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The Bachelor Team Challenge Round 8 - Q&A, Tracking & Announcements
Congrats to Team 2: BetterL8 than Never! for winning the Speed Dating Rose for Date 3!
Hi Kat. We have another question about greys. Some greys are blue-greys but only seen as greys by tiny-eye.Like this cover
. 50% grey and 27% blue.
See here tiny-eye link https://labs.tineye.com/color/2528406...
Will you accept those greys as blues ?
LillianaPassions wrote: "Hi Kat. We have another question about greys. Some greys are blue-greys but only seen as greys by tiny-eye.Like this cover
. 50% grey and 27% blue.
See..."
One of those grays is more blue and the other is more white. Unfortunately, the white one is bigger than both the other and the blue. I would say that cover is primarily white/grey.
MountainKat wrote: "LillianaPassions wrote: "Hi Kat. We have another question about greys. Some greys are blue-greys but only seen as greys by tiny-eye.Like this cover
. 50%..."
Thank you ! We ll try those who we think the grey is more blue so 😉
LillianaPassions wrote: "Thank you ! We ll try those who we think the grey is more blue so 😉 "Feel free to ask.
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 8🌹🌹Theme - We We Made It to Eight!🌹
🌹The BTC8 - ௮ It's F8 (5)🌹
💖COMPLETION POST 💖
Date 3 - C :Book #1 SH 1
C is for Center Field - Read a sports romance.
To qualify for this task, the selected books need to be a sports romance. Saying 'the hero is a runner' or 'MC is an athlete' doesn't qualify the book. Using 'title states that hero is a football player' or 'tagged sports by 7 people' does qualify the book
Date: 07/17/2022
MVP by Rhonda Laurel
💖Page Count:119 Kindle Edition Published June 21st 2013 by Etopia Press
💖Qualifies:
💖 C is for Center Field - Pecis: Morgan Reed-Blake discovers that being the wife of MVP quarterback Seth Blake has its perks…and its challenges. Thrust into Seth’s high-profile world, she must wade through the celebrity, status, and the ghosts of girlfriends past. So when Seth takes Morgan home to his ranch in Texas and introduces her to his family and friends, she’s not surprised when his high school sweetheart comes to call. Morgan suspects she wants to rekindle the flame, and how can she blame her? Distraught over the changes their relationship has caused for Seth, Morgan wonders if maybe he’s better off without her.
💖C is for Caballero - het-cowboys 1 person page 1 https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
💖 C is for Cerulean - See cover above
💖 C is for Chance - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
💖Dated Completed: 07/18/2022
💖 Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Stars
The BTC8 - ௮ It's F8 (5)
Sexyladi wrote: "🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 8🌹🌹Theme - We We Made It to Eight!🌹
🌹The BTC8 - ௮ It's F8 (5)🌹
💖COMPLETION POST 💖
Date 3 - C :Book #1 SH 1
C is for Center Field - Read a sports romance.
To ..."
Needs to be in scavenger hunt thread
Thanks Roger. 😊Sexyladi, this book won't count unless it is posted in the SH thread. 😊
Hi all, we had a house project that kept growing and has been taking a lot of my time the last few days. I think I've almost finished and parts of my house are really clean - so there's that...I have started checking books in the SH thread, and will work to get caught up there and then start checking the team threads. Hopefully, I will get caught up soon. 🤞🏼
Hi Kat ! Good luck for you house project, I know it could be hard living in project mess 😬
I have a question for you : I claimed a SH but it is really recent (published less than 10 days) and it is tagged as western-romance, romance but not yet in Romance main genre.
Does it count ? Or how could this be tagged ?
A Secret Baby for the Grumpy Cowboy
Thank you
LillianaPassions wrote: "Hi Kat ! Good luck for you house project, I know it could be hard living in project mess 😬
I have a question for you : I claimed a SH but it is really recent (published less than 10 days) and it ..."
All books have to be MPG Romance to count for this challenge. You are allowed to tag books as romance after the date begins and if it shows as MPG Romance before the date ends, you would need to repost to claim the book.
ETA: It was a stupid little project - we needed to move the china cabinet over an inch and a half so we could fit a new recycling bin beside it. But that meant emptying it completely and since everything was out we needed to clean the cabinet and all that goes in it. And then, we couldn't put the fake plant back in place without cleaning it - and if I'm going to one, I'm going to do them all. But to do that, I would have to clear the other cabinets that have plants on them. That lead to more cleaning... Stupid little project that went on for several days - but it's done and lots of cleaning that needed to be done anyway finally got done. 🤷🏻♀️
Date 4 - H - Tasks: Breakdown of the qualifications for possible tasks for Date 4.Please remember that all tags/lists must qualify IN CONTEXT!! Links MUST be provided.
Don't make more work for yourself than necessary - if the qualifier is in the title or on the cover, use it! You don't have to go searching for tags to make it work. 😊 If the link you use for the book is the same you are using for the book details or cover - say so (see above edition or something similar)! That saves us all some steps. But please double check your links!
You may use separate editions of your Scavenger Hunt books to qualify for the different tasks. Links MUST be provided.
H is for Habiliment - Read a book with a fully clothed cover model.
To qualify for this task, the cover of your selected books need to show a fully clothed cover model. If the cover model is a man, he must be wearing a closed shirt (neck can be unbuttoned, but not the whole shirt) and pants at a minimum. If the cover model is a female, she must be fully dressed - not in lingerie or with the dress/shirt undone. Shoes are required if the feet show. If there are more than one cover model, only one must be fully clothed.
H is for Hades - Read a book that is MPG Paranormal.
To qualify, the selected book needs to have 'Paranormal', 'Paranormal Romance' or 'Fantasy' as a Main Page Genre.
H is for ??? - ???
To be revealed when the date begins.
H is for Humdinger - Read a book with an average GR rating of 4.3 or higher.
To qualify for this task, the average rating for your selected book needs to be 4.3 or higher. This information can be found on the main book page under the title. Please include the average rating in your completion post. If the average rating is likely to change over the course of the date, i.e. the book is new or has few ratings, it might be advisable to take a screen shot. Also, if your rating is significantly lower than the average, perhaps wait to rate the book until after the date ends.
Just a reminder to make sure your books are MPG Romance BEFORE you read them!! There are NO exceptions to that rule for this challenge.When I am checking books, if it is not MPG Romance - I look at nothing else because the book does not qualify for this challenge. So just because you tag it as romance and it shows as MPG before the date ends, that is no guarantee that the book will work for the task or that you have the correct page count because I have not checked those details.
Hey Kat! I have a couple of questions regarding Habiliment. Does the cover model need to be full body, or can we assume pants are worn if the top half is fully dressed:
Also, does a kilt work, as long as a shirt is worn with it?
Thanks!
~KarenH~ wrote: "Hey Kat! I have a couple of questions regarding Habiliment. Does the cover model need to be full body, or can we assume pants are worn if the top half is fully dressed: [bookcover:Murder House|44..."
You do not need to see the full body, but what is shown needs to be fully dressed. Head shots only will not work though.
Period or culturally appropriate clothing will be allowed. In answer to your question, a kilt would work as long as the cover model is wearing at least a shirt with it.
Thanks, Kat! That's what I figured on both counts, but I've learned not to assume anything (or almost anything). 😁
MountainKat wrote: "~KarenH~ wrote: "Hey Kat! I have a couple of questions regarding Habiliment. Does the cover model need to be full body, or can we assume pants are worn if the top half is fully dressed: ..."
Hi Kat - along these lines, if the shirt is a tshirt, or open collared and buttoned but not all the way, will that still work for 'dressed'?
Eg
?
?
MountainKat wrote: "Date 4 - H - Tasks: Breakdown of the qualifications for possible tasks for Date 4.Please remember that all tags/lists must qualify IN CONTEXT!! Links MUST be provided.
Don't make more work for y..."
Hi Kat!
Does the cover model need to be a real person, or can it be cartoon?
Thanks!
Jane (PS) wrote: "MountainKat wrote: "~KarenH~ wrote: "Hey Kat! I have a couple of questions regarding Habiliment. Does the cover model need to be full body, or can we assume pants are worn if the top half is full..."
Both of those covers would work. The neck can be open on the shirt, but not completely unbuttoned. Think of the difference between getting dressed and heading out for the day (good) versus coming home and undressing, shirt and/or pants unbuttoned (not good).
Basically if the cover model could walk into a restaurant and get served, the cover should work.
Jill wrote: "Hi Kat!Does the cover model need to be a real person, or can it be cartoon?
Thanks!"
No, the cover model does not need to be a real person. Cartoonish covers will work as long as they are fully clothed.
Congrats to this who earned the special roses for Date 3!Speed Dating Rose - Team 2: Better L8 than Never
Multiple Date Rose - Team 3: Reading 8 Days a Week - Amanda
Longest Date Rose - Team 7: 8 to Midnight - LillianaPassions
Page Turner Rose - Team 2: Better L8 than Never
For habiliment would this work?
Basically would a closed leather jacket or parka work for the fully dressed!
The leter is for unknown is never the theme for the week. Kat wants us to be prepared for the theme of the week so we are not scrambling for book at last minute to fit the theme.
Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "For habiliment would this work? Basically would a closed leather jacket or parka work for the fully dressed!"
I would say that is fully dressed.
Becky wrote: "Can the H is for ??? - ??? ever be chosen for the actual theme this week, or is that only for the Scavenger Hunt Rose?"No, the hidden task will not be the called task for any date. It is only used for the Scavenger Hunt.
There were some issues a couple of rounds ago with books being tagged so they worked for SH, but many of these tags seemed false. The hidden task was the solution to attempt to keep the challenge as fair as possible.
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 8🌹🌹Theme - We Made It to Eight!🌹
Date 4 - H - TASK ANNOUNCEMENT
H is for Hades - Read a book that is MPG Paranormal.
To qualify, the selected book needs to have 'Paranormal', 'Paranormal Romance' or 'Fantasy' as a Main Page Genre.
Remember books must be 90 pages (first edition English language Kindle) and MPG Romance!!
You have until Friday, July 29 @ Midnight US EDT to post your completion(s).
Please ensure that your completion post conforms to message #3 of your team thread. If you complete more than one book for the date task, be sure to include that information in your completion post. Remember no discussion in your completion posts!
Date 4 - H - Tasks: Breakdown of the qualifications for possible tasks for Date 4.Please remember that all tags/lists must qualify IN CONTEXT!! Links MUST be provided.
Don't make more work for yourself than necessary - if the qualifier is in the title or on the cover, use it! You don't have to go searching for tags to make it work. 😊 If the link you use for the book is the same you are using for the book details or cover - say so (see above edition or something similar)! That saves us all some steps. But please double check your links!
You may use separate editions of your Scavenger Hunt books to qualify for the different tasks. Links MUST be provided.
H is for Habiliment - Read a book with a fully clothed cover model.
To qualify for this task, the cover of your selected books need to show a fully clothed cover model. If the cover model is a man, he must be wearing a closed shirt (neck can be unbuttoned, but not the whole shirt) and pants at a minimum. If the cover model is a female, she must be fully dressed - not in lingerie or with the dress/shirt undone. Shoes are required if the feet show. If there are more than one cover model, only one must be fully clothed.
H is for Hades - Read a book that is MPG Paranormal.
To qualify, the selected book needs to have 'Paranormal', 'Paranormal Romance' or 'Fantasy' as a Main Page Genre.
H is for Hi-Tech - Read a book featuring a character in a STEM profession.
To qualify for this task, the title, précis, list or tags of the selected books would need to indicate that the book has an MC that works in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).
H is for Humdinger - Read a book with an average GR rating of 4.3 or higher.
To qualify for this task, the average rating for your selected book needs to be 4.3 or higher. This information can be found on the main book page under the title. Please include the average rating in your completion post. If the average rating is likely to change over the course of the date, i.e. the book is new or has few ratings, it might be advisable to take a screen shot. Also, if your rating is significantly lower than the average, perhaps wait to rate the book until after the date ends.
MN Lisa wrote: "Tank Top work for habiliment?
"A tank top would work, but an undershirt will not. I did not look at that specific cover. If you want a answer on that cover feel free to ask again or message me.
Would accounting count for Math (STEM)?
Would a medical doctor be consider stem, medical does involve a lot of science?
A demolitions expert, defusing bombs or planting charges to breach and entrance without causing catastrophic structural damage. Both engineering and science knowledge required.?
😬Roger : the question I wanted to ask ! 😉
Michaele wrote: "Would accounting count for Math (STEM)?"Yes.
Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "Would a medical doctor be consider stem, medical does involve a lot of science?"Yes.
Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "A demolitions expert, defusing bombs or planting charges to breach and entrance without causing catastrophic structural damage. Both engineering and science knowledge required.?"My research says no.
Naomi wrote: "Will a student tag work for STEM?"No, the qualification for this task says that a MC needs to work in a STEM profession so a student would not work.
If a doctor qualifies what about other medical personnel such as nurses, anesthesiologist, or psychologist
Hi Kat - will the following tags work for STEM?"scholarly-type"
"scholar researcher academic"
I'm thinking more is needed, but wanted to check :)
Jean wrote: "If a doctor qualifies what about other medical personnel such as nurses, anesthesiologist, or psychologist"Yes, those work.
Jane (PS) wrote: "Hi Kat - will the following tags work for STEM?"scholarly-type"
"scholar researcher academic"
I'm thinking more is needed, but wanted to check :)"
More would be needed.
MountainKat wrote: "Jean wrote: "If a doctor qualifies what about other medical personnel such as nurses, anesthesiologist, or psychologist"Yes, those work."
Thank you! This was going to be my question.
And I remembered to read the Q&A before I asked it! LOL
Thanks Kat!
Hi MKatTeam 2 : Better L8 Than Never would like to claim the speed dating rose
Congrats to Team 2: Better L8 Than Never for winning the Speed Dating Rose for Date 4!
Hello Kat :Does Hi-Tech means modern ? Or it could be advance technology for the time/period/era of the story ?
LillianaPassions wrote: "Hello Kat :Does Hi-Tech means modern ? Or it could be advance technology for the time/period/era of the story ?"
From the qualifications for the task:
To qualify for this task, the title, précis, list or tags of the selected books would need to indicate that the book has an MC that works in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).
So, it doesn't have to be modern, but books have to have a main character who works in a STEM field - even though they weren't identified as such until recently in the grand scheme of things.
Ok thank you ! I think my book will stretch the definition 😬 but I’ll try ☺️
Date 5 - Tasks: Breakdown of the qualifications for possible tasks for Date 5.Please remember that all tags/lists must qualify IN CONTEXT!! Links MUST be provided.
Don't make more work for yourself than necessary - if the qualifier is in the title or on the cover, use it! You don't have to go searching for tags to make it work. 😊 If the link you use for the book is the same you are using for the book details or cover - say so (see above edition or something similar)! That saves us all some steps. But please double check your links!
You may use separate editions of your Scavenger Hunt books to qualify for the different tasks. Links MUST be provided.
E is for Earbasher - Read a book that is at least 300 pages.
To qualify for this task, the selected book needs to have a first edition Kindle edition 300 pages or over.
E is for Edifice - Read a book with a building on the cover.
To qualify for this task, the cover needs to clearly and obviously show the exterior of a building. You can use any edition's cover to qualify, but please include the qualifying cover in your completion post.
E is for Ego - Read a book written in first person pov.
To qualify for this task, the select book/s need to be written in the first person pov - I, me, mine. The book can alternate pov between main characters, but needs to be first person for each character. Qualification can come from tags or lists only for this task.
E is for ??? - ???
To be revealed when the date begins.
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Thanks 😉"
Let me check my tracking and I'll comment in your team thread. 😊