Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

Team Members

Tour Guide (Captain)
🛺 MKat

Guests
🚲 Danielle
🚲 Aiswyra
🚲 PurpleLadi (Dori)
🚲 R~wka

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. Tour Guide (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, 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 4 April

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 selection post Option 1 you must have:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
How the book qualifies - please note which qualifying bookshelf/list you are using or the tags that justifies that it works.
If the theme is based off the bookcover, post the cover. If there is a letter count in the title, publication date etc, please note these details.

For selection post Option 2 you must have:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
Name of the team-member, their star rating, the date they read the book.

For selection post Option 3 you must have:
Week #
PASS


For the completion post you must have:
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.

IF YOU NEED TO CORRECT A POST FOR MISSING INFORMATION or because the didn't qualify etc, please REPOST this information in a NEW post. Its difficult to find older posts when going backwards in the threads.

Themes Called

Week 1: 14. Tourist destination.
*Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong.

Week 2: 1. Mainland Europe.
*Read a book set in mainland Europe (aka Continental Europe). Mainland Europe does not include the UK or Ireland.

Week 3: 16. Around the World in 80 Days.
*Read a book with 8 and 0 in the publication date of the book's first Kindle edition.

Week 4: 15. BUS
*Read a book with the letters B, U and S in the name of the title, series and/or author.

Week 5: 3. The Americas
Read a book set in a country in North America or South America.

Week 6: 8. Country
*Read a book set in the country e.g. farm, ranch.

Week 7: 2. UK & Ireland
*Read a book set in the British Isles.

Week 8: 13. Vehicles ~ plane / boat / motorcycle / train / car / truck / bus
*Read a book with a vehicle on the bookcover (any edition).

Week 9: 9. Small town
*Read a book set in a small town.

Week 10: 12. Glasses / gloves / hat / bag / phone / watch
*Read a book with one of these items on the cover.

Week 11: 11. Clothes
*Read a book with clothes on the cover.

Week 1: 14. Tourist destination.

Selection Posts
MountainKat: Encore in Death by J.D. Robb; message #57
Danielle: Naked in Death by J.D. Robb; message #64
Aiswrya: A Deadly Affair by Carla Simpson; message #66
PurpleLadi: Almost Perfect by Delaney Diamond; message #62
R~wka: The Switch by Beth O'Leary; message #63

Completion Posts
MountainKat: Completed 4.9.2024; message #68
Danielle: Completed 4.9.2024; message #67
Aiswrya: Completed 4.9.2024; message #71
PurpleLadi: Completed 4.12.2024; message #78
R~wka: Completed 4.11.2024; message #74

Week 2: 1. Mainland Europe.

Selection Posts
MountainKat: Option 2; Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh; message #82
Danielle: The Forbidden Rose by Joanna Bourne; message #85
Aiswrya: Option 2; Devil in Disguise by Lisa Kleypas; message #88
PurpleLadi: Finding You by Jo Watson; message #83
R~wka: Dark Prince by Christine Feehan; message #86

Completion Posts
MountainKat: Completed 4.16.2024; message #90
Danielle: Completed 4.14.2024; message #89
Aiswrya: Completed 4.16.2024; message #91
PurpleLadi: Completed 4.17.2024; message #92
R~wka: Completed 4.20.2024; message #104

Week 3: 16. Around the World in 80 Days.

Selection Posts
MountainKat: Option 2; Payback in Death by J.D. Robb; message #98
Danielle: Option 2; Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb; message #110
Aiswrya: Masquerade in London by Emily L. Finch; message #109
PurpleLadi: A Picture Perfect Christmas by Candee Fick; message #102
R~wka: The Measure by Nikki Erlick; message #105

Completion Posts
MountainKat: Completed 4.21.2024; message #108
Danielle: Completed 4.23.2024; message #111
Aiswrya: Completed 4.24.2024; message #113
PurpleLadi: Completed 4.20.2024; message #107
R~wka: Completed 4.26.2024; message #118

Week 4: 15. BUS

Selection Posts
MountainKat: In Bed with the Duke by Christina Dodd; message #122
Danielle: Updated; Baden by Sawyer Bennett; message #138
Aiswrya: An Impossible Impostor by Deanna Raybourn; message #">message #125
PurpleLadi: Updated; The Duke's Bride by Erica Ridley; message #129
R~wka: Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin; message #123

Completion Posts
MountainKat: Completed 4.30.2024; message #133
Danielle: Completed 5.3.2024; message #143
Aiswrya: Completed 4.29.2024; message #132
PurpleLadi: Completed 4.28.2024; message #130
R~wka: Completed 5.3.2024; message #141

Week 5: 3. The Americas

Selection Posts
MountainKat: Name From a Hat Trick by L.A. Witt; message #149
Danielle: The Protector by Elin Peer; message #151
Aiswrya: In the Pines by Kendra Elliot; message #150
PurpleLadi: Corrected; I Am Ayah: The Way Home by Donna Hill; message #161
R~wka: Beach Read by Emily Henry; message #154

Completion Posts
MountainKat: Completed 5.7.2024; message #158
Danielle: Completed 5.6.2024; message #153
Aiswrya: Completed 5.6.2024; message #159
PurpleLadi: Completed 5.7.2024; message #157
R~wka: Completed 5.11.2024; message #167

Week 6: 8. Country

Selection Posts
MountainKat: ISO: In Search Of by Lucy Lennox and Molly Maddox; message #163
Danielle: Option 2; Gage by Sawyer Bennett; message #172
Aiswrya: Matterhorn by Christopher Reich; message #168
PurpleLadi: High Country Bride by Linda Lael Miller; message #166
R~wka: Lord Ravenscar's Revenge by Barbara Cartland; message #176

Completion Posts
MountainKat: Completed 5.12.2024; message #171
Danielle: Completed 5.15.2024; message #173
Aiswrya: Completed 5.12.2024; message #169
PurpleLadi: Completed 5.13.2024; message #170
R~wka: Completed 5.17.2024; message #178

Week 7: 2. UK & Ireland

Selection Posts
MountainKat: Taken by the Prince by Christina Dodd; message #179
Danielle: Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas; message #180
Aiswrya: PASS
PurpleLadi: A Match Made in Ireland by E.D. Hackett; message #183
R~wka: Rebellious Desire by Julie Garwood; message #192

Completion Posts
MountainKat: Completed 5.20.2024; message #186
Danielle: Completed 5.18.2024; message #181
Aiswrya: PASS
PurpleLadi: Completed 5.23.2024; message #188
R~wka: Completed 5.24.2024; message #196

Week 8: 13. Vehicles ~ plane / boat / motorcycle / train / car / truck / bus

Selection Posts
MountainKat: Glory in Death by J.D. Robb; message #200
Danielle: Assailants, Asphalt & Alibis by Tonya Kappes; message #208
Aiswrya: Murder at Queen's Landing by Andrea Penrose; message #205
PurpleLadi: PASS
R~wka: The Heart's Victory by Nora Roberts; message #202

Completion Posts
MountainKat: Completed 5.27.2024; message #204
Danielle: Completed 5.31.2024; message #211
Aiswrya: Completed 6.1.2024; message #217
PurpleLadi: PASS
R~wka: Completed 6.1.2024; message #216

Week 9: 9. Small Town

Selection Posts
MountainKat: Promise Canyon by Robyn Carr; message #219
Danielle: Totally Folked by Penny Reid; message #220
Aiswrya: The Next Always by Nora Roberts; message #218
PurpleLadi: A Country Affair by Debbie Macomber; message #227
R~wka: Cursed Cookies by Cindy Stark; message #225

Completion Posts
MountainKat: Completed 6.4.2024; message #230
Danielle: Completed 6.2.2024; message #221
Aiswrya: Completed 6.3.2024; message #222
PurpleLadi: Completed 6.10.2024; message #252
R~wka: Completed 6.8.2024; message #247

Week 10: 12. Glasses / gloves / hat / bag / phone / watch

Selection Posts
MountainKat: Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh; message #242
Danielle: Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill; message #250
Aiswrya: Plague Pits & River Bones by Karen Charlton; message #243
PurpleLadi: The Duke's Desire by Erica Ridley; message #251
R~wka: Murder by the Brush by S.E. Babin; message #244

Completion Posts
MountainKat: Completed 6.10.2024; message #254
Danielle: Completed 6.13.2024; message #262
Aiswrya: Completed 6.10.2024; message #253
PurpleLadi:
R~wka: Completed 6.14.2024; message #266

Week 11: 11. Clothes

Selection Posts
MountainKat: Imago by N.R. Walker; message #274
Danielle: Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood; message #275
Aiswrya: The Governess Affair by Courtney Milan; message #279
PurpleLadi:
R~wka: The Highland Guard and His Lady by Lori Ann Bailey; message #277

Completion Posts
MountainKat: Completed 6.14.2024; message #281
Danielle: Completed 6.14.2024; message #285
Aiswrya: Completed 6.14.2024; message #282
PurpleLadi:
R~wka: Completed 6.15.2024; message #286

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Hi team!! I'm really excited for this round to start - I've had way too much time on my hands lately. (Remind me I said that after I get the next round of TART started...) I'm looking forward to getting to know you all better this round!

I'm Kat. I live in the mountains of SoCal with my high school sweetie, we've been together forever. Our kids are all grown with families of their own, so it is just the two of us now. My hobbies are reading, spending time on GR and Disneyland. 😊 Since it takes me an hour or more to go anywhere, even the grocery store, audiobooks are my friends! And I get lots of listening time between the car and trying to stay pretty quiet because hubby works from home. (He doesn't do well with much distraction.)

I almost exclusively read romance and try to read a little of several sub-genres each month. I hope there is some overlap between our shelves because I seem to use Option 2 several times each round.

Our first task as a team is to come up with a team name that somehow relates to this round's theme - travel. I'm going to have to think on that a while. 🧐 Please share any ideas you have for a team name. Sometimes what you think is boring will be the springboard for something very clever!

Hi! Checking in :) my husband and I are celebrating our first anniversary and are away on vacation. I’ll be back with an intro when we’re back home. Excited to meet everyone!

Happy Anniversary Aiswrya!!

Hi ☺️

Is not my first timpe playng this team challenge (In the last round I lost the start of participation for this challenge, this thime I made it in timpe 😁)

Only thing I'm not good is with writing reviews. How English is not my basic language i'm sure i'm making spelling mistakes.

I like reading romance books (any type) but hopping for a happy end. I try to explore other genres but I can hardly find a book to catch my atention to finish it.

And I know is not something to say ... But I adore cats 😻

And happy anniversary Aiswrya! 🎉

About the grup name.... At this hour I have no ideeas, but maybe i dream about some names and tell tomorrow 😸

Welcome R~wka! Cats are pretty awesome!

Yay for google! I got some ideas there and adapted them to better fit both romance and reading. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Adventour
Adventurous Readers
Wanderlust/Wanderlust Readers
Globe Trotters
A Global Affair
Across the Universe
Destination Romance
Journey through Love
On the Road Again
Passport Pages
Romance Roamers
The Romance Readers Guide to the Galaxy


We should be able to do something withSightseeing or Sightseers, but I can't think of anything right now.

All suggestions ar good. Hard to decide, but if i need to peek 3 of tem:
Destination Romance
Journey through Love
Passport Pages

I think Passport Pages is my favorite.

Hey all!

I tend to read anything really, sci-fi, fantasy, contemporary, mystery. I just like to avoid kiddies in my books if I can.

R~wka ... I also adore cats! They're much more compatible with my 12hr shifts.

I don't have any name ideas, but I like A Global Affair, Passport Pages, and The Romance Reader Guide to the Galaxy. My favourite non-romance books are The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Around the World in 80 Days. So the last two name suggestions appeal to me!

Welcome Danielle! What do you do that has 12 hour shifts? The only thing that comes to mind for me is nursing.

Seems like Passport Pages is a common favorite. We will wait a little longer for the others to voice their thoughts though. 😊

Hey everyone, we need to let Jane know our team name by tomorrow. Please let me know your thoughts.

If there is no more response, I will just tell her “Passport Pages”.

MountainKat wrote: "Welcome Danielle! What do you do that has 12 hour shifts? The only thing that comes to mind for me is nursing.

Seems like Passport Pages is a common favorite. We will wait a little longer for the ..."

I work as an emergency services dispatcher (helicopters and trucks) less people than nursing which I much, much prefer. It's fun and I love 12hr shifts. I don't think I could go back to a regular 9-5 after working 12s for so long.

Sounds interesting. I've become too accustomed to not dealing with adrenaline anymore. Though I lived with it for many years. I was a home birth midwife, we ran on adrenaline no matter how easy things went! And we didn't have shifts, 9-5 or otherwise. There were weeks were I barely slept more than a few hours here or there. I loved it, but am glad not to be doing that all the time anymore. As hard as it was on me, I am sure it was nearly that hard on my family!

Hello again! I’m Aiswrya (Aish-war-ya). I live in NJ with my husband. I work a normal 9-5 job lol, so plenty of time for other activities. I can read pretty much anything, although I like to mix it up. I’m sure you’ll see me reading a bunch of different genres through this challenge :)

I’ve played PTP several times before. In fact, I think I was on your team on the previous round too, Kat! Sending friend requests to the new folks on the team for option 2.

Thank you all for the anniversary wishes ♥️

MountainKat wrote: "Hey everyone, we need to let Jane know our team name by tomorrow. Please let me know your thoughts.

If there is no more response, I will just tell her “Passport Pages”."

Sounds great!

MountainKat wrote: "Sounds interesting. I've become too accustomed to not dealing with adrenaline anymore. Though I lived with it for many years. I was a home birth midwife, we ran on adrenaline no matter how easy thi..."

I mean that sounds amazing but also sounds really stressful! I'll take babies being born on the other side of a telephone any day over being in the room.

Danielle wrote: "I mean that sounds amazing but also sounds really stressful! I'll take babies being born on the other side of a telephone any day over being in the room."

I don't know... I helped a couple over the phone once and it was more stressful than being there! I was filling in for their regular midwife and was on my way when it became apparent that the baby was going to be born before I could get there. I was about to hit an area with no signal so I had to pull over to talk them through it. The whole thing was super stressful because I wasn't technically on call for this birth (or any at that time), but their regular midwife wasn't available. So I didn't have any rapport with them and they didn't know me. It all worked out well in the end though.

I'm going to let Jane know our team name. 😊

ETA: I've sent friend requests to Danielle and R~wka.

Is someone want to read from my list for option 2 I made a tag: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

R~wka wrote: "Is someone want to read from my lis for option 2 I made a tag: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."

Thanks! And yay, you read an In Death book!! I can always fill in with one of those if I can't find anything else. I love Roarke and Eve!

Jane (PS) wrote: "Team Members

Tour Guide (Captain)
🛺 MKat

Guests
🚲 Danielle
🚲 Aiswyra
PurpleLadi
🚲 R~wka"

Hello Everyone.
Sorry for the late check in. I am new at this but promise to get better at this. I am Dori and love reading. Happy Anniversary Aiswyra. Thanks for accepting my friend request R~wka and Aiswyra. Passport Pages is a cute name.

R~wka wrote: "Is someone want to read from my list for option 2 I made a tag: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."

Thanks.

MountainKat wrote: "Danielle wrote: "I mean that sounds amazing but also sounds really stressful! I'll take babies being born on the other side of a telephone any day over being in the room."

I don't know... I helped..."

Wow, that is amazing. I bet that couple was so thankful to have you on the other side of the phone.

Danielle wrote: "MountainKat wrote: "Welcome Danielle! What do you do that has 12 hour shifts? The only thing that comes to mind for me is nursing.

Seems like Passport Pages is a common favorite. We will wait a li..."

Thank you for being an Emergency Service Dispatcher. That is a highly stressful job.

Hi Dori! Do you want to be called Dori or PurpleLadi?

Though honestly, I may just forget Dori because I will be seeing PurpleLadi. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Hey everyone, can you please let me know where you are located - at least the time zone? And maybe when you are mostly likely on GR? It's just easier to have an idea when people are more likely to be around. Thanks!

I'm in Southern California - even if we are supposed to get up to 8" of snow by Saturday morning... So, I'm on Pacific time.

Aiswrya said she was in New Jersey.

PurpleLadi

I am on the East Coast and usually on GR about once a day. Mainly to update my reading list and respond to messages. I will increase my foot traffic on the site.

Eastern time zone for me.

So three on the East Coast and me on the West. I don't remember exactly where R~wka is located but I'm pretty sure she is opposite as far as time. That is good to know - thanks everyone!