Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

The Amazing Race Team Challenge
April 11, 2020 through June 9, 2020
8 Week Dash For the Win!

Team 5:

★ Aiswrya Bhaskaran
✓ Autumn
✓ Nikitha
✓ Deanie

The Amazing Race Team Challenge
April 11, 2020 through June 9, 2020
8 Week Dash For the Win!

Tracking:
Task 1 - 1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task. Assigned 4.12.2020 / Completed 4.17.2020
Task 2 - 47. Read 6 books set in a major city. Assigned 4.17.2020 / Completed 4.19.2020
Task 3 - 66. 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. Assigned 4.19.2020 / Completed 4.21.2020
Task 4 - 10. Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy. Assigned 4.22.2020 / Completed 4.24.2020
Task 5 - 41. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles. Assigned 4.24.2020 / Completed 4.26.2020
Task 6 - 54. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors. Assigned 4.26.2020 / Completed 5.1.2020
Task 7 - 43. Each teammate reads a book that has been read by one of the RRRC moderators. No pass for this task. Assigned 5.1.2020 / Completed 5.3.2020
Task 8 - 73. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate. Assigned 5.3.2020 / Completed 5.5.2020
Task 9 - 37. Read 6 books by authors who use initials in their name. Assigned 5.5.2020 / Completed 5.7.2020
Task 10 - 25. Each player reads a book in a series, teams decide. No pass for this task. Assigned 5.7.2020 / Completed 5.10.2020
Task 11 - 63. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter. Assigned 5.10.2020 / Completed 5.13.2020
Task 12 - 57. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town, no pass for this task. Assigned 5.13.2020 / Completed 5.16.2020
Task 13 - 12. Read 6 books first published between 2000 and 2010. Assigned 5.16.2020 / Completed 5.19.2020
Task 14 - 32. Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'. Assigned 5.19.2020 / Completed 5.21.2020
Task 15 - 39. Each teammate reads a book with a night sky on the cover, no pass for this task. Assigned 5.21.2020 / Completed 5.23.2020
Task 16 - 6. Each player reads a book by a new to you author - no pass for this task. Assigned 5.23.2020 / Completed 5.26.2020
Task 17 - 56. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color. Assigned 5.26.2020 / Completed 5.29.2020
Task 18 - 45. Read 4 books by one of the 2020 FACs. Assigned 5.29.2020 / Completed 6.1.2020
Task 19 - 21. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task. Assigned 6.1.2020 / Completed 6.3.2020
Task 20 - 55. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task. Assigned 6.3.2020 / Completed 6.5.2020
Task 21 - 11. Read 4 books first published within the last year. Assigned 6.5.2020 / Completed 6.8.2020
Task 22 - 100. Read a book with an average rating of 4.2 or higher. No pass for this task. You can read as many books as you wish, each book completed earns a point. Assigned 6.8.2020

The Amazing Race Team Challenge
April 11, 2020 through June 9, 2020
8 Week Dash For the Win!

Challenge Dates:
Signups open until April 11, 2020 at 9 PM US EDT.
Remaining Teams Assigned after signups close on April 11, 2020.
First Task Assigned April 14, 2020 at 6 PM US EDT.
Challenge Ends on June 9, 2020 at Midnight US EDT, tasks will not be accepted after this time.

Each team will work together to complete tasks. Once complete, you will be given another task to complete. After the first task, teams will be on different paths with tasks randomly assigned. The same tasks may be assigned to different teams at different times, but no task will be used more than once by the same team. Each team works at their own pace and the team that completes the most tasks at the end of 8 weeks will be the winner!

After the first task is given to everyone, when a team finishes their task they will need to report their completion in the Tracking/Q&A thread. I will confirm the completion and assign their next task. New tasks will not be assigned more frequently than every other day. I will attempt to respond quickly to confirm completion and assign new tasks, but please allow up to 24 hours. If I am unavailable, another mod will assign the task.

Each teammate will need to participate in each task, but may take a pass for one task during the course of the challenge. For some tasks, no passes will be allowed. Completions posts will need to be made when finishing each book for a task, similar to the PtP and Bachelor Challenges. A player will be removed if they make no comment for 5 days after a new task is assigned or 3 days after the rest of the team completes the task (whichever is later), despite attempts to make contact.

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.

There is a 150 page minimum for books, rereads and audios ok. Books may only be used once per player during the challenge. Players may read the same book for a task unless otherwise specified. Books do not have to be romance, but must be fiction.

**For this challenge, use the GR Kindle first edition page count if available. 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**

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.

PS - If you want to be known as anything other than Team 5, you are free to come up with a team name. 😉

Links to Completion Posts
Task 1 #1: Aiswrya, Nikitha, Autumn -1 , Autumn -2 , Deanie
Task 2 #47: Deanie - Book 1, Nikitha - Book 2, Aiswrya - Book 3, Autumn - Book 4, Aiswrya - Book 5, Deanie - Book 6
Task 3: Aiswrya, Nikitha, Autumn, Deanie
Task 4: Deanie, Aiswrya, Autumn, Nikitha
Task 5: Autumn - 335 pages, Nikitha - 336 pages, Aiswrya - 512 pages, Deanie -244 pages
Task 6: Nikitha - 276 pgs, Deanie- 284 pgs, Aiswrya - 317 pgs, Autumn - 372 pages
Task 7: Deanie, Aiswrya, Autumn, Nikitha
Task 8: Aiswrya - Book 1, Aiswrya - Book 2, Deanie - Book 3, Autumn - Book 4, Nikitha - Book 5, Nikitha - Book 6
Task 9: Aiswrya - Book 1, Aiswrya - Book 2, Nikitha - Book 3, Nikitha - Book 4, Autumn - Book 5, Deanie - Book 6
Task 10: Aiswrya, Nikitha, Deanie, Autumn
Task 11: Aiswrya - 290 pgs, Nikitha -225 pags, Deanie - 256 pgs, Autumn - 264 pgs
Task 12: Nikitha, Deanie, Aiswrya, Autumn
Task 13: Aiswrya Book -1, Aiswrya Book - 2, Nikitha Book - 3, Deanie Book - 4, Autumn Book - 5, Nikitha Book - 6
Task 14: Aiswrya - 497 pages, Deanie- 484 pages, Nikitha- 207 pages, Autumn Pass
Task 15: Aiswrya, Nikitha, Autumn, Deanie
Task 16: Nikitha, Aiswrya, Autumn, Deanie

Completion posts - Continued
Task 17: Aiswrya Book 1, Deanie Book 2, Autumn Book 3, Nikitha Book 4, Aiswrya Book 5, Deanie Book 6
Task 18: Aiswrya, Deanie, Nikitha, Autumn
Task 19: Nikitha, Aiswrya, Autumn, Deanie
Task 20: Autumn, Aiswrya, Deanie, Nikitha
Task 21: Nikitha, Deanie, Aiswrya, Autumn
Task 22: The last one!
Nikitha - 1,
Nikitha - 2,
Aiswrya - 1,
Aiswrya - 2
Deanie - 1,
Deanie - 2,
Autumn - 1

Consolidated Choices:
(view spoiler)[Teammates birth month, decade, RRRC Joining date, hometown
Hometown - Aiswrya: Bangalore/ NJ/ NYC. Deanie: Savannah, Nikitha: Chennai, Autumn: Las Vegas/ Southern California
Birth Decade - Aiswrya: 1990, Nikitha: 2000, Deanie: 1970, Autumn: 1990
Birth Month - Aiswrya: December, Nikitha: May, Deanie: August, Autumn: March
RRRC Joining Year - Aiswrya: 2020, Nikitha: 2020,Deanie: , Autumn:

Authors:
Aiswrya: Nalini Singh, Nora Roberts and Matthew Reilly are my favorite authors. But I'm pretty much open to reading anything but dark romance and love triangles.
Deanie: Nora Roberts, Suzanne Brockmann, Kristen Painter, Susan Stoker (romance), Agatha Christie, J.D. Robb, Mildred Abbott, Tess Gerritsen (mystery), Melanie Cellier, K.M. Shea (fantasy).
Nikitha:
Autumn:

Sub-genre, Tropes:
Aiswrya: I'm okay with anything that isn't dark, disturbing and involving love triangles. My favorite sub genres are paranormal, urban fantasy, RH, YA, NA.
Deanie: fake relationship, military romance (is that trope?), friends to lovers
Nikitha: friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, arranged marriages eventually leading to love, small town romances, fake relationships, historical. Under non romance, I like fantasy, paranormal, murder mysteries, adventures, etc
Autumn: I love most romance books 😆 but my favorites are enemies to lovers, slow burns, paranormal/urban fantasy, romantic suspense, marriage of convenience. I’m willing to give anything a chance though.

Random stuff:
25. Each player reads a book in a series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
51. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.
52. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
56. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
58. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year.
60. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
63. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
65. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
67. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
69. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
66. 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. (hide spoiler)]

Hi guys, I'm Nikitha! This is only my second reading challenge ever and I'm really looking forward to it. I live in Chennai, India.

Hope all of you are safe and well!

Hi. Checking in. I'm in Georgia (the state). This is my first team challenge like this too. I was going to suggest that the person with the most experience with these challenges be team leader, but out of the three of us checked in so far, none of us have really done this before...so I don't know.

Has anyone heard from Autumn? I've messaged her twice.

Also, being the leader for this shouldn't be too hard. Mostly just a point person, you can all work to keep track of where you are in a task and when you've completed them.

Sorry! I had my notifications turned off. I’ll turn them on so I get the messages. My name is Autumn. I live in California. I’m a stay at home mom to a 15 month old boy, and I’m currently in school to become a court reporter. I’ve never done a reading challenge before but I’m excited to try it with you all!

If everyone's okay with it, I don't mind being team leader. Like Kat said, we can all work together to track our progress. Let me know :)

That works for me Aiswrya. Thanks for taking the lead!

Task 1 - ALL TEAMS!!


1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.

Ready, Set, GO!

Yayy! We are on!! I'm not entirely sure how we should go about this for this task, but can we all post our preferences for all possible tasks we may be assigned? That way, we can get started on it much quicker. I'll post the task list in a later post.

For this task, since all of us are fans of paranormal romances, can we read Nalini Singh? I don't mean to choose for everyone, but in the interest of time for this particular task, I think it would make it easier? Let me know if anyone has objections to this particular author :) I'm pretty much open to anyone else.

Thanks guys!! I'm so excited!

I'm good with Nalini Singh. I've never read her books but I'm up for it

Also, do we all have to read the same book or just the same author?

Nikitha wrote: "Also, do we all have to read the same book or just the same author?"

Just the same author.

Alright, so these are all the team tasks we have. When you have a minute, could you all please post your preferences? Thanks everyone!
Tasks:
1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
9. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.
25. Each player reads a book in a series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
51. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.
52. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
53. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.
54. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
56. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
57. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town, no pass for this task.
58. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year.
59. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
60. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
61. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
62. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month. - We would just need everyone's birth months here.
63. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
65. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
66. 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.
67. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
69. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
73. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
75. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.

Let me know if I've missed any team tasks :)

I’m good with Nalini Signh. I love her books 😉. I’ll look over the list too and start writing down some options. happy reading guys!

I've never read Nalini Singh, but I've heard of her, and her books sound interesting.

For the tasks:
My birth month is August
My decade of birth is the 1970s
My hometown is either Northville, Michigan, or Brunswick, Georgia, neither of which have books written there (as far as I know). If we expand a bit Goodreads has me listed as in the Savannah area, which does open up other possibilities.

Do we want to list favorite authors and tropes?

My favorite authors are Nora Roberts, Suzanne Brockmann, Kristen Painter, Susan Stoker (romance), Agatha Christie, J.D. Robb, Mildred Abbott, Tess Gerritsen (mystery), Melanie Cellier, K.M. Shea (fantasy).

Tropes: fake relationship, military romance (is that trope?), friends to lovers

Great! Nalini Singh it is :) I don't think we have to post a selection post, we just need completion posts. So, let me know when you have finished the book :) Happy reading everyone!

My birth month is May
My decade of birth is 2000
My hometown is Chennai, Tamil Nadu and I don't think there are too many books based off of here either
My favourite tropes are friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, arranged marriages eventually leading to love, small town romances, fake relationships, historical
Under non romance, I like fantasy, paranomal, murder mysteries, adventures, etc

I can't think of too many favourite authors at the moment but I'll keep you all updated!

COMPLETION POST
Task 1: Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - We picked Nalini Singh.
Book/cover link: Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh
Page numbers with source: 356 pages kindle edition
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary - written by Nalini Singh
Date Completed - 4/14/2020

COMPLETION POST
Task 1: Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - We picked Nalini Singh.
Book/cover link: Rock Hard by Nalini Singh
Page numbers with source: 398 pages kindle edition
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary - written by Nalini Singh
Date Completed - 15/4/2020 (DD/MM/YYYY)

COMPLETION POST
Task 1: Each player reads book by the same author - Nalini Singh
Book/Cover Link: Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh
Page numbers with source: 431 pages (Kindle)
How book qualified: written by Nalini Singh
Date Completed: 04/15/2020

If I missed anything, let me know. 🙂

I was born in March, 1990 but I’m good with reading any month and year you guys want for that task.
My hometown is Las Vegas, Nevada. I’m sure they have quite a few books based there. I’ve also lived in Southern California most of my adult life.
I love most romance books 😆 but my favorites are enemies to lovers, slow burns, paranormal/urban fantasy, romantic suspense, marriage of convenience. I’m willing to give anything a chance though.

Autumn wrote: "I was born in March, 1990 but I’m good with reading any month and year you guys want for that task.
My hometown is Las Vegas, Nevada. I’m sure they have quite a few books based there. I’ve also li..."
haha yeah that sure does open up lots of choices :) Thanks everyone!

Deanie wrote: "I've never read Nalini Singh, but I've heard of her, and her books sound interesting."

Hi Deanie, just following up to see how you're doing with the first task. Let us know :) Thanks!

Maybe we should try messaging her? I don’t get notifications when someone posts to this thread, it could be the same way for her.

Oh really? I’ll send her a PM. Thank you!

I've messaged Deanie as well. If she doesn't post by tomorrow, I will be forced to remove her from the challenge and you will go forward as a team of 3.

Nikitha wrote: "COMPLETION POST
Task 1: Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - We picked Nalini Singh.
Book/cover link: Rock Hard by Nalini Singh
Page numbers with source: 387 pages k..."

Please correct to the Kindle edition page count - you have the paperback listed.

Autumn wrote: "COMPLETION POST
Task 1: Each player reads book by the same author - Nalini Singh
Book/Cover Link: Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh
Page numbers with source: 431 pages (Kindle)
How book qualified: w..."

Autumn, I need a link for your book. Please correct!

While we wait for Deanie to show up (or not), I thought I would through out the corrections needed. 😊

Sorry! I thought I had added it. There was no button to edit my comment, so I’ve posted the link below.


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Sorry, just busy this week. Things should be better from here on out.

COMPLETION POST
Task 1: Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - We picked Nalini Singh.
Book/cover link: Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh
Page numbers with source: 356 pages kindle edition
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary - written by Nalini Singh
Date Completed - 4/17/2020

MountainKat wrote: "Nikitha wrote: "COMPLETION POST
Task 1: Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - We picked Nalini Singh.
Book/cover link: Rock Hard by Nalini Singh
Page numbers with sou..."

Sorry about that. Just updated my post!

Awesome! With that, we have finished task 1!

Yay - you've finished the first task! Here is Task 2:

47. Read 6 books set in a major city.

Your books will need to be set in a big city, LA, NY, London, Paris or Rome are examples. You can use the setting on the GR main book page, a tag like 'set in xyz', a list such as 'set in xyz' or the precis to qualify your book.

Do we all have to pick the same city?

Are we each reading 6 books, or is the team reading 6 books?

The team together is reading 6 books. So let's all read one each and the first two to finish can read another. Does that work with everyone?

And Kat said we can all pick different cities. Doesn't have to be the same. Happy reading everyone!

Works for me! 😉

Ooh I found a good one - The Duchess Deal

I’m excited!!

Sounds good!

Does the entire book need to be based in a big city?

Best to ask Kat on the Q&A thread.

Task 47. Read 6 books set in a major city.
Book/cover link: Manhattan Dragon by Genevieve Jack
Page numbers with source: 293 (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...)
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary: Manhattan (New York City) in the title - book is set in NYC
Date Completed: 4/18/2020