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Diversify Your Reading Partner Challenge - October 2023 SIGN-UPS
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Michelle, Joyce & Angie
Christine Paula & Ms. B
Name - Michelle🔹Level - Dabbling
🔹List - Free Reign
Silly question..sorry, but...Does the genre have to be on the main page or can it be tagged "historical romance"? If tagged, does it have to be a certain number to count? Normally, I make sure the genre of the month is on the main page, but several books I have been looking at have "historical" and "romance" on the MP, but have "historical romance" tagged on the next page.
Christene PaulaDabbling
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Does the genre have to be on the main page or can it be tagged "historical romance"? If tagged, does it have to be a certain number to count? Normally, I make sure th..."
Normally, it needs to be MPG! But if you can make the case that it is clearly a historical romance, I am fine with it! :)
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🔹Name ~ Angie ☯
🔹Level ~ Diversifying: 3-4 books per month
🔹List or Free Rein ~ your choice! ~ [TBR List]
Even though, this isn't a genre I typically read, I enjoyed The Luxe quartet earlier this year as part of February's Romance challenge.Name - Ms. B
Level - Dabbling: 1-2 books
List or Free Rein: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Name- Jesa Level- Dabbling: 1-2 books
List or free rein: either
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Level- Dabbling: 1-2 books
List or free rein: either"
Jesa, please contact me via message if you would like to participate this time around. You have signed up and not shown up for the last several months.
Name- JoyceLevel- Dabbling: 1-2 books
List or free rein: list or free rein
List: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
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Partners are posted! We had an uneven group this month, so one set has three people!
October: Historical Romance
Historical romance (also historical novel) is a broad category of fiction in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past. Walter Scott helped popularise this genre in the early 19th-century, with works such as Rob Roy and Ivanhoe. Literary fiction historical romances continue to be published, and a notable recent example is Wolf Hall (2009), a multi-award winning novel by English historical novelist Hilary Mantel. It is also a genre of mass-market fiction, which is related to the broader romantic love genre.
The terms "romance novel" and "historical romance" are ambiguous, because the word "romance", and the associated word "romantic", have a number of different meanings. In particular, on the one hand there is the mass-market genre of "fiction dealing with love", harlequin romance, and on the other hand, "a romance" can also be defined as "a fictitious narrative in prose or verse; the interest of which turns upon marvellous and uncommon incidents". However, many romances, including the historical romances of Walter Scott, are also frequently called novels, and Scott describes romance as a "kindred term". To add to the confusion literary fiction romances, for example Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, often have a strong love story interest. Other European languages do not distinguish between romance and novel: "a novel is le roman, der Roman, il romanzo."
Challenge Rules:
💕Standard Challenge Rules apply, plus...
💕Rereads DO NOT count for this challenge! Remember, we're trying new things!
💕Follow your own time zone. If you finish the book between the challenge dates in your time zone, it counts!
💕Books that match the month's genre are selected by your partner. You may either have them choose from a list of books you create, or give them free rein! Your choice!
Levels:
💕Dabbling: 1-2 books per month
💕Diversifying: 3-4 books per month
💕Divergent: 5-6 books per month
📌Make sure that you have notifications turned on, so that you don't miss updates, bonus task notices, etc.
Sign Ups:
🔸Sign Ups begin on the 15th of each month and close on the 29th.
🔸LATE Sign-Ups (after the 29th) will be on standby. Standby members will either replace missing partners or if enough standbys are available, can be made into additional sets!
🔸No new partner sets will be made after the 5th of the month.
🔸Lists are due by the 1st of the month, when possible!
Provide the following information when signing up:
🔹Name
🔹Level
🔹List or Free Rein