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Let's Partner Up! Challenge
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Let's Partner Up! Group 4
Categories for the Let's Partner Up! Challenge1= Humorous Romance
2= Artist/Dancer/Musician Romance
3= Road trip Romance
4= Western Romance
5= Sports Romance
6= Geek/Nerd/Opposites Attract Romance
Dice Roller
-You will roll the die each week, on a Friday, beginning with Friday, July 1st
-Please try and roll on Friday, or over the next day or so, so that your partner can have time to recommend you a title (or two)
-If you do not roll by Sunday, your partner does not have to give you any recs. They can if they choose to, but after Sunday, it's not required.
-You are always free to choose a book from your group thread or general recommendations thread that corresponds to the category you rolled. You may also choose your own title from your shelves or if you really don't like the theme, any book from your partner's shelves.
-Please set the die to '1' when you are ready to roll.
-Roll the die as many times as it takes to get a number you have not rolled before.
Group 4 Partner ListPoongothai and Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)
Tink Magoo and Nicole
rachel c and Pam
Amina and Sandra
Example Post Everyone should keep track of their rolls and books read in one post.
Fran
Week 1- rolled 1- Right, 237 pages, 7/5, 4*
Week 2- rolled 3- Driving Her Crazy,223 pages, 7/12, 3*
Week 3- rolled 6- Why I Love Geeks, 210 pages, 7/19, 2.5*
Week 4- rolled 2- Ballroom Blitz, 132 pages, 7/26, 4*
Week 5- rolled 4- Long Hard Ride, 287 pages, 8/3, 4*
Week 6- rolled 5- Playing to Win, 320 pages, 8/12, 3.5*
*edit* Looking forward to rolling and seeing your picks, Pam! (heads up, I have a lot of books in my tbr... the new-to-me authors option is probably going to help :) ) I'm in the Arizona time zone, so I might be a little behind everyone else...Week 1 = rolled 2 = Ballroom Blitz by Lorelei James (132 pgs) - ★★★ - 7/12
Week 2 = rolled 4 = Protector by Diana Palmer (302 pgs) - ★★★ - 7/18
Week 3 = rolled 3 = Driven to Temptation by Melia Alexander (172 pgs) - ★★★★ - 7/31
Week 4 = rolled 1 = The Stocking was Hung (131 pgs) - ★★★★★ - 8/4
Week 5 = rolled 6 = When Beauty Tamed the Beast (372 pgs) - ★★★★★ - 8/11
Week 6 = rolled 5 = Offside (254 pages) - ★★★ - 8/15
Hi all! I've never done a challenge like this before so please bear with me!Week 1 - rolled 5 Sports Romance - Pucked - Helena Hunting - 380 pgs - 3 JULY *****
Week 2 - rolled 2 Artist/Dancer/Musician - Dark Notes - Pam Godwin - 428 pgs - 11 JULY ***
Week 3 - rolled 3 Road Trip - The Edge of Never - J.A. Redmerski - 465 pgs - 17 JULY*****
Week 4 - rolled 6 Geek/Nerd/Opposites - The Missing Link - J.M. Sevilla - 330 pgs - 25 JULY*****
Week 5 - rolled 1 - Humorous - Wallbanger - Alice Clayton - 384 pgs - 31 JULY*****
Week 6 - rolled 4 - Western - Rocky Mountain Heat - Vivian Arend - 232 pgs - 8 AUG*****
Hi allWeek 1- rolled 6 = Geek/Nerd/Opposites Attract Romance : How to Date a Nerd
Week 2- rolled 5= Sports Romance : Causing Havoc
Week 3- rolled 4= Western Romance : Prince Charming
Week 4- rolled 3= Road trip Romance : Driving Her Crazy
Week 5- rolled 1= Humorous Romance
Week 6- rolled
Hello. I should probably start by apologising to Nicole for getting lumbered with me :)I'll try my best for you
Week 1 - rolled 4 - SUNDOWN - 270 pages - ★★★★
Week 2 - rolled 2 - Idol - 302 pages - ★★★★★
Week 3 - rolled 3 - The Traveling Man - 293 pages - ★★★★
Week 4 - rolled 1 - The Stocking was Hung - 131 pages - ★★★★
Week 5 - rolled 6 - Playing Games - 184 pages - ★★★★★
Week 6 - rolled
hi everyone Im here....excited to see how this works....Week 1~ Rolled 5~sports romance Knowing the Score, kat latham
Week 2~ Rolled 3, Road Trip Romance Mr. Impossible, loretta chase
Week 3~ Rolled 6, Geek Nerd Opposites Attract Not Quite a Husband, sherry thomas
Week 4~ Rolled 4, Western Romance Texas Destiny, lorraine heath
Week 5~ Rolled 2, Artist/Dancer/Musician Born in Fire, nora roberts
Week 6~ Rolled 1, Humorous Romance
Hi Group 4!You can roll for Week 1 Friday, July 1st.
Please try and give your partner a recommendation or two by Sunday.
If you can also post your recommendation(s) in the General Recommendations Thread, everyone can see it and have a chance to choose it if they want to. Thank you!
Have fun!
Hi neither I have done a challenge before !!!!
Week 1- rolled 6
Tracking post Week 1 - Rolled 1 - Humorous Romance Marry Your Billionaire 411 pages 4*
Week 2 - Rolled 6 - Geek / Nerd/ Opposite attract romance -Debt Inheritance 222 pages 4*
Week 3 - Rolled 4 - Western Romance Zack 4*
Week 4 - Rolled 5 Sports Romance Down for the Count 4*
Week 5 - Rolled 2 - Artist/Musican/Dancer Romance The Art of Submission
Week 5 - Rollled 3 - Roadtrip romance -
Poongothai wrote: "Week 1- rolled 6"
i picked a couple for you - i know absolutely nothing about this category so I took a stab....
, graeme simison or
, cassie mae
Sallie(GeorgiaGirl) ,I choose
and
for the sports romance
Hi Amina, it's nice to meet you and I'm glad I'm not the only one that hasn't done this before! I'm looking forward to your picks and I'll try and pick one's for you that you like. My roll for this week is - 5. Sports Romance.
Amina, my picks for you for Humorous Romance are
or
.Good luck, hope you love them as much as I did!
Hi Sandra thanks for the choices I will get reading. I have a read a couple of sports romance books I recommend
The Deal or Pucked
I enjoyed both these books and hope you do as well. Enjoy reading !!!
Thanks for the picks Amina. Think I'll go with Pucked. Looking forward to this one!
hello everyone. sorry I haven't checked in yet.
Tracking postWeek1: rolled a 5 read
, 4.5 stars, 384 pages, 7/5/16Week 2: rolled a 3, read
, 292 pages, 5 stars, 7/11/16Week 3: rolled a 1, read
, 231 pages, 5 stars, 7/17/16Week 4: rolled a 4, read Slow Hand, 288 pages, 4 stars, 7/30/16
Week 5: rolled a 2, read Memphis Black, 237 pages, 4 stars, 8/3/16
Week 6:
Okay Nicole I pick for you -
or
Pam's Tracking PostWeek 1 rolled a 5 Read
282 pages finish 7/3/16 ***1/2Week 2 rolled a 1 (humor) Read
finish 7/17 ** 1/2Week 3 Rolled a 4 (western) Read
finish 7/29 *** 1/2Week 4 Rolled a 6 (geek/nerd/opposites) Read
#Nerd finish 7/30 ****Week 5 Rolled a 2 (artist/dancer/musician)
finish 8/6 ***Week 6 Last number to read is 3 (road trip) Read
finish 8/8 ***1/2
Poongothai wrote: "Sallie(GeorgiaGirl) ,I choose
and for the sports romance"Thank you for the recs - thinking Im going with
Pam, I rolled a 2 - Artist/Dancer/Musician Romance. I will have some recs up for you in a bit :) Heads up: I have a massive tbr... the authors that I haven't read rule might end up helping some. Another heads up, I'm in the AZ timezone, about 3 hours behind you in VA, so I'm sorry for being a tad bit behind everyone else in rolling and getting recs out (I added this to my tracking post too just in case)
I think it would be helpful to your partner to post what number you rolled in your tracking post as soon as you roll it. That way your partner won't have to sift through the entire thread (it will start to get long as the weeks go by) to see your current roll.Thanks!
Ok, Pam, here are some suggestions:
-> MMA (I really enjoyed this book)
-> hockey (haven't read it, but it looks good!)
-> baseball (also haven't read it, but it looks good!)
Okay RachelI have two dancer books recommendations
or
which are not on your TBRSomething on your TBR which has an artist focus and that I really liked (I thought it was her best book in years)
Rachel C. wrote: "Ok, Pam, here are some suggestions: -> MMA (I really enjoyed this book) -> hockey (haven't read it, but it looks good!)[bookcover:Double Play|..."
It's so funny that we both picked Lorelai James books! They all look good. I will be reading whichever one I can get my hands on.
Agreed; definitely a happy coincidence! I think I'm going to go with Ballroom Blitz or Perfect Touch since they are both at my local library... whichever one gets to me first!
Tink Magoo is bad at reviews wrote: "Okay Nicole I pick for you - or "Im going to read
*Reminder*You can do any of the following after you roll each week-
-Read a book recommended by your partner
-Read a book recommended by any member of your group that you found in your group thread that fits your category for the week
-Read a book you found in the General Recommendations thread that fits your category for the week
-Read a book from your shelves that fits the category
-Read ANY book from your partner's 'Read' shelf if the category really doesn't suit you
Have fun and happy reading!!
*Books need to be 80 pages or more
Nicole wrote: "Tink Magoo here are your picks.
Or
"Thanks Nicole, I'm reading Sundown
Well, I finished reading
a few hours ago, and I think I've finally stopped laughing long enough to post about it!!! This was brilliant! I really enjoyed it. 5 stars is really not enough! I can't wait to read the rest of the series. If your looking for something to cheer you up, this is the book for you!!Thank you for this Amina. I think we're going to get on very well!!!
P.S. The fact it can be used for the Olympics challenge is a bonus!
Rachel C-Finished
a solid 3 1/2 stars. I've put the next one on my TBR. Not as good as her Animal Magnetism series but enjoyable. Certainly gave me things to think about when I went to the baseball game on Friday :)
Sandra wrote: "Well, I finished reading a few hours ago, and I think I've finally stopped laughing long enough to post about it!!! This was brilliant! I really enjoyed it. 5 stars is r..."I'm glad you enjoyed the book. It was hard too put the book down an definatley has laugh out loud moments.....
Pam wrote: "Rachel C-Finished
a solid 3 1/2 stars. I've put the next one on my TBR. Not as good as her Animal Magnetism series but enjoyable. Certainly gave me things to think about when I went to the baseball game on Friday :)"LOL. I'm glad you liked it! I miss going to baseball games... I should see about going to one soon :)
*A few reminders to all groups*-If you do not receive any recommendations from your partner by Monday morning, please feel free to ask another group member for recommendations.
-Choosing from your group thread, general recommendations thread, and your own shelves all work for this challenge :)
-You can take all of the six weeks to read your six books- it's not necessary to finish each book chosen within the week it is recommended.
I tried to read
I couldn't get into it.
I read
It is a sports romance and I give it 4.5stars.
Well it's officially Friday here so my roll for this week is - 2 - Artist/Dancer/Musician Romance
Hey Pam :) I have a busy day tomorrow so I went ahead and rolled a little early. I rolled a 4 - Western romance for this week. I'll try to get your recs up as soon as possible once I see you've rolled, but it might not be until Saturday if I don't end up having a free moment tomorrow...Just started Ballroom Blitz; it's going good so far :)
Week 2~Rolled 3, Road Trip Romance
Rachel c. I rolled a 1. It will be tonight before I get to my computer
Hey Nicole, I rolled a 2 this week
Ended up having more time around lunch than expected :) Here are some recs, Pam. All of them at least have a funny tag in the goodreads tag list.
(I thought this was hilarious when I read it)
(this was my favorite in this series; you don't really need to read the second one...)
(I remember this being relatively funny and I loved it when I read it)
(I remember this one being relatively funny as well)
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July 1st- August 15th.
-Each person rolls for themselves each week, using each number on the die only once.
-They recommend a book (or two) to their partner based on what their partner rolled for themselves.
-All pairs give each other recs after the first roll.
-Your partner recommends a book to you based on YOUR roll. You give one to your partner based on THEIR roll.
-The recommendations you make to your partner should ideally be something not on any of their shelves. Something new to them that you may have read or something you haven't read but think they might enjoy. If you can't find something new for them, you can choose something from their shelves (not from their 'read' shelf) from an author they haven't tried yet. So it's still 'new' in that they are new to the author.
-Recs are given HERE in your group thread. When you choose your title that you will read for your roll, you can post it in your post in your group thread. Everyone needs to keep track of their books read in their one individual post.
-If you choose to, you can also put your rec for your partner in a general thread, so it's easy for everyone else to see.
-You can choose a rec from your partner, any participant in your own group, or the general group thread.
*Remember, choosing a book that someone else recommended is not mandatory......you are allowed to find a book on your own, it just needs to fit the category rolled. If you really can't find anything on any rec list or on your own that you are interested in that fits the category, you can choose ANY book from your partner's 'read' shelf.
-Everyone rolls each week, for a total of 6 rolls in 6 weeks
-Participants have the full 6 weeks to finish all of their books. You are encouraged to finish one a week, but not necessary. You still get recs, still get to roll.
-If your partner drops out or doesn't make a rec in the first 2 days of the new week, you can ask someone else in your group to make a rec for you.
-Minimum page count of 80 pages.
**Please make sure to friend your partner if you have a Private Profile. They will need access to your shelves.