The Amazing Race Reporting Thread

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I will need one post from each Team Captain containing a Completion Post for
each member of the team.

Sample Weekly Team Completion Post

team member A
Book and Author:
Date Read:
Rating:
Pages:
Task: (Location, Transportation, Mission, Roadblock)
How It Fits:

team member B
Book and Author:
Date Read:
Rating:
Pages:
Task: (Location, Transportation, Mission, Roadblock)
How It Fits:

team member C
Book and Author:
Date Read:
Rating:
Pages:
Task: (Location, Transportation, Mission, Roadblock)
How It Fits:

team member D
Book and Author:
Date Read:
Rating:
Pages:
Task: (Location, Transportation, Mission, Roadblock)
How It Fits:

team member E
Book and Author:
Date Read:
Rating:
Pages:
Task: (Location, Transportation, Mission, Roadblock)
How It Fits:

*book and author links are not necessary*

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

After the last team posts its Completion Post, I will post the team points.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

reserved

[Agnieszka]

Report Episode 1: All Booked (team 3)

Team Member: Agnieszka
Book and Author: Change of Fortune by Jana Deleon
Date Read: 7/18
Rating: 5*
Page #: 272
Task: Roadblock - read a book where the MC hatches (comes up with) a plan
How It Fits: Fortune (the MC) comes up with a plan how to lure out the arms dealer who set a price on her head and dissapeared so she can reclaim her 'old' life, she even convinces her boss it's the only viable option and gets his help, later she hatches a plan how to flush out the mole at the CIA

Team Member: Steph
Book and Author: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Date Read: 7/17
Rating: 3*
Page #: 360
Task: Location - read a book set in New York State
How It Fits: set in NYC, New York

Team Member: Emma
Book and Author: Age of Deception by T.A. White
Date Read: 7/19
Rating: 4*
Page #: 431
Task: Mission - read a book where the MC uses a weapon
How It Fits: MC uses a sword to defend herself from hostile drones

Team Member: Shan A
Book and Author: The Stopover by T.L. Swan
Date Read: 7/17
Rating: 4*
Page #: 521
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
How It Fits: The characters meet while flying from London to New York

Team Member: Maritza
Book and Author: Egomaniac by Vi Keeland
Date Read: 7/18
Rating: 4*
Page #: 300
Task: Location - read a book set in New York State
How It Fits: set in NYC, New York

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Looks great, Agniezska! Thank you.

[Jen K]

Week 1 Report: Crazy 8th Wonders (Team 8)

Team Member: Jen K
Book and Author: Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" by Lena Dunham
Date Read: 7/16/21
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 265 pages
Task: Location- Central Park, NY - read a book set in New York State
How it Fits: about 80% of the book was set in NYC where Dunham grew up (Tribeca/ Soho)

Team Member: Kati
Book and Author: Murder at Macbeth by Susan Harper
Date Read: 7/17/21
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 152 pages
Task: Transportation - MC flies on a plane
How it Fits: Pauline and Kendell fly on a plane from America to London

Team Member: Krissy
Book and Author: A Few Good Fish by Amy Lane
Date Read: 7/14/21
Rating: ★★★★
Pages: 292 pages
Task: Mission- read a book where the MC uses a weapon
How it Fits: At 68%: "he rolled off Ellery, gun in hand, and screamed, firing his clip into the hangar, opening up the thin aluminum wall, shooting until his gun clicked and clicked again"

Team Member: Lanelle
Book and Author: Aunt Dimity's Christmas by Nancy Atherton
Date Read: 7/14/21
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 222 pages
Task: Roadblock - read a book where the MC hatches a plan
How it Fits: the MC makes plans for the perfect Christmas for her family and friends

Team Member: LaurLa
Book and Author: Lady Luck - Kristen Ashley
Date Read: 7/15/21
Rating: ★★★★
Pages: 535 pages
Task: Open Choice - Transportation: read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
How it Fits: Ty flies to Florida to try and win Lexie back

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Thanks, Jen.

[Janeylou]

WEEK 1 COMPLETION POSTS
TEAM 4 ..Readers Wandering arounf the world

2 x Transportation

Leslie Ann
Book and Author: Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer by Dorothy Gilman
Date Read: 7/19/21
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 218
Task: (Location, Transportation, Mission, Roadblock) Transportation: read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
How It Fits: Mrs Pollifax flies to Africa

Celia
Completion Post - Week 1

Book: The Toll (Arc of a Scythe, #3) by Neal Shusterman by Neal Shusterman
Date read: 7/16/21
Pages: 637
Task: Mission: find the next clue on a path called the Knife's Edge - read a book where the MC uses a weapon
How it fits: Citra uses many weapons in her gleaning career as a scythe

Vicki
COMPLETION POST
WEEK 1
Franco (Bright Side, #3) by Kim Holden
Franco by Kim Holden
Date Read: 7/16/2021
Pages: 207
Rating: 5 stars
Task: (Location, Transportation, Mission, Roadblock) Transportation: Read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
How It Fits: Franco, the MC, flies to England a couple of times.

Christina
Completion Post
Week 1

Murder on Waverly Place (Gaslight Mystery, #11) by Victoria Thompson
Murder on Waverly Place by Victoria Thompson
Pages 296

Task: Location: Central Park, NY - read a book set in New York State

Fits: takes place in the late 1800's in New York City.

Finished: 7/16/2021

Janeylou
COMPLETION POST
WEEK 1
Pros & Cons of Deception by A.E. Wasp
312 pgs

Roadblock: cook an ostrich egg (eggs are incubated by the females by day and by the males by night) - read a book where the MC hatches (comes up with) a plan
Wesley devises a plan to pretend ( with Danny ) be a couple and infiltrate a gang of kidnappers/bringing immigrants into a holiday resort for money

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Thank you, Janine.

[Louise]

Week 1 - Completion Post
Team 6 - Overbooked

Team Member: Louise
Book and Author: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Date Read: 7/20
Rating: 5*
Pages: 531
Task: Mission - read a book where the MC uses a weapon
How It Fits: Frodo uses a sword to protect himself against the ring wraiths.

Team Member: Denise
Book and Author: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Date Read: 7/19
Rating: 5*
Pages: 495
Task: Roadblock - Read a book where the MC hatches (comes up with) a plan
How It Fits: MC hatches a plan to break into a supposedly impregnable military stronghold and rescue a prisoner

Team Member: Patti
Book and Author: The Zombie Room by R.D. Ronald
Date Read: 7/15
Rating: 3*
Pages: 241
Task: Roadblock - read a book where the MC hatches (comes up with) a plan
How It Fits: there are really 4 MCs and they each hatch a plan to stop the horrible human trafficking but I’ll say the most obvious is at the end where they all band together to hatch a plan to risk/sacrifice their lives and save the kidnapped girls. Some of them don’t make it….some do and live to fight another day…

Team Member: Namita
Book and Author: The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Date Read: 7/14
Rating: 3*
Pages: 498
Task: Location - Central Park, NY - read a book set in New York State
How It Fits: Set in New York

Team Member: Linda C
Book and Author: The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
Date Read:
Rating: 7/17
Pages: 331
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
How It Fits: p. 300 MC takes a plane to India

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Thanks, Louise.

[Laila Jane]

Completion Post - Week 1
Team 7 - Adventure is Just a Page Away

Team Member: Emeli
Book and Author: His Fairy Godfather by Cate Ashwood
Date Read: 07/18/21
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 216
Task: Location - Read a book set in New York state
How It Fits: Set in New York

Team Member: Laila
Book and Author: I Promise You by Ilsa Madden-Mills
Date Read: 07/20/21
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 422
Task: Transportation - Read a book where the MC flies on a plane
How It Fits: Dillon and Serena fly on a plane to Louisiana

Team Member: AnnMarie
Book and Author: Nothing Special by A.E. Via
Date Read: 07/18/21
Rating: 5 stars
Pages: 348
Task: Mission - Read a book where the MC uses a weapon
How It Fits: Both MCs use guns

Team Member: Ira
Book and Author: Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith
Date Read: 07/19/21
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 273
Task: Roadblock - Read a book where the MC hatches (comes up with) a plan
How It Fits: MC makes a plan to break out of jail

Team Member: Denise
Book and Author: Enchanted, Inc. by Shanna Swendson
Date Read: 07/20/21
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 308
Task: Free Book - Location - Read a book set in New York state
How It Fits: Takes place in New York

[Michelle]

Completion Posts for Team 1
Link - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Week One

Completion Posts for Week 1

team member A - Wanda - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book and Author: Murder on St. Mark's Place-Victoria Thompson
Date Read: 7/17/21
Rating: 4 Stars
Pages: 277
Task: Mission-MC uses a weapon.
How It Fits: The MC Sarah Brandt has to defend herself from being killed. She uses a poker to fight for her life

team member B - Michelle
Book and Author: Have Stakes, Will Travel by Faith Hunter
Date Read: - 7/16/21
Rating: 5 Stars
Pages: 143
Task: Mission: read a book where the MC uses a weapon
How It Fits: Jane stakes a rogue vampire in a cave.

team member C - Rosina
Book and Author: Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb
Date Read: 7/18/2021
Rating: 5 stars
Pages: 358
Task: Location: read a book set in New York State
How It Fits: Set in New York City

team member D - Kathy
Book and Author: Blush for Me, Kristen Proby
Date Read: 7/17/21
Rating: 5 Stars
Pages: 320
Task: (Transportation)
How It Fits: from the précis: “...she’s forced to travel on a death trap with wings, the turbulence…”

team member E - Jenny
Book and Author:
Date Read:
Rating:
Pages:
Task: (Location, Transportation, Mission, Roadblock)
How It Fits:

* Still waiting for Jenny to post, when she does, it will be in a separate thread.

[Beth]

Week 1 Completion Post for Team Five: The Fifth Wheel



team member Deedee
Book and Author: The View From Penthouse B, Elinor Lipman
Date Read: July 19, 2021
Rating: 5 stars
Pages: 252 pages
Task: (Location) : New York City
How It Fits: Set entirely in New York City



team member Loriidae
Book and Author: Black List (Black bandits #1) by Lynn Raye Harris
Date Read: July 19
Rating: ★★✰✰✰
Pages: 279
Task: Transportation: read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
How it fits: "We’re in a plane, thirty-thousand feet in the air,...." 19% (MC travels from Russia to America)

team member Bobbi
Book and Author: The Dinner Guest by B.P. Walter
Date Read: 7/17
Rating: 🚖🚖🚖🚖
Pages: 418
Task: Mission
How It Fits: One of the MCs gets stabbed over dinner by another MC

team member Beth
Book and Author: Subtle Blood, K.J. Charles
Date Read: 7/15/21
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 290
Task: (Roadblock)
How It Fits: Kim and Will make an elaborate plan to get Kim's brother off of the murder charge (mainly so Kim doesn't have to inherit the title, which would be awful for both of them). Of course, it goes sideways immediately and they have to make some more fast plans

team member Jen
Book and Author: Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence
Date read: 7/20/21
Rating: 5 stars
Pages: 352
Task: Mission
How it fits: The MC is a Bride of the Ancestor, which is (in this universe) a bit like a Shaolin Monk - a nun trained in martial arts and magic. She uses a LOT of weapons.

[Shelly]

Our Team Captain is not feeling well so I’ve prepared what I could figure out:

Race2Read: team 2

Week 1

LOCATION:
Cilla:
message 54: by Cilla Jul 17, 2021 07:28PM
Cilla (cillafleig) | 7 comments I finished my book for location.
Book and Author: The Brotherhoods The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia by Guy Lawson The Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia by Guy Lawson
Date Read: July 17, 2021
Rating: *****
Pages: 768
Task: Task: Location: read a book set in New York State
How It Fits: Two New York City cops inform the mafia of confidential information and commit 8 murders as well. They are well paid for the deeds they commit. After many years of gathering information and getting informants to talk, the two retired cops are arrested, brought to trial in Brooklyn and convicted of their crimes

TRANSPORTATION:
Shelly
Book and Author: Death on the Danube: A New Year's Murder in Budapest
Date Read: 07/16/21
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pages: 156
Task: Transportation - Air travel
How It Fits: Page 15 “She’d been so jittery on the AIRPLANE ride over that she’d had trouble reading and sleeping. Flight from Seattle to Budapest

MISSION:
Jane
Book and Author: Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews
Date Read: 7/17-21
Rating: ★★★★★
Pages: 322
Task: Mission: find the next clue on a path called the Knife's Edge - read a book where the MC uses a weapon
How It Fits: Maud Demille uses her swords lots of times in the book (pg 300: Her blood blade kissed the back of his right ankle, it's edge slicing the segmented armor like it wasn't even there.)

ROADBLOCK:

OPEN CHOICE:
Jade aka MrsTosh (mrstosh) | 893 comments Book and Author: One Night Only by Catherine Walsh
One Night Only by Catherine Walsh
Date Read: 15th July 2021
Rating: ****
Pages: 314
Task: Transportation (open choice) : read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
How It Fits: MC Sarah flies from New York to Ireland for her best friends wedding

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

random.org choose Transportation for the extra points.

Here are the results for Week One:
Team 1 - 25 points
Team 2 - 15 points
Team 3 - 20 points
Team 4 - 25 points
Team 5 - 20 points
Team 6 - 20 points
Team 7 - 20 points
Team 8 - 25 points

[Jammin Jenny]

Completion Post for Week One
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

team member E - Jenny
Book and Author: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Date Read: July 16, 2021
Rating: 5 stars
Pages: 341 pages (default)
Task: Roadblock: cook an ostrich egg (eggs are incubated by the females by day and by the males by night) - read a book where the MC hatches (comes up with) a plan
How It Fits: Harry hatches a plan to save Ginny Weasley

[Jen K]

Week 2 Report: Crazy 8th Wonders (Team 8)

Team Member: LaurLa
Book and Author: Once Upon a Rose - Laura Florand
Date Read: 7/25/21
Rating: ★★★★
Pages: 301 pages
Task: Location- France - read a book set in France
How it Fits: set in France

Team Member: Jen
Book and Author: Glory in Death by J.D. Robb
Date Read: 7/24/21
Rating: 3.5 stars
Pages: 296 pages
Task: Transportation - MC flies on a plane
How it Fits: MC flies on private plane to both Rome and somewhere in Mexico-- pg 220 "She slept like a stone on the plane"

Team Member: Kati
Book and Author: Better Off Wed by Laura Durham
Date Read: 7/23/21
Rating: ★★★★
Pages: 234 pages
Task: Mission- read a book where the MC participates in or watches a type of ceremony
How it Fits: the MC watches a wedding

Team Member: Krissy
Book and Author: Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
Date Read: 7/23/21
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 517 pages
Task: Roadblock - read a book where a famous landmark or monument is mentioned
How it Fits: pg 55, "Did what?” I asked. “Bent spoons? Maybe made the Statue of Liberty disappear?"

Team Member: Lanelle
Book and Author: Persuaded by Jenni James
Date Read: 7/22/21
Rating: ★★★★
Pages: 242 pages
Task: Open Choice - Transportation: read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
How it Fits: the MC flies on a small jet plane from Moab, UT to Farmington, NM

[Shelly]

WEEK 2 COMPLETION POST
Read 2 Win, Team 2

Shelly:
Book and Author: The Paris Key/Juliet Blackwell
Date Read: July 23, 2021
Rating: 5 Stars
Pages: 358
Task: Location
How It Fits: Set in Paris, France

Cilla:
Book and Author: The Red Baron by Manfred von Richthofen
Date Read: July 23, 2021
Rating: ****
Pages: 192
Transportation: read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
How It Fits: Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, was the most celebrated pilot during World War I. He had a record 80 verified kills. His life ended when he was shot down at the age of 26

Jade:
Book and Author: Fierce Cowboy Wolf
Fierce Cowboy Wolf (Seven Range Shifters, #4) by Kait Ballenger
Date Read: 26th July
Rating: ★★★
Pages: 352
Task: Mission: read a book where the MC participates in or watches a type of ceremony
How It Fits: Maverick and Sierra are part of a Luna bonding ceremony making her the alphas mate

Jane:
Book and Author: A Lost Witch by Debora Geary
Date Read: 7/21-21
Rating: ★★★★★
Pages: 269
Task: Roadblock: take the stairway up to the second level of the Eiffel Tower - read a book where a famous landmark or monument is mentioned
How It Fits: loc 706: Are you sure I can't just dance naked at the top of the Eiffel Tower instead?

Jade
Book and Author: Return to Summer
Date Read: July 26, 2021
Rating: ****
Pages: 204
Open Choice: Transportation: read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
How It Fits: The plane finishes boarding and the seat between me and the older woman stays empty (Loc 2194)

[Janeylou]

WEEK 2 COMPLETION POST
TEAM 4 READERS WANDERING AROUND THE WORLD

janeylou
Blue Notes by
Shira Anthony
227 pgs
Finishwd 24th july
Location..France - read a book set in France
How fits ..set in Paris

💙💙
Leslie ann
Mission: take part in a traditional welcome ceremony in Mukuni Village - read a book where the MC participates in or watches a type of ceremony

The Broken Girls
7/26/21
Pages: 336
The Mc attends a memorial ceremony
💙💙
Vicki

Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy by Anne Sebba
Read: July 21, 2021
Pages: 320
Rating: 4 stars
Task: Roadblock: take the stairway up to the second level of the Eiffel Tower - read a book where a famous landmark or monument is mentioned
How it fits: Sing Sing Prison is the prison where Ethel Rosenberg was incarcerated
💙💙

Christine
Beyond the Limit by Cindy Dees
Pages 384
Finished 7/27/21

Task: Transportation: read a book where the MC flies on an airplane

Fits: Hero and his SEAL team fly to the secret training facility

Location 100
"The jet taxied out for takeoff, and they passed around the bottle, taking turns chugging from it."
💙💙
Celia
Book: Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0) by Angie Thomas by Angie Thomas
Date read: 7/22/21
Pages: 362
Task: Mission: take part in a traditional welcome ceremony in Mukuni Village - read a book where the MC participates in or watches a type of ceremony
How it fits: Mav attends the funeral/memorial for Dre

[Michelle]

Team 1 - Week 2 Completion Posts - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Team Member A - Michelle
Book and Author: Courting Darkness by Robin LaFevers
Date Read: 7/27/21
Rating: 4 Stars
Pages: 498
Task: Location
How It Fits: Set in France

Team Member B - Kathy
Mr. Rook, Mimi Jean Pamfiloff – 7/27/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Kindle first-edition ➔ 254 pages
How the Book Qualifies ➔ page 1: “...I am an imposter riding on this private jet…”

Team Member C - Rosina
Book and Author: Déjà Dead by Susan Kiernan-Lewis
Date Read: July 26 2021
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 316
Task: Roadblock: Read a book where a famous landmark or monument is mentioned -loc 274 - I bought a handful of bookmarks and notecards with watercolor depictions of Notre Dame Cathedral and the Eiffel Tower.

Team Member D - Jenny
Book and Author: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Date Read: July 23, 2021
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 304 pages (default)
Task: Open Choice - Mission: take part in a traditional welcome ceremony in Mukuni Village - read a book where the MC participates in or watches a type of ceremony
How It Fits: the MC spends one of her possible lives participating in the Olympics games

Team Member E - Wanda
Book: Messenger of Truth-Jacqueline Winspear
Date Read: 7/22/21
Rating: 5 Stars
Number of Pages: 322
Task: Read a book where the MC participates in or watches a type of ceremony
How it Fits: The MC Maisie Dobbs attended a funeral

[Beth]

Team 5: The Fifth Wheel
Week 2 Completion Post

Team Member A - DeeDee:
Book and Author: The Montmartre Investigation (Victor Legris #3) (2003) by Claude Izner; translated from the French by Lorenza García and Isabel Reid
Date finished reading: 7/27
Rating: 2 stars
Pages: 309
Task: Location
How it fits: Set entirely in Paris, France

Team Member B -- Bobbi:
Book and Author: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Date Read: 7/24
Rating: ✈✈✈✈✈
Pages: 401
Task: Transportation
How It Fits: Evelyn Hugo flies to Las Vegas with a man to elope.

Team Member C -- Jen
Book and Author: From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
Date read: 7/22
Rating: 5 stars
Pages: 248
Task: Mission
How it fits: Caitlin (the author and MC, since this is non-fiction) participates in a cremation ceremony in Colorado and a funeral ceremony in Indonesia.

Team Member D - Loriidae
Book: The Bluestocking (#4 Wicked Wallflowers) by Christi Caldwell
Date Read: July 24
Rating: ★★★✰✰
Pages: 348
Task: Roadblock: take the stairway up to the second level of the Eiffel Tower - read a book where a famous landmark or monument is mentioned.
How it fits: “If I’d had my way, Charles would now be living in the Tower of London for his role in...." 98%

Team Member E - Beth
Book and Author: Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne
Date Read: 7/24/21
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 272
Task: Fifth Reader -- Mission -- MC involved in ceremony
How It Fits: The setting is a religious order hosting a synod -- particularly the Opening of the meeting which is a big ceremony

[Agnieszka]

Week 2 completion post - All Booked (team 3)

Team Member: Agnieszka
Book and Author: Final Vow by Kathleen Brooks
Date Read: 7/23
Rating: 5*
Page #: 276
Task: Roadblock - read a book where a famous landmark or monument is mentioned
How It Fits: As they pulled through the iron gates of the White House, Mo decided he would do whatever it took to seal this deal for aid. (p. 193)

Team Member: Steph
Book and Author: Neanderthal Marries Human by Penny Reid
Date Read: 7/26
Rating: 4*
Page #: 392
Task: Mission - read a book where the MC participates in or watches a type of ceremony
How It Fits: Both. They witness a Vegas wedding and have their own

Team Member: Emma
Book and Author: Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon
Date Read: 7/21
Rating: 4*
Page #: 176
Task: Location - read a book set in France
How It Fits: French author writing about a French Detective in Paris, France.

Team Member: Shan A
Book and Author: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Date Read: 7/24
Rating: 4*
Page #: 425
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
How It Fits: MC flies to London a few times throughout the novel

Team Member: Maritza
Book and Author: Playboy Pilot by Penelope Ward
Date Read: 7/24
Rating: 4*
Page #: 300
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
How It Fits: The mc flies on a plane multiple times

[Louise]

Week 2 Completion - Team 6 Overbooked
Team Member: Louise
Book and Author: 21st Birthday by James Patterson
Date Read: 7/27
Rating: 5*
Pages: 400
Task: Roadblock: read a book where a famous landmark or monument is mentioned
How It Fits: pg 217 “… it only took our caravan fifteen minutes to cross the Golden Gate Bridge into Sausalito…”

Team Member: Denise
Book and Author: Louis the Well Beloved by Jean Plaidy
Date Read: 7/23
Rating: 3*
Pages: 368
Task: Location: France - read a book set in France
How It Fits: Set at the court of Versailles, France

Team Member: Patti
Book and Author: Save The Date by Monica Murphy
Date Read: 7/26
Rating: 4*
Pages: 315
Task: read a book where the MC participates in or watches a type of ceremony
How It Fits: MC Caroline is a wedding planner, especially doing wedding invitations. She participates in and at some points watches wedding ceremonies

Team Member: Namita
Book and Author: The Poet by Michael Connelly
Date Read: 7/22
Rating: 4*
Pages: 510
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
How It Fits: The MC James McAvoy flew on the plane a few times to get to locations he was investigating and reporting on.

Team Member: Linda C
Book and Author: Hot Zone by Catherine Mann
Date Read: 7/27
Rating: 4*
Pages: 316
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC flies on an airplane
How It Fits: p.303 "Before she could breathe, the plane rumbled forward, faster, nose tipping upward... And they were airborne."

[Laila Jane]

Completion Post - Week 2
Team 7 - Adventure is Just a Page Away

Team Member: AnnMarie
Book and Author: Heroes for Ghosts by Jackie North
Date Read: 07/25/21
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 246
Task: Location - Read a book set in France
How It Fits: The book is set in France

Team Member: Laila
Book and Author: Not Quite Mine by Catherine Bybee
Date Read: 07/23/21
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 302
Task: Transportation - Read a book where the MC flies on a airplane
How It Fits: MC flies on an airplane a several times in the story

Team Member: Denise
Book and Author: The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold
Date Read: 07/27/21
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 373
Task: Mission - Read a book where the MC participates in or watches a type of ceremony
How It Fits: MC goes through a ceremony to join the military

Team Member: Emeli
Book and Author: Reel Love by Kate Hawthorne
Date Read: 07/22/21
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 184
Task: Roadblock - Read a book where a famous landmark or monument is mentioned
How It Fits: “Behind me is the famous Hollywood sign, constructed in 1923." - Loc: 1175

Team Member: Ira
Book and Author: The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Date Read: 07/27/21
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 330
Task: Free Book - Mission - Read a book where the MC participates in or watches a type of ceremony
How It Fits: All the guests gather on the island to attend a wedding

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

random.org choose Mission for the extra points.

Here are the results for Week Two:
Team 1 - 25 points
Team 2 - 20 points
Team 3 - 20 points
Team 4 - 25 points
Team 5 - 25 points
Team 6 - 20 points
Team 7 - 25 points
Team 8 - 25 points


Team 1 - 50 points
Team 2 - 35 points
Team 3 - 40 points
Team 4 - 50 points
Team 5 - 45 points
Team 6 - 40 points
Team 7 - 45 points
Team 8 - 45 points

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Captains, when you post your team's Completion Post, will you mark which person is reading the Free Choice for that week? Thank you.

[Louise]

Completion Post - Week 3
Team 6 - Overbooked

Team Member: Linda C
Book and Author: Skyhunter by Marie Lu
Date Read: 7/30
Rating: 4*
Pages: 371
Task: transportation - read a book where the MC travels by train
How It Fits: p.245 "When he reaches to help me up, the train jerks forward... We readjust our footing as the train begins to pick up speed... The train station behind us vanishes as we speed into the enemy's land."

Team Member: Denise Free Choice
Book and Author: Wenn die Götter dürsten by Tanith Lee
Date Read: 8/4
Rating: 5*
Pages: 764
Task: Location: read a book set in Paris
How It Fits: Set in Paris

Team Member: Patti
Book and Author: The Black Swan of Paris by Karen Robards
Date Read: 7/31
Rating: 4*
Pages: 480
Task: Location: read a book set in Paris
How It Fits: Set in Paris

Team Member: Namita
Book and Author: Spells and Spiced Latte by Jinty James
Date Read: 8/1
Rating: 3*
Pages: 162
Task: Mission ~ read a book with a cat on the cover (large or small, domestic or wild)
How It Fits:

Team Member: Louise
Book and Author: The Wire In The Blood by Val McDermid
Date Read: 8/2
Rating: 4*
Pages: 547
Task: Roadblock: read a book where the MC goes underground (could be a tunnel, a cave, the subway)
How It Fits: Carol Jordan discovers the body of a missing girl in an underground bomb shelter.

[Shelly]

WEEK 3 COMPLETION POST
RACE2READ - TEAM 2


JADE
Book and Author: P.S. from Paris by Marc Levy
Date Read: 2nd Aug
Rating: ***
Pages: 290
Task: Location:read a book set in Paris JADE
How It Fits: Set in Paris


CILLA
Book and Author: Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
Date Read: August 1, 2021
Rating: *****
Pages: 288
Task: Transportation - Train
How It Fits: The two MCs meet when they are passengers on the same train.


SHELLY
Book and Author: Arsenic and Old Books by Miranda James
Date Read: 08/01/21
Rating: 🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦 5 tombstones
Pages: 306
Task: MISSION
How It Fits: A cat on the cover:


JANE:
Book and Author: Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Date Read: 8/1-21
Rating: ★★★★
Pages: 358
Task: Roadblock: read a book where the MC goes underground (could be a tunnel, a cave, the subway)
How It Fits: Male MC lives in a cave and most of the first few chapters are there.



SUZANNE:
Book and Author: Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass
Date Read: 08/02/21
Rating: 5 stars
Pages: 344 pages
Task: OPEN CHOICE - MISSION
How It Fits: There is a cat on the cover

[Jen K]

Week 3 Report: Crazy 8th Wonders (Team 8)

Team Member: Lanelle
Book and Author: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznik
Date Read: 7/31/21
Rating: ★★★★
Pages: 534 pages
Task: Location- France - read a book set in France
How it Fits: the story is set in Paris

Team Member: LaurLa
Book and Author: Glorious Montana Sky - Debra Holland
Date Read: 8/3/21
Rating: ★★★
Pages: 352 pages
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC travels by train
How it Fits: both MCs travel to Sweetwater Springs by train - from Massachusetts and from New Orleans

Team Member: Jen K
Book and Author: Witch Is When Everything Went Crazy by Adele Abbott
Date Read: 7/31/21
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 227 pages
Task: Mission: locate a statue of a cat - read a book with a cat on the cover (large or small, domestic or wild)
How it Fits:

Team Member: Kati
Book and Author: The Ivies
Date Read: 8/1/21
Rating: 4.5 stars
Pages: 316 pages
Task: Roadblock - read a book where the MC goes underground (could be a tunnel, a cave, the subway)
How it Fits: MC takes a subway and walks in a tunnel from building to building

Team Member: Krissy
Book and Author: Gay on a Train by K.C. Wells
Date Read: 8/2/21
Rating: 2 stars
Pages: 313 pages
Task: Open Choice - Transportation: read a book where the MC travels by train
How it Fits: the MCs meet while on the train home from work

[Michelle]

Week 3 Completion Posts - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

team member A - Michelle
Book and Author: Road Stories by Ed Davis
Date Read: 8/3/21
Rating: 3 Stars
Pages: 211
Task: Open Choice - Transportation: read a book where the MC travels by train
How It Fits: In the story, Downbound trains, the MC hitches a ride on a freight train.

team member B - Rosina
Task 3 - Location - set in Paris
Names On The Tower by S.F. Brooke
Date Read: August 3 2021
193 Pages
Rating: 3 stars
How the book qualifies: the setting is Paris - an assassination plot to kill Gustave Eiffe

team member C - Wanda
Book: The Hollows-Jess Montgomery
Dat Read: 8/1/2
Rating: 5 Stars
Task: Transportation
How it fits: The MC Lily Ross travels to Cincinnati on a train.
Page 267-"The train jolts and Lily's eyes open. Night has fallen and now, they are pulling into the station in Cincinnati."

team member D - Kathy
Task 3—Roadblock: main character goes underground
Throwing Shade, Deborah Wilde – 8/2/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Kindle first-edition ➔ 335 pages
How the Book Qualifies ➔ Chapter 17: “...back against the tunnel’s entrance…”

team member E - Jenny
Book and Author: Curiosity Thrilled the Cat by Sofie Kelly
Date Read: Aug 3
Rating: 3
Pages: 324
Task: Mission: locate a statue of a cat - read a book with a cat on the cover (large or small, domestic or wild) - Jenny
How it fits: Curiosity Thrilled the Cat (A Magical Cats Mystery, #1) by Sofie Kelly

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[Laila Jane]

Completion Post - Week 3
Team 7 - Adventure is Just a Page Away

Team Member: AnnMarie
Book and Author: Blue Notes by Shira Anthony
Date Read: 08/02/21
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 293
Task: Location - Read a book set in Paris
How It Fits: The book is set in Paris

Team Member: Laila
Book and Author: Not Quite Crazy by Catherine Bybee
Date Read: 08/03/21
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 315
Task: Transportation - Read a book where the MC travels by train
How It Fits: Rachel and Jason take a train into Manhatttan

Team Member: Emeli
Book and Author: An Omega for Two by Aspen Grey
Date Read: 07/29/21
Rating:
Pages: 143
Task: Mission - Read a book with a cat on the cover (large or small, domestic or wild)
How It Fits: Two black panthers on cover

Team Member: Denise
Book and Author: Meaty by Samantha Irby
Date Read: 08/01/21
Rating: 5 stars
Pages: 272
Task: Roadblock - Read a book where the MC goes underground (could be a tunnel, a cave, the subway)
How It Fits: MC rides a subway train

Team Member: Ira
Book and Author: The City of Zirdai by Maria V. Snyder
Date Read: 08/03/21
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 423
Task: Free Book - Roadblock - Read a book where the MC goes underground (could be a tunnel, a cave, the subway)
How It Fits: The MC lives in an underground city

[Beth]

Completion Post: Week 3
Team 5 == The Fifth Wheel

Team Member: Jen = Location
Book/Author: The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
Rating: 5 stars
Date read: 8/2/21
Pages: 351
Task: Location: Read a book set in Paris
How it fits:Set in Paris during WWII

Team Member: Beth = Transportation
Book and Author: Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal
Date Read: 7/31/21
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 299
Task: Transportation (MC rides a train)
How It Fits: Lots of train riding! For example, p. 124 "they had no problems securing a seat on the train to Amiens."

Team Member: Bobbi = Mission
Book and Author: Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
Date Read: 8/2
Rating: 🐈🐈🐈🐈
Pages: 323
Task: Mission: locate a statue of a cat
How It Fits: There is a black cat sitting to the left of the front cover:

Team Member: Loriidae = Roadblock
Book: Nicodemus (#5 stone warriors)
Author: D.B. Reynolds
Pages: 374
Date Read: August 2
Rating: ★★★✰✰
Task: Roadblock: walk underground through the sewers of Paris - read a book where the MC goes underground (could be a tunnel, a cave, the subway
How it fits: "...he led the way deeper into the cave , following a warm air current..." (22%)

Team Member: Deedee = Fifth Reader (Mission)
Book and Author: Dyeing Wishes (Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery #2) (2013) by Molly MacRae
Date Read: 8/2
Rating: 4*
Pages: 292
Task: Mission: locate a statue of a cat
How It Fits: There is a black cat sitting to the left of the front cover:

[Janeylou]

COMPLETION POST WEEK 3
TEAM 4 Wandering Readers Around the World

Vicki
WEEK 3 COMPLETION
Every Little Piece of Me (Orchid Valley #1) by Lexi Ryan
Transportation: read a book where the MC travels by airplane or large boat/ship
Book: Every Little Piece of Me
Author: Lexi Ryan
Read: 8/01/21
How it Fits: Marston takes a plane to Atlanta

Celia
Mistress of All Evil (Villains, #4) by Serena Valentino by Serena Valentino
Date read: 7/31/21
Task: Roadblock: walk underground through the sewers of Paris - read a book where the MC goes underground (could be a tunnel, a cave, the subway)
How it fits: part of Maleficent's castle goes underground

Janeylou
WEEK 3 COMPLETION
Mission: locate a statue of a cat - read a book with a cat on the cover (large or small, domestic or wild)
Not Just for Christmas by Annabelle Jacobs
Pg count 207
Finished 3rd august
How fits ..cat on cover

Leslie ann
Week 3
Roadblock: walk underground through the sewers of Paris - read a book where the MC goes underground (could be a tunnel, a cave, the subway)
WonderLand
Pages:233
7/31/21
Alice uses the Tunnels to try and escape from the land of the Red Queen

Christina
Week 3
Die for Me by Amy Plum
Die for Me (Revenants, #1) by Amy Plum
Pages: 357
Finished 8/3/21
Location: read a book set in Paris
Books GR Main page lists Paris as is location

[Agnieszka]

Completion Post Week 3 - All Booked (team 3)

Team Member: Agnieszka
Book and Author: Another Hour to Kill by Anita Higman
Date Read: 7/30
Rating: 2*
Page #: 256
Task: Roadblock: read a book where the MC goes underground
How It Fits: Under the house she inherited was a secret room - I made my final plunge into the underground space. (loc. 2419) (view spoiler)[“So, there really was a treasure. All this time.” He studied the jewel and shook his head. “Where was the ruby hidden?”
“In an underground room.” (loc. 3071) (hide spoiler)]

Team Member: Steph
Book and Author: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Date Read: 7/30
Rating: 5*
Page #: 400
Task: Location: read a book set in Paris
How It Fits: based on paris

Team Member: Emma
Book and Author: A Beautiful Friendship by David Weber
Date Read: 7/30
Rating: 2*
Page #: 361
Task: Mission: read a book with a cat on the cover
How It Fits: Stephanie (MC) discovers a new sentient mind reading species on a planet being colonised. She calls her new friend a tree cat- a picture of which is on the front cover.


Team Member: Shan A
Book and Author: The Spark by Vi Keeland
Date Read: 8/3
Rating: 4*
Page #: 340
Task: Transportation: read a book where the MC travels by train
How It Fits: ...a certain lawyer whose name I never thought I'd type into Google, and took the train to Hartford.

Team Member: Maritza (Free Choice)
Book and Author: Pancakes in Paris: Living the American Dream in France by Craig Carlson
Date Read: 8/3
Rating: 4*
Page #: 322
Task: Location: read a book set in Paris
How It Fits: Takes place in Paris

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

random.org choose Mission (again) for the extra points.

Here are the results for Week Three:
Team 1 - 20 points
Team 2 - 25 points
Team 3 - 20 points
Team 4 - 20 points
Team 5 - 25 points
Team 6 - 20 points
Team 7 - 20 points
Team 8 - 20 points


Team 1 - 70 points
Team 2 - 60 points
Team 3 - 60 points
Team 4 - 70 points
Team 5 - 70 points
Team 6 - 60 points
Team 7 - 65 points
Team 8 - 65 points

[Jen K]

Week 4 Report: Crazy 8th Wonders (Team 8)

Team Member: Krissy
Book and Author: The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
Date Read: 8/8/21
Rating: ★★★
Pages: 533 pages
Task: Location- Tunisia - read a book set in any country that surrounds the Mediterranean
How it Fits: the story is set in Egypt

Team Member: Lanelle
Book and Author: Marrying the Royal Marine by Carla Kelly
Date Read: 8/5/21
Rating: ★★★★
Pages: 363 pages
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC travels by airplane or large boat/ship
How it Fits: the MC travels by large boat/ship (a British frigate)

Team Member: LaurLa
Book and Author: All I Want Is You - Toni Blake
Date Read: 8/5/21
Rating: ★★★★
Pages: 384 pages
Task: Mission: Full Body Brew - read a book with one full body on the cover
How it Fits::

Book and Author: Floating in a Most Peculiar Way: A Memoir by Louis Chude-Sokei
Date Read: 8/6/21
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 240 pages
Task:Roadblock: navigate an ancient arena to find the 'Pit of Death' - read a book where a significant character dies
How it Fits: The book is a memoir mostly of his childhood and coming of age. It ends with the death of his mother who was significant in every chapter.

Team Member: Kati
Book and Author: Dead in the Water by Agatha Frost
Date Read: 8/9/21
Rating: ★★★
Pages: 245 pages
Task: Open Choice - Transportation: read a book where the MC travels by airplane or large boat/ship
How it Fits: Traveled by large boat/ship

[Shelly]

WEEK 4 COMPLETION POST TEAM 2


SHELLY
Book & Author: Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Crocodile on the Sandbank/Elizabeth Peters
Date Read: August 6, 2021
Rating: 🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊
Pages: 337
Task: LOCATION
How It Fits: Approximately 90% of the story takes place in Egypt


CILLA
Book and Author: The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II by Don Brown
The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II/Don Brown
Date Read: August 4, 2021
Rating: *****
Pages: 352 (default)
Task: Transportation
How it fits: The MC is a fighter pilot and flew the final combat mission of World War II.


JADE
Week 4 completion
Mission: read a book with one full body on the cover
Book and Author: The Little Barn of Dreams: a heart-warming, feel-good romance by Lucy Knott
The Little Barn of Dreams: a heart-warming, feel-good romance/Lucy Knott
The Little Barn of Dreams a heart-warming, feel-good romance by Lucy Knott
Date Read: 6th Aug
Rating: ★★★
Pages: 231
Task: Mission: read a book with one full body on the cover
How It Fits: Full body on the cover

JANE
Book and Author: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix/J.K. Rowling
Date Read: 8/6-21
Rating: ★★★★★
Pages: 766
Task: ROADBLOCK: read a book where a significant character dies
How It Fits: A significant character dies at the end of the book (Mega spoiler: do not look if you have not read this book!!!! )(view spoiler)

Jade aka MrsTosh
Book and Author: The Holiday Swap by Zara Stoneley
The Holiday Swap/Zara Stoneley
Date Read: 5th Aug
Rating: ****
Pages: 392
Task: OPEN CHOICE: Location: read a book set in any country that surrounds the Mediterranean Sea
How It Fits: Barcelona (Spain) is the setting for the book

[Agnieszka]

Completion Post Week 4 - All Booked (team 3)

Team Member: Agnieszka
Book and Author: Designer Dirty Laundry by Diane Vallere
Date Read: 8/6
Rating: 1*
Page #: 241
Task: Mission: read a book with one full body on the cover
How It Fits: One (full body) person on cover (plus cat *grins*)


Team Member: Steph
Book and Author: On the Beach by Nevil Shute
Date Read: 8/7
Rating: 3*
Page #: 182
Task: Transportation: read a book where the MC travels by airplane or large boat/ship
How It Fits: Main characters sail in large submarine

Team Member: Emma
Book and Author: Origin by Dan Brown
Date Read: 8/7
Rating: 4*
Page #: 480
Task: Location: read a book set in a country that surrounds the Mediterranean Sea (any country but Italy or France)
How It Fits: This book takes place entirely in Spain between Madrid and Barcelona.

Team Member: Shan A (Free Choice)
Book and Author: The Takeover by T.L. Swan
Date Read: 8/9
Rating: 4*
Page #: 477
Task: Transportation: read a book where the MC travels by airplane or large boat/ship
How It Fits: MC travels by plane from New York to France and then back to New York

Team Member: Maritza
Book and Author: Sinner's Creed by Kim Jones
Date Read: 8/10
Rating: 5*
Page #: 335
Task: Roadblock: read a book where a significant character dies
How It Fits: Both MCs die

[Louise]

Week 4 Check -In - Team 6 -Overbooked

Team Member: Denise
Book and Author: The Doctor of Aleppo by Dan Mayland
Date Read: 8/6
Rating: 4*
Pages: 450
Task: Location: read a book set in any country that surrounds the Mediterranean Sea: Spain, Monaco, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, or Morocco (but not Italy or France)
How It Fits: Set in Syria

Team Member: Namita
Book and Author: 3rd Degree by James Patterson
Date Read: 8/6
Rating: 4*
Pages: 368
Task: Roadblock: navigate an ancient arena to find the 'Pit of Death' - read a book where a significant character dies
How It Fits: One of the MC’s died. A shock for me. Author’s sure know how to shock us.

Team Member: Linda C
Book and Author: The Lass Who Lost a Shoe by Caroline Lee
Date Read: 8/6
Rating: 4*
Pages: 169
Task: a: Full Body Brew - read a book with one full body on the cover
How It Fits:

Team Member: Patti - Free Choice
Book and Author: Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Date Read: 8/4
Rating: 4*
Pages: 192
Task: Roadblock: navigate an ancient arena to find the 'Pit of Death' - read a book where a significant character dies
How It Fits: James Bond’s love interest, Vesper, commits suicide

Team Member: Louise
Book and Author: Enemies by Robert J. Crane
Date Read: 8/10
Rating: 3*
Pages: 310
Task: Transportation: read a book where the MC travels by airplane or large boat/ship
How It Fits: Sienna travels on an aeroplane to get to London

[Jammin Jenny]

Week Four Check in Post
Link to thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Team member: Rosina
The Scribeby Elizabeth Hunter
Date Read: august 7 2021
Rating: 5 stars
Task - Location: Tunisia - read a book set in any country that surrounds the Mediterranean Sea: Spain, Monaco, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, or Morocco (but not Italy or France)
How it fits: The story starts in Israel and then MC travels to Turkey for the rest of the story.

Team member: Michelle
Book and Author: Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady by Ellen Emerson White
Date Read: - 8/10/21
Rating: 3 Stars
Pages: 208
Task: Transportation: read a book where the MC travels by airplane or large boat/ship
How It Fits - Margaret Travels by Ship (The Titanic)

Team member Kathy D
Book and Author: Reunion in Death (reread), J.D. Robb
Date Read: 8/6/21
Rating – ✮✮✮✮✮
Pages: Kindle first-edition ➔ 378 pages
Task Mission: main character drinks a lot of coffee
How the Book Qualifies ➔ page 264: “...think a lieutenant would be afforded a better work area. You drink far too much coffee by the way.”


Team member Wanda
Book and Author: Virgin Widow by Anne O'Brien
Date Read: 8/6
Rating: 🤍🤍🤍🤍
Pages: 601 pages
Task: Roadblock: navigate an ancient arena to find the 'Pit of Death' - read a book where a significant character dies
How if Fits: The MC's Husband and father both are killed in battle. They are significant characters in the book.

Team member Jammin Jenny
Book and Author: City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
Date Read: Aug 5
Rating: 4.5 stars
Task: Free Choice - Transportation: read a book where the MC travels by airplane or large boat/ship
How it fits: Cass's family flies across the Atlantic to Edinburgh, Scotland in search of ghosts

[Beth]

Week 4 Checkin Team 5: The Fifth Wheel

Team Member: Beth -- Location
Book and Author: The Buried Pyramid by Jane Lindskold
Date Read: 8/10/21
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 498 pages
Task: (Location) Set on Mediterranean Country
How It Fits: Set in Egypt

Team Member: DeeDee
Book and Author: The Lost Manuscript by Cathy Bonidan
Date Finished Reading: 8/6/21
Rating: 3
Pages: 274
Task: Transportation (MC travels by airplane)
How It Fits: The male lead in the novel, Sylvestre, flies (as a passenger) on an airplane from Paris, France, to Montreal, Canada; and, later, returns to Paris by flying (as a passenger) on an airplane from Montreal, Canada, to Paris, France

Team Member: Jen
Book and Author: Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay
Date Read: 8/5/21
Rating: 5
Pages: 320
Task: Mission a, Full Body Massage
How It Fits: one full body on cover

Team Member: Bobbi
Book and Author: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Date Read: 8/7
Rating: 💛💛💛🖤🖤
Pages: 288
Task: Roadblock: read a book where a significant character dies
How It Fits: Hannah Baker commits suicide and sends out tapes of her thirteen reasons for doing so. The narrative is revealed through her words as Clay listens to the tapes, making Hannah arguably the most significant character.

Team Member: Loriidae (Fifth Reader) (Mission)
Book: Cut and Run (#2 criminal profiler)
Author: Mary Burton
Date Read: August 6
Rating: ★★★★✰
Pages: 321
Task: Mission -#b. Full Body Brew - read a book where the MC drinks a lot of coffee
How it fits: "....He brewed fresh coffee and filled a to-go cup. He was fairly certain if he were cut, he’d bleed java." (48%)

[Laila Jane]

Completion Post - Week 4
Team 7 - Adventure is Just a Page Away

Team Member: Emeli
Book and Author: Barcelona With Dad's Best Friend by Flora Ferrari
Date Read: 08/07/21
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 175
Task: Location - Read a book set in any country that surrounds the Mediterranean Sea: Spain, Monaco, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, or Morocco (but not Italy or France)
How It Fits: Set in Barcelona, Spain

Team Member: Ira
Book and Author: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Date Read: 08/09/21
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 208
Task: Transportation - Read a book where the MC travels by airplane or large boat/ship
How It Fits: MC takes a plane on the way to Canada when it crashes in the wilderness

Team Member: AnnMarie
Book and Author: Hell & High Water by Charlie Cochet
Date Read: 08/09/21
Rating: 5 stars
Pages: 296
Task: Mission: Full Body Brew - Read a book where the MC drinks a lot of coffee
How It Fits: Dex is a coffee addict

Team Member: Denise
Book and Author: Relatively Happy by Whitney Dineen
Date Read: 08/09/21
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 256
Task: Roadblock - Read a book where a significant character dies
How It Fits: Sarah's parents die

Team Member: Laila
Book and Author: The Truest Thing by Samantha Young
Date Read: 08/08/21
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 394
Task: Free Book - Mission: Full Body Brew - Read a book with one full body on the cover
How It Fits: One full body on the cover

[Janeylou]

WEEK 4 CHECK IN POST
TEAM 4 Readers Wandering Around the World

Janeylou
COMPLETION POST
WEEK 4
Mission: this leg has a choice between Full Body Massage or Full Body Brew
a: Full Body Brew - read a book with one full body on the cover
Double Up Double Up (Lake Lovelace, #1) by Vanessa North
Finished 4th August
How fits ..1 full body on cover

Vicki
COMPLETION POST
WEEKK 4
Unbreak My Heart by Lauren Blakely
Transportation: read a book where the MC travels by airplane or large boat/ship
Book: Unbreak My Heart
Author: Lauren Blakely
Read: 8/06/21
How it fits: Andrew flew to Tokyo from Los Angeles, and Holland flew back and forth from Tokyo to Los Angeles and back again

Leslie ann
Completion post
Week 4
Roadblock: navigate an ancient arena to find the 'Pit of Death' - read a book where a significant character dies
Killer Pancake
4 stars
8/7/21
Julian ‘s fiancé is murdered

Christina
Completion Post
Week 4
Location: Read a book set in the Mediterranean
The Dream Hunter by Sherrilyn Kenyon
The Dream Hunter (Dream-Hunter, #1) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Pages: 349
Rating: 4 stars
Finished: 8/10/21
How it fits: Book's main page lists Greece as its location

Celia
Week 4 completion
Fire Wizard (Ghostspeaker Chronicles #4) by Patty Jansen by Patty Jansen
Date read: 8/7/21
Task: Transportation: read a book where the MC travels by airplane or large boat/ship
How it fits: Johanna leads the Lady Sara, her father's ship, to get back to Saardam

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

random.org choose Location for the extra points.

Here are the results for Week Four:
Team 1 - 20 points
Team 2 - 25 points
Team 3 - 20 points
Team 4 - 20 points
Team 5 - 20 points
Team 6 - 20 points
Team 7 - 20 points
Team 8 - 20 points


Team 1 - 90 points
Team 2 - 85 points
Team 3 - 80 points
Team 4 - 90 points
Team 5 - 90 points
Team 6 - 80 points
Team 7 - 85 points
Team 8 - 85 points

[Janeylou]

WEEK 5 CHECK IN POST
TEAM 4 Readers Wandering Around the World

VICKI
Task: Location: Tataouine (the Star Wars set in Tunisia) - read a book NOT set on Earth
2001 A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) by Arthur C. Clarke
Book: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Pages: 297
Read: 8/13
How it fits: Setting - outer space

CELIA
Empaths and Paws (A Spirits of Tempest Cozy Mystery Book 1) by Penny Brooke by Penny Brooke
Pages: 166
Date read: 8/12/21
Task: Roadblock: ride a camel (a camel is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus) read a book published in a even numbered year (must be the version you read)
How it fits: pub. 2020

JANEYLOU
Transportation: read a book where the MC rides in a truck
Training Season by Leta Blake
343 pgs
Finished 12th august
How fits
.....It struck him as surreal that he, Matty Marcus, was riding in a pickup truck between two burly, roughneck men, talking about sex.....56 %

CHRISTINA
Mission: use a walkie talkie to locate the radio's counterpart - listen to an audio book
Book:Timeless by Gail Carriger
Timeless (The Parasol Protectorate, #5) by Gail Carriger
Pages: 407
8/12/21
How it fits:
Listened to the audio version

LESLIE ANN
Week 5 completion
Mission: use a walkie talkie to locate the radio's counterpart - listen to an audio book
Warcross
8/11/21
4 stars
Pages default edition: 366
I listened to the audio version

[Shelly]

WEEK 5 RACE2READ COMPLETION POST

JADE - LOCATION
Book and Author: Shadow Prophet by Andrea Pearson Shadow Prophet by Andrea Pearson
Shadow Prophet (Midnight Chronicles, #1) by Andrea Pearson
Date Read: 13th Aug
Rating: ★★★
Pages: 244
Task: Location - read a book NOT set on Earth
How It Fits: Set on a imaginary planet

SHELLY - TRANSPORTATION
Book/Author: Fogged Inn by Barbara Ross Fogged Inn/Barbara Ross
Date Read: August 14, 2021Pages: 314
Task: TRANSPORTATION: read a book where the MC rides in a truck
How it Fits: MC, Julia Snowden, rides in a pick-up truck with her oldest friend, Jamie. Pg. 288 “He was off-duty and we’d ridden out to Rabble Point together in his pick-up.”

CILLA - MISSION
Book/Author: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan The Lightning Thief 87,233 words by Rick Riordan
Date Read: 8/16/2021
Pages: 377 pages (default)
Mission: use a walkie talkie to locate the radio's counterpart - listen to an audio book
How it Fits: I listened to an audio book version of this book

JANE - ROADBLOCK
Book and Author: Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
Date Read: 8/12-21
Rating: ★★★★★
Pages: 351
Task: Roadblock: ride a camel (a camel is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus) read a book published in a even numbered year (must be the version you read)
How It Fits: My edition Published March 18th 2010 by Orbit

ROGER - OPEN CHOICE
Task: Open Choice: Roadblock
Roger chose roadblock published in even year
Book and Author: Manny Problems by Beau Brown Manny Problems by Beau Brown
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pages: 159 pages
how it fits: Published June 27th 2018
Date read 8/16/2021

[Louise]

Week 5
Completion - Overbooked Team 6

Team Member: Namita
Book and Author: One Lucky Vampire by Lynsay Sands
Date Read: 8/16
Rating: 4*
Pages: 353
Task:Mission: use a walkie talkie to locate the radio's counterpart - listen to an audio book
How It Fits Audiobook

Team Member: Patti
Book and Author: Cottage by the Sea by Debbie Macomber
Date Read: 8/16
Rating: 4*
Pages: 429
Task:Transportation — read a book where the MC rides in a truck
How It Fits: 2 of the MCs drive trucks, so there are constant references to driving/riding in a truck. Here is one: pg 227 both MCs are in Keaton’s truck/ Annie riding and Keaton driving “Keaton turned down the road that would lead them to Teresa’s house. The truck slowed to a crawl.”

Team Member: Denise
Book and Author: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
Date Read: 8/16
Rating:5*
Pages:336
Task:Location: read a book NOT set on Earth
How It Fits: Set on a planet called Gora

Team Member: Linda C
Book and Author: Virals by Kathy Reichs
Date Read:8/17/21
Rating: 4*
Pages: 466
Task: Roadblock: ride a camel (a camel is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus) read a book published in a even numbered year (must be the version you read)
How It Fits: publ in 2010

Team Member: Louise Free Choice
Book and Author: Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Date Read: 7/12
Rating:3*
Pages:435
Task:Mission: use a walkie talkie to locate the radio's counterpart - listen to an audio book
How It Fits: Listened to the audiobook

[Jen K]

Week 5 Report: Crazy 8th Wonders (Team 8)

Team Member: Lanelle
Book and Author: Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
Date Read: 8/12/21
Rating: ★★★★
Pages: 192 pages
Task: Location- read a book NOT set on Earth
How it Fits: the story is set on the planet of Pern

Team Member: Krissy
Book and Author: River Marked by Patricia Briggs
Date Read: 8/12/21
Rating: ★★
Pages: 337 pages
Task: Transportation - read a book where the MC rides in a truck
How it Fits: tpg 40, "Adam boosted me in through the driver’s side, got in behind me, and started the truck before he had the door closed."

Team Member: Kati
Book and Author: The President in Missing by Bill Clinton & James Patterson
Date Read: 8/16/21
Rating: ★★★
Pages: 513 pages
Task: Mission: use a walkie talkie to locate the radio's counterpart - listen to an audio book
How it Fits:: Listened to audio version on Audible

Team Member: LaurLa
Book and Author: The Awakening - Nora Roberts
Date Read: 8/15/21
Rating: ★★★★★
Pages: 438 pages
Task: Roadblock: Ride a camel - read a book published in a even numbered year
How it Fits: published November 24th 2020

Team Member: Jen K
Book and Author: Finale by Stephanie Garber
Date Read: 8/16/21
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 478 pages
Task: Open Choice: Mission: use a walkie talkie to locate the radio's counterpart - listen to an audio book
How it Fits: Listened to audio version using Hoopla

[Laila Jane]

Completion Post - Week 5
Team 7 - Adventure is Just a Page Away

Team Member: Ira
Book and Author: Outside In by Maria V. Snyder
Date Read: 08/16/21
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 326
Task: Location - Read a book NOT set on Earth
How It Fits: Takes place in a spaceship traveling through space

Team Member: Denise
Book and Author: The Lost Village by Camilla Sten
Date Read: 08/16/21
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 340
Task: Transportation - Read a book where the MC rides in a truck
How It Fits: Characters travel in a truck

Team Member: Laila
Book and Author: Beautiful Player by Christina Lauren
Date Read: 08/15/21
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 432
Task: Mission - Listen to an audio book
How It Fits: Listened to the audio book on Scribd

Team Member: Emeli
Book and Author: Caged Sanctuary by Tempeste O'Riley
Date Read: 08/15/21
Rating: 5 stars
Pages: 204
Task: Roadblock - Read a book published in a even numbered year (must be the version you read)
How It Fits: Published December 29th 2014 by Dreamspinner Press

Team Member: AnnMarie
Book and Author: Blood & Thunder by Charlie Cochet
Date Read: 08/16/21
Rating: 5 stars
Pages: 234 pages; Audiobook: 7 hours, 50 minutes
Task: Free Book - Mission - Listen to an audio book
How It Fits: Listened to the audio book