The BTC5 - Love in the Time of Webex (6)

[Michaele]

Annette wrote: "Good luck with the surgery Michaele!!"

Thanks! I am nervous!

[D.G.]

Book #6
Date Task: B is for Black
Book/cover link: Stay
Page numbers with source: 295 (Kindle Edition)
How book qualifies: Black Cover (approved by Kat in Q&A thread) + MPG Romance

Dated Completed with Rating: 12/18/20 ★★★

[Michaele]

❤️ Date 1 - B
B is for Black - Read a book with a primarily black cover.
❤️ Law Man, Kristen Ashley
❤️ Page numbers : 535, GR
❤️ How book qualified:
❤️ Dated Completed with Rating.12/18, 3 stars
❤️ 13th book for date

[D.G.]

Good evening ladies! I'll update the front page tomorrow with all our reads tomorrow morning. :)

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Date 1 B is for Black has ended!

Any posts made after this will not qualify for this date. Remember do not edit your post, if you need to make any corrections - REPOST! If your post is edited after the date ends, it will not count.

You have until 3 PM US EST tomorrow to make any requested corrections.

This message does not indicate I have checked your team threads and your completion posts! If I have commented in another message, I have checked your team thread.

[Laura..devouring books like crumpets]

Michaele wrote: "Annette wrote: "Good luck with the surgery Michaele!!"

Thanks! I am nervous!"

Goodluck hun xxx

[D.G.]

Good morning! I double checked our entries and only found one mistake on our spreadsheet. This has been corrected. :)

Congrats to Michaele, the workhorse of our team. She read the most books, most pages and longest book!!

See our team stats for the date in msg 10:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

There you'll also find a link to the spreadsheet, if you want to see how you did. :)

[D.G.]

I need to do my nails this morning but I'll be back in the afternoon for any corrections...

[MountainKat, Moderator]

All your posts look good. I'll be back with the tallies... eventually! 🤷🏻‍♀️

[D.G.]

Great job team!!

Of course, I stayed indoors and I've been watching some movies...sigh...I'm so lazy.

[Annette]

D.G. wrote: "Great job team!!

Of course, I stayed indoors and I've been watching some movies...sigh...I'm so lazy."

Me too. The time between the ending of the last letter and the start of the new call always throws me off. I’m home watching shows until we can start reading again tonight

[D.G.]

It's been good break today! I've been reading non-stop all week.

Also, I'm so tired! Although I've taken time off during the year, it hasn't felt I was able to rest. I'm off from work starting on Tuesday and traveling to Georgia to visit my sister.

[Annette]

D.G. wrote: "It's been good break today! I've been reading non-stop all week.

Also, I'm so tired! Although I've taken time off during the year, it hasn't felt I was able to rest. I'm off from work starting on ..."

That’ll be a nice break. Always needed around this time of year

[D.G.]

Forgot to ask...are we going for the speed dating rose?

[Annette]

I can try!

[Michaele]

I can try too!

[D.G.]

I'm in too...just need one more! I think it might be too late for Laura so maybe Diane or Victoria? Let us know so we know if we need to hustle!

[Diane]

Sorry, I am back on a Zoom call at 6:00 so won't be able to start reading until later. I can try, but I haven't got a firm book picked out yet.

[D.G.]

Let's see if we hear from Victoria then. I don't want to us to try unless we have commitment from 4 readers. (No need to rush if we know we won't make it!)

[D.G.]

🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 5🌹
🌹Theme - Quarantine Dating🌹

Date 2 - A - Romantic Getaway - TASK ANNOUNCEMENT

A is for Alibi - Read a Romantic Suspense book.

To qualify for this task, the selected books need to be tagged as 'suspense', alone or combined. The qualification for this task comes from tags/shelves ONLY. The tag does not have to be MPG, but the book must be tagged at least once to qualify. Please include a link to the top shelves page of your book's qualifying tag (not to the people who have used that tag or to the shelf for the tag!), the number of tags and the top shelves page number in your completion post. This information helps if the link is broken or if the tag moves as they frequently do..

Remember books must be 90 pages (first edition English language Kindle) and MPG Romance!!

You have until Friday, January 1 @ Midnight US EDT to post your completion(s).

Serial Dating Roses will be limited to 10 per team for this date. Scavenger Hunt Roses will be limited to 10 per person for this date.

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!

[D.G.]

We haven't heard from Victoria so I'll assume we're not going for the speed dating rose.

I'll likely start one of my SH options.

[Victoria]

I’m so sorry!!! My husband has not been well this week and we’ve been at the ER! I’m just now reading all these messages. I wasn’t ignore you all! 🙈

[Annette]

Victoria wrote: "I’m so sorry!!! My husband has not been well this week and we’ve been at the ER! I’m just now reading all these messages. I wasn’t ignore you all! 🙈"

Don't worry at all. Family and health come first! I hope he is doing okay!

[D.G.]

Victoria wrote: "I’m so sorry!!! My husband has not been well this week and we’ve been at the ER! I’m just now reading all these messages. I wasn’t ignore you all! 🙈"

OMG Victoria!! No worries, just do what you have to do!! Family totally comes first...I hope he's doing better.

As we agreed at the beginning, the whole purpose is for us to have fun and talk about books. If we can get some extra roses, great, but not at the expense of anybody being stressed out. :)

[Michaele]

❤️ Date 2 - A
A is for Alibi
❤️ Left on St. Truth-be-Well, Amy Lane
❤️ Page numbers : 112 , GR
❤️ How book qualified: mpg suspense
❤️ Dated Completed with Rating.12/19, 3.5 stars

[Michaele]

Victoria, I hope your husband is ok!

[Diane]

D.G., is it OK for us to read the same book as another team member? Provided not included in the Scavenger Hunt of course.

[Annette]

Diane wrote: "D.G., is it OK for us to read the same book as another team member? Provided not included in the Scavenger Hunt of course."

Yes, that is fine.

[D.G.]

Hi Team - I'm feeling really low tonight (grieving is a bitch, I tell you) so my start to the date will be slow. Maybe I'll switch and try to start something short, to see if I get into it more.

[Annette]

D.G. wrote: "Hi Team - I'm feeling really low tonight (grieving is a bitch, I tell you) so my start to the date will be slow. Maybe I'll switch and try to start something short, to see if I get into it more."

Don't worry. Take care of yourself! Hope you feel better!

[Annette]

Date 2 - A is for Alibi
Completion Post 1 - Scavenger Hunt 1
Team 6 - Love in the Time of Webex

Book: Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
Pages: 368 as seen in Kindle edition above
Date Completed: December 19, 2020
Rating: 2⭐️

How it qualifies:

A is for Abroad: Set in England as seen in the Main Page
A is for Acclimate: New to Me Author: Evie Dunmore https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
A is for Alibi: Tagged by 1 person as romantic suspense on page 54 of tags https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
A is for Apple: In precis "earned herself a place among the first cohort of female students at the renowned University of Oxford."

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Date 1 - B is for Black Rose Tally

🌹 12 🌹

First Rose
Team Dating Roses - 3
Serial Dating Roses - 4
Scavenger Hunt Roses - 4

[Laura..devouring books like crumpets]

Crying!!!!!!!

My scavenger book was nicked!!!!!

So Unfortunately just a normal.......

❤️ Date 2 - A
A is for Alibi

- Lessons in Love
Pages: 138 as seen in Kindle edition above
Date Completed: December 20, 2020
2*

A is for Abroad: MP setting united kingdom
A is for Acclimate: Charlie Cochrane
A is for Alibi: tagged suspense 9ppl https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
A is for Apple: "Jonty Stewart takes up a teaching post" in the précis

Ist book read

[Laura..devouring books like crumpets]

❤️ Date 2 - A
A is for Alibi
- Tough Love
🎅 Page numbers : 118, GR
🎅 How book qualified: MPG romantic suspense
🎅 Dated Completed with Rating 12/20, 4 stars
🎅 second book for date

[Laura..devouring books like crumpets]

Sorry guys, the task is always announced at.like 2am my time.... So I always check as soon as I wake but speed.dating rose usually claimed......

[D.G.]

Team 6 - Love in the Time of Webex
**Scavenger Hunt Rose**

Date Task: A is for Alibi
Book/cover link:

Page numbers with source: 226 (Kindle Edition)
How book qualifies:
✅ A is for Abroad: Set in London (MP)
✅ A is for Acclimate: New to Me Author
✅ A is for Alibi: Tagged by 14 readers as suspense in page 2
✅ A is for Apple: In precis "To save her teacher’s life, Ceony must..."
✅ MPG Romance
Dated Completed with Rating: 12/20/20 ★★★½

[D.G.]

Laura..devouring books like crumpets wrote: "Sorry guys, the task is always announced at.like 2am my time.... So I always check as soon as I wake but speed.dating rose usually claimed......"

No worries, Laura. Totally get it!

[Laura..devouring books like crumpets]

D.G. wrote: "Hi Team - I'm feeling really low tonight (grieving is a bitch, I tell you) so my start to the date will be slow. Maybe I'll switch and try to start something short, to see if I get into it more."

sorry your feeling down!!! i lost my brother earlier this year he was 33 a year older than me... it comes and goes in waves for me.... But we havnt lived together since i was in my twenties.... still miss him and i know the holidays are never going to be the same.... Just read what takes your mind away from the hurt feelings xxxx much love, i hope by the time you read this your feeling a bit better x

[Laura..devouring books like crumpets]

Love in the time of webex
❤️ Date Task - A
- The Rest Falls Away
Page count: - 300 pages, (Kindle version)
Date Completed with Rating - 12/20/20 - 3 stars

A is for Abroad - "Beneath the glitter of dazzling nineteenth century London Society lurks a bloodthirsty evil…" Precis
A is for Acclimate - New author to me
A is for Alibi - Tagged romantic suspense
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
A is for Apple - number: 50 list Mentor-Female Apprentice Romance

[D.G.]

Team 6 - Love in the Time of Webex
**Scavenger Hunt Rose**

Book #2, SH #2
Date Task: A is for Alibi
Book/cover link:

Page numbers with source: 222 (Kindle Edition)
How book qualifies:
✅ A is for Abroad: - Set in Cornwall per MP
✅ A is for Acclimate: - New to Me Author
✅ A is for Alibi: - Tagged by 1 reader as romantic suspense in page 1
✅ A is for Apple: - Professor in Title
Dated Completed with Rating: 12/20/20 ★★★½

[D.G.]

Laura..devouring books like crumpets wrote: "sorry your feeling down!!! i lost my brother earlier this year he was 33 a year older than me... it comes and goes in waves for me.... But we havnt lived together since i was in my twenties.... still miss him and i know the holidays are never going to be the same.... Just read what takes your mind away from the hurt feelings xxxx much love, i hope by the time you read this your feeling a bit better x"

Thanks Laura. In general I've been doing very well but then I get into these black holes and it takes me a while to come out. My husband was the best person I knew - I mention him all the time in old reviews - and I miss him terribly. Specially after the snowstorm this week (he loooved the snow.)

But I think getting out of the house will help. I HAVE to do my nails today!! No dilly dallying!!

[Laura..devouring books like crumpets]

Love in the time of webex SH book
Date 2 A is for alibi
5 stars
20/12/20
Pages: 313

- Twist Me
A is for Abroad: Setting on a private island by the Philippines
Tagged island
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Tagged deserted island
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
A is for Acclimate: Anna Zaires
A is for Alibi: tagged suspense
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
A is for Apple:
Tagged high school studenthttps://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Tagged academy-college-hs
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
4th book

[D.G.]

Doing great, ladies. We've already read more SH books than last week!

We should also keep looking for SH books, as this task will last 2 weeks...

[Diane]

My first two selected books are both long, so I think it might be a few days before I post. Please don't worry. One is for SH.

[Annette]

Date 2 - A is for Alibi
Completion Post 2 - Scavenger Hunt 2
Team 6 - Love in the Time of Webex

Book: Normal People by Sally Rooney
Pages: 268 as seen in Kindle edition above
Date Completed: December 20, 2020
Rating: 2⭐️

How it qualifies:

A is for Abroad: Set in Dublin as seen in the Main Page
A is for Acclimate: New to Me Author: Sally Rooney https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
A is for Alibi: Tagged by 1 person as 'suspenseful' on page 99 of tags https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
A is for Apple: In precis "At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other."

[Annette]

D.G. wrote: "Doing great, ladies. We've already read more SH books than last week!

We should also keep looking for SH books, as this task will last 2 weeks..."

I found 2 more SH books today. I'm hoping to get through one more today before anyone else finds them

[Laura..devouring books like crumpets]

D.G. wrote: "Laura..devouring books like crumpets wrote: "sorry your feeling down!!! i lost my brother earlier this year he was 33 a year older than me... it comes and goes in waves for me.... But we havnt live..."

I cant begin to comprehend the pain of losing a hubby... Enjoy your nails... enjoy the snow too he'd want you too, Feeling low is just a reminder how much you must of loved him and he you xxxx

[Laura..devouring books like crumpets]

D.G. wrote: "Doing great, ladies. We've already read more SH books than last week!

We should also keep looking for SH books, as this task will last 2 weeks..."

Sure thing girl!

[Laura..devouring books like crumpets]

Diane wrote: "My first two selected books are both long, so I think it might be a few days before I post. Please don't worry. One is for SH."

I skim read the MM.... have been audio booking twist me all day with crafts and skye warren one was only an hour... the vamp hunter one i half skim read half read..... tomorrow, i have to go to school to see kids teachers (pick up their lessons for the next 3 days) and promised the kids Christmas cookie making.... so not sure how much i will get to read!!!!

[Diane]

My youngest turns 17 today, so am planning and have to cook their birthday dinner. Not going to have much time!