TART Challenge - Round 6 - Another Day, Another Story (13)

[MountainKat, Moderator]

The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 6
September 14, 2022 through November 10, 2022
Caught a Second Wind!

Team:
★ Maggie
✓ M
✓ Carolyn
Tink Magoo is bad at reviews

[MountainKat, Moderator]

The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 6
September 14, 2022 through November 10, 2022
Caught a Second Wind!

Tracking:
Task 1 - 0. Read a sports romance (MPG) or a book with a primarily green cover, teams decide which. No pass for this task. 9.14.2022 - 9.17.2022
Task 2 - 1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task. 9.17.2022 - 9.20.2022
Task 3 - 2. Each player reads the first book in a series, can be same or different series - no pass for this task. 9.20.2022 - 9.25.2022
Task 4 - 15. Read a minimum of 600 pages in books with an audio edition. 9.25.2022 - 9.27.2022
Task 5 - 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. 9.27.2022 - 9.30.2022
Task 6 - 37. Read 6 books set in the US. 9.30.2022 - 10.5.2022
Task 7 - 10. Read 4 books by authors who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb). 10.5.2022 - 10.9.2022
Task 8 - 44. Read 6 5 books by authors who use initials in their name. 10.9.2022 - 10.16.2022
Task 9 - 61. Read 4 3 books rated over 4.5 on GR. 10.16.2022 - 10.21.2022
Task 10 - 52. Read 6 5 books with the same color cover, teams decide color. 10.21.2022 - 11.4.2022
Task 11 - 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. 11.4.2022
Task 12 - Read books by authors whose first or last name begins with the first letter of your team name. 11.8.2022

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Information required when posting your completion/s:

Task
Book/cover link
Page numbers with source
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary.
Date Completed.
Rating/Review.


**Remember to use the first edition Kindle page count only! If your page count comes from a Kindle edition published on the initial publication date on the editions page, it will count. If your page count comes from a Kindle edition labeled '1st edition', it will count. If your page count comes from the earliest dated English language Kindle edition, it will count. I am looking for one of those three things when confirming your books! As long the page count you list is correct, I will accept any link to the book. Ebook page count will be acceptable if no Kindle page count available. The acceptability of other page counts will be made on an individual basis.**

Please note that a rating is now required in your completion posts! A small review is also welcome. 😊

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I think most of you know each other, at least a little, but feel free to introduce yourself again. Please give any relevant information, especially time zone as that helps know when it is best to communicate. 😊

Please select a team leader to help keep track of where your team is in any given task. And as necessary guide discussions for task decisions. Any teammate can report your completions though.

Remember, it is the team's responsibility to notify the host (me) if a teammate fails to complete the task in a timely manner or otherwise goes missing! I am not checking all the team threads regularly to notice and may only check when notified a task is complete.

PS - If you want to be known as anything other than Team X, you are free to come up with a team name. 😉

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I am starting you off as a team of 3, if someone else shows up I may add them. Tasks will be adjusted as necessary when assigned, either page count or number of books. If I forget to do that (and I WILL forget!), don't hesitate to question me about it in the Q&A thread. 😊

[Carolyn]

Hi everyone!!! I’m so excited to start this reading challenge!! Can’t wait to get to know everyone better :)

[Maggie]

Hi All! I'm excited to start reading this round as well! Carolyn, is this your first time reading the TART?

I know M and I have raced this twice before. It's a lot of fun. Both of us enjoy being able to clear books off of our TBRs and we like finding new to us reads.

I'm excited to be starting again!

[Maggie]

I know we need to come up with a team name as well as determine a contact person/lead.

I don't mind being the contact person if no one else would like to do it?

For team names.....
Do any of these sound fun or help spark ideas?
I feel like my usual level of creativity is way down LOL

1- Literary Ladies
2- Turning Pages
3- Another Day, Another Story

[M]

Morning! Can't wait to start racing with you guys!! Sorry I roped you into this one, Maggie lol, but we will have fun.

I like Another Day, Another Story!

What about?
Racing to the epilogue
Racy Readers

We were Chapter Chicks last time.

[Maggie]

M wrote: "Morning! Can't wait to start racing with you guys!! Sorry I roped you into this one, Maggie lol, but we will have fun.

I like Another Day, Another Story!

What about?
Racing to the epilogue
Ra..."

We will have fun!
I like Racy Readers!

I've started chunking out the tasks again...because I can't help myself LOL

Carolyn feel free to jump into the crazy at any time. This is a fun challenge and one of the best parts is getting to "meet" new people!

[Carolyn]

I will definitely join in the crazy lol This is my first racing challenge so I will follow your lead and I’ll probably have a few questions along the way :)

For team names I’m totally fine with any. I like Turning pages. Here a few more options to throw in the mix:

- Twisted Tales
- The Racing Romance Readers

I’m not totally clear on how all the tasks work so any tips would be helpful!! I’m sooo excited!!

[M]

Before my surgery I was purging my emails and docs. I deleted the doc I had for this challenge with lots of the tasks kinda fingured out. Ugh. Oh well.. Gonna start fresh lol.

[Maggie]

M wrote: "Before my surgery I was purging my emails and docs. I deleted the doc I had for this challenge with lots of the tasks kinda fingured out. Ugh. Oh well.. Gonna start fresh lol."

It's okay. I started fresh as well.
I hope you are healing well from surgery!

[Maggie]

Carolyn wrote: "I will definitely join in the crazy lol This is my first racing challenge so I will follow your lead and I’ll probably have a few questions along the way :)

For team names I’m totally fine with an..."

I like Twisted Tales too!

Okay - first we'll need to make a decision on a team name. 😄
I'll pull them all together in a stand alone comment so it's clean.

Tasks are actually kind of simple. On the Q&A thread, MKat has a list of 100 tasks. Any of those tasks can be assigned to us at any time. Right now the tasks are sort of vague such as "read 4 books by an author who has more than 10 letters in their name"
When Kat assigns that task she will provide further clarification for us, such as "10 letters between first and last names combined" or "must be a singular author and not an author duo" she'll provide do's and don'ts if time allows her to.

Our tasks may be adjusted slightly as we are a team of 3 instead of 4, unless there is a late sign up who joins us. Meaning if the basic task is that we need to read 4 books, we would be asked to read 3 books. One per team member.

Each of us will need to read at least one book per task that meets the task. We finish as quickly as we can, post our completion posts for the book/s we've read, then we post that we've completed our task on the Q&A thread for TART, MKat will verify our completion posts and then will assign us a new task.
We move at our own speed. We don't need to win anything and we're just looking to read and have fun.

I'll set up the list of tasks in this thread for us.
On a stand alone spreadsheet I've started moving them into a few different categories
1- Team needs to decide on an item and it is a no pass task
2- No pass tasks no team decisions needed
3- Team decision is needed for an idea - task can be passed by teammate
4- Information needed from team members in order to complete
5- Tasks which will need lists and/or book shelves

What I tried to do the last two rounds I played was set up a spot that held our names, birth month and year, current state, year we joined RRRC, and the link to a shelf we'd created for our 4 fave books. In the last two rounds, there was a task to read one of your teammates favorite books. Last round there was also a task to read a book recommended to you by a teammate. I think I may still have a shelf set up for my recommendations.

For tasks with things like "read a book with under 500 reviews on GR" I typically try to find lists in Listopia and link them under the tasks so when they are assigned we have a jump off point if you don't have a particular book on your shelf.

Also, last round I had set up a separate private grp for our team so we could discuss the team decision tasks.

That group is actually still open. M you still have access to that grp and I haven't change or deleted anything. I was going to pull my lists for general tasks from there if it helps.

[Maggie]

Team Name Suggestions

1 - Another Day, Another Story
2- Racy Readers
3- Twisted Tales

[Maggie]

To Read shelves:

Carolyn*
M*
Maggie
Tink*

*Will make an active link when you let me know which shelf to point to

Recommendations

Carolyn's Recommendations
Carolyn's Recommendation Shelf
1. - KU, paranormal. dragons
2. - romance, mystery, humour
3. -KU, RH, Crime, dark
4. - New Adult, Music, Chick Lit
5. -KU, RH, Paranormal, Monsters

M's Recommendations
1. - KU (audiobook is amazing), mafia, dark
2. - KU, college, hockey, brother's best friend
3. - KU, humor, contemporary, band of brothers
4. - KU, contemporary, beautiful and touching story about finding love after a loss
5. - KU, contemporary, humor, fake relationship, enemies to lovers

Maggie's Recommendations*
1. KU, College, NA, Contemporary, Dark
2. KU, Contemporary, Adult, Humor, close family ties
3. KU, Contemporary, New Adult, Sports, PTSD, school shooting survivors in college, addiction issues
4. KU, Humor, Adult, Contemporary, Some sad tears which is unusual for this author
5. KU, Contemporary, Sport, Adult, UK Setting

**KU is Kindle Unlimited

Tink Magoo's Recommendations
1. -- historical, arranged marriage
2. -such a beautiful book and brilliant idea
3. - it's like the tv show Survivor
4. - paranormal series, no romance in this book but a great main character
5. - contemporary romance, a lot of fun

Book Requirements for TART
There is a 150 page minimum for books, rereads and audios ok. Books may only be used once per player during the challenge. Players may read the same book for a task unless otherwise specified. Books do not have to be romance, but must be fiction

[Maggie]

Current Task:

[Maggie]

Completed Tasks
Task 1 - 0. Read a sports romance (MPG) or a book with a primarily green cover, teams decide which. No pass for this task. Team chose sports.
Tink: Msg 55
M: Msg 56
Maggie: Msg 57
Carolyn: Msg 63

Task 2 - 1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task. Team chose - Emma Hart
Tink: Msg 81
Carolyn: Msg 82
M: Msg 86
Maggie: Msg 87

Task 3 - 2. Each player reads the first book in a series, can be same or different series - no pass for this task.
Tink: Msg 96
M: Msg 97
Maggie: Msg 100
Carolyn: Msg 103

Task 4 -15. Read a minimum of 600 pages in books with an audio edition
Tink:Msg 117
M: Msg 118
Maggie: Msg 116
Carolyn: Msg 119

Task 5 - 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.
Tink: Msg 137
Carolyn: Msg 138
M: Msg 139
Maggie: Msg 140

[Maggie]

Completed Tasks - Continued

[Maggie]

Completed Tasks- Continued

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Hi all, I'm going to be adding Tink Magoo to your team - she should fit well with you and played in the last round. 😊

I will point her this way and hopefully she will be here before too long.

[Carolyn]

Maggie wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "I will definitely join in the crazy lol This is my first racing challenge so I will follow your lead and I’ll probably have a few questions along the way :)

For team names I’m tota..."

Thank you for all this info!! This clear up a lot of confusion I had about how the tasks work :)

[Carolyn]

Maggie wrote: "
Team Name Suggestions


1 - Another Day, Another Story
2- Racy Readers
3- Twisted Tales"

I’m good with any of these!!

[Carolyn]

Maggie wrote: "
To Read shelves:


Carolyn*
M*
Maggie

*Will make an active link when you let me know which shelf to point to


Recommendations


Carolyn's Recommendations
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

M's Recommendations
..."

I just made a shelf called “recommendations” and I’ve added a few books to it :)

[Tink Magoo is bad at reviews]

Hi guys, thanks for having me on your team.

I've played before so know this can take a bit of planning before we start to save time later on.

Off the top of my head I remember you'll need this from me -
Birth month - April
Birth year - 84
State/Country - England
Year I join RRRC - 2015

I will get my recommendations done asap

[Tink Magoo is bad at reviews]

I like Another Day, Another Story

[Tink Magoo is bad at reviews]

Recommendations -

1. - historical, arranged marriage
2. - such a beautiful book and brilliant idea
3. - it's like the tv show Survivor
4. - paranormal series, no romance in this book but a great main character
5. - contemporary romance, a lot of fun

[Maggie]

MountainKat wrote: "Hi all, I'm going to be adding Tink Magoo to your team - she should fit well with you and played in the last round. 😊

I will point her this way and hopefully she will be here before too long."

Thanks Kat! Tink has been in my picking group a few times for the Meet and Greet Challenge. I've absolutely wound up with books on my TBR list after browsing her Picking Shelves 😊

[Maggie]

Tink Magoo is bad at reviews wrote: "Hi guys, thanks for having me on your team.

I've played before so know this can take a bit of planning before we start to save time later on.

Off the top of my head I remember you'll need this fr..."

Hi Tink! Welcome to the fun!!

Thanks for jumping right in 😊
I think some of my comments crossed over what you were leaving comments on.
I'm going to review and then clean up our tread a little bit so it's cleaner before we start.

Happy to have you with us!

[Carolyn]

Birth month - November
Birth Year - 1995
State/Country - New York
Year I Joined RRRC - 2022

[Tink Magoo is bad at reviews]

Would you like me to delete my comments?

[M]

Recommendations


- KU (audiobook is amazing), mafia, dark
- KU, college, hockey, brother's best friend
- KU, humor, contemporary, band of brothers
- KU, contemporary, beautiful and touching story about finding love after a loss
- KU, contemporary, humor, fake relationship, enemies to lovers

[M]

Birth month - January
Birth Year - 1980
State/Country - California
Year I Joined RRRC - 2020

[Maggie]

Sorry to be back so late! School has started up again and we had beginning of the year meetings for both kids with their educational plans. One meeting took longer than we all anticipated -but it went well and all is happy.

Comments -
No need for anyone to delete their comments. We need to hash out our decisions and having everyone’s info at the head of the chat is perfect.

I was going to delete my one big comment with the list of tasks 1-50 tomorrow once we talked out the team decisions.
It’s easier for me to copy my comment with the links and stuff and just move it to be later on the thread. And then I can add a second comment with Tasks 51 - 100.
We shouldn’t delete things after that though. ❤️

[Maggie]

Birth Year: 1977
Birth Month: March
State/Country: Connecticut US
Year I joined RRRC: 2020

[Maggie]

Task List:

1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task. Team chose Emma 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.
I like all of these suggestions and have books from all on my TBR or would happily reread. We can chose now or when called?

Series with multiple authors -
1.Green Valley Library
2. Busy Bean
3. Speak Easy Taproom
4. Kings of FootballOnly 3 books in this one but by popular authors -
(This series breaks my heart and I love it all at the same time ❤️)
5. Mason Creek
6. Underworld Kings (I'm forever mourning that Amazon has eaten Maria's book and it literally killed her writing mojo.)

10. Read 4 books by authors' who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb).
Pen Name List

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.
** See recommendations 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.
Best Romance with a Single Parent
Single Mothers in Contemporary Romance
Single Fathers of Romance: Great Family Men
RomBkLove 2021 People Who Parent

17. Read 4 books written by a male author.
Romances written by men
M/M Books Written By Men
Romance and Erotica Written by Men (M/F)

18. Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'.
Favorite Tag

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.

Carolyn's Read Shelf
M's Read Shelf
Maggie's 2022 Read Shelf
Tink Magoo's Read Shelf

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's Shelf
Fran's Shelf
MKat's Shelf
Karen's Shelf
Yz the Whyz's Shelf

24. Read 6 books on RRRC's bookshelf, the books can not be added by anyone on your team within the last year.
RRRC's Bookshelf

25. Read 4 books by one of the 2022 FACs. (A different time frame may be given when assigned.)
January - Emma Chase
February - Eve Langlais
March - Lucy Lennox
April - Avery Flynn
May - Kerrigan Byrne
June - Lily Morton
July - Kylie Scott
August - Lorraine Heath
September - Kim Fielding


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.
Carolyn
M
Maggie

29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
Sport

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.
Paranormal or Fantasy - I actually like PNR or Fantasy for this one and we can use Contemporary again for a later task if that's okay?

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.
Best Friends tag
Best Friends Falling In Love tag

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.
Romance Duo Authors
Best MM Books Written By 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.
**

50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
We had a lot of different suggestions for this one. I've listed the suggested and added the authors in my TBR or read that I could think of off of the top of my head that have or do write in these cities/states. All are of them are fine with me. We can leave this one for when it's called as well. I'm a mood reader and go with majority as well. (Horrible at making decisions)
Florida - Blue Water Billionaires series
Texas - Isla Madden Mills, Kate Stewart, some Max Monroe, LJ Shen?
LA - Kayley Loring. some Max Monroe
NY - Kayley Loring, 1 by Alley Ciz, GD Taylor series, Max Monroe Billionaire series and spin offs, Their Dr series.

[Maggie]

Task List - Continued:

51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.
Same as above. These were the most suggested authors. I enjoy them all as well. Tink suggested using different authors for these task so we get a variety and I can see the wisdom in that as well.
We can chose now or when the task is called?

Christina Lauren
Meghan Quinn
Penelope Douglas
Julie Garwood

52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
Black

53. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work), teams decide. No pass for this task.
Carolyn - New York
M - California
Maggie - Connecticut
Tink Magoo -England

54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
beach - 2 for beach
mountain - 1 thus far

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.
Most Anticipated Romance Novels of 2021 (647 Books)
Most Anticipated Romance Novels of 2022 (393 Books)

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.
Carolyn - 2022

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'.
magic
magical

64. Read 6 books not set on a continent of a teammate. Space does not count - must be a real continent.
No North America or Europe

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.
(These may not be MPG Mystery or Suspense, but they will link to the main GR page for the genres. Please double check your chosen reads!)
Mystery
Suspense

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.
This link will take you to a listing of different Awards. Please check the meta details of the book you have chosen to ensure the book is noted as being a nominee/award winner

Book Awards

70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
Contemporary using this sub genre here as we will use PNR or Fantasy for the task above if this is agreeable?

71. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task.
We will select the team if/when this task is called

72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
Carolyn - 1990s


73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
Sarina Bowen
Ilsa Madden-Mills

74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.

Carolyn - November
M - January
Maggie - March
Tink Magoo - April

75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
S or T

76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
Shirt

77. Each teammate reads a book that the teammate after them alphabetically has rated 5 stars. No pass for this task.

Reading order would be:
Carolyn reads from M's shelf
M read's from Maggie's shelf
Maggie read's from Tink's shelf
Tink reads from Carolyn's shelf

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.
Enemies to lovers

80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.
1990, 2000, 2010, 2020

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.
1.Green Valley Library
2. Busy Bean
3. Speak Easy Taproom
4. Pucked
5. Blue Water Billionaires
6. Bootleg Springs

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.
Monthly Challenge folder

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.
car

89. Read 8 books tagged with 'wedding' or 'proposal'.
Some lists below for search purposes. Please check tags when choosing your book
Books with a Wedding Theme
Brides on the Cover
Wedding on the Front Cover
Proposal Engaged Wedding
Elaborate Proposal Scene in Romance
RomBk Love 2020 Marriage of Convenience

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.
Tink suggested a year other than 2022 would be good and after going through this list I would agree. Perhaps we agree to a year first and then we can find books either on a list or our TBRs that would fit the year? I know I have books from 2019 through this year on my TBR that I need to catch up on.

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.
Carolyn - 95
M- 80
Maggie - 77
Tink Magoo - 84
Books would need to be at least 336 pages long for this task

92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide.
Future

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.
These are some lists that I found while searching other tasks. These are suggestions only.
RomBk Love Summer Reading 94 books
RomBk Love Comfort Reads 90 Books
RomBk Love Made Me Laugh 72 Books


94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 2021 was the furthest the suggested stretched out to. We'll need to narrow and decide when task is called.

95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.
Dog

96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.
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.

100. Read 8 books with more than 10 letters in the title.

[Maggie]

Thank you ladies!! You all are the best 😄
I have added in the recommendations to Msg 16 and I have updated the task lists in the comments above.

We kick off at 6pm September 14th- which is guess is today for all of us now.

Remaining Items that we need to decide on -
1- Team Name
Are we okay with Another Day, Another Story?

2 - Team Task decisions that are still open
The following are the tasks that we will need to decide on. I've noted the number of the task from the list. I'll note my comments in a different comment box. It just helps me visually as I go through the thread. Here we go!

Open Tasks that need decisions

1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.

9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.

27. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year.

29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.

33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.

49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.

50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.

51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.

52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.

53. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work), teams decide. No pass for this task.

54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.

55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.

*56. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list. No pass for this task.
*I have some lists from Listopia under this task already - but they aren't set unless we are all happy with the choices

58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.

64. Read 6 books not set on a continent of a teammate. Space does not count - must be a real continent.

70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.

71. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task.

72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.

73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.

75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.

76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.

79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.

80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.

82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series.

88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.

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.

92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide.

94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.

95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.

96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.

[Maggie]

Maggie's Choices and Suggestions for Open Tasks

1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
In KU -
Lucy Score
Helena Hunting
Mariana Zapata

NOT in KU
Katie MacAlister
Christina Lauren
Lauren Blakely

9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
In KU
Pucked by Helena Hunting
Onyx Assassins by Samantha Whiskey
Bootleg Springs by Lucy Score and Claire Kingsley

27. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year.
2017

29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
Military, Music, or Sports

33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.
Contemporary

49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.
January 2022
Anticipated Jan 2022 releases

50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
Chicago or Seattle? only as we have NYC, LA, San Francisco, and London all covered with our birth places.

51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.
I'd recommend using whomever we pick for task 1

52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
red or yellow

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.
NYC? for Carolyn

54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
beach

55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
The UK? as we aren't able to use Europe or North America for the continent task?

*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.
I have suggested lists in the larger comments above

58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
2022 for Carolyn

64. Read 6 books not set on a continent of a teammate. Space does not count - must be a real continent.
We can NOT use North America or Europe
Oceania?
Oceania includes the continent of Australia and 13 other countries—Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Kiribati, Micronesia, Tonga, Marshall Islands, Palau, Tuvalu, and Nauru.
I'm in the middle of the Rosalind James Escape To New Zealand series this is completely selfish 😄😄😄

70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
Contemporary

71. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task.
I'd recommend we chose the team at the time this task is assigned. Last round I went through the team threads to find books that were similar to our team's reads

72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
Carolyn - 1990s

73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
Same author as task #1

75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
S or R

76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
a human arm?

79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
Friends to lovers?

80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.
1990, 2000, 2010, 2020

82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series.
In KU
Pucked by Helena Hunting
Onyx Assassins by Samantha Whiskey
Bootleg Springs by Lucy Score and Claire Kingsley

88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
A car

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.
May, June, July, and August of 2021 or March, April, May, June 2022?

92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide.
Past

94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022?

95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.
Dog

96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.
Moon - this is typically easier to search and find

[Tink Magoo is bad at reviews]

I'll fill my answers out in a moment but I do think it will be better to have different authors for each read the same author task, just to break things up and if someone doesn't like the author too much it will be easier for them.

For the read same series task there are quite a few with different authors set in the same town which may be a good idea.

I'll go with the majority and just force myself to finish the book if I find something that bad anyway.

[Tink Magoo is bad at reviews]

1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.

Mariana Zapata (I like her but they are long)
Christina Lauren
Meghan Quinn
Penelope Douglas
Julie Garwood
Emma Hart

9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
Series with multiple authors -
1.Green Valley Library
2. Busy Bean
3. Speak Easy Taproom
4. Only 3 books in this one but by popular authors -
Kings of Football


27. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year.
2017

29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
Sport

33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.
Paranormal or Fantasy

49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.


50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
somewhere like Florida or maybe Texas?

51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.
Mariana Zapata (I like her but they are long)
Christina Lauren
Meghan Quinn
Penelope Douglas
Julie Garwood
Emma Hart

52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
Black or white

53. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work), teams decide. No pass for this task.


54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
beach

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.


58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
2022 for Carolyn

64. Read 6 books not set on a continent of a teammate. Space does not count - must be a real continent.


70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
Contemporary

71. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task.


72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
Carolyn - 1990s

73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.

Sarina Bowen
Emma Hart
Isla Madden-Mills


75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
S or T

76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
Shirt?

79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
Enimies to lovers

80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.
1990, 2000, 2010, 2020

82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series.
Series with multiple authors -
1.Green Valley Library
2. Busy Bean
3. Speak Easy Taproom
4. Only 3 books in this one but by popular authors -
Kings of Football

5.
88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
car

90. Each member reads a book published in sequential months, i.e. June, July, August and September 2019. Teams decide which months. No pass for this task.
a year other than 2022 would be good

92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide.
either

94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.
Dog

96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.
Moon

[M]

Another Day, Another Story is fine with me!

[M]

1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
Meghan Quinn
Nicole Dykes
Pepper Winters
Kennedy Fox
Mariana Zapata (I like her but they are long) I agree with Tink!
Christina Lauren (new to me author)
Penelope Douglas (I've read lots of hers)
Emma Hart (new to me author)


9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/3126...
https://www.goodreads.com/series/3198...


27. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year.
2017

29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
Athlete
Teacher

33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide
Contemporary

49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.


50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
New York
LA

51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.
Same as #1

52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
Black
Blue

53. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work), teams decide. No pass for this task.


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.


*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.
*I have some lists from Listopia under this task already - but they aren't set unless we are all happy with the choices

58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
2022 for Carolyn

64. Read 6 books not set on a continent of a teammate. Space does not count - must be a real continent.

70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
Contemporary

71. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task.

72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
Carolyn - 1990s

73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.

75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
S
T

76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
Suit
Shirt - yes
Arm - yes

79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
Enemies to lovers

80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.


82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/3043... - Yes
https://www.goodreads.com/series/3081... - Yes
https://www.goodreads.com/series/1557... - Yes


88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
Car
Motorcycle

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.

92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide.
Future

94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.
Dog


96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which
Moon

[Tink Magoo is bad at reviews]

We have our first task, I won't post it here though just incase you have a certain way of doing it.

[Carolyn]

Are we picking green or sports?

[M]

I vote for sports

[Maggie]

First Task!

0. Read a sports romance (MPG) or a book with a primarily green cover, teams decide which. No pass for this task.

With both college and pro football seasons starting, I’m sure I’m not the only one with sports on the brain! As a team, decide if you are a book with primarily green cover or a book with MPG Sports Romance. If selecting a sports romance, it can either be the generic Sports (alone or combined) or the specific sports such as football, baseball or hockey - but it MUST be MPG! If selecting books for the cover option, green must be the primary color you see on the cover to qualify. No pass for this task.

[Maggie]

Tink Magoo is bad at reviews wrote: "We have our first task, I won't post it here though just incase you have a certain way of doing it."

Tink - No special way of doing things. Whomever is on and sees the task posted can post. Same with completion posts. If we all have completed the task and we haven't posted over to the Q&A thread whomever can do so. I don't want to hold us up in anyway. I also know we have a wide range of time zones in this group.

[Maggie]

M wrote: "I vote for sports"

I also vote Sports

[Carolyn]

I’m fine with sports. So when we do finish a book where do we post that we finished that book? Here?