Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

I am planning to bring back H&T later in the year as a challenge. I'll be changing the board (of course) so I'd like to take suggestions of:

- New Shelves you'd like to see in the next H&T
- Current Shelves you would NOT like to see in the H&T (I know about Mail Order Bride already, LOL!)
- Ideas for Tasks

Romance shelves are preferred but other genres as welcome as well. Please note that I'm looking for shelves with proper spelling, unless the acronym is well known. For instance YA-romance is OK, but not YA-Rom.

liked:
steampunk
highlander
friends-to-lovers
dystopia
native american
science fiction


not a fan:
thriller
horror
classics (shudder)


suggestions
(to steal some from my monthly suggestions links)
ya-fantasy
young love
college romance
angels


will probably post more if I come across a big shelf that wasn't covered

some suggestions:
contemporary western
magic
stand-alone

Current Shelves I would NOT like to see in the next H&T:
mm, law-enforcement, mail-order-bride, native-american-romance,

New Shelves you'd like to see in the next H&T:
- opposites-attract
- culinary-romance
- new-adult

Great ideas ladies!

Also, don't forget to suggest some tasks too. :)

I'm not a huge horror fan.

Task:
Based on the number you roll, read a book from that page of your TBR (that may be a little more detailed than what you're looking for)

Shelves:
angst
sounds-interesting
made-into-movie
steamy
harlequin
book-club-ideas
faeries
betrayal

Great shelves! Keep them coming!

Not a big fan of-
Fantasy
Dragons
Horror


Shelves-
guilty-pleasures
romantic
hot
emotional
sexy
bad-boys
book-boyfriends

Love that book boyfriends shelf! I didn't even know such a shelf existed!!

I guess horror is going away, LOL!

D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~ wrote: "Love that book boyfriends shelf! I didn't even know such a shelf existed!!

I guess horror is going away, LOL!"

Yay for Horror going away, LOL! I forgot to add Classics to the shelf I wouldn't mind getting booted :)

Classics is also on the dock. Non Romance shelves will be the first to go. :)

I will probably make it more romance focused next time. With your help, there are tons of new shelves we could have.

That said though, I'll go through the shelves and see which ones were the most read and the least read. The latter are definitely coming back.

I am loving the book-boyfriends shelf!

I've had no issues with any of the shelves I have landed on.

Suggestions for shelves for next round :
Love-Hate
Gothic Romance

Hahaha I'm joining the Book Boyfriends club. Awesome find!


Just found another:
swoon-worthy

For the task idea - something about cover colors maybe.
Read a book with a red, blue or black cover or some other combo of colors.

One more task idea -
Read a book with more than 10 000 ratings on GR.

Awesome, awesome shelves!

Shelf ideas:
military or military-romance
favorite-couple(s)
summer
winter
funny or laugh-out-loud - because one humor shelf isn't enough :-)
favorite-series

And I second the steamy shelf and 3rd the book-boyfriends shelf.

Mrs.soule wrote: "
funny or laugh-out-loud - because one humor shelf isn't enough :-)"

Agree, LOL!

my only complaint about book-boyfriends (is at first glace) it is primarily YA romance - so we need to spice it up a bit!

Dee wrote: "my only complaint about book-boyfriends (is at first glace) it is primarily YA romance - so we need to spice it up a bit!"

How about Sexy men

Great one, Carrie!!

well, there's something to be said for those youngin's. so much energy....

okay. I think that fills my pervy quotient for the day.

Oh wait! I do have a point to this post other being a mini-cougar (cougarette?)

Tasks:
1. Read a book from a GR buddies favorite list.
2. Read a book from a new series.
3. Read the oldest book on your GR TBR.
4. Read a book published during the months of the tournament, from any year.

Other than that, I like the colors task that Skandia suggested

HAHAHAHAHA Ty!!

Dee wrote: "my only complaint about book-boyfriends (is at first glace) it is primarily YA romance - so we need to spice it up a bit!"

One of my Goodreads friends has a shelf called "Helloooo lovaaaa." LOL.

LOL!

Dee wrote: "my only complaint about book-boyfriends (is at first glace) it is primarily YA romance - so we need to spice it up a bit!"


I did include hot, bad-boys, sexy, and guilty-pleasures shelves to that list ;)

Now I have found a good shelf
Men in Uniform

How about:

read a book that is in the first 10 on your goodreads TBR shelf.(it would be a way to get some of the old ones hanging around on the list out of the way) I wanted to put oldest book on the list but thought that would be too restrictive LOL)

oops I see Ty already did that

I liked the Horror shelf. I found a really good book in there that wasn't too heavy on the horror but just right

Shelves I did not like
MM
Abandoned
Sports-Romance
Medieval Romance

Suggestions:
Best Paranormal Series
Books You Wish More People Knew About
Best Humorous Books
Character You Most Want to Sleep With

I could not find a list I liked about books being media tie-in or a tv series being made from a book but this is a shelf that I would love

I don't really like horror, thrillers.

I love fantasy, scifi, and time travel, magic, historical romance, or stories about apprentice How about romance in space? Have the developed a space suit to be able to make love among the stars?

Love the shelves boyfriends, swoon worthy, and made into a movie ideas.

This month a couple of my challenges did a few things different that you might consider. This month was St Pat and there were, of course, green covers, but one challenge had Green in the title/series and Green author's name. So a task could be a color in the title/series &/or color in the author's name.

There was also: Green with Envy, Green with Jealousy, Going green Environment, Green Thumb, Rolling in the Green Money, Being Green Sick. There are other colors that are linked to ideas and emotions, etc. Like Purple for Royalty Royal Royalty

A few other possibilities
Heroic Profession-Fireman, Police, Military
Geek
Paranormal Romance
Holiday Romance Most are Christmas but I seen other holidays too.
Billionaire Romance

I also have a challenge that did Aussie authors. Could do a task that has you read an author from a certain country and say that it is a romance. Example: Aussie Romance Author.

Thanks all for your feedback!

Joyce wrote: "Shelves I did not like
MM
Abandoned
Sports-Romance
Medieval Romance

Suggestions:
Best Paranormal Series
Books You Wish More People Knew About
Best Humorous Books
Character You Most Want to Sle..."

I like Books You Wish More People Knew About. There are a lot of good books that don't get the buzz for some reason.

Thought of another possible shelf

single parent

AWESOME shelf, Gwendolyn! Thanks so much!!

What about "read more than once". I ran into this one and thought this might be good.

Here's a few more possible shelves


evil

good evil

freebies

I enjoyed all of the shelves. I thought there was a nice variety. I like all of the new suggestions as well. I am looking forward to the next tournament!

Thought of another possible shelf

College Romance

Any news when this challenge will start? I missed it the last time around and would love to parcipitate this time.

Katharina wrote: "Any news when this challenge will start? I missed it the last time around and would love to parcipitate this time."

Not sure yet, Katharina. It all depends on my job situation. If I'm still sitting on my behind come January, I may start it then. If I get a new job soon, then I may delay the challenge until the spring.

Thanks for the quick reply and I wish you the best of luck on your job hunt even if it delays the challenge.

hey. I missed this reading tournament and was wondering when the next one would be so I could watch out for it

Probably not until next year, Joanne.

what about link: All Time Favorite Romance Novels?

vampires
summer reads
anthology
guilty pleasure
demons
would read again
life and death
awesome female leads

heroes I love
new to start series