TART Challenge - Round 3 - Treading Pages (8)

[MountainKat, Moderator]

The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 3
March 15, 2021 through May 11, 2021
It Feels Like We Are All Just Running in Place!

Team:
★ April
✓ Cyndee
✓ Hazel
✓ Suzanne

[MountainKat, Moderator]

The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 3
March 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 - 3.17.2021
Task 2 - 6. Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews. 3.17.2021 - 3.19.2021
Task 3 - 18. Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'. 3.19.2021 - 3.20.2021
Task 4 - 25. Read 4 books by one of the 2021 FACs. 3.21.2021 - 3.23.2021
Task 5 - 36. Read 6 books with animals on the cover. 3.23.2021 - 3.25.2021
Task 6 - 2. Each player reads the first book in a series, can be same or different series - no pass for this task. 3.25.2021 - 3.26.2021
Task 7 - 17. Read 4 books written by a male author. 3.27.2021 - 3.29.2021
Task 8 - 58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate. 3.29.2021 - 3.31.2021
Task 9 - 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. 3.31.2021 - 4.2.2021
Task 10 - 63. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books tagged 'magic' or 'magical'. 4.2.2021 - 4.5.2021
Task 11 - 78. Read 6 books with alliteration in the title or author's name. 4.5.2021 - 4.7.2021
Task 12 - 57. Read over 1000 pages in books that are MPG Romance. 4.7.2021 - 4.9.2021
Task 13 - 72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate. 4.9.2021 - 4.10.2021
Task 14 - 84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Reader's Choice is exempt from this task. 4.11.2021 - 4.13.2021
Task 15 - 111. Read 8 books without a person on the cover. 4.13.2021 - 4.16.2021
Task 16 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model. 4.16.2021 - 4.18.2021
Task 17 - 109. Read 6 books with or without facial hair on a male cover model. Teams decide. 4.18.2021 - 4.21.2021
Task 18 - 71. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task. 4.21.20211 - 4.23.2021
Task 19 - 88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which. 4.23.2021 - 4.26.2021
Task 20 - 108. As a team, select a season and read a minimum of 1500 pages of books set in that season. 4.26.2021 - 4.29.2021
Task 21 - 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. 4.29.2021 - 5.2.2021
Task 22 - 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. 5.2.2021 - 5.5.2021
Task 23 - 79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope. 5.5.2021 - 5.8.2021
Task 24 - 113. The first person on your team alphabetically selects a book or a book series and everyone reads that book or a book in the selected series. 5.8.2021 - 5.10.2021
Task 25 - LAST TASK - Read a book with a 9 in the initial publication date. 5.10.2021

[MountainKat, Moderator]

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. 😊

[MountainKat, Moderator]

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 8, you are free to come up with a team name. 😉

[[deleted user]]

Hi Team! Just checking in. Can't wait to get started! :D

[Suzanne]

Hello! I'm so excited for this. I'm feeling bad I missed previous ones because it looks so fun :)

[Hazel]

Hi I’m here. My time one is GMT so 10pm my time is 5pm Est although our clocks will go forward 1 hour at the end of March. If the 3 of you are on and I’m not and a decision needs made, I’m happy to go with what you decide.

April are you going to be team leader?
Team name suggestion from me -
Eat, Sleep, Read, Repeat
Treading pages
Just keep reading
Jogging through the pages

[Suzanne]

Those are fantastic names! I like the first two the best, but I like all of them :)

[[deleted user]]

I like them all too, but for some reason Treading Pages pulls at me. 😊

[April]

I am beyond sorry I did not know we even had a thread up. What a week it's been. Thank you Hazel for messaging me
As I am wearing my Peloton shirt right now. I like Jogging through the pages. And yes I can be the team leader. I am cool with any name y'all choose.

[April]

Tasks:
1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
2. Each player reads the first book in a series, can be same or different series - no pass for this task.
3. Each player reads a book by a new to you author - no pass for this task.
4. Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy.
5. Read 4 books first published within the last year.
6. Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews.
7. Read 4 books that are stand alones.
8. Read 4 books with a beach on the cover.
9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
10. Read 4 books by authors' who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb).
11. Read 4 books in continuing series, one that has not been completely published.
12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.
13. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books tagged/shelved as sports.
14. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books with Contemporary Romance as MPG.
15. Read a minimum of 600 pages in books with an audio edition.
16. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books tagged/shelved as children.
17. Read 4 books written by a male author.
18. Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'.
19. Each teammate reads a book another teammate read and rated 4 Stars or higher in the last 3 months. No pass for this task.
20. Read 4 books 300 pages or longer.
21. Each teammate reads a book with a night sky on the cover, no pass for this task.
22. Read 4 books #5 or higher in a series.
23. Each teammate reads a book that has been read by one of the RRRC moderators. No pass for this task.
24. Read 6 books on RRRC's bookshelf, the books can not be added by anyone on your team within the last year.
25. Read 4 books by one of the 2021 FACs. (A different time frame may be given when assigned.)
26. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books featuring shifters.
27. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year.
28. Each teammate reads a book from a teammate's to-read shelf, no pass for this task.
29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
30. Read 6 books with nekkid man chest on the cover.
31. Read 6 books rated over 4.0.
32. Read 6 books with over 2500 ratings.
33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.
34. Read 6 books first published between 2000 and 2010.
35. Read 6 books first published between 2011 and 2020.
36. Read 6 books with animals on the cover.
37. Read 6 books set in the US.
38. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books with a non-English language edition.
39. Read 6 books set outside of the US.
40. Read 6 books with over 500 reviews.
41. Read 6 books with over 10,000 ratings.
42. Read 6 books featuring best friends.
43. Read 6 books published in June. (A different month may be used when assigned.)
44. Read 6 books by authors who use initials in their name.
45. Read 6 books with 3 word titles. (A different number may be used when assigned.)
46. Read over 1000 pages in books written by duo authors.
47. Read 6 books set in a major city.
48. Read 6 books featuring cowboys.
49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.
50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.
52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
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.
54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
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.
57. Read over 1000 pages in books that are MPG Romance.
58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
59. Read 4 books that are NOT MPG Romance.
60. Read 6 books with MPG Historical Romance.
61. Read 4 books rated over 4.5 on GR.
62. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books written by an author whose first or last name begins with the first letter of a teammate's screen name.
63. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books tagged 'magic' or 'magical'.
64. Read 6 books not set on a continent of a teammate. Space does not count - must be a real continent.
65. Each player reads 2 books in a series, teammates can read the same or different series.
66. Read over 1000 pages in books with Mystery or Suspense as MPG.
67. Read 6 books by an author whose first or last name begins with A. (A different letter may be used when assigned.)
68. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles.
69. Read 6 books that have won/been nominated for an award.
70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
71. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task.
72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.
75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
77. Each teammate reads a book that the teammate after them alphabetically has rated 5 stars. No pass for this task.
78. Read 6 books with alliteration in the title or author's name.
79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.
81. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books with a dog/dogs on the cover. (A different animal may be used when assigned.)
82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series.
83. Read 8 books with a white flower/s on the cover. (A different color may be used when assigned.)
84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Reader's Choice is exempt from this task.
85. Each teammate reads a debut book by an author. No pass for this task.
86. Read at least 1500 pages in books with a hat on the cover. (A different object may be used when assigned.)
87. Read 8 books set in NYC. (A different city may be used when assigned.)
88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
89. Read 8 books tagged with 'wedding' or 'proposal'.
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.
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.
92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide.
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.
95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.
96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.
97. Read 8 books by authors with more than 10 letters in their name.
98. Read 8 books with fewer than 10 letters in the title.
99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.
100. Read 8 books with more than 10 letters in the title.
101.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.
108. As a team, select a season and read a minimum of 1500 pages of books set in that season.
109. Read 6 books with or without facial hair on a male cover model. Teams decide.
110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model.
111. Read 8 books without a person on the cover.

[April]

That above is so I can mark out what task she has given us when she gives it. When we all finish the task she will give us another task to accomplish.

[Suzanne]

Thanks for doing that April! I'm so excited we are starting soon!

I'm great with Treading Pages and Jogging through the Pages. I feel like I do both of those things frequently :)

[April]

Ok so Treading Pages it is. Need everyone to say yes before I tell Kat.

[Hazel]

That’s good for me

[Hazel]

Waiting for the first task to be announced as I finished a book this morning and I’ve just been looking at all our options.

[Hazel]

The first task is going to be announced on the tracking QA thread just incase you’re not following it.

[Hazel]

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!

[[deleted user]]

Thanks Hazel! We weren't prepared for this one. Hahaha! I have no preference.

[Suzanne]

Yay we have the task!

Hmm I think personally I could find the green cover fastest, but I could find any of those three fairly quickly - so whatever you ladies want!

[Hazel]

https://www.goodreads.com/series/1679...

This series is about Irish brothers

[Hazel]

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Books with Irish MCs or set in Ireland

[Hazel]

What do we want to go for? If I know I can get a book and make a start on it before going to sleep.

[Suzanne]

Should we do books with an Irish character? I'd assume if we do that if we find a book set in Ireland, it by definition has Irish characters :)

[[deleted user]]

Here's another one that has some good books on it:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...

[[deleted user]]

Suzanne wrote: "Should we do books with an Irish character? I'd assume if we do that if we find a book set in Ireland, it by definition has Irish characters :)"

I was wondering about that assumption myself. :D

[Hazel]

Cyndee wrote: "Here's another one that has some good books on it:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8..."

Yeah Irish character is good for me. That’s also a good list Cyndee. You would think if it’s set in Ireland it would have some Irish characters. Hopefully April will be ok with Irish characters.

[April]

I am good with that.

[Suzanne]

I think I'm going to do . It's set in Dublin - so I'm assuming Irish characters :)

[April]

I read in Q and A has to be tagged Irish.

[Suzanne]

My book is set in Ireland but it is also tagged Irish 13 times. So I think it'll work either way (I hope anyway). Probably if it says in the description "xxx has lived all her life in Dublin" or some such thing, that'd be fine too.

But anyway - I'm covered unless we switch to green :)

[Hazel]

I’ve gone for
Précis: ‘Lucy Fitzpatrick doesn’t like rugby.
As the little sister of Ireland’s most infamous rugby player’
Tagged Ireland by 9 people on page 2 column 1

I think this would count for both character and setting

[April]

I have picked

Precis; one hell of a sexy Irishman. I also didn’t know that the brooding and intense sex god was one of Ireland’s top rugby players.

[[deleted user]]

April wrote: "I have picked

Precis; one hell of a sexy Irishman. I also didn’t know that the brooding and intense sex god was one of Ireland’s top rugby players."

I was just about to come and post the same book. :D

[[deleted user]]

Hazel wrote: "I’ve gone for
Précis: ‘Lucy Fitzpatrick doesn’t like rugby.
As the little sister of Ireland’s most infamous rugby player’
Tagged Ireland by 9 people o..."

This was a good one.

[April]

Cyndee wrote: "April wrote: "I have picked

Precis; one hell of a sexy Irishman. I also didn’t know that the brooding and intense sex god was one of Ireland’s top rugby pla..."
Cyndee are you gonna read it too?

[[deleted user]]

Yep! I just started it.

[Hazel]

Completion post

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.
Book:
Pages: 364 as per kindle first edition in link above
How book qualified: From Précis: ‘Lucy Fitzpatrick doesn’t like rugby.
As the little sister of Ireland’s most infamous rugby player’ also tagged Ireland by 9 people and Irish by 7 people on page 2 column 1 as per link https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Date Completed: 16 March
Rating: 4⭐️
Review: I enjoyed this humorous sports romance. Lucy and Sean have a lot of similar insecurities. Lucy is outwardly friendly but has a lot of anxieties that cause her to steal while Sean is outwardly hostile due to a cold upbringing. Sean is also a team mate and enemy of Lucy’s rugby playing brother so when the 2 of them hit it off it causes a lot of drama.

[Suzanne]

Way to go, Hazel! So did we end up choosing set in Ireland, or Irish character? I think all of our books fit both.

[April]

Suzanne wrote: "Way to go, Hazel! So did we end up choosing set in Ireland, or Irish character? I think all of our books fit both."

Irish Charatcter
And you are right everyones book goes with both.

[April]

Remember we can't get another task until ALL are done with this one.

[April]

Task 1: As a team select books with an Irish character.
Completion Post

Hazel: The Player and the Pixie
Post 38

Cyndee: My Life in Shambles
Post 49

Suzanne: Faefever
post52

April: My life in Shambles
Post 51

[[deleted user]]

April wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Way to go, Hazel! So did we end up choosing set in Ireland, or Irish character? I think all of our books fit both."

Irish Charatcter
And you are right everyones book goes with both."

I thought we went to one set in Ireland. LOL! I actually switched books because the one I originally picked was set in Boston with an Irish mobster. :D

[Hazel]

I’m on leave this week from work so have more time on my hands to read during the day.

[April]

We can do either. If yours does the other one that is fine. You aren't reading the one I am reading? The other three go with both so if yours is the location that is fine.

[[deleted user]]

I'll have mine finished tonight. I switched to one that has an Irish character and is set in Ireland so it works for either now.

[April]

Cyndee wrote: "I'll have mine finished tonight. I switched to one that has an Irish character and is set in Ireland so it works for either now."

No rush. I don't think I will be done tonight. Just wanted to make sur everyone knew when we get new task. I think we have all done it before but Suzanne.

[Suzanne]

It never hurts to remind about rules - I appreciate it!

I hope I'll have mine done by tonight. I have to grade midterms today too, but I'll do my best!

[[deleted user]]

COMPLETION POST:

Task: Read a book with an Irish character

Book: My Life in Shambles by Karina Halle
Page numbers with source: GR Kindle 350 pages
How book qualified: From precis: "...Padraig McCarthy, one hell of a sexy Irishman."
Date Completed: 3/16/21
Rating: 3.5 stars
This is a difficult one for me to rate/review. Some parts cheesy and cliché, some parts heartwrenching, some just downright fun, I was all over the place with this one. And Karina Halle definitely enjoys the use of the word "so." Made me want my very own filthy-talking Irishman though. :D

[Suzanne]

Sorry this was a really long workday for me! Classes from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (interspersed with grading). Anyway, I'm about an hour out from finishing - I'll read til I fall asleep, then finish up in the morning and get my completion post done.