for tags to make it work. 😊 If the link you use for the book is the same you are using for the page count and edition - say so (see above edition or something similar)! That saves us all some steps. But please double check your links!

You may use separate editions of your Scavenger Hunt books to qualify for the different tasks. Links MUST be provided.

🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 10🌹
🌹Theme - Ten Things I Hate About You🌹

READ THIS!

Please confirm that you have read the instructions for this challenge and understand that you are committing to read at least ONE book a week. Confirm that you understand the books you choose are required to be MPG Romance and a minimum of 90 p. using the first edition Kindle page count as well as fit the requirement for the current date task. Also please verify that you understand that this is a team challenge and that your team is counting you to uphold your commitment.

I NEED A CONFIRMATION FROM EVERY TEAMMATE!

🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 10🌹
🌹Theme - Ten Things I Hate About You🌹

I will be tracking each team's completions and using the captains' tracking to confirm before awarding roses at the end of each date.

Captains, anything you can do to help is appreciated, particularly with the Longest Date and Page Turner Roses! Simply listing the completions with message number is great though - links are not required, but always appreciated. 😊

🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 10🌹
🌹Theme - Ten Things I Hate About You🌹

Captains, please reserve a few spaces for tracking.

Introduce yourselves to your teammates. Let then know where you are from, what your interests are in life and in books! Consider friending each other, that makes it easier to follow the goings on.

Your first task as a team is to come up with a team name. The theme this round is Ten Things I Hate About You and your team name should relate to that. Captains, please post your team name in the Q&A thread when you have decided.

Team 7, please allow your captain to reserve some space for tracking before commenting - thanks!

Hey Team 7 - Brittney has been on vacation and will be here in a few hours to reserve some tracking spaces.

In the mean time, put on your thinking caps and try to come up with some team name ideas! 🤔

Tracking Week #1 - B is for Bland - Updated through msg 97
🌹 5 Roses Earned 🌹

Brittney:
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3. Book 3
4. Book 4
5. Book 5
6. Book 6
7. Book 7
Total pages read: 2,211

Avigail:
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3.
Total pages read: 649

Christy:
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3. Book 3
4. Book 4
5.
Total pages read: 835

Jill
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3. Book 3
4. Book 4
5. Book 5
6. Book 6
7. Book 7
8. Book 8
9. Book 9
10. Book 10
11. Book 11
12. Book 12
13. Book 13
14. Book 14
Total pages read: 2,483

R-wka
1. Book 1 & SH Read
2. Book 2
Total pages read: 495

Shandrea
1.
Total pages read:

Total team pages: 6,673
Current longest read on team: Jill - 467 pages

Tracking Week #2 - A is for Australia (setting or author) - updated through comment 128
🌹 7 Roses Earned 🌹
Brittney:
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3. Book 3
4. Book 4
5. Book 5
Total pages read: 1,600

Avigail:
1. Book 1 & SH Read
2. Book 2
Total pages read: 684

Christy:
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3.
Total pages read: 319

Jill:
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3. Book 3
4. Book 4
5. Book 5
6. Book 6
7. Book 7
8. Book 8
9. Book 9
10. Book 10
11. Book 11
12. Book 12
Total pages read: 1,857

R~wka:
1. Book 1
2.
Total pages read: 417 pgs.

Shandrea:
1. Book 1
2.
Total pages read: 354

Total team pages read: 5,231
Longest read: Brittney - 479 pgs.

Tracking Week #3 - C is for Clingy - updated through comment 168
🌹 17 Roses Earned 🌹

Brittney:
1. Book 1 & SH Read
2. Book 2
3. Book 3
4. Book 4
5. Book 5 & SH Read
6. Book 6
7. Book 7
Total pages read: 2,331

Avigail:
1. Book 1
Total pages read: 323

Christy:
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3. Book 3
Total pages read: 850

Jill:
1. Book 1
2. Book 2 & SH Read
3. Book 3 & SH Read
4. Book 4 & SH Read
5. Book 5 & SH Read
6. Book 6 & SH Read
7. Book 7 & SH Read
8. Book 8 & SH Read
9. Book 9 & SH Read
10. Book 10
11. Book 11
12. Book 12
13. Book 13
14. Book 14
Total pages read: 3,915

R~wka:
1. Book 1 & SH Read
Total pages read: 518

Shandrea:
1. Book 1
Total pages read: 250

Total team pages read: 8,187
Longest read: R~wka - 518

Tracking Week #4 - H is for He - Updated through comment #208
🌹 7 Roses Earned 🌹

Brittney:
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3. Book 3
4. Book 4
5. Book 5
6. Book 6
7. Book 7
Total pages read: 2,249

Avigail:
1. Book 1
2.
Total pages read: 320

Christy:
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3. Book 3
4. Book 4
Total pages read: 1,325

Jill:
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3. Book 3
4. Book 4
5. Book 5
6. Book 6
7. Book 7
8. Book 8
9. Book 9
10. Book 10
11. Book 11
Total pages read: 2,426

R~wka:
1. Book 1
2.
Total pages read: 405

Shandrea:
1.
Total pages read:

Team total pages read: 6,725
Longest read: Brittney - 422 pages

Tracking Week #5 - E is for Edgy - updated through comment 233
🌹 5 Roses Earned 🌹

Brittney:
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3.
Pages read: 739

Avigail:
1. Book 1
2.
Pages read: 430

Christy:
1. Book 1
2.
Pages read: 426

Jill:
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3. Book 3
4. Book 4
5.
Pages read: 1,426

R~wka:
1. Book 1
Pages read: 284

Total pages read: 3,305
Longest read: Brittney - 432 Pages

Tracking Week #6 - L is for Lampoon - Updated through comment 263
🌹 6 Roses Earned 🌹

Brittney:
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3. Book 3
4. Book 4
5. Book 5
6. Book 6
7. Book 7
Pages read: 2,343

Avigail:
1. Book 1
Pages read: 318

Christy:
1. Book 1
Pages read: 428

Jill:
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3. Book 3
4. Book 4
5. Book 5
6. Book 6
7. Book 7
8. Book 8
Pages read: 1,667

R~wka:
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3. Book 3
Pages read: 911

Total pages read: 5,667
Longest read: Christy 428 Pages

Tracking Week #7 - O is for Outcast - Updated through comment 287

Brittney
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3. Book 3
4. Book 4
Pages read: 1,401

Avigail
1.
Pages read:

Christy
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
Pages read: 815

Jill
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3. Book 3
Pages read: 520

R~wka
1. Book 1 & SH read
2. Book 2 & SH Read
3. Book 3
Pages read: 1,152

Total pages read: 3,888
Longest read: R~wka 532 Pages

Tracking Week #8

Posting Template


Date completed:
Book read:
Page count (kindle first edition):
How does book qualify:
Rating:
# of book competed during this task:

Hi guys!!! So sorry for the delay, we've been in Myrtle Beach for the last 8 days for my daughters dance competition. I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday weekend!

A little about me...I live in Minnesota with my hubby and 3 kiddos. I am a stay at home mom and with that fine plenty of time to sneak my kindle out. I read almost only romance. Excited to collect all the roses!! I will send everyone a friend request...also does anyone have any team name ideas?

Happy reading! 🩷

Hi Team.

I'm Raluca, I'm from Romania and I love reading Romance books (with happy ending). I read almost any genre, but the not so much love triangles (because is difficult when the heroine pick the wrong guy😂).
I was playing this team challenge before (love finding Scavenger Hunt books)

I was also playing Pass The Parcel in team 8 with Shandrea and Jill. I'm glad to se you again 🤗

*I confirm I read message 6 👍

About team name. What pattern do we need? Hate (subtitle of the game), group number (7)?...I need something to have ideas 😅

💡 Maybe...
Hate to Love
7 Things I Love About You

🤔

I'm not good at it but maybe is a start to find the best group name 😁

Hello new teammates and old (Raluca and Shandrea happy to be with you again) I'm Jill and I live in NYC. I read all things romance, from inspirational to pure smut. Be it MM, MF, FF or any other combinations I will give it a try. I've been known to fall down the goodreads other readers also enjoyed rabbithole, I've found books that way that I wouldn't normally have come across. I love the Bachelor challenge, this is my third time and it's always fun.

As for possible group names
•I want books. I need books. Oh baby, oh baby (a paraphrase quote from the movie)
•I hate the way I don't hate Books (another paraphrase)
•We Got A Reading Problem
•Kat Plus 7

*I confirm that I read and understood message 6

I've read and understand message 6.

I like We Got A Reading Problem 👍🏻

Hi all.

I'm Christy and I live in Georgetown, TX with my small dog, Pippa. I work from home and am trying to stay out of the heat right now. I mainly read romance - tons of sports romances recently - but will occasionally branch out into historical fiction.

I confirm I've read message 6.

I like the name, I hate the way I don't hate books.

Hello everyone, hello again Jill! :)
My name is Shandrea, I am from Idaho (MST).

I read all types of romance. Not very much historical romance or paranormal. I don't read very much MM romance either - but am not impartial to it. :)

I am a very busy mom of 4 and my husband is deployed. I do my best to read more than one book a week but usually I only get one book done. I don't really have the time to look for SH books. Sorry about that if you're competitive.

I started doing this challenge four years ago (I think). It was the first challenge I had ever done on Goodreads, I was very leery but the group and my teammates really helped me and made me love being a part of the group and participating.

I have read message 6.

I am loving "I hate the way I don't hate Books" :)

Should it be "We hate the way We don't hate books because we're a team?

I like that!! If everyone is cool with that I'll submit our name as We Hate The Way We Don't Hate Books 😊

Good with me

Good with me too! :)

Good with me too

Hello friends,
Sorry, for the late check-in with our team. I had a crazy week at work.
My name is Avigail and I am from Israel. I read practically anything that falls on my hands.
I read and agree with the sixth post as any name goes with me.
I took some time out from the team challenges here because I had some pressure from my teammates. My battery is full and I look forward to enjoy the game with you.
Let the challenge begin.

Avigail wrote: "Hello friends,
Sorry, for the late check-in with our team. I had a crazy week at work.
My name is Avigail and I am from Israel. I read practically anything that falls on my hands.
I read and agre..."
Sorry to hear your last team experience wasn't fun. Welcome and you'll get no pressure here.

Jill wrote: "Avigail wrote: "Hello friends,
Sorry, for the late check-in with our team. I had a crazy week at work.
My name is Avigail and I am from Israel. I read practically anything that falls on my hands. ..."

Thanks Jill I appreciate looking forward for fan and reading enjoyable book with new friends

Hey Brittney, I saw your question In Q&A. For Big Bang it has to be an image of a night sky. Not the words.

Date 1 - B - Tasks: Breakdown of the qualifications for possible tasks for Date 1.

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B is for Bland - Read a book that has an average GR rating of 3.0 to 3.99.

To qualify for this task, the average rating for your selected book needs to be between 3.0 and 3.99 inclusively. This information can be found on the main book page under the title. Please include the average rating in your completion post. If the average rating is likely to change over the course of the date, i.e. the book is new or has few ratings, it might be advisable to take a screen shot. Also, if your rating is significantly higher or lower than the average, perhaps wait to rate the book until after the date ends.

📕📗📘📙📕📘

Please remember that all tags/lists must qualify IN CONTEXT!! Links MUST be provided.

Don't make more work for yourself than necessary - if the qualifier is in the title or on the cover, use it! You don't have to go searching for tags to make it work. 😊 If the link you use for the book is the same you are using for the page count and edition - say so (see above edition or something similar)! That saves us all some steps. But please double check your links!

You may use separate editions of your Scavenger Hunt books to qualify for the different tasks. Links MUST be provided.

B is for Bach - Read a book featuring musicians.

To qualify for this task, the title, series title, précis, list or tag would need to indicate that a MC is a musician or singer. It could be the generic musician or more specific to an individual instrument such as drummer, pianist, etc. This also applies to singer, it could be generic or more specific such as soprano or tenor.

B is for Big Bang - Read a book with the night sky on the cover, must include moon or stars.

To qualify, the selected book's cover needs to show the night sky. The moon or stars must be included on the qualifying cover. You can use any edition’s cover to qualify for this task. Please include the qualifying cover in your completion posts. If in doubt, please ask.

B is for Brat - Read a book with a selfish hero or heroine.

To qualify for this task, the book needs to feature a selfish hero or heroine. The qualification can come from tags, lists or precis. The precis would needs to be very specific to qualify your book.

But if you're not doing SH the main task is B is for Bland

So I thought we could pick any of the four choices unless going for SH, is bland the only one if not doing all four?

Brittney wrote: "So I thought we could pick any of the four choices unless going for SH, is bland the only one if not doing all four?"

Yes. There's always one main one given.

Jill wrote: "Brittney wrote: "So I thought we could pick any of the four choices unless going for SH, is bland the only one if not doing all four?"

Yes. There's always one main one given."

Thanks for clarifying Jill!

No problem

🌹Completion Post - Date 1🌹
Team : We Hate The Way We Don't Hate Books
Book #1

Book: Confined with the CEO & the Bodyguard: Kelsey
Pages: 144 Kindle edition
Date completed: 07/08/23
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

How it qualifies:
✔️B is for Bland: 3.33 average rating

😊

🌹Completion Post - Date 1🌹
Team : We Hate The Way We Don't Hate Books
Book #2

Book: Big Daddy
Pages: 113 Kindle edition
Date completed: 07/08/23
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

How it qualifies:
✔️B is for Bland: 3.87 average rating

Jill, wow ❗as I am a couple of hours on Sunday and our workweek starts on Sunday I will try to read a book later today. The scavenger hunt book is a little hard this round

I'm reading a Scavenger book. Just hoping no one will complet it before me😆

There are selfish heroes/heroines but their rating is over 3.99

R~wka wrote: "I'm reading a Scavenger book. Just hoping no one will complet it before me😆"

Good for you for finding one! I had five books ready...and then no musicians ugh lol