Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

Team Members

Super-Duper Host
✔KathyD

Couch-Slouchers
✔Geri
✔UC [beppy]
✔Emeli
✔Cyndee
✔Sexyladi

1. Introduce yourself to your team. 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. Team Captain - reserve a couple of posts in this thread tracking your team's book selection and completion. (Alternatively they could convert a chat comment to the tracking post/s.)

3. Name your team. Using this round's theme of Couch Surfing, come up with a fun name. 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 5 March.

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. (It will also help with one of the categories in this round!)

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*!

* 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 expect to have spotty communication or are on holidays or having an operation, etc.

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 of that thread.


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 :)

PtP 16 Theme — Couchsurfing
called on Fridays between 3–6 pm EST

WEEK 1—4. “You have friends all over the world, you just haven’t met them yet.”
🏄🏼‍♀️ read a from this round’s players
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✹ Find another member whose books interest you
✹ Select a book (any book, does not have to be one that they have read) to read from their bookshelves and become friends
✹ Select your book from a player who is not already a friend.
✹ You may friend each other and use each other’s bookshelves, but it must be a new connection since the beginning of this round.
✹ A player on your team that you friended at the beginning of the challenge counts.
✹ You must link to the bookshelf of your new friend to show their book that you have selected.
(hide spoiler)]

WEEK 2—12. So now I digress - it’s time to just surf!
🏄🏼‍♀️ read a book set in a beach town or on the coast (capital cities that sit on the ocean will count; qualification may be found in precis, main page, tag/shelf or list)

WEEK 3—2. For a small fee each month, you access a global database of couches.
🏄🏼‍♀️ read a book you bought on sale, at no charge, or accessed for free (Kindle Unlimited counts)

WEEK 4—10. This is an adventure!
🏄🏼‍♀️ read a book tagged ‘adventure’ (qualification may be found in precis, main page, tag/shelf or list)

WEEK 5—9. Rediscover your own city.
🏄🏼‍♀️ read a book set on your continent (please state your region in your post)
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✹ Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand can combine to allow a greater book selection.
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WEEK 6—14. Surf GR
🏄🏼‍♀️ read any of the books that appear on that actual page without clicking further on the lists or read a book by one of the authors that appear on that page
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✹ Click on the drop-down Browse menu (next to My Books in the top GR banner)
✹ Click on Explore
✹ Click on Romance under the Genres listing on the far right
✹ Click on your preferred type of romance (keep refining as wished using the Genre lists).
✹ If you select the author option, you may read any book by that author.
(hide spoiler)]

WEEK 7—15. Finally, no matter where you stay on your adventures when couchsurfing or otherwise, please keep your wits about you.
🏄🏼‍♀️ read a book with the letters W I T S in the title, series and/or author’s name

WEEK 8—5. Couches are available all over the world.
🏄🏼‍♀️ read a book where at least one main character travels to a new location (on holiday, for work, relocate, etc.) (qualification may be found in precis, main page, tag/shelf or list)

WEEK 9—3. Not sure about you, but those couches sound dirty!
🏄🏼‍♀️ read a book with a ‘dirty’ colour on the cover (e.g., black, brown, tan)

WEEK 10—11. One of Couchsurfing’s values is to ‘stay curious’.
🏄🏼‍♀️ read a book that is not currently on your bookshelves
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✹ The DATE that you add the book to your bookshelf must be in the week that this task is announced. State the date you added the book to your shelves.
(hide spoiler)]

WEEK 11—13. Surf your own shelves.
🏄🏼‍♀️ on your preferred TBR shelf, look at the beige bar at the bottom of the page for the sort function, click on ‘random’ and then read one of the first 3 books that now appear at the top of your shelf

— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1. Couchsurfing is a global app that connects travelers with couches in new locations.
🏄🏼‍♀️ read a book with furniture on the cover

6. Couchsurfing is a global community of 12–14 million people in more than 200,000 cities who share their life, their world, their journey. There are 550,000 events across the world to meet up with members.
🏄🏼‍♀️ read a book with at least three zeros in its page numbers, average rating, total ratings and publication date combined
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✹ This may alter during the week that you read the book (in the case of ratings), so please take a screenshot or have it verified by your Captain, another team member or me – whoever is available.
✹ You may use any edition of the book, but please make sure the link goes through to the correct edition that is to be verified.
(hide spoiler)]

7. The concept was created when Casey Fenton found a cheap flight to Iceland but didn’t have anywhere to stay. Being an enterprising fellow, instead of settling for a pricey hotel Fenton hacked into the University of Iceland’s student database and e-mailed 1,500 students asking for a place to stay. Almost 100 people replied.
🏄🏼‍♀️ read a book on one of the following lists (sadly, the hacker lists aren’t long enough 😊):
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Gay Romance with Bookish, Nerdy, Geeky Characters
I Love Your Quirks – Best Romance Heroines that are Odd in a Good Way
Romance Novels with STEM Heroines
Nerdgasms
Jazzy Creature Feature – Nerds, Geeks, Geniuses, Hackers, Klutzes
(hide spoiler)]

8. The app was created by Casey Fenton, Daniel Hoffer, Sebastian Le Tuan and Leonardo Bassani da Silveira - encouraging a mingling of cultures.
🏄🏼‍♀️ read a book with interracial/interspecies main characters (qualification may be found in precis, main page, tag/shelf or list)

✔Week 1 – 4. “You have friends all over the world, you just haven’t met them yet.” – 3/5/21
Selection Posts — complete
Completion Posts — complete

✔Week 2 – 12. So now I digress – It’s time to just surf! – 3/12/21
Selection Posts — complete
Completion Posts — complete

✔Week 3 – 2. For a small fee each month, you access a global database of couches. – 3/19/21
Selection Posts — complete
Completion Posts — complete

✔Week 4 – 10. This is an adventure! – 3/26/21
Selection Posts — complete
Completion Posts — complete

✔Week 5 – 9. Rediscover your own city. – 4/2/21
Selection Posts — complete
Completion Posts — complete

✔Week 6 – 14. Surf GR – 4/9/21
Selection Posts — complete
Completion Posts — complete

✔Week 7 – 15. Finally, no matter where you stay on your adventures when couchsurfing or otherwise, please keep your wits about you. – 4/16/21
Selection Posts — complete
Completion Posts — complete

✔Week 8 – 5. Couches are available all over the world. – 4/23/21
Selection Posts — complete
Completion Posts — complete

Week 9 – 3. Not sure about you, but those couches sound dirty! – 4/30/21
Selection Posts — complete
Completion Posts — (view spoiler)[ complete (hide spoiler)]
Cyndee

✔Week 10 – 11. One of Couchsurfing’s values is to ‘stay curious’. – 5/7/21
Selection Posts — complete
Completion Posts — complete

Week 11 – 13. Surf your own shelves. – 5/14/21
Selection Posts — (view spoiler)[ complete (hide spoiler)]
Cyndee
Emeli

Completion Posts — (view spoiler)[ complete (hide spoiler)]
☘KathyD☘
Cyndee
Emeli
Geri
Sexyladi

✔Week 1
☘KathyD☘ —Lessons from a One-Night Stand, P. Rayne
Cyndee —Disciplinary Action, O. James
Emeli —Laying Pipe, K. Clark
Geri —Tools of Engagement, T. Bailey
Sexyladi —Year One, N. Roberts
UC [beppy] —Year One, N. Roberts

✔Week 2
☘KathyD☘ —Betrayal in Death, J.D. Robb
Cyndee —Whiteout, E. Springer
Emeli —Hair Balls, T. Lain
Geri —Beach House for Rent, M.A. Monroe
Sexyladi —Instant Karma, M. Meyer
UC [beppy] —Fake It ‘til You Make Out, I. Olsen

✔Week 3
☘KathyD☘ —Anton, B. Rothert
Cyndee —Three is a War, P. Godwin
Emeli —More to Love, J. Marx
Geri —No Holding Back, L. Foster
Sexyladi —The Billionaire’s Surprise Quadruplets, J.A. Fielding
UC [beppy] —How to Catch a Prince, A. Ashley

✔Week 4
☘KathyD☘ —Lethal Balance, C. Sinclair
Cyndee —Enemy of My Enemy, T. Bauer
Emeli —Seti’s Heart, K. Kelly
Geri —Whiteout, A. Anders
Sexyladi —Badger to the Bone, S. Laurenston
UC [beppy] —All Fixed Up, L. Grimes

✔Week 5
☘KathyD☘ —Carpe Demon, J. Kenner
Cyndee —The Rivals, V. Keeland
Emeli —Sight and Sinners, S. Mac Nicol
Geri —Sunshine and Bullets, C. June
Sexyladi —The Twilight Before Christmas, C. Feehan
UC [beppy] —His Saint, L. Lennox

✔Week 6
☘KathyD☘ —One More Round, A. Clayton
Cyndee —The Weight of It All, N.R. Walker
Emeli —Pretty Boy, K.M. Neuhold
Geri —Back in the Burbs, T. Wolff
Sexyladi —PASS
UC [beppy] —Headstrong, E. Finley

✔Week 7
☘KathyD☘ —Somehow, Some Way, J. Probst
Cyndee —Fish Out of Water, A. Lane
Emeli —Maid for the Hitman, F. Ferrari
Geri —More Than Words, M. Sheridan
Sexyladi —Gone with the Wolf, K. Miller
UC [beppy] —Two Men and a Baby, I. Olsen

✔Week 8
☘KathyD☘ —Rescuing Bryn, S. Stoker
Cyndee —Learning to Feel, N.R. Walker
Emeli —Paris With Dad’s Best Friend, F. Ferrari
Geri —The Tourist Attraction, S. Morgenthaler
Sexyladi —Rikki’s Star, L.J. Phillips
UC [beppy] —Sugar and Ice, R.J. Scott

✔Week 9
☘KathyD☘ —Kitty and the Silver Bullet, C. Vaughn
Cyndee —Victim of Love, D. Cox
Emeli —Reckless, K. Clark
Geri —Virtuous, M. Force
Sexyladi —Night Reigns, D. Duvall
UC [beppy] —Wild Card, K. Halle

✔Week 1
☘KathyD☘ — Lessons from a One-Night Stand, Piper Rayne – 3/10/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Cyndee — Disciplinary Action, Onley James – 3/11/21 – ✮✮✮✰✰
Emeli — Laying Pipe, Kiki Clark – 3/12/21 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Geri — Tools of Engagement, Tessa Bailey – 3/9/21 – ✮✮✮✰✰
Sexyladi — Year One, Nora Roberts – 3/9/21 – ✮✮✮✮✮
UC [beppy] — Year One, Nora Roberts – 3/19/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰

✔Week 2
☘KathyD☘ — Betrayal in Death, J.D. Robb – 3/14/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Cyndee — Whiteout, Elyse Springer – 3/18/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Emeli — Hair Balls, Tara Lain – 3/17/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Geri — Beach House for Rent, Mary Alice Monroe – 3/15/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Sexyladi — Instant Karma, Marissa Meyer – 3/18/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
UC [beppy] — Fake It ‘til You Make Out, Ilsa Olsen – 3/26/21 – ✮✮✮✰✰

✔Week 3
☘KathyD☘ — Anton, Brenda Rothert – 3/24/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Cyndee — Three is a War, Pam Godwin – 3/22/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Emeli — More to Love, Jayda Marx – 3/20/21 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Geri — No Holding Back, Lori Foster – 3/22/21 – ✮✮✮✰✰
Sexyladi — The Billionaire’s Surprise Quadruplets, J.A. Fielding – 3/21/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
UC [beppy] — How to Catch a Prince, Ana Ashley – 3/26/21 – ✮✮✰✰✰

✔Week 4
☘KathyD☘ — Lethal Balance, Cherise Sinclair – 3/30/21 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Cyndee — Enemy of My Enemy, Tal Bauer – 3/29/21 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Emeli — Seti’s Heart, Kiernan Kelly – 3/29/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Geri — Whiteout, Adriana Anders – 3/29/21 – ✮✮✰✰✰
Sexyladi — Badger to the Bone, Shelly Laurenston – 3/26/21 – ✮✮✮✮✮
UC [beppy] — All Fixed Up, Linda Grimes – 5/13/21 – ✮✮✮✰✰

✔Week 5
☘KathyD☘ — Carpe Demon, Julie Kenner – 4/4/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Cyndee — The Rivals, Vi Keeland – 4/5/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Emeli — Sight and Sinners, Susan Mac Nicol – 4/12/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Geri — Sunshine and Bullets, Coralee June – 4/4/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Sexyladi — The Twilight Before Christmas, Christine Feehan – 4/3/21 – ✮✮✮✮✮
UC [beppy] — His Saint, Lucy Lennox – 4/9/21 – ✮✮✮✰✰

✔Week 6
☘KathyD☘ — One More Round, Alice Clayton – 4/15/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Cyndee — The Weight of It All, N.R. Walker – 4/19/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Emeli — Pretty Boy, K.M. Neuhold – 4/14/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Geri — Back in the Burbs, Tracy Wolff – 4/14/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Sexyladi — PASS
UC [beppy] — Face Offs & Cheap Shots, Eden Finley – 4/23/21 – ✮✮✮✰✰

✔Week 7
☘KathyD☘ — Somehow, Some Way, Jennifer Probst – 4/25/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Cyndee — Fish Out of Water, Amy Lane – 4/26/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Emeli — Maid for the Hitman, Flora Ferrari – 4/19/21 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Geri — More Than Words, Mia Sheridan – 4/19/21 – ✮✮✮✰✰
Sexyladi — Gone with the Wolf, Kristin Miller – 4/16/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
UC [beppy] — Two Men and a Baby, Ilsa Olsen – 4/23/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰

✔Week 8
☘KathyD☘ — Rescuing Bryn, S. Stoker – 4/25/21 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Cyndee — Learning to Feel, N.R. Walker – 5/1/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Emeli — Paris With The Billionaire, F. Ferrari – 4/27/21 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Geri — The Tourist Attraction, S. Morgenthaler – 4/26/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Sexyladi — Rikki’s Star, L.J. Phillips – 4/24/21 – ✮✮✮✮✮
UC [beppy] — Sugar and Ice, R.J. Scott – 4/30/21 – ✮✮✰✰✰

Week 9
☘KathyD☘ — Kitty and the Silver Bullet, C. Vaughn – 5/3/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Cyndee — Victim of Love, Darien Cox
Emeli — Reckless, K. Clark – 5/3/21 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Geri — Virtuous, M. Force – 5/1/21 – ✮✮✰✰✰
Sexyladi — Night Reigns, D. Duvall – 4/30/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
UC [beppy] — Wild Card, Karina Halle – 5/7/21 – ✮✮✮✰✰

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✔Week 10
☘KathyD☘ —American Prince, S. Simone
Cyndee —How to Catch a Biker, A. Ashley
Emeli —Legendary Daddy, M. Monroe
Geri —The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes, X. Axelrod
Sexyladi —Flow, K. Ryan
UC [beppy] —The Subway Girl, L. Becker

Week 11
☘KathyD☘ —Fling, J. Aston
Cyndee —[title, author]
Emeli —[title, author]
Geri —The Aussie Next Door, S. London
Sexyladi —SSS: Year One, A. Song
UC [beppy] —Wings, J.C. Owens





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✔Week 10
☘KathyD☘ — American Prince, Sierra Simone – 5/14/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Cyndee — How to Catch a Biker, Ana Ashley – 5/13/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Emeli — Legendary Daddy, Mia Monroe – 5/9/21 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Geri — The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes, Xio Axelrod – 5/9/21 – ✮✮✰✰✰
Sexyladi — Flow, Kennedy Ryan – 5/8/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
UC [beppy] — The Subway Girl, Lisa Becker – 5/11/21 – ✮✮✰✰✰

Week 11
☘KathyD☘ — Fling, Jana Aston
Cyndee —
Emeli —
Geri — The Aussie Next Door, Stefanie London
Sexyladi — SSS: Year One, Avery Song
UC [beppy] — Wings, J.C. Owens – 5/14/21 – ✮✮✰✰✰




Team Name Suggestions
👍 Straight Off the Couch
👍 Couch Sweet Potatoes
👍👍 👍 Our Couch Pulls Out, But We Don’t
Sofa King Bored
Literary Legumes
Around the World in 80 Couches

Hi Team 6! I’m excited to get this challenge going...I’ve played in many of the previous rounds, so if you are new, I’m happy to help.

I live in the south suburbs of Chicago, so I’m on central time...I am generally around during the week, but not as much on weekends...though I do check in on my phone if that counts. =)

Not sure about team names since I’m not good with them...so throw out your best ideas and we’ll go from there!

Hi Team! This is my second time playing PTP. Very excited to get started. I recognize a few of my teammates from other challenges. (Hi Emeli and Cyndee!) And looking forward to meeting everyone else too. I’m terrible at team names. But if I have any inspiration, I’ll post it.

Edit: Forgot to mention I live near Chicago. So central time zone for me.

Hi all!! How great to be on a team with all of you again!! Pass the Parcel is one of my favorite challenges. I can't remember what round this is for me. At least 5 I think?

The only team name I can think of for this couch potato theme is the Literary Legumes. LOL! Lame, I know. It's all I've got. :)

I'm in the US (Ohio) so my time zone is EST. And I live on Goodreads. Reading is really my only hobby. :D

Hey everyone, I have been in challenges with most of you, I from Chicago near lake shore drive so central time zone. I work nights so I post in the morning when Ii get home.. Not very good with names. So what everyone decides is good with me.

Hi everyone i'm emeli a half Swedish half latina from sweden looking forward to play with you ladies
Team name suggestions
Straight off the Couch
Couch Sweet Potatoes
Our Couch Pulls Out, But We Don't
Sofa King Bored

Just beppy to sign in, and she'll be by soon - once Monday hits in Canada - since all her internet contact is on the work computer :)

Hello, everyone.

I'm beppy. I live in northern British Columbia, in Canada. Right now I am on MST, but once Daylight Savings begins in a couple of weeks, I will be on PST, since the region where I live doesn't change time. This is my *mumble, mumble* time playing PTP. I think I might have missed one or two since it started? Maybe? I'm not sure.
As for names, since I suck at them, I'm good with whatever. For some reason, I'm kind of partial to "Straight Off the Couch".

ETA: Oh, and I generally don't do internet on the weekend. Mostly because I don't have internet at home and don't want to use data/find it annoying to use my phone, but partially because I decided that I wanted to just get away from it all a couple of days a week. That doesn't mean that I don't use electricity, or my electronic gadgets, just that I'm not plugged in to what is going on in the world. I figure if it's something important, someone I know will text me about it.

welcome everyone! with beppy’s message, we are all checked in! I listed all the suggested names, including one I came up with...let me know what you think so I can submit our name to Jane...then we just have to wait for the first task! =)

Our couch pulls out, but we don't! 👍👌

I vote Couch Sweet Potatoes.

currently we have a three-way tie for team names...any one else have thoughts? votes?

Almost there! Can you get a name to me before you all head to bed again?

I'd prefer the name was sorted out before all the selection posts start in the thread :)

we will do our best Jane! =)

i vote for our couch pulls out but we dont

How you going? Can I put you down for a name yet???

Once you are named, the game can start!!

sorry Jane! work has been crazy today so I haven’t been able to check in...from the standings now, I do believe we will be known as Team 6: Our Couch Pulls Out, But We Don’t

👌 Triffic. I'll update your team and then sort out the first theme!

Selection post week 1
Option 2
Laying Pipe
208 pages
Read by beppy Dec 03, 2020
Rated 4 stars
[*book:Laying Pipe|54862957]

Selection Post


Week # 1 - Option 1
Tools of Engagement
384 pages
Qualification: #868 on Cyndee’s Want to Read Shelf Became friends on 3/4/21.

Selection Post

Week 1 ~ Option 1

Disciplinary Action by Onley James
Pages: 329
Qualification: On Jeydon's "Read" shelf. Became friends on March 5 2021

Week 1

Option 1—4. “You have friends all over the world, you just haven’t met them yet.”

* From this round’s players, find another member whose books interest you – select a book (any book, does not have to be one that they have read) to read from their bookshelves and become friends.

* Select your book from a player who is not already a friend. This person doesn’t have to be from your team—it can be anyone who is playing in this round.

* You may friend each other and use each other’s bookshelves, but it must be a new connection since the beginning of this round—from sign up—NOT from today.

* A player in your team that you friended at the beginning of the challenge counts.

* You must link to the bookshelf of your new friend to show their book that you have selected. If linking to a bookshelf is hard, note the date that they added the book to their shelves.

* Note the date you became friends (which you can find on your friend list). I don’t need to see a link or other justification, just the date.

* The series rule can be applied to this task - that is, you may use the next book that you are up to in a series to the one you find on your new friend’s shelf.

Option 2—Key date – 4 September 2020
A book on your teammates ‘read’ list AND rated at least 3 stars and read on or after the key date.

Option 3—Pass
This can only be used once each 5 weeks. Only one teammate can use this option each week.

🎁PASS THE PARCEL - Round 16🎁
THEME - COUCHSURFING
🎁SELECTION POST WEEK 1🎁
🎁Date - 03/05/2021🎁
🎁Option 1 - Select your book from a player who is not already a friend. This person doesn’t have to be from your team—it can be anyone who is playing in this round.

Year One by Nora Roberts
🎁 Pages - 419
🎁 Qualifications- Friend book shelf Kathy D

Sexyladi wrote: "🎁PASS THE PARCEL - Round 16🎁
THEME - COUCHSURFING
🎁SELECTION POST WEEK 1🎁
🎁Date - 03/05/2021🎁
🎁Option 1 - Select your book from a player who is not already a friend. This person doesn’t have to be ..."

Hi Sexyladi - could you please add the date that you and KathyD became friends? (It needs to be a date from, and including, 16 February 2021 through to now.)

Jane (PS) wrote: "Sexyladi wrote: "🎁PASS THE PARCEL - Round 16🎁
THEME - COUCHSURFING
🎁SELECTION POST WEEK 1🎁
🎁Date - 03/05/2021🎁
🎁Option 1 - Select your book from a player who is not already a friend. This person do..."

Repost or edit sent friend request 03/05/2021

Completion Post


Week # 1
Tools of Engagement
Rating: 3.5 ⭐️
Review : I really do enjoy this series. It’s sweet, funny and hot! In this book, Bethany and Wes are enemies, fighting their attraction for each other. And even though Wes is seven years younger than Bethany, Wes is a good guy taking care of his niece. Add in that Bethany and her brother are competing in a house flipping reality show, and this book was a fun read. I gave this 3.5 stars instead of 4 because I didn’t get as invested in the love story like I did for book 1 and 2. I will continue to read this series.

Week 1
Selection Post – Option 1


Lessons from a One-Night Stand, Piper Rayne
Pages ➔ 340
How the Book Qualifies ➔ read by Sexiladi who became a GR friend on 3/5/21

OK...I finally have tracking current...if you notice any mistakes, just let me know and I’ll fix them...UC...when you get a chance, please post your Week 1 selection...hope everyone is doing well this week!

Sexyladi wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "Sexyladi wrote: "🎁PASS THE PARCEL - Round 16🎁
THEME - COUCHSURFING
🎁SELECTION POST WEEK 1🎁
🎁Date - 03/05/2021🎁
🎁Option 1 - Select your book from a player who is not already a frie..."

Repost please :)

🎁PASS THE PARCEL - Round 16🎁
THEME - COUCHSURFING
🎁SELECTION RE-POST WEEK 1🎁
🎁Date - 03/05/2021🎁
🎁Option 1 - Select your book from a player who is not already a friend. This person doesn’t have to be from your team—it can be anyone who is playing in this round.

Year One by Nora Roberts
🎁 Pages - 419
🎁 Qualifications- Friend book shelf Kathy D 03/05/2021

s🎁PASS THE PARCEL - Round 16🎁
THEME - COUCHSURFING
🎁COMPLETION-POST WEEK 1🎁
🎁Date - 03/05/2021🎁
🎁Option 1 - Select your book from a player who is not already a friend. This person doesn’t have to be from your team—it can be anyone who is playing in this round.

Year One by Nora Roberts
🎁 Pages - 419
🎁 Qualifications- Friend book shelf Kathy D 03/05/2021
🎁 Date Completed -03/10/2021
🎁Rating-🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Stars
🎁Review -Exceptional Storyline!
I absolutely love it from beginning to end! There was devastation, dark verses light, bigotry, drama, action and togetherness! I highly recommend this series can't wait for the next book.

Week 1: Selection Post - Friends you haven't met yet

Option 2

Year One
Pages: 419
How it qualifies: read by KathyD Oct 24, 2020

[*bookcover:Year One|34311452]

Wow. This is the first time in all the times I've played PTP that I have used Option 2.

UnusualChild{beppy} wrote: "Wow. This is the first time in all the times I've played PTP that I have used Option 2."

WOW...I hope you picked a great one for this inaugural choice! =)
personally, I devoured this series in a few days...so amazing!

COMPLETION POST

Week #1 ~ Option #1

Bookcover/link: Disciplinary Action by Onley James
Rating (1-5): 3.5
Review: I went into this one a little blind. It had shown up as a recommendation from GR, then it showed up on a list that I needed to read from for another challenge, so when it showed up on Jeydon's list and we're new GR friends, and it was on KU, so...why not? In the first 2 chapters, I thought "ok, so this is just gonna be one of those hot and heavy/all sex/heavy on the BDSM/Daddy kink kinda books." Good with me as long as I know to expect that and not some stellar story telling. But then, by about chapter 5, it grew a heart. A big bleeding one that made me love these MCs and invested me so I would care a lot more about what happened to them. And I was 100% here for it. It had the potential for a scorching 5 stars. BUT THEN, it threw in all kinds of over-the-top corrupt rich people scandal (view spoiler)[ala the Laurie Laughlin college entrance bribery/testing scandal (hide spoiler)] that just didn't work for me and I ended up pretty bored by it in the end.

Selection Post

Week # 2 - Option 1

Beach House for Rent
417 pages
Qualification: from book description: Cara Rutledge rents out her quaint beach house on Isle of Palms to Heather Wyatt for the entire summer

Week 2

Option 1—12. So now I digress – It’s time to just surf!

* Read a book set in a beach town or on the coast.

* Cities that sit on the ocean will count.

* Qualification may be found in precis, main page, tag/shelf or list.

Option 2—Key date – 11 September 2020
A book on your team mates ‘read’ list AND rated at least 3 stars and read on or after the key date.

Option 3—Pass
This can only be used once each 5 weeks. Only one team mate can use this option each week.

SELECTION POST

Week #2 ~ Option #2

Whiteout by Elyse Springer
Page numbers: 276
Name of the team-member, their star rating, the date they read the book: UnusualChild ~ rated 4 stars ~ read October 15, 2020

Selection post week 2
Option 1

248 pages

But for Alice’s wedding, he agrees to get his overgrown hair and beard cut at a ritzy Laguna Beach salon

Completion post week 1
Option 2
Laying Pipe
Finished 11/3
⭐⭐⭐⭐
This was my cup of tea it was taboo and steamy and age gap some of my favourite tropes all wrapped up in a perfect combination

🎁PASS THE PARCEL - Round 16🎁
THEME - COUCHSURFING
🎁SELECTION POST WEEK 2 🎁
🎁Date - 03/13/2021🎁
🎁Option 1—12. So now I digress – It’s time to just surf!
* Read a book set in a beach town or on the coast.
* Cities that sit on the ocean will count.
* Qualification may be found in precis, main page, tag/shelf or list

Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer
🎁 Pages - 395
🎁 Qualifications- Precis: Chronic overachiever Prudence Daniels is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrogant residents of her coastal town. Her dreams of karmic justice are fulfilled when, during a night out with her friends, she slips on a spilled drink and hits her head, only to wake up with the sudden ability to cast instant karma on those around her. Pru giddily makes use of ...more

Completion Post

Week # 2

Beach House for Rent
Rating 4 ⭐️
Review This was my first book by Monroe. It was a good story. I liked Heather, who suffered from social anxiety, and her sweet romance with Bo. Cara’s struggle to figure out what to do with her life after tragedy did keep me interested. It was also very nice hearing about the quaint little beach town. Especially since I haven’t been on vacation for over a year. 😎 ☀️ This is book 4 in a series. I didn’t realize that at first. LOL So now I will probably read other books in the series.