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TART8 - It’s Raining Men and we've got Umbrellas! (6)
The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 8September 23, 2023 through November 19, 2023
Run Like There's a Hot Guy in Front of You and a Creepy One Behind You.
Tracking:
Task 1 - 0. Each teammate reads a book tagged ‘family’ or ‘holiday’ - teams decide. 9.23.2023 - 9.26.2023
Task 2 - 10. Read 4 books by authors who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb). 9.26.2023 - 9.28.2023
Task 3 - 5. Read 4 books first published within the last year. 9.28.2023 - 9.30.2023
Task 4 - 15. Read a minimum of 600 pages in books with an audio edition. 9.30.2023 - 10.2.2023
Task 5 - 25. Read 4 books by one of the 2021 FACs. 10.2.2023 - 10.4.2023
Task 6 - 28. Each teammate reads a book from a teammate's to-read shelf, no pass for this task. 10.4.2023 - 10.5.2023
Task 7 - 33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide. 10.6.2023 - 10.8.2023
Task 8 - 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. 10.8.2023 - 10.11.2023
Task 9 - 45. Read 6 books with 3 word titles. 10.11.2023 - 10.12.2023
Task 10 - 38. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books with a non-English language edition. 10.13.2023 - 10.14.2023
Task 11 - 22. Read 4 books #5 or higher in a series. 10.15.2023 - 10.17.2023
Task 12 - 34. Read 6 books first published between 2000 and 2010. 10.17.2023 - 10.18.2023
Task 13 - 35. Read 6 books first published between 2011 and 2020. 10.19.2023 - 10.20.2023
Task 14 - 98. Read 8 books with fewer than 10 letters in the title. 10.21.2023 - 10.22.2023
Task 15 - 77. Each teammate reads a book that the teammate after them alphabetically has rated 5 stars. No pass for this task. 10.23.2023 - 10.23.2023
Task 16 - 52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color. 10.25.2023 - 10.27.2023
Task 17 - 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. 10.27.2023 - 10.29.2023
Task 18 - 117. Read 8 books with an average rating under 4.2 AND under 250 reviews. 10.29.2023 - 10.31.2023
Task 19 - 92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide. 10.31.2023 - 11.2.2023
Task 20 - 69. Read 6 books that have won/been nominated for an award. 11.2.2023 - 11.4.2023
Task 21 - 87. Read 8 books set in NYC. 11.4.2023 - 11.7.2023
Task 22 - 75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter. 11.7.2023 - 11.8.2023
Task 23 - 60. Read 6 books with MPG Historical Romance. 11.9.2023 - 11.11.2023
Task 24 - 125. Each teammates reads 2 books initially published in the current month of any year with an average rating of 4.0 or higher. No pass for this task. 11.11.2023 - 11.13.2023
Task 25 - 76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item. 11.13.2023 - 11.14.2023
Task 26 - 109. Read 6 books with or without facial hair on a male cover model. Teams decide. 11.15.2023 - 11.16.2023
Task 27 - Last Task - Read a book featuring a wealthy character. 11.17.2023
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 6, you are free to come up with a team name. 😉
The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 8September 23, 2023 through November 19, 2023
This list of tasks is not inclusive and just an example of tasks that may be assigned.
As you finish a task, you may move down the list to harder or more involved tasks, but tasks will be assigned at random.
1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
2. Each player reads the first book in a series, can be same or different series - no pass for this task.
3. Each player reads a book by a new to you author - no pass for this task.
4. Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy.
5. Read 4 books first published within the last year.
6. Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews.
7. Read 4 books that are stand alones.
8. Read 4 books with a beach on the cover.
9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
10. Read 4 books by authors' who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb).
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.
13. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books tagged/shelved as sports.
14. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books with Contemporary Romance as MPG.
15. Read a minimum of 600 pages in books with an audio edition.
16. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books tagged/shelved as children.
17. Read 4 books written by a male author.
18. Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'.
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.
20. Read 4 books 300 pages or longer.
21. Each teammate reads a book with a night sky on the cover, no pass for this task.
22. Read 4 books #5 or higher in a series.
23. Each teammate reads a book that has been read by one of the RRRC moderators. No pass for this task.
24. Read 6 books on RRRC's bookshelf, the books can not be added by anyone on your team within the last year.
25. Read 4 books by one of the 2022 FACs. (A different time frame may be given when assigned.)
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.
28. Each teammate reads a book from a teammate's to-read shelf, no pass for this task.
29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
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.
34. Read 6 books first published between 2000 and 2010.
35. Read 6 books first published between 2011 and 2020.
36. Read 6 books with animals on the cover.
37. Read 6 books set in the US.
38. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books with a non-English language edition.
39. Read 6 books set outside of the US.
40. Read 6 books with over 500 reviews.
41. Read 6 books with over 10,000 ratings.
42. Read 6 books featuring best friends.
43. Read 6 books published in June. (A different month may be used when assigned.)
44. Read 6 books by authors who use initials in their name.
45. Read 6 books with 3 word titles. (A different number may be used when assigned.)
46. Read over 1000 pages in books written by duo authors.
47. Read 6 books set in a major city.
48. Read 6 books featuring cowboys.
49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.
50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.
52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
53. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work), teams decide. No pass for this task.
54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
56. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list. No pass for this task.
57. Read over 1000 pages in books that are MPG Romance.
58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
59. Read 4 books that are NOT MPG Romance.
60. Read 6 books with MPG Historical Romance.
61. Read 4 books rated over 4.5 on GR.
62. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books written by an author whose first or last name begins with the first letter of a teammate's screen name.
63. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books tagged 'magic' or 'magical'.
64. Read 6 books not set on a continent of a teammate. Space does not count - must be a real continent.
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.)
68. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles.
69. Read 6 books that have won/been nominated for an award.
70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
71. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task.
72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.
75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
77. Each teammate reads a book that the teammate after them alphabetically has rated 5 stars. No pass for this task.
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.
80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.
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.
83. Read 8 books with a white flower/s on the cover. (A different color may be used when assigned.)
84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Reader's Choice is exempt from this task.
85. Each teammate reads a debut book by an author. No pass for this task.
86. Read at least 1500 pages in books with a hat on the cover. (A different object may be used when assigned.)
87. Read 8 books set in NYC. (A different city may be used when assigned.)
88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
89. Read 8 books tagged with 'wedding' or '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.
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.
92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide.
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.
94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.
96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.
97. Read 8 books by authors with more than 10 letters in their name.
98. Read 8 books with fewer than 10 letters in the title.
99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them. (Series rule applies)
100. Read 8 books with more than 10 letters in the title.
Tasks will be explained in detail when assigned.
**Series rule will apply to tasks where you pick from the group or a teammate's shelf.**
Hi Team 6! Excited to be reading with you all. I'm fine if someone else would like to be captain, but ok with taking the lead as well.
I've made a quick SS in the past that covers most of the tasks that require decisions so we've got agreement on a lot of the tasks should they come up. We'll likely get the draw for maybe 30% of these tasks before the end, but it's nice not to have to debate on what to read...especially on some of these that take some discussion.
Give me a few days...to get to that.
Hello everyone!!! I am Kira, from India, so definitely different time zone from y'all but I am online most of the time so will be able to check in quite often.I am not much for being a leader so I am okay with you taking the lead on that front, Tammie!!
I read mostly anything and everything so choosing a task isn't much of an issue. I am okay with whatever the majority decides to go with. Excited for this challenge to begin!!
P.S. I'll mostly be going out on the 24th so won't read much but will definitely be able to catch up after that!
Hi Kira!One thing I noticed…if we want a team name…using our team number is fine if we don’t want to hassle with it
This is a romance group so we could go with something that plays off the theme… Run Like There's a Hot Guy in Front of You and a Creepy One Behind
The last team I was on the name was…For the Love of Books
Hi Everyone. I love the "Run Like..." name...super clever!
HiI like to participate but not lead so I'll be happy for you to captain us Tammie.
Like the name
Run Like There's a Hot Guy in Front of You and a Creepy One Behind
hehe...the Run Like There's a Hot Guy in Front of You and a Creepy One Behind...it's the name of this challenge so we'll need to think of something else...I'm busy today, but will think on this...hoping you all have a few ideas but I usually find something with Google if nothing else.
I looked up some songs and here's some ideas...kinda weak but maybe some inspiration for you all to suggest better!Running On Empty, Reading in the Sun
Fairy God-Runners
Hot Wheels, Reading Fast!
Checkered Past
Shake, Rattle & Read
Born to Run, Reading Free!
Reading and Running for Alejandro
It’s Raining Men and we've got Umbrellas!
OK...I've gone through the list of possible tasksI made a SS that has tabs for
1. Decisions
2. A complete list of possible tasks
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
My experience is that it's a waste of time for us as individuals to identify books for all these tasks...but this list gives you an idea of what 'could be' assigned to us.
There are a few that we can compile information ahead for...there's a decision tab for those...the idea is that if one of these tasks come up, we don't have to wait for decisions because we've already decided. This will be helpful for all of us as we represent 3 corners of the world with our team.
Posted here are 4 of the tasks I thought we could discuss ahead...I know a few of us are traveling and that's ok...we can work on this until we're finished or whenever. Just list your ideas...and we can go back and forth until we agree. Feel free to comment on whatever...there's no specific agenda here...
1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
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.
Yay everyone has checked in and I have Tammie as the team leader. 😊Let me know when you have a team name!
Tammie wrote: "OK...I've gone through the list of possible tasksI made a SS that has tabs for
1. Decisions
2. A complete list of possible tasks
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/......"
Tammie, I marked my choices on the spreadsheet but am flexible with whatever team decides!
Still plenty of time and I know there's travel going on...I'd love you all to pick your favorite idea for names or throw something else out there...see post 12
Here's our 1st task:First Task - All Teams!
Task 1 - 0. Each teammate reads a book tagged ‘family’ or ‘holiday’ - teams decide.
As we head into fall this year, I am really looking forward to gathering with family especially for the holidays! So for this task teams need to decide if they are reading books tagged as ‘family’ OR books tagged ‘holiday’. Tags are the only qualifier for this task. Include the team decision in your completion posts. Also, please include a link to the top shelves page with your qualifying tag along with how many tags and the top shelves page number in your completion posts.
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I'll ask that whoever finishes last, please check us in...Checkins to the Tracking/Q&A/Announcements thread
Here's the Information required when posting your completion/s... https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... ...it's at the top of our thread. NOTE the kindle page count requirements...it's a complicated and different from what most challenges require :(
I don’t mind if it is family or holiday.
Tammie wrote: "I looked up some songs and here's some ideas...kinda weak but maybe some inspiration for you all to suggest better!Running On Empty, Reading in the Sun
Fairy God-Runners
Hot Wheels, Reading Fast!..."
I like; it’s raining men and we’ve got umbrellas
I'd choose 'family', but I could do either. Thanks for your note on the team name :)
Task 1: 0. Each teammate reads a book tagged ‘family’ or ‘holiday’ - teams decideBook/cover link:
James and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlPage numbers with source: 153
How book qualified: Tagged family x 49 pg. 2 of tags
Date Completed: 9/24
Rating/Review: ★★★★
That's my book if it's accepted in Q&A and if we decide on family.If not, I'll be back with another book :-)
Benita's out traveling ... I think she'll be fine with family
CompletedTask 1: 0. Each teammate reads a book tagged ‘family’ or ‘holiday’
The Children's Blizzard, Melanie Benjamin
355p, Kindle 1st edition
MPG Family, tagged x19
Date Completed | 9/24
Rating/Review ★★★★
I read this for a 'live' bookclub and really enjoyed learning about this particular blizzard as the location was Nebraska...which is where I'm from. The plot points in the book are based on first hand experiences.
CompletedTask 1: 0. Each teammate reads a book tagged ‘family’ or ‘holiday’
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
196p, Kindle 1st edition
Tagged Family 286x on Page 1
Date Completed | 9/24
Rating/Review | 2 stars - Review
I've left Benita a few messages. I think we should give her until tomorrow...I'm just worried a bit because she's not ever been MIA.
CompletionTask 1
Angel's Peak by Robyn Carr
MPG Family
Date Completed: 9/27
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 Virgin River #9
Pages: 381 (1st Kindle)
Sorry...I was on a driving trip to the midwest...a speech and to check the installation of my husband's headstone.
Completion Post: Task 1Tammie: Message 25
Jane: Message 22
One Sentence Audio: Message 28
Kira: Message 26
Here is your next task!Task 2 - 10. Read 4 books by authors who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb).
Books selected for this task need to be written by authors who write under more than one name. Authors such as Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb or Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle would work for this task. Please include a link to the author’s profile or website showing both names in your completion posts.
Here’s a few I knew, others I found Googling Marie Force, M.S. Force
Steven King. Richard Bachman
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Lewis Carroll
Agatha Christie, Mary Westmacott
J.K. Rowling, Robert Galbraith
C.S. Lewis, Clive Hamilton, N.W. Clerk
J.R. Ward, Jessica Bird
E.L. James, Snowqueens Icedragon
Samuel Clemens, Mark Twain
Sophie Kinsella, Madeleine Wickham
Stacey Abrams, Selena Montgomery
Emily Jenkins, E. Lockhart
Eric Arthur Blair. George Orwell
Mary Anne Evans. George Eliot
Isaac Asimov, Paul French
Janet Evanovich, Steffie Hall
Anne Rice, Anne Rampling
Alli Sheldon, James Tiptree, Jr.
Carolyn Cherry, CJ Cherryh
Alice Norton, Andre Norton
Anne Rice, A. N. Roquelaure, Anne Rampling
CompletedTask 2 - 10. Read 4 books by authors who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb).
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
307p, Kindle 1st edition
Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.
Date Completed | 9/24
Rating/Review | 4 stars - Review
📚COMPLETION📚Task 2. 10. Book by author with 2 pen names
Book: Pushing up Daisies
Qualification: Author M.C. Beaton also publishes under Marion Chesney....and Marion Chesney Gibbons Ann Fairfax, Jennie Tremaine, Helen Crampton, Charlotte Ward, and Sarah Chester.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Date: Sept. 27, 2023
Pages: 289
Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5. Book is part of Agatha Raisin series(#27), so has a tv tie-in. Cozy mystery genre. Agatha, a former London PR exec, opened a detective agency in a small town. In this book, the villagers are relieved to learn aristo Damian, has no interest in continuing his father’s land development plans. But he is the chief suspect for his father's murder.
Completed
The Murder on the Links, Agatha Christie | 9/27
240 pgs - Kindle edition, 2004 - earliest Kindle I could find in first couple of pages of links...there are 75pgs of links though
Qualification: Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan
Rating/Review ★★★
I'm not a huge fan of Christie, but the book worked for the challenge.
Completion PostTask 2: 10. Read 4 books by authors who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb).
Book/cover link:
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristiePage numbers with source: 240 (this is an 3003 Kindle edition and as far as I can see the first published
How book qualified: Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan
Date Completed: 9/28-23
Rating/Review: ★★★
I usually only read Agatha Christie if I need it for a challenge, when I do I prefer Hercule Poirot to Miss Marple.
I like how Hastings keep coming to the wrong conclusions from what Poirot tells him.
Completion Post: Task 2Kira: Message 34
One Sentence Audio: Message 35
Tammie: Message 36
Jane: Message 37
LOL Kira, you were a bit faster than me doing the check in. Glad I update when I do check ins as else there would have been two completions post 😂😂
Jane, it looks like we both ended up deleting the update on check in page lol! I'll do it again !!
and then we did it again. LOL. I've deleted mine and your post is the one we left.
Here is your next task!Task 3 - 5. Read 4 books first published within the last year.
To qualify for this task, the selected books need to have been initially published on or after September 28, 2022. 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.
On another note, I am not strict with classics on which page count you use - it is just too hard to figure out. I usually just make sure that you didn't grab the most recent and you have an actual Kindle page count. So, just do your best like you did for the last task.
CompletedTask 3 - 5. Read 4 books first published within the last year.
Adrift by Lisa Brideau
346p, Kindle 1st edition
First Published on May 9, 2023
Date Completed | 9/29
Rating/Review | 2 stars - Review
📚COMPLETED📚Task 3 - 5. Read 4 books pub. within the last year
Creeping Fate by Michael B. Chikondi
Qualification: pub. June 8, 2023
Pages: 100
Date Completed: September 29, 2023
Rating: ⭐️⭐️.5
Completion PostTask 3: 5. Read 4 books first published within the last year.
Book/cover link:
Her Overprotective Cowboy : Navy Seal Best Friend's Big Brother Billionaire Western Romance by Elizabeth GreyPage numbers with source: 168
How book qualified: Published March 3, 2023
Date Completed: 9/29-23
Rating/Review: ★★★
CompletedTask 3: 5. Read 4 books first published within the last year
Things We Left Behind, Lucy Score | 9/29
592 pages, Kindle Edition
Qualification: First published September 5, 2023
Rating/Review ★★★
I read this because of the high rating...it was a yawner! Writing was ok, but kinda boring. I don't see this rating as a 4.5 that's for sure. I did audio and do like Sabastian York.
One Sentence Audio wrote: "📚COMPLETED📚Task 3 - 5. Read 4 books pub. within the last year
Creeping Fate by Michael B. Chikondi
Qualification: pub. June 8, 2023
Pages: 100
Date Completed: ..."
Unfortunately, this book does not count for this challenge. The first edition Kindle page count is 100 for this book and the minimum for this challenge is 150. 🙁
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September 23, 2023 through November 19, 2023
Run Like There's a Hot Guy in Front of You and a Creepy One Behind You.
Team:
★ Tammie
✓ Jane
✓ One Sentence Audio
✓ Kira