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The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Loitering Layabouts (1)
The Amazing Race Team ChallengeApril 11, 2020 through June 9, 2020
8 Week Dash For the Win!
Tracking:
Task 1 - 1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task. Assigned 4.12.2020 / Completed 4.13.2020
Task 2 - 63. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter. Assigned 4.14.2020 / Completed 4.16.2020
Task 3 - 60. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which. Assigned 4.16.2020 /Completed 4.18.2020
Task 4 - 71. Read 6 books with alliteration in the title or author's name. Assigned 4.18.2020 / Completed 4.19.2020
Task 5 - 31. Read over 1000 pages in books with Mystery or Suspense as MPG. Assigned 4.20.2020 / Completed 4.21.2020
Task 6 - 75. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope. Assigned 4.22.2020 / Completed 4.23.2020
Task 7 - 70. Each teammate reads a book that the teammate after them alphabetically has rated 5 stars. No pass for this task. Assigned 4.24.2020 / Completed 4.25.2020
Task 8 - 59. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate. Assigned 4.26.2020 / Completed 4.27.2020
Task 9 - 86. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which. Assigned 4.28.2020 / Completed 4.30.2020
Task 10 - 89. 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. Assigned 4.30.2020 / Completed 5.1.2020
Task 11 - 90. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide. Assigned 5.2.2020 / Completed 5.3.2020
Task 12 - 93. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years. Assigned 5.4.2020 / Completed 5.5.2020
Task 13 - 94. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal. Assigned 5.6.2020 / Completed 5.7.2020
Task 14 - 26. Each player reads 2 books in a series, teammates can read the same or different series. Assigned 5.8.2020 / Completed 5.10.2020
Task 15 - 97. Read 8 books with fewer than 10 letters in the title. Assigned 5.10.2020 / Completed 5.12.2020
Task 16 - 98. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 teammates and read them. Assigned 5.12.2020 / Completed 5.14.2020
Task 17 - 85. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books tagged 'magic' or 'magical'. Assigned 5.14.2020 / Completed 5.16.2020
Task 18 - 92. 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. Assigned 5.16.2020 / Completed 5.17.2020
Task 19 - 78. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series. Assigned 5.18.2020 / Completed 5.19.2020
Task 20 - 83. Read 8 books set in NYC. Assigned 5.20.2020 / Completed 5.21.2020
Task 21 - 81. Each teammate reads a debut book by an author. No pass for this task. Assigned 5.22.2020 / Completed 5.23.2020
Task 22 - 87. Read 8 books tagged with 'wedding' or 'proposal'. Assigned 5.24.2020 / Completed 5.25.2020
Task 23 - 6. Each player reads a book by a new to you author - no pass for this task. Assigned 5.26.2020 / Completed 5.27.2020
Task 24 - 76. Read 4 books initially published in different decades. Assigned 5.28.2020 / Completed 5.29.2020
Task 25 - 45. Read 4 books by one of the 2020 FACs. Assigned 5.30.2020 / Completed 6.1.2020
Task 26 - 55. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task. Assigned 6.1.2020 / Completed 6.2.2020
Task 27 - 96. Read 8 books by authors with more than 10 letters in their name. Assigned 6.3.2020 / Completed 6.4.2020
Task 28 - 33. Each teammate reads a book another teammate read and rated 4 Stars or higher in the last 3 months. No pass for this task. Assigned 6.5.2020 / Completed 6.6.2020
Task 29 - 100. Read a book with an average rating of 4.2 or higher. No pass for this task. You can read as many books as you wish, each book completed earns a point. Assigned 6.7.2020
The Amazing Race Team ChallengeApril 11, 2020 through June 9, 2020
8 Week Dash For the Win!
Challenge Dates:
Signups open until April 11, 2020 at 9 PM US EDT.
Remaining Teams Assigned after signups close on April 11, 2020.
First Task Assigned April 14, 2020 at 6 PM US EDT.
Challenge Ends on June 9, 2020 at Midnight US EDT, tasks will not be accepted after this time.
Each team will work together to complete tasks. Once complete, you will be given another task to complete. After the first task, teams will be on different paths with tasks randomly assigned. The same tasks may be assigned to different teams at different times, but no task will be used more than once by the same team. Each team works at their own pace and the team that completes the most tasks at the end of 8 weeks will be the winner!
After the first task is given to everyone, when a team finishes their task they will need to report their completion in the Tracking/Q&A thread. I will confirm the completion and assign their next task. New tasks will not be assigned more frequently than every other day. I will attempt to respond quickly to confirm completion and assign new tasks, but please allow up to 24 hours. If I am unavailable, another mod will assign the task.
Each teammate will need to participate in each task, but may take a pass for one task during the course of the challenge For some tasks, no passes will be allowed. Completions posts will need to be made when finishing each book for a task, similar to the PtP and Bachelor Challenges. A player will be removed if they make no comment for 5 days after a new task is assigned or 3 days after the rest of the team completes the task (whichever is later), despite attempts to make contact.
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.
There is a 150 page minimum for books, rereads and audios ok. Books may only be used once per player during the challenge. Players may read the same book for a task unless otherwise specified. Books do not have to be romance, but must be fiction.
**For this challenge, use the GR Kindle first edition page count if available. 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**
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.
PS - If you want to be known as anything other than Team 1, you are free to come up with a team name. 😉
Hi everyone! I think I've played at least one game or participated in a challenge with all of you, but as a reminder: I'm in Las Vegas but I tend to check the threads several times a day, usually in the morning, early evening and late at night. If I'm not working, I'll be online most of the time.I can't captain/lead though; I'm waiting to hear from the Census on whether I'll be hired. *crosses fingers* I have no idea what the schedule will look like at that point, but I might need someone's phone number to text them when I finish a task so that we can move on.
I'm crap at team names, so I'll leave that up to the more creative types!
Hi all - I'm Jane and I live in Australia. My timezone is such that I'm generally around in your afternoons and evenings.This is pretty backward but with CV19 I have way less time to read! Because I'm at home 100% I am on call to help my husband around the cattle property when I'm not working. So less and less time to myself - whereas before I used to have long commutes to listen to a heap of audiobooks :( So really don't know how I'll go as a teamie on this! Sorry in advance.
I'd prefer not to Captain but will if no-one else can :) I know Shannon is Captaining (my team) on ScavHunt.
Names - let me think on this and get back. (Dinner is on, and I need to get a few other things done...) No doubt Shannon will have a couple as well ;)
Team names:Loitering Layabouts
Covert Covidders
Racing Recluses / Racing Rainbow Recluses
(clearing liking alliteration at the moment ;)
Team Tag-along
Hi, everyone! I'm Karen. I live in Chicago with my hubby. We are both retired. Believe it or not, but I think I had my reading time when I worked! I'm a night owl so I'm up really late but I do sleep in. At night is when I get most of my reading done.If you have a problem Michaelle, send me a PM when you finish a task. I'm on GR all through the day so I'll see it.
I am awful thinking up team names but I really like Loitering Layabouts...
If no one else wants to Captain, I could give it a try. I might need some guidance on what to do.
Karen ♐ wrote: "Hi, everyone! I'm Karen. I live in Chicago with my hubby. We are both retired. Believe it or not, but I think I had my reading time when I worked! I'm a night owl so I'm up really late but I do sle..."Hi Karen - not sure if we've played together or not... We all play so many different games in a few groups (well, two for me) that its hard to keep track! Looking forward to kick off :)
... I might go poke Shannon :)
Jane (PS) wrote: "Karen ♐ wrote: "Hi, everyone! I'm Karen. I live in Chicago with my hubby. We are both retired. Believe it or not, but I think I had my reading time when I worked! I'm a night owl so I'm up really l..."I don't think we have, Jane. However, I know I've seen you in different challenges.
I've been poked!! Hey ladies, I'm Shannon and I currently live in Washington state but soon to be Oregon...hopefully. I normally live with my hubby and two daughters but my 16 yr old decided to spend the quarantine with a friend instead of us (shocker). But my 19 yr old decided to come home from college in Oregon to spend it with us instead of with her boyfriend. So basically 1 daughter likes us and the other doesn't!! Ahhhh, what a difference that 3 years in age makes. Karen, go for captain if you'd like. I can help if needed.
I also like Loitering Layabouts because its so Australian Jane!! I want to be a Layabout!!
Tasks 1 - 8Task 1 - Read a book by the same author (Eli Easton)
Jane - Five Dares - Finished: msg 123
Michaelle - Boy Shattered - Finished: msg 120
Shannon - The Mating of Michael - Finished: msg 121
Lisa - Family Camp - Finished: msg 118
Task 2 - Read more than 1000 pages in books that start with same letter (C)
Jane - Caught Running - Finished: msg 149
Michaelle - Caleo - Finished: msg 158
Shannon - Clutch - Finished: msg 160
Lisa - Cash - Finished: msg 150
Task 3 - Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains (BEACH)
Jane - The Best Worst Honeymoon Ever - Finished: msg 209
Michaelle - September's Tide - Finished: msg 190
#2 - Until the Stars Fall - Finished: msg 213
Shannon - Interpretive Hearts - Finished: msg 210
Lisa - At Piper's Point - Finished: msg 203
#2 - Interpretive Hearts - Finished: msg 216
Task 4 - Read 6 books with alliteration in the title or author's name.
Jane - Darkest Hour Before Dawn - Finished: msg 247
#2 - The Billionaire's Boyfriend - Finished: msg 253
Michaelle - Between the Blue Sky and You - Finished: msg 250
#2 - The Suicidal Peanut - Finished: msg 262
Shannon - Motorcycles and Macarons - Finished: msg 259
Lisa - Bound in Blue - Finished: msg 248
Task 5 - Read over 1000 pages in books with Mystery or Suspense as MPG
Jane - Mainly by Moonlight - Finished: msg 281
Michaelle - Crescendo - Finished: msg 280
Shannon - What Lies Beneath - Finished: msg 279
Lisa - Mahu - Finished: msg 286
Pages = 1,041
Task 6 - 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide
COMPLETIONS
Jane - Finders Keepers - msg 321
Michaelle - Life as a Teenage Vampire - msg 325
Shannon - No Shame - msg 316
#2 - Without Limits - msg 326
Lisa - A Party to Murder - msg 319
#2 - Mobsters and Miracles - msg 327
Task 7 - 4 books read & rated 5 stars by the teammate next in alphabetical order
COMPLETIONS
Jane - Locked - Finished: msg 360
Michaelle - Aaron - Finished: msg 367
Shannon - Rule Breaker - Finished: msg 366
Lisa - Ramen Assassin - Finished: msg 363
Task 8 - Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth (Shannon 1970s)
COMPLETIONS
Jane - Crocodile on the Sandbank - Finished: msg 392
Michaelle - Fadeout - Finished: msg 387
Shannon - Fadeout - Finished: msg 388
Lisa - - Fadeout - Finished: msg 383
Reserved Weeks 3 & 4Task 9 - 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which (Motorcycle)
COMPLETIONS
Jane - Hell on Wheels - Finished: msg 409
#2 - Heart Unseen - Finished: msg 416
Michaelle - Heart Unseen - Finished: msg 415
Shannon - A Diamond in the Mud - Finished: msg 418
Lisa - Running on Empty - Finished: msg 411
#2 - Ride With Me - Finished: msg 417
Task 10 - Page Length @ Least as Long as Combined Birth Years (271pp)
COMPLETIONS
Jane - Dead Weight - Finished: msg 451
Michaelle - Dawn of Darkness - Finished: msg 442
Shannon - Complementary Colors - Finished: msg 454
Lisa - Loving a Warrior - Finished: msg 453
Task 11 - Read over 1,500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide. (Historical)
COMPLETIONS
Jane - The High King's Golden Tongue - Finished: msg 487 412pp
Michaelle - On a Lee Shore - Finished: msg 476 289pp
#2 - A Minor Inconvenience - Finished: msg 484 204pp
Shannon - Behind Locked Doors - Finished: msg 486 179pp
Lisa - Lessons in Desire - Finished: msg 482 224pp
#2 - Lessons in Discovery - Finished: msg 485 200pp
Total pages = 1,508
Task 12 - Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years (Using 2015-2020)
COMPLETIONS
2015 - Shannon - Love Starved - Finished: msg 507
2016 - Shannon - Lay It Down - Finished: msg 513
2017 - Lisa - Drama Detective - Finished: msg 523
2018 - Jane - The Wolf at the Door - Finished: msg 521
2019 - Michaelle - Kept in the Dark - Finished: msg 518
2020 - Lisa - Secret at Skull House - Finished: msg 511
Task 13 - select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal. (Wolf/wolves)
COMPLETIONS
Jane - Hidden Powers - Finished: msg 568
#2 - Abduction - Finished: msg 587
Michaelle - Second Chance - Finished: msg 573
#2 - The Alpha's Warlock - Finished: msg 586
Shannon - Claiming Bite - Finished: msg 566
#2 - Homerun Daddy - Finished: msg 580
Lisa - Wolf in Gucci Loafers - Finished: msg 575
#2 - Abduction - Finished: msg 576
Task 14 - Each player reads 2 books in a series, teammates can read the same or different series.
COMPLETIONS
Jane - Locked in Silence - Finished: msg 604
#2 - Sanctuary Found - Finished: msg 614
Michaelle - The Actor and the Earl - Finished: msg 608
#2 - Duty to the Crown - Finished: msg 616
Shannon - Third One - Finished: msg 607
#2 - Beautiful Beast - Finished: msg 610
Lisa - Lessons in Temptation - Finished: msg 611
#2 - Lessons in Seduction - Finished: msg 613
Task 15 - Read 8 books with fewer than 10 letters in the title
COMPLETIONS
Jane - Kairos - Finished: msg 629
#2 - Acrobat - Finished: msg 642
Michaelle - Defender - Finished: msg 633
#2 - Frostbite - Finished: msg 643
Shannon - His Saint - Finished: msg 630
#2 - Burn Zone - Finished: msg 640
Lisa - Set Ablaze - Finished: msg 632
#2 - Black Lies - Finished: msg 635
Task 16 - Each teammate lists 5 favourite books. Select a book from 2 teammates and read them
COMPLETIONS
Jane - Promises - Finished: msg 668
#2 - Trained - Finished: msg 669
Michaelle - How to Shield an Assassin - Finished: msg 670
#2 - Trained - Finished: msg 678
Shannon - Winter Winds - Finished: msg 666
#2 - The Weight of It All - Finished: msg 686
Lisa - Winter Winds - Finished: msg 661
#2 - The Bells of Times Square - Finished: msg 663
Reserved Weeks 5 & 6Task 17 - Read a minimum of 1,200 pages in books tagged 'magic' or 'magical'.
COMPLETIONS
Jane - Misfit Mage 339pp - Finished: msg 708
Michaelle - An Evidence of Magic 210pp - Finished: msg 711
Shannon - A Ferry of Bones & Gold 406pp - Finished: msg 710
Lisa - Be Fairy Game 378pp - Finished: msg 709
Page count: 1,333
Task 18 - Pick a Romance List from GR Listopia with less than 100 books on it, each teammate reads a book from that list.
COMPLETIONS
Jane - Spencer Cohen, Book One - Finished: msg 732
Michaelle - Fake It 'til You Make Out - Finished: msg 730
Shannon - The Heart of Texas - Finished: msg 733
Lisa - Deadly Dorian - Finished: msg 731
Task 19 - #78. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series.
COMPLETIONS
Jane - Atonement - Finished: msg 746
Michaelle - Discovering Daisy: A Protectors Novella - Finished: msg 749
Shannon - Obsessed - Finished: msg 753
Lisa - A Protectors Family Christmas - Finished: msg 748
Task 20 - Read 8 books set in NYC
COMPLETIONS
Jane - One Step Further - Finished: msg 796
#2 - Love Happens Anyway - Finished: msg 798
Michaelle - Trust Fund Baby - Finished: msg 794
#2 - Between Loathing and Love - Finished: msg 795
Shannon - Private Eye - Finished: msg 781
#2 - Cowboy - Finished: msg 791
Lisa - Macarons at Midnight - Finished: msg 788
#2 - Quinn's Gambit - Finished: msg 789
Task 21 - #81. Each teammate reads a debut book by an author. No pass for this task.
COMPLETIONS
Jane - Let the Wrong Light In - Finished: msg 817
Michaelle - Risk Assessment - Finished: msg 813
Shannon - Snow Falling - Finished: msg 812
Lisa - Contemporary Draconic Hoarding Practices - Finished: msg 811
Task 22 - #87. Read 8 books tagged with 'wedding' or 'proposal'.
COMPLETIONS
Jane - Borrowing Blue - Finished: msg 833
#2 - Timing - Finished: msg 838
Michaelle - The Locker Room - Finished: msg 827
#2 - Tall, Dark, and Deported - Finished: msg 835
Shannon - No Place That Far - Finished: msg 830
#2 - The Best Worst Honeymoon Ever - Finished: msg 837
Lisa - Save the Date - Finished: msg 832
#2 - Night and Day - Finished: msg 836
Task 23 - #6. Each player reads a book by a new to you author - no pass for this task.
COMPLETIONS
Jane - Heart Trouble - Finished: msg 857
Michaelle - The Last Sun - Finished:
Shannon - Gunnar's Guardian - Finished: msg 853
Lisa - T.A.G. You're Seen - Finished: msg 848
Task 24 - #76. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.
COMPLETIONS
Jane - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Finished: msg 895 Decade 2000s
Michaelle - The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Finished: msg 883 Decade 1990s
Shannon - First Kiss - Finished: msg 890 Decade 2010s
Lisa - Death Claims - Finished: msg 884 Decade 1970s
Taken over for Weeks 7 & 8Task 25 - #45. Read 4 books by one of the 2020 FACs.
COMPLETIONS
Jane - The Year We Fell Down - Finished: msg 927
Michaelle - It's Never Over/Hello Forever - Finished: msg 924
Shannon - Him - Finished: msg 928
Lisa - Top Secret - Finished: msg 926
Task 26 - #55 - Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass. Team 13
COMPLETIONS
Jane - Deke - Finished: msg 955
Michaelle - Deke - Finished: msg 956
Shannon - Nailed - Finished: msg 957
Lisa - Spring Strings - Finished: msg 953
Task 27 - #96. Read 8 books by authors with more than 10 letters in their name.
COMPLETIONS
Jane - Diamond in the Rough - Finished: msg 978
#2 - The Ghost Slept Over - Finished: msg 991
Michaelle - September - Finished: msg 979
#2 - Tried & True - Finished: msg 989
Shannon - How to Elude a Vampire - Finished: msg 984
#2 - Claiming Marcus - Finished: msg 990
Lisa - T.A.G. You're Heard - Finished: msg 982
#2 - The Psychopath - Finished: msg 988
Task 28 - #33. Each teammate reads a book another teammate read and rated 4 Stars or higher in the last 3 months. No pass for this task.
COMPLETIONS
Jane - What Lies Beneath - Finished: msg 1017
Michaelle - Be Fairy Game - Finished: msg 1014
Shannon - Tallowwood - Finished: msg 1018
Lisa - How to Elude a Vampire - Finished: msg 1013
Task 29 (LAST TASK) - #100. Read a book with an average rating of 4.2 or higher.
Countdown clock
COMPLETIONS
Jane - Spencer Cohen, Book Two - Finished: msg 1038
Michaelle - Breaker of Chains - Finished: msg 1036
Shannon - No Angel - Finished: msg 1044
Lisa - Pieces of You - Finished: msg 1034
plus...
Lisa #2 - The Vampire's Club Book Seven - Finished: msg 1035
Lisa #3 - Man on Fire - Finished: msg 1037
Jane #2 - Spencer Cohen, Book Three - Finished: msg 1039
Lisa #4 - Drama Fraternity - Finished: msg 1041
Shannon #2 - Picking Up the Pieces - Finished: msg 1045
Michaelle #2 - Forging the Future - Finished: msg 1046
Shannon #3 - Help Me, Sir - Finished: msg 1047
Michaelle #3 - Spencer Cohen, Book One - Finished: msg 1048
Michaelle #4 - The Power of Zero - Finished: msg 1049
Jane #3 - After the Sunset - Finished: msg 1050
Shannon #4 - Bound by Blood - Finished: msg 1051
Michaelle #5 - Murder House - Finished: msg 1057
Lisa #5 - Picking Up the Pieces - Finished: msg 1058
Lisa #6 - The Power of Zero - Finished: msg 1059
Shannon #5 - Hidden - Finished: msg 1062
Lisa #7 - Two Divided by Zero - Finished: msg 1063
Lisa #8 - Coming in First Place - Finished: msg 1064
Shannon #6 - Horse of a Different Color - Finished: msg 1065
Lisa #9 - Drama Castle - Finished: msg 1068
Michaelle #6 - Picking Up the Pieces - Finished: msg 1070
Shannon #7 - Coming in First Place - Finished: msg 1072
Shannon #8 - The Promise - Finished: msg 1075
Jane #4 - A Protectors Family Christmas - Finished: msg 1078
Jane #5 - Forging the Future - Finished: msg 1079
Michaelle #7 - Ride or Dye - Finished: msg 1081
Shannon #9 - Secret in Houston - Finished: msg 1085
Michaelle #8 - Spencer Cohen, Book Two - Finished: msg 1092
Shannon #9 - Stay a Little Longer - Finished: msg 1093
Lisa #10 - Stay a Little Longer - Finished: msg 1095
Shannon #10 - Stolen - Finished: msg 1099
Michaelle #9 - Spencer Cohen, Book Three - Finished: msg 1101
Jane #6 - Secret in Houston - Finished: msg 1105
Shannon #11 - The Beginning - Finished: msg 1112
Author:1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
25. Each player reads a book in a series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
53. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.
61. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
Sub-genre:
9. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.
66. 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.
69. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
75. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
Recommendation:
21. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.
55. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task.
Q: Do we all have to read from the same (other) team or can we each select any team?"
A: As a team, you select another team and you all read from their books.
Location:
52. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
65. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
Dates:
51. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.
58. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year.
59. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
(We really DON'T want this, so means we'll probably get it 🧐)
73. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
Other:
63. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
67. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task. No Preference; please not someone on my NOPE shelf.9. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide. Anything but Rockstars, please
21. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task. If we could use my YA shelf IF THIS IS CALLED IN APRIL, I would appreciate it; after April, I'd like to have my GB-OPTIONS shelf used.
25. Each player reads a book in a series, teams decide. No pass for this task. No preference (I'm assuming that if we pick a series, and I've already read one or two of them, that I can use the next one up>)
51. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task. No Preference, other than the more recent, the better - especially if available on KU
52. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location. No Preference
53. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task. No One on my NOPE shelf, please!
58. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year. No Preference
59. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
(We really DON'T want this, so means we'll probably get it 🧐) Oh shit. I HOPE we don't get this one...who's the youngest, 'cause there aren't many MM books that I can get quickly from the the 1960s!!!
61. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author. No Preference other than No One on my NOPE shelf, please
63. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter. No Preference
64. Each teammate reads a book from a teammate's to-read shelf, no pass for this task. Does this mean ONE of our shelves? If so, FYI, I have - currently - 4230 books on my primary TBR and another 2700 on the back-burner shelf.
65. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country. No Preference
66. 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. No Preference, other than the Rockstar one, please
67. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
68. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books written by an author whose first or last name begins with the first letter of a teammate's screen name. I've got books by authors that qualify for all of our names; this is the ONLY task I'd risk someone on my NOPE shelf, but would appreciate avoiding it.
69. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession. Again, please not Rockstar.
73. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate. I joined in 2018
75. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope. No Preference - but I really like Fake Boyfriends, and Men with Kids.
Tracking Team Decisions and other gnarly issues:Author:
*Same author: Eli Easton DONE
*Same author 1500 pages: Lucy Lennox
*Same Series: The Protectors
*Authors that write under two names (or more):
- LAW/Lauren Gallagher/Lori Witt
- Lisa Henry/DiscontentedWinter
- Joel Abernathy/LC Davis
- Macy Blake/Poppy Dennison
- Rinda Elliot/Dani Worth
- Josh Lanyon/Diana Killian
- Avery Blake/Jaclyn Osborne
- Nealy Wagner/Sarina Bowen
- Andrew Grey - Dirk Greyson
- Susan Hawke - Susi Hawke
- Austin Bates - Aiden Bates
- SE Jakes - Stephanie Tyler
- Sloan Johnson/Quinn Ward
- Lissa Kasey - Sam Kadence
- Brandon Witt - Rosalind Abel (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Sub-genre:
*Sub-genre - MM Romance
*Read from the same list:
Best Gay Romance
Best MM Comfort Reads
MM Must Reads
MM Kindle Unlimited
Best Humorous Gay Romance
MM Romance Group Members Choice Winners
*Profession - Law Enforcement Officer
*Trope - Friends to lovers, Fake Boyfriends, Men with Kids. No rock stars DONE (Go with Men With Kids if it pops up again)
Recommendation - will have to wait as books could move on/off the to-read shelf? We will be able to nominate the preferred shelf though- but it will have to have a minimum number of books at it.
J - pifm
M - ya UNREAD books please.
S - aa recommended
L - 01 mm tbr
Lisa's rec to team: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (5 books)
Jane's recs - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Michaelle's recs -
Shannon's recs -
* Pick from another team's shelves: Teams 13
* Read from another team-members To Read shelf:
J - to read
M
S - to read
L
* Location: (State in the US or Country outside the US - likely): England
* Country outside US - Australia
* Home town - London or Connecticut, Las Vegas, Washington State; Queensland (forget about my state). London counts even though Lisa grew up in Connecticut.
Dates:
* Book Pub Same month and year - March 2019 ✔✔; October 2018 ✔; March 2020
* Year prior to 2018: suggest 2017
* Decade of our year of birth (all have to read the same decade): J, L & M - 1960s. S - 1970s.
MMRG pub before 1970
MMRG Pub 1970s
* Year joined RRRC:
J - 2010
Michaelle is 2018 (Yay!);
Lisa - 2014;
Shannon - 2014.
* Birth month:
Jane - August;
Lisa - December;
Michaelle - November;
Shannon - October
Other:
* Title letter - C? DONE
* Cover item - bare chest; Hand or part of a hand
* Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color - black; blue
Is the year we joined RRRC or Goodreads as a whole?
I'll add any definite answers into my optional answers above and see what we end up with :)My harder no is BDSM (not rockstars, but I'm def OK with not reading rockstars ;)
⚣Michaelle⚣ wrote: "Is the year we joined RRRC or Goodreads as a whole?"Oops RRRC - sorry. Will update my answer :)
I added Fake Boyfriends and Men with Kids to the tropes answer.Hoping we can do a country for location...maybe even use the MMRG bookselves for location, that way we can be even less specific - like North America in general. We can also use the Listopia States lists if we wanna pick one.
Not in the mood for BDSM right now so if we can avoid that genre I'm good.
For profession, can we have something as general as "LEO" that way Cops, FBI, CIA etc are included? (Or lets do tongue-in-cheek with "essential workers" which can be found here: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/fi... )
Ok - so Michaelle's big author NOs from what I would consider are mainstream MM writers:TJ Klune
KA Merikan (that's a solid no from me as well ;)
Tinnean
AE Via
NR Walker
AE Wasp
So in my mind avoid NR Walker and TJ Klune.
I'm sure we have plenty more with the likes of Eli Easton, Kim Fielding, Mary Calmes, Alice Winters, Abigail Roux, Megan Derr, KJ Charles, Jordan Castillo Price, Josh Lanyon, Jordan L Hawk, AJ Sherwood, Joanna Chambers, Kaje Harper etc
Throw up some names and lets pick a couple that have a series as well that we can all happily read!
⚣Michaelle⚣ wrote: "I added Fake Boyfriends and Men with Kids to the tropes answer.Hoping we can do a country for location...maybe even use the MMRG bookselves for location, that way we can be even less specific - l..."
LOL - OK. Might need to clarify location with Kat...
What does LEO stand for? And I can ask about that as well.
Law Enforcement Officer...which could also work for Prison Guard, Parole Officer, etc.
Jane (PS) wrote: "Ok - so Michaelle's big author NOs from what I would consider are mainstream MM writers:TJ Klune
KA Merikan (that's a solid no from me as well ;)
Tinnean
AE Via
NR Walker
AE Wasp
So in my mind a..."
Eh, I forgot there was a book there by Walker. I can do her, especially if we go with Oz for the location. I was mainly NOPE-ing Klune, Via, Tinnean & Merikan (that one is just for now). I also would humbly request no Stormy Glenn or Lynn Hagen.
Jane (PS) wrote: "Eli Easton, Kim Fielding, Mary Calmes, Alice Winters, Abigail Roux, Megan Derr, KJ Charles, Jordan Castillo Price, Josh Lanyon, Jordan L Hawk"LOVE KJC, JCP, JL and JLH. I have books on the TBR for all of them. I'd add Joanne Chambers, too. And Kaje Harper. (Looking for J & K authors right now...)
I think Renae Kaye & Sean Kennedy also do books set in Oz...so that's another option. (Kinda liking that option at the moment.)
LOL - well its easy to go with the UK as a country outside the US so you can happily avoid Walker regardless.I love Walker's stuff, but it'll fit in plenty of other slots for me :)
I can't see Stormy or Lynn popping up either... I think we need to pick really broad writers with range. The hard one is probably the Series option. Need to work out what series we are reading/happy to reread/ or start...
Another good author with broader appeal is AJ Sherwood. I'll add that to the options above...
⚣Michaelle⚣ wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "Eli Easton, Kim Fielding, Mary Calmes, Alice Winters, Abigail Roux, Megan Derr, KJ Charles, Jordan Castillo Price, Josh Lanyon, Jordan L Hawk"LOVE KJC, JCP, JL and JLH. I have b..."
Absolutely - I think all Renae Kaye and Sean Kennedy's book are in Oz, aren't they?
I'm definitely happy with Australia as a country since i have plenty to pick from there :)
I think from your def favs Michaelle, I'd prefer Josh Lanyon or Jordan L Hawk... And both have great series options.
By the way - the series rule applies for when we need to pick from either the group shelf or teammates' shelves.***edit***
And I missed this one:
55. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task.
Q: Do we all have to read from the same (other) team or can we each select any team?"
A: As a team, you select another team and you all read from their books.
Going to suggest we picks from either Team 9 (CoronaVixens) or Team 7, Team 11, Team 13, Team 19. Leaning more toward 9, 7, and 13 because they are solid MM readers.
57. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town, no pass for this task.
Q: So any of our teammates' towns - we can each pick whichever town we like so long as a teammate lives there? or do we need to pick just one town and all read based on that one town?
Again, as a team you will select the home town of one of your teammates and read a book set in that locale. What defines a 'home town' will be defined if announced.
So my State would be Qld - not a lot of choice there!!
Location will likely be defined as State in the US, or Country outside the US :) from Q&A thread.
For Hometown: I live in Las Vegas, if that helps. (Been here 20+ years.) We got anyone from a bigger city? (If the definition is "birth city" that would suck. City I grew up in is just as bad. Small Southern towns in NC and GA.) Edited to add: Only one I could find for the town I grew up in is Caught Running LOL!Oh, and I've got tons of options for OZ & UK, as well as Canada. If we do a state, I think New York or California (or even Texas) might be the best bet since they're popular settings.
As for the Author potential, Jordan Castillo Price has stuff that crosses just about all genres, too.
For the series, I think it will be harder. Need to see what genres the team DOES NOT want to read before we can narrow that down. I'm easy with that - all genres work for me - and don't mind re-reads (if they're allowed).
As for team read crossover...I need to see which ones have Eugenia, Trio and Jo. I KNOW they've got books on the TBRs that I can pick from. (Probably others, too, but those are just off the top of my head.) EDITED TO ADD: Yep, team 9 works. As well as 7, 11 & 13.
ACK! Just checked the RRRC shelf and I've read way more than half of the MM ones there. The series rule applies for that one, right? Might expand my options if so.
⚣Michaelle⚣ wrote: "ACK! Just checked the RRRC shelf and I've read way more than half of the MM ones there. The series rule applies for that one, right? Might expand my options if so."Yes - series rule applies to that bookshelf :)
⚣Michaelle⚣ wrote: "Another list suggestion as it's got a lot of options.MMRG Members Choice Winners"
Good one - will add to the list :)
Other author options - Lucy Lennox, Sloane Kennedy, Charlie Cochet, Lily Morton, LA Witt...
Ok - no idea why but when I look at my books down for reading in the next couple of months, the highest recurrence of Month and Year was March 2019 (x6).This was followed by October 2018 (x4).
Probably only looking at about 40 books so a fairly limited selection.
I have a fair scattering of other months but most of the spread is in 2019.
Given our books HAVE to be at least 150 pages, the Christmas period publication may not be the best...
Other key rules to note:
* Rereads are fine.
* Use the GR Kindle first edition for the posts. (ebook editions only count if there is no Kindle edition.)
* Series rule will apply to tasks where you pick from the group or a teammate's shelf
* Does not have to be romance, but must be fiction.
Jane (PS) wrote: "Does not have to be romance, but must be fiction."One of the tasks is NON MPG ROMANCE!! Ack, that one is gonna be tough. I'll probably end up using a YA book. Even those with gay characters don't tend to be MPG MM-Romance. Or maybe I'll try for an older gay fiction book (before MMR was a significant tag.)
...or maybe there are some erotica books without the MMR tag? Any suggestions would be welcome so that I can plan ahead!
⚣Michaelle⚣ wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "Does not have to be romance, but must be fiction."One of the tasks is NON MPG ROMANCE!! Ack, that one is gonna be tough. I'll probably end up using a YA book. Even those with ga..."
I have one that I thought I'd read:
Aunt Sookie & Me - its also in audio :)
and I've also been meaning to read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time also in audio.
I have They Both Die at the End and it fits - just not sure how sad it is. I'm such a wimp ;)
There's also the chance of mis-shelving - but it would have to be a new release I suspect.
Oh God, I missed so much. Let me reread everything when it's not 1am. Tomorrow, I promise!!
Shannon wrote: "Oh God, I missed so much. Let me reread everything when it's not 1am. Tomorrow, I promise!!"No worries! There's a lot of chat but I've tried to summarise where we are at with the team picks here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Hi, guys, Jane asked me if I would like to join you as you lost your 4thI would but I might only be able to read 2 books a week. (I am on hols now for a week so I will read more this week).
Also I guess we are all MM readers. I havent looked through the cats but do not want to read any MF.
Also the category for birth decade. Thats the 60s for me. I guess thats going to be a fiction book . Ive only read MM for the last 7 years.
My hometown is New Haven, CT. i know some MM from CT, but not sure if any based in New Haven.
Ill put my name on the sign up chart and your team number as long as you are happy with my small number of books a week.
Yay - great to have you with us Lisa!! And thanks to Karen for being with us, and Captaining us, however briefly 😍
I’ll be Captain from here on in 🤗
Lisa wrote: "Hi, guys, Jane asked me if I would like to join you as you lost your 4thI would but I might only be able to read 2 books a week. (I am on hols now for a week so I will read more this week).
Also I..."
By the way Lisa - I'll be flat reading two books a week as well :D For some reason working from home has seriously reduced by reading rate!!
Yep, I think its the fact I miss my 1 hour each way commute.
I dont mind which authors we read, Im up for trying new ones but I dont want to read TJ Klune. I do t lime him as an author, I read 1 of his books and it was exhausting.
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April 11, 2020 through June 6, 2020
8 Week Dash For the Win!
Team 1:
★ Jane (PS)
✓ ⚣Michaelle⚣
✓ Shannon
✓ Lisa