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TART Challenge - Round 5 - Chase the Rainbow (9)
The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 5April 12, 2022 through June 8, 2022
Still Running and My Feet Hurt!
Tracking:
Task 1 - 0. Read a book with either blue or yellow on the cover, teams decide which. No pass for this task. 4.12.2022 - 4.15.2022
Task 2 - 4. Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy. 4.15.2022 - 4.18.2022
Task 3 - 2. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task. 4.18.2022 - 4.20.2022
Task 4 - 20. Read 4 books 300 pages or longer. 4.20.2022 - 4.23.2022
Task 5 - 14. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books with Contemporary Romance as MPG. 4.23.2022 - 4.25.2022
Task 6 - 33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide. 4.25.2022 - 4.28.2022
Task 7 - 17. Read 4 books written by a male author. 4.28.2022 - 5.1.2022
Task 8 - 52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color. 5.1.2022 - 5.3.2022
Task 9 - 26. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books featuring shifters. 5.3.2022 - 5.5.2022
Task 10 - 49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task. 5.5.2022 - 5.7.2022
Task 11 - 63. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books tagged 'magic' or 'magical'. 5.7.2022 - 5.9.2022
Task 12 - 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. 5.9.2022 - 5.12.2022
Task 13 - 76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item. 5.12.2022 - 5.15.2022
Task 14 - 1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task. 5.15.2022 - 5.20.2022
Task 15 - 98. Read 8 books with fewer than 10 letters in the title. 5.20.2022 - 5.22.2022
Task 16 - 46. Read over 1000 pages in books written by duo authors. 5.22.2022 - 5.25.2022
Task 17 - 34. Read 6 books first published between 2000 and 2010. 5.25.2022 - 5.28.2022
Task 18 - 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. 5.28.2022 - 6.1.2022
Task 19 - 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. 6.1.2022 - 6.4.2022
Task 20 - 107. Read 8 books published in the month (not year) of a teammate's birth. Team selects teammate. 6.4.2022 - 6.8.2022
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 9, you are free to come up with a team name. 😉 If you wish to be 'Chase the Rainbow' again, just let me know!
I definitely vote for reprising Chase the Rainbow!
I'm actually just gonna check it in. I'm 99.99% sure we all agree (Janine signed us up using it) and last year there were a lot of "rainbows". I don't want our name to get snatched!
Amazing race tasksTasks:
1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
Lorelei M. Hart
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.
Vino & Veritas
10. Read 4 books by authors' who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb).
Felice Stevens /AP Eisien
Lissa kasey / sam kadence
LA Witt/Ann Gallagher/Lauren Gallagher/Lori A. Witt
Emma Alcott/Piper Scott
Virginia Kelly/Lynn Van Dorn
MA Innes/Shaw Montgomery
Skye R Richmond/Rheland Richmond
Nyrae Dawn/Riley Hart
Macy Blake/Poppy Dennison
Brandon Witt/Rosalind Abel
Joel Abernathy/LC Davis
Leta Blake/Blake Moreno
Angel Knots/Wolf Spector/Stella Starling
Xen/Cole McCade
Lisa Henry/Discontentedwriter
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.
Can we all check shelves and recommend a book to the other 3 that they havent read
Amanda reccommended
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
❤❤❤❤
Janeylou recommended
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
❤❤❤❤
Caipi recommended
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
❤❤❤❤
Trio recommended
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
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.
MM books written by men
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.
Jane PS reads MM ..loitering layabouts
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 2022 FACs. (A different time frame may be given when assigned.)
Featured Author Challenge
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.
2017
28. Each teammate reads a book from a teammate's to-read shelf, no pass for this task.
Amanda tbr
Janeylou tbr
Trio tbr
Caipi tbr
29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
Law enforcement
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.
MM Romance
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.
MM with two 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.
April 2021
MM published April 2021
50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.If we can have a country we'll go with US, if not
a state in USA sounds easiest ....
Florida as nice and sunny
51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.
JL Merrow
52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
mm grey covers
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.
Janeylou England
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.
England
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.
MM published 2020
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.
Janeylou & Amanda 2020
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.
Amanda & Trio..America
Janine& Caipi ..Europe
We can all do different , Australasia seems like an easy one tho
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.
Rainbow Awards
70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
MM ...just monitor what others are reading
71. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task.
Team 5 loitering layabouts
72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
Amanda youngest so 1990s
MM books published in 90's
73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
NR Walker
74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.
Amanda ..February
Trio.. August
Caipi..October
Janeylou..November
75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
M
76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
White top
77. Each teammate reads a book that the teammate after them alphabetically has rated 5 stars. No pass for this task.
Janine reads trios books
Trio reads amandas books
Amanda reds caipi books
Caipi reads janines books
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.
MM fake boyfriends
80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.
1990's..Janeylou
2000's..Trio
2010's..Amanda
2020's..Caipi
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.
Love & Luck
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.
🟦APRIL 4. Find a Rainbow Day - April 3: Rainbow flags are a symbol of LGBTQ+ Pride. Read a book featuring LGBTQ+ characters or romance. Or read a book with a multicolored cover.🟦
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.
Motorcycle
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.
Janine janary 22
Caipi february 22
Trio march 22
Amanda april 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.
Amanda 92
Janeylou 65
Trio 66
Caipi 69
Book read needs to be at least 292 pgs..
92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide.
Past (If using years, it needs to be at least 25 years to the future or 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.
MM August 2019 releases
94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.
Wolf
96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.
Moon
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.
Janeylou
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Amandas
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Trio
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Caipi
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
100. Read 8 books with more than 10 letters in the title.
(view spoiler)Task 20
Task 20 - 107. Read 8 books published in the month (not year) of a teammate's birth. Team selects teammate.
Team chose February for Amanda
trio
caipi
amanda
janeylou
(view spoiler)
Thanks amanda for sorting our name out Im just going to copy & paste the tasks from last year, we'll have our shelves for recommendations and favourites ..and i may change a few tasks around when i sort
But once again when the tasks are called if anyone wants to change to coincide with what they are reading , then feel free.
Just one question do we want boat plane motorcyle or car on cover 🤣🤣🤣
Im tempted to go with motorcycle as its on SH 🤔
I'm fine with motorcycle! I feel like we struggle with all of them so it won't make too much of a difference.
Just waiting on Caipi to check in.I have Janeylou as the team leader, please let me know if this is incorrect.
Motorcycle is fine with me too...Amanda, are those shelves for task #12?
12 and 99. In our Lemon Drop team thread (I think) Janine asked us to make a favorites shelf and a recommendation shelf
cool - thank you!So 99 is an update, right? If we want to change the recs?
Trio wrote: "cool - thank you!So 99 is an update, right? If we want to change the recs?"
Yup! If you don't want to change any you can just put those books you chose on a shelf.
MountainKat wrote: "Just waiting on Caipi to check in."I'm here! 😊
My Amazing Race Recommendations ShelfMy Amazing Race Favorites Shelf
Will add more books to the shelves in the next days.
My husband has had Covid-19 symptoms since Thursday and tested positive yesterday. 😒 Now I'm sitting here, literally waiting for me to start feeling sick too. 😳😷
Caipi wrote: "MountainKat wrote: "Just waiting on Caipi to check in."I'm here! 😊"
👍🏼
Bloody hell Caipi..just when we thing its getting back to normal..its still going on round here as well but all the ones ive heard of are working in NHS as no one else has to do tests any more ..theres veen a bit of an uproar as the free lateral flo tests have stopped and you have to pay for them now
Oh no Caipi!!!I did end up going to the walk in clinic after my cold had dragged on for the third week (and I was SOOOO sick), but thankfully my COVID test was negative, and I've felt better every day since.
Hopefully your guy will be feeling better soon! And hopefully you won't get sick.
Finding a book to rec to Amanda is a challenge all on its own 😂😂😂😂 if that one comes up, we might have to all update our shelf since she reads so darn fast!
Trio your recs shelf is fine but you can only have 5 books on your favourites shelf
LOL I have slowed down though. For some reason April is always like my slow reading month
Caipi wrote: "My Amazing Race Recommendations ShelfMy Amazing Race Favorites Shelf
Will add more books to the shelves in the next days.
My husband has had Covid-19 symptoms since Thursday and tested positive ..."
Oh Caipi I hope he gets better soon and you somehow avoid it!!
First Task - All Teams!0. Read a book with either blue or yellow on the cover, teams decide which. No pass for this task.
I am sure we are all aware of the nightmare taking place in Ukraine over the past month and a half. To honor the Ukrainians’ strength and sorrow, the first task is to read a book with a color from the Ukrainian flag. Teams decide which color, blue or yellow. The selected book need to be primarily the selected color. No pass for this task
So glad I finished my yellow book for uno this morning LOL. I checked our uno sheet and the three of us don't have any books planned for Blue/Yellow (although we do still need 1 blue and 1 yellow), but I'm thinking wait until Janine pops in as she may have a blue/yellow she's already committed to. But if anyone has one they super want, I'm good with anything
I'm good with either... I've borrowed
from the library, but it has yellow writing on it so I'm covered either way.
OH I didn't realize it was just either color on the cover, I thought it had to be a blue or yellow cover. I Think Uno has me messed up lol. I'll find one with both as well.Good first task since you and I hate making the decisions on our own 😂
Oh no in the Q&A Kat says that is has to be primarily the color lol. (and it says it above I just need to work on my reading comprehension)From Kat: I try to keep this simple - if you look at a cover and say - 'that's a blue cover' or 'that's a yellow cover', it should work. If you aren't sure and want to use TinEye, that's fine as well. I have a love hate relationship with TinEye and mostly use it to determine how much of a cover is the color I am looking for if that cover is iffy. I hate the names they frequently use and don't rely on them. They will have something that is obviously pink to me and call it tan - or something similar.
*smack*oh yes, PRIMARILY that color
Well if it's blue I'm covered, but I can find a yellow one super easy too.
I don't mind if you want to pick Amanda, or we can wait for Janeylou to weigh in.
Ive got blue and yellow covers still to read for UNO so can go with either , but prob wont start till this evening as need to finish other ones
Dont forget its 150 pg count for first kindle edition
If it's either way for you all then I'd like to go with blue. 
blue enough?
Well I'd say yes..its lots of different shades but def over half
We're going to do the same as last time , do a selection post and then edit that as a completion as I'll have linked that one post to main page 👍👍
Janeylou wrote: "Well I'd say yes..its lots of different shades but def over half"Perfect, because it also fits for the book I still need for our Greek mezes. :)
Completion Post First Task - All Teams!
0. Read a book with either blue or yellow on the cover, teams decide which. No pass for this task.
Team decided on blue cover.
The Enlightenment of Daniel by Eli Easton
Pages: 160
How it qualifies: blue cover, see above
Finished April 14th
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Review:
Well, the writing isn't bad but I have to admit that I didn't like the characters and was often bored, or rather just not interested in all the family stuff going on beside Daniel and Nick. And I missed the humor of book one.
Team Chose Blue
Swimmer Boy by Jay Argent
163 Pages
How it qualifies:
Blue Cover
Amanda wrote: "Selection Post-0. Read a book with either blue or yellow on the cover, teams decide which. No pass for this taskTeam Chose Blue
Swimmer Boy by [au..."
Amanda , the first kindle edition only has 132 pgs
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April 12, 2022 through June 8, 2022
Still Running and My Feet Hurt!
Team:
★ Janeylou
✓ Caipi
✓ Amanda
✓ Trio