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TART Challenge - Round 3 - Rainbow Commandos (6)
The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 3March 15, 2021 through May 11, 2021
It Feels Like We Are All Just Running in Place!
Tracking:
Task 1 - With St. Patricks Day coming up, everyone is Irish! As a team select whether you are going to read books set in Ireland OR books with an Irish character OR books with a primarily green cover. Each teammate must read a book that fits the qualification selected, no pass for this task. 3.15.2021 - 3.20.2021
Task 2 - 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task. 3.20.2021 - 3.23.2021
Task 3 - 18. Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'. 3.23.2021 - 3.28.2021
Task 4 - 10. Read 4 books by authors' who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb). 3.28.2021 - 3.31.2021
Task 5 - 17. Read 4 books written by a male author. 3.31.2021 - 4.6.2021
Task 6 - 27. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year. 4.6.2021 - 4.19.2021
Task 7 - 1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task. 4.19.2021
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.
**Remember to use the first edition Kindle page count only! If your page count comes from a Kindle edition published on the initial publication date on the editions page, it will count. If your page count comes from a Kindle edition labeled '1st edition', it will count. If your page count comes from the earliest dated English language Kindle edition, it will count. I am looking for one of those three things when confirming your books! As long the page count you list is correct, I will accept any link to the book. 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 6, you are free to come up with a team name. 😉
Week 1-2Task #1-As a team select whether you are going to read books set in Ireland OR books with an Irish character OR books with a primarily green cover.
Option 3 - Green Cover
✔ Gustaf - Borrowing Blue msg 55
✔Helke - The Fire's Stone msg 70
✔ Emilienne - Off the Ice msg 73
✔ Diane - Forging the Future msg 56
Task 2 - 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.
✔Gustaf - Loving Jay msg 108
✔Helke - Nor Iron Bars a Cage msg 109
✔Emilienne - Nor Iron Bars a Cage msg 118
✔ Diane - Passions of a Papillon msg 111
Task 3 - 18. Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'.
✔Gustaf - The Murder Between Us 280 pages msg 142
✔Helke - All Kinds of Tied Down 290 pages msg 146
✔ Emilienne - Shades of Gray 310 pages msg 156
✔ Diane - Hardwood 206 pages msg 137
Total: 280 + 290 + 310 + 206 = 1086
Week 3-4Task 4 - 10. Read 4 books by authors' who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb).
✔Gustaf - Homeward Bound msg 166
✔Helke - Ranger's End Game msg 171
✔ Emilienne - Risky Behavior msg 174
✔Diane - Nine-Tenths of the Law msg 169
Task 5 - 17. Read 4 books written by a male author.
✔Gustaf - Velvet Midnight msg 181
✔ Helke - Night Drop msg 195
✔ Emilienne - Pretty Pretty Boys msg 194
✔ Diane - Claimed By My Protector msg 190
Task 6 - 27. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year. 2017
✔ Gustaf - My Forever, My Always msg 219
✔ Helke - Bone to Pick msg 227
Emilienne - Skip
✔Diane - Shelter the Sea msg 216
Total: 350 + 240 + 190 = 780
Week 5-6Task 7 - 1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
Tasks that requires a team decision:1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
N.R. Walker
9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
Gustaf: PsyCop maybe?
Helke: Death and Destruction or Plumber's Mate
Emelienne: -
Diane: Ace's Wild or Royal Powers
29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
Law Enforcement
33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.
M/M
49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide.
February 2021
50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
England (Have to look up how exact this location has to be.)
52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
Blue
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.
Toronto
54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
Got three votes for mountains but we might want to change to fit sh?
55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
UK.
56. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4... - Funniest M/M romances
58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
2020
72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
90's
75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
E
76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
Gustaf: A jacket
Helke: Jacket, Trousers
Emelienne: Jacket
Diane: Leaf or House
Leaving this here if we want to go for a SH alternative
79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
Everyone except Helke is fine with enemies to lovers. I'm fine with changing.
Examples of tropes: Opposites attracts, fake relationship, hurt/comfort... etc etc.
88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
Car
90. Each member reads a book published in sequential months, i.e. June, July, August and September 2019. Teams decide which months.
Jan - April.
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.
I found these:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... - Februari 2020 releases
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... - July 2019 releases
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8... - Best debut author of 2015
94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.
Dog
96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.
Sun
Team data:Gustaf
Your home town (born in, raised in, currently live in) : Stockholm, Sweden
Your birthday (month/year): March, 1995
Year you joined RRRC: 2020
Your timezone: CET
5 favorite books:
The Happy List
Autoboyography
Getting Lucky
The Rainbow Clause
The Remaking of Corbin Wale
Helke
Your home town (born in, raised in, currently live in) : Hildesheim, Berlin, Germany.
Your birthday (month/year): March 1966
Year you joined RRRC: April 2020
Your timezone: CET OR CET+1
5 favorite books:
Tournament of Losers
Latakia
Brute
The Brothers Lionheart
Oliver Twist
Emilienne
Your home town (born in, raised in, currently live in) : Lyon, France
Your birthday (month/year): July, 1987
Year you joined RRRC:
Your timezone: CET
5 favorite books:
Diane
Your home town (born in, raised in, currently live in) : Toronto, Canada
Your birthday (month/year): April, 1963
Year you joined RRRC: 2013
Your timezone: EST
5 favorite books:
Yay! We have a team thread.Since we all know each other, let's go ahead to the important things
We are still fine with me doing the tracking, right?
Some things are going to work out much better if we discuss and decide on them beforehand. I'll post those tasks with my suggestions after class. Post your suggestions of those tasks too and then we can have a vote/make a decision.
Any team name ideas?
For some of the tasks we need some information:
Your home town (born in, raised in, currently live in) :
Your birthday (month/year):
Year you joined RRRC:
Your timezone:
5 favorite books:
Hi guys I am here briefly. Will have to give some thought to favorite books, but hometown is Toronto, Canada, birth is April, 1963 and I am sure I am in Eastern Time zone.Does anyone know how to find out what year we joined this group?
Diane wrote: "Hi guys I am here briefly. Will have to give some thought to favorite books, but hometown is Toronto, Canada, birth is April, 1963 and I am sure I am in Eastern Time zone.Does anyone know how to ..."
You can see it on members I think. I checked and you are a member since 2013
Hello dear 🥰Such a good surprise to be in the same team 😂
Home town, let's say Lyon, France
My birthday July, 1986
Year I joined RRRC no idea, I'll have to have a look
My time zone: same as Gustaf, I think
5 favorite books: well there will be Gregory Ashe in here 😂 I'll post later
Tasks to we need to decide on before we start: I'll put my answers right here and add them on post 9. Please give me your suggestions.
1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
N.R. Walker
9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
PsyCop maybe?
29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
Cops
33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.
M/M
49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide.
February 2021
50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
Blue or 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.
This is why we need or cities. Since we don't have all yet, let's wait. But I would say Toronto.
54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
Mountains
55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
UK
56. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list.
58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
I would say 2020
72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
90's
75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
E
76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
A jacket
79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
Enemies to lovers
88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
Car
90. Each member reads a book published in sequential months, i.e. June, July, August and September 2019. Teams decide which months.
I would say Jan - April.
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.
94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
18, 19, 20, 21
95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.
Dog hehe
96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.
Sun
I´m here. Your home town (born in, raised in, currently live in) : Hildesheim / Berlin / Germany
Your birthday (month/year): March 1966
Year you joined RRRC: April 2020
Your timezone: CET or CET + 1 h
5 favorite books:
Tournament of Losers
Latakia
Brute
The Brothers Lionheart
Oliver Twist
Gustaf, here are my 2 cents worth:1. Totally happy with NR Walker
9. With respect to series, I have read all of Psycop. I wondered if we could find a multi-authored series like Aces Wild, or the Royal Powers series
29. Cops is totally fine with me
33. MM of course
49. Fine
50. Not sure how specific the location has to be but we all need books set in England if we are doing Scavenger Hunt.
52. Fine
53. Fine with me
54. Fine, although we need a Beach for SH
55. UK sounds good (see #50)
56. Can we connect with a SH genre here, like Humor
58. Fine
72. Definitely not mine!!!
75. Fine
76. How about a leaf or a house so that it can be used in SH
79. Fine
88. Car is good
90. Fine
92. Past is good
93. Can we use lists from MM or are there ones here
94. Looks good
95. Of course!
96. Sun is good
1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.N.R. Walker ok by me
9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
PsyCop maybe? Please no.
What about Death and destruction series by Patricia Logan
or
JL Merrow´s plumber´s mate series?
29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
Cops / LE looks good for me
33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.
M/M oh yeah
49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide.
February 2021 (have to take a look which books have been published in that month)
50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
set in same state, country, city? Which one is it?
52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
Blue or Black
I would prefer red or blue due to uno
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.
This is why we need or cities. Since we don't have all yet, let's wait. But I would say Toronto. I think so too. Don´t know about Stockholm but I think there arn´t many books set in Berlin.
54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
Mountains
55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
UK
56. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list.
mystery
58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
I would say 2020 yep
72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
90's
75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
E
S
76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
A jacket
Trowsers
79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
Enemies to lovers (yuk please no)
What´s trope? Would fantasy or paranormal work too?
88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
Car
motorcycle (might be easier to find)
90. Each member reads a book published in sequential months, i.e. June, July, August and September 2019. Teams decide which months.
I would say Jan - April.
92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide.
Past (depends on how far into the past; I don´t like hitorical) would prefer future as we could use sci fi
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.
94. Read6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
18, 19, 20, 21
So we would need 16, 17 too.
95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.
Dog hehe
Does it have to be a real animal? Does the tag have to be on MP?
96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.
Sun
Moon is easier to find with all the prn books with werewolfes.
Oh, I hadnt considered that our 5 favorite books didnt necessarily have to be MM romance. Should that be a consideration(argh, I am using a brand new laptop I just purchased and for some reason the keyboard is set up so that I am getting alternate symbols instead of apostrophes and question marks. It is very frustrating and I apologize for the lack of proper punctuation.)
Gustaf, I think my time zone is officially EST
Diane wrote: "Oh, I hadnt considered that our 5 favorite books didnt necessarily have to be MM romance. Should that be a consideration(argh, I am using a brand new laptop I just purchased and for some reason t..."
Lol. I use a norwegian blue tooth keyboard for my lapop in my online lessons and I had to search for the right keys often. Made some funny times for the students.
1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.Well, if needed, NR Walker...
9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
I'm good with PsyCop!
29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
I'm good with Cops
33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.
M/M
49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide.
No opinion on this one! maybe 2020?
50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
USA (more choice)
52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
Blue or 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.
I'm good with Toronto, I think we should choose the one with the highest number of books. So obviously not my city LOL
54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
YES Mountains
55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
YES UK
56. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list.
One of the best MM of any year, or any genre?
58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
I'm good with 2020
72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
Gosh yes for 90's
75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
Well, I'm good with any but X (remember last year, for the hunt, when I get X... worst time of my reading life)
76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
YES for a jacket
79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
I'm so good with enemies to lovers
88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
YES to car
90. Each member reads a book published in sequential months, i.e. June, July, August and September 2019. Teams decide which months.
No opinion, I'm good with Jan - April.
92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide.
Past please!
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.
94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
SO 18, 19, 20, 21
95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.
Gustaf, you're all for dogs. And I'm good with that!
96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.
Sun maybe (we did moon the last time)
Helke wrote: "1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.N.R. Walker ok by me
9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this tas..."
It's going to be fun LOL we do not read the same books
But I'm super flexible I can adapt to anything we choose
Helke wrote: "1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.N.R. Walker ok by me
9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this tas..."
I'm rolling on very little sleep today, you are right about adding 16 and 17 for task 94. Will have a check to see that I didn't miss anything else.
👋👋👋👋 hi everyone , hope you getting yourself sorted ..i must confess we cheated and copy & pasted last years tasks and just had to alter 1 or 2 😁😁😁Feel free to take a look if needed
Janeylou wrote: "👋👋👋👋 hi everyone , hope you getting yourself sorted ..i must confess we cheated and copy & pasted last years tasks and just had to alter 1 or 2 😁😁😁Feel free to take a look if needed"
I will after I have slept and worked some tomorrow.
I'm working on updating everything.Needed sleep today.
We also need to recommend each other at least one book each.
Last round we barley got any team decides tasks.
I also suck at team names but I'm working on coming up with some.
Diane wrote: "Rainbow Commandos??"Yay!
Just thought we could bring a little of the larger group to this challenge.
Sounds good :) i'll post our request to be named that asap.
So, do we get our first task on Monday?? That's so soon.
Going to sit down and fix everything properly tonight. Any wishes for special lists? That seems to be the thing we don't really have covered.
Everything should be up to date. We still have some things we need to decide on, like the lists. I added the ones I could find that seemed fitting.
Let me know what you guys think!
Are you ready for the first task?
We got our first task and it's another choosing task! Task 1: For EVERY TEAM!
With St. Patricks Day coming up, everyone is Irish! As a team select whether you are going to read books set in Ireland OR books with an Irish character OR books with a primarily green cover. Each teammate must read a book that fits the qualification selected, no pass for this task.
Please include the team selected qualification in your completion posts. Remember you need to include how you know your book qualifies! I need to know where to look to confirm your book, include any info or links as necessary. If choosing the primarily green cover, it needs to be over 50% green to be accepted. Don’t forget to use the first edition Kindle page count!
Ok. Will have to look tomorrow as nearly midnight here and I have to go to school tomorrow. First day of teaching in classroom again.
I am ok with green cover. Good luck tomorrow Helke!!
Must feel weird going back. Good luck Helke!
Selection PostBorrowing Blue by Lucy Lennox
307 pages/GR (first kindle edition)
How it fits: Green cover, approved by Mkat.
Do you think this will count?
Am sure it does, so:Selection Post:
Forging the Future by Mary Calmes
174 pages/GR (kindle first edition)
How it fits: Green cover
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March 15, 2021 through May 11, 2021
It Feels Like We Are All Just Running in Place!
Team:
★ Gustaf
✓ Helke(Private)
✓ Emilienne
✓ Diane