Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 12
October 1, 2025 through November 23, 2025
My Mascara Runs Faster than You Do!

Team:
Princesspint
Jessica L
Christy
Anastacia

The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 12
October 1, 2025 through November 23, 2025
My Mascara Runs Faster than You Do!

Tracking:
Task 1 - 0. Read a book celebrating October 1st. 10.1.2025 - 10.7.2025
Task 2 - 9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task. 10.7.2025 - 10.18.2025
Task 3 - 5. Read 4 books first published within the last year. 10.18.2025 - 10.26.2025
Task 4 - 15. Read a minimum of 600 pages in books with an audio edition. 10.26.2025 - 11.6.2025
Task 5 - 20. Read 4 books 300 pages or longer. 11.6.2025 - 11.15.2025
Task 6 - 32. Read 6 books with over 2500 ratings. 11.15.2025

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 required in your completion posts! A small review is also welcome. 😊

Please limit your completion posts to one book each.

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

Checking ✔️ In

I'm Jessica. I read about 1-2 books a week. my favorites are sports romance and psychological thrillers. I do dabble in dark romance (got to watch the triggers though), true crime and sports non fiction.

do we have a team name we want to be known by?

anyone want to be team captain? I can if no one else wants it.

I'm in Arkansas so I'm in the central time zone.

Spookily Bookish Babes

I'm Christy. I'm in Georgetown, TX (outside Austin), with my 2 small dogs, so I'm also in Central Time.

As for reading, I can read anywhere from 1-5 books in a week, but I am also doing 3 challenges right now, so unless they overlap, that likely means no more than 2 a week for this challenge. I read mostly MF contemporary, and have been reading a lot of sports romance, small town romances, and westerns. As long as there is a main tag of romance, I'll generally dabble in it from time to time, lol.

I asked AI and here are a couple of team name suggestions:
Plot Twist Pacers
Smudge & Run Squad
Waterproof Word Warriors

I like spookily bookish babes and Plot twist pacers.

I'm sending Anastacia a message. If they don't check in before the challenge starts tomorrow, you will go forward as a team of three and tasks will be adjusted as necessary.

Sorry! I apologize for the delay.

My name is Anastacia, and this will be my second TART! I love these little challenges, and I’m excited to do it again.

I live in California so Pacific time

Hi Anastacia! Welcome to the group. This is my first Amazing Race, and I'm excited to get started.

Do you have a team name preference? So far it looks like we have votes for Spookily Bookish Babes and Plot Twist Pacers.

Anastacia wrote: "My name is Anastacia, and this will be my second TART! I love these little challenges, and I’m excited to do it again.

I live in California so Pacific time"

Wait - I just saw your friend request. You're in Citrus Heights? I grew up in Elk Grove, though it's been 20 years since I left California.

So, did we pick a group name

excited to get r first Prompt

Princesspint wrote: "So, did we pick a group name"

We have it narrowed down to 2 right now. Spookily Bookish Babes and Plot Twist Pacers - Do you have a preference?

Yay! the group is all here.

Does anyone want to be captain? I can if no one else wants it. Any what group name do we want to use?

Spookily Bookish Babes

We have our first task!

Task 1 - 0. Read a book celebrating October 1st.

This round begins on October 1st. October 1st has much historical significance. In 1890, Yosemite National Part was established. In 1903, the first game of the modern World Series was played. In 1908, the Ford Model T went on sale. And my personal favorite, in 1971 Walt Disney World, ‘The Most Magical Place on Earth’, opened. But I had to narrow the choices down so… In honor of the first game of the World series being played in 1903, read a book that is MPG Sports. This can be a specific sport such as ‘hockey’ or ‘baseball’, or the generic ‘sports’, but either MUST be MPG. OR In honor of the Walt Disney World opening in 1971, read a book that is MPG Magic or MPG Fantasy. Teams decide between the two options.

I vote the sports option.

I vote sports yooy

too that should be

Sports

with 3 out of 4 votes, we are going with sports.

Sports is good with me

Sounds good!

Jessica wrote: "Yay! the group is all here.

Does anyone want to be captain? I can if no one else wants it. Any what group name do we want to use?"

I can't captain this round. As for the group name, I prefer Plot Twist Pacers.

I posted that I will be captain. I hope I don't crash this challenge.

Anastacia, do you have any suggestions for a group name, or which one do you like from what has been named?

You'll be a great captain.

I do like Plot Twist Pacers!

Just to confirm, for this task, we need to read a book where the MPG is sports?

Anastacia wrote: "Just to confirm, for this task, we need to read a book where the MPG is sports?"

Either MPG sports or tagged with the name of the sport, like hockey or baseball.

Completion post:

Task: Task 1 - 0. Read a book celebrating October 1st: Sports
Book/cover link: Saving 6
Page numbers with source: 725 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary. Book has MPG of sports
Date Completed. 10/3/25
Rating/Review. 5 stars- I love this series

Completion Post:

Task ~ Task #1 ~ 0. Read a book celebrating October 1st ~ Sports
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Page ~ 296
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
How is book qualified, with links or cover as necessary. The book has MPG of sports
Date Completed ~ 10~3~25
Rating/Review ~ 5 🌟 ~ Review in the link.

Completion Post - Task 1

Task: 0. Read a book celebrating October 1st: Sports
Book: The Pucking Wrong Number by C.R. Jane
Pages: 390
How it fits: MPG Sports
Date completed: 10/4
Rating: 4 stars

Hey y’all! I’ll finish my book tomorrow!

sounds good. just let us know then someone can check us in.

That sounds good. I can't wait to see r next task.

@Anastacia How are you doing on you're book?

Gonna post now - been dealing with an injury, so I'm so sorry!

Task: 0. Read a book celebrating October 1st: Sports
Book: Mile High
Book:
Pages: 490
How it fits: MPG Sports
Date completed: 10/6
Rating: 4 stars

Checked in. I hope you feel better soon Anastacia. I been dealing with a bum shoulder for about a month so I know the struggle.

Jessica wrote: "Completion post:

Task: Task 1 - 0. Read a book celebrating October 1st: Sports
Book/cover link: Saving 6
Page numbers with source: 496 https://www.g..."

Please correct to the first edition Kindle page count (725). Thanks.

Princesspint wrote: "Completion Post:

Task ~ Task #1 ~ 0. Read a book celebrating October 1st ~ Sports
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Page ~ 296
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Please correct to the first edition Kindle page count (325). Thanks.

Also, if you could include the book's title in your posts that would be helpful for me. I don't care that you link it like you did, but just typing in the title would make things easier for me when I'm checking books. Thanks!

Anastacia wrote: "Task: 0. Read a book celebrating October 1st: Sports
Book: Mile High
Book:
Pages: 603
How it fits: MPG Sports
Date completed: 10/6
Rating: 4 stars"

Please correct to the earliest dated edition Kindle page count (490). Thanks.

I am not waiting for corrections yet, but may do so later in the challenge. 😊

Here is your next task!

Task 2 - 9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.

As a team, select a series listed on GR and everyone reads a book in that series. (Does not have to be a numbered series.) Please include the selected series in your completion posts. Teammates can read the same or different books for this task. No pass for this task.

Anyone have any suggestions? Series I am currently reading are Boys of Tommen by Chloe Walsh, Pittsburg Titans by Saywer Bennett and Devils Night by Penelope Douglas.

I also have a bunch of J Kenner books from different series that she has wrote on my TBR list.

I am open to suggestions. My only thing, it either has to be on Libby or free on Amazon. I don't have KU.

I'm also reading the Pittsburgh Titans series, with Van next up.

Here are some others I'm in the process of:
Four Corners Ranch, Maisey Yates - Library
On Dublin Street, Samantha Young - Library
Fast Track, Erin McCarthy - Library
Want You, Lorelei James - Library
Gods of the Game, Ana Huang - KU
The Renegades, Rebecca Yarros - KU
Pucking Wrong, C.R. Jane - KU
Ballers and Babes, Lauren Blakely - KU
Rose Hill, Elise Silver - KU
Windy City, Liz Tomforde - KU
Dirty Air, Laurn Asher - KU

There is often a 30-day free trial available from KU if we are interested in one of those books.

Also, J Kenner lives locally to me and is part of my in-person book club, lol

Happy to hunt something from her down as well.