The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Stranded Readers (2)

[Courtney]

Want to do like January, February, or March this year?

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Courtney wrote: "~KarenH~ wrote: "Thanks, Courtney! It wasn't really necessary to repost in this case, you could have just made the fix, but this works!"

Sorry, I never know what I'm supposed to do with fixing stu..."

In general it's always safe to repost, so when in doubt that's what you should do. In this challenge however, Kat isn't checking our posts until we tell her we're ready (and we give her links to the posts), so if one of us catches a mistake it's ok to correct. The only time we need to repost is if Kat specifically asks for it.

[Courtney]

Ok, got it! 👍

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Courtney wrote: "Want to do like January, February, or March this year?

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1......"

I'm easy, none of those match up with my M&G list, but I'm sure I can find something for whatever month/year is chosen.

One word of caution - if picking from a list, be sure the book actually qualifies. Just doing a quick skim I saw a couple of books that had editions published in the correct month, but it wasn't the original pub date. The list won't automatically qualify the book - the pub date on the book page is what counts.

[Courtney]

Oh, good point.

I'm really good with anything. So if there's a book someone really wants to read, I can find something to fit.

Is there a month that usually has more releases? I feel like a lot of books come out in November 🤷‍♀️

I have an August 2015 book that looks good. Heat Exchange

I have a July 2015, too.

Not sure why so many 2015s 🤣

[[deleted user]]

~KarenH~ wrote: "Sarah and Courtney - will you please change your completion posts to Task 6 instead of Task 5? Thanks!"

Sorry, I didn't notice!

[[deleted user]]

I really don't have a preference for month and year. Maybe stay a little more recent, like 2018 or 2019?

[Courtney]

I have a February 2019 one that's 180 pages, so I could definitely get through it before the weekend.

And a January 2019 one that's a little over 200.

I've been wanting to start another Helen Hunting series, so I could do A Lie for a Lie. October 2019

Or the new Jaci Burton series Hot to the Touch. May 2019

[Chan]

Hi Team. If we decide on 2019, my vote is for January, March, April, May or September.

[[deleted user]]

January or March 2019 would work for me!

I have Playing for Keeps that came out in January 2019 or The Trouble with Cowboys that came out in March 2019 - I'm good with either!

[Courtney]

January 2019 is good for me!

[Chan]

Karen said she find something whatever month or year, so let's move forward with January 2019 :o)

[[deleted user]]

Perfect! Thanks ladies!

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Yay! I was just about to post that Jan 2019 would be my first choice of those options when I saw you'd already decided!

I'll be reading We Shouldn't.

[Chan]

Karen that looks good. Dang it...I've already started rereading Sally Thornton's novel 99 Percent Mine. I've been wanting to reread it to see if my level of enjoyment was based on my state of mind. A few GR friends rated it 5 stars and I want to see if it was me lol

[Chan]

#7 | Task 51
Book: 99 Percent Mine
Pages: 349
Completed: May 1, 2020
Qualifies: We chose January 2019. Book was published January 29, 2019.

[Courtney]

Task 7 - Completion Post

51. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.


Protect Me
Pages: 203 (Kindle Edition)
Completed: 5/1
How it qualifies: We chose to read books published in January 2019, and this one was published January 19th, 2019

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Task 7 - Completion
51. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.
Date chosen: January, 2019

We Shouldn't
Pages: 405 (Kindle Version)
Completed: April 30, 2020
Qualifies: Original publication date is January 21, 2019

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Chan wrote: "#7 | Task 51
Book: 99 Percent Mine
Pages: 349
Completed: May 1, 2020
Qualifies: We chose January 2020. Book was published January 29, 2019.

"

Chan, you said we chose January 2020...will you please change it to 2019? Thanks!

[Chan]

sorry about that. Changed

[Chan]

Courtney wrote: "Task 7 - Completion Post

51. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.


Protect Me
Page..."

Your review is funny. Sorry you didn't enjoy it better. But that cover is nice to look at though hehe

[Courtney]

I totally picked it for the cover. I'm a sucker for a hot cover. It has gotten me in trouble a few times 🤣.

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

I don't generally pick a book based on a cover...probably because I do almost all of my book browsing on GR, and the thumbnails of the covers are small enough to not really make much of an impression. If I'm on the fence about a book, a really great cover will push me over the edge though! Back when I was reading paper books I went by covers a lot more, most likely because I did most of my browsing in used bookstores rather than online. The covers definitely jumped out at me more!

[[deleted user]]

Sorry ladies, I'm actually in the middle of moving this weekend, but will do my best to get my book completed by Sunday at the latest.

[Courtney]

It's funny because some of my favorites have terrible covers! But I still get sucked in by a great chest 🤣

[[deleted user]]

Courtney wrote: "It's funny because some of my favorites have terrible covers! But I still get sucked in by a great chest 🤣"

HAHAHA... I need that embroidered on a pillow 🤣

[Courtney]

🤣

[[deleted user]]

Sorry for the delay team... moving sucks :)

Task 7 - Completion
51. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.
Date chosen: January, 2019

Playing for Keeps by Jill Shalvis
Pages: 384 (Kindle Version)
Completed: May 4th, 2020
Qualifies: Original publication date is January 22, 2019

[Courtney]

Totally. I hate moving!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Yay! Here is your next task:

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.

This task is limited to Romance books, it's hard I know! Provide the number on the list your chosen book is and a link to the list in your qualification.

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Ok, we need to choose a list! We have a some options, we could either go with one of the yearly lists that Courtney posted earlier, or a more general one. There are lots of lists based on sub-genre, there are also more general options like this one: All Time Favorite Romance Novels

Anybody have any preferences?

[[deleted user]]

I'm good with the list: All Time Favorite Romance Novels

There are a lot of books on there I could read.

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Yeah, but the potential negative to that list is it's just so huge! A lot of pages to hunt through for "just the right book"! 😁

[Chan]

Whoa. I don't think i have ever seen a list that long, but good with me. We should all be able to find something on it.

[Courtney]

Yeah, it looks a bit daunting 🤣. But I can probably find something.

We could do something more specific, like Sports romances, but I think doing like the 2018 list gives more variety for everyone.

[Chan]

I prefer not to do a theme list. I found a lot on Karen's list, but I'm sure I can find something on the one Courtney suggested too.

Cast my vote with the majority :o)

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

I've found several options on the monster list, too. I think I'd rather just stick with that one, mostly because I'd hate to think I went through ALL 56 PAGES!!! for nothing. 🤣

[Courtney]

Ok, I'm cool with the big list! I'll just limit myself to a few pages so I don't overwhelm myself with choices! 😄

[Chan]

Karen, i went through the whole list too lol
I will read one of these:

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Chan wrote: "Karen, i went through the whole list too lol
I will read one of these:

[bookcove..."

I recommend the Julia Quinn, I read it in January and it was delightful (no surprise for a Julia Quinn).

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I'm going old school Nora Roberts with

[Courtney]

Omg! I'm just adding so many books to my TBR but not making a decision!

[Courtney]

Got it narrowed down to


I'm stopping there!

[Chan]

Courtney wrote: "Omg! I'm just adding so many books to my TBR but not making a decision!"

lol your tbr is growing

[Chan]

Sarah wrote: "Chan wrote: "Karen, i went through the whole list too lol
I will read one of these:

[bookcover:After the Night|420..."

Taking your rec Sarah and reading Because of Miss Bridgerton

[Chan]

Courtney wrote: "Got it narrowed down to


I'm stopping..."

i've only read one of those - Play. So, i'm of no help besides to say that I liked it.

[Courtney]

I decided to go with The Highwayman. It's a little long, but I haven't read a historical romance in a while, so I wanted to change things up a bit. It's pretty good so far.

[Chan]

Courtney wrote: "I decided to go with The Highwayman. It's a little long, but I haven't read a historical romance in a while, so I wanted to change things up a bit. It's pretty good so far."

Yay! glad you're enjoying it

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one with enough OCD tendencies to need to go through the entire list before making a decision! I ended up with:


I decided on Bluegrass State of Mind, not sure exactly why other than it somehow keeps bubbling up near the top of my TBR. So far it's pretty good but not great. I'll almost definitely be reading the rest of the series though, since it looks like one of the main mystery/suspense threads runs through the entire trilogy.

[Courtney]

I'm always attracted to the precis of Eloisa James books, but I read Desperate Duchesses and it was just so all over the place that I couldn't enjoy it. Now I'm too wary to try any of her other stuff.