The Amazing Race Team Challenge - QuaranQueens (7)

[MountainKat, Moderator]

The Amazing Race Team Challenge
April 11, 2020 through June 6, 2020
8 Week Dash For the Win!

Team 7:

✓ Danielle Gypsy Soul
✓ Michaele
✓ MyzanM
★ Shelby

[MountainKat, Moderator]

The Amazing Race Team Challenge
April 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 - 56. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color. Assigned 4.14.2020 / Completed 4.15.2020
Task 3 - 41. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles. Assigned 4.16.2020 / Completed 4.18.2020
Task 4 - 73. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate. Assigned 4.18.2020 / Completed 4.20.2020
Task 5 - 22. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books with a non-English language edition. Assigned 4.20.2020 / Completed 4.21.2020
Task 6 - 12. Read 6 books first published between 2000 and 2010. Assigned 4.22.2020 - 4.24.2020
Task 7 - 75. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope. Assigned 4.24.2020 / Completed 4.26.2020
Task 8 - 59. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate. Assigned 4.26.2020 / Completed 4.28.2020
Task 9 - 95. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon 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 5.2.2020
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 - 79. Read 8 books with a white flower/s on the cover. Assigned 5.4.2020 / Completed 5.5.2020
Task 13 - 93. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years. 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 - 96. Read 8 books by authors with more than 10 letters in their name. Assigned 5.10.2020 / Completed 5.12.2020
Task 16 - 88. Each member reads a book published in sequential months, i.e. June, July, August and September 2019. Teams decide which months. No pass for this task. Assigned 5.12.2020 / Completed 5.14.2020
Task 17 - 98. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 teammates and read them. No pass for this task. Assigned 5.14.2020 / Completed 5.17.2020
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 5.17.2020 / Completed 5.19.2020
Task 19 - 67. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item. Assigned 5.19.2020 / Completed 5.21.2020
Task 20 - 6. Each player reads a book by a new to you author - no pass for this task. Assigned 5.21.2020 / Completed 5.22.2020
Task 21 - 86. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which. Assigned 5.23.2020 / Completed 5.25.2020
Task 22 - 65. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country. Assigned 5.25.2020 / Completed 5.26.2020
Task 23 - 87. Read 8 books tagged with 'wedding' or 'proposal'. Assigned 5.27.2020 / Completed 5.29.2020
Task 24 - 45. Read 4 books by one of the 2020 FACs. Assigned 5.29.2020 / Completed 6.1.2020
Task 25 - 43. Each teammate reads a book that has been read by one of the RRRC moderators. No pass for this task. Assigned 6.1.2020 / Completed 6.3.2020
Task 26 - 71. Read 6 books with alliteration in the title or author's name. Assigned 6.3.2020 / Completed 6.5.2020
Task 27 - 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 28 - 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

[MountainKat, Moderator]

The Amazing Race Team Challenge
April 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.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

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**

[MountainKat, Moderator]

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 7, you are free to come up with a team name. 😉

[Shelby]

Hi ladies! I'm really excited for this challenge to get started. I must admit I'm getting a little stir crazy by myself over here in LA and as much as I don't mind the alone time I need something to focus on. So I'm really looking forward to this challenge starting and getting to strategize with some fun people. Hope everyone's still safe and sound!

Being home really hasn't changed my hours much I'm still a night owl so you'll usually catch me later in the day PST. I'm trying to reactivate my BookTube channel for something to do so mostly just reading and working on video ideas at the moment. :)

Tracking Post Here

Notes for Planning
Authors:
Sloane Kennedy
Lucy Lennox
Anita Sunday
Mary Calmes

Decades of Team's Birth:
Shelby - 80's
Danielle - 70's
Michaele - 70's
MyzanM - 70's

Birth Month:
Shelby - July
Danielle - October
Michaele - August
MyzanM - July

Year Joined RRRC:
Shelby - 2013
Danielle - 2015
Michaele - 2017
MyzanM - 2016

Teammates Hometown:
Shelby - Washington
Danielle - Arizona
Michaele - Utah
MyzanM - Sweden

[Michaele]

Hello- I think I've been on teams with most of you before - maybe not MyzanM?

I live in Utah and am also working from home. My awesome dog Rusty is helping keep me sane. Not being able to see family has been awful, but some people in my family are very high risk. So reading challenges have been a great diversion.

I'd rather not be team captain if someone else is willing - switching to online teaching this late in the semester is way more work than I expected!

[MyzanM]

Hi everyone!
I almost missed that this was up! Thanks for the friend request Michaele.
I’m on a different continent than the rest of you since I’m from Sweden, The land of denial...

I had a scare about a week ago and is now in home quarantine by doctors order (not Corona, but a nasty cold combined with asthma).
I still work part time though. I have an assistant in my classroom and I’m teaching via video link. It’s hard with 4th graders, but they are just wonderful. I also have my 13-year-old home with me as she is at risk with an immune deficiency. The rest of my family is still working as normal.

My work situation makes my schedule wonky And it makes my whole day wonky.

I’m currently captaining a couple of other challenges so I’d rather not do this one too, but I can co-captain if needed.

[Danielle Gypsy Soul]

Hi everyone - I've been on teams with all of you at some point :) I'm in Arizona and I was working from home before all this started so the only thing different is I'm trying to work from home with my kids trying to do school at home.

I'm team captain for a couple other challenges as well so I can co-captain if needed but would rather not captain another challenge right now.

[Shelby]

It doesn't sound like captain is too crazy for this challenge as it looks like MKat doesn't care who does the reporting, but just wants someone who's willing to make sure everyone's on track. A point person per se. So since it looks like the rest of you are tapped at the moment, I'm willing to be that person.

So on that particular note...do we want to come up with a fun quarantine type name for our team or anything?

[Michaele]

Thanks Shelby! I'm sure the others will agree that we can totally help if need be!

I'm terrible at naming things, but i"ll try to come up with some suggestions.

[Danielle Gypsy Soul]

Thanks Shelby! My team name suggestions:

Quaranqueens
Reading from Home
Flu Fighters
Panic! At the Tesco

[MyzanM]

Oh, I like Quaranqueens or Flue Fighters.

My suggestions were not that good:
Closed Borders
Shelter in Books
Wuhan escapists
We made it this far
Paper Hoarders

[MyzanM]

Thanks Shelby!
Just let us know if you need help.

[Michaele]

I like Quaranqueens, made me laugh at least.

[Danielle Gypsy Soul]

My favorite is QuaranQueens

[Shelby]

I think we're all in agreement cause I love QuaranQueens as well. Gonna let MKat know so we can get that switched. :)

[Shelby]

Ladies do we want to do any preplanning of potential categories?

[Michaele]

Sure! I think there is one where we all have to read a book by the same author, maybe we could start there?

[Shelby]

Some options based on quick glances at everyone's shelves...aka we all have books by these authors we've read or are planning...

Sloane Kennedy
Heidi Cullinan
Lara Adrian
Annabeth Albert
Mary Calmes
Megan Derr
Lucy Lennox
Lily Morton
J.D. Robb
Anyta Sunday

Open to any other suggestions as well of course...thoughts?

[Danielle Gypsy Soul]

I'd vote for Sloane Kennedy, Lily Morton, Mary Calmes, Lucy Lennox and Anyta Sunday as my top votes

Heidi Cullinan, Annabeth Albert are okay.

I'm caught up with J.D. Robb and I no longer like Lara Adrian. Not a big fan of Megan Derr either.

[MyzanM]

My top votes are almost the same as Danielle’s.
Sloane Kennedy, Lucy Lennox, Anyta Sunday and Mary Calmes.

I haven’t read Heidi Cullinan or Lily Morton in a while but could if the team wants to. For Annabeth Albert I have one book left in the Out of Uniform series so I could read a book by her too.
Megan Derr is a bit of hit and miss for me, but I’m willing to take my chances.

I’m not really that interested in Lara Adrian or J.D. Robb, but I will read them if that’s what the team wants.

[Shelby]

I've got books planned for those top 4 as well. So I'm fine with any of them. :)

So with just Michaele still to add her thoughts looking like it's easy to narrow it down to those four.

Sloane Kennedy
Lucy Lennox
Anita Sunday
Mary Calmes

[Danielle Gypsy Soul]

Looks like some info we need:

Decade of Teammates Birth:
Mine is the 70's so hopefully some of you are much younger than me!

Teammates Birth Month
Mine is October

Year Joined RRRC
Mine is 2015

Teammates Hometown
Mine is Arizona

[Danielle Gypsy Soul]

Some other ones we may need to make decisions on with some thoughts - what do you guys think?

Set in country outside U.S.
I find England and Australia are always easy to find

Set in Same Location
Again California and New York are always easy to find but so are a few other big cities

Profession:
Law Enforcement is really easy but so is musician

Romance Trope:
Best Friends to Lovers, Second Chance, Enemies to Lovers, Fated Mate

Item on Cover:
Would animal count? Tree, Body of Water, Mode of Transportation, Full Moon, Jewelry, Guitar, Hat

[Michaele]

Shelby wrote: "I've got books planned for those top 4 as well. So I'm fine with any of them. :)

So with just Michaele still to add her thoughts looking like it's easy to narrow it down to those four.

Sloane Ke..."

Any of those 4 authors would work for me. I think I've only read one book by Anyta Sunday, but I'd be willing to read another.

[Michaele]

Decade of Teammates Birth:
Mine is the 70's too!

Teammates Birth Month
Mine is August

Year Joined RRRC
Mine is 2017

Teammates Hometown
Mine is Utah

[Tiki]

Hi y'all sorry for crashing but I had to drop by and say I Love y'alls name

[Shelby]

Tracking Post

First Stop - Team Same Author
☑ Shelby - Finding Forgiveness - Completion Here
☑ Danielle Gypsy Soul - Finding Home - Completion Here
☑ Michaele - Made Mine - Completion Here
☑ MyzanM - Forsaken - Completion Here



Second Stop - Cover Color Blue (6)
☑ Shelby - Angel Fire East - Completion Here
☑ Danielle Gypsy Soul - An Evidence of Magic - Completion Here
☑ Danielle Gypsy Soul - Murder at Pirate's Cove - Completion Here
☑ Michaele - Spencer Cohen, Book Two - Completion Here
☑ Michaele - Empty Net - Completion Here
☑ MyzanM - Hunter of Demons - Completion Here



Third Stop - Title: 1 Word + 1200pgs
☑ Shelby - Redwall - Completion Here 352pgs
☑ Danielle - Alaska - Completion Here 183pgs
☑ Michaele - Lollipop - Completion Here 250pgs
☑ Michaele - Freckles - Completion Here 170pgs
☑ MyzanM - Jailmates - Completion Here 365pgs
Total Pages: 1320pgs




Fourth Stop - Published Year of Teammate Joining RRRC - 2017
☑ Shelby - The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths & Magic - Completion Here
☑ Danielle - Arrows Through Archer - Completion Here
☑ Danielle - Tender with a Twist - Completion Here
☑ Michaele - Out of the Shadows - Completion Here
☑ Michaele - Starting from Scratch - Completion Here
☐ MyzanM - His Mossy Boy - Completion Here
Joined: Michaele - 2017

[Shelby]

Tiki wrote: "Hi y'all sorry for crashing but I had to drop by and say I Love y'alls name"

Thanks Tiki! I think it's great too. Loved it.

[MyzanM]

Decade of Teammates Birth:
I'm also born in the 70's... (view spoiler)[But I still claim I'm 24 and I still get carded when I try to buy booze... (hide spoiler)]

Teammates Birth Month
Mine is July

Year Joined RRRC
Mine is 2016

Teammates Hometown
I'm from a small town on the west coast of Sweden.

[Shelby]

Sounds like we're all around the same age then as I'm barely into the 80's. :)

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Task 1 - ALL TEAMS!!


1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.

Ready, Set, GO!

[Michaele]

We narrowed it down to these 4 - which one should we go with?

Sloane Kennedy
Lucy Lennox
Anita Sunday
Mary Calmes

I'd vote for Lucy Lennox, just because she has so many audiobooks, but I'm open to the others.

[Danielle Gypsy Soul]

My choice in order of preference:

Sloane Kennedy (Finding Home is 160 pgs and a #1 so I can knock it out quickly)
Anita Sunday
Lucy Lennox
Mary Calmes

However, I can find something for all of them.

[Shelby]

My order of preference would be...

Anyta Sunday (I literally had one of her books planned to read next)
Sloane Kennedy
Lucy Lennox
Mary Calmes

[Shelby]

I'll wait to see what MyzanM says when she gets up in the morning. See if she leans one particular way or another.

[MyzanM]

I'm ok with all of them and have books on hand for all of them.
I do have a Sloane Kennedy that I was planning to read within the week, but I'm good with another author too. I hardly ever plan my reading outside of team challenges so I'm pretty flexible.

[Michaele]

How about we do Sloane Kennedy then?

[Shelby]

Works for me. :). Sloane Kennedy it is.

[Danielle Gypsy Soul]

Sounds good I'll get it downloaded so I can read it.

[Michaele]

Task - Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author
Book/cover link - Made Mine
Page numbers with source- 288, Goodreads
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary - Sloane Kennedy
Date Completed, 4/13

[Shelby]

Completion Post

Task: Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author
Book/cover link: Finding Forgiveness
Page numbers with source: 211 per GR
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary: Author - Sloane Kennedy
Date Completed: (4/13)

[Danielle Gypsy Soul]

Completion Post

Task: Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author
Book: Finding Home
Page numbers with source: 160 per GR
How book qualifies: Author - Sloane Kennedy
Date Completed: 4/13

[MyzanM]

Completion Post
Task: Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author
Book: Forsaken
Page numbers with source: 282 per GR
How book qualifies: Author - Sloane Kennedy
Date Completed: 4/13

[MyzanM]

Since I was last I'll post the check in...

Tracking Task 1

Shelby - msg 43
Danielle - msg 44
Michaele - msg 42
MyzanM - msg 45

[Shelby]

Thanks MyzanM! Awesome start ladies!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Yay - you've completed Task 1! Here is Task 2:

56. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.

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

[Michaele]

There are a bunch of lists of mm covers by color, maybe this can help us decide?

black covers
Blue Covers
Brown Covers
Green Covers
Grey Covers
Pink or Purple
Red
White
Yellow or Orange

[Shelby]

I’ve got multiple red/yellow/blue books for sure. But can probably pick something for others as well.