The Challenge Factory discussion

Captain ~ Paris


Nichole
Stormi (Books, Movies, Reviews. Oh my!)
Jamie (Sign up post 18)
Kme_17

Dice Roll (2 dice on Fridays US Central Time)
Time Zone Converter
Post Your Spot
Discussion Thread
R5 Spreadsheet

★Publication years, any edition so long as it is published in the given year.
★Covers must be at least 50%
★Locations as long as the book takes part in the given location at some point in the book.
★Author letters, first, middle, or last name must start with the given letter.
★Title letters, must be the first word in the title excluding the, a, and.
★Cover Item, must have the given item on the cover.
★The alternates with links are for shelves, your book must be on the given shelf.
★New item - Text item, your book must contain the given word and need to include the sentence with it and location when posting your review. Plurals will be ok to use.
★ Please link the proper edition when using publication year, cover item, and cover color.

The Alternates:
1. N/A
2. White
3. 1999
4. Need to Buy
5. Title D
6. Cover Item Weapon
7. Author M
8. Text Item Garage
9. California
10. Purple
11. 2001
12. Read 2014
13. Title L
14. Cover Item Shoe(s)
15. Author J
16. Text Item Broom
17. Spain
18. Gray/Silver
19. 1995
20. Interesting
21. Title W
22. Cover Item Hat
23. Author H
24. Text Item Ambulance
25. China
26. Orange
27. 2000
28. Done
29. Title T
30. Cover Item Water
31. Author Z
32. Text Item Sidewalk
33. Nevada
34. Red
35. 2007
36. Made Me Cry
37. Title B
38. Cover Item Building(s)
39. Author K
40. Text Item Envelope
41. Tennessee
42. Brown
43. 2011
44. Ereader
45. Title E
46. Cover Item A Dress
47. Author I
48. Text Item Sink
49. New York
50. Pink
51. 2002
52. Favorite Author
53. Title R
54. Cover Item 2 People
55. Author S
56. Text Item Thunder
57. France
58. Black
59. 2014
60. Beautiful Covers
61. Title G
62. Cover Item Fire
63. Author B
64. Text Item Lace
65. Australia
66. Green
67. 2012
68. Cute
69. Title S
70. Cover Item An Animal
71. Author L
72. Text Item Midnight
73. Oregon
74. Multi-Colored (3 or More Colors)
75. 2009
76.Set Aside
77. Title C
78. Cover Item No People
79. Author A
80. Text Item Butterfly
81. Scotland
82. Yellow
83. 2006
84. Four Star
85. Title M
86. Cover Item Moon
87. Author F
88. Text Item Gloves
89. England
90. Blue
91. 2010
92. Priority Reads
93. Title G
94. Cover Item Flower(s)
95. Author E
96. Text Item Mountain
97. Illinois
98. Purple
99. 2013
100. Read Me
(view spoiler)[101. Priority Reads
102. Author M
103. Tennessee
104. Text Item Midnight
105. Beautiful Covers
106. Black
107. 2009
108. Title E
109. Text Item Thunder
110. Four Star
111. Multi-Colored (3 or More Colors)
112. England (hide spoiler)]

Hi Team!

I'm so excited for this again. I've been trying to knock out some series this year but I always end up starting a million new ones >.< I need help! :)

I'm from Oklahoma so I'm on Central time too. I read Romance-all kinds, UF, and Fantasy. I'm pretty boring so not a lot to say :P

Let's see if I can come up with some names...

Yeah, not so good at this lol.

The Perfect Fifth
The Elite Five
Series Liquidators/Assassins
Five on the Fly
5 O'Clock Somewhere
5 Finger Death Punch
Gimme Five
Nickel to Spare
The Rule of Five

Hey team!!

I love this challenge. I'm on the west coast and willing to be captain if no one else wants to. I'll try to come up with some names too, but I'm not always that great with those. lol

Team Name Ideas
5 by 5
5 Wicked Readers
Dream Team

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Roll
Spot

Paris:
Nichole:
Stormi:
Jamie:
Kme_17:

(hide spoiler)]

Are we alone, Paris? :)

Hi team!

I am in NYC. I like the names you guys have suggested, particularly 5
O'Clock Somewhere! That is appropriate for a differently time zoned team!

Hi guys . My name is Kim. I am from Alabama. I like all the names. However, I love 5 O'Clock Somewhere : )

Yay! More team members. Hi!!

Nichole, I really like 5 O'Clock Somewhere too!

Cool! It sounds like we have a name and a captain? Is it Friday yet? :)

Hi, first time doing this..and not exactly sure what I am doing..didn't know we had a team spot till today..lol. :)

I am in Missouri. :)

It is easy Stormi once you get into it : )

It's very easy Stormi. Basically, we get to roll the dice on Fridays and move along the board however many spaces. Say, we roll a 6 and a 6 for our first roll, that puts us on space 12. We can read a #1, #2, #12 in a series or the alternate option for that space (Read 2014). You have to write a short review and it has to be in by Friday. We can't roll again until all reviews are in so it's best to have it done by Thursday. That's pretty much it! Here are some key points. Of course if you have any questions we can help or ask Jenne in the Q&A thread.

✸Page limit is 150
✸Standalone books can be used for a 1 or a 0
✸First in a series can be used for a 1
✸When posting your review, please include a link to the book, date finished, a rating, and a review. Your review doesn't have to be fancy. When using an alternate option please link the correct edition of your book.

★Publication years, any edition so long as it is published in the given year.
★Covers must be at least 50%
★Locations as long as the book takes part in the given location at some point in the book.
★Author letters, first, middle, or last name must start with the given letter.
★Title letters, must be the first word in the title excluding the, a, and.
★Cover Item, must have the given item on the cover.
★The alternates with links are for shelves, your book must be on the given shelf.
★New item - Text item, your book must contain the given word and need to include the sentence with it and location when posting your review. Plurals will be ok to use.

Ha, love it Nichole

Great explanation for Stormi, too

Thanks Nichole for explaining everything. I can't post on Goodreads during the day while I'm at work unless I use my tablet, but it's such a pain to post on there and I'm so busy at work I haven't even brought my tablet this week. lol

But I'm almost always on here late into the evening and I'm on the west coast, so I'm usually on here long after everyone else is in bed. And because of that, I get to roll at 10:01 pm my time on Thursdays which is usually earlier than the other teams.

I'll let Jenne know we picked a captain and a team name!

Nichole,

Thanks for explaining things and I love your monkey. I know I am like is it Friday yet..I want to know what I need to read...lol. :)

I will be rolling tonight! In a little over 15 hours or something like that. Woohoo!

I am so ready for this to start :)

It's almost here! I'm so glad that the roll will be ready for me when I get up in the morning :) Too bad we couldn't start just a few hours early. I need an ebook to read tonight. I guess I'll have to watch some TV, lol.

Tonight I rolled a 6 (4+2) putting us on spot 6

Reading Options
~ Book 6 in a series
~ Book with a weapon on the cover

Roll 1
Spot 6

Paris: Review
Nichole: Review
Stormi: Review
Jamie: Review
Kme_17: Review

I'm gonna read the alternate and either go with or

I am going with the sixth book with

I'm gonna use the alternate and read

Going with alternate and reading Let me know if this doesn't work since it's my first time participating. :)

Okay I might have to scratch Dauntless, someone told me it can't be a book I already started..though I started that one about three weeks ago and never finished it cause it's boring..I was going to try..LOL So off to search for something else. :(

yeah sorry Stormi. The only way Dauntless would work is if you started it over now that we've rolled.

Okay so will this book work cause she is holding a gun but it's small so I didn't know if it would work. :) Trying to find a review book that I can fit into this category. :)

So I got a Yep about the above book from the main peeps so I am going to go with Dark Alchemy for my book with a weapon she has a gun in her hand. :)

Sorry Stormi! I didn't get a notification for some reason but it looks like you took care of it :)

So when we finish the book and right a review here on goodreads, do we post a link to that review here or on a different page in this group?

You would post the link to the review or the review it's self in this thread.

Here is an example of my post from the SSS challenge..

Spot 5
Title: D

by Tarryn Fisher
Rating: 3 Stars
Finished: 3/19/15

I knew I was going to hate Leah. She is a despicable, horrible human being and this book just brought all of that out even more. I don’t know how anyone could like her. I don’t know how Caleb married her and stayed married to her. That’s some ridiculously strong guilt he’s got. I always felt like she was the worst of the three of them; that her sins were miles above Olivia and Caleb’s. That did not change when I read this book. I almost couldn’t read this. I almost had to put it down because she’s so horrible and Caleb is so stupid, but I knew I had to keep going and ultimately, I’m glad I did.

Okay, thanks! :)

spot 6
six book in seris



Kathryn by Caroline Fyffe


Rating:4 Stars
Finished: 3/23/15

I really like this book! It is the sixth book in the series that I had not read before. However, I had no problem picking up the story. It is about a women trying to get away from a odious arrange engagement so she signs up to be a mail order bride.It written so lovely. I love both of the main characters! I love their relationship and how it grows. I will definitely read the others in the series.

Roll 1, Spot 6

Alternate: Cover item Weapon

225 pages/GR
(approved by Jenne Msg 206 of Help thread in main thread, I'll link later)
Finished 3/22/15
3.5 stars

I really loved the first book in this series and this book #2 started off really well. But the sniping between Liall and Scarlet went on for too long and (view spoiler)[I really hate it when one character withholds really significant information from another character. There was no reason Liall didn't warn Scarlet about what they were walking in to. (hide spoiler)] I am still looking forward to Book #3 but it feels more like stories I've read before and not something "new"... we'll see!

Spot 6
Alternate: Cover item Weapon (approved by Jenne on March 20th.)


Finished on March 24th
3.5 stars

This was the first book I have read by this author. It was really strange. Petra moves to Temperance to sort of escape and maybe find her father, but she ends up in the middle of some strange and very weird stuff and in the middle of two guys who want to own the town. Petra is a tough character and I really enjoyed her I just wish it would have ended a little different than it did. I do know I wouldn't mind check out some other books from this author.

I've finished my book but I'm so exhausted from work. I'll try to post the review a little bit later or tomorrow for sure.

Week 1-Space 6
Alternate: Weapon on the cover
Book: Sempre by J.M. Darhower

Date Completed: 3/24/15
Rating:★★★★☆

Haven Antonelli was born into slavery in the California desert. After a failed attempt at escape, she is sold to Dr. Vincent DeMarco. She has only known cruelty and struggles with her new role in the DeMarco household. Slave? Servant? Family member?

Carmine DeMarco is rich, good looking, arrogant and volatile. He's also the Principe of La Famiglia. As soon as he meets Haven, he is drawn to her. She makes him a better person and he gives her the strength to become a person. The Mafia Prince and the slave fall in love.

“But then she happened. The girl who had never been able to call her life her own taught a boy who had the world at his fingertips exactly what it meant to live."

But of course, there are complications. Secrets upon secrets. Neither of them are aware of the things that have been set in motion for years or exactly what connection Haven has to all of it. In the end, they learn the price of her freedom.

“Some things in life only happen once, the memories of them lasting forever. They're moments that alter you, turning you into a person you never thought you'd become, but someone you were always destined to be."

I listened to the audio of this and thought it was very well done. It's a long one though (19hrs and 6 mins). However, I was completely engrossed. Think NA romance meets The Godfather. Different. I really liked it!

Spot 6
Weapon on Cover

by Shannon Mayer
Rating: 4 stars
Finished: 3/26/15

I am totally hooked on this series. It's fun and fast paced. I love Rylee and I adore Alex. I think Liam is perfect for Rylee, I hope that all comes together. I really need to make more of an effort to read this instead of waiting for it to fall into a challenge. I hope the rest of the series is as fun as the first two books have been.

Tonight I rolled an 8 (5+3) putting us on spot 14

Reading Options
~ Book 1 in a series
~ Book 4 in a series
~ Book 14 in a series
~ A Stand Alone Book
~ Book with shoes on the cover

Roll 2
Spot 14

Paris: Review
Nichole: Review
Stormi: Review
Jamie: Review
Kme_17: Review

Spot 14
Stand Alone

by Tara Sivec
Rating: 5 Stars
Finished: 3/27/2015

This book was an emotional roller coaster that I couldn't get off of...and I didn't want to. I have a soft spot for military romances and this one was perfect. Fisher and Lucy were amazing and I really loved getting to read their story.

I love Tara Sivec's hilarious side, but this side of her is amazing too. I am a forever fan of Tara's and now I need to get to the rest of her work that I own, but have not read.

I'm going to read , 1st in a series.

Roll 2, Spot 14

, 370 pgs/GR

1st in series and 1 shoe on cover!

Spot 14, week 2

I am going to read First in series.

going with a first in series

Jamie wrote: "Roll 2, Spot 14

, 370 pgs/GR

1st in series and 1 shoe on cover!"

You should get extra points for that, lol!

Stormi (Books, Movies, Reviews. Oh my!) wrote: "Spot 14, week 2

I am going to read First in series."

I can't wait to see what you think of this one. I love Jennifer Estep. I have this one for review next month. I hope it's as good as her other series.