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NEW Challenge for 2015: Hero Showdown: Blue Collar Heroes or White Collar Heroes?
Lisa Kay wrote: "Kritika wrote: "Lisa Kay please correct my name under the white collar participants list. Its Kritika not Kritika Jay. I guess you got mistaken between Kritika and Katrina Jay."Fixed. Sorry, Kri..."
I hear you, LK.
What a cool challenge. I've signed up or both :) 10 for Blue Collar & 5 for White <3
2015 - Hero Showdown Blue Collar or White Collar
Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
White Collar Gents
0/5
Blue Collar Gents
0/10
My white collar just pulled ahead by two because of a Scottish Laird hero, and a high school sports coach.
Thank you LK :)I'm excited to see how much I read of both.
General question - Would a songwriter/musician be blue collar?
What's his background, Hayley? Does he have a degree in music? Is he a big name/successful?
LK - No, he's just a songwriter for his and his brother's band that is kind local, yet sort of well-known. If that makes sense? He plays the guitar for the band at the end of the book & sings too. I was thinking Blue Collar because he isn't a big named person.band...
Yes, I'd go with that.
Blue Collar5/10
Private Investigator Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn 1/16 - 4.5★
FishermanRising Tides by Nora Roberts 1/17 - 4★
Updated Post #37 and #38.Five a piece now..
Panic!! White is stomping blue in my tracking 7 white to only 4 blue..Need me some Kristen Ashley.
*sneaks in her heroes while nobody is looking*OK, guys, let the best collar win...
White Collar
1. Lord - Flight of Magpies by K.J. Charles - 18.01.15 - ★★★
2. Architect - Sanctuary by Nora Roberts - 28.01.15 - ★★★
3. Earl - The Bride's Necklace by Kat Martin - 03.02.15 - ★★★★
4. Band manager - Beneath the Stain by Amy Lane - 06.02.15 - ★★★★
5. Teacher - Newton's Laws of Attraction by M.J. O'Shea - 11.02.15 - ★★★
6. Professor - Teach Me by Sloan Johnson - 14.02.15 - ★★★
7. Businessmen - Worth the Risk by Claudia Connor - 19.02.15 - ★★★★
8. Doctor - Forever and a Day by Jill Shalvis - 18.03.15 - ★★★★
Blue Collar
1. Stalker/hunter - Black Dog Blues by Rhys Ford - 20.01.15 - ★★★★
2. Soldier/Biker - Twisted Mercy by Elaine Levine - 21.01.15 - ★★★
4. Rancher - Prince Charming by Julie Garwood - 25.01.15 - ★★
3. Rancher - Red Dirt Heart by N.R. Walker - 25.01.15 - ★★★★
4. Rancher - Red Dirt Heart 2 by N.R. Walker - 29.01.15 - ★★★★
5. Rancher - Red Dirt Heart 3 by N.R. Walker - 31.01.15 - ★★★★
6. Chauffeur - The Chauffeur by Serena Yates - 31.01.15 - ★★★
7. Police - Rise & Fall by Charlie Cochet - 07.02.15 - ★★★
8. Soldier/Biker - Hell on Wheels by Julie Ann Walker - 09.02.15 - ★★★
9. FBI agent - Second Honeymoon by James Patterson - 10.02.15 - ★★★★
10. Bartender - No Place That Far by L.A. Witt & Aleksandr Voinov - 15.02.15 - ★★★
11. Firefighter - Impractical Magic by M.J. O'Shea - 16.02.15 - ★★★
12. Nurse - The Ghost on My Couch by L.A. Gilbert - 19.02.15 - ★★★★
13. Warrior - Stone Song by D.L. McDermott - 08.03.15 - ★★★
Yay! ❀Tea❀ is here! Welcome!
Okay, I finally updated - carefully. LOL! Instead of just hit or miss.
And, yup, White Collar is winning... for me, anyway.
I'll click on everyone soon and see what is what. It takes about an hour for GRs to update the Home Page Challenge.
Sunday Group Update!
Blue Collar: 87
White Collar: 83
It's really pretty even at the moment. I am at exactly equal which surprised me - I thought I read more blue collar heroes. This will be great to track throughout the year.
It is pretty even. I'm very interested in seeing what I do and what the group does.
More blue collar?! Hmm that's interesting. I'm 7/3 right now with white collar in the lead.
I tried to update my entry by adding more books but it completely erased by previous books and goals. Do I have to add a new bookshelf name when I update my entry?
Share wrote: "I tried to update my entry by adding more books but it completely erased by previous books and goals. Do I have to add a new bookshelf name when I update my entry?"No, you shouldn't need to update the bookshelf each time, Share.
Let me take a look.
Share, you have two books shelves for White Collar:white-collar-heroesThe first has 8 books on it and the second has 0. I'm betting the second is now in your "Enter a shelf name for this challenge:" field. Just copy the first one above and paste it in. That should fix it.
whit-collar-heroes
How do I update my entry? When I click update status, it asks me how many books I want to read for the challenge and to give it a name. I read a blue collar worker novel. Or at least I assume a sheriff in a historical is blue collar?
R.C., you do NOT need to go into the Home Page challenge each time you want to add books. All you need to do is 'tag' the book with your designated shelf.
The name of my shelf for "Blue" Collar is challenge-2015-heac-blue-collar - as you can see below:
Close Up:
Be sure you have a read date entered. If you have a lot of books to add at once, try Batch Editing. If you want to 'tag' with your shelf as you finish a book, and you have a lot of different shelf names, try using Sticky Shelves to put your challenge shelf near to the top of your drop-down.
Lisa Kay wrote: "Share, you have two books shelves for White Collar:white-collar-heroeswhit-collar-heroesThe first has 8 books on it and the second has 0. I'm betting the second is now in your "Enter a shelf name..."
K I fixed it, thanks Lisa:)
YW, Share. I see your books now, BTW.
Lisa Kay wrote: "It is pretty even."Wait! Wait! I still need to backtrack my read books. It's gonna skew things little :P
Question (you know it can't go without at least one):
If I'm reading m/m and both collars are in it, should I put book on both? :P
I knew I read more white collar heroes so I think I may have guessed correctly. Right now, I'm at 2 BC and 7 WC.
❀Tea❀ wrote: "If I'm reading m/m and both collars are in it, should I put book on both? :P"Yes, I would.
I just finished
and the hero is a billionaire and attends business meetings. It really never said what he actually did. Would this count as white collar? Maybe a business man?
sounds like white collar if he's a billionaire and business man.
Great, thanks. Finally on board.White Collar
1/10
Businessman: All That Glitters by Linda Howard 1/19 - 1★
I have another question :)Are we going by one-time thing? Read each job only one? For example if I read book with CEO, I'm not tagging another CEO anymore?
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Are we going by one-time thing? Read each job only one? For example if I read book with CEO, I'm not tagging another CEO anymore?"No, ❀Tea❀. You may 'tag' as many CEO's as you wish/read.
Thanks Lisa Kay - I figured out how to tag my books!
Great, R.C.! I see one for "blue" collar. ☺
OK - I have organised my shelves - this looks like a fun challenge to do so without further ado lets dive in!White Collar Heroes
Our Kind of Love by Victoria Purman – Hero is a Journalist
The Millionaire by Victoria Purman - this hero is also a Journalist - Victoria Purman must really like Journalists :)
Blue Collar Heroes
The Maxwell Sisters by Loretta Hill – Chef
The House at the Bottom of the Hill by Jennie Jones – Hotel/Bar owner
The Cowboy by Margareta Osborn - Cowboy
Operation Valentine by Loretta Hill - Bar owner
Will Yours Accidentally work for White Collar Heroes? The male protagonist is in an office job and much of that part is covered.
Welcome to the challenge, Sally!
Ishi, yes, he is definitely a "white" collar worker.
YW, Ishi. **waves** Goodnight. Way past my bedtime.
Lisa Kay wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "Are we going by one-time thing? Read each job only one? For example if I read book with CEO, I'm not tagging another CEO anymore?"No, ❀Tea❀. You may 'tag' as many CEO's as you wish..."
OK. I was little confused with all low goals, so had to check. :)
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Fixed. Sorry, Kritika. When I look in the little edit box it is all just one jumbled html mix.