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message 1: by Becca da, Romance Queen! (last edited Dec 28, 2020 08:36AM) (new)

Becca da Romance Queen (becca_da_romance_queen) | 93 comments Mod
This challenge is going to be a country challenge! Every month there will be a different country as the challenge/theme/yeetus and you will have to read a book that either:
~the author is from that country
~the book takes place in that country
~the characters are FROM that country
OR something else that applies to all the "rules."

Each team will get a thread to keep track of their points and each team will get assigned a captain to do the scoring.

January's Chosen Country: Italy
Read as many books that take place in Italy, or the characters are from Italy, or the author is from Italy/is Italien! Have fun! I recommend Love & Gelato if you're stuck!

Point Values: Only YA and Adult books count, any format/style! (the pages and point values don't make sense but just roll with it)
50-75 pages = 1 point
76-100 pages = 2 points
101-170 pages = 3 points
171-240 pages = 4 points
241-320 pages = 5 points
321-440 pages = 6 points
441-500 pages = 7 points
501 pages or more = 8 points

BONUS POINTS:
-If the title involves a city from Italy or has the word Italy in it you get 2 EXTRA POINTS.
-If the author is Italien, the characters are Italien/from Italy, AND it takes place in Italy you get 4 EXTRA POINTS.
-If only two of the things apply from above you get 3 EXTRA POINTS.

HOW TO SCORE YOUR POINTS/FORMAT:
Ex.
Love & Gelato (Love & Gelato, #1) by Jenna Evans Welch
Rating: 5 stars
Pages: 389 = 6 points
Review Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Bonus Points? 3 points (takes place in Italy, pretty sure Lorenzo is from Italy)
Total Points: 9 points

If you have any questions, please comment them down below and I will be happy to answer them! Also, you can recommend some great books to read that are set in Italy down below too, as Monique did! :) Happy reading
~Becca<3



message 2: by Monique (new)

Monique S. (monique1109) | 18 comments OK, so I recommend The Scent of Rome! I have already read it so I have no idea if that would count, but it has it all, an MC called Rome, it is set in Rome and the other Mc is Italian!

Another is my Viper. It is set mostly in Naples but also other places near rome and a whole host of characters are Italian. :)

Then there is "The Savage Garden" set in Italy and has a host of important Italian charcters.

Last but not least there is Juliette Benzoni's Aldo Morosini series.
Of course anyhing set in ancient Rome would be rather profitable, too.

The scent of Rome is an adult romance and The Savage Garden had a romance sub-plot. and though Aldo Morosini is sort of a detective, there's a romance side line in the plot


message 3: by ~tea~ (new)

~tea~ (august_smh) | 13 comments Mod
I would like to join!


message 4: by Becca da, Romance Queen! (new)

Becca da Romance Queen (becca_da_romance_queen) | 93 comments Mod
Yay, I didn't finish this topic yet, but I will after my "hiatus!"


message 5: by Becca da, Romance Queen! (new)

Becca da Romance Queen (becca_da_romance_queen) | 93 comments Mod
Monique wrote: "OK, so I recommend The Scent of Rome! I have already read it so I have no idea if that would count, but it has it all, an MC called Rome, it is set in Rome and the other Mc is Italian!

Another is ..."


Thank you for those great recommendations!


message 6: by Becca da, Romance Queen! (new)

Becca da Romance Queen (becca_da_romance_queen) | 93 comments Mod
I would like to join too!


message 7: by Krista (last edited Dec 29, 2020 01:08PM) (new)

Krista  (kristaskrazyaboutbooks) | 5 comments I would like to participate, darling!


message 8: by Becca da, Romance Queen! (last edited Jan 01, 2021 02:03PM) (new)

Becca da Romance Queen (becca_da_romance_queen) | 93 comments Mod
*Participants So Far*
~Krista
~Becca da
~Tina
~Ally
~Blake



message 9: by ally (new)

ally (celaena_coin) I'll join!!


message 10: by Monique (last edited Jan 01, 2021 02:26AM) (new)

Monique S. (monique1109) | 18 comments I'll join when it's France, I have a lot of French books I want to read
(in French, of course!) :)

A happy new year everyone!


message 11: by Becca da, Romance Queen! (new)

Becca da Romance Queen (becca_da_romance_queen) | 93 comments Mod
You too! :)


message 12: by Rory Gilmore (new)

Rory Gilmore (artemis1) | 2 comments I’m in!


message 13: by Becca da, Romance Queen! (new)

Becca da Romance Queen (becca_da_romance_queen) | 93 comments Mod
Great!


message 14: by Becca da, Romance Queen! (last edited Jan 06, 2021 06:41PM) (new)

Becca da Romance Queen (becca_da_romance_queen) | 93 comments Mod
TEAM THREADS

Team Gelato

Team Cannoli


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