The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Literarily the Best Team (5)

[Nikitha]

COMPLETION POST
Task 4: Read a PNR/Fantasy Book
Book/Cover Link: Soulless
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Page numbers with source: 338 pages
How book qualified: Tagged as Paranormal and Fantasy
Date Completed: 24/04/2020

[Aiswrya]

Alright, another one finished :) Wonder how we are doing compared to the rest of the teams!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Nikitha wrote: "COMPLETION POST
Task 4: Read a PNR/Fantasy Book
Book/Cover Link: Soulless
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
P..."

Please correct to the Kindle edition page count - thanks!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is Task 5:

41. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles.

Remember to use the Kindle edition page count!

[Aiswrya]

Alright ladies, I'm going to read Firelight, which is 387 pages long.
Sorry changing my selection to Whiteout - 512 pages. Have to read this for another challenge!

[Autumn]

I’m going to read Shooter by Dahlia West. (335 pages)

[Deanie]

I've got Reflection, which is 410 pages long.

[Nikitha]

MountainKat wrote: "Nikitha wrote: "COMPLETION POST
Task 4: Read a PNR/Fantasy Book
Book/Cover Link: Soulless
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6......"

COMPLETION POST
Task 4: Read a PNR/Fantasy Book
Book/Cover Link: Soulless
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Page numbers with source: 388 pages
How book qualified: Tagged as Paranormal and Fantasy
Date Completed: 24/04/2020

So sorry, I meant to type 388!

[Nikitha]

I'm reading Eidolon by Grace Draven (239 pages)

[Nikitha]

Sorry guys I'm making a change! Turns out I have already read Eidolon.
So I'm reading Changeless by Gail Carriger (336 pages)

[Deanie]

So, I the book I was reading wasn't doing it for me, so I found another book to read (or two, really, to make up the 400ish pages that are my share of the work... but Goodreads has the page count really wrong on one of them... like, should be 244 and is 164. Which is frustrating. I mean, I don't mind reading more in the series (they're all 1 word titles), but I'd like to get credit for what I'm actually reading.

[Aiswrya]

Yeah that’s quite frustrating! But you wouldn’t have to read 400 pages. Just reading one book should suffice. My book is 512 pages, Autumn’s is 335 and nikitha’s is 330. So we have 1100 pages :)

[Deanie]

Aiswrya wrote: "Yeah that’s quite frustrating! But you wouldn’t have to read 400 pages. Just reading one book should suffice. My book is 512 pages, Autumn’s is 335 and nikitha’s is 330. So we have 1100 pages :)"

I'm bad at math. It should have been approximately 300 pages each. But I ended up reading two books that qualify anyway. I'm interested to know what you think about Whiteout. I read it last month.

[Autumn]

COMPLETION POST
Task 5: Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles
Book/Cover Link: Shooter by Dahlia West
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/sho...
Page numbers with source: 335 pages (Kindle)
How book qualified: One word title
Date Completed: 04/25/2020

[Nikitha]

I'll be done by tonight! This series I'm reading is very good but it's a little bit on the scientific side and I'm not so it's taking me a little bit of time to really understand it

[Nikitha]

COMPLETION POST
Task 5: Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles
Book/Cover Link: Changeless
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Page numbers with source: 336 pages (Kindle)
How book qualified: One word title
Date Completed: 26/04/2020

[Aiswrya]

I should be done in a few hours! This book is soooo slow and draggy!

[Aiswrya]

I’m probably going to DNF my book. Deanie, how many pages have you read? I’ll decide how many I’ve to read based on that :)

[Aiswrya]

COMPLETION POST
Task 5: Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles
Book/cover link: Whiteout
Page numbers with source: 512 pages kindle edition
How book qualified: One word title
Date completed: 4/26/2020

[Aiswrya]

Deanie wrote: "Aiswrya wrote: "Yeah that’s quite frustrating! But you wouldn’t have to read 400 pages. Just reading one book should suffice. My book is 512 pages, Autumn’s is 335 and nikitha’s is 330. So we have ..."

Alright! I got through it. I was an inch from DNF'ing this book but I'm so glad I didn't! My main complaint is that this story is more romance than action. I went in expecting something like a Clive Cussler or a James Rollins, with very subtle romance, heroing the action, but this book was just romance through and through. The first 10% of the book was alright, the last 30% was fantastic. The rest of it was unnecessary details, happening in one giant loop with Cooper and Angel eating, sleeping and skiing. My other complaint is that even after 500 pages, we don't know much about the (view spoiler)[virus and it's effects, who created it, what Katherine's plans are and how the Government fits in. (hide spoiler)] I really did enjoy the realistic description of Antarctica and the weather, I liked both Coop and Angel, and I liked the idea of this book. Will I see the series through? Probably not.

[Aiswrya]

Autumn wrote: "COMPLETION POST
Task 5: Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles
Book/Cover Link: Shooter by Dahlia West
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/sho...
Page numbers with source: ..."

Is this page count accurate? The link you have is to the paperback (334 pages). The kindle editions all seem to be over 400 pages. Do you mind checking quickly? Thanks!

[Deanie]

COMPLETION POST
Task 5: Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles
Book/Cover Link: Ritt (Special Forces: Operation Alpha)
Page numbers with source: 244 (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...)
How book qualified: One word title
Date Completed: 04/25/2020

[Deanie]

I got the librarians to revise my page count, since it was way off.

I loved the beginning of Whiteout, then it got boring in the middle, and then they seemed to lose track of everything but having sex, and then it got good at the end. It's like the author couldn't decide if she was writing a thriller or a romance novel and couldn't put the two together properly. Can you tell the book frustrated me?

[Aiswrya]

Deanie wrote: "I got the librarians to revise my page count, since it was way off.

I loved the beginning of Whiteout, then it got boring in the middle, and then they seemed to lose track of everything but havin..."

Lol my thoughts exactly!!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Autumn wrote: "COMPLETION POST
Task 5: Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles
Book/Cover Link: Shooter by Dahlia West
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/sho...
Page numbers with source: ..."

I need you to correct to the Kindle first edition page count - 335 isn't listed on any edition.

Once the correction is made, I will assign the next task.

[Autumn]

Hi Kat! I just double checked and it says 335 kindle edition. Is there a way for me to send a screen shot? Did you double check that you looked at Shooter by dahlia west? It’s part of the burnout series. I know there’s another book called shooter by someone else.

[Autumn]

I got the page count from the Kindle App, if that helps.

[Autumn]

I looked it up on goodreads and it says the kindle edition is 472 pages. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Aiswrya]

Ha another page count issue like Deanie had!

I suppose we can use 472

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I followed your link, I was looking at the right book. We are using the GR Kindle first edition page count for this challenge. That edition for your book is listed on GR as 425 pages. You will likely get a different number from the Kindle app.

I will accept the efforts you've made because of the confusion and assign the next task. Going forward I am going to be more strict about completions though. 😊

[Autumn]

Sounds good! Thanks 👍👍

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is Task 6:

54. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.

First pick a sub-genre and then make sure you all select different authors. Make sure you use the first edition Kindle page count from GR in your completion posts!

[Aiswrya]

Awesome thank you :)

Alright, what sub genres are we interested in? This is from our initial discussion. I’ve no preference, so you guys let me know :)

Sub-genre, Tropes:
Aiswrya: I'm okay with anything that isn't dark, disturbing and involving love triangles. My favorite sub genres are paranormal, urban fantasy, RH, YA, NA.
Deanie: fake relationship, military romance (is that trope?), friends to lovers
Nikitha: friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, arranged marriages eventually leading to love, small town romances, fake relationships, historical. Under non romance, I like fantasy, paranormal, murder mysteries, adventures, etc
Autumn: I love most romance books 😆 but my favorites are enemies to lovers, slow burns, paranormal/urban fantasy, romantic suspense, marriage of convenience. I’m willing to give anything a chance though.

[Autumn]

I’m leaning towards paranormal/urban fantasy or enemies to lovers but I’ll read whatever the group decides.

[Aiswrya]

I don’t think enemies to lovers is a sub genre, is it? I’m good with paranormal too. I’ve a really good historical paranormal romance that I’ve been meaning to read! Nikitha and Deanie, what do you both think?

[Deanie]

Paranormal/urban fantasy would be good but I'm ok with anything but horror or historical.

[Nikitha]

Hey guys! Paranormal/urban fantasy seems like the popular choice. I'm good with it too

[Aiswrya]

Perfect :) I’ll post my choice tomorrow. Headed to bed now

[Nikitha]

Okay guys I'm picking
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Happy reading!

[Aiswrya]

Nikitha wrote: "Okay guys I'm picking
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Happy reading!"

Perfect, how many pages would that be? We have to read 1200 pages, so just want to make sure we get to that number :)

[Aiswrya]

I'm reading Oath Taker by Audrey Grey - 317 pages

[Nikitha]

Mine is 276 pages

[Aiswrya]

Okay cool, we are at 593 pages

[Deanie]

I'm reading Spellbound in Salem by Milly Taiden which is 284 pages. It's a really good, easy read and is on Kindle Unlimited, so if we need more pages I could read book 2 in the series.

[Nikitha]

Does it count if we read the next book in a series? Because it's supposed to be different authors right? If not, mine is a series too!

[Aiswrya]

Ooh good point. Let me ask Kat on the Q&A group

[Aiswrya]

We are at 877 pages now. Need another 323 pages :)

[Autumn]

I’m looking through books now. I’ll let you know the pages as soon as pick one.

[Aiswrya]

Kat said no to series. She needs all books to be by different authors.

[Autumn]

I’m reading Angel’s Blood by Nalini Singh. 372 pages