The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Loitering Layabouts (1) Showing 151-200 of 1,155

[Lisa]

Jane, post 149 is task 2 ;)

[Lisa]

So, Im hoping the next task will allow me to read either Rend or How to Elude a Vampire. That came out today and as I loved book 1 so much, I cant wait to read this one.

[Shannon]

Lisa wrote: "So, Im hoping the next task will allow me to read either Rend or How to Elude a Vampire. That came out today and as I loved book 1 so much, I cant wait to read this ..."

First, I had to look up sabbing. Is that a common word I should have known? Feeling a little on the stupido side. lol

Second, I just read the first vampire book and now must go get the second!!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Lisa wrote: "Jane, post 149 is task 2 ;)"

Thanks! Fixed :)

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Shannon wrote: "Lisa wrote: "So, Im hoping the next task will allow me to read either Rend or How to Elude a Vampire. That came out today and as I loved book 1 so much, I cant wait ..."

Never heard of sabbing. I'm yet to read book 1 - hoping it will come out in audio ;)

[Lisa]

Yes, I guess sab is well known in the UK.

[Lisa]

Well, one of the other MM teams has finished task 2. I think they are the only team to have finished task 2.

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

Completion Post

Task 2: 1000 pages in books that start with same letter

Caleo by James Crawford
Page Count: 294/GR Kindle Edition
How it Qualifies: Team Choice - C
Date Completed: 16Apr2020
Rating: 3 Stars
Review: I wanted to like this one better; emerging, previously unknown powers/abilities is a trope I like I lot - but I had a hard time engaging with this story. I'm thinking the narration probably didn't help, either. It felt...well, read rather than performed. Might put it up on re-read shelf to see if I like the ebook version better (at some later time).

[*book:Caleo|11281950]

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

OMG I barely got that posted before the power went out! Evidently it's a scheduled outage (that @sshole forgot to tell me about), and will only last a few hours (supposedly)... good thing I have all my devices (mostly) charged and a ready power-pack. Gonna use the GR app to check for updates I guess. ☹️

Also, sorry it took me so long to slog through that book! I considered replacing it after a couple hours but didn't want to mess with the page count.

Ready for task 3!!

[Shannon]

Task 2: 1000 Pages with Same Letter
Completion Post


Clutch by Piper Scott
Pages: 240
Qualification: Chose Letter "C"
Read: 4/16/20
Rating: ★★★1/2

[*book:Clutch|42208487]

I had no idea this book was about dragons. Hmmm, should have read some reviews but liked it more than I would have thought!

[Lisa]

If pick a genre comes up, can we go with MM Romance. Not everything is tagged contemporary

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Please feel free to post our completion in the team thread if I'm in bed ;) I guess you'd just list our completion messages given I wouldn't have the tracking thread updated.

Have posted for this task just now :)

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Lisa wrote: "If pick a genre comes up, can we go with MM Romance. Not everything is tagged contemporary"

I'll ask...

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

⚣Michaelle⚣ wrote: "OMG I barely got that posted before the power went out! Evidently it's a scheduled outage (that @sshole forgot to tell me about), and will only last a few hours (supposedly)... good thing I have al..."

Eeek - hate it when the power goes out - we can lose it here for most a day, although fortunately that hasn't happened for a while now that we are out of storm season :)

No hurry on the books - pretty sure RL will get in the way at times anyway...

[Lisa]

Are we going for beaches or mountains if called?
It says set on a beach or something. I know a couple of books with beaches in them but not set on them.

[Lisa]

If MK calls task 3 whilst I am asleep, I am happy to go with the majority decision.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Lisa wrote: "Are we going for beaches or mountains if called?
It says set on a beach or something. I know a couple of books with beaches in them but not set on them."

Didn't see that task... Let me go look. My gut says mountains but I'm open.

I'm also going to guess that set on a beach, means in a beach location...

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Also just saw "Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color."

Any colour preference? Maybe black or blue?

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

No preference; will we use the "Mostly X" cover color Listopia list? Or TinEye?

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

Also, is there a "mountain" location type of list on Listopia? Or one for "beaches?" I'm never certain where shit is located without being pointed there given how big my TBR shelf is!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

⚣Michaelle⚣ wrote: "No preference; will we use the "Mostly X" cover color Listopia list? Or TinEye?"

We could probably use either. I know I only go to TinEye if I'm not sure.

And hopefully it will be defined as 'more than x%' colour. I think one of the MM teams had this for task 2 - will go see if it was defined. (And edit this post.)

Yes - team 7. They went with blue.
6. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.

The cover needs to be primarily and obviously the color you choose.

They posted their book covers and some used the MM list as well.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

⚣Michaelle⚣ wrote: "Also, is there a "mountain" location type of list on Listopia? Or one for "beaches?" I'm never certain where shit is located without being pointed there given how big my TBR shelf is!"

I know I have one for each on my small TBR lists.

No specific lists - but there are lists with 'summery reads', 'vacation themes' or 'outdoor adventures'. Bound to find something on them (in order):
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

Thanks Jane!

[Shannon]

Either Blue or Black cover should be relatively easy to choose from. I have no preference either way.

Except would this cover work for either? Maybe black?

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Shannon wrote: "Either Blue or Black cover should be relatively easy to choose from. I have no preference either way.

Except would this cover work for either? Maybe black?

[bookcover:How to Elude a Vampire|5302..."

I would say black for that one.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Sorry, overlooked your completion post, at least initially... Please post something if that happens again!

Anyway, here is Task 3:

60. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

Which did we decide?

EDITED TO ADD: Kinda hoping for Beach because I am not having much luck (with books I haven't already read) because "mountains" isn't in many of the blurbs for titles on that list, nor is it in any tags...

Still looking though.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

⚣Michaelle⚣ wrote: "Which did we decide?

EDITED TO ADD: Kinda hoping for Beach because I am not having much luck (with books I haven't already read) because "mountains" isn't in many of the blurbs for titles on that ..."

I'm fine with either I think. Lisa said she would go with whatever since she will be sleeping now.

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

Still having issues; I'm hoping your question about Islands will expand the options. It's one thing for a book to say it's set in California and have a beach/ocean cover image, but it's rarely tagged with that or have "beach" in the precis.

The lists you linked were good starting points, though...still looking.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

I'm looking at The Best Worst Honeymoon Ever - Bonnaire, and Pros & Cons of Deception & Balefire - precis mention an island.

For Mountain - Above and Beyond and two of the three earlier books.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

We are 5 hours behind the others unfortunately... I think so long as you can show the location has a beach, the book should qualify.

I think we just go with one or the other. Whichever is easiest for you Michaelle...

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

All my beach books are shorter...so I'd prefer that one.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

⚣Michaelle⚣ wrote: "All my beach books are shorter...so I'd prefer that one."

Ok - lets go with BEACH.

[Lisa]

Also Beyond the Sea is beach.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Task 3: Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains
Team pick: BEACH
Selection

The Best Worst Honeymoon Ever
Pages: 194 per GR Kindle first edition
How it fits: Set on the Carribean island of Bonnaire
From the precis - Grayson Phillips, suggests he takes advantage of the luxury honeymoon anyway! But the last thing Tommy wants is to go alone, so he invites Grayson and his son, Petey, along. Beautiful Bonaire lends itself to romance, and along with close quarters, relaxing on the water,...


Completed: ?

[*book:The Best Worst Honeymoon Ever|40281819]

[Lisa]

Task 3
Beach
Selection post


300 pages / GR
How it qualifies:
. Cassidy's plans of a quiet, seaside ceremony to wish a final farewell to Sadie quickly unravel as interruptions run roughshod beginning with Neil who walks out of the ocean and straight into Cassidy’s bed.
(Set on Hart's Island. NC)

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

Selection Post

Task 3 - Beach Location

September's Tide by K.C. Wells
Page Count: 156/GR Kindle
How it Fits: Set on Isle of Wight.

[*book:September's Tide|18924733]

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Kat approved my examples of beachside town, Hawaii or an island.

What wouldn’t count is one set in London cos it is on an island. So I’m sure all our books will be fine 😊

[Shannon]

Task 3 Selection Post
Beach


Interpretive Hearts by Amanda Meuwissen
Pages: 155
Qualfication: Precis

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

Completion Post

Task 3 - Beach Location

September's Tide by K.C. Wells
Page Count: 156/GR Kindle
How it Fits: Set on Isle of Wight.
Date Read: 16Apr2020
Rating: 3 Stars
Review: Sweet and sappy, with a whole lotta sexin' - which, thankfully, I was in the mood for.

Probably would have liked it more had it only been from David's POV; I feel like we got to know him better and given how short the tale was, focusing on him would have been a more judicious use of story-telling.

Also, we have a Big Misunderstanding, the Bitchy/Cheating Ex Surprise Visit, and an OMG! You Almost Died. I think that's one too many OTT drama tropes. The BM was overblown anyway; David's ex was a gold-digging cheater, they'd been together for 2 years and he had no idea he was being used. For Taylor to get mad David didn't 'fess up to being "James" (David's writing Pseudo) after knowing each other for only 3 weeks was just ridiculous. That said, David didn't lie by omission, as he claimed. He said something to the effect of not being as good a writer or as famous as "James." Which I guess could be categorized more as obfuscation, but still not "omission."

Finally, with the Ex showing up, there was still room for the OMG!YAD moment and reconciliation.

Anyway, fun fluff to kill a couple of hours with...and with all those lovely sites described here I'm adding Isle of Wight to the bucket list!

[*book:September's Tide|18924733]

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

I'll read another one since we need to finish 6.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

⚣Michaelle⚣ wrote: "I'll read another one since we need to finish 6."

Hells bells - I haven't even started!

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

LOL, it was barely long enough to pass the page minimum, so it's not like I'm speed-reading!

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

Selection Post

Task 3 - Beach Location

Everything Under the Sun by Rachel West
Page Count: 170/GR Kindle
How it Fits: SoCal Setting; Beach on Cover. (I'll read a bit of this to make sure it's appropriate...)

[*book:Everything Under the Sun|8510178]

Had this one for years, so at least I didn't waste any money. Did a search and there was only one reference to beach, none for ocean and the only mention of waves was "waves of ecstasy" and "waves of pleasure" 2x! LOL...so this one is a nope.

Going with the back up.

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

Selection Post

Task 3 - Beach Location

Until the Stars Fall by Abigail Kade
Page Count: 209/GR Kindle
How it Fits: Fairpoint, Alabama is a quiet coastal town... (per precis)

[*book:Until the Stars Fall|39908451]

[Lisa]

I havent started yet either.

Do we know if contiuing series needs for us all to read the same series or we can read different ones? If its the same it might be worth discussing now, in case it comes up.
Edited: MK had already answered, it can be a different series.

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

Lisa wrote: "I havent started yet either.

Do we know if contiuing series needs for us all to read the same series or we can read different ones? If its the same it might be worth discussing now, in case it com..."

Oh, good. I wasn't sure how to narrow down my prodigious TBR full of ongoing series books enough to even suggest something!

[Lisa]

Ok, I am going back to work next week. As I am working from home, I no longer have my 60 mins each way commute to read. So would it be possible to decide those (team decide) options, so I can get on as reading time will be limited.

I think we need to agree.

Sub - genre ( Jane, did MK reply regarding MM romance.) if not, do we can to go contemporary? (Is that a sub genre?)

Anybody know of a list of authors who write under more than 1 name?

Dreamspinner (if its still going) has a section of foreign titles.

25. A book in a series.
This one does read that we need to use the same series, so we might want some discussion.

32. Tagged favorite.
I dont remember seeing this on the first page for Mm Does non MPG count?

Birth decade. Mine is the 60s.
I think we have 3x 60s and 1 x 70

Birth month: I am a December baby

Year joined the RRRC. I think we agreed on 2018, or did I imagine it.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Lisa wrote: "Ok, I am going back to work next week. As I am working from home, I no longer have my 60 mins each way commute to read. So would it be possible to decide those (team decide) options, so I can get o..."

No answer from Kat yet re MM Romance being a sub-genre... I've asked again...

This was a longer list of authors that we could read for a series:
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, Lucy Lennox, Sloane Kennedy, Charlie Cochet, Lily Morton, LA Witt
I can read any of these in series, so please let me know which series everyone is comfortable with. Thinking maybe Sloane Kennedy or Lucy Lennox since both their Made Marian/Forever Wilde and The Protectors are quite long?

I don't know offhand any authors other than LA Witt and Discontented Winter who write in more than one name.

I think shelves tagged as Favorite will work. That is, is doesn't have to be MPG but I'll include that in my question to Kat.

Birth decade - I have books for both decades. We are able to read books other than romance if we wish but mine will be romance.

Birth month - mine is August. For this we just have to read another teamie's month.

Year joined RRRC - 2018 is right - using Michaelle.

[Lisa]

I have books left in both the Made Marian and Protectors series , so that would work for me.