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TART7 - Reading Between the Spines (12)
The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 7April 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 - 4.11.2023
Task 2 - 8. Read 4 books with a beach on the cover. 4.11.2023 - 4.16.2023
Task 3 - 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task. 4.16.2023 - 4.24.2023
Task 4 - 10. Read 4 books by authors who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb). 4.24.2023 - 4.27.2023
Task 5 - 3. Each player reads a book by a new to you author - no pass for this task. 4.27.2023 - 4.30.2023
Task 6 - 23. Each teammate reads a book that has been read by one of the RRRC moderators. No pass for this task. 4.30.2023 - 5.4.2023
Task 7 - 46. Read over 1000 pages in books written by duo authors. 5.4.2023 - 5.9.2023
Task 8 - 44. Read 6 books by authors who use initials in their name. 5.9.2023 - 5.12.2023
Task 9 - 51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task. 5.12.2023 - 5.15.2023
Task 10 - 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. 5.15.2023 - 5.17.2023
Task 11 - 52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color. 5.17.2023 - 5.21.2023
Task 12 - 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. 5.21.2023 - 5.25.2023
Task 13 - 55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country. 5.25.2023 - 6.1.2023
Task 14 - 103. Read over 1500 pages in books tagged ‘family’. 6.1.2023
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. 😊
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 12, you are free to come up with a team name. 😉
Hi everyone! I'm excited to be apart of this team! I have participated in the last two rounds of the challenge and have kind of fallen in love with it. LOLI'm Ariel, 28, and from Southwest Florida. I am always up for trying new genres but truly love romance and mystery. The same goes for my television watching - I love a good detective mystery.
Unless someone else wants to do it, I don't mind being the team leader to keep track of where our team is.
Do we have team name ideas? My suggestion: Reading Between the Spines.
Hi Guys!! First time doing a challenge here so I am more than happy following your lead Ariel! I'm a 32 year old stay at home mom from Minnesota. I mostly have read romance but am willing to expand. I'm good with whatever name honestly doesn't matter to me. Can you give a little idea of how it works? Do we have one challenge at a time and then move on once we all complete? Not sure exactly the run down.
Happy reading everyone :)
Welcome, Brittney! First challenges are always exciting but nerve-wracking. That is pretty much a basic view of it all. Everyone will get the same first challenge and from there it'll depend on how fast each team moves through them. Once we all complete the challenges and post our completions here in this thread, I or someone else on the team will post in the completed thread and once it gets the okay, we'll get another task. Some of them are easy to just book and read for but others will require a team decision such as the same author or read books that all take place in the same setting, etc.
Hi everyone! I'm Vi, I live currently in Netherlands so I'm atleast 6 hours ahead of you. Fantasy and romance are my favorite genres with an occasional mystery. This is my first time with this challenge. I've gotten back to reading regularly after a few years when my second was born. He started school beginning this year and I finally have more time for myself.
Aloha everyone! I’m Shia from Hawaii so definitely in a later time zone than all of you! Sorry if that means my responses are delayed!
Thank goodness we have you Ariel because this is my first time! I definitely don’t mind you being our team captain!
Romance and Fantasy are my fave genres!
We just need to come up with team names I guess. Ariel, I'm ok with you being captain also. Is there any task that we need to prepare for?Regarding your team name suggestion: Reading Between the Spines sounds good. Any other suggestions? (I'm awful coming up with team names)
Oh goodness, I guess everyone here deserves a welcome to the challenge! LOL Since I'm the only who has participated before then I would be glad to take the team leader position. There are a couple tasks we could probably prepare for.
a. What are some favorite authors of you guys? Some of the tasks require reading the same author or series.
b. "Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide." What are some of your guys favorite sub-genres in romance?
c. 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. (Sanibel, Florida, Fort Myers, Florida, or Cape Coral, Florida work for me). What about you guys?
d. "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." Any suggestions?
e. "Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate." Mine was 2013.
f. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope. (Favorite romance tropes?)
g. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series. What are some of your guys favorite romance series?
h. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them. What are some of your guys 5 favorite books?
These are just some of the tasks that require the use of each other instead of just picking random books. I will double post and post my answers in another reply.
a) so I have lots of fave romance authors lol. Trilina Pucci, Meghan Quinn, Erin Watt to name a few for contemporary romances. FaRos are endless lol - Candace Robinson, Emma Hamm, Danielle Jensen, JLA, SJM, Caitlin Denman.... I just finished the Bridgeton series so prefer not having to reread that.
b) so sub-genre - fantasy romance count lol??
c) I'm in Hawaii so there is only one book that a FaRo genre that I know of based in my hometown of Hilo Lehua
d) found this list just posted in Feb! https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2...
e) so I only joined in January lol.. if you folks don't want a short time frame then don't select 2023 lol
f) enemies to lovers is my favorite!
g) I LOVE the paper princess series, ACOTAR and FBAA.
h)
a) Marianna Zapata, Meghan Quinn, Brittainy Cherry, Kate Stewart, Emily Henry, Abby Jimenez, N.S. Perkins, T.L. Swan, Lauren Asher, H. D. Carlton, Christina Lauren, J.T. Geissinger, Jennifer Hartmann, Vi Keelan, Lucia Francob) contemporary romance, dark romance, romantic comedies
c) I can't think of any books in my hometown. Abby Jimenez does base some of her books in the Twin Cities, MN which is very close to me.
d) I like the list that Shia posted
e) I joined in 2023 as well
f) marriage of convenience, enemies to lovers
g) Ravenhood series, Off Balance Series, Element Series
h) Still Beating by Jennifer Hartmann, Beach Read by Emily Henry, Exodus by Kate Stewart, Daisy Jones and the Six by TJR, Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
:)
a. What are some favorite authors of you guys? Some of the tasks require reading the same author or series.- Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, Will Wight, Naomi Novik, Emily Henry, Nora Roberts, Susanna Kearsley, Seanan McGuire, Lucy Parker,
b. "Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide." What are some of your guys favorite sub-genres in romance? Fantasy, Mystery, Paranormal, Contemporary
c. 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. (Sanibel, Florida, Fort Myers, Florida, or Cape Coral, Florida work for me). What about you guys? From India, currently living in Netherlands. I don’t know of any series/book set in the particular town that I’m from or living in
d. "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." Any suggestions? Ok with Shia’s suggestion
e. "Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate." Mine was 2011.
f. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope. (Favorite romance tropes?)
-> Marriage of convenience, enemies to lovers, Second chance lovers
g. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series. What are some of your guys favorite romance series? Kate Daniels series, October Daye series, Cradle, Guild Hunter, Red Winter Trilogy, Mercy Thompson
h. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Randomly
Vi wrote: "a. What are some favorite authors of you guys? Some of the tasks require reading the same author or series.- Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, Will Wight, Naomi Novik, Emily Henry, Nora Roberts, Susan..."
oooo Daughter of the Forest! I've been meaning to reread this since it's been years!
Hi guys! Just saw the challenge. Is everyone cool if we just select this month and look for an April publication? Happy reading!
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.I am more than okay with choosing April.
Perfect! So just to clarify Ariel, if I have a book to start said published in April do I then just send you a screenshot of my rating? Or how to relay the info to you.
Here is the template I usually use for completions:Task # -- :
Task:
Book:
Author:
Page Numbers:
Date Completed:
Rating/Review:
How Book Fits: (What makes it qualified: This is where you would put the publication date)
No need to screenshot. I will double check once you post it.
When you finish a book that fits the task, you fill out this form and post it in here. Once everyone has completed the task, I will post in the main thread with everyone's links. We'll get another task after that and so on and so forth.
Shia wrote: "oooo Daughter of the Forest! I've been meaning to reread this since it's been years!"I just had a re-read as it fit a team challenge. Still as good as it was when I first read it. A great series.
I'm good with April also. I have found a book that works.
Task # 1Task: Published during April
Book:Temptation
Author: Ivy Smoak
Page Numbers: 285 pages
Date Completed: 4/9/2023
Rating/Review: 3/5 stars
How Book Fits: 4/8/2015
Task #1Task: Pub in April
Book: The Plus One by Mazey Eddings
Pages: 320
Date Completed: 4/7/23
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
How Book Fits: pub date 4/3/23
Task #: 1
Task: Book Published in Spring (April)
Book: The Happy Ever After Playlist
Author: Abby Jimenez
Page Numbers: 401
Date Completed: 11 April
Rating/Review: 3.5 stars
How Book Fits: First published April 14, 2020
Completion PostTask #: 1
Task: Book published in spring (April)
Book: Ten Trends to Seduce Your Bestfriend
Author: Penny Reid
Pages: 438
Date Completed: 11 April 2023
Rating: 4 stars
How Book Fits: Published April 12, 2022
MKat will post it in this thread as soon as she okays our completion post.
Brittney wrote: "Task # 1Task: Published during April
Book:Temptation
Author: Ivy Smoak
Page Numbers: 353 pages
Date Completed: 4/9/2023
Rating/Review: 3/5 stars
How Book Fits: 4/8/2015"
I'm sorry, but this book does not qualify. The initial publication date is February 7, 2015 - not in April. From the task description:
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.
I will assign the next task anyway, but this book will need to be made up before Task 3 will be assigned.
Shia wrote: "Task #1Task: Pub in April
Book: The Plus One by Mazey Eddings
Pages: 320
Date Completed: 4/7/23
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
How Book Fits: pub date 4/3/23"
Please add a link to book - I need that, not a link to your review. Also, you need to add your rating to your completion post. And one final thing - please correct to the first edition Kindle page count (322). Please repost your corrected completion. Thanks.
Vi wrote: "Completion PostTask #: 1
Task: Book Published in Spring (April)
Book: The Happy Ever After Playlist
Author: Abby Jimenez
Pag..."
Please correct to the first edition Kindle page count (400) and repost. Thanks.
Here is your next task!Task 2 - 8. Read 4 books with a beach on the cover.
To qualify for this task, the book’s cover needs to clearly and obviously show a beach. Ideally, you would want to show sand/dirt and the edge of water on your covers. You can use any edition’s cover to qualify for this task. Please include the qualifying cover in your completion posts.
MountainKat wrote: "Brittney wrote: "Task # 1Task: Published during April
Book:Temptation
Author: Ivy Smoak
Page Numbers: 353 pages
Date Completed: 4/9/2023
Rating/Review: 3/5 stars
How Book Fits: 4/8..."
And this is why so many pub dates are confusing. LOL I totally Googled it to check Brittney's choice and it says April but now I see that Goodreads says February.
Task #1Task: Pub in April
Book: The Plus One
Author: Mazey Eddings
Pages: 322 pages
Date Completed: 4/7/23
Rating: 4/5 stars
How Book Fits: pub date 4/3/23
**EDITED FOR TASK 1 COMPLETION AS REQUESTED**
MountainKat wrote: "Shia wrote: "Task #1Task: Pub in April
Book: The Plus One by Mazey Eddings
Pages: 320
Date Completed: 4/7/23
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
How Book Fits: pub date 4/3/23..."
done
Okay just so everyone doesn't have to scroll all the way back to look at posts, I have posted an update post. UPDATES from MKAT
- Brittney: Please repost your completion post with an the page count of 285.
- Vi: You are being asked to correct the page count to 400 (1st ed Kindle page count is what they use) and repost the completion thread.
- TASK 2: Read 4 books with a beach on the cover.
Ariel wrote: "And this is why so many pub dates are confusing. LOL I totally Googled it to check Brittney's choice and it says April but now I see that Goodreads says February."OK, that is really weird. It looks like the completed first part of the story was initially published in April or something like that...
So, I don't need this book to be made up. Just remember to use the info on GR going forward. Also, since the book will count, the page count needs to be corrected to 285.
Now I'm just making more work for you Ariel. 😁
Yay!! it was almost like we stepped on the mat last and got saved with a speed bump!
MountainKat wrote: "Now I'm just making more work for you Ariel. 😁"Thanks. Thanks a lot, I love you too. :P Let me edit my update post.
Also team, I found a list that could help us choose books for this task: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Will do. I’ll post the updated completion post soon.Just so you all know, I’m having unexpected company coming today so I won’t be able to get to the next book until tomorrow at least.
Do you think either of these 2 books qualify for the beach cover?
Completion Post REPOST
Task #: 1
Task: Book Published in Spring (April)
Book: The Happy Ever After Playlist
Author: Abby Jimenez
Page Numbers: 400
Date Completed: 11 April
Rating/Review: 2.5 stars
How Book Fits: First published April 14, 2020
Completion Post
Task #: 2
Task: Book with beach on cover
Book: Liam's Perfect Woman
Author: Beth Kery
Page Numbers: 190
Date Completed: 14 April
Rating/Review: 2 stars
How Book Fits: Beach shoreline is clearly visible on the cover
Oh, I think we need to decide on a team name? I think we are the only team without a name. How's everybody coming along with their beach books?
I will hopefully finish mine up tonight or tomorrow. Ariel suggested Reading Between the Spines, I'm good with that.Also Ariel - I did correct my page count on task 1
I should be finishing up my beach read tonight. I'm ok with that name.
@Brittney, the only issue is that I believe MKat requires a repost if there is an edit so you may need to just repost that completion even if you did fix it.
Brittney wrote: "Task # 1Task: Published during April
Book:Temptation
Author: Ivy Smoak
Page Numbers: 285 pages
Date Completed: 4/9/2023
Rating/Review: 3/5 stars
How Book Fits: 4/8/2015"
Repost
Task #2 :
Task: Book with beach on cover
Book: Summer We Fell
Author: Elizabeth O'Roark
Page Numbers: 321
Date Completed: 4/15/23
Rating/Review: 4 Stars
How Book Fits: Cover shows a beach
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