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The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 3March 15, 2021 through May 11, 2021
It Feels Like We Are All Just Running in Place!
Tracking:
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.
Rating/Review.
**Remember to use the first edition Kindle page count only! If your page count comes from a Kindle edition published on the initial publication date on the editions page, it will count. If your page count comes from a Kindle edition labeled '1st edition', it will count. If your page count comes from the earliest dated English language Kindle edition, it will count. I am looking for one of those three things when confirming your books! As long the page count you list is correct, I will accept any link to the book. 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.**
Please note that a rating is now required in your completion posts! A small review is also welcome. 😊
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.
Remember, it is the team's responsibility to notify the host (me) if a teammate fails to complete the task in a timely manner or otherwise goes missing! I am not checking all the team threads regularly to notice and may only check when notified a task is complete.
PS - If you want to be known as anything other than Team 17, you are free to come up with a team name. 😉
Full team now! 😊
Checking in! Really excited to play with you all. Jether is my other half, but I haven't met the other two of you. So hello to Kim and Mandakini! :)
Hi! Here is my check in! I am excited to start too.
We should try to think of a name for our group. So, any ideas? :)
Hello! I wanted to check in too. this is my first team challenge. I'm nervous but also excited ha ha! :)
Jether wrote: "NOT the halfies :P"Oh my gosh. LOL. No, not that.
Kathryn wrote: "We should try to think of a name for our group. So, any ideas? :)"I am horrible at coming up with ideas. The only one I came up with is The Amazing Readers, but it’s not real original. 🤣
The names that I can think of, which are also pretty lame, are:Booking It
Adventures in Bookland
Racing to Read
My fiance' says:
Just another lame group name (he thinks he's clever.) xP
Reading Raiders
Tasks:🍀 1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
2. Each player reads the first book in a series, can be same or different series - no pass for this task.
3. Each player reads a book by a new to you author - no pass for this task.
4. Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy.
5. Read 4 books first published within the last year.
6. Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews.
7. Read 4 books that are stand alones.
8. Read 4 books with a beach on the cover.
🍀 9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
🍀 10. Read 4 books by authors' who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb).
11. Read 4 books in continuing series, one that has not been completely published.
🍀 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.
13. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books tagged/shelved as sports.
14. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books with Contemporary Romance as MPG.
15. Read a minimum of 600 pages in books with an audio edition.
16. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books tagged/shelved as children.
17. Read 4 books written by a male author.
18. Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'.
19. Each teammate reads a book another teammate read and rated 4 Stars or higher in the last 3 months. No pass for this task.
20. Read 4 books 300 pages or longer.
21. Each teammate reads a book with a night sky on the cover, no pass for this task.
22. Read 4 books #5 or higher in a series.
23. Each teammate reads a book that has been read by one of the RRRC moderators. No pass for this task.
24. Read 6 books on RRRC's bookshelf, the books can not be added by anyone on your team within the last year.
25. Read 4 books by one of the 2021 FACs. (A different time frame may be given when assigned.)
26. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books featuring shifters.
🍀 27. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year.
28. Each teammate reads a book from a teammate's to-read shelf, no pass for this task.
🍀 29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
30. Read 6 books with nekkid man chest on the cover.
31. Read 6 books rated over 4.0.
32. Read 6 books with over 2500 ratings.
🍀 33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.
34. Read 6 books first published between 2000 and 2010.
35. Read 6 books first published between 2011 and 2020.
36. Read 6 books with animals on the cover.
37. Read 6 books set in the US.
38. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books with a non-English language edition.
39. Read 6 books set outside of the US.
40. Read 6 books with over 500 reviews.
41. Read 6 books with over 10,000 ratings.
42. Read 6 books featuring best friends.
43. Read 6 books published in June. (A different month may be used when assigned.)
44. Read 6 books by authors who use initials in their name.
45. Read 6 books with 3 word titles. (A different number may be used when assigned.)
46. Read over 1000 pages in books written by duo authors.
47. Read 6 books set in a major city.
48. Read 6 books featuring cowboys.
🍀 49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.
🍀 50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
🍀 51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.
🍀 52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
🍀 53. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work), teams decide. No pass for this task.
🍀 54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
🍀 55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
🍀 56. 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.
57. Read over 1000 pages in books that are MPG Romance.
🍀 58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
59. Read 4 books that are NOT MPG Romance.
60. Read 6 books with MPG Historical Romance.
61. Read 4 books rated over 4.5 on GR.
62. Read a minimum of 1000 pages in books written by an author whose first or last name begins with the first letter of a teammate's screen name.
63. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books tagged 'magic' or 'magical'.
🍀 64. Read 6 books not set on a continent of a teammate. Space does not count - must be a real continent.
65. Each player reads 2 books in a series, teammates can read the same or different series.
66. Read over 1000 pages in books with Mystery or Suspense as MPG.
67. Read 6 books by an author whose first or last name begins with A. (A different letter may be used when assigned.)
68. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles.
69. Read 6 books that have won/been nominated for an award.
70. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books of the same sub-genre, but by different authors.
🍀 71. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task.
🍀 72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
🍀 73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
🍀 74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.
🍀 75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
🍀 76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
77. Each teammate reads a book that the teammate after them alphabetically has rated 5 stars. No pass for this task.
78. Read 6 books with alliteration in the title or author's name.
🍀 79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
🍀 80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.
81. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books with a dog/dogs on the cover. (A different animal may be used when assigned.)
🍀 82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series.
83. Read 8 books with a white flower/s on the cover. (A different color may be used when assigned.)
🍀 84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Reader's Choice is exempt from this task.
85. Each teammate reads a debut book by an author. No pass for this task.
86. Read at least 1500 pages in books with a hat on the cover. (A different object may be used when assigned.)
87. Read 8 books set in NYC. (A different city may be used when assigned.)
🍀 88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
89. Read 8 books tagged with 'wedding' or 'proposal'.
🍀 90. Each member reads a book published in sequential months, i.e. June, July, August and September 2019. Teams decide which months. No pass for this task.
🍀 91. Add up the years of the teammates' births and each teammate reads a book with that minimum number of pages. For example, teammates were born in 75, 83, 87 and 94 - each teammate reads a book at least 339 pages long. No pass for this task.
🍀 92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide.
🍀 93. As a team, pick a Romance List from GR Listopia with less than 100 books on it, each teammate reads a book from that list. No pass for this task.
🍀 94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
🍀 95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.
🍀 96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.
97. Read 8 books by authors with more than 10 letters in their name.
98. Read 8 books with fewer than 10 letters in the title.
🍀 99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.
100. Read 8 books with more than 10 letters in the title.
Tasks will be explained in detail when assigned.
**Series rule will apply to tasks where you pick from the group or a teammate's shelf.**
Each of the tasks above with a clover should maybe be decided ahead of time. If anyone sees any other that should be on that list, please let me know. So, we should work together to pre-plan some of these things, so throw out any ideas that you may have.1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
10. Read 4 books by authors' who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb).
12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.
27. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year.
29. Read over 750 pages in books about the same profession, teams decide which profession.
33. Read 6 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.
49. Each teammate reads a book published in the same month and year, teams decide. No pass for this task.
50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.
51. Each teammate reads a different book by the same author, no pass for this task.
52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.
53. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work), teams decide. No pass for this task.
54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
55. Read 6 books set in the same country outside the US, teams decide country.
56. 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.
58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate.
64. Read 6 books not set on a continent of a teammate. Space does not count - must be a real continent.
71. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task.
72. Read 4 books published in the decade of a teammate's birth, team decides which teammate.
73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author.
74. Read 6 books published in a teammates' birth month, you may not use your own month.
75. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.
76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item.
79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.
82. Each teammate reads a different book from the same series.
Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Reader's Choice is exempt from this task.
88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which.
90. Each member reads a book published in sequential months, i.e. June, July, August and September 2019. Teams decide which months. No pass for this task.
91. Add up the years of the teammates' births and each teammate reads a book with that minimum number of pages. For example, teammates were born in 75, 83, 87 and 94 - each teammate reads a book at least 339 pages long. No pass for this task.
92. Read over 1500 pages in books set in the future or the past - teams decide.
93. As a team, pick a Romance List from GR Listopia with less than 100 books on it, each teammate reads a book from that list. No pass for this task.
94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
95. As a team, select an animal. Read 8 books tagged with that animal.
96. Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.
99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.
My two favorite names are Booking It and Reading Raiders!
I really like Booking It. Even though Reading Raiders makes us sound tough. LOL. But I'd go with Booking It.
Okay. I'm gonna go tell them our new team name! xP
Hi all, I've sent Mandakini a reminder message. Hopefully she checks in soon! If she doesn't, you will continue as a team of three and I will adjust the tasks as necessary to accommodate that.
What do you guys think for the task? I vote we go with a green cover. That one seems the easiest to find books for!
Task 1: For EVERY TEAM!With St. Patricks Day coming up, everyone is Irish! As a team select whether you are going to read books set in Ireland OR books with an Irish character OR books with a primarily green cover. Each teammate must read a book that fits the qualification selected, no pass for this task.
Please include the team selected qualification in your completion posts. Remember you need to include how you know your book qualifies! I need to know where to look to confirm your book, include any info or links as necessary. If choosing the primarily green cover, it needs to be over 50% green to be accepted. Don’t forget to use the first edition Kindle page count!
I would agree that a green cover would probably work best for this task. I can find tons of books set in Ireland, but it might be easier to do the book covers so that everyone can successfully find something. :)
Kathryn wrote: "I would agree that a green cover would probably work best for this task. I can find tons of books set in Ireland, but it might be easier to do the book covers so that everyone can successfully find..."I am checking my shelves now for green books to see what I have. :)
Kim wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "I would agree that a green cover would probably work best for this task. I can find tons of books set in Ireland, but it might be easier to do the book covers so that everyone can s..."I'm going to read:
Kathryn wrote: "Kim wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "I would agree that a green cover would probably work best for this task. I can find tons of books set in Ireland, but it might be easier to do the book covers so that ev..."I love that book! And all the movies and related TV shows. :)
I am going to read
.I wonder if I should get it approved first. It looks way greener when I enlarge the cover.
I started the Netflix show a while back. Read the book as a kid. Figured it's time for a re-read. :)I would go ahead and shoot it over for approval, just in case.
I think you are going to end up a team of three - odd number make decisions easier anyway! I'll give Mandakini a little more time before eliminating her though because of the time change.
I'm bouncing between a couple books myself. there are a few
wow I wrote that terribly.. excuse my brain fart.
Just wanted to check in to see how everything's coming? :)
Kathryn wrote: "Just wanted to check in to see how everything's coming? :)"Good! I think I should finish my book sometime tomorrow.
Same for me! Jether might take an extra day. He's a bit of a slow reader. lol. But he's trying to improve that.
Kathryn wrote: "Same for me! Jether might take an extra day. He's a bit of a slow reader. lol. But he's trying to improve that."No rush!! I just like doing these challenges because it helps me choose what to read next. :)
uhhh hi. sorry for not being very active. I'm still not very used to having to check in a lot on here. this is my first group challenge so ha.. but um. I'll be reading The Maze Runner. I don't know how to put the cover in the message ha ha
I just got a message from Kim and she is dealing with some health issues that understandably need to be her focus right now. She feels she needs to drop out of this challenge. ☹️So, you will be continuing as a team of two. I hope you continue to read and have fun!
MountainKat wrote: "I just got a message from Kim and she is dealing with some health issues that understandably need to be her focus right now. She feels she needs to drop out of this challenge. ☹️So, you will be c..."
Oh no. I hope she's going to be okay! :(
We'll definitely continue reading together for this challenge and are obviously open to other people joining in down the line to flesh out our team.
Kathryn wrote: "We'll definitely continue reading together for this challenge and are obviously open to other people joining in down the line to flesh out our team."👍🏼
Romance Readers Reading Challenges
Books mentioned in this topic
Lost Lake (other topics)Anne of Green Gables (other topics)
March 15, 2021 through May 11, 2021
It Feels Like We Are All Just Running in Place!
Team:
✓ Kim✓ Kathryn
✓ Jether