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PtP - The Romantics
1. Introduce yourself to your team. Definitely let your team members know where you are from. This is a 'nice to know' when categories are announced and when team-mates can expect other members to post their book choices.2. Pick a Team Captain. The team captain will track the books read by the team and double-check that your book selection complies with the rules - eg make sure that the selection and completion posts are as per the formatting and information requested below (msg 3).
Anyone is free to ask questions in the Q&A/Announcement thread - here. If you are unsure, please ask.
Once a Captain has been decided, the Team Captain should reserve a couple of posts in this thread to track their team's book selection and completion. (Alternatively they could convert one of their chat comments to the tracking post/s.)
3. Name your team. This is not mandatory, but it is fun. Given we are an open/public group with no age limit, so please make sure any chosen name is smart, not smutty ;)
Please PM your name to Jane(PS) by 10 September.
4. If you have a private profile, please 'friend' your team-mates. This is really important, because without this, your team-mates can't see your shelves to select a books under option 2.
5. Please post your book selections/completions in the format provided below. (This format is also posted in both the Q&A and Sign-Up threads.) We need to know the week that each book corresponds to, the page numbers, and how the book qualifies including links to lists/shelves (where applicable), etc. I can't stress this enough. When in doubt - link it*!
* please don't link to your review in your completion post - reviews in your completion posts should be included in full in that post.
You don't want to start reading a book and then find it doesn't meet the requirements because some information (eg page count or theme link) was missing from your original post.
I will be monitoring this and your book will not be considered complete until I am satisfied that your selection and completion posts comply with the format rules of the challenge.
Remember - you can ONLY change your book selection in the week that the theme is called.
6. You MUST check in with your team each week, ideally once the theme is announced. Please let your team know if you except to have spotty communication or are on holidays or having an operation.
7. When you post the completion of your book, you must post a review; enough for us to know you have actually read the book. Please don't link to a review. You must post the review in this thread.
8. Re-reads are allowed but you can't read the same book twice within this challenge.
9. There is no prize for the winning team - bragging rights only :)
10. Each week, the theme will be announced in the Q&A/Announcement thread. The full list of themes announced during this round will be maintained in msg 1.
The Rule on the Pass Option
* Each team can only have ONE member using their pass each week.
* Each member can only use that pass once each 5 weeks.
* This means that one or two team members (dependent upon the size of your team) will miss using a pass in each 5 week block.
* No-one can use the pass option in the last week of the challenge.
* In the final week Option 2 has altered and I will be allocating each team another team from which their book selection must be chosen :)
Key selection and completion post information. You must have ALL elements in your book posts.For the initial selection post Option 1 I need:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
How the book qualifies - please insert a link to the qualifying bookshelf/list.
If the theme is based off the bookcover or a letter in the title etc, please just repeat the theme.
For the initial selection post Option 2 I need:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
Name of the team-member, their star rating, the date they read the book.
For the completion post I need:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Rating (1-5)
Review
Please DO NOT CHAT in these selction/completion posts. It needs to be super clear.
If you 'waffle' about your decided book - please REPOST your selection once you decide. DO NOT go back and edit your waffling post.
I'll be tracking each team's progress separately, using the Captain's summary in each team's thread to check for accuracy.A summary chart will be posted in the last week to let teams know their progress against other teams :)
Woohooo! Hey, Teamies!Ya'll ready to have some fun?
**sneaks in and waves at beppy and Becky**
Don't forget to introduce yourself for those of you that haven't 'met' before. And timezone helps so that we know when you are likely to be around :)
*waves back at Logan*I'm Becky from Oklahoma! Beppy and I were teamed up with Logan on the last round. Welcome to the new-to-me faces! I look forward to meeting you and plundering your shelves! Mwahahaha! We'll have a blast!
Hi I'm Sunshine from Chicago. Living and love reading erotic, dark, mystery, all romantic novels. Looking foward to the challenge. Be gentle.. I'm a newbe to this challenge and may ask a lot of questions.
*waves back at logan, says "bonjour, capitaine"*hi, becky. good to see you again.
i'm beppy, i'm working in the okanagan region in british columbia right now, but i will be back in northern bc by the time this challenge ends. i'll be on pacific time for most, if not all, of the challenge. i look forward to meeting y'all, as well as book discussions and recommendations.
anyone have any ideas for team names? do we want to go with something to do with the number 4 or go totally off the wall and call ourselves something like "HEA junkies" or "barbies and cinderellas"? oh, another thing about me? i'm not really creative when it comes to thinking of group names, as you can plainly see.
Hey everyone!! I'm Calila (on the interwebs at least), it's more distinctive than Jessica aka Jess. Also from OK *waves* to Becky.I captained my teams the previous two rounds so I'm more than happy to do it again if you'd all like, however if someone else wants to try it out that's okay too.
I mainly read M/M, with a select few M/F authors thrown in from before I discovered M/M romance. So my shelves may not be too helpful for step 2. Just warning y'all ahead of time. =)
Nice to meet you, Calila! I'm all for you being captain. I've got a lot going on at home right now with a grandbaby due this month. I'd rather just read and chat. ; )Team names...hmmm...I'm not too good at those either. I did find this:
Four: The symbolic meaning of number Four deals with stability and invokes the grounded nature of all things. Consider the four seasons, four directions, four elements all these amazingly powerful essences wrapped up in the nice square package of Four. Fours represent solidity, calmness, and home. A recurrence of Four in your life may signify the need to get back to your roots, center yourself, or even "plant" yourself. Fours also indicate a need for persistence and endurance.
How about the Eclectic Elementals? Anybody else have some ideas?
Sunshine wrote: "Hi I'm Sunshine from Chicago. Living and love reading erotic, dark, mystery, all romantic novels. Looking foward to the challenge. Be gentle.. I'm a newbe to this challenge and may ask a lot o..."
Hey, Sunshine!
I missed your post yesterday! It's nice to meet you! This is a pretty easy challenge to follow. You'll do great! I had a bunch of fun during the last one and made several new friends...and found lots of great books to read. : )
Hi team :)I'm on Mountain Time. But special Arizona mountain time since we don't ever change our clocks :) I live in Tucson with my hubby and 3 kiddos and I'm a stay at home mom.
Becky ♡The Bookworm♡ wrote: "Eclectic Elementals"I like this one! I also like HEA Junkies.
Romantic Readers
or something with 'romantics' like...
Radiant Romantics ...or something.
Calila wrote: "Hey everyone!! I'm Calila (on the interwebs at least), it's more distinctive than Jessica aka Jess. Also from OK *waves* to Becky.I captained my teams the previous two rounds so I'm more than hap..."
Yay! I will be stalking your shelves for option 2 :)
I, too, mostly read M/M. I might pick up a M/F, but it's not likely.
Hi everyone. I'm Anna and I live in louisville Kentucky so I'm on eastern time. My computer got sick this week and went to the computer doctor. (Thank God for apple warranty coverage!). I should have it back this weekend. I have done the past two challenges and loved them! I can't wait to get started and to see new topics. I work crazy hours but am usually off every Tuesday Saturday and Sunday. But it is football season so Saturdays will be taken up with my Crimson Tide!
i've been reading a LOT of m/m lately, as well. hi, anna, calila, breann and welcome, sunshine.
calila, if you're willing to take on captaincy again, i'm for it.
*waves to Breann and Anna*
I'm good with whoever wants to be TC that isn't me :D
Calila... I'm all for you being the team captain... ;)I like Romantic Readers
How about "The Romantics"
Hello Calila, Beppy, Breann I am on team 7 with Katie.
Breann wrote: "^^^^^THIS^^^^^I like The Romantics"
LOL - are you sure Breann??
Hi Roger! I hope you enjoy the challenge.
Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "Hello Calila, Beppy, Breann I am on team 7 with Katie."*waves* Hey Roger!
So it looks like everyone's cool with me being Captain so I'm going to go ahead and reserve some posts! I think I like "The Romantics" too.
Tracking PostWeek 1: MC is a nerd/geek/genius 6/6(view spoiler)
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Week 2: Unrequited Love 6/6 (view spoiler)
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Week 3: Friends to lovers - 6/6 (view spoiler)
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Week 4: "A", "An", or "The" Title. 6/6 (view spoiler)
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Week 5: Single Parent 5/5(1 pass)(view spoiler)
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Week 6: G Title 6/6 (view spoiler)
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Week 7: Law Enforcement MC - 6/6 (view spoiler)
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Week 8: Scarred/Injured MC 6/6(view spoiler)
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Week 9: Royalty - 5/5(1 pass) (view spoiler)
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Week 10: Cry/Tearjerker - 6/6 (view spoiler)
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Week 11: Set In California - 6/6 (view spoiler)
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Passes UsedWeek 1: None Used!
Week 2: None Used!
Week 3: None Used!
Week 4: None Used!
Week 5: Breann
Week 6: None Used!
Week 7: None Used!
Week 8: None Used!
Week 9: Becky
Week 10: None Used!
Week 11: No Pass Allowed
Themes CalledWeek 1: MC is a nerd/geek/genius
Week 2: Unrequited Love
Week 3: Friends to lovers
Week 4: "A", "An", or "The" Title.
Week 5: Single Parent
Week 6: Title Begins With "G"
Week 7: Law Enforcement MC
Week 8: Scarred/Injured MC
Week 9: Royalty
Week 10: Cleansing Cry
Week 11: Set In California
Hey guys, if we get a name picked ASAP, Jane will give the category early on Monday, instead on Wednesday!
Calila wrote: "Hey guys, if we get a name picked ASAP, Jane will give the category early on Monday, instead on Wednesday!"Woohoo! I vote for The Romantics.
I really like the romantics too. I'm silk waiting on my computer to get back. It should be here tomorrow. Thank goodness! Yeah for taking in the captain role Calila!
"the romantics" sounds good to me.*hi, roger*
The Fanatic Romantics! j/k The Romantics works for me.
And it looks like the name works for everyone so I'll PM Jane!
Calila wrote: "We have name y'all! Thanks Jane!"Yay!
First theme tomorrow! Excited!!I just have one request, when posting your pick at the very bottom of the post can you please post the book link with an * in the bracket.
Ex. Delusion in Death - without asterisk
ex. [*book:Delusion in Death|13252406] - with asterisk.
It's not required, but it makes it easier for me to just copy/paste into the tracking post. I would really appreciate it! Thanks!
YAY! Can't wait for the first theme! can you please post the book link with an * in the bracket.
Sure thing!
Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "Hello Calila, Beppy, Breann I am on team 7 with Katie."Hi Roger! Nice to meet you!
It has to be Monday, somewhere. ;)I wanna know the pick... I wanna know the pick...
So normally we'll get the theme "between 6pm and 9pm US EST each Friday." so we'll probably get it during the same time frame today. Which means at least 4 more hours.
Becky ♡The Bookworm♡ wrote: "*wails*"*wails with Becky*
I was going to start something new, but I think I'll wait for the theme. I really should be doing other stuff anyway. #idratherbereading
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