Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

I've read this book before- I am pretty sure it was a Eugenia's recommendation then too!

COMPLETION POST
Task 7 - 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.

Borrowing Blue by Lucy Lennox
307 pp
How it fits: Rec by Shan
Read 6 October
5 stars

[*book:Borrowing Blue|33119757]

I will finish a book for the past task (redo) in a couple of hours

📚 Completion Post📚

📚Task 7 - 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.
📚Book: Borrowing Blue
📚Pages: 307 Kindle Edition
📚How book qualified: Recommended by Shan
📚Date Completed: 10/07/2023
📚Rating/Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Task 6 - 34. Read 6 books first published between 2000 and 2010.

Prisoner by Megan Derr
416 pp
Published: May 31st, 2008
Read 7 October
4 Stars

Completion Post

Task 7: 34. 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.
Book/cover link: Roommate Arrangement
Page numbers: 288 (GRs Kindle 1st Edition)
How book qualified: Recommended by Jill
Date Completed: 10/07
Rating/Review: 4 stars

[*book:Roommate Arrangement|59442393]

Team Completion ~ Task 7

Jill | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Eugenia | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Michaele | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Shan ~A~ | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


Updates ~ Task 6

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I will check your books when I am on my computer again, but should be able to assign your next task when I get to Atlanta It will the 8th by then

Here is your next task!

Task 8 - 50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location.

As a team select a location and read 6 books set in the selected location. If you choose a big city it is easy enough, but you are free to use the state if within the US or the country if outside the US. Remember to let me know how you know your book qualifies, be it title, precis, book details, tags or lists - I need to know where to look to confirm your books. Please include any necessary links or other information in your completion posts.

New York was on 3 lists, so I think that's our winner. I'm good for 2.

Sounds good, I can do 2 also.

You guys are awesome!

Completion Post
Task 8 - 50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location: NEW YORK

Semper Fi by Keira Andrews
332 pp
How it fits: MPG location New York
Read October 9
3 Stars

📚 Completion Post📚
📚Task 8 - 50. Read 6 books set in the same location: New York
📚Book: How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire
📚Pages: 384 Kindle Edition
📚How book qualified: Setting New York
📚Date Completed: 10/08/2023
📚Rating/Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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📚Task 8 - 50. Read 6 books set in the same location: New York
📚Book: Dark Lover
📚Pages: 432 Kindle Edition
📚How book qualified: Setting New York
📚Date Completed: 10/09/2023
📚Rating/Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Task 8 - 50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location: NEW YORK


The New Guy
Pages: 348
How it fits: from blurb, " Brooklyn is my last chance, especially after my poor performance last season."
Read: 10/9
Rating: 3 Stars

[*book:The New Guy|63355404]

I am about halfway through my second book.

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Task 8 - 50. Read 6 books set in the same location, teams decide the location: NEW YORK


Sure Shot
Pages: 307
How it fits: series title Brooklyn
Read: 10/9
Rating: 3 Stars

[*book:Sure Shot|52188406]

I finally settled on a book this morning. Reading now. Or attempting too. My 4 yr old nephew is over right now, so that means I keep starting and stopping, so may not be done until tomorrow after work at this rate.

Eugenia wrote: "MKat, I thought this book was fine because the first edition page count lists it as 189–I thought this was the count since the task states that the format doesn’t matter as long as it’s the first edition."

I wanted to answer this now that things have sort of settled down, sorry I didn't get to it sooner. The 'regardless of format' was in relation to the publication date if there is no date at the top of the editions page. Because I am looking for the initial publication date, it can be in any format - some are hardcover, some audio, some Kindle.

When it comes to page count for qualification and completion posts, this challenge only uses the first edition Kindle page count.

I've checked your books through here and all were good. Updated your tracking too.

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Task 8: 50. Read 6 books set in the same location: New York
Book/cover link: Shacking Up
Page numbers: 480 (GRs Kindle 1st Edition)
How book qualified: (1)Filled with hilariously awkward encounters and enough sexual tension to heat a New York City block, Shacking Up, from NYT and USA Today bestselling author Helena Hunting...https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
(2) Not since I moved to New York. (pg. 97)
(3) Tagged New York 6x
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Date Completed: 10/10
Rating/Review: 4 stars

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Team Completion ~ Task 8

Jill | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Eugenia | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Michaele | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Shan ~A~ | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Shan ~A~ wrote: "Completion Post

Task 8: 50. Read 6 books set in the same location: New York
Book/cover link: Shacking Up
Page numbers: 480 (GRs Kindle 1st Edition)
How book qualified: Filled with ..."

Is the first part of your qualification from the blurb? I would add that in the post. The quote from inside the book won't help qualify it.

I updated with more info, so hopefully the 2nd or 3rd qualifier will work.

Shan ~A~ wrote: "I updated with more info, so hopefully the 2nd or 3rd qualifier will work."

The first thing you included, the part from the precis, doesn't necessarily indicate the book is set in NY. The second doesn't work at all, I can't check things from inside the book. But the tags absolutely work!

Here is your next task!

Task 9 - 66. Read over 1000 pages in books with Mystery or Suspense as MPG.

Books selected for this task need to have 'Mystery' or 'Suspense' as a Main Page Genre. Remember to use the first edition Kindle page count.

📚 Completion Post📚

📚Task 9 - 66. Read over 1000 pages in books with Mystery or Suspense as MPG.
📚Book: With This Ring
📚Pages: 386 Kindle Edition
📚How book qualified: MPG Mystery
📚Date Completed: 10/11/2023
📚Rating/Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

COMPLETION POST
Task 9 - 66. Read over 1000 pages in books with Mystery or Suspense as MPG.


The Witness
Pages: 492
How it fits: MPG Mystery
Read: 10/11
Rating: 5 Stars

[*book:The Witness|13606595]

📚 Completion Post📚

📚Task 9 - 66. Read over 1000 pages in books with Mystery or Suspense as MPG.
📚Book: Garden of Lies
📚Pages: 370 Kindle Edition
📚How book qualified: MPG Mystery
📚Date Completed: 10/11/2023
📚Rating/Review: ⭐⭐⭐

Shan and Eugenia as long as your books are at the minimum of 150, we're good for this task since we've passed 1000 already.

COMPLETION POST
Task 9 - 66. Read over 1000 pages in books with Mystery or Suspense as MPG.

Unstable Connections by Nicky James
468 pp
How it fits: MPG Mystery
4 Stars

Completion Post

Task 9: 66. Read over 1000 pages in books with Mystery or Suspense as MPG.
Book/cover link: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Page numbers: 294 (GRs Kindle 1st Edition)
How book qualified: MPG Mystery
Date Completed: 10/12
Rating/Review: 3 stars

[*book:Something Wicked This Way Comes|18305608]

Team Completion ~ Task 9

Jill | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Eugenia | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Michaele | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Shan ~A~ | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Total Pages: 2010

Here is your next task!

Task 10 - 39. Read 6 books set outside of the US.

Books selected for this task need to be set outside the US. You can use the setting in the book details on the main book page, the title, the precis, tags or lists to qualify your book. Remember to let me know how you know the book qualifies with links and any other necessary information in your completion posts. I need to know where to look to confirm your books! Books can be set anywhere outside the US, this is not a team decision.

I can read 2

Me too

COMPLETION POST
Task 10 - 39. Read 6 books set outside of the US.


Practice Makes Perfect
Pages: 227
How it fits: location on main page - Plymouth, England, England
Read: 10/12
Rating: 4 Stars

[*book:Practice Makes Perfect|30234682]

COMPLETION POST
Task 10 - 39. Read 6 books set outside of the US.


Starting from Scratch
Pages: 230
How it fits: location on main page - Plymouth, England, England
Read: 10/12
Rating: 4 Stars

[*book:Starting from Scratch|34820213]

📚 Completion Post📚
📚Task 10 - 39. Read 6 books set outside of the US.
📚Book: Slam!
📚Pages: 217 Kindle Edition
📚How book qualified: Tagged setting UK by 2 people , page 1 shelves 3rd column
📚Date Completed: 10/12/2023
📚Rating/Review: ⭐⭐⭐

Completion Post
Task 10 - 39. Read 6 books set outside of the US.

Priddy's Tale by Harper Fox
159 pp
How it fits: MPG Setting - Cornwall, England
Read: 12 October
4.5 Stars

📚 Completion Post📚
📚Task 10 - 39. Read 6 books set outside of the US.
📚Book: Barging in
📚Pages: 288 Kindle Edition
📚How book qualified: Tagged setting UK by 3 people , page 1 shelves 2nd column
📚Date Completed: 10/13/2023
📚Rating/Review: ⭐⭐⭐

Completion Post

Task 10 - 39. Read 6 books set outside of the US.
Book/cover link: Once Upon a Duke
Page numbers: 212 (GRs Kindle 1st Edition)
How book qualified: Tagged England x4
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Date Completed: 10/14
Rating/Review: 3 stars

[*book:Once Upon a Duke|45551061]

Team Completion ~ Task 10

Jill | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Eugenia | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Michaele | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Shan ~A~ | https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Here is your next task!

Task 11 - 52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.

As a team select a color, then read 6 books with covers that are primarily the selected color. Books selected need to be clearly and obviously the selected color! You can use any edition’s cover to qualify. Please include the chosen color and the qualifying cover in your completion posts.

We all had blue as an option, so I think that's the winner.

Jill wrote: "We all had blue as an option, so I think that's the winner."

👍🏽Off to find blue cover(s)

Blue?

I am not sure, maybe run it past MKat?

COMPLETION POST
Task 11 - 52. Read 6 books with the same color cover, teams decide color.

Making the Naughty List
Pages: 179
How it fits: Blue cover

Read: 10/14
Rating: 3 Stars

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