The Amazing Race Team Challenge - We're Bookin' It! (4)

[[[ Frankie ]]]

Cyndee wrote: "Ok ladies, I've checked us in, BUT I need you all to add a link to your "read" shelf in your completion posts per MountainKat's instructions in Message 424.

I do have links to your "read" shelves ..."

Whoops 😬 Adding it now!

[[[ Frankie ]]]

I added the link to my shelf under “how it fits” in my completion post. Sorry I missed that at first, Cyndee!

[[deleted user]]

No worries at all! If I wasn't tracking, I'm sure I'd have done the same thing!!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I'm so glad you all are having fun with this and if you want to continue in private - have fun! Please do keep it private though. And I better see you all again when (if, but more than likely when) we repeat this challenge!!

Here is your next task:

21. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.

You can do the recommendations however you wish - to the group, to each individual, to the person below you on the list or ?? - it's up to you. If you want to provide a specific shelf to pick from, it needs to have a minimum of 10 book on it.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

PS - The challenge ends on the 9th, so you have time to finish this task and probably one more! 😊

[[deleted user]]

Sweet Kat! Thank you!!

[[deleted user]]

Ok, here are some of books I recommend:


Making Faces
Beartown
A Curse So Dark and Lonely - Frankie might actually like this one. LOL!
The First Girl Child - I DEFINITELY think Frankie will like this one!!
It Ends with Us
November 9
Too Late
Maybe in Another Life
History Is All You Left Me
All of It
The Law of Moses
When Life Happened
Love and Other Words
Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
Long Shot
Flat-Out Love
Rush
Eleanor & Park

[[[ Frankie ]]]

MountainKat wrote: "Please do keep it private though...."

Oh, for sure! Not gonna steal your thunder! (Well, only in private we will.) 😂

Love the challenge - thanks for allowing us to continue in our super secret group!

[[[ Frankie ]]]

Oh, yay! We were hoping for this task, weren’t we? :p

[[[ Frankie ]]]

Let me get a list of recs together for y’all...

[Leslie]

Here are my recommendations. Not all are Romance, but they are all good (in my opinion)

The Glass Castle
Blackout
Playing with Fire
Slammed
Behind Closed Doors
Johnny Angel (this has a baseball tag too)
Dark Sexy Knight
Lost in Los Angeles
First Love
Maybe Someday
The Wife Between Us
The Last Lecture
Dare You To
Existence

[bamaace83]

Okay favorite books, where this is so tough. I think I'm going to list some of my favorite series and then y'all have some options of picking the first one of each series. I'll also list some individual books. Now, some of these series aren't updated on my goodreads because I read them before I had goodreads but I've read almost all the early books in most of these.

Catherine Coulter FBI series https://www.goodreads.com/series/4097...

Julia Quinn Bridgerton's (I've read this series over and over again.)
https://www.goodreads.com/series/4039...

Jill Shalvis Heartbreaker Bay series
https://www.goodreads.com/series/1690...

Lori Foster Body Armour Series
https://www.goodreads.com/series/1844...

Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson series
1st one is a little slower but the series really picks up
https://www.goodreads.com/series/4093...

Rebecca Zanetti's Dark Protector series
https://www.goodreads.com/series/4093...


Some individual books would be:
Beartown
Us Against You
Five Feet Apart
If I Stay
An Anonymous Girl

[bamaace83]

I read all over the place! So there's anything from hot and steamy to suspenseful to quick and witty and so on.

[[[ Frankie ]]]

Whoops - I’m so late with my rec list, but here we go - -

[[[ Frankie ]]]

Scythe
Thunderhead
The Lake House
The Nightingale
Pretty Girls
What She Knew
Big Little Lies
The Chain
On a Cold Dark Sea - highly recommend if you like HF

[[[ Frankie ]]]

No romance, as you can see. But there are some HF books in there that have some romance aspects.

[[[ Frankie ]]]

Thanks, ladies! Love all these recs! I’ve decided to go with Cyndee’s recommendation of The Law of Moses, since I’ve been waiting for a chance to get to this one, & it happens to fit into most of my other challenges! Yay!

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[[ Frankie ]] wrote: "Scythe
Thunderhead
The Lake House
The Nightingale
Pretty Girls
What She Knew
[book:Big Little Lies|19..."

On a Cold Dark Sea is SOOOOOO good! I second that recommendation!

[bamaace83]

Well since I read 3/4 books for the injustice battle but didn't realize that I missed the deadline to turn them in because I just didn't read the rules, I'm trying to make sure that I get all 4 of the books this time so I can redeem myself with some points. That being said I think I'm going to go with Slammed off Leslie's list because it has been on my tbr for awhile and it fits over there. I also downloaded the On a Cold Dark Sea because I may have to fit that in somewhere.

[Leslie]

I'm going to go with Rush from Cyndee's list as it's sitting on my Kindle calling my name. I found books on Frankie and Anna's lists I want to read too so, once again my TBR list has grown :)

[[[ Frankie ]]]

Leslie wrote: "I'm going to go with Rush from Cyndee's list as it's sitting on my Kindle calling my name. I found books on Frankie and Anna's lists I want to read too so, once again my TBR list ha..."

Same! I found books on everyone’s rec lists that I wanna read! (& hopefully will read soon!)

[[deleted user]]

bamaace83 wrote: "Well since I read 3/4 books for the injustice battle but didn't realize that I missed the deadline to turn them in because I just didn't read the rules, I'm trying to make sure that I get all 4 of ..."

You don't have to read all 4 books for that challenge! Just one. You just won't know which one has the highest points value until she posts the results. :(

I'm going to read either Slammed or The Nightingale. I'll start it today, whichever one I go with. :)

[bamaace83]

Yeah, I found that out late last night too after I spent time finding books for each of the tasks. I really should've read the instructions a little more clearly. Slammed works for both challenges though so this time I'll be on top of it. Oops! Ohhh, I really liked the Nightingale also.

[bamaace83]

I put all the books that I hadn't read or wasn't on my TBR on my TBR. I figured if y'all recommended them they must be good and then I'll have some options when we get a TBR task or I need a random book. :)

[[deleted user]]

bamaace83 wrote: "I put all the books that I hadn't read or wasn't on my TBR on my TBR. I figured if y'all recommended them they must be good and then I'll have some options when we get a TBR task or I need a random..."

I feel like we should start a secret friend group just for challenge recommendations where we can go to each other and be like "Okay girls, I need a book that doesn't suck that has a character who is Amish." (And I may have pulled that example from recent personal experience. LOL!)

[bamaace83]

Lol, that sounds like a great idea because I have a series that has Amish people in it that doesn't suck but I also have read books that I'm just sitting here like really?!?!

[[deleted user]]

bamaace83 wrote: "Lol, that sounds like a great idea because I have a series that has Amish people in it that doesn't suck but I also have read books that I'm just sitting here like really?!?!"

Yeah, I just finished one of those. And it honestly had a lot of potential, which almost makes the disappointment worse. LOL!

[Leslie]

I agree...it could be super helpful!

[Leslie]

Task #21: Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.

Book/cover link: Rush by Emma Scott

Page numbers with source: 304 - Goodreads Kindle Edition
How book qualified: Book recommended by Cyndee.
Date Completed: 05 June 2020
Rating: ★★★★★

[[deleted user]]

COMPLETION POST: Task 11


Task: 21. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task

Book/cover link: Slammed by Colleen Hoover
Page numbers with source: 311~ Kindle edition
How book qualified: Recommended by Leslie
Date Completed: 06/05/20
Rating: 5 stars

[[deleted user]]

Leslie wrote: "Task #21: Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.

Book/cover link: Rush by Emma Scott

Page numbers with so..."

5 stars!! Yay! I'm so glad you loved it!

[bamaace83]

I'm starting Slammed tonight so hopefully tomorrow will have it done. :)

[[[ Frankie ]]]

Cyndee wrote: "I feel like we should start a secret friend group just for challenge recommendations where we can go to each other and be like "Okay girls, I need a book that doesn't suck that has a character who is Amish." (And I may have pulled that example from recent personal experience. LOL!)..."

I love this idea! If you were thinking just us four for the time being, then we could use the secret group we’re gonna make to work on these remaining tasks... make it a “rec” group also. :p

[Leslie]

Cyndee wrote: "Leslie wrote: "Task #21: Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.

Book/cover link: Rush by Emma Scott

Page ..."

Did you read the 2nd book as well?

[[deleted user]]

[[ Frankie ]] wrote: I love this idea! If you were thinking just us four for the time being, then we could use the secret group we’re gonna make to work on these remaining tasks... make it a “rec” group also. :p"

Yep, that sound perfect!

[[deleted user]]

Leslie wrote: "Cyndee wrote: "Leslie wrote: "Task #21: Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.

Book/cover link: Rush by Emma Scott
[bookcover:Rush|...

Did you read the 2nd book as well?"

I did! It's a short one so I read it immediately after Rush. I've read ALMOST every book Emma Scott has written. I think I'm only missing her most recent release and MAYBE one more, and I recommend them all!

[bamaace83]

Completion Post:

Task: 21. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task

Book: Slammed
Author: Colleen Hoover
Page numbers with source: 311 per Goodreads Kindle edition
How book qualified: Recommended by Leslie
Date Completed: 06/06/20
Rating: 4.5 stars

[bamaace83]

I really liked Slammed but at times Lake was a little dramatic but it fit in the story well. I was torn between the 4 and 5 rating. I really liked the book just some parts were a little off but at the same time I sped read it so I'm pretty sure that I'm going to have to go give this book another go to make sure I didn't miss anything.

[[deleted user]]

bamaace83 wrote: "I really liked Slammed but at times Lake was a little dramatic but it fit in the story well. I was torn between the 4 and 5 rating. I really liked the book just some parts were a little off but at ..."

I could see where you might think that, but she did just lose her dad suddenly, move across the country, and find out this dude she has serious chemistry with is her teacher who keeps sending her mixed signals. I'd be a dramatic 18-yr-old in that situation too. LOL!!!

[[[ Frankie ]]]

Sorry, ladies. I’ve been a little slow on the reading this weekend so far. I don’t think we’ll be able to finish another one anyway (thanks to me), but I think we kinda expected that anyway, right? That this would be our last one?

I’m only halfway through my book, but I’ll DEF be done before the end of the challenge on the 9th. Absolutely positively. :]

[[deleted user]]

[[ Frankie ]] wrote: "Sorry, ladies. I’ve been a little slow on the reading this weekend so far. I don’t think we’ll be able to finish another one anyway (thanks to me), but I think we kinda expected that anyway, right?..."

No problem Frankie!

[bamaace83]

Cyndee wrote: "bamaace83 wrote: "I really liked Slammed but at times Lake was a little dramatic but it fit in the story well. I was torn between the 4 and 5 rating. I really liked the book just some parts were a ..."

So true! That's where I was torn between the ratings. I'm probably going to read it again since I finished it yesterday during my crazy insane reading day. I think I may actually listen to it this week in the car on audible to and from work.

[bamaace83]

Is it okay if I steal y'all's recommendations lists to share with my Wheel team since we have a task that has get books from another member on another team? Y'all can share mine too. Leslie, are you playing wheels? After checking my books, apparently I read the second slammed book back in 2015 and gave it a 2. I feel that I wasn't in the right frame of mine to fully enjoy that book at that time because why would I have given it a 2 so now it's on my list to be read again to fully envelope myself in the continuation of Lake and Will.

[Leslie]

No I'm not playing wheels, but you can absolutely use my recommendation list. What is Wheels like?

[bamaace83]

Cool, it's a team challenge over in Nothing But Reading Challenges. I've done a couple challenges over there and they are fun. A ton of familiar faces from other groups that we are all members of. I haven't done wheels before but it looks pretty fun. I think the teams are full but they are taking reserves. I joined this group to play Towers last year and I really liked that. Yesterday, I took part in the crazy quidditch match-up and that was some insane crazy reading fun. I didn't know what I was signing up for so I'm glad that I had time yesterday to devote because it takes time for sure.

[[[ Frankie ]]]

bamaace83 wrote: "Is it okay if I steal y'all's recommendations lists to share with my Wheel team since we have a task that has get books from another member on another team? Y'all can share mine too. Leslie, are yo..."

Sure, feel free to share mine! & you can add A Darker Shade of Magic to that list since I somehow left it off.

[[deleted user]]

bamaace83 wrote: "Is it okay if I steal y'all's recommendations lists to share with my Wheel team since we have a task that has get books from another member on another team? Y'all can share mine too. Leslie, are yo..."

Go for it!

[[[ Frankie ]]]

Completion Post (#11)


The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon
Date Read: 6/8/20
Pages: 359 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Task: 21. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.
How it Fits: Recommended by teammate Cyndee!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your LAST task!

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.

The books you choose need to have an average GR rating of 4.2 or higher. You can find this number on the main book page, use the average rating in your qualification. There is no pass for this task - so every team member needs to complete a book before the task is considered complete and points are tallied. Completions need to be posted prior to midnight US EDT on Tuesday, June 9th when the challenge ends.

[bamaace83]

This is going to be tough but I'm going to read. It has an average rating of 4.32. I'll be reading all night when I get home because I need to finish one book baby book before I start this one but I can do this!