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TART Challenge2 - Book Babes (11)
I updated the preferences for everyone in post 11, but I 'm going to bring forward the tasks again so we can clarify and confirm so that when a task is called and you see it you can start reading instead of waiting for someone to chime in. I 'm going by the majority of answers. 9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
Which Nalini Singh series?
#27- read a minimum of 750 pages in books published prior to 2018. Team picks year
no preferences, Alicia picked 2017 does that work for everyone
#29- read over 750 pages in books about the same profession
everyone had athlete as a choice, does that work?
33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.
everyone picked contemporary, does that work?
47. Read 6 books set in a major city.
New York work for everyone?
49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide
December 2015?
50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
This task is similiar to #47, though no definitive answer, two mentions of New York
this can be more specific such as a university setting
New York still works?
51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.
Megan agreed to the series tasks for Nalini Singh and Lisa Kleypas, Aiswrya said she would be open to trying Nadia Lee, Alicia are you okay if we went with Nadia Lee for this task?
52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
black
53. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work), teams decide. No pass for this task.
Canada, London, New York and Sacremento are our choices.
Do we want to go with London for a different option?
54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
mountains is majority, Megan can you find something?
55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
Does England work?
56. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list. No pass for this task.
Does this list work for everyone?
Best Romance Books Ever
58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
2020 or 2018 which do we prefer?
64. Read 6 books not set on a continent of a teammate. Space does not count - must be a real continent.
Australia work for everyone?
70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
Since we picked contemporary for the other similiar task does fantasy work for you Alicia as it did for the rest of us?
72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
Laura: 70's
Aiswrya: 90's
Alicia: 60's
Megan: 90's
Will 90's work for everyone?
73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
I like Megan's suggestion to try Catherine Bybee. Aiswrya and Alicia what do you say?
74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month
Laura - December
Aiswrya- December
Megan: March
Alicia: June
75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
No preference, Megan suggested M..How about whoever sees the task first can pick and then we all find something that works (no x or q)
Does that work?
76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
Megan, naked chest work for you since we all picked it ?
79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
boss, first responders, enemies to lovers
which works best for you all?
82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series.
Which Lisa Kleypas series do we want to read?
88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
car or boat? ... I 'd prefer car. Preference, please?
90. 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
Aiswrya: December
Megan: November
L & A no preference
91. 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.
77+92+67+93=329
book must be at least 329 pages
92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide.
past
93. 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.
Best Romance Books 2000-2020
94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years
2014-2020
Megan: 2019
99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.
Laura's 5 favorite books
Aiswrya's 5 favorite books:
Alicia's 5 favorite books:
Megan's 5 favorites:
Once everyone clarifies post 52, I 'll update the final preferences in message 11.
9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.My preference is the psy-changling series as I've started that but I'll try another I don't mind.
54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
mountains is majority, Megan can you find something?
Honestly no idea. I don't have a clue about any books set in the mountains. If anyone has recommendations?
76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item
Yeah works for me.
88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
car or boat?
Car
Can I say yes to the other questions and that work without listing them all.
9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.Which Nalini Singh series? - Guild hunter only because I have most of them. But, psy-changeling is also good. If there is a tie, then I pick guild hunter.
#27- read a minimum of 750 pages in books published prior to 2018. Team picks year
no preferences, Alicia picked 2017 does that work for everyone - Yes it works!
#29- read over 750 pages in books about the same profession
everyone had athlete as a choice, does that work? - Yes it does!
33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.
everyone picked contemporary, does that work? - Yes it does!
47. Read 6 books set in a major city.
New York work for everyone? - Yes it does!
49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide
December 2015? - Yes it works!
50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
This task is similiar to #47, though no definitive answer, two mentions of New York
this can be more specific such as a university setting
New York still works? - It does
52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
black - Yep!
53. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work), teams decide. No pass for this task.
Canada, London, New York and Sacremento are our choices.
Do we want to go with London for a different option? - we would do England. Unless my memory is really off, Kat's rules during the previous round was within the US, we would consider the state and outside the US, the country would work. Even otherwise, London is an easy choice.
55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
Does England work? - Yes it works!
56. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list. No pass for this task.
Does this list work for everyone?
Best Romance Books Ever - Yes it works!
58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
2020 or 2018 which do we prefer? - 2018 so we have a higher chance of finding it in a library (and fewer people trying to borrow it)
64. Read 6 books not set on a continent of a teammate. Space does not count - must be a real continent.
Australia work for everyone? - Yes it works!
72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
Laura: 70's
Aiswrya: 90's
Alicia: 60's
Megan: 90's
Will 90's work for everyone? - Yes it works! 60s and 70s would be very hard to find
73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
I like Megan's suggestion to try Catherine Bybee. Aiswrya and Alicia what do you say? - Yeah I like Catherine Bybee! And I haven't read the other series Megan mentioned, so I shall definitely try that.
75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
No preference, Megan suggested M..How about whoever sees the task first can pick and then we all find something that works (no x or q)
Does that work? - That works, I would also say no to z
79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
boss, first responders, enemies to lovers
which works best for you all? - plenty of options in all of these. Boss would be my first pick
82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series.
Which Lisa Kleypas series do we want to read?- I got wallflowers and hathaways mixed up. I didn't like wallflowers, so that's the one I don't want to read. Ravenels was great and I don't mind re-reading. Open to reading Hathaways since I haven't read it before (so this is my first choice)
88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
car or boat? ... I 'd prefer car. Preference, please? - car works for me. List that might help is here
90. 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
Aiswrya: December
Megan: November
L & A no preference - - Will you guys pick one each between Sept and Oct?
93. 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.
Best Romance Books 2000-2020 - Yes it works!
94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years
2014-2020
Megan: 2019
Aiswrya - 2018
Megan wrote: "9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.My preference is the psy-changling series as I've started that but I'll try another I don't mind.
54. Read 6 bo..."
List for mountains: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/mo...
Did we agree on book babes for team name?
I think thats a good nameAnd also thanks for the lists, I'll find something
Great, I'll submit our name as Alicia liked it to.
Thanks for the car and mountain book lists, Aiswrya! I'm sure I 'll find something off of both them. Who's excited to start? Megan are you staying up to see the first call or looking in the morning?
If first call is task 1 then I 'm going with book 3 of the series that Aiswrya is reading.
No problem!! I’m so excited! I also have to finish my meal preps for the week today, so loads of listening time ☺️
I'm trying to finish 3 books before call. Ha, I'm not going to make it. Unfortunately two are due back in 3 days.. I might be able to finish before they are due.
I'm excited too. I read a lot of books I really enjoyed last round.
Uhh is first call in an hour? Think I've worked that out to BST right... if so probably not. I'll check in the morning. I was assessing which book to start with of hers and I got no where so probably see how I feel tomorrow
Yes, less than an hour. 11 pm for you I think.
Gah thought I'd decided on reading Dirty Little Secret as its free on kindle but I looked up the first book in that series of hers you mentioned and now I'm torn.
Megan wrote: "Gah thought I'd decided on reading Dirty Little Secret as its free on kindle but I looked up the first book in that series of hers you mentioned and now I'm torn."Yeah, book 1 in that series is what I picked too! Book 5 sounds awesome! So Definitely reading that too. I’ve no qualms about reading a series out of order lol
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.
Haha!
Okay, so what’s our favorite month? I don’t think we discussed it. Laura you tell us what you want to do :)
It was a surprise task I think. I just checked our three books we had planned for task 1 and of course not one of them are published in the same month. Pick a month Aiswrya and then we will all find something we like to read!!
July’s has got to be my favorite! So July is my pick!
July it is! Let's find a book initially published in July Book Babes!!
Alright here are some lists that'll help:https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/popula...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/ju...
Just a heads up that books need to be intially published in July and it has to be 2019.
Laura wrote: "AliciaJ wrote: "Aiswrya wrote: "England/ London is definitely a good pick! I read loads of historical romance, so that works for me!"Yes, I love that setting. Lots of mm romance set there too, wh..."
Hi Laura,
I read the first two books in the Harbor series. I haven't read
yet.
Aiswrya wrote: "Laura wrote: "Would everyone be okay with Lisa Kleypas for this task since she does have a lot of books and then we could try a different author from task 1. 51. Each teammate reads a different bo..."
I'm with Aiswrya on this too. no crimes against women, drugs, etc. I'm also not a fan of those motorcycle gang books that a lot of authors are doing these days.
Laura wrote: "Would everyone be okay with Lisa Kleypas for this task since she does have a lot of books and then we could try a different author from task 1. 51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same..."
I'm not sure I'm understanding exactly. Are we doing Lisa Kleypas instead of Kendall Ryan? I'm good with either. I love Lisa's books and have all of them, so any of those would be good. And Kendall has a lot of books on KU, so that's easy too.
Laura wrote: "Aiswrya wrote: "Laura wrote: "Would everyone be okay with Lisa Kleypas for this task since she does have a lot of books and then we could try a different author from task 1. 51. Each teammate read..."
Hmm, some really good ones here...
I love military, cop/first responders, billionaire stories, athletes. Not a huge fan of second chance romance or blind dates.
Megan wrote: "Aiswrya wrote: "Megan wrote: "Author - Kendall Ryan works for the first task. My other choices are Nadia Lee, R.S Grey1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass ..."
I haven't read anything by Catherine Bybee..is she contemporary romance?
Alicia, the first task wasn’t what we all thought it was going to be lol! It’s the one posted in msg 72. We’re doing Lisa kleypas for the series task, if that’s assigned to us. We’ll use Kendall Ryan for task #1 if we’re assigned that later.
. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.Which Nalini Singh series?
Psy-changeling for me
#29- read over 750 pages in books about the same profession
everyone had athlete as a choice, does that work? yes
33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.
everyone picked contemporary, does that work?
yes
47. Read 6 books set in a major city.
New York work for everyone?
yes
49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide
December 2015?
yes
50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
This task is similiar to #47, though no definitive answer, two mentions of New York
this can be more specific such as a university setting
New York still works?
yes
51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.
Megan agreed to the series tasks for Nalini Singh and Lisa Kleypas, Aiswrya said she would be open to trying Nadia Lee, Alicia are you okay if we went with Nadia Lee for this task?
Sure, I'm always happy to try out new authors
52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
black
yes
53. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work), teams decide. No pass for this task.
Canada, London, New York and Sacremento are our choices.
Do we want to go with London for a different option?
London sounds good
55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
Does England work?
yes
56. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list. No pass for this task.
Does this list work for everyone?
Best Romance Books Ever
sure
58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
2020 or 2018 which do we prefer?
2018
64. Read 6 books not set on a continent of a teammate. Space does not count - must be a real continent.
Australia work for everyone? yes
70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
Since we picked contemporary for the other similiar task does fantasy work for you Alicia as it did for the rest of us? Absolutely!
72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
Laura: 70's
Aiswrya: 90's
Alicia: 60's
Megan: 90's
Will 90's work for everyone?
Sure
73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
I like Megan's suggestion to try Catherine Bybee. Aiswrya and Alicia what do you say?
Ok, I found one of hers that sounds really good, so I'm on board!
75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
No preference, Megan suggested M..How about whoever sees the task first can pick and then we all find something that works (no x or q)
Does that work? Yes
79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
boss, first responders, enemies to lovers
which works best for you all?
First responders is my top pick, but I can do boss too.
82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series.
Which Lisa Kleypas series do we want to read?
I'll leave this up to you guys since I'm open to anything you pick on this one
88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
car or boat? ... I 'd prefer car. Preference, please? car
90. 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
Aiswrya: December
Megan: November
L & A no preference
How about Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan?
94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years
2014-2020
Megan: 2019
I can read two books, no preference on the years
Laura wrote: "Just a heads up that books need to be intially published in July and it has to be 2019."WooHoo! We're off! I'm checking my TBR to see if I have anything on there that fits. So excited!
Aha! I found one that fits! We don't have to post selections, just completions right?
AliciaJ wrote: "Aha! I found one that fits! We don't have to post selections, just completions right?"Yes, exactly right!
Thanks for chiming in to confirm answers, Alicia. I'll update tomorrow. I'm going to read a little more before I call it a night. Happy reading!!
Megan, post 72 has our first call😊 ( in case you missed it)
AliciaJ wrote: "Laura wrote: "Would everyone be okay with Lisa Kleypas for this task since she does have a lot of books and then we could try a different author from task 1. 51. Each teammate reads a different bo..."
Actually idk about KU in another country but from my KU only 6 are available as KU and only one of those is in English the others are Spanish and German... Thankfully I have Scribd which has quite a few on. Its really random what seems to be on there though so like book 2 of the series I mentioned is on there but book 1 is free on Kindle so thats fine. All very much a mess...
Thanks Laura, thankfully found a book from my TBR that fits!!
KU for me is either the first book is free or the majority of an author 's books are free.Most times it's only the first book.
completion posttask: 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.
team choice: July 2019
Book:
pages: 291 kindle edition (GR)
rating: 4 stars
read: Sept 14/20
qualifies: team picked July 2019 - book is published July 30, 2019 (see book page)
review: I 'm a fan of Kristen Proby and this book didn't disappoint. Sweet and sexy romance with a small unexpected twist at the end that added to the story. Reading the series out of order certainly didn't take away my enjoyment of this HEA.
Completion Postask: 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.
team choice: July 2019
Book:
Pages: 290
Rating: 3 stars
Read: 14th Sept
Works: Team has picked July 2019 - Book was initially published in 1st July 2019
Review: It was fine, I can't say I'll rush out and read the series, this just felt a) a lot longer than 290 pages and b) it just went on and on. I didn't love the heroine and the hero was fine just the description of 'hes a big man' just is a bit bland for me.
AliciaJ wrote: "Laura wrote: "AliciaJ wrote: "Aiswrya wrote: "England/ London is definitely a good pick! I read loads of historical romance, so that works for me!"Yes, I love that setting. Lots of mm romance set..."
Hi Laura,
I read the first two books in the Harbor series."
Alicia, I loved this series. Did you like it?
Megan, for task #82 can you get a book from Lisa Kleypas series Hathaways?I can get Seduce Me at Sunrise- immediately
Then if this task isn't called next I can get Mine Till Midnight, Married By Morning and Love in the Afternoon hopefully Thursday or Friday. Which means I don't have access to book 3 and I don't mind reading a series out of order.
Aiswrya and Alicia does this Lisa Kleypas series work for you if Megan can access a book?
I updated post 11 with our preference for tasks that need us to make a team decision. Please refer to post 11 for a task that needs a team decision before starting a book A few tasks like sequential years and months are missing a preference from Alicia and I - I will find something to fit so I don't feel like I need to claim anything right now.
-tasks that require 6 books, I found last round, rather than claim them ahead of time it worked really well for the first two teammates that finished their book to pick up a second (if they wanted)
Laura wrote: "Megan, for task #82 can you get a book from Lisa Kleypas series Hathaways?I can get Seduce Me at Sunrise- immediately
Then if this task isn't called next I can get [book:Mine Till ..."
it does :)
Yeah I'll grab the first in the series on Kindle. Its been on my tbr for a while so gives me a little excuse to get it
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