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The Bachelor Team Challenge Round 3 - Teams Assigned!
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 3🌹🌹Theme - First Love🌹
Date Tasks:
At the beginning of each date, one of the tasks for that week's letter will be randomly selected. The letters will be used in order. You will need to read a book that meets the task requirements, as well as the other requirements listed above, to complete the task.
B is for Baubles - Read a book with jewelry on the cover.
B is for Blue - Read a book with a primarily blue cover.
B is for Baby - Read a book with pregnancy, baby or child in story. Qualification can be from the title, précis, tags or lists.
B is for Beast - Read a shapeshifter book. Qualification can be from the title, series, précis, tags or lists.
A is for Attorney - Read a book with an attorney MC, character needs to work in the legal field. Law enforcement does not qualify. Qualification from the title, précis, tags or list.
A is for Award - Read a book that has won an award. This info needs to be included on the GR main book page.
A is for Amuse - Read a humorous book. Qualification can be from tags or lists.
A is for Attire - Read a book with fully clothed people/person on the cover.
C is for Chaste - Read a book with a virginal character. Qualification can be from the title, précis, tags or lists.
C is for California - Read a book set, at least in part, in California. Qualification from the GR main book page, title, précis, tags or lists.
C is for Calligraphy - Read a book that's title is in a cursive font.
C is for Curiosity - Read a book with a mystery tag.
H is for Hair - Read a book with long hair (below the shoulder) on the cover.
H is for Hipporcrates - Read a book with a doctor, nurse or paramedic as a MC. Qualification can be from the title, series, précis, tags or lists.
H is for Headless - Read a book with a headless person (nothing showing above the jaw) on the cover.
H is for Helper - Read a book written by more than one author. Qualification will be on the GR main book page or provide a link to the author page if the duo uses a pseudonym.
E is for Eyes - Read a book with eyes on the cover.
E is for Ejected - Read a book with a DNF tag.
E is for Elf - Read a holiday book, any holiday works. Qualification can be from the title, précis or tags.
E is for Enunciate - Read a book with an audio edition. You do not need to listen to the book, but must provide a link to the audio edition.
L is for Leather - Read a book with a person wearing leather on the cover.
L is for Lady - Read a book with a single female on the cover.
L is for Lasso - Read a western/cowboy romance. Qualification can be from the title, précis, list or tags.
L is for Lecture - Read a book with a teacher MC. Qualification from the title, précis, list or tags.
O is for On Paper - Read a book that has a MMP edition. You do not need to read the mass market paperback edition, but need to provide the link to it to qualify.
O is for Obedient - Read a BDSM or Inspirational romance. Qualification from précis, list or tags.
O is for Octave - Read a book with a singer/musician MC. Qualification from title, precis, list or tags.
O is for Outlast - Read a book that is in the middle of a series or is in an incomplete series. Provide link to series page to qualify.
R is for Rustic - Read a book with rural setting. Qualification from the GR main book page, 'small town' or 'country' tag, or precis.
R is for Rescue - Read a book with a pet in the story. Qualification can be from precis, list, or 'cat', 'dog' or 'pet' tag.
R is for Rain - Read a book with inclement weather (rain, snow, wind) on the cover.
R is for Recent - Read a book initially published in the last year.
Details on each task's requirements will be provided prior to the beginning of that specific date.
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 3🌹🌹Theme - First Love🌹
❤️ Information required when posting your completion/s: ❤️
❤️ Date Task
❤️ Book/cover link
❤️ Page numbers with source
❤️ How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary. Links required for lists, tags and other editions.
❤️ Dated Completed with Rating.
❤️ If this is your second (or more) book for the task, also include that information.
Please include only this information. A small review may be included if desired, but is not required. No other discussion allowed though.
❤️You will need make a new post for your completions.❤️ If you update a prior post, i.e., if you saved posts for your completions, they will be missed when I do the accounting for each date. Make sure your books count - make a new post!
Although you will not need to make selection posts like in the PtP, your teammates might like ideas for what to read so sharing what you're reading could be very helpful. If you have any question if your book qualifies, it would be better to find out before you read it - ask your teammates or in the Q&A/Announcement thread.
DO NOT DELETE COMMENTS OR POSTS! Even if your book doesn't qualify or you are asked for corrections, do not delete your comment. Deleted comments will confuse the tracking and may lead to books being missed! If you wish, you may strike through your comment using < s > ... < /s > without the spaces, but do not delete the comment or post!
Completion PostsWhen making your completion posts, remember you must include how the book/s qualify. If the task states, for example (and this is just an example!):
A is for Athlete - Read a sports romance, qualification from the title, précis, list or tags.
Saying 'the hero is a runner' or 'MC is an athlete' doesn't qualify the book. Using 'précis states that hero is a football player' or 'tagged sports by 7 people' does qualify the book. Remember that links are required for lists, tags and different editions.
Also, when using the cover as the qualifier, post the cover image in your completion.
Please remember that all tags/lists must qualify IN CONTEXT!! Links MUST be provided.
Don't make more work for yourself than necessary - if the qualifier is in the title or on the cover, use it! You don't have to go searching for tags to make it work. 😊 If the link you use for the book is the same you are using for the page count and edition - say so (see above edition or something similar)! That saves us all some steps. But please double check your links!
You may use separate editions of your Scavenger Hunt books to qualify for the different tasks. Links MUST be provided.
NO DATES WILL BEGIN EARLY!!If there was an extreme situation where I would not be available to announce the date task at the regular time, I would make it clear in advance that there would be an early announcement. I do not foresee this happening. With the Speed Dating Rose, it would not be fair to have the times vary week to week and I will make every attempt to have the announcement made within minutes of the date beginning.
(I seriously have an alarm on my phone and did post from the car in the first round. I am sincere in trying to keep this as fair as possible!)
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 3🌹🌹Theme - First Love🌹
Captains:
Jane (PS)
~KarenH~
Cyndee
Kristen
Captain, if needed:
Nicole
Michaele
Laura
⚣Michaelle⚣
Roger - president of NBR United -
Participants:
CB
Emeli
Adriana
Hazel
Pam from Maine
LaurLa
Maritza
Mandy
Susan (susayq ~)
Chris
Leslie
☘KathyD☘
Courtney
Trio
Fran(Private)
Sexyladi
Jo * Smut-Dickted *
Grace
Karen ♐
Skandia
Chan
Louise
Mell
Laura
Elizabeth
Sally906
BarbaraAnn
Marythios (AkaSusanne )
Cathy
ROXANNE
Olivia
Aribel
Eugenia
mariella
Suzanne
bamaace83
Alice
Lynne
Wax
Christina T
Sassafrass
Shandrea
Vicki
Shannon
Tonya
Lynnelle
Nicole
Christy
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 3🌹🌹Theme - First Love🌹
Team 1:
Captain - Jane (PS)
Chris
Lynnelle
Marythios (AkaSusanne )
Sexyladi
Shannon
Tonya
Team 2:
Captain - ~KarenH~
CB
Hazel
Laura
mariella
Nicole
Trio
Team 3:
Captain - Cyndee
Aribel
Emeli
Leslie
Olivia
Pam from Maine
Susan
Team 4:
Captain - Kristen
Alice
Fran
Jo * Smut-Dickted *
Louise
Shandrea
Suzanne
Team 5:
Captain - Nicole
BarbaraAnn
Chan
Courtney
Lynne
Sally906
Team 6:
Captain - Michaele
Maritza
ROXANNE
Sassafrass
Skandia
Wax
Team 7:
Captain - Laura
Eugenia
Mandy
Mell
Susan (susayq ~)
Vicki
Team 8:
Captain - ⚣Michaelle⚣
Adriana
Christy
Karen ♐
☘KathyD☘
LaurLa
Team 9:
Captain - Roger - president of NBR United -
bamaace83
Cathy
Christina T
Elizabeth
Grace
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 3🌹🌹Theme - First Love🌹
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 3🌹🌹Theme - First Love🌹
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 3🌹🌹Theme - First Love🌹
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 3🌹🌹Theme - First Love🌹
Once teams are allocated, you will need to check in and introduce yourself to your team. Please allow your captain to reserve some spots before commenting. Your first task will be to come up with a team name that fits with the theme of First Love.
If you so desire, you can familiarize yourself with the date tasks and add books to shelves or lists that they fit. This can be done anytime before the date begins.
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 3🌹🌹Theme - First Love🌹
If you are interested in being a team captain, please let me know when you sign up!
The responsibilities are simple - basically helping to keep track of completions and some simple math: who has read a book(s) for the task with page numbers, the total number of pages read and who read the longest book for your team.
I'm in and I can Captain :)(If you aren't ready yet for sign ups, please delete this post. I can sign up again :)
Jane (PS) wrote: "I'm in and I can Captain :)(If you aren't ready yet for sign ups, please delete this post. I can sign up again :)"
I think I'm ready! 😊 🤞🏼
I'm in, and happy to be Captain!
I'm in! I'll be on a plane on the 21st (right at 6pm lol) and won't land until the 23rd, so as long as that's okay :)
Yay! I've been waiting for this to start again! Sign me up and I can captain as well.
I'm in for this one. I will not be able to be a captain this round sorry.
I'm in no to Captain
Kristen wrote: "I'm in! I'll be on a plane on the 21st (right at 6pm lol) and won't land until the 23rd, so as long as that's okay :)"That should be fine! Even if there are weather delays, you still have plenty of time to read for the date. 😊
I loved the last round of this one! Count me in, but not to captain this time - it's going to be busy at work!
I’m in. Only captain if you really need someone.
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🌹Theme - First Love🌹
Challenge Dates:
Signups open until Friday, December 13th at 6 PM EST
Teams Allocated December 13th after signups close
First Date begins Saturday, December 21, 2019
Last Date ends on Friday, February 21, 2020
The Bachelor Team Challenge is an 9 week challenge, the first date will begin on December 21, 2019 and the last date begins February 15, 2020. This challenge is all about finding love - books must be romance to count!
Each week you will go on a themed 'date' with your books. You and your teammates can earn roses in several ways, explained below, and at the end of the challenge the team with the most roses wins!
The teams will consist of roughly 6 members. You will be reading a minimum of one book per week to complete the task for your date, there is no passing or alternate tasks. Dates will last one week, beginning on Saturday evenings and ending at Midnight on Friday. Team members may read multiple books for each date and potentially earn bonus roses. There will be one two week date during the challenge for a 'Destination Date'. Roses will be awarded at the end of the date and the team with the most roses at the end of the challenge will be our winner!
The dates will begin on Saturdays at 6 PM EST, at that time the task for each date will be announced. Books must be completed and posted by the following Friday at Midnight EST, except when on your 'DestinationDate' when you will have until the second Friday. Roses will be awarded before the next date begins. Each date we will be working towards spelling out B-A-C-H-E-L-O-R. The tasks for each letter will be posted in advance, but you will not know which task will be used until the date begins.
Roses are earned by:
🌹 The First Rose 🌹 Teams earn this rose by reading 4 books fitting the task during the date. (One rose possible per team per date.)
Bonus roses may be earned by:
🌹 Speed Dating Rose 🌹 The team that has 4 members finishing 4 books (1 each) and posts in the Q&A/Announcement thread first wins this bonus rose. Note, posting is required to earn this rose. (One rose possible per date.)
🌹 Team Dating Rose 🌹 Teams with each member completing the task (with a minimum of 6 books read) earn this additional rose. (One rose possible per team per date.)
🌹 Serial Dating Rose 🌹 For every multiple of 8 books read, teams will earn a rose. So 8 books is one rose, 16 books is 2 roses, 24 books is 3 roses and so on. (Number of roses will vary each date, maximum of 7 per team per date.)
🌹 Multiple Date Rose 🌹 The player who reads the most books for the date earns this bonus rose for their team. (One rose possible per date unless there is a tie.)
🌹 Longest Date Rose 🌹 The player that reads the longest book for the date earns this bonus rose for their team. (One rose possible per date unless there is a tie.)
🌹 Page Turner Rose 🌹 The team that reads the most combined pages for the date, English language editions only for page count, earns this bonus rose. (One rose possible per date unless there is a tie.)
🌹 Scavenger Hunt Rose 🌹This special rose is earned by finding a book that fits each rule for the letter the date represents, for example B is for Baubles (jewelry on cover), Blue (blue cover), Baby (pregnancy, baby, child in story) and Beast (shapeshifter story). After posting your completion, post in the Scavenger Hunt thread to claim the book. Both posts, in your team thread and the Scavenger Hunt thread, should list the qualifications for each task, i.e. be identical. This rose may be earned multiple times per date but only once per book. The first person to post each book claims the rose for that book. (Number of roses available per date will vary, maximum of 7 per person per date.)
Teams will not be eliminated even if they earn no roses, they will have a chance to catch up by earning additional roses on other dates. Players will be eliminated if they do not complete the task on two consecutive dates. Eliminated players will not be replaced. Remember, players are allowed to read multiple books for a given date in order to earn bonuses and/or to make up for teammates who do not read their book or who have been eliminated.
Books must be 90 pages and MPG Romance. Contemporary Romance, Historical Romance, Paranormal Romance or similar is acceptable, but it must be romance. There will be NO EXCEPTIONS on the MPG Romance rule. Audiobooks and rereads are ok. Books can only be read once per person during the challenge even if it fits multiple categories. Once the task for the date is announced, you may not tag a book so that it fits or edit any lists - this must be done before the date begins.