Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 10
October 12, 2024 through December 8, 2024
I Thought They Said Rum!

Team:
✓ Michaele
✓ Eugenia
✓ Jill
★ ~KarenH~

The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 10
October 12, 2024 through December 8, 2024
I Thought They Said Rum!

Tracking:
Task 1 - 0. Read a book that is MPG Paranormal or a book that has both black and orange on the cover, teams decide. 10.12.2024 - 10.13.2024
Task 2 - 10. Read 4 books by authors who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb). 10.14.2024 - 10.15.2024
Task 3 - 3. Each player reads a book by a new to you author - no pass for this task. 10.16.2024 - 10.18.2024
Task 4 - 9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task. 10.18.2024 - 10.20.2024
Task 5 - 5. Read 4 books first published within the last year. 10.20.2024 - 10.23.2024
Task 6 - 29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession. 10.22.2024 - 10.23.2024
Task 7 - 30. Read 6 books with nekkid man chest on the cover. 10.24.2024 - 10.25.2024
Task 8 - 27. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2020, team picks the year. 10.26.2024 - 10.27.2024
Task 9 - 33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide. 10.28.2024 - 10.30.2024
Task 10 - 23. Each teammate reads a book that has been read by one of the RRRC moderators. No pass for this task. 10.30.2024 - 11.1.2024
Task 11 - 58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate. 11.1.2024 - 11.3.2024
Task 12 - 42. Read 6 books featuring best friends. 11.3.2024 - 11.4.2024
Task 13 - 1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task. 11.5.2024 - 11.6.2024
Task 14 - 37. Read 6 books set in the US. 11.7.2024 - 11.8.2024
Task 15 - 75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter. 11.9.2024 - 11.10.2024
Task 16 - 120. Read 8 books in series that have names that are 3 words long. 11.11.2024 - 11.12.2024
Task 17 - 55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country. 11.13.2024 - 11.14.2024
Task 18 - 77. Each teammate reads a book that the teammate after them alphabetically has rated 5 stars. No pass for this task. 11.15.2024 - 11.16.2024
Task 19 - 94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years. 11.17.2024 - 11.18.2024
Task 20 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model. 11.19.2024 - 11.21.2024
Task 21 - 80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades. 11.21.2024 - 11.23.2024
Task 22 - 82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series. 11.23.2024 - 11.24.2924
Task 23 - 117. Read 8 books with an average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews. 11.25.2024 - 11.26.2024
Task 24 - 71. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task. 11.27.2024 - 11.27.2024
Task 25 - 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. 11.29.2024 - 11.30.2024
Task 26 - 72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate. 12.1.2024 - 12.2.2024
Task 27 - 125. Each teammates reads 2 books initially published in the current month of any year with an average rating of 4.0 or higher. No pass for this task. 12.3.2024 - 12.4.2024
Task 28 - 103. Read over 1500 pages in books tagged ‘family’. 12.5.2024 - 12.6.2024
Task 29 - Last Task - Read a book that is MPG Holiday Romance. 12.7.2024

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. I will use the team leader as a point of contact if needed.

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

Hi all, Jill did not sign up in the main thread. Since she is an experienced player, I am guessing that is because of the GR changes rather than disinterest.

If one of you could message her, it would be appreciated. Thanks.

Also, I added Karen to your team. I think she is likely the best fit of the remaining participants. 😊

Hi everyone! I'm happy to be able to join your team this round since my regular team wasn't able to connect (thanks so much, GR notifications 😠).

~KarenH~ wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm happy to be able to join your team this round since my regular team wasn't able to connect (thanks so much, GR notifications 😠)."

Welcome to the team Karen. And whomever mentioned me when signing up thank you. I would have really been bummed to miss out on one of my favorite challenges.

My suggestions (Recycled by from last round lol)

✅1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task. Sarina Bowen, Lily Morton

✅9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task. Vino & Veritas

✅12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.
The Only Gold
Roommate Arrangement
Beckett Pearce
Nyx
The Anonymous Hookup


✅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. Michaele,
Karen, Eugenia, Jill
✅29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession. Doctor? Fireman?

✅33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide. Gay For You

✅49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task. March, 2021?

✅50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location. New York City? Las Vegas?

✅51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task. See #1

✅52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color. Yellow? Blue? Green? Red

✅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. I live in NYC

✅54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which. Mountains preferred

✅55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country. Ireland? Canada? Australia? 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. Funniest MM romances?


✅58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate. I joined in 2022


✅64. Read 6 books not set on a continent of a teammate. Space does not count - must be a real continent. Europe?

✅70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors. MM Romance


✅72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate. 70s here, anyone more recent?

✅73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author. Eden Finley?

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

✅75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter. S? T?

✅76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item. Hat?

✅77. Each teammate reads a book that the teammate after them alphabetically has rated 5 stars. No pass for this task. Eugenia→Jill→Karen→Michaele→Eugenia


✅79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope. MM Romance


✅82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series. See #9


✅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. October Monthly Challenge - Category ?


✅88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which. Motorcycle?


✅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. Sept, Oct., Nov., Dec. 2023?

✅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. 73

✅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. MM Romance books set in Nevada

✅94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years. 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

✅95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal. Wolf

✅96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which. Moon

✅99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.
The Only Gold
Roommate Arrangement
Beckett Pearce
Nyx
The Anonymous Hookup

Possible team names:
•Rum Reader's Rendezvous
•Tales & Tasting
•Lit & Libations
✅Books on the Rocks
•Drunken Pages
•Spirited Stories

I like all of those names, books on the rocks is great!
I'm on an epic road trip, but should be home tomorrow, so my communication should improve soon.

Hola! I’m here!

Possible names:
Salt Rimmed
Shaken & Stirred
Bottoms Up
Booked Up
Blended Pages

Recycled from last year!
1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task. Sarina Bowen, Lily Morton, any other??

✅9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task. Vino & Veritas

✅12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.
Soul Eater by Lily Mayne
Among the Living by Jordan Castillo Price
How to Be a Normal Person by T.J. Klune
Boyfriend Goals by Riley Hart
All Systems Red by Martha Wells

✅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.

✅29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession. Detective

✅33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide. Enemies to lovers

49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task. ______

✅50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location. New York City

✅51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task. See #1

✅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. I live in Alaska, raised in Argentina and Washington State.

✅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. Funniest MM romances?


✅58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate. I joined in _2017__


✅64. Read 6 books not set on a continent of a teammate. Space does not count - must be a real continent. Europe

✅70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors. Gay For You? MM Romance (isn’t this a sub genre of Romance?)


✅72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate. 70’s

✅73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author. Eden Finley or Hailey Turner or?

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

✅75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter. S? M?

✅76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item. Hat - There is an MM List for this!

✅77. Each teammate reads a book that the teammate after them alphabetically has rated 5 stars. No pass for this task. Eugenia→Jill→KarenH→Michaele→Eugenia


✅79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope. Gay For You or Enemies to Lovers


✅82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series. See #9


✅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. September Monthly Challenge


✅88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which. Motorcycle?


✅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. July, August, September, October 2024?

✅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. 69

✅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. MM Romance books set in Nevada

✅94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years. 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

✅95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal. Wolf

✅96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which. Moon

✅99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.
Wolfsong by T.J. Klune
Him by Sarina Bowen
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Tournament of Losers by Megan Derr

Everyone is checked and you have some fun name ideas!

Just let me know when you decide and let me know who is going to be the team leader this round. 😊

I'm sure glad some of you are better at names than I am, because I really stink at coming up with them! I'd be fine with any of the suggestions, but I think Books on the Rocks and Shaken & Stirred are my favorites.

I'm pretty flexible when it comes to finding something to read for challenges, so I'm fine with everything you all have carried over from before. My only issue is I listen to audio almost exclusively, especially if there is a time crunch involved...I read fairly slowly, and also tend to get distracted so it takes me FOREVER to get through a book if I have to actually read it!

Here are my responses for the tasks that require our information:

✅12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.
The House in the Cerulean Sea or Somewhere Beyond the Sea (series rule applies for this task)
Naked in Death
Sidecar
Into Deep Waters
Dragon Bound

✅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. Another Washington state girl here!

✅58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate. I joined in 2011

✅74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month. Another overlap...I'm April too.

✅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

✅99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.
Hard as It Gets
A Reason To Believe
Out in the Field
Archer's Voice
The Nothingness of Ben

Michaele wrote: "I like all of those names, books on the rocks is great!
I'm on an epic road trip, but should be home tomorrow, so my communication should improve soon."

Lol, Books on the Rocks is my fave

I like Books on the Rocks, too.

I also do audiobooks exclusively—

Do we need a team leader? I don't really have the time - but am happy to help when I can.

I can't commit to being the team leader either.

Jill wrote: "I can't commit to being the team leader either."

I can’t either—but maybe we can all pitch in?

Are we agreed on Books On The Rocks for a team name?

Eugenia wrote: "Are we agreed on Books On The Rocks for a team name?"

I believe so

Well, I feel kind of silly coming into a more or less established team and taking the leader position, but I can do it if you want me to. I might fall slightly behing in the tracking occasionally, but I always get caught up eventually! Fortunately Kat doesn't really depend on our tracking for this challenge, so it should all be good if that's what you all want..

Oh, and I think we were pretty much unanimous about Books on the Rocks for our name.

Don't feel silly - we are so happy to have you!

First call! Do we want PARANORMAL or ORANGE/BLACK COVER?

First Task - All Teams!

Task 1 - 0. Read a book that is MPG Paranormal or a books that has both black and orange on the cover, teams decide.

October is wonderful in many ways - fall weather, football, pumpkin spice and especially Halloween! As a team decide whether you will read books that are MPG Paranormal or books with both black and orange on the cover, then each teammate reads a book that matches the team’s decision. To qualify as MPG (main page genre), on the main page of the book under the precis, there is a section that says "Genres". Anything listed under that section is counted as an MPG. You may use anything that shows when you click 'more', but not if you click 'show all'. For books to qualify under the cover color option, both black and orange need to be on the cover. The selected covers do not have to be primarily black and/or orange, but both colors must be present on the cover. You can use any edition’s cover to qualify your book. If in doubt, please ask

I’m leaning towards ORANGE & BLACK on the cover

I'm at work so can't do any checking, but I can find something that fits for whatever works best for everyone else.

I thought paranormal might be easier - but i am happy with either.

I found one that works for orange and black - should we just go with that?

I found a paranormal with orange and black so it’s all good.

Let’s go with PARANORMAL, then, unless Jill has an objection.

Ok, ORANGE & BLACK 🤣🤣

🤣 we have excellent timing.

I wonder if Jill isn’t getting notifications again

I would have preferred paranormal because it's easier to find, but will look for an orange and black.

Book found.

COMPLETION POST
Task 1 - 0. Read a book that is MPG Paranormal or a books that has both black and orange on the cover, teams decide. ORANGE & BLACK

Skeleton Crew by Jordan Castillo Price
301 pp
How it fits: orange & black on cover
Read 13 October
4 stars

📚Completion Post📚
📚Task 1 -Task 0 - Read a book that is MPG Paranormal or a books that has both black and orange on the cover, teams decide.Orange & Black
📚Book: The Golden Couple
📚Pages: 320 Kindle Edition
📚How book qualified:
📚Date Completed: 10/13/2024
📚Rating/Review: ⭐⭐⭐

Sorry about the delay in getting your team name updated. But while I was here, I figured I would get current on your posts...

Jill wrote: "📚Completion Post📚
📚Task 1 -Task 0 - Read a book that is MPG Paranormal or a books that has both black and orange on the cover, teams decide.Orange & Black
📚Book: The Golden Couple
📚..."

Please correct to the first edition Kindle page count (330). Thanks. 😊

COMPLETION POST
Task 1 - 0. Read a book that is MPG Paranormal or a books that has both black and orange on the cover, teams decide. ORANGE & BLACK

Welcome to Temptation
420 pp
How it fits: orange & black on cover

Read: 10/13
5 stars

[*book:Welcome to Temptation|9292668]

📚Completion Post📚
📚Task 1 -Task 0 - Read a book that is MPG Paranormal or a books that has both black and orange on the cover, teams decide.Orange & Black
📚Book: The Golden Couple
📚Pages: 330 Kindle Edition
📚How book qualified:
📚Date Completed: 10/13/2024
📚Rating/Review: ⭐⭐⭐

Completion Post

Task 1 - 0. Read a book that is MPG Paranormal or a books that has both black and orange on the cover, teams decide.
Team chose Black and Orange

Murder's a Witch by Danielle Garrett
Page count: - 208 pages
How book qualifies: See cover above
Date Completed with Rating: 10/13/24 - 4 stars

Our first task is done and posted in the Q&A thread! 😃

I'm hoping to get some tracking posts set up tomorrow...had planned on doing it today, but the day didn't go quite as I'd planned (story of my life, it seeems like lately).

You are set to get a new task in the morning!

~KarenH~ wrote: "Our first task is done and posted in the Q&A thread! 😃

I'm hoping to get some tracking posts set up tomorrow...had planned on doing it today, but the day didn't go quite as I'd planned (story of m..."

Woohoo!

Here is your next task!

Task 2 - 10. Read 4 books by authors who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb).

Books selected for this task need to be written by authors who write under more than one name. Authors such as Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb or Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle would work for this task. Please include a link to the author’s profile or website showing both names in your completion posts.

Score! I have a book on my M&G list that works for both this and the current PtP task! I'll be reading by Gail Carriger, aka G L Carriger.

I love it when I can multi-task!

~KarenH~ wrote: "Score! I have a book on my M&G list that works for both this and the current PtP task! I'll be reading by Gail Carriger, aka G L Carriger.

I love it when..."

Woohoo!

Just wasting this post so the tracking posts can be at the very top of page 2 - just to make them a bit easier to find (yes, I'm weird that way...) 😁