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Does the the tag "steamy romance" work?
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For Homonym:If the dictionary shows the same pronunciation for words and the definition is distinct, I will allow it for the Homonym task. It needs to be shown as the same, because I am absolutely hopeless with what all the diacritical marks mean in the phonetic spelling! If it doesn't show in my dictionary, I may ask for links if not already provided.
Annette wrote: "Would the tag "enemies-to-lovers-standalones-and-f' work? I know it has the enemies to lovers aspect, but I wasn't sure if the rest of the combo tag would be a problem?"In context. Though I think that one should always work, I always include that disclaimer for combo tags.
Would “hate to love” tag be acceptable for the enemies to lovers” tag?Thanks
Cheryl wrote: "Does the the tag "steamy romance" work?"Sorry I missed this. Yes, that works.
Ezinwanyi wrote: "Would “hate to love” tag be acceptable for the enemies to lovers” tag?Thanks"
In context, that will work. So basically as long as the precis and other tags don't contradict the enemies to lovers, it is good.
Would the tag "hot-wink-wink" work?
Would you accept "hawt" spelled like that?
⚚♆ Cynthia ♆⚚ wrote: "Would the tag "hot-wink-wink" work?"Yes, in context.
Kari wrote: "Would you accept "hawt" spelled like that?"Yes.
I finally got all caught up with the tracking!! 🤪And guess what?! We have the potential for a public safety power outage again. 😡🤯 We literally still have snow on the ground from the storm after Christmas! No Red Flag Warning, no Fire Weather Watch, we don't even have a High Wind Warning or Watch! But we are supposed to get some wind so they are threatening to shut off our power yet again... 🤬
So, I might or might not be around much the next day or two. 🤷🏻♀️ Hopefully it won't interfere with things, but just in case - remember not to edit your posts after the date ends!! If I am not around to post the end of date message, I will be using the date/time stamp to confirm the completion posts were made before the date ends.
I have started working on the qualifications for Date 5 and should be able to get them posted one way or the other tomorrow. Sorry for the delay, but you all read too many books this week! 😂
MountainKat wrote: "I finally got all caught up with the tracking!! 🤪And guess what?! We have the potential for a public safety power outage again. 😡🤯 We literally still have snow on the ground from the storm after ..."
That's crazy about the snow, beacause done the mountainsbin East County we're hitting 90 degree weather for the next few days.
Hope everything is going well with you Kat!!
I’m sorry to hear that but please be Safe MK
MountainKat wrote: "I finally got all caught up with the tracking!! 🤪And guess what?! We have the potential for a public safety power outage again. 😡🤯 We literally still have snow on the ground from the storm after ..."
Stay safe Kat!
Good luck Kat! Hope the power stays ON!
Good Luck Kat! We've had 55mph winds the last 20 hours or so....I was afraid our 30ft rotting tree would loose the gravity game. It used to be much taller but over the years parts have fell off. It costs so much to remove it though...about $2000 without stump removal. Hope your power stays on for sure!
Christina T wrote: "Good Luck Kat! We've had 55mph winds the last 20 hours or so....I was afraid our 30ft rotting tree would loose the gravity game. It used to be much taller but over the years parts have fell off. It..."Oh. Didnt know so much damage was expected. Take care Kat. Take care.
Thanks everyone! We avoided most of the winds, though it did seem iffy at times. I hope the weather treats everyone well!Grace, we've been unusually warm too - it's just weird that the snow hasn't melted completely. It's just shady, not piled. The last two days have gotten rid of nearly all of it though - just in time for more to be forecast early in the week! This back and forth weather is so odd!
Date 5 - Tasks: Breakdown of the qualifications for possible tasks for Date 5.Please remember that all tags/lists must qualify IN CONTEXT!! Links MUST be provided.
Don't make more work for yourself than necessary - if the qualifier is in the title or on the cover, use it! You don't have to go searching for tags to make it work. 😊 If the link you use for the book is the same you are using for the page count and edition - say so (see above edition or something similar)! That saves us all some steps. But please double check your links!
You may use separate editions of your Scavenger Hunt books to qualify for the different tasks. Links MUST be provided.
E is for Eat - Read a book set in the food/beverage industry, i.e. restaurant, bakery or bistro.
To qualify for this task, the title, series title, precis, tags or lists need to indicate that the book is set in the food/beverage industry. Settings such as restaurants, bakeries, bistros, bars, coffee shops, breweries or wineries will work. Occupations such as chef, baker, waiter/waitress, bartender, barista or restaurant owner will also work. For this task, farmers, ranchers, etc will not be accepted.
E is for Even - Read a book initially published in an even month and an even year.
To qualify, the initial publication date needs to be in an even month and an even year. For example, February 2018 would work, but January of 2020 would not. If there is an initial publication date listed on the editions page, use that. Otherwise I will will looking for the earliest dated English language edition for the qualification.
E is for Everlasting - Read a book featuring an established couple or mates.
To qualify for this task, the book needs to feature an established couple or mates. The couple needs to be together at the beginning of the book, not only at the end. The qualification for this task can come from the precis, tags or lists.
E is for Exterior - Read a book with the exterior of a building on the cover.
To qualify for this task, the cover needs to clearly show the exterior of a building.
Sorry for those being even later than I thought! My niece was in a virtual play this evening and my timing got messed up. 😊
Mountainkat... About the even number - Are you talking about earliest publication ( paperback or ebook) or earliest kindle publication?
And about mates - what about paranormal romances where some couple are "fated mates"? Even some normal romances have couple who are considered to be "fated mates"?
Again about Everlasting - will mention of "boyfriend ", " lover" or "husband" in tags or precis work?About Eat - how about working as a cook of a house / ranch ? Will that work?
Sorry for the multiple questions, but Week E qualifications are really confusing!
Laks wrote: "Mountainkat... About the even number - Are you talking about earliest publication ( paperback or ebook) or earliest kindle publication?"The qualification is the initial publication date regardless of format. If there is a date listed at the top of the editions page, use that one.
Laks wrote: "And about mates - what about paranormal romances where some couple are "fated mates"? Even some normal romances have couple who are considered to be "fated mates"?"Mates are acceptable, but they need to be an established couple - they can't meet in the book.
Laks wrote: "Again about Everlasting - will mention of "boyfriend ", " lover" or "husband" in tags or precis work?About Eat - how about working as a cook of a house / ranch ? Will that work?
Sorry for the mu..."
'Boyfriend', 'lover' or 'husband' will work in context. (Though I would imagine husband should always work.) Something like 'book boyfriend' would not work.
Cook as a profession would work. A ranch worker would not though.
Hi Kat - for the exterior of a building, would something like this work? A timber wall...
MountainKat wrote: "Date 5 - 4 - Tasks: Breakdown of the qualifications for possible tasks for Date 5.Please remember that all tags/lists must qualify IN CONTEXT!! Links MUST be provided.
Don't make more work for y..."
Hi Kat
For E is for Everlasting , would tags such as ‘childhood sweetheart’ , second chance love and rekindle work?
I was also wondering if second chance (ex boyfriends, ex-husbands, past lovers etc. would work). I imagine not because there's a second chance task in date 8 but wanted to confirm. :)Or are you looking for books where the MCs are already a couple in page 1? Something like:
- a couple that has already gotten together in prior books like Jamie & Wes got together in Him (wouldn't work) but they are a couple and living together in Us (would work.)
- a couple that is already together (even if there aren't previous books about them) like in Love Her or Lose Her where the precis states "Rosie and Dominic Vega are the perfect couple: high school sweethearts, best friends, madly in love."
More questions!
- are silhouettes enough for exterior?What happens with books where the original pub date in GR has only the year? Allowed or not?
only has 1898 as the pub year when you check all editions (yes, this is a book from my TBR!! :)
Jane (PS) wrote: "Hi Kat - for the exterior of a building, would something like this work? A timber wall..."No, that could be interior or exterior. It needs to obviously be exterior.
Lea wrote: "For E is for Everlasting , would tags such as ‘childhood sweetheart’ , second chance love and rekindle work?"'Childhood sweetheart' would work in context - for example, I'm married to my high school sweetheart. But a second chance romance is not what this task is about.
D.G. wrote: "I was also wondering if second chance (ex boyfriends, ex-husbands, past lovers etc. would work). I imagine not because there's a second chance task in date 8 but wanted to confirm. :)"No to second chance romance. Yes, to your examples. Jamie and Wes in Him do not work, but in Us they do. Also yes, to your second example.
D.G. wrote: "More questions! - are silhouettes enough for exterior?What happens with books where the original pub date in GR has only the year? Allowed or not? [boo..."
Silhouettes are enough as long as you can see the buildings.
For Even, I would need a month and a year for the book to qualify.
Congrats to this who earned the special roses for Date 4!Speed Dating Rose - Team 1: Tripping the Twosome Tango
Multiple Date Rose - Team 3: The Masked Readers - Amanda
Longest Date Rose - Team 9: The Masked Roses - Wende
Compulsive Dater Rose - Team 3: The Masked Readers - Amanda
Page Turner Rose - Team 9: The Masked Roses
I've posted the tallies for the last date. If you notice any errors, please let me know! There were a lot of books read last week, so errors would not be surprising at all!
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 5🌹🌹Theme - Quarantine Dating🌹
Date 5 - E
E is for Even - Read a book initially published in an even month and an even year.
To qualify, the initial publication date needs to be in an even month (February, April, June, August, October or December) and an even year (any year ending in an even number). For example, February 2018 would work, but January of 2020 would not. If there is an initial publication date listed on the editions page, use that. Otherwise I will will looking for the earliest dated English language edition for the qualification..
Remember books must be 90 pages (first edition English language Kindle) and MPG Romance!!
You have until Friday, January 22 @ Midnight US EDT to post your completion(s).
Please ensure that your completion post conforms to message #3 of your team thread. If you complete more than one book for the date task, be sure to include that information in your completion post. Remember no discussion in your completion posts!
Team 9 the Masked Roses would like to claim the speed dating rose
Congrats to Team 9: The Masked Roses for winning the Speed Dating Rose for Date 5!
!!Please note, I had the wrong number for the when this date ends in the post above!! Date 5 ends on January 22 at midnight EST!Sorry about that, I remember confirming when I was preparing the post but obviously didn't get it changed. 🤦🏻♀️
Hi Kat,If the book has an audio date that is odd but a kindle date that is even can I use the first publishing date of the written edition or do I have to use the audio version?
Mistletoe in Paradise
Thanks!
Fran wrote: "Hi Kat,If the book has an audio date that is odd but a kindle date that is even can I use the first publishing date of the written edition or do I have to use the audio version?
[book:Mistletoe ..."
Use the date at the top of the editions page if there is one, in this case 12/1/2020. If there is no date there, you would use the earliest date regardless of format.
Date 6 - Tasks: Breakdown of the qualifications for possible tasks for Date 6.Please remember that all tags/lists must qualify IN CONTEXT!! Links MUST be provided.
Don't make more work for yourself than necessary - if the qualifier is in the title or on the cover, use it! You don't have to go searching for tags to make it work. 😊 If the link you use for the book is the same you are using for the page count and edition - say so (see above edition or something similar)! That saves us all some steps. But please double check your links!
You may use separate editions of your Scavenger Hunt books to qualify for the different tasks. Links MUST be provided.
L is for Laconic - Read a book with a one word title.
To qualify for this task, the selected books need to have one word titles as listed on GR. Articles and subtitles are included in the title word count for this task.
L is for Lately - Read a book published within the last 6 months
To qualify for this task, the book needs to have been initially published on or after 7.23.2020. For this task, use the initial publication date. If there is a date listed at the top of the editions page - use that one. Otherwise, I will be looking for the earliest dated English language edition regardless of format.
**Please note that I changed this from 3 to 6 months, because I am nice like that. 😊**
L is for Limerick - Read a humorous book in a series with at least 5 books.
To qualify for this task, the book needs to be humorous AND in a series with at least 5 books as listed on GR. To meet the HUMOROUS aspect of the task, the precis, tags or lists needs to indicate that the book is humorous. Tags such as 'funny', 'humor', 'humorous' or 'lol' will work. To meet the SERIES requirement of the task, the selected book needs to be in a series listed on GR with at least 5 books included in the series. In between books will count in the series total for this task. Not all books in the series need to have been released, but an unpublished book needs to have a title and an expected release date available for the series to qualify.
L is for Linguistic - Read a book released in two or more languages
To qualify, the selected books need to have been released in two or more languages. Please include the languages, i.e. English and Italian, and a link to the second language book in your completion posts.
Kat sorry if I’m being silly. L is for Laconic, when you say articles will count in the word count does that mean we can’t have a book that has an article or do we just not include it would for example The Duke be one or 2 words?
Hazel wrote: "Kat sorry if I’m being silly. L is for Laconic, when you say articles will count in the word count does that mean we can’t have a book that has an article or do we just not include it would for exa..."The Duke would be two words. Books with one word titles would include Surrender, Wrong, Tacker and other similar titles.
For Laconic, can any edition be one word? Like if the foreign edition is one word does that work?
MountainKat wrote: "Hazel wrote: "Kat sorry if I’m being silly. L is for Laconic, when you say articles will count in the word count does that mean we can’t have a book that has an article or do we just not include it..."Thanks that’s what I originally thought but got confused with the qualification.
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