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TART Challenge2 - Four-tune Favors Squad (4)
The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 2September 13, 2020 through November 8, 2020
It's Not a Sprint, It's a Marathon!
Tracking :
Task 1 - 0. As a team select your favorite month of 2019 (because 2020 basically SUCKS!) and each player reads a book initially published in that month. No pass for this task. 9.13.2020 - 9.19.2020
Task 2 - 7. Read 4 books that are stand alones. 9.19.2020 - 9.26.2020
Task 3 - 14. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books with Contemporary Romance as MPG. 9.26.2020 0 9.29.2020
Task 4 - 30. Read 6 books with nekkid man chest on the cover. 9.29.2020 - 10.3.2020
Task 5 - 26. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books featuring shifters. 10.3.2020 - 10.11.2020
Task 6 - 18. Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'. 10.9.2020 - 10.16.2020
Task 7 - 5. Read 4 books first published within the last year. 10.16.2020 - 10.22.2020
Task 8 - 49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task. 10.22.2020 - 10.30.2020
Task 9 - 31. Read 6 books rated over 4.0. 10.30.2020 - 11.5.2020
Task 10 - 62. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books written by an author whose first or last name begins with the first letter of a teammate's screen name. 11.5.2020
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.
Rating/Review.
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**
Please note that a rating is now required in your completion posts! A small review is also welcome. 😊
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.
Remember, it is the team's responsibility to notify the host (me) if a teammate fails to complete the task in a timely manner or otherwise goes missing! I am not checking all the team threads regularly to notice and may only check when notified a task is complete.
PS - If you want to be known as anything other than Team 4, you are free to come up with a team name. 😉
Checking in over here. Mamacita so happy to see you joining us! We're going to have a fun round I'm sure. :)
Yay! Thanks Shelby 😊 I'm here and ready to race. LOL I l sent Plethora the link.
I can't believe this starts tomorrow already... LolHmm. Guess maybe I'll wait to pick my book for ptp, vamp and cozy bingo
Me Pacific Time zone.... But with three jobs you never know when you'll find me online as this means my basic week of sleeping is like 2 naps that are 2-1/2 hours long if I'm lucky.
And I have to remember to post the kindle page count for this! So weird since it is always default... So you'll likely have to harass me since I'm so use to not.I only use the kindle as default in my BARC challenges since they said pick what format book you usually read if using the audio to keep it consistent.
Mama's Here!
Hey ya'll!
Lol. Loved The Emperors New Groove, funny stuff.
Group Name Ideas Here 4 the Party
Fantastic Foursome
Amazing Foursome
Quad Squad
Plethora wrote: "I can't believe this starts tomorrow already... LolHmm. Guess maybe I'll wait to pick my book for ptp, vamp and cozy bingo"
I'm waiting on my PtP too
Plethora wrote: "Me Pacific Time zone.... But with three jobs you never know when you'll find me online as this means my basic week of sleeping is like 2 naps that are 2-1/2 hours long if I'm lucky."3 jobs. Dang, Girl. When do you find time to eat & read along with sleep. 😳
I'm ready to start discussing books. Hope I'm not stepping on toes, but I was looking @ list of tasks. I have most books in common with Shelby & Carmen but have HR in common with Plethora. I think the hardest one we will have to find is author in common. We have 2 of that task & looks like we have 2 from same series.
We also need some info from each other.
Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.
I was born in November
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.
I was born in 1968
teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work),
currently live in Texas
Then we need to pick
same romance trope
I'm good with MoC, Age-Gap, Enemies-to-Lovers, kidnapped, fated-to-be-mated, unrequited/pining H/h, captive Romance , military hero or MC
same sub-genre (different authors)
Prefer Romantic Suspense, Dark Romance, Paranormal Romance, Historical Romance, or M/M
same location
same country outside the US
England or Scotland easiest for me
beach or in the mountains
I would prefer mountains since there is another beach task, but can do either
sun or moon on the cover
can do either but moon is prolly easier
boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover
prefer Motorcycle
Not a huge preference in...
published same month and year
list with over 100 romance books
8 books tagged selected animal
sequential years, teams decide years
Romance List from Listopia >100 books
published in sequential months
I will most likely use my pass for 4 books that are NOT MPG Romance, if picked & not needed earlier.
Carmen& Shelby are either of you doing PtP like me & Plethora
I am Mama. I've thrown myself into team challenges this quarter it seems. Not sure yet whether that's good or bad.I've also got both rounds of Bingo going in MMR and am playing the Restaurant challenge with both Plethora and Carmen in NBRC.
Shelby wrote: "I am Mama. I've thrown myself into team challenges this quarter it seems. Not sure yet whether that's good or bad.I've also got both rounds of Bingo going in MMR and am playing the Restaurant cha..."
I was too worried to take that one on or the GISH too
I loved GISH. It was great fun and the tasks list was varied each week.
Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.I was born in September
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.
I was born in 1972
teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work),
Oregon for all those
I was trying to look for like authors.... But from phone that can be a total pia!Is thinking maybe Katie MacAlister, she has that paranormal romance series.. You Slay Me. But Mamacitia you don't seem to have any of her books on your shelf.
I keep checking for the task, someone said another 2.5 hours it like like.Was the actual time posted somewhere and I missed it?
Plethora wrote: "I keep checking for the task, someone said another 2.5 hours it like like.Was the actual time posted somewhere and I missed it?"
It will be posted in just under 2 hours - 6 US Eastern time. 😊
Plethora wrote: "Let's see I think we all have at least read Julia Quinn or Gena Showalter.Maybe Lisa Kleypas"
We also have Courtney Milan on all our shelves.
Here's my quick answers...Birth Month: July
Birth Year: 1981
Current Living: Los Angeles, CA - Figure we'll go with current since it makes finding a book easy. ;)
I just got called in to work.... So many having to call our due to the wildfires.... So if it is a task that needs us to pick something as a team.... The 3 of you can decide and get started and I'll confirm so as not to slow you down.
Sorry I have the kids over. I’ll pop in later. Oh and I’m good with whatever name you ladies like 😜
Peeking in on break.... Found task.Task 1 for all teams!
0. As a team select your favorite month of 2019 (because 2020 basically SUCKS!) and each player reads a book initially published in that month. No pass for this task.
For this task we are using the initial publication date. If one is listed at the top of the editions page, use that. Otherwise I will be looking for the first published date of an English language edition. Remember to use the first English language Kindle edition for your page count and ensure that your completion posts contain all the required information listed in message #3 of your team thread.
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Sorry I have the kids over. I’ll pop in later. Oh and I’m good with whatever name you ladies like 😜"You and those grown kids.... 😝
Favorite month.... Uh... Can't say I really have one.
Me either Plethora. Can we say this month since at least now I've got a bunch of fun challenges starting? September so far hasn't been terrible.
Ptp is November 2019So I would prefer November
Shelby wrote: "Me either Plethora. Can we say this month since at least now I've got a bunch of fun challenges starting? September so far hasn't been terrible."But if you already have a book you want to read is in September, I can find something.
Oh yea, November would work best since I have ptp, as does Carmen actually.
I do too, but I'm going with Option 2 for the round as the only Nov 2019 books I have are both around the 500pg+ mark and I'm saving them for the start of our Restaurant challenge. But since it only has to be a book in November of any year for this challenge, I'm cool. Let's go with November. :D Besides November actually was a really good month for me last year. It was the month where I finally decided to take a step forward with my career and stop relying so heavily on my stable job. I joined SAG, and quit my second bar job, both of which were great decisions for me. Leaving Yardhouse was one of the best decision for my mental self I've ever had. That place was just toxic. So yes, November is a great month and I'm going to run off and start on my book. :D
Was also thinking about if we wanted to go with a team name or not? Only thing to jump to my mind was...Four-tune Favors the Bold
Completion PostTask: 1 - 90. As a team select your favorite month of 2019 (because 2020 basically SUCKS!) and each player reads a book initially published in that month. - November
Book/cover link: A Protectors Family Christmas
Page numbers with source: 232 per GR
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary: Published - Nov 14, 2016
Date Completed: (9/14)
Rating: ★★★★
This is a fun little catch up with all of the guys as Hawke and Tate's wedding approaches. I really enjoyed seeing this slightly lighter side of all of the guys. They all are getting a much needed happy break. I really liked seeing how Ronan and Seth adopted their family as well. Great break in the darker aspects of this series as well as hinting at a few more match ups coming up down the line. :)
Shelby, we need a rating now for completion post and a short review is encouraged.
Sounds like it was a great month for you Shelby!
I have my book loaded to start listening to on way to work. I hope I have a light meeting day and I can get in listening time at work!
Mamacitia team names:Here 4 the Party
Fantastic Foursome
Amazing Foursome
Quad Squad
Shelby team name:
Four-tune Favors the Bold
I always struggle with coming up with name ideas.Nothing close to those already taken, so that leaves all viable option.
I kinda like Quad Squad and Four-tune Favors the Bold
Mamacita wrote: "Mama's Here!
Hey ya'll!"
Hahahaha I loved this movie. My daughter and I watched it together so many times when she was younger
Mamacita wrote: "Plethora wrote: "Me Pacific Time zone.... But with three jobs you never know when you'll find me online as this means my basic week of sleeping is like 2 naps that are 2-1/2 hours long if I'm lucky..."I say that to her all the time. Hahaha
Mamacita wrote: "Carmen& Shelby are either of you doing PtP like me & Plethora"Yup. I am as well
Birth Month: October Birth Year: 1969
Current Living: New York
Plethora wrote: "I always struggle with coming up with name ideas.Nothing close to those already taken, so that leaves all viable option.
I kinda like Quad Squad and Four-tune Favors the Bold"
Me too
K I'll start a November book on the side. Do we need to do a selection post or just a completion?
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September 13, 2020 through November 8, 2020
It's Not a Sprint, It's a Marathon!
Team 4:
✓ Plethora
✓ ☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎
✓ Shelby
✓ Mamacita