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Pass The Parcel Round 20 - Q&A | Team 3 Read Em & Sleep has WON
Q&AAbout the Challenge
Q: I see in the directions that a theme will be called each Friday. Under what circumstances would I need to read more than one book per week? Just if I fall behind?
A: Yes. You will only be reading more than one book in a week if you are behind in your reading. However if you can use your 'pass' (option 3) during the challenge you could read only 9 books in 11 weeks. This will be entirely dependent on how your team works those 5 available passes in each 5 week block - remembering that there likely 6 team members in your team.
Falling behind by more than two books: you can't fall behind by more than two books. If you have two books outstanding at the theme announcement, you will need to have read at least one book in the new theme's week. If another theme is announced and you have three books unread, then I will have to remove you.
PLEASE NOTE - I will not remove, nor accept retirement from, any players in the last two weeks of the challenge. This will mean that the team cannot win if their players are MIA in the last two weeks.
Q: For a theme call, can I use a book I'm already reading ?
A: No. Books must be started after the theme call. This is the same for all RRRC challenges. (You can start a book after a theme call but before you have posted your selection post.)
Q: Do we have to report anywhere when the team is done with a week's theme?
A: Each group will have their own thread, and members will post their progress there. Team Captains will summarise team progress at the front of their team thread. I will maintain an overall progress chart for all the teams - and will post progress sporadically (hopefully weekly depending on my time commitments), but definitely in the last week ;)
Q: Completion post. Rather than including my review in the completion post, can I insert a link to my review?
A: No. Please include your actual review in the completion post.
Q: Option 2. Select a book from the 'READ' list of a team-mate that they read in the last 6 months AND that the team-mate rated at least 3 stars. Can we have a firm date set for the full challenge, eg 1 August, to allow for planning?
A: No. The six months will recalibrate each week - you can't plan until you have your team and it is only up to 6 members whose shelves you can pick from. I'll provide the six month date limit each week to avoid confusion.
Q: Does the 'series' rule only apply to Option 2?
A: Yes
Q: Under Option 2, can I use the same book from my team-mates shelf in multiple weeks under the 'series' rule? eg. continuing a series but using the same qualifying book.
A: Yes. But this can only continue whilst the book on your teamie's shelf continues to meet the 6 month key date timeframe.
Q: Under Option 2, can you use the book even if they didn't put a date read?
A: No.
It has to have a read date to show that it was read in the last six months. Otherwise it wouldn't qualify for Option 2. You can ask your teammate to add a date if you know they have read it though.
Q: Regarding the option to 'pass'. Do we have to decide that week who's passing or could we choose later on? Let's say that during week 1, everybody decides to read their book but once week 2 starts, one player realizes she cannot read week 1's book for whatever reason. Assuming that nobody else from the team passed, could she then decide to pass on last week's book?
A: No. The book selection or pass needs to be specified in the theme announcement week.
Members can only change their book selection in that theme's week. Once the next theme is announced, books are set in stone and cannot be changed.
Q: If a team member uses a pass (option 3) in week 5, when can they use the pass option again?
A: Each team member can only select option #3 once each 5 (five) weeks. AND each team may only have ONE person 'passing' for the round each week.
However - if a teamie used one in week 5 (covering weeks 1-5), they can use one more between weeks 6 and 10.
No-one can use the pass in week 11.
Q: Do the books we use have to be on a particular bookshelf?
A: In some cases yes. Books must be selected from the lists provided if I don't have "(stated in the precis or shown on listopia or shelf)". Where I have noted "(stated in the precis or shown on listopia or shelf)", if a book is chosen from one of the optional lists, it is automatically approved.
Q: Must people follow the format you provided exactly? Or does the captain just need to make sure they include pertinent info? Week, book, # of pages, option and in the case they pick a shelf/listopia, a link to that?
A: I absolutely need the information requested here. I don't mind what the format is, although I would prefer it set out in the order of the list.
A booklink or bookcover MUST be used. You cannot just type out the book title. And where the book is from a list or bookshelf, you must note which list/shelf. I have removed the need to insert a link.
The reasons:
* If you don't have the link to the book, the Captain and I will have trouble checking that the book qualifies. There are a lot of books out there with the same title. You don't want to be told AFTER you have read the book that it doesn't work.
* I need the week that the book relates to since some books may be read out of order.
* The page numbers makes it so much easier for everyone to know that the books complies with the rules.
* The same for the bookshelf name/tag or the qualifying note referencing the GR summary (ie how it qualifies for the theme).
It is important that the members do their bit to help out the Captain and the organizers to show compliance without us having to go digging.
Q: When you say "the Captain will also double-check that your book selection complies with the rules": Does this mean that if team-members say 'book is in this shelf' the captain must verify that the book is actually on the shelf? And that if they say the theme is in the GR summary, we also have to verify that?
A: I don't want the Captain to be a policeman but we do need someone in each team following how the rest of the team is progressing. If the info provided by the member looks reasonable to the Captain, fine - there is no need to investigate each shelf/tag or how the book otherwise qualifies.
But if we are reading a theme and the book selected looks dubious for that theme or how it qualifies, I would like the Captain to check it out further.
Q: What is the precis?
A: The precis is the blurb on the back of the book cover; the summary; the synopsis. Any of the details that are posted on the GR book description page will qualify.
Q: My book doesn't have a page count on Goodreads but I have the word count. Can I use the word count and what is the minimum acceptable?
A: Yes - a 35,000 minimum word count will be accepted as a substitute for the 100 page minimum. Because the word count to page conversion varies greatly, I have gone at the high end for this conversion.
If there is a page count on GR, this must be used. This is only available where the page count does not appear on GR.
Q: My book doesn't have a page count on Goodreads but Amazon does have a page count. Can I use Amazon's page count?
A: Yes. Please provide a link to the Amazon book page.
If there is a page count on GR, this must be used. This is only available where the page count does not appear on GR.
Q: If I read two books during the challenge that qualify for an announced theme, does our team earn more points?
A: No. We don't actually accumulate points in this challenge. You and your team-mates either complete all your reading and are ready to 'read-off' in the last week (week 11), or you aren't...
Q: If a team member is reading a book in another language, should they post the book link in the selection & completion posts to the non-English version or to the English version?
A: Please link all books to the English version of that book. The book MUST have an English version to qualify for use during this challenge. (Apologies to everyone that is affected by this rule, but I need to know that the book qualifies for the theme etc.)
Q: Are re-reads allowed?
A: Yes. But each book can only be read once during the round/challenge.
If the theme specifically excludes a re-read, eg First in a new (to you) series, then obviously you must select a book you haven't read before.
Q: Does the book have to be a romance?
A: No, but it does have to be a novel. Textbooks will not count. Biographies and autobiographies are OK.
Q: If I pick a book off a team mate's shelf it has to be a book that fits the theme? Or can it be any book at all, as long as it got 3 stars and was read in last 6 months?
If you use Option 2, you do not need to fit it to the week's theme. As you said, it can be any book so long as it was rated at least 3 stars by your teamie and was read no more than 6 months prior.
AND if the book is in a series but does not match where you are up to, you may read another book from that same series.
Q: Can I use the same option 2 book from my team-mates shelf more than once during the challenge by invoking the series rule?
Yes. So long as the book remains 'read' within the last 6 months with reference back to the week's key date, you can use the same book from your team-mates shelf. You just can't read reread a book previously used with this round.
Q: Option 2 - If the book I want to read isn't on my team-mate's shelf but they have read it during this challenge, can I just link to their completion post in our team thread?
A: No. The book MUST appear on their 'read' list.
Q: Can I DNF a book?
To DNF a book you must have:
* read at least 50% of the book
* the minimum page requirement of 100 pages must have been read in addition to having completed 50% (that is, if the book is only 105pp in total, you will need to have read through to and including page 100. If the book is 400pp, you need to read 200pp before you DNF the book.)
* note in your review that it was a DNF and explain why
* rate accordingly (no higher than 2 stars) and shelve the book as DNF
* in the 'completion post', you will need to note the pages read out of the total pages.
If it is a current week book, you can of course change the book. Once we have rolled into the next call, your book selection is set and cannot be altered.
Q: If I want to change my book within the week of the theme call, can I also change my option - eg from Option 1 to Option 2 or 3
A: Yes.
Q: Do graphic novels and comics count?
A: Graphic novels count if they meet the 100 page rule. Comic will not be accepted.
About the ThemesQ: If I don't find a book I like in the lists of theme books, can I choose any book that fits the theme?
No. You MUST select a book from a list where lists have been provided and where they do not have '(stated in the precis or shown on listopia or shelf) optional lists:' That is, if the only option for the theme are lists, then you MUST choose a book from those lists.
Other lists have 'optional' in front of them simply to help people. I won't question books that come from those lists. But you can also choose books that fit the theme via the blurb/precis, through bookshelves or other lists not provided. You just need to state how it fits and where the information came from.
REMEMBER: you may also select to use option 2 or 3 that week unless it is the last week, in which case only option 2 is a viable alternative.
Q: If a book is on a specified theme list but does not (in my opinion) meet the theme, can I still read it?
A: Yes. If the book is on the mandatory (or optional) lists/shelves in the theme post it qualifies whether it meets the theme or not.
Q: If a team member is going to be away during the week of a theme, can they leave a list of pre-selected books (for all remaining themes) with the Team Captain to post that week?
A: Yes. If the team member has already highlighted that they will be away for a particular week, or has an operation etc, I am happy for the Team Captain to post that participant's book selection post. They must have pre-selected a book for that theme though.
The alternative is for the absent member to pre-select a book that complies with option 2, taking into account the 6 month date that will apply during that week.
Q: Will any of the themes be repeated?
A: No, not within the round.
Q: Do we have to support that the book shows up in a particular shelf (eg showing you a link of how many people shelved a particular book as 'stalking') or just saying 'there's a stalker shelf' would suffice?
A: You must state the full name of the shelf/list/tag or provide a link to that shelf/list within your selection book post.
Tip from Calila: After you've decided on your book, If you go the book page, scroll and click on "Lists with this book" and then click on the appropriate list and copy the url, you'll link directly to the book's ranking on the list rather than just copy/paste the list in general.
This is not a requirement - just an easy way to link to your book in a list.
Q: What happens if a book is mis-shelved?
A: If books have been incorrectly shelved, and the shelf fits the theme, they still count. (I would appreciate them being removed if it is an RRRC shelf AFTER the round is finished.)
Where a theme has optional lists - the theme must be apparent in the title, the goodreads summary page or must be shelved by a GR member using words that show eligibility.
Q: Does the book HAVE to be on a bookshelf?
A: Where a shelf has been listed for a 'list-mandatory' theme, YES.
Q: Are listopia lists sufficient for proof of eligibility for the non-mandatory list themes?
A: Listopia will work for eligibility where it's name is apparent and correlated to the theme.
Q: Where a theme is based on a bookcover, can we use alternate edition covers of the same book?
A: Yes
Q: Book length - Some books straddle the page minimums depending on format (eg all books must be at least 100 pages). Can I choose, for example, to use the paperback page count per goodreads even though the hardback page count for the same book does not qualify?
A: Yes. If there is a goodreads edition that cites 100 pages or more (any edition), that book is fine to use.
Q: When the themes are announced is there going to be listopia or Readers shelves suggested to help us pick?
A: Not necessarily - where the task requires that a book is selected from a list, they are included. There may be other tasks that have optional lists noted.
Q: Does the 100 minimum page count still apply where books are included on a list/shelf that are under 100 pages.
A: Yes - the 100 page minimum still applies.
When a team member departs the challenge and the team
If a team mate leaves the challenge, the player may be replaced by a mod if the game is near the beginning of the challenge. If the player is not replaced the team simply continues on with the challenge with the lower number of players.
If a player is replaced, the new player will start on the next announced theme. They do not need to make up for any weeks not completed by the departing player.
Q: If a player has dropped out of the challenge, is their bookshelf available or not for Option 2?
A: No. Once they are out, you can't use their shelf.
How to insert a link into a post
To insert a simple link to a shelf there are a couple of options:
* Copy the https address in the address bar of the page where the book is found - highlight the web-address, copy the address, and paste into your post
or
* Find a link to the shelf that you want (eg on my lists of shelves to use for the themes), right click with your mouse, select 'Copy Link Location' and then paste into your post
If you want to make it pretty and have a specific name:
* Type <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">name the location<*/a> but without the asterisks.
How to add in book links
* Click on 'add book/author' on the top right of your message box
* Type on the name of the tilte (if its popular I often add in the first or last name of the author as well)
* Select the correct book from the list and click 'add'
* At the bottom of the pop-up box you may choose whether to add a simple link or use the book cover.
To find the correct version of the book to add:
*** To get the correct version of that book if it isn't the first one:
- click on the 'other editions' (hyperlink under the 'add' button)
- select the correct book
The way I know which version to select from the list is when I look at the book on bookshelf and hover over the cover or the link, down the bottom of the page it shows the hyperlink that GR uses. Remember the last 4 digits on the longer number, then hover over the books in the 'add' list, look for that sequence.
You can also open each book in a new tab if you click on the book in the insertion pop-up window.
I do all this on the desktop version, not in the app.
If you are using the App
To get your posts right for links etc, you need to open your browser window (Safari or Edge etc) on your phone/tablet, go to the GR website and use the desktop version.
Theme trackingRead a book with the letters M & W in the book title and/or author's name.
Read the third book in a series OR any book from a trilogy.
You must specify which option is used.
Read a book with MPG Historical or by an author whose last name starts with either C or B.
You must specify which option is used.
4. Too little sleep swells a hormone that makes you feel hungry.
Read a book with food or drink on the cover.
Include the book cover in your qualification
Read a book from on of the following medical romance lists:
Creatures Great & Small : Veterinarians in Romance
Doctor Medical Romance Heroes
Doctor Medical Romance Heroines
Best Gay Doctors
Heal Me! Best Male Doctors in Romance
Nurse Themed Romances
Include the list used in your qualification
Read a book featuring an animal from one of the following lists:
Favourite Romances with Pets
Pawsitively Love
Cats: Wonderful Pets in Romance
Dogs: Great Pets in Romance
MM Small Shifters
Gay Romances With Pets
Include the list used in your qualification
Read a book with an exposed human body on the cover.
Cover model must be predominately unclothed with more than 50% of their skin showing.
Include the book cover in the qualification
8. Within the brain, sleep enriches our ability to learn, memorise and make logical decisions and choices.
Read a book from one of the brainy/nerd lists:
Romance Novels with STEM Heroines
Brainy Romantic Heroes
Nergasms
Gay Bookish, Nerdy, Geeky Characters
Nerdy Geeky Heroines of Romance
Include the list used in your qualification
9. Sleep is referred to as the Swiss Army knife of health.
Read a book with a military MC from one of the following lists:
Military Romance & Fiction
Military Romance & Fiction part 2
Girls with Guns: Miliary Space Opera
Best Military Romances
Best Gay Soldiers
Any of the "MM_Military_Spies_Intelligence_Officers" from any year. Please link to that list. eg MM Military | Spies | Intelligence Officers of 2015
Gay Romance Feat MC suffering from PTSD
Include the list used in your qualification
Read a book that would 'comfort' or 'relax' you. The book MUST NOT have a MPG of Horror, Thriller, Suspense, Mystery, Action or Adventure!
Specify that the list of MPG do not use the above genres
11. Jet lag - drowsiness after moving through too many time zones too quickly.
Read a book where the MC travels to a different country.
Qualification may be from the precis, list or tag.
Read a book featuring an athletic MC or sport.
Qualification may be from the precis, list or tag.
Read a book with a plant on the cover.
Trees, bushes, grass count.
Include the book cover in the qualification
Read a book with the numbers 15 and 9 in the publication date and/or the page numbers.
Eg - book published on 15 May 2005 paired with the same edition's page number 209.
Any edition can be used, but both 15 & 9 must be used in the date/page numbers of that same edition.
Read a book that was first published in the last 6 months.
For the purpose of this challenge, it will be a book published on or after 1 October 2022.
Date of publication must be stated in the qualification
16. And 30% of the population are Night Owls
Read a shifter romance.
Qualification may be from the precis, list or tag.
17. Caffeine artificially mutes the sleep signal to keep you awake
Read a book that has a MPG tag of Horror, Thriller, Suspense, Mystery, Action or Adventure.
Specify the MPG used to qualify
Some questions I received over a PM:Q. Does it have to be all romance for the ones that don’t include links
A: No. We encourage MPG Romance however it does not have to be a romance. Textbooks will not count. Biographies and autobiographies are OK.
(This is also already addressed in the Q&A msg 2 above.)
Q. For number 11 u haven’t given a list. Can it be any list that mentions travel then?
A: If you find a list that makes it clear that the book is set in multiple countries, then that will work.
You must be able to show that the book has MCs that travel to another country. Generally (and most easily) that will be detailed in the precis (blurb) but it can also show in the Settings on the main page or as tags with different countries/locations.
(Travelling between cities or states won't work. It must be countries.)
It cannot be a travel text. It could be a biography.
Q. I think that this can be included in somethung in number 8?
I Kissed Alice
A: From the precis it would seem to qualify from the geeky/nerd perspective (I think they are arts students, not science majors?), but it needs to be on one of the lists. I'd look at the Nergasms or Nerdy, Geeky Heroines of Romance lists.
Thanks, I assume by 14 we could use 15th September?
Kat wrote: "Thanks, I assume by 14 we could use 15th September?"For this task I will allow players to convert months into a number for this round. (This isn't always the case, so it pays to check :)
Please note that for 14 (Read a book with the numbers 15 and 9 in the publication date and/or the page numbers), the number 15 cannot come from the date 1 May. But 2015 will work for 15.The numbers (15 & 9) need to be complete within each component, eg day, month, year, page count.
Jane (PS) wrote: "Kat wrote: "Thanks, I assume by 14 we could use 15th September?"For this task I will allow players to convert months into a number for this round. (This isn't always the case, so it pays to check :)"
Thanks
This book and author one has M and one has W does this count? The Devil Wears Scrubs
by Freida McFadden
Kat wrote: "This book and author one has M and one has W does this count? The Devil Wears Scrubs
by Freida McFadden[book..."Was also thinking about that for [book:Tic-Tac-Mistletoe|55878628] by N.R. Walker
So if book was published in September and had 157 pages that would work for Cat 14?
For 9 what about these listsBest Gay Soldiers https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Best gay Military https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
The book i am looking at was published in 2010 and while clearly in military didn't suffer from ptsd Keeping Promise Rock
Kat wrote: "This book and author one has M and one has W does this count? The Devil Wears Scrubs
by Freida McFadden[book..."Yes
Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "Kat wrote: "This book and author one has M and one has W does this count? The Devil Wears Scrubs
by [author:Freida McFadden|7..."Yes
Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "So if book was published in September and had 157 pages that would work for Cat 14?"Yes (for this round). I won't always allow the month conversion to a number :)
Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "For 9 what about these listsBest Gay Soldiers https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Best gay Military https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1......"
For #9, the book has to be on the lists noted for the task. If Keeping Promise Rock is on them, it will work. If you KNOW it fits (and from memory it does) then you can add books to appropriate lists before I announce the task.
I have added the 'Best Gay Soldier' list to the task. I had thought I had added one of the full lists, but going back, I can see I didn't. Thanks.
Would these work for travelling? This one talks about travellingArthur And Teddy Are Coming Out
I stayed there almost fifteen years, travelling around different counties.
Also this one in the blurb https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Kat wrote: "Would these work for travelling? This one talks about travellingArthur And Teddy Are Coming Out
I stayed there almost fifteen years, travelling around different counties.
Also..."
Hi Kat - I can't see where the first book has mention of travel. It need to be in the precis (blurb), on a list or tagged. Because it is so new I can't see it on any lists or tags. (Happy for you to point one out though.) It's a 'no' at the moment.
For the second one, I can't see where they normally live so it isn't apparent that Snowdonia is a different country. I also can't see any genre, lists or tags - weird. So it a 'no' for this one as well.
Does this count? The blurb says back to Britain Holiday SOS: The life-saving adventures of a travelling doctorDoes this count?
Kat wrote: "Does this count? The blurb says back to Britain Holiday SOS: The life-saving adventures of a travelling doctorDoes this count?"
Yes - it mentions 'bringing people back to Britain' so I will accept it.
England is referred to as a country, as is Wales and Scotland. Therefore travel between those countries will work. 'Britain' (or UK) picks up all three countries along with Northern Ireland therefore the book must travel outside those countries.
Jane (PS) wrote: "Kat wrote: "Does this count? The blurb says back to Britain Holiday SOS: The life-saving adventures of a travelling doctorDoes this count?"
Yes - it mentions 'bringing people bac..."
Thanks
Jane (PS) wrote: "Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "For 9 what about these listsBest Gay Soldiers https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Best gay Military https://www.goodreads...."
Still need to add it to list in sign up thread. :)
Hey, I was wondering if this book cover qualifies for number 7. Read a book with an exposed human body on the cover
Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "For 9 what about these listsBest Gay Soldiers https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Best gay Military http..."
I had added it to the list above. Updated in the sign-up thread now as well.
Iliana wrote: "Hey, I was wondering if this book cover qualifies for number 7. Read a book with an exposed human body on the cover"At this stage I don't believe so. I'm thinking he needs to be shirtless :)
Jane (PS) wrote: "Iliana wrote: "Hey, I was wondering if this book cover qualifies for number 7. Read a book with an exposed human body on the cover"At this stage I don't believ..."
That makes sense. Thank you
For 17, would Romantic Suspense as MPG count?
UnusualChild{beppy} wrote: "For 17, would Romantic Suspense as MPG count?"Yes - I'll updated the qualification and for themes 17 & 10. 'Suspense' will be added to the list that either qualifies or doesn't :)
For selection post it say bookcover/link do you want both or just one of them?
Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "For selection post it say bookcover/link do you want both or just one of them?"Either one is fine :)
Week 1Option 1
3. Charlotte Bronte once wrote: "a ruffled mind makes a restless pillow".
*Read a book with MPG Historical or by an author whose last name starts with either C or B.
You must specify which option is used in your qualification.
Option 2
Key date: 30 September 2022
*Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars
Series rule applies:
If the book is in a series but does not match where you are up to, you may read another book from that same series.
Option 3
*Pass
A selection post must be made for whichever option you choose - INCLUDING A PASS
Refer msg 3 for formatting of all 3 options. This format is also in msg 3 of your team threads.
The first task is announced above. You can start reading now.The second task will be announced next Friday (7 April) between 3-6pm US EST
I'll announce the next task a day early given it is the Easter long weekend.This won't impact the week 1 book deadlines (selection posts and the ability to change your books through to Friday evening US EST).
Week 2Option 1
2. More than a third of adults fail to get enough sleep each night.
Read the third book in a series OR any book from a trilogy.
You must specify which option is used.
Option 2
Key date: 7 October 2022
*Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars
Series rule applies:
If the book is in a series but does not match where you are up to, you may read another book from that same series.
Option 3
*Pass
A selection post must be made for whichever option you choose - INCLUDING A PASS
Refer msg 3 for formatting of all 3 options. This format is also in msg 3 of your team threads.
Players have another day to select or change their week 1 book.
Hi Jane,I have this book Iris and its currently in a trilogy, even though book 3 hasnt come out yet. Its not confirmed but more books may be coming out after the 3rd. Would it still count for this week.
Iliana wrote: "Hi Jane,I have this book Iris and its currently in a trilogy, even though book 3 hasnt come out yet. Its not confirmed but more books may be coming out after the 3rd. Would it stil..."
I'll accept that; with only 3 books listed, and not further on the horizon.
Jane (PS) wrote: "Iliana wrote: "Hi Jane,I have this book Iris and its currently in a trilogy, even though book 3 hasnt come out yet. Its not confirmed but more books may be coming out after the 3rd..."
Thanks Jane
Don't forget to add books to those lists that are compulsory for option 1 if that theme is called.Refer msg 3 for greater detail if you haven't played this game before :)
Books can be added to the lists anytime up until I call a theme where lists have been used for Option 1. Once the theme is called, books cannot be added until that week is closed.
Week 3Option 1
5. Until recently, medical science was unable to consistently and fully explain why we sleep.
Read a book from on of the following medical romance lists:
Creatures Great & Small : Veterinarians in Romance
Doctor Medical Romance Heroes
Doctor Medical Romance Heroines
Best Gay Doctors
Heal Me! Best Male Doctors in Romance
Nurse Themed Romances
Include the list used in your qualification.
If you use this option, your selected book MUST be on the list prior to this theme being announced.
Option 2
Key date: 14 October 2022
*Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars
Series rule applies:
If the book is in a series but does not match where you are up to, you may read another book from that same series.
Option 3
*Pass
A selection post must be made for whichever option you choose - INCLUDING A PASS
Refer msg 3 for formatting of all 3 options. This format is also in msg 3 of your team threads.
Maddie wrote: "Week 3 (Option 1) Selection
#78 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
400 pages"
Needs to be in ur group
Maddie wrote: "Week 3 (Option 1) Selection#78 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
400 pages"
Yes - wrong thread, Maddie :)
Asked in a PM:Hi, can this one count for m and w in pass the parcel? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
The m and w are in tag line
If not. Am I understanding that m can be in author name and w in title ?
Relates to:
1. Author: Matthew Walker
Read a book with the letters M & W in the book title and/or author's name.
Answer: Yes. GR shows the book with the full title being 'Is This OK? One Woman's Search For Connection Online'
Yes - the M and the W can be found anywhere in the title and author's name.
And again:And can this work for sport mc as it mentions basketball?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
12. The likelihood of breaking an Olympic record has been tied to the time of day, being at the maximal peak of the circadian rhythm in the early afternoon.
Read a book featuring an athletic MC or sport.
Qualification may be from the precis, list or tag.
Answer: No - not from the precis. It only mentions a couple of sports but it isn't clear who is playing the sport. Looks to me it could be the kids or wife. Not sure it is the MC.
I can't see any tags or shelves for that book.
The book needs to be clear that it is a sports book or that the MC plays sport.
Jane (PS) wrote: "And again:And can this work for sport mc as it mentions basketball?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
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Jane (PS) wrote: "And again:And can this work for sport mc as it mentions basketball?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
12. The likelihood of breaking an Olympic record has been ti..."
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I will also announce the themes each Friday in this thread and keep track of those categories announced in this message.
The themes will be announced between 3-6pm US EST.
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Week 1
Option 1
3. Charlotte Bronte once wrote: "a ruffled mind makes a restless pillow".
*Read a book with MPG Historical or by an author whose last name starts with either C or B.
You must specify which option is used in your qualification
Option 2 Key date: 30 September 2022
Week 2
Option 1
2. More than a third of adults fail to get enough sleep each night.
Read the third book in a series OR any book from a trilogy.
You must specify which option is used.
Option 2 Key date: 7 October 2022
Week 3
Option 1
5. Until recently, medical science was unable to consistently and fully explain why we sleep.
Read a book from on of the following medical romance lists:
Creatures Great & Small : Veterinarians in Romance
Doctor Medical Romance Heroes
Doctor Medical Romance Heroines
Best Gay Doctors
Heal Me! Best Male Doctors in Romance
Nurse Themed Romances
Include the list used in your qualification.
If you use this option, your selected book MUST be on the list prior to this theme being announced.
Option 2 Key date: 14 October 2022
Week 4
Option 1
7. Sleep regenerates both the mind and body.
Read a book with an exposed human body on the cover.
Cover model must be predominately unclothed with more than 50% of their skin showing.
Include the book cover in the qualification
Option 2 Key date: 21 October 2022
Week 5
Option 1
13. In 1927 a French geophysicist discovered that plants generate their own internal time.
Read a book with a plant on the cover.
Trees, bushes, flowers, grass count.
Include the book cover in the qualification.
Option 2 Key date: 28 October 2022
Week 6
Option 1
10. The author states that he would be delighted if you found yourself nodding off as you read his book.
Read a book that would 'comfort' or 'relax' you. The book MUST NOT have a MPG of Horror, Thriller, Suspense, Mystery, Action or Adventure!
Specify that the list of MPG do not use the above genres
Option 2 Key date: 4 November 2022
Week 7
Option 1
14. In the absence of sunlight (days/nights) humans continue to maintain the circadian rhythm of roughly 15 hours awake and 9 hours asleep.
* Read a book with the numbers 15 and 9 in the publication date and/or the page numbers.
Eg - book published on 15 May 2005 paired with the same edition's page number 209.
Any edition can be used, but both 15 & 9 must be used in the date/page numbers of that same edition. The number 9 can be converted into the month September.
Option 2 Key date: 11 November 2022
Week 8
Option 1
15. About 40% of the population are Early Birds
Read a book that was first published in the last 6 months.
For the purpose of this challenge, it will be a book published on or after 1 October 2022.
Date of publication must be stated in the qualification
Option 2 Key date: 18 November 2022 (hide spoiler)]
Week 9
Option 1
12. The likelihood of breaking an Olympic record has been tied to the time of day, being at the maximal peak of the circadian rhythm in the early afternoon.
Read a book featuring an athletic MC or sport.
Qualification may be from the precis, list or tag.
Option 2 Key date: 25 November 2022
Week 10
Option 1
6. Every animal species sleeps - some for up to 22 hours each day.
Read a book featuring an animal from one of the following lists:
Favourite Romances with Pets
Pawsitively Love
Cats: Wonderful Pets in Romance
Dogs: Great Pets in Romance
MM Small Shifters
Gay Romances With Pets
Include the list used in your qualification
Option 2 Key date: 2 December 2022
Week 11
Option 1
1. Author: Matthew Walker
Read a book with the letters M & W in the book title and/or author's name.
Option 2 Key date: 9 December 2022
Not team mates. Refer post 132.
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