Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 6
September 14, 2022 through November 10, 2022
Caught a Second Wind!

Team:
✓ Naomi
✓ Heather
✓ Lynne
✓ April

The Amazing Race Team Challenge - Round 6
September 14, 2022 through November 10, 2022
Caught a Second Wind!

Tracking:
Task 1 - 0. Read a sports romance (MPG) or a book with a primarily green cover, teams decide which. No pass for this task. 9.14.2022 - 9.16.2022
Task 2 - 8. Read 4 books with a beach on the cover. 9.16.2022 - 9.17.2022
Task 3 - 4. Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy. 9.18.2022 - 9.20.2022
Task 4 - 25. Read 4 books by one of the 2021 FACs. 9.20.2022 - 9.22.2022
Task 5 - 2. Each player reads the first book in a series, can be same or different series - no pass for this task. 9.22.2022 - 9.24.2022
Task 6 - 27. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year. 9.24.2022 - 9.26.2022
Task 7 - 36. Read 6 books with animals on the cover. 9.26.2022 - 9.28.2022
Task 8 - 58. Read 6 books published in the year one of the teammates joined RRRC, teams decide which teammate. 9.28.2022 - 9.30.2022
Task 9 - 68. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles. 9.30.2022 - 10.2.2022
Task 10 - 34. Read 6 books first published between 2000 and 2010. 10.2.2022 - 10.4.2022
Task 11 - 73. Read a minimum of 1500 pages in books by the same author, teams decide author. 10.4.2022 - 10.6.2022
Task 12 - 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. 10.6.2022 - 10.8.2022
Task 13 - 69. Read 6 books that have won/been nominated for an award. 10.8.2022 - 10.10.2022
Task 14 - 43. Read 6 books published in February. 10.10.2022 - 10.12.2022
Task 15 - 98. Read 8 books with fewer than 10 letters in the title. 10.12.2022 - 10.14.2022
Task 16 - 71. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task. 10.14.2022 - 10.16.2022
Task 17 - 63. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books tagged 'magic' or 'magical’. 10.16.2022 - 10.18.2022
Task 18 - 99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them. 10.18.2022 - 10.20.2022
Task 19 - 104. Read 8 holiday books. 10.20.2022 - 10.22.2022
Task 20 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model. 10.22.2022 - 10.24.2022
Task 21 - 76. Read 6 books with a specific item on the cover, team selects item. 10.24.2022 - 10.26.2022
Task 22 - 66. Read over 1000 pages in books with Mystery or Suspense as MPG. 10.26.2022 - 10.28.2022
Task 23 - 77. Each teammate reads a book that the teammate after them alphabetically has rated 5 stars. No pass for this task. 10.28.2022 - 10.29.2022
Task 24 - 115. Read 8 books with an average rating over 4.0 AND over 250 reviews. 10.30.2022 - 11.1.2022
Task 25 - 107. Read 8 books published in the month (not year) of a teammate's birth. Team selects teammate. 11.1.2022 - 11.3.2022
Task 26 - 123. Read a book read by one of the RRRC moderators in 2022 that they rated 5 stars. 11.3.2022 - 11.5.2022
Task 27 - 108. As a team, select a season and read a minimum of 1500 pages of books set in that season. 11.5.2022 - 11.7.2022
Task 28 - 80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades. 11.7.2022 - 11.9.2022
Task 29 - Read books by authors whose first or last name begins with the first letter of your team name. 11.9.2022

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 Spicy Spinsters, just let me know!

Good morning, team!

Hello team. On our other chat everyone go look and post if you want anything changed.

Hey y'all!

Hi everybody!

Does anyone want to captain? Or me do it. Do we want to stay the same name?

I'm pretty spread out right now. I'm happy if you still want to April. I'm also ok with our name. I have a half marathon on Saturday just a heads up.

April, if you're willing to do it that would be great. And I'm fine keeping the name.

Can we do green for the first task?

Would love to do green cover!

Green, please! I'm currently reading like crazy for the AMMP Quidditch match and I don't think I could make a sports romance fit with the books I need to read.

Same Quidditch this week is making me crazy with all the books I need to read and trying to make them work with my other challenges 😊

:fist_bump:

Same! Although I’m not “playing” this round at least, and only an alternate for Round 3 *if* we make it. But still - green is easier for me :)

First Task - All Teams!

0. Read a sports romance (MPG) or a book with a primarily green cover, teams decide which. No pass for this task.

With both college and pro football seasons starting, I’m sure I’m not the only one with sports on the brain! As a team, decide if you are a book with primarily green cover or a book with MPG Sports Romance. If selecting a sports romance, it can either be the generic Sports (alone or combined) or the specific sports such as football, baseball or hockey - but it MUST be MPG! If selecting books for the cover option, green must be the primary color you see on the cover to qualify. No pass for this task.

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 2022 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:

1. Read a sports romance (MPG) or a book with a primarily green cover, teams decide which. No pass for this task.

Task: 0

Book/cover link: The Lost World, Michael Crichton
Page numbers with source: Kindle - 448 pages
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary:


Date Completed: 15 Sept 22
Rating/Review: ****
This starts out pretty slowly, but eventually Jumps into the action, adventure, and science story expected from a Jurassic Park book. There's a boat full of bad guys who meet very bad ends, a couple of smart, brave kids, and a strong, intrepid heroine.

Task: 0. Read a sports romance (MPG) or a book with a primarily green cover, teams decide which. No pass for this task.

Book/cover link: They Do It With Mirrors
Page numbers with source: 272 pgs (kindle edition linked above)
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary:

Date Completed: September 15
Rating/Review:
3 stars
Some good and some not so good in this one. I am much more of a Poirot fan, but I actually liked Miss Marple better than I usually do in this one. And I did like the setting - a bunch of people at a huge crumbling British manor. The mystery itself was a little lackluster compared to a lot of Christie’s.

Spicy Spinsters (2)
Task 0
Book/cover link Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Page numbers with source: 734 kindle edition
How book qualified:
Date Completed: 9/15
Rating: 5 star

Man y'all are fast. I just found a book today. I will be done tonight

Completion Post


Heather

Lynne

Naomi

April

We’re all playing Quidditch in another challenge and it has a high reading volume.

I didn’t realize Heather was the Heather on my Gryffindor team until recently - but I should have known immediately because I liked all the books she chose for Quidditch! What team are you on, Naomi?

Go Gryffindors!

Not only are we reading quickly, but we've almost hit 1500 pages!

I’m on Slytherin.

Task: 0/1
Read a sports romance (MPG) or a book with a primarily green cover, teams decide which. No pass for this task.



Book:
Date: 9-15-22
Page: 213
How it fits: Green cover as team chose.
Rate: 4⭐

It’s not a big deal but somehow we are the spinsters instead of the sprinters. It did used to be sprinters, right? Maybe I’m crazy lol

I think that's correct.

Haha I just wrote what was at top lol. I did not pay attention to that.

Here is your next task!

8. Read 4 books with a beach on the cover.

To qualify for this task, the book’s cover needs to clearly and obviously show a beach. Ideally, you would want to show sand/dirt and the edge of water on your covers. You can use any edition’s cover to qualify for this task. Please include the qualifying cover in your completion posts.

Task: 1 (8)

Book/cover link: The Summer Girls, Mary Alice Monroe
Page numbers with source: Kindle - 392 pages
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary:


Date Completed: 17 Sept 22
Rating/Review: **
A formulaic beach read. Sadly, I didn't really care about any of the characters and was somewhat bored through much of the book. I didn't like the dolphin storyline at all - especially the Nate/fishing line incident.

Lynne wrote: "It’s not a big deal but somehow we are the spinsters instead of the sprinters. It did used to be sprinters, right? Maybe I’m crazy lol"

Hey, I looked and that is how whoever signed up first called it! 😂 If you want to change, just let me know!

Heather wrote: "Task: 0

Book/cover link: The Lost World, Michael Crichton
Page numbers with source: Kindle - 448 pages
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary:
[bookcover:Jurassic Park. Z..."

Please add your rating. 😊

Heather wrote: "Task: 1 (8)

Book/cover link: The Summer Girls, Mary Alice Monroe
Page numbers with source: Kindle - 392 pages
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary:
[bookcover:The S..."

Please correct to the first edition Kindle page count (402). Thanks.

I've checked your completions through here. 😊

Spicy Spinsters (2)
8. Read 4 books with a beach on the cover.
Book: Honeymoon for One by Keira Andrews
Page numbers with source: 288 kindle edition
How book qualified:
Date Completed: 9/17
Rating: 4 stars

Task 2: (8) Read 4 books with a beach on the cover.

Book/cover link: The Hunted by Anna Leonard
Page numbers with source: 286 (from the earliest Kindle edition that has a page count - linked above)
How book qualified:

Date Completed: September 17
Rating/Review: 1 star
I knew it was going to be bad, and it was. I read it for another challenge. I don’t mind shifters or anything, but this was just not for me!

CORRECTED POST

Task: 1 (8)

Book/cover link: The Summer Girls, Mary Alice Monroe
Page numbers with source: Kindle - 402 pages
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary:


Date Completed: 17 Sept 22
Rating/Review: **
A formulaic beach read. Sadly, I didn't really care about any of the characters and was somewhat bored through much of the book. I didn't like the dolphin storyline at all - especially the Nate/fishing line incident.

Completion Post

Naomi

Lynne

Heather

April

Task: 8/1
Read 4 books with a beach on the cover.



Book:
Date: 9-17-22
Page: 258
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B...
How it fits: beach on cover
Rate: 3⭐

checked us in

I'll be back with your next task tomorrow morning-ish. 😊

Thanks, April! (And Kat.)

Here is your next task!

Task 3 - 4. Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy.

To qualify for this task the selected books need to be tagged as ‘PNR’, ‘paranormal romance’, ‘paranormal’ or ‘fantasy’. Tags are the only qualifier for this task. Please include a link to the top shelves page of your qualifying tag in your completion post, also include the qualifying tag, the top shelves page number and the number of tags. If the tag is MPG, just say that it is as your qualifier.

Task: 3 (4)

Book/cover link: The Heartbreak Bakery, AR Capetta
Page numbers with source: Kindle - 353 pages
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary:
MPG Fantasy

Date Completed: 18 Sept 22
Rating/Review: ****
After breaking up with their girlfriend, an LGBT teen baker accidentally bakes a batch of breakup brownies and has to go back and fix all the breakups with new baked goods that they create. This gentle, comforting story is filled with food, a welcoming LGBTQIA community, and a bit of magic.