The Bachelor Team Challenge - Bangin’ Boyfriends (5)

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I've got both of these for you.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

MountainKat wrote: "I've got both of these for you."

Thanks Kat :)

[Sunshine]

Completion Post I

Week 5 - E is for Enjoyed

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
[*book:Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe|12000020]
Date Task: E is for Enjoy
Qualifies: GR Rating 4.34
Pages: 359
Read: 1/20
Rating: 5 stars

[MountainKat, Moderator]

✔️😊

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Sunshine wrote: "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
[*book:Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe|12000020]
Date..."

Such a sweet book!

[Sunshine]

Yes, I was amazed how good it was. I have Lin-Manuel Miranda book Hamilton: The Revolution ramped up to read, hopefully next month.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Sunshine wrote: "Yes, I was amazed how good it was. I have Lin-Manuel Miranda book Hamilton: The Revolution ramped up to read, hopefully next month."

I still have to read Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Highly Illogical Behavior. They are ones I want to get to, but just keep slipping past :)

[Tina "IRead2Escape"]

Title: A Virgin River Christmas
Author: Robyn Carr
Date Read: January 19, 2019 - January 21, 2019
285 Pages
Task: E is for enjoyed - Read a book with at least 4 star rating or higher.
How it fits: 4.13 Goodreads rating
4 Stars
1st Completed book

[Jeena]

Title: Lover Eternal[*book:Lover Eternal|35729]
Author: J.R. Ward
Date Task: E is for Enjoy
Date read: January 19-21
Pages: 441
How Book Qualifies: Average Rating: 4.35 (161,530 ratings)
My rating: 4 stars

[Sunshine]

Completion Post II

Week 5 - E is for Enjoyed

A Million Tiny Pieces
[*book:A Million Tiny Pieces|23945918]
Date Task: E is for Enjoy
Qualifies: GR Rating 4.31
Pages: 550
Read: 1/20
Rating: 4 stars

[CB]

Hosed by Pippa Grant
[*book:Hosed|43130025]
280 pages
Date Read: January 21, 2019
Task: E is for Enjoyed
How Book Qualifies: Average GR rating of 4.47 stars
Rating: 4 stars

2nd Completion Post

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I've got your books through here.

[Cathy]

Week 5 - E is for Enjoyed


Roped In
[*book:Roped In|19461036]
Date Task: E is for Enjoy
Qualifies: GR Rating 4.21
Pages: 136
Read: 1/22/19
Rating: 4 stars

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I've confirmed through here and you got your second rose!🌹

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

COMPLETION post

Week 5 - E is for Enjoyed

The Remaking of Corbin Wale
[*book:The Remaking of Corbin Wale|39347033]
Date Task: E is for Enjoy
Pages: 237
How Book Qualifies: Avg rating 4.12 (1,596 ratings)
Finished 23 Jan - 4 stars.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Just Cecily outstanding :) Her book will give us our third rose!

[Cecily]

Completion Post

Beautiful Player
[book*Beautiful Player|17831614]
Author: Christina Lauren
432 Pages
Date Read: January 24, 2018
Task: E is for Enjoy
How It Fits: 4.36 GR Rating
Rating: 5 Stars

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Yay! We have our third rose! I’ll update the thread soon!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Jane (PS) wrote: "Yay! We have our third rose! I’ll update the thread soon!"

👍

[Tina "IRead2Escape"]

Title: Second Chance Pass
Author: Robyn Carr
Date Read: January 21, 2019 - January 24, 2019
389 Pages
Task: E is for enjoyed - Read a book with at least 4 star rating or higher.
How it fits: 4.18 Goodreads rating
4 Stars
2nd Completed book

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

I HAVE to read a Robyn Carr book one day!!

I'll update the thead later Tina :D

[Cecily]

Do we know the next task yet?

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Cecily wrote: "Do we know the next task yet?"

No - it will be announced at 6pm US EST :D

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Final update for Date 5 - you earned 3 roses! 🌹

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Great going team!! :D

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Date 6 - L

L is for Labor
Read a book with a blue collar worker, either included in the précis or tagged with blue collar or a word/job that indicates blue collar.

Remember books must be 90 pages and MPG romance!!

You have until Friday, February 1 @ Midnight US EST to post your completion(s).

Please ensure that your completion post conforms to message #2 of your team thread. If you complete more than one book for the date task, be sure to include that information in your completion post. Remember no discussion in your completion posts!

[Cecily]

Just to double check, Police officer or cop is considered blue collar correct?

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Cecily wrote: "Just to double check, Police officer or cop is considered blue collar correct?"

Yes as long as it isn't a detective.

[Cecily]

Completion Post

Open Season
[book*Open Season|420734]
Author: Linda Howard
337 Pages
Date Read: January 26, 2018
Task: L is for Labour: Read a book with a blue collar worker, either included in the précis or tagged with blue collar or a word/job that indicates blue collar.
How It Fits: Male MC is a cop, Tagged Cops by 7 People
Rating: 3 Stars

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

COMPLETION post

Week 6 - L is for Labor

What Can Be
[*book:What Can Be|13030951]
Date Task: L is for Labor
Pages: 124
How Book Qualifies: tagged Construction Worker/Blue Collar.
(Added to Gay Construction Workers list since MC Jake is a demolition specialist.)
Finished 27 Jan - 5 stars.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

COMPLETION post 2

Week 6 - L is for Labor

Manny Get Your Guy
[*book:Manny Get Your Guy|35144228]
Date Task: L is for Labor
Pages: 236
How Book Qualifies: Manny (approved by MKat) in precis. Also tagged Construction Worker/Blue Collar.
(Added to Gay Construction Workers list since MC Brandon works construction whilst at college.)
Finished 27 Jan - 3 stars.

[Cathy]

Is a bounty hunter considered blue collar?

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Cathy wrote: "Is a bounty hunter considered blue collar?"

I can see Kat answered you in the positive ~ which is lucky since I would have had to defer to her ;)

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

How's everyone travelling?

[Jeena]

Completion Post:


Title: Silver Lining [*book:Silver Lining|467409]
Author: Maggie Osborne
Pages: 352
How Book Qualifies: Tagged "cowboys" 19 times; "cowboy" 15 times
Date Task: L is for Labor
Date Read: Jan 28 - 30
Rating: 3.5 stars

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

I'm wondering if the polar freeze is interupting comms over in the US? Anyone know?

Hope everyone is OK!!

[Jeena]

Hey Jane! I'm over in California, so no polar freeze for me! Hope everyone else is okay though!

I went on a bit of a rock chick binge in the past couple of days.

I'm wondering if they'd count for this category. Is private-investigator considered blue collar? And is military considered blue collar?

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Jeena wrote: "Hey Jane! I'm over in California, so no polar freeze for me! Hope everyone else is okay though!

I went on a bit of a rock chick binge in the past couple of days.

I'm wondering if they'd count f..."

LOL - I've just been checking my other books read too! We'd need to see what was approved by Kat, and its quite a long list. Have the books been tagged that way?

[Jeena]

Completion Post #2:


Book: Rock Chick Rescue[*book:Rock Chick Rescue|7405450]
Author: Kristen Ashley
Pages: 498
How Book Qualifies: in précise: hero is "cop" --- "Jet McAlister has a secret. Eddie Chavez has the hots for Jet (not to mention Eddie’s just plain hot). Jet has too many problems to realize that Eddie’s interested. Eddie loses patience when Jet ends her waitressing shift at a strip club with a knife at her throat. Since Eddie’s a cop, he figures he can help. Since Jet’s used to solving everyone’s problems she doesn’t want Eddie’s help."
Date Task: L is for Labor
Date Read: Jan 30
Rating: 3 Stars

[Jeena]

Well they're all tagged as law-enforcement which works I think?? they're also tagged as security.. Which if my understanding is correct they would count, but I'm not 100% sure. I posted the second book because i know forsure that one counts cuz he's a cop. But I read book 1, 2, 6, and I'm reading 7 now. I'd love to include them in the task, cuz I read them hahaha I just don't know if they count

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Approved occupations as far as I can see:

Rancher
Police/Sheriff, but not detective (shelved cop or police)
Bartender
Waiter/Waitress
Military counts so long as they aren't officers
Nanny/Maid
Security/Bodyguard
Horsetrainer
Retail
Contractors
Tattoo artist
Hairdresser
Bounty Hunter/Treasure Hunter (not Archeologist)
Paramedic
Firefighter

[Jeena]

Yes!! hahah I was just going through and reading the list too! Thanks for posting that for me. Okay so they'd all work, I'm gonna do my completion posts then 😂😂😂

[Jeena]

Completion Post # 3:


Rock Chick Reckoning[*book:Rock Chick Reckoning|13065142]
Author: Kristen Ashley
Pages: 484
How Book Qualifies: Tagged "security" 7 times
Date Task: L is for Labor
Date read: Jan 31
Rating: 4 Stars

[Jeena]

Completion Post #4:


Rock Chick[*book:Rock Chick|6538757]
Author: Kristen Ashley
Pages: 412
How Book Qualifies: Tagged "security" 11 times
Date Task: L is for Labor
Date Read: Jan 30-31
Rating: 3.5 Stars

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

COMPLETION post 3

Week 6 - L is for Labor

The Little Library
[*book:The Little Library|37909611]
Date Task: L is for Labor
Pages: 290
How Book Qualifies: Cop (approved by MKat) shelved Cop under various descriptors. Definitely not a detective.
Finished 30 Jan - 4 stars.

[Jeena]

Alright lets see if I can finish the 7th before midnight! haha

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Go Jeena!!

Tina is reading and hoping to post before close, so that's one more for us :D

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Actually with your three posts Jeena, we get our 8 :D

Don't go cross-eyed!

[Jeena]

Jane (PS) wrote: "Actually with your two posts Jeena, we get our 8 :D Don't go cross-eyed!"

😂😂😂😂😂😂 hahah awesome! I'm still gonna try to finish, so I have a clean slate to start with tmrw!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Just to let the rest of you know, I'm pretty sure Sunshine (Chicago), Cathy (Michigan) and CB (northeast Ohio) are all caught in the polar vortex (Australia's reporting term ~ not sure what you are calling it in the US).