Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 5🌹
🌹Theme - Quarantine Dating🌹

Please ask your questions here, I will try keep the questions and answers updated in the first few posts.

The Date Tasks and Tracking will also be listed below for easy reference.

🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 5🌹
🌹Theme - Quarantine Dating🌹

🌹 Roses Awarded 🌹

Team 1: Tripping the Twosome Tango - 105
Date 1 - B is for Black - 10
Date 2 - A is for Alibi - 28
Date 3 - C is for Canada - 7
Date 4 - H is for Habanero - 31
Date 5 - E is for Even - 7
Date 6 - L is for Linguistic - 7
Date 7 - O is for Ovation - 9
Date 8 - R is for Razor - 6

Team 2: Courting from the Couch - 104
Date 1 - B is for Black - 11
Date 2 - A is for Alibi - 14
Date 3 - C is for Canada - 7
Date 4 - H is for Habanero - 28
Date 5 - E is for Even - 6
Date 6 - L is for Linguistic - 8
Date 7 - O is for Ovation - 9
Date 8 - R is for Razor - 21

Team 3: The Masked Readers - 138
Date 1 - B is for Black - 19
Date 2 - A is for Alibi - 25
Date 3 - C is for Canada - 13
Date 4 - H is for Habanero - 28
Date 5 - E is for Even - 10
Date 6 - L is for Linguistic - 13
Date 7 - O is for Ovation - 20
Date 8 - R is for Razor - 10

Team 4: Hot & Thorny - 54
Date 1 - B is for Black - 6
Date 2 - A is for Alibi - 9
Date 3 - C is for Canada - 6
Date 4 - H is for Habanero - 8
Date 5 - E is for Even - 6
Date 6 - L is for Linguistic - 6
Date 7 - O is for Ovation - 7
Date 8 - R is for Razor - 6

Team 5: Quarantine Queens - 76
Date 1 - B is for Black - 6
Date 2 - A is for Alibi - 16
Date 3 - C is for Canada - 5
Date 4 - H is for Habanero - 21
Date 5 - E is for Even - 4
Date 6 - L is for Linguistic - 3
Date 7 - O is for Ovation - 8
Date 8 - R is for Razor - 13

Team 6: Love in the Time of Webex - 120
Date 1 - B is for Black - 12
Date 2 - A is for Alibi - 20
Date 3 - C is for Canada - 8
Date 4 - H is for Habanero - 36
Date 5 - E is for Even - 8
Date 6 - L is for Linguistic - 8
Date 7 - O is for Ovation - 17
Date 8 - R is for Razor - 11

Team 7: Plexiglass Kisses - 69
Date 1 - B is for Black - 8
Date 2 - A is for Alibi - 14
Date 3 - C is for Canada - 7
Date 4 - H is for Habanero - 19
Date 5 - E is for Even - 6
Date 6 - L is for Linguistic - 5
Date 7 - O is for Ovation - 9
Date 8 - R is for Razor - 1

Team 8: The Hitchhikers Guide to Lockdown - 55
Date 1 - B is for Black - 9
Date 2 - A is for Alibi - 9
Date 3 - C is for Canada - 5
Date 4 - H is for Habanero - 14
Date 5 - E is for Even - 5
Date 6 - L is for Linguistic - 5
Date 7 - O is for Ovation - 6
Date 8 - R is for Razor - 2

Team 9: The Masked Roses - 208
Date 1 - B is for Black - 33
Date 2 - A is for Alibi - 43
Date 3 - C is for Canada - 14
Date 4 - H is for Habanero - 38
Date 5 - E is for Even - 20
Date 6 - L is for Linguistic - 10
Date 7 - O is for Ovation - 31
Date 8 - R is for Razor - 19

Team 10: Let's Zoom at 10 - 83
Date 1 - B is for Black - 20
Date 2 - A is for Alibi - 19
Date 3 - C is for Canada - 7
Date 4 - H is for Habanero - 14
Date 5 - E is for Even - 6
Date 6 - L is for Linguistic - 6
Date 7 - O is for Ovation - 6
Date 8 - R is for Razor - 5

🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 5🌹
🌹Theme - Quarantine Dating🌹

Announced Date Tasks:

Date 1 - B

B is for Black - Read a book with a primarily black cover.

To qualify, the cover needs to be primarily black. Include the qualifying cover in your completion post. You can use any edition's cover to qualify. If in doubt, please ask..

Remember books must be 90 pages (first edition English language Kindle) and MPG Romance!!

You have until Friday, December 18 @ Midnight US EDT to post your completion(s).

Date 2 - A - Romantic Getaway - TASK ANNOUNCEMENT

A is for Alibi - Read a Romantic Suspense book.

To qualify for this task, the selected books need to be tagged as 'suspense', alone or combined. The qualification for this task comes from tags/shelves ONLY. The tag does not have to be MPG, but the book must be tagged at least once to qualify. Please include a link to the top shelves page of your book's qualifying tag (not to the people who have used that tag or to the shelf for the tag!), the number of tags and the top shelves page number in your completion post. This information helps if the link is broken or if the tag moves as they frequently do..

Remember books must be 90 pages (first edition English language Kindle) and MPG Romance!!

You have until Friday, January 1 @ Midnight US EDT to post your completion(s).

Serial Dating Roses will be limited to 10 per team for this date. Scavenger Hunt Roses will be limited to 10 per person for this date.

Date 3 - C

C is for Canada - Read a book set in Canada or written by a Canadian author.

To qualify, the author of the selected book needs to be from or currently live in Canada. Or, the title, series title, precis, book details, tags or list need to indicate the book is set in Canada. The setting can be the country, a province or territory or city. Some cities, Vancouver for example, would need something to indicate that it is in Canada and not the US..

Remember books must be 90 pages (first edition English language Kindle) and MPG Romance!!

You have until Friday, January 8 @ Midnight US EDT to post your completion(s).

Date 4 - H

H is for Habanero - Read a book tagged as 'hot' or 'steamy'.

To qualify for this task, the selected books need to be tagged as 'hot' or 'steamy', alone or combined. Variations of those words will be allowed in context, i.e. 'no steam' will not work. The qualification for this task comes from tags/shelves ONLY. The tag does not have to be MPG, but the book must be tagged at least once to qualify. Please include a link to the top shelves page of your book's qualifying tag (not to the people who have used that tag or to the shelf for the tag!), the number of tags and the top shelves page number in your completion post. This information helps if the link is broken or if the tag moves as they frequently do..

Remember books must be 90 pages (first edition English language Kindle) and MPG Romance!!

You have until Friday, January 15 @ Midnight US EDT to post your completion(s).

Date 5 - E

E is for Even - Read a book initially published in an even month and an even year.

To qualify, the initial publication date needs to be in an even month (February, April, June, August, October or December) and an even year (any year ending in an even number). For example, February 2018 would work, but January of 2020 would not. If there is an initial publication date listed on the editions page, use that. Otherwise I will will looking for the earliest dated English language edition for the qualification..

Remember books must be 90 pages (first edition English language Kindle) and MPG Romance!!

You have until Friday, January 22 @ Midnight US EDT to post your completion(s).

Date 6 - L

L is for Linguistic - Read a book released in two or more languages.

To qualify, the selected books need to have been released in two or more languages. Please include the languages, i.e. English and Italian, and a link to the second language book in your completion posts.
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Remember books must be 90 pages (first edition English language Kindle) and MPG Romance!!

You have until Friday, January 29 @ Midnight US EDT to post your completion(s).

Date 7 - O

O is for Ovation - Read a book with an average rating of 4.2 or higher.
To qualify, the selected books need to have an average rating of 4.2 or higher. You will find the average rating for your selected books on the book's main page under the title and author. If the book has very few ratings and is more likely to change, you may wish to take a screen shot of the rating before rating it yourself, especially if your rating is lower..

Remember books must be 90 pages (first edition English language Kindle) and MPG Romance!!

You have until Friday, February 5 @ Midnight US EDT to post your completion(s).

Date 8 - R - FINAL DATE!!

R is for Razor - Read a book with a clean-shaven model on the cover.

To qualify, the cover of the selected book needs to show a clean-shaven ADULT MALE model on the cover. There can be no facial hair - no beard, no mustache, no obvious scruff or 5 o'clock shadow. The cover does not need to show the entire head of the male model, but it has to show from the nose down at a minimum, basically the area that would have facial hair. You can use any edition of the book to qualify for this task. Please include the qualifying cover in your completion posts..

Remember books must be 90 pages (first edition English language Kindle) and MPG Romance!!

You have until Friday, February 12 @ Midnight US EDT to post your completion(s).

*🌹*BONUS ULTIMATE SCAVENGER HUNT ROSES AVAILBLE FOR THIS DATE!!*🌹*
To qualify for this bonus rose, you will need to find a book that fits ALL of the called tasks for this round!

B is for Black
A is for Alibi
C is for Canada
H is for Habanero
E is for Even
L is for Linguistic
O is for Ovation
R is for Razor

To make a claim for the Ultimate Scavenger Hunt Rose, post in the Scavenger Hunt thread with all the required information. Each successful claim will earn your team 5 bonus roses!!


Traditional Scavenger Hunt Roses are available as usual, using all the possible task requirements for R - Rah-Rah, Razor, Rift and Rome.

🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 5🌹
🌹Theme - Quarantine Dating🌹

Q&A:

Q: MM romances are ok for this?
A: Yes, just has to be romance.

Q: When do I have to choose the book(s) I want to read? When do I announce them?
A: You don't have to announce or post which book you select as you do in the PtP, but you have to post when you complete the book with all the required information. It might be helpful to post when you find a book that works - your teammates might be looking for a book too. Or someone could use your book as a second book, especially if your review makes it sound good!

But you can select your book and start reading as soon as the date task is announced. Books must completed and posted by the end of the date to count though - there is not carryover into the next date.

Q: Just wondering if it’s ok to participate in this challenge if I’m in Australia I.e. in a different time zone!
A: Absolutely! The times for announcing and ending the dates will be based on US EST, but you are more than welcome to play! And you wouldn't be the only international player - of the top of my head I know we have Australia, Italy and England represented already. 😊

Q: What do you mean by tagged?
A: Tagged = shelved. So if anyone has shelved a book as 'alpha' or any of the others listed, it can be used for that task.

Q: Would it be alright to read an anthology/ a short story collection up to 90+ pages, so to read all the stories up to 90 pages and then finish that short story?
A: If you are using the anthology to qualify for the page count you would need to finish the entire book. Not just 90 pages and the novella that works for the theme. You can check to see if the individual novella is be listed on GR (not in an anthology) and see if it qualifies on it's own for the page count.

Q: As long as book is tagged romance on first page it qualifies???? or does it have to be historical romance, paranormal romance etc
A: Just has to have romance - on its own or combined with contemporary, historical or whatever.

Q: Can we use books we're reading to fulfill other challenges for this one?
A: Absolutely! Multitasking is the best!

Q: Can a group of us sign up as a team?
A: No, teams will be randomly assigned. That way you get to meet and play with new people. 😊

Q: What do you mean by “in precís?”
A: The précis is the book blurb on GR or back cover, so the qualifying description would need to be included there.

Q: Does romance have to be an MPG or can it be on a list of shelves?
A: It has to be MPG romance, but it can be historical romance, contemporary romance, romantic suspense, paranormal romance, mm romance - it just has to have romance.

Q: For the tasks that require tagging can it be from any of the pages of shelves?
A: Yes.

Q: What does MPG mean?
A: Main Page Genre

On the main page of the book on the right hand side there is a section that says "Genres". Anything listed under that section is counted as an MPG.

Q: So...each letter has 4 choices.....does only one get picked per week? Or are we given a choice?
A: One of the four will be randomly selected each week.

Q: What are the rules if the book is so bad you can’t finish it?
A: That is hard for this challenge, since you can read multiple books. But I will accept DNFs if you read to the minimum page count of this challenge (90 p.) AND 70% of the book. You must also state that the book is a DNF and explain why in your completion, include the page number you finished on as well.

Q: Are combo tags acceptable?
A: Combo tags will be allowed IN CONTEXT. So if the task is to read a book with a firefighter and your book is tagged 'cops_firemen_military', but the precis indicates the hero is a sheriff for example (or even if all the other tags just indicate law enforcement), the book will be disqualified. I strongly suggest you find other qualification if possible - I will be SUPER PICKY with the combo tags.

Q: Are abridged audiobooks ok for this challenge?
A: No, abridged audiobooks are not allowed for this challenge! They are not complete books and will not be counted as such.

Q: Is there a way to use books that are available in audiobook format only? No paper or ebook options for page count.
A: It is difficult to even estimate a page count based on the length of an audiobook because they vary so widely. But rather than disallowing audio only books altogether, because a minimum page count is required for this challenge, I have come up with a compromise.

If an audio only book is 6 hours or longer, it will count as a book towards your and your team's books, but it will not have a page count associated with it. So audio only books will not add towards the Page Turner Rose or be in consideration for the Longest Date Rose. This applies to AUDIO ONLY books, if the book has a page count that must be used!

Q: Can any edition be used for the page count?
A: We are using the English language first edition Kindle page count ONLY for this challenge! Do not use the actual edition your read - I have no way of knowing that. This evens out the unfair advantage for those books that have large print editions or other extended formats and makes allowances for those that listen to audiobooks.

Q: What about manga, graphic novels, comics... if they are over 90 pages and romance?"
A: No, that would not be acceptable. Hardly fair in a team competition.

Q: When asked for a correction and repost, do I have to repost?
A: Yes, reposts are required for corrections unless specified otherwise. I do not go back through threads looking for corrections - it would take an incredible amount of time to do so! If you want your book to count, corrections MUST be reposted.

🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 5🌹
🌹Theme - Quarantine Dating🌹

Questions about Date Tasks:

🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 5🌹
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How to insert a link into a post:

To insert a simple link to a shelf there are a couple of options:

* Copy the https address in the address bar of the page where the book is found - highlight the web-address, copy the address, and paste into your post
or
* Find a link to the shelf that you want (eg on my lists of shelves to use for the themes), right click with your mouse, select 'Copy Link Location' and then paste into your post

If you want to make it pretty and have a specific name:

* Type <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">name the location<*/a> but without the asterisks.

🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 5🌹
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Here's how you find if a book you want to read fits a particular shelf:

1. Go to GR book page for the book you want to read.

2. Scroll down the page just a bit and click on "see top shelves..." (link under "Genres"). This will take you to the Top Shelves

3. With that (top shelves) page open in your browser, click: CTRL-F (Windows users) or Command-F (Mac users) to bring up your FIND option

4. Type the EXACT shelf name in the FIND search box.

5. With the shelf name in your FIND search box, on the book's 'top shelves' page, click NEXT as you scroll through each page. Sometimes you find it and sometimes you don't. You still have to scroll through the pages, but this way, the computer does the searching for you.

TIP: Try to look for shelves that you think could fit the book because although some books are not shelved properly, most of the shelves have some logic to it. For example, you will find Dark Lover in the Paranormal Romance, Vampires, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Adult, Supernatural, Erotica, Contemporary and tons of others (there are 44 pages of shelves for this book) but don't try to look for Dark Lover in the inspirational romance shelf. It's doubtful that you find it. :)

An alternate method: (Thanks Aiswrya!)

Use the following link, changing the word 'dragon' to your keyword.
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 5🌹
🌹Theme - Quarantine Dating🌹

🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 5🌹
🌹Theme - Quarantine Dating🌹

🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 5🌹
🌹Theme - Quarantine Dating🌹

Hi, I would like to play in this team challenge, but if I read a book that is only paper edition and not kindle or ebook is count?

Raluca wrote: "Hi, I would like to play in this team challenge, but if I read a book that is only paper edition and not kindle or ebook is count?"

If there are only paper editions listed, that page count will be accepted. You would just need to comment in your posts about that.

Raluca wrote: "Hi, I would like to play in this team challenge, but if I read a book that is only paper edition and not kindle or ebook is count?"

If you are interested in playing, please sign up in the Signup Thread!

MountainKat wrote: "Raluca wrote: "Hi, I would like to play in this team challenge, but if I read a book that is only paper edition and not kindle or ebook is count?"

If you are interested in playing, please sign up ..."

Thanks for the answers. I was going to sign in but some personal problems come up and I think I skip this time. Next round I'm willing to participate fore sure.

About the:
Page Turner Rose = The team that reads the most combined pages for the date, first edition Kindle only for page count, earns this bonus rose. (One rose possible per date unless there is a tie.)

What is the meaning of "combined pages" here?

And another question, the Romantic Getaway will be on the Christmas - New Year week ore we can set it anytime?

Hi Kat - Question about the Scavenger Hunt...when you say "The first person to post each book claims the rose for that book. " do you mean that only person per team can use a particular book? Or is for the whole challenge?

R~wka wrote: "About the:
Page Turner Rose = The team that reads the most combined pages for the date, first edition Kindle only for page count, earns this bonus rose. (One rose possible per date unless there is ..."

The total number of the pages in the qualified books read by the team for a specific date.

R~wka wrote: "And another question, the Romantic Getaway will be on the Christmas - New Year week ore we can set it anytime?"

It is a specific date - in this case it will be for Date 2 - A.

D.G. wrote: "Hi Kat - Question about the Scavenger Hunt...when you say "The first person to post each book claims the rose for that book. " do you mean that only person per team can use a particular book? Or is..."

For the Scavenger Hunt books, a title can only be claimed once per date. The same title could potentially be claimed by a different person for a different date is the book also meets those requirements. It would have to be a different person because a person can only read a book once throughout the course of the challenge even if meets requirements for different date tasks.

A single book can be read by multiple people and have it qualify for the date, but each book can only be claimed once each date for a Scavenger Hunt Rose. So for example, everyone on a team could read the same book and it could count for the date, but only the first person to post it could earn a Scavenger Hunt Rose for reading it.

I didn't understand and I want to be clear. If two persons from different team read a book that fit for the Scavenger Hunt Rose the first to post win the rose or both because they are from different teams?

R~wka wrote: "I didn't understand and I want to be clear. If two persons from different team read a book that fit for the Scavenger Hunt Rose the first to post win the rose or both because they are from differen..."

The first to post. Each book can only be claimed once each date for a Scavenger Hunt Rose.

OK I understand now. Thanks.

Hi MKat can team 9 be renamed The Masked Roses, please?

Hi Kat - For awards...do they have to show up in the book's MP? And do awards that are given in groups count?

Also, assuming that alternate covers count?

D.G. wrote: "Hi Kat - For awards...do they have to show up in the book's MP? And do awards that are given in groups count?

Also, assuming that alternate covers count?"

I am hoping the awards don't need to show up on the main page and that groups count!! I'm hoping to use MM Romance Group Members Choice Winners

Kat, will that list work?

Hi Kat, Team 4 would like to be called Hot & Thorny 😁

I have been working on the qualifications for the first date and will post soon.

I will update the team names shortly as well. 😊

D.G. wrote: "Hi Kat - For awards...do they have to show up in the book's MP? And do awards that are given in groups count?

Also, assuming that alternate covers count?"

Awards have to show up on the main page - that will be clarified in the qualifications. 😉

Yes, you can use alternate covers in your qualifications.

Date 1 - B - Tasks: Breakdown of the qualifications for possible tasks for Date 1.

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.

B is for Backcountry - Read a book with a rural setting such as a ranch, farm or mountains.

To qualify for this task, the title, series title, précis, list or tag would need to indicate that the selected book has a rural setting. In addition to the settings listed above (or other similar), you can also use references to occupations that are primarily in rural settings: cowboy, park ranger, wilderness guide, etc. Remember, I am super picky about combo-tags!

B is for Black - Read a book with a primarily black cover.

To qualify, the cover needs to be primarily black. Include the qualifying cover in your completion post. If in doubt, please ask..


B is for Bogeyman - Read a book tagged as 'PNR' or 'paranormal'.

To qualify for this task, the selected books need to be tagged as 'PNR' or 'paranormal', alone or in combination. The qualification for this task comes from tags/shelves ONLY. The tag does not have to be MPG, but the book must be tagged at least once to qualify. Please include a link to the top shelves page of your book's qualifying tag (not to the people who have used that tag or to the shelf for the tag!), the number of tags and the top shelves page number in your completion post. This information helps if the link is broken or if the tag moves as they frequently do.

B is for Brag - Read a book that has won or been nominated for an award.

To qualify, the GR main book page will include a listing of the award or nomination under 'Literary Awards' in the book info. The following list(s) will make searching easier, but the qualification will still be from the GR main book page.

Book Awards

I will make a post like this for each date at about this time of the week. Since it doesn't look like I am going to be going anywhere anytime soon - it shouldn't vary much.

MKat, will "small town " from precis qualify for B is for Backcountry? Or will swamp qualify as a tag?

Laura wrote: "MKat, will "small town " from precis qualify for B is for Backcountry? Or will swamp qualify as a tag?"

Small town will work in context. And I know that sounds weird, but if it is clearly suburbia and not something like a farm town it wouldn't work. (For example, a NYC girl is transplanted to a 'small town' like Portland, Oregon - that isn't a small town or rural.)

I can't think of an example where 'swamp' wouldn't work though.

Hey Kat - Is there a definition of "primarily" black? Or a place where we can figure it out on our own? I have an SH book but I obviously don't want to show it here...;)

MountainKat wrote: "Laura wrote: "MKat, will "small town " from precis qualify for B is for Backcountry? Or will swamp qualify as a tag?"

Small town will work in context. And I know that sounds weird, but if it is cl..."

Thank you!

I have a doubt. I understand earning SH roses now. But what about other roses? After reading SH books, can we read any other book to earn roses each week? Is Romance the only qualification needed?

D.G. wrote: "Hey Kat - Is there a definition of "primarily" black? Or a place where we can figure it out on our own? I have an SH book but I obviously don't want to show it here...;)"

Honestly, if I look at a cover and think - that is mostly black - it works. If I question it, I will use TinEye, though I rarely use their names for the colors (that matters more in other colors).

If you wish, you are free to PM me the book to confirm in private for you. 😊

Laks wrote: "I have a doubt. I understand earning SH roses now. But what about other roses? After reading SH books, can we read any other book to earn roses each week? Is Romance the only qualification needed?"

For books to work, they have to fit the task that is announced at the beginning of each date. So for Date 1, one of the 4 B options will be randomly selected and announced. To count for that date, the book would need to meet the requirements (listed above) for that task as well as the basic requirements for the challenge (MPG Romance and at least 90 p. Kindle first edition).

I hope that helps.

MountainKat wrote: "D.G. wrote: "Hey Kat - Is there a definition of "primarily" black? Or a place where we can figure it out on our own? I have an SH book but I obviously don't want to show it here...;)"

Honestly, if..."

Ok, I'll PM you!!

More questions!!

Do books set in the Scottish Highlands count for the Backcountry task?

MountainKat wrote: "Laks wrote: "I have a doubt. I understand earning SH roses now. But what about other roses? After reading SH books, can we read any other book to earn roses each week? Is Romance the only qualifica..."

Okay, that clears it up. Thanks Mountainkat

Would forests work for backcountry?

Amanda wrote: "Would forests work for backcountry?"

Yes, in context. I can't imagine where it wouldn't, but I am fearful of giving a blanket answer. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Hi Kat, Team 2 would like to be named Courting from the Couch

MountainKat wrote: "D.G. wrote: "Hey Kat - Is there a definition of "primarily" black? Or a place where we can figure it out on our own? I have an SH book but I obviously don't want to show it here...;)"

Honestly, if..."

Sending PM 💜

Thanks Kat for answering my PM (not responding there not to add to your PMs!)

Also, let me know about whether a book set in the Highlands count for backcountry. :)

B is for Backcountry - Read a book with a rural setting such as a ranch, farm or mountains.

Does a Plantation Count?

Hi Kat,

Team 7 would like to be called Plexiglass Kisses

Thanks!

D.G. wrote: "Thanks Kat for answering my PM (not responding there not to add to your PMs!)

Also, let me know about whether a book set in the Highlands count for backcountry. :)"

Just noticed I missed that as I was looking at new messages. Thanks for pointing it out though!! Again, I'm going to say in context. I can't imagine a HR where it wouldn't work though. CR maybe?

Cheryl wrote: "B is for Backcountry - Read a book with a rural setting such as a ranch, farm or mountains.

Does a Plantation Count?"

You all are going to hate me - yes, in context. Again, I can't imagine a setting where it wouldn't work, but just saying yes to any book that has 'plantation' in the precis feels wrong. (Yes, this was an issue in an early round so I am gun-shy.)