TART Challenge - Round 6 - Team 14

[MountainKat, Moderator]

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

Team:
✓ Darkness
✓ Jane
tarrnum

[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 - 9.24.2022
Task 2 - 2. Each player reads the first book in a series, can be same or different series - no pass for this task. 9.24.2022 - 10.1.2022
Task 3 - 5. Read 4 2 books first published within the last year. 10.1.2022 - 10.3.2022
Task 4 - 4. Read 4 2 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy. 10.3.2022 - 10.8.2022
Task 5 - 29. Read over 750 450 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession. 10.8.2022- 10.14.2022
Task 6 - 27. Read a minimum of 750 400 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year. 10.14.2022 - 10.20.2022
Task 7 - 22. Read 4 2 books #5 or higher in a series. 10.20.2022 - 10.25.2022
Task 8 - 25. Read 4 2 books by one of the 2021 FACs. 10.25.2022 - 11.3.2022
Task 9 - 28. Each teammate reads a book from a teammate's to-read shelf, no pass for this task. 11.3.2022

[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 14, 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. 😊

[Jane]

Hi, I'm Jane and I'm from Denmark.

I read mostly fantasy and contemporary romance. I have no problem finding books for any task though.
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Task
Book/cover link
Page numbers with source
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary.
Date Completed.
Rating/Review.
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Completion Post

Task:
Book:
Page #:
How book qualified:
Date Completed:
Rating/Review: (hide spoiler)]

[Darkness]

Hi! My name is Ena but pls call me Darkness. I am from Croatia small country next to Italy.
My most read romances are lgbtq and contemporary but ofc some fantasy romance too.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I've sent tarrnum a reminder message, hopefully they show up soon!

[Darkness]

Do we ting of name while tarrnum come or at least talk about team prompts as 1,2,9,27,28,29, 33,49. 50, 51,52,53,54,55,56,58,62,64,65, 71,72,73,74,75,76, 77. 79. 80,82. 84, 90, 91,92,93,94,95,96,99

[Jane]

I’ll look at it when I get to the computer later and give my suggestions. And I’ll give my TBR a check as some of it is quite old.

[Jane]

Darkness wrote: "Do we ting of name while tarrnum come or at least talk about team prompts as 1,2,9,27,28,29, 33,49. 50, 51,52,53,54,55,56,58,62,64,65, 71,72,73,74,75,76, 77. 79. 80,82. 84, 90, 91,92,93,94,95,96,99"

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This list of tasks is not inclusive and just an example of tasks that may be assigned.

Tasks:
1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
difficult, but I'm not too bothered as long as I can get the author from Kindle Unlimted (KU)or library

2. Each player reads the first book in a series, can be same or different series - no pass for this task.
as far as I can see, we do not need to read the same series here.

9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
Starry Hollow Witches, Sweet Tea Witch Mysteries, Psy-Changeling, Seahorse Harbour, just suggestions but if the series is availableon KU I'm game

27. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year.
let's look at this if we get this task

28. Each teammate reads a book from a teammate's to-read shelf, no pass for this task.
I'm sure we'll be able to find something on each others to-read shelf

29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
difficult to me, I've already got a problem with a task like this.

33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.
We should be able to decide on this

49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.
let's look at this if we get this task

50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
let's look at this if we get this task

51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.
Again, I'm open to different authors

52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
I'm sure we can agree

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.
Well, with me that has to be country, I live in the countryside in Denmark and I don't think there is any foreign books about Tørsbøl!

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

55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
Books set in 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.
I'll look at list later and we can decide on this early

58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
that's 2011 or 2018 or 2020 as far as I can see

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.
Well I eould prefer D or T as there are more authors with that than J

64. Read 6 books not set on a continent of a teammate. Space does not count - must be a real continent.
I would suggest North America as Europe and Asia is out

65. Each player reads 2 books in a series, teammates can read the same or different series.
as far as I can see, we do not need to read the same series here.


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 hope if weget this task it's going to be later in the challege so there is more choice

72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
Well I prefer the more recent decade than my decade :-)

73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
that's a lot of pages so we really need to find one we all like
74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.
Well, Darkness. We don't have much of a choice then. and neither do you Tarrnum

75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
I'm not to bothered but it would be a good one to be ready with

76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
I'll need suggestions here

77. Each teammate reads a book that the teammate after them alphabetically has rated 5 stars. No pass for this task.
I'm sure I'll find something on Tarrnum's list

79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
What does trope mean?

80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.
I'm sure we'll figure this out

82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series.
Interesting, but again one we should be able to decide early

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.
I need to look at these categories

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.
just need to decide on months and I'll find a book

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.
Hmm, that's less than 100 pages for us so I'm sure we still need to read books that are longer than 150 pages

92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide.
That depends how far back the past is, I would probably prefer future here

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.
This is more difficult than task 56

94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
We just need to decide and I'll find a book for any year

95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.
I would go with cat or dog

96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.
I would prefer moon as I read a lot of witchy books where a lot have the moon on the cover

99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.
Difficult and for me it might not be MPG romance

**Series rule will apply to tasks where you pick from the group or a teammate's shelf.** (hide spoiler)]

[Jane]

First Task - All Teams! (announcement)

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.

[Jane]

I prefer green cover for this task

[Darkness]

I am okey with both

[Darkness]

For other prompts i will wite latter after work

But do we count tarrnum or not bc she din.t say anything

[Jane]

I just tried to message Tarrnum but I’m not allowed. I’ve sent a message to MountainKat asking if we start reading or what we are suppose to do. So let’s wait till we hear from her.

[Jane]

Message from MountainKat

Go ahead and work towards completing the first task. I sent a message to the other player and never heard back. I can adjust tasks if you want to continue with just the two of you or I can try to figure something else out when I get home this weekend.

So lets go ahead and read a green cover.

[Darkness]

Okey

[Jane]

Completion Post

Task: 0: Read a book with a primarily green cover
Book:
Magic & Midnight by Annabel Chase
Page #: 198
How book qualified: Green cover
Date Completed: 9/16-22
Rating/Review: ★★★★
I really enjoy this series, the mother - daughter relationship and their quite unique familiars. Also the many different paranormals. As usual Ember kind of stumbles on the identity of the killer and we have a few other smaller things solved along the way.

[tarrnum ＼(^o^)／]

Hi Jane and Darkness, this is Tarrnum. Feel free to call me any variations of my name.

[tarrnum ＼(^o^)／]

Also my prononuns are she/her. I'm sorry for getting back so late to yall

[tarrnum ＼(^o^)／]

Darkness and Jane, please confirm to me what MPG stands for? and how long do we have to complete this task. I'll look for a book and try to complete it as soon as possible!!

[tarrnum ＼(^o^)／]

And wait I can read any book with either green color or sports MPG. IS THAT RIGHT?

[Jane]

Hi Tarrnum and welcome to the team. I've just given you short answers to your questions as I'm busy reading for another challenge today and tomorrow. But just keep asking and I'll get back to you whenever I have time to check in.

[Jane]

tarrnum wrote: "Darkness and Jane, please confirm to me what MPG stands for? and how long do we have to complete this task. I'll look for a book and try to complete it as soon as possible!!"

MPG stands for main page genre which is the genres that you can see on the front page of a book.

[Jane]

tarrnum wrote: "And wait I can read any book with either green color or sports MPG. IS THAT RIGHT?"

No, we all have to chose the same task in this round so you need to read a book with a green cover

[Darkness]

Completion Post

Task: 0: Read a book with a primarily green cover
Book: As Needed: A Romantic Comedy for the Holidays by Thea Dawson
Page #: 156
How book qualified: Green cover

Date Completed: 18.9.22
Rating/Review: ★★★★
Story about lawyer who end up with child he din't know existed and getting new receptionist. Bryce (father) found out about Nora (child) around time for thanksgiving and this story is right after and during christmas time. Ratchel is adventurus and never in one place. Everybody in her family want to find pernament job and get married. She end up working for Bryce and first thing he order to do is go to cafe with child. They slowling fall in love with each other its was not in rush or slow .
The thing I like the most is how Bryce was with Nora. He is afraid for her and him. She is unexpected and he didn't have time to fully process everyhing when he got her. But in book he finally found happined, what he want in life and with Nora.

[Jane]

Sorry, I didn’t see your question about when we have to complete tasks.

As far as I’m aware we finish as quick as we can and then check in to get our next task. But no faster than every 2 days.

[Darkness]

So when we get task we star to read and finish when we can taht can be same day in a week or more. We wait untill all of us posted about book and then check in. Then we got another challenge. It will last until one team complete all challenges there is

[tarrnum ＼(^o^)／]

Thank you both for helping me out! I see you have both completed the green book task and I'll complete as soon as possible so we can move on to the other!! I'll get back to y'all with my book completion update soon.

[Darkness]

Hi, tarrnum where are you with reading? When are you will be done?

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I just came to check in because I hadn't heard from you...

Since tarrnum has not commented since the 18th, I am going to give you your next task. If they do not show up again this weekend, they will be eliminated. Technically, I should eliminate them now, but I will give another day.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 2: 2. Each player reads the first book in a series, can be same or different series - no pass for this task.

Every teammates reads a book numbered 1 or lower in a numbered series listed on GR. Teammates can read the same or different series. Please include the series and number in your completion posts.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Please let me know in the Q&A thread when the two of you have completed this task!!

[Jane]

Completion Post

Task: 2. Each player reads the first book in a series, can be same or different series
Book:
Banana Slit by Angela K. Ryan
Page #: 177
How book qualified: Seaside Ice Cream Shop Mystery #1
Date Completed: 9/26-22
Rating/Review: ★★★
This was okay, a typical cosy mystery with the MC solving the mystery before the police. At least she has the help of a retired PI. My problem with this series, is that it seems like there is going to be a continuing mystery running through the series which I don't like. I might still continue reading the series.

[Darkness]

Completion Post

Task: 2. Each player reads the first book in a series, can be same or different series
Book: The Off Limits Rule by Sarah Adams
Page #: 291
How book qualified: It Happened in Nashville #1
Date Completed: 1.10.22
Rating/Review: ★★★★
Single mother and player who was hurt in past. I did like how Copper was such a flirt and was so good to Lucy. She had dome terrible experience with guys and she don't have confidence in herself or her body but Copper is her shield and he boost her confidence. I really like that. The only thing I was annoyed at Drew- Lucy' s brother bc he don't Copper to date her brother but give some of his friend number of Lucy to hook them up. Drew come on.

[Darkness]

I will check us in

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 3 - 5. Read 4 2 books first published within the last year.

To qualify for this task, the selected books need to have been initially published on or after October 1, 2021. If there is a date listed at the top of the editions page use it. Otherwise I will be looking for the earliest dated English language edition regardless of format as the qualification. Please include the initial publication date of your selected book in your completion post.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I will be adjusting your tasks to account for there only being two of you. If I forget, please do not hesitate to ask about it either in the Q&A or by PM.

In general, it should be half of what the task calls for. 😊

[Darkness]

Completion Post

Task 3 - 5. Read 4 2 books first published within the last year.
Book: The Rigid Duke by Darcy Burke
Page #: 156
How book qualified: Published March 8th 2022
Date Completed: 2.10.22
Rating/Review: ★★★★
This one was a short historical romance. The connection was so perfect. They were meant for each other. I like this book but the ending felt rushed and I was not a fan of that. She has something to and doesn't want to be in something series but without really talking she changes her point of view so quickly. Like, come on I get it you love him but come on. He is quick to do absurd things and he was not thinking in the end. Like I said it was rushed so they couldn't properly talk. The side characters were fun and good. I think one of them will have her own book and I am excited to read if there is one

[Jane]

Wow, you were quick. I'll try to get my book read Monday or Tuesday

[Darkness]

Jane wrote: "Wow, you were quick. I'll try to get my book read Monday or Tuesday"

It was quick read. Np. Take your time.

[Jane]

Completion Post

Task: Task 3 - 5. Read 4 2 books first published within the last year.
Book:
Christmas at The Cornish Bakery by Sarah Hope
Page #: 164
How book qualified: Published December 2, 2021
Date Completed: 10/3-22
Rating/Review: ★★★★
A new series I've started recently. I enjoy these quite short heartwarming stories. MCs fall in love a bit quickly for my taste but it is still a cosy romance.

[Jane]

I've checked us in.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Jane wrote: "Completion Post

Task: Task 3 - 5. Read 4 2 books first published within the last year.
Book:
Christmas at The Cornish Bakery b..."

Please correct to the Kindle edition page count (164). Thanks.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 4 - 4. Read 4 2 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy.

To qualify for this task the selected books need to be tagged as ‘PNR’, ‘paranormal romance’, ‘paranormal’ or ‘fantasy’. Tags are the only qualifier for this task. Please include a link to the top shelves page of your qualifying tag in your completion post, also include the qualifying tag, the top shelves page number and the number of tags. If the tag is MPG, just say that it is as your qualifier.

[Jane]

MountainKat wrote: "Please correct to the Kindle edition page count (164). Thanks."

Done

[Jane]

Completion Post

Task: Task 4 - 4. Read 4 2 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy.
Book:
Shattered Bonds by Faith Hunter
Page #: 380
How book qualified: MPG Fantasy
Date Completed: 10/4-22
Rating/Review: ★★★★★
This is book 13 in this series and MC has changed a lot through the series which has been great to follow. As in all these books MC and her friends has to fight the baddest vampires around and only just survive. This is one of my favourite series at the moment.

[Darkness]

Completion Post

Task: Task 4 - 4. Read 4 2 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy.
Book:Taken by Katerina Martinez
Page #: 297
How book qualified: MPG Fantasy
Date Completed: 08/10/22
Rating/Review: ★★★★
This book reminds me of The Selection. I did like that book and I do like this book too. It has a little bit of magic. But the problem with this book is I think it's too short. I get why but it lacks some tings that are still a mystery. Romance is almost non-existent but I think I like it like this. She feels affected by him but doesn't let him fully in.

[Darkness]

Checking us in