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The Bachelor Team Challenge - Dressed to the Nines (9)
Our possible tasks for Week 4:H is for Holiday - Read a holiday book, can be in title, précis, or tagged.
H is for Humor - Read a funny book, tagged to describe that.
H is for Haunting - Read a book labeled as PNR.
H is for Hug - Read a book with a hug on the cover.
Liz (Bugetta) wrote: "Lisa B wrote: "So even though its full name is “Cut to the Core: A Medical Romance Novella”, it doesn’t qualify? That is weird."Yeah, bummer. No one shelved it as romance, which is how those Main..."
So if when you are looking for books for the upcoming weeks and notice that, you can add it to a romance shelf and so can your teammates! Even post in the Q&A thread, people want to help and will shelf it too. It seems to come up on new books mostly, people haven't had the chance to shelve it yet.
Fourth dateH is for Holiday
Read a holiday book, can be in title, précis, or tagged. Holiday can be either the US or British version. It can refer to a public or religious celebration or a vacation. For either version, books must qualify through the title, the précis or by being tagged/shelved.
Remember books must be 90 pages and MPG romance!!
You have until Friday, January 18 @ Midnight US EST to post your completion(s).
Please ensure that your completion post conforms to message #2 of your team thread. Remember no discussion in your completion posts!
Ugh, anyone has a good book to recommend? I have one or two on my tbr but no real wish of reading them right now. Preferrably something quick and easy to read :)
Completion PostWeek 1: H is for Holiday
Book: Santa Daddy by Keira Andrews
Number of Pages: 130 pgs
How book qualified: Tagged “holiday” by 51 people
Dated Completed: 1/12/19
Rating: 3.5 stars
Anja wrote: "Ugh, anyone has a good book to recommend? I have one or two on my tbr but no real wish of reading them right now. Preferrably something quick and easy to read :)"I don’t read much m/f romance anymore. If you’d like some m/m romance recommendations though, let me know. 🙂
There are a bunch of Listopia lists for Christmas/Holiday books:https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8...+
There are even one with just novellas to help you find a shorter book. 😊
Anja wrote: "Ugh, anyone has a good book to recommend? I have one or two on my tbr but no real wish of reading them right now. Preferrably something quick and easy to read :)"I'm gonna struggle quite a lot with this task too..
I'll probably read
but for now I'm really not in the mood to read something focused on Holidays!Anja I recommend you
, a novella by Whitney G. that was published last month. I read it a couple of weeks ago and it was a nice and quick read (93 pages)
Completion Post Week 4: H is for Holiday
Book: The Night Before Christmas by Mary McNear
Number of Pages: 112
How Book Qualifies: Tagged Holiday by 15 people
Date Completed: 1/13/2019
Rating: 1 star
[book *[book:The Night Before Christmas|23285835]
It seems like we’re all having a hard time with the theme this week. I found some lists of romances with a vacation theme.All types of romance:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Gay Romance:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
Set at a hotel/inn:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Solo Honeymoon:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Completion PostWeek 4: H is for Holiday
Book: Belong to You by Vi Keeland.
Number of pages: 278 pages.
How the book qualified: In précis (My honeymoon was almost everything I dreamed it would be, a tropical paradise...)
Date completed: 1/15/2019
Rating: 4.5 stars.
COMPLETION POST - WEEK 4 - H is for Holiday
Book: Our Totally, Ridiculous, Made-up Christmas Relationship by Brittainy C. Cherry
Page numbers: 228
How the book qualifies: “Christmas” in the title and tagged “holiday-Christmas” 22 times and “holiday” 13 times
Dated Completed: 01/16
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
[*book:Our Totally, Ridiculous, Made-up Christmas Relationship|18715542]
Bianncka R. wrote: "Hi girls, I was wondering if anyone else is reading a second book?"I was planning to try to find a short one to read tonight.
Completion PostWeek 1: H is for Holiday
Book: How I Met Your Father by L.B. Gregg
Number of Pages: 98 pgs
How book qualified: Tagged “holiday” by 31 people
Dated Completed: 1/17/19
Rating: 5 stars
Second book for the week.
Completion PostWeek 4: H is for Holiday
Book: Just Pretend by R.R. Banks.
Number of pages: 273 pages.
How the book qualified: Tagged holiday by 3.
Date completed: 1/17/2019
Rating: 4 stars.
Second book for this week.
Completion PostWeek 4: H is for Holiday
Book: Under the Mistletoe with Me by Kristen Proby.
Number of pages: 100 pages.
How the book qualified: Tagged holiday by 18 users.
Date completed: 1/17/2019.
Rating: 5 stars.
Third book for this week.
Completion PostWeek 4: H is for Holiday
Book: Late Night Kisses by Whitney G..
Number of pages: 93 pages.
How the book qualified: Tagged holiday by 10 users.
Date completed: 1/18/2019.
Rating: 3.5 stars.
Fourth book for this week.
Week Five categories are much better! No holiday books! :-DE is for Encouraged - Read a book recommended to you in a challenge, by a friend, or a GR recommendation.
E is for Exciting - Read a book a book tagged as romantic suspense, suspense or mystery.
E is for Enjoyed - Read a book with an average rating of 4.0 or higher.
E is for Edition - Read a book with at least 5 editions listed on GR.
Completion PostWeek 3: H is for Holiday
Book: I Will: A Christmas Novella by Lisa Kleypas
Page numbers: 96 pgs
How book qualified: Tagged 'holiday' by 34 people
Dated Completed: 01/18/19
Rating: 4 stars
[*book:I Will: A Christmas Novella|31572877]
Completion Post - Week 3: H is for Holiday
Book: By Proxy by Katy Regnery
Number of Pages: 165
Date Completed: 18.1.2019
Rating: 4 stars
How the book qualifies: Tagged 'Christmas' by 17 people
Anja wrote: "Completion Post - Week 3: H is for Holiday
Book: By Proxy by Katy Regnery
Number of Pages: 165
Date Completed: 18.1.2019
Rating: 4 stars
How the book q..."
I don’t think your book will count for this week because you’re supposed to post by midnight EST. ☹️
Liz (Bugetta) wrote: "Week Five categories are much better! No holiday books! :-DE is for Encouraged - Read a book recommended to you in a challenge, by a friend, or a GR recommendation.
E is for Exciting - Read a boo..."
YAY!!!! This past week the struggle has been real!! ;)
I hope we'll get "exciting" 'cause I'm in the mood for some suspense!!
Liz (Bugetta) wrote: "Anja wrote: "Completion Post - Week 3: H is for Holiday
Book: By Proxy by Katy Regnery
Number of Pages: 165
Date Completed: 18.1.2019
Rating: 4 stars
H..."
Sorry, I had a terrible toothache and didn't manage to post it earlier :/
Update for Date 4 - you earned 2 roses! 🌹Hope your toothache gets better Anja! Please make sure you post your completion next week before the deadline, otherwise you will be eliminated from the challenge. ☹️
Our New Task:Date 5 - E
E is for Enjoyed
Read a book with an average rating of 4.0 or higher. Use GR as your source for the rating, there is no minimum for the number of ratings as long as the average rating is 4.0 or higher. Remember books must be 90 pages and MPG romance!! You have until Friday, January 25 @ 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!
Anja wrote: "Liz (Bugetta) wrote: "Anja wrote: "Completion Post - Week 3: H is for Holiday
Book: By Proxy by Katy Regnery
Number of Pages: 165
Date Completed: 18.1...."
Ugh! That sucks, Anja. Toothaches are the worst. I hope you’re feeling better!
Chiara wrote: "Liz (Bugetta) wrote: "Week Five categories are much better! No holiday books! :-DE is for Encouraged - Read a book recommended to you in a challenge, by a friend, or a GR recommendation.
E is for..."
We didn’t get exciting but hopefully there are some four star or higher romantic suspense books that will work for the challenge, because that’s what I’m in the mood for too!
Completion PostWeek 5: E is for Enjoyed
Book: Faking It by K. Bromberg.
Number of pages: 287 pages.
How the book qualified: 4.17 rate avg.
Date completed: 1/19/2019
Rating: 4 stars.
When I started reading a book it was over 4 stars and now it dropped :/ I guess that happens when it's newly released one :D Time to find something new.I had trouble with my wisdom teeth and hopefully I can get this one extracted ASAP. I will probably have to wait a couple of months but as long as it doesn't hurt in the mean time I'll survive...
Anja, post the book you select next and I will confirm it, that way if it drops I already have it ok'd for you. I'm sorry I can't help with the other one, but I'm around for a few more minutes tonight!
I’m going to post my pick just in case the rating drops, since it’s pretty new:Rough Terrain by Annabeth Albert
Average Rating: 4.09 stars
Completion Post Week 5: E is for Enjoyed
Book: The Good Luck Sister by Jill Shalvis
Number of Pages: 144
How book Qualifies: 4.01 Rating on Goodreads
Date Completed: 1/22/2019
Rating: 2 stars
[Book* [book:The Good Luck Sister|37758704]
Completion PostWeek 1: E is for Enjoyed
Book: Rough Terrain by Annabeth Albert
Number of Pages: 384 pgs
How book qualified: Rated 4.08
Dated Completed: 1/22/19
Rating: 4 stars
Okay I'm reading
. It's not likely to have a ratings drop but I would still like to have it noted as over 4 star rating
Completion Post - Week 4: E is for Enjoyed
Book: Timid by Devney Perry
Number of Pages: 319
Date Completed: 23.1.2019
Rating: 3 stars
How the book qualifies: 4.23 rating
Completion Post - Week 4: E is for Enjoyed
Book: Love Only Once by Johanna Lindsey
Number of Pages: 344
Date Completed: 23.1.2019
Rating: 5 stars
How the book qualifies: 4.08 rating
Second book this week
Anja wrote: "The book I've read at beginning of the week has rating over 4 now. Can I still post it?"Well, that is hard. Technically it needed to be over 4.0 when you read it, but you said it was when you started and then dropped while you were reading. I will allow it if it is still over 4.0 when I check it. 😊
Completion PostWeek 5: E is for Enjoyed
Book: We Shouldn't by Vi Keeland.
Number of pages: 316 pages.
How the book qualified: 4.31 rate avg.
Date completed: 1/23/2019
Rating: 5 stars.
Second book for this week task.
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Book: Surviving Mateo by Sam Mariano
Number of Pages: 375
Date Completed: 10.1.2019
Rating: 3 stars
How the book qualifies: Black, white, orange, red colors on cover
Second book for this week