The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Pumped Up Sisters (14)

[Laura]

I can't wait to see our first task!!

[Linda]

Me too!!

Does anyone actually watch The Amazing Race? :D

[Laura]

I watched when it first came out but not now.

[Alissa]

Same as Laura I watched the first few seasons and then gave up on it.

[Alissa]

Are we going to get our first task early?

[Linda]

hmm I dont know. MK said if everyone checks in, we might. But I dont think everyone checked in..

[Linda]

I love Amazing Race. When I was a child, my mum begged my dad (who lives in america) to send us dvds of american reality tv. This was before internet streaming was remotely a thing.. and also this was back then when anything american was absolutely cool. My dad had no idea about reality tv so he just sent what was popular back then. (2003-ish) and it was a season of survivor, the amazing race and 'the surreal life'. I watched that amazing race season infinite amount of times.

I never kept up with it hardcore though. Its not as accessible to stream in europe. When I find a way I love to binge on a random season. But overall its just a lovely childhood memory.

[Laura]

I prefer to binge a show rather then tune in weekly.
Lovely childhood memory, Linda!

[Laura]

Looks like four teams are still waiting on players to check in

[Laura]

Can everyone chime in with their answers to the questions/tasks below.

Which decade was everyone born in?

L- 70's
A-80's
Linda-90's
G-70's

color covers:
L: I have red, blue & yellow ( I could find other color covers with some searching. )
A: green, blue, red
Linda: blue
Geri: blue, red

Home town? ( you won't want to use mine- too small)
Linda: Vienna
Alissa: Florida
G: Chicago

Birth month
L-December
A- December
G-June
Linda-April

Specific item on cover
L- hat, shoes, dress ( those come to mind easily)
Linda: jewelry
G: flowers, trees, hat, candles, crown
A:

profession-
L: professional athlete, police officer
Linda: police officer, dr
A: lawyer, teacher, nurse, paramedic
G: police officer, detective

Joined RRRC
L-2020
A-2016
Linda-2020
G-2019

Recommendations:

[Linda]

Thanks for thinking of this, Laura!

I will put this in one of the top posts once we gathered all info so we can find it easier.

I was born in the 90s.
The colors on my to read are mostly Blue.
Home Town is Vienna! This could work with a lot of books. But I have to check if there are enough English ones.
Birth Month: April

Is woman/man considered 'item'? I thought maybe we could do jewelry too. But dress sounds good. I planned on continuing The Selection series.. it already helped me out in Tower Teams LOL (BTW it was confirmed this will be a Netflix show?? Interesting to see how that turns out)

profession: I would say police officer sounds pretty good. I throw in doctor too.

Joined RRRC: 2020
Recommendations:

[Linda]

Okay so I found two spy thrillers (?) set in Vienna that sound good. A Death in Vienna and To Die in Vienna.
I am currently trying to find some romance books too but that search is a bit harder. I may continue looking tomorrow!

There are definitely a lot of German classics set in Vienna but I believe they are quite bland in translation ... but they exist for emergencies. But I hope Geri and Alissas hometowns prove to be more fruitful...?

[Alissa]

I was born in the 80s
Hometown: Delray Beach, FL
joined Goodreads in 2011
birth month: December
No opinion on the cover items I will have to find something to fit whatever it is. Most of my books don't have things on the cover

Color covers: I probably have a few green, blue, and maybe red

Profession: adding to the list lawyer, teacher, nurse, paramedic

I have to think about some recommendations. I will come up with some tonight.

[Linda]

OK I did skim through the ATW group shelf of Austria and did find some more in various categories. I picked the ones that explicitly say that they are set mainly in Vienna and sound interesting.
The Musician's Daughter
The English Girl
Wait for Me in Vienna
City of Ghosts
How to Fall In Love with a Man Who Lives in a Bush

Ok now I am off to bed, though! Hope we get our first task tomorrow!! And I will take care of the top post when I get up.

[Geri]

Decade born in - 70’s
Color covers - Blue mostly, some red
Home town - near Chicago, does that count?
Item on cover - flowers, trees, hat, candles, crown
Birth month - June
Profession - police officer or detective
Year joined RRRC - 2019
I’ll post recommendations in another post. I have to think about it.

[Geri]

Recommendations - It’s hard to pick only a few! LOL




I tried to pick a mixture of genres.

[Laura]

It was definitely hard to pick a few... I tried to do the same- a mix of genres.

[Laura]

I updated post #60 with everyone's answers- minus the recommendations!

Linda you are an April baby! Upcoming or past?

At least it gives us a baseline to start somewhere. We know we would all prefer a blue cover book if we get that task.

Good night Linda!

[Geri]

Thanks for searching for books set in Vienna, Linda! I found a few and bookmarked them. In case we do get that task.

[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!

[Laura]

First task is up. I know Linda is asleep but do we want to use Penelope Douglas for this task as we all said we could find something by her to read and Linda can confirm in the morning?

Just a reminder that books need to be more than 150 pages.

Or do we want to go with Penny Reid? Amy Harmon? James Patterson? Lynnette Eason? Ha the list is endless:-) Is there a series by an author that anyone wanted to start?

[Geri]

We should probably stick with authors we know we can all get. I reread Alissa and Linda’s messages and they can get Penelope Douglas and Penny Reid. I am great with either. I have a book I want to read by both.

Let’s vote.

Which do you want to read most? I will vote for Penelope Douglas. But I won’t be unhappy with Penny Reid. (I know, I’m not much help!)

[Alissa]

I vote for Penelope Douglas!🤓

[Linda]

Penelope Douglas it is!! YAY first task!!!!

And my birthday is tomorrow!! (14th) Hehe
It will be really different, I am used to celebrate easter and my birthday together with family. And since its easter its usually a LOT of food. To make up for it my boyfriend and I will bake 2 cakes Hahaha

[Linda]

Ok I edited some of the top posts. my first one will be where I list all the tasks and what we agreed on. second post is just info gathering post so we don't have to skim the thread for what we wrote about certain tasks.

So about the recommendations, what was that for? is it for other teams? What task was that? Should I put it up there?

[Laura]

The recommendations was for options for task #21 in case we get that.

Happy birthday Linda! It does suck that you won't get to celebrate with your family like you are used to- I like your alternate plan!

[Linda]

Ahh okay!! Missed that task. Then I will add some to the top post.

I already started reading Birthday Girl!! (I was hoping its the least dark) I am so curious as to how I will like it Haha!! But so far, the writing is really enjoyable!!

[Laura]

I've started Punk 57.

[Geri]

Happy Birthday, Linda! Enjoy the cake! What kind are you making? Of course, I love just about any cake.

Laura - I want to read Punk 57 too. Someone recommended that book. She said it was her favorite by Douglas. I may read that or continue with the Corrupt series. Decisions! Decisions!

[Alissa]

We don’t have to wait until tomorrow to start reading?

[Geri]

Alissa wrote: "We don’t have to wait until tomorrow to start reading?"

No. Once the task was posted, the race started.

[Laura]

Geri, I'm 36% in...lots of high school angst.

[Geri]

Laura wrote: "Geri, I'm 36% in...lots of high school angst."

You are getting through quickly! I decided to continue the Corrupt series, Hideaway. It’s definitely continuing the sexy, dark vibe.

[Linda]

I'm really happy about the Penelope Douglas recommendation!! I didn't think I would enjoy it so much. I have to force myself going to bed now or I would read all night probably LOL

[Laura]

Nice, glad you are enjoying your book Linda. Mine is a train wreck....but I can't help but like it. It's set in a high school but then everything else is definitely adult content with a big dose of steamy heat.

[Laura]

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

by Penelope Douglas
pages: 343 ( kindle edition)
author: Penelope Douglas
read: April 13
qualifies: same author- Penelope Douglas

[Geri]

Linda wrote: "I'm really happy about the Penelope Douglas recommendation!! I didn't think I would enjoy it so much. I have to force myself going to bed now or I would read all night probably LOL"

Happy you are enjoying it. It’s nice to find a new author.

[Geri]

Laura wrote: "Nice, glad you are enjoying your book Linda. Mine is a train wreck....but I can't help but like it. It's set in a high school but then everything else is definitely adult content with a big dose of..."

LOL, Laura! This must be the author’s MO. Lots of emotion and heat. My series is more new adult, though.

[Linda]

Just a quick check in guys! I did continue reading today but I did not get quite as much as I hoped.. but I am about halfway through! I will be done on Thursday at the latest, I think. Hope its still okay we are taking things ~slow. (I don't think thats that slow but I saw some teams finished after not even 24 hours Hahaha)

[Laura]

They picked shorter books :-) The rest of us will either keep reading to finish our books or start a new one while we wait!

[Alissa]

I’m just as slow because work was awful yesterday but it was better today so I’m about to workout and spend the rest of the night reading!

So far I’m intrigued 🤓

[Laura]

Which one are you reading Alissa?

[Geri]

I’m not done with my book yer either. With the other challenges I am part of, I probably won’t finish too quickly for any of the tasks. I just want to have fun. It will be interesting to see what task we get next!

[Alissa]

I’m reading Corrupt it was free on Kindle

[Geri]

Completion Post

by Penelope Douglas
Read: 4/15/20
Kindle: 437 pages
Task: Each player reads a book by the same author

[Linda]

Lovely Geri!!!! How was it??

[Linda]

Completion Post

Task: Same Author
Book: Birthday Girl
Author: Penelope Douglas
Read: 4/16/20
Pages: 407 (Kindle Edition)

[Laura]

Did you like yours Linda?

[Geri]

Linda wrote: "Lovely Geri!!!! How was it??"

It was good, Linda. I did like book 1 a little better, though. Hideaway was a 4 star read.

[Laura]

I like your new profile pic, Geri!