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TART7 - Rather Be Reading (3)

April 8, 2023 through June 4, 2023
Your Pace or Mine?
Tracking:
Task 1 - 0. Each teammate reads a book initially published in a Spring Month - March, April, May or June, of any year. Teams decide which month. No pass for this task. 4.8.2023 - 4.9.2023
Task 2 - 6. Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews. 4.10.2023 - 4.10.2023
Task 3 - 15. Read a minimum of 600 pages in books with an audio edition. 4.12.2023 - 4.12.2023
Task 4 - 9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task. 4.14.2023 - 4.15.2023
Task 5 - 21. Each teammate reads a book with a night sky on the cover, no pass for this task. 4.16.2023 - 4.17.2023
Task 6 - 37. Read 6 books set in the US. 4.18.2023 - 4.18.2023
Task 7 - 43. Read 6 books published in June. 4.20.2023 - 4.20.2023
Task 8 - 34. Read 6 books first published between 2000 and 2010. 4.22.2023 - 4.22.2023
Task 9 - 58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate. 4.24.2023 - 4.24.2023
Task 10 - 29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession. 4.26.2023 - 4.27.2023
Task 11 - 46. Read over 1000 pages in books written by duo authors. 4.28.2023 - 4.29.2023
Task 12 - 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. 4.30.2023 - 5.1.2023
Task 13 - 69. Read 6 books that have won/been nominated for an award. 5.2.2023 - 5.3.2023
Task 14 - 88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which. 5.4.2023 - 5.5.2023
Task 15 - 68. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles. 5.6.2023 - 5.7.2023
Task 16 - 83. Read 8 books with a white flower/s on the cover. 5.8.2023 - 5.9.2023
Task 17 - 95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal. 5.10.2023 - 5.11.2023
Task 18 - 99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them. 5.12.2023 - 5.13.2023
Task 19 - 108. As a team, select a season and read a minimum of 1500 pages of books set in that season. 5.14.2023 - 5.15.2023
Task 20 - 109. Read
Task 21 - 107. Read
Task 22 - 124. Read two books that 2 different teammates read and rated 5 Stars. No pass for this task. 5.20.2023 - 5.23.2023
Task 23 - 98. Read
Task 24 - 94. Read
Task 25 - 70. Read a minimum of
Task 26 - 96. Read a minimum of
Task 27 - 82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series. 5.31.2023

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. 😊

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. 😉

1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
Robyn Carr
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.
7. Read 4 books that are stand alones.
8. Read 4 books with a beach on the cover.
Mystic Cove Tricia O’Malley
10. Read 4 books by authors' who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb).
Link to list compiled of authors who write under multiple names
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.
Jean’s Recommended
Benita’s Recommended
Lea’s Recommended
13. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books tagged/shelved as sports.
Books Tagged Sports
14. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books with Contemporary Romance as MPG.
16. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books tagged/shelved as children.
Books Tagged Children
17. Read 4 books written by a male author.
18. Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'.
Books Tagged Favorite
Jean’s Read Shelf
Benita’s Read Shelf
Lea’s Read Shelf
20. Read 4 books 300 pages or longer.
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 Read Shelf
MKat’s Read shelf
Karen’s Read Shelf
YZ’s Read Shelf
Fran’s Read 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 Books
25. Read 4 books by one of the 2022 FACs. (A different time frame may be given when assigned.)
2022-2023 FAC Authors
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
October - Kristen Painter
November - Shana Galen
December - Alice Winters
January - Lauren Layne
February - Sloane Kennedy
March - Samantha Young
April - Kresley Cole

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.
Jean’s To Read Shelf
Benita’s To Read Shelf
Lea’s To Read Shelf
Sarah’s To Read Shelf
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. contemporary romance
35. Read 6 books first published between 2011 and 2020.
36. Read 6 books with animals on the cover.
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.
Books Tagged Best Friends
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.)
Romance Duo Writers List
Author Collaboration List
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. March 2020
50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location. London

51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task. Nora Roberts/JD Robb
52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color. 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. Australia
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. UK (England, Scotland, Wales Or Northern Ireland)
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.
All Time Favorite Romance Novels
57. Read over 1000 pages in books that are MPG Romance.
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.
Jean can pick from O, L
Benita can pick from J, L
Lea can pick from J, O
63. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books tagged 'magic' or 'magical'.
Books tagged Magic
Books tagged Magical
64. Read 6 books not set on a continent of a teammate. Space does not count - must be a real continent.
Europe, Africa, Asia, South America or Antarctic - we can read any book set on one of these. We don't need to pick the same continent. Also the book can have multiple locations, even excluded continents as long as in the précis, title, or tags we can show one of the allowed continents
65. Each player reads 2 books in a series, teammates can read the same or different series.
66. Read over 1000 pages in books with Mystery or Suspense as MPG.
67. Read 6 books by an author whose first or last name begins with A. (A different letter may be used when assigned.)
71. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task.
Stop and Smell the Books (2)
72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate. 1960s Lea’s decade
73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author. Nora Roberts/JD Robb
74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.
Jean can pick Feb or Mar
Benita can pick Mar or Dec
Lea can pick Feb or Dec
75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter. Begins with S

76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item. Car
77. Each teammate reads a book that the teammate after them alphabetically has rated 5 stars. No pass for this task.
Jean reads Lea
Lea reads One(Benita)
Benita reads Jean
Jean’s Read Shelf
Benita’s Read Shelf
Lea’s Read 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
Books Tagged Enemies to Lovers
80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.
Jean 1960s
Benita
Lea 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.
JR Ward Black Dagger Brotherhood
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.
May Challenge
4) 💐 National Space Day - May 5 💐: Read a book with science fiction or fantasy elements, a book with a character who is in a STEM profession (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) or a book with the sun, moon, stars or sky on the cover.
85. Each teammate reads a debut book by an author. No pass for this task.
86. Read at least 1500 pages in books with a hat on the cover. (A different object may be used when assigned.)
87. Read 8 books set in NYC. (A different city may be used when assigned.)
89. Read 8 books tagged with 'wedding' or 'proposal'.
Books Tagged Wedding
Books Tagged Proposal
90. Each member reads a book published in sequential months, i.e. June, July, August and September 2019. Teams decide which months. No pass for this task.
September, October and November 2022.
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.
minimum pages is 181 pages (57+55+69)
92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide. Past
93. As a team, pick a Romance List from GR Listopia with less than 100 books on it, each teammate reads a book from that list. No pass for this task.
2020s Best Romance Books
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.
Books Tagged Horse
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.
Jean’s 5 favorites
Benita’s 5 Favorites
Lea’s 5 Favorites
100. Read 8 books with more than 10 letters in the title
101+ for these tasks if it repeats a previous task above with just more books or pages required let's go with the decisions made above as the default

I'm Starstruck/ Sarah (she, her) and am based in the UK (GMT +1). Yes, it's past my bedtime but I have insomnia and am often online add odd hours.
As Kat's on a different time zone it's possible some of the tasks will be posted while I'm asleep. If it's one of the mystery tasks it's always safe to assume I'll agree with the majority. While I mainly read plot focused MM romance (historical, mystery, sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal) I can, and frequently do, read anything.
The shelves I'm using for the various tasks are...
tbr
recommendations
5 favourites
I'm really looking forward to the start of this challenge.

Benita, Lea and I just finished a three month India task oriented challenge, which we slayed by the way ladies.
My husband and I had our own accounting practice that we sold in 2019. Retirement is wonderful, I highly recommend it. I have two adult daughters both living and working in DC area. I also have two rescued sister Russian Blue cats who rule the house these days.
I read a wide variety of genres and will read anything for a challenge. I’m looking forward to Racing with you all!

I am Benita, Goodreads user name One Sentence Audio Critic.
As Jean said in the post immediately above, I just finished a challenge with her and Lea.
I am a semi-retired, recently widowed, University professor.
For pleasure, I primarily read historic romance, but also do a fair amount of cozy mystery and contemporary romance. A few witches, aliens, time portals or police investigating murder is also o.k.
Because of low vision, 99% of the books I do are audio format.
Happy to answer questions...
Benita


How should we handle selection posts? Do you want one for every call or just for the read X pages or each read a different Y type of tasks.

How shou..."
This challenge only requires a completion post. Unless you are unsure about the book meeting the requirements I would say let’s only do the one posting when finished. Last round I posted with a link to everyone’s completion post for Kat to review. I try to check everything before sending to her so if there are corrections we can edit them before she sees them.

How shou..."
Okay I will work on getting them put in the reserved comment spaces above. Thanks for your input.

How shou..."
And yes now the second part of your comment makes sense to me. If we need to coordinate or if the task is for specific pages I would say we want to comment, a complete posting probably isn’t necessary, so we as a team can plan the task out.

I was only thinking of a post with links to our user specific shelves (tbr, recommended, favourite 5).
Sorry if I've caused you more work.

I was only thinking of a post with links to our user spe..."
No you aren’t. If you see my post above, I am adding in the links to other relevant shelves just so it easier for everyone. I was going to do this anyway, it’s just where I put them. I will probably also put them in the spreadsheet as that’s easiest for Benita to follow sometimes. Once I have the link it’s no big deal to copy them around.

Our first task will be announced tomorrow! Are we ready to race?

My name is Lea. I live in Sydney, Australia. I’m mother to three grown men (twins 27 and a 23 year old) I’m also a first time grandma to Isaac (14 weeks). I work as the Head of Marketing and Events in the financial services industry for an ASX listed company.
I’ve been an avid reader since I was 8 when I received my first library card. Its always been my place. I can read anything and enjoy finding a title to fit a task - purposeful reading 😀
I’m sweet to go with whatever reporting format is decided - thread or spreadsheet. From what I’ve gathered this challenge is a little different than those I’ve taken part in so just point me in the right direction and I’ll find reads to suit tasks.

My name is Lea. I live in Sydney, Australia. I’m mother to three grown men (twins 27 and a 23 year old) I’m ..."
Kat has the format she prefers up in message 3 of this thread. We only do a completion posting when we finish the book. Let me know if you have any questions,

Task:
Book/cover link:
Pages in Book : (numbers with source..First Kindle edition...Jean...right?)
How book Qualified: (with links or cover as necessary.)
Date Completed:
Rating/Review:

Task:
Book/cover link:
Pages in Book : (numbers with source..First Kindle edition...Jean...right?)
How book Qualified: (with links or cover as necessary.)
Date Completed:
R..."
Sigh, yes pages numbers are the earliest English edition with page numbers or if no English kindle edition has page numbers, you can link the Amazon kindle edition with page numbers. The tricky part now I think are tags. I don’t always get the more genre option to get to the shelves and it’s a pain to get to the page with the shelves on my iPad. We can do this though I’m confident! Only a little over an hour til the start. I’m trying to finish up at least one of the three books I’ve got going right now!

Task 1 - 0. Each teammate reads a book initially published in a Spring Month - March, April, May or June, of any year. Teams decide which month. No pass for this task.
So for your first task, as a team select a Spring Month - March, April, May or June. Each teammate then reads a book initially published in the selected month of any year. If there is a date at the top of the editions page - USE IT! Otherwise, I will be looking for the earliest dated English language edition regardless of format for the qualification. Please include the selected month and the initial publication date in your completion posts.
Can I make an executive decision and pick March?

Task: 1 - 0. Each teammate reads a book initially published in a Spring Month - March.
Book/cover link:Off the Map
Pages: 272
How book qualified: published March 2023 link to editions page https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...
Date Completed: 4-8
Rating/Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The third book in the series, something I didn’t realize when I picked it up. Now I have to go back and read the first two books. I thought it was a bittersweet book since for me the main premise was the main character learning to deal with her father’s dementia and subsequent death.

Task 1-0: Read a book published in Mar h
Book Title/Link: The Scandalous Secret of Abigail MacGregor
Pages: 375, Kindle 1st
How Qualifies: first published March 31, 2015
Date Completed: April 8, 2023
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A period historic romance where a Scottish lass travels to London seeking solutions to plot problems, leading British gent to chose between Queen and love. #3 in series.

Task 1 - 0 Each teammate reads a book initially published in a Spring Month - March
Book: Discount Armageddon
Pages: 368 GR
How it qualifies: First published March 6, 2012
Read: 09/04/23
Review: 4* the first book in the InCryptid series introduces Verity Price, a cryptozoologist who's real passion is ballroom dancing. This is a fun intro to the world that sets up an interesting cast of characters.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Team 3 Rather Be Reading
Completion Post for Task 1
Messages 28, 29, 30, and your message number of your completion post.
That way we will get a new task on Monday my time, probably Tuesday your time.
Thanks,
Jean

Task 1
Book: Love on the Lake

Pages: 317
How it qualifies: publication date 15 March 2022
Read: 10 April 2023
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Review: Second book in Lakeside series. Enjoyed the less than perfect characters but felt there was a lot left unsaid.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"
Done 😬

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"
Thanks!

Task 2 - 6. Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews.
Books qualifying for this task need to have fewer than 500 reviews (not ratings). You can find this information on the main book page under the title. Please include the number of reviews in your completion posts. If your selected book might have over 500 reviews before the task is completed, i.e. it is a newer book or has over 490 reviews already, a screen shot might be advisable.

Task #2
Book Title/Link: A Highlander's Christmas Kiss by Paula Quinn
How It Qualifies: <500 reviews, this book = 95 reviews
Pages: 342
Date Finished: April 10, 2023
Review:
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5.
This is book five in Paula Quinn's MacGregors "Highland Heirs" series, set in Scotland in the early 1700's, during and after the merger of England and Scotland.
The books are very loosely connected so can be easily read as stand alone books. They vary dramatically in the amount of actual history included in each book, with Scottish or Jacobite history being minimal in this one.
This is a very typical member of the subgenre "Scottish Highlander historic romance" with a strong male MC, trained in military defense and a feisty MC lass and their troubled wooing. Set during the holiday season, Christmas themes are minimal, so the book is enjoyable aby time of year.
Available on Libby.

Task 2
Book: Anna’s BountyAnna's Bounty

Pages: 204
How it qualifies: <500 reviews. Review count is 74
Date read: 11 April 2023
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Review: First book in the Earth’s Bounty series. Quick and easy read but didn’t get me invested to read any further in the series.

Task 2 - 6. Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews.
Book: Quis Custodiet
Pages: 294 GR
How it qualifies: 94 reviews
Read: 11/04/23
Review: 4* Toreth is sent to Athens to investigate the local I&I department. Not my favorite in the series as I prefer it when Toreth and Warrick are working to together against a common enemy. Still it provides character development are Toreth is forced to face up to his possessiveness and fear that Warrick may not be totally his.

Task: 6. Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews
Book/cover link: Too Wrong to Be Right: A Novel
Pages: 363
How book qualified: 466 reviews
Date Completed: 4-10
Rating/Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A cute rom com complete with a hedgehog pet, a florist, a funeral home guy and two matchmaking grandmothers. What could possibly go wrong?


Task 3 - 15. Read a minimum of 600 pages in books with an audio edition.
You do not need to listen to the audio, but an audio edition must be available for you book to work for this task! Please include a link to the audio edition in your completion post. Remember to use the first edition Kindle page count.

Task 3 - 15. Read a minimum of 600 pages in books with an audio edition
Book/cover link:Earth's the Right Place for Love: A Novel
Pages: 276
How book qualified: link to audio edition Earth's the Right Place for Love
Date Completed: 4-12
Rating/Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hmmm, so this is the backstory of Arthur Truluv told by his 16 year old self. So much teenage drama. Arthur crushing on a girl who has crush on his older brother, who is having a relationship with with his English teacher, who is pregnant by her student and so on. This is one of those books where I think you should have started with the first in the series instead of the prequel.

Task 3 - 15. Read a minimum of 600 pages in books with an audio edition
Book: Piranesi
Pages: 273 GR
How it qualifies:

Read: 12/04/23
Review: 4.5* Chiwetel Ejiofor's narration is pitch perfect throughout. This is a darkly beautiful, lyrical story that is best appreciated if you can approach it with no preconceived ideas and definitely no spoilers.

COMPLETION
Task 3-15 Team reads 600 pages/books with audiobooks
Book: The New Hunger by Isaac Marion
The New Hunger
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Pages: 194
Date Finished: April 12, 2023
How Qualifies: has an audiobook
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Review: ⭐️⭐️ Zombies, plaque, post-apocalyptic, werewolves..inconsistent plot details, age mistakes....so much to annoy me. But...I finished and it fit this challenge and the 90' challenge.

Task 3 - 15 (Team reads 600+ pages/w audiobook)
Book: Assaulted Caramel by Amanda Flower
Pages: 352
Date Finished: April 12, 2023
How Qualifies: Book has audiobook version, link above
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5. Cozy mystery. New York candy maker returns to the Amish community of her paternal grandparents when her grandfather becomes ill, only to become involved in a murder when a man is found dead in her grandparents Amish candy shop.

Task 3
Book: Satisfaction Guaranteed, Lauren Blakely

Pages: 304
How it qualifies: Read a minimum of 600 pages in books with an audio edition
Date read: 13 April 2023
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Review: I enjoyed the build up in this title. LBs titles are always an easy and entertaining read and this is no exception.
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April 8, 2023 through June 4, 2023
Your Pace or Mine?
Team:
✓ One Sentence Audio
★ Jean
✓ Starstruck✓ Lea