Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

Team Members

Captain: Elizabeth
Wax
Shannon
Emelie
Susan A
UnusualChild (beppy)

1. Introduce yourself to your team. Let your team members know where you are from. This is a great to know when categories are announced and when team-mates can expect other members to post their book choices.

2. Team 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 of SNOW WHITE, come up with a fun name. 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 7 March.

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.

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.

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 Annoucement 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 if Option 2 is used, members must select their book from another team. This will be advised in the week 11 announcement.

Key selection and completion post information. You must have ALL elements in your book posts.


The format for selection posts Option 1:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
How the book qualifies - please insert a link to the qualifying bookshelf/list.
If the theme is based off the bookcover or a letter in the title etc, please just repeat the theme.

The format for selection posts Option 2:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
Name of the team-member, their star rating, the date they read the book.


Format for completion posts:
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.

I'll be tracking each team's progress separately, using the Captain's summary in each team's thread to check for accuracy.

✔
Week 7: Reflective surface on cover
6/6
✔ Elizabeth: Lovers Like Us, selection completion
✔ Emelie: Groomzilla, selection completion
✔ Shannon: Walk a Mile, selection completion
✔ Susan A: St. Patrick's Day, 1945, selection completion
✔ UnusualChild (beppy): The Outsiders, selection completion
✔ Wax: 24 Hour Husband, selection completion

Week 8: Over 2000 ratings
6/6
✔ Elizabeth: The High King's Golden Tongue, selection completion
✔ Emelie: I'll Be Your Drill, Soldier, selection completion
✔ Shannon: Sinner's Gin, selection completion
✔ Susan A: Finding Family, selection completion
✔ UnusualChild (beppy): Rule Breaker, selection completion
✔ Wax: The Magpie Lord, selection completion

Week 9: Actor or entertainer MC
6/6
✔ Elizabeth: There's Something About Ari, selection completion
✔ Emelie: Treble Maker, selection completion
✔ Shannon: Robby Riverton: Mail Order Bride, selection completion
✔ Susan A: Squared Away , selection completion
✔ UnusualChild (beppy): Take Two, selection completion
✔ Wax: Aced, selection completion

Week 10: Shorter book
5/6
✔ Elizabeth: Suit Yourself, selection completion
Emelie: The Weight is Over, selection <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">completion<*/a>
✔ Shannon: Suck The Savage Beast, selection completion
✔ Susan A: Breaker of Chains, selection completion
✔ UnusualChild (beppy): Natural Enemies, selection completion
✔ Wax: Fire and Hail, selection completion

Week 11: Living From the Land
1/6
Elizabeth: Cowboys Don't Ride Unicorns, selection <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">completion
Emelie: , <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">selection<*/a> <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">completion<*/a>
Shannon: Timing, selection <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">completion<*/a>
Susan A: The Bone Orchard, selection <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">completion<*/a>
✔ UnusualChild (beppy): Painting the Cowboy, selection completion
Wax: <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">selection<*/a> <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">completion<*/a>

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Week :
0/6
Elizabeth: <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">selection<*/a> <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">completion
Emelie: , <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">selection<*/a> <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">completion<*/a>
Shannon: <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">selection<*/a> <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">completion<*/a>
Susan A: <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">selection<*/a> <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">completion<*/a>
UnusualChild (beppy): <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">selection<*/a> <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">completion<*/a>
Wax: <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">selection<*/a> <*a href="insert the link that you copied as per above">completion<*/a> (hide spoiler)]

Week 1: set in Europe
Completed 6/6
✔ Elizabeth: Sins of the Father, selection completion
✔ Emelie: Mending Him, selection completion
✔ Shannon: Survival Game, selection completion
✔ Susan A: The Dragon's Tale, selection completion
✔ UnusualChild (beppy): Love, in English, selection completion
✔ Wax: : The Best Corpse for the Job, selection completion

✔ Week 2 : Blond/Fair
Completed 6/6
✔ Elizabeth: Dead in L.A., selection completion
✔ Emelie: Return of the Chauffeur's Son, selection completion
✔ Shannon: Promises Part 4, selection completion
✔ Susan A: Facing West, selection completion
✔ UnusualChild (beppy): Country Boy, selection completion
✔ Wax: Timing, selection completion

✔ Week 3: 5 AND 3
6/6
✔ Elizabeth: Prosperity selection completion
✔ Emelie: The Bunny and the Billionaire, selection completion
✔ Shannon: Perfect, selection completion
✔ Susan A: A King's Rival, selection completion
✔ UnusualChild (beppy): The Wicked Wallflower, selection completion
✔ Wax: Dead in L.A., selection completion

✔ Week 4 :Historical tag -main page
6/6
✔ Elizabeth: According To Hoyle, selection completion
✔ Emelie: Millie Marries a Marshal, selection completion
✔ Shannon: Hexslayer, selection completion
✔ Susan A: A Scot's Surrender, selection completion
✔ UnusualChild (beppy): The Ruin of a Rake, selection completion
✔ Wax: Hexslayer, selection completion

✔ Week 5: Housekeeper
6/6
✔ Elizabeth: Hexmaker, selection completion
✔ Emelie: Ever After, selection completion
✔ Shannon: Damaged Like Us, selection completion
✔ Susan A: Road to the Sun, selection completion
✔ UnusualChild (beppy): Summer at Mustang Ridge, selection completion
✔ Wax: Frog selection completion

Week 6 : set in the woods
6/6
✔ Elizabeth:Good Bones, selection completion
✔ Emelie: The Stolen Suitor, selection completion
✔ Shannon: King of Snowflakes , selection completion
✔ Susan A: Felix and the Prince, selection completion
✔ UnusualChild (beppy):Catch of the Day, selection completion
✔ Wax: Mind Magic, selection completion

Hi everyone and welcome!
I'm Elizabeth, I live in Greece, I'm 42 yo, married, no children, 1 cat.
I read mostly MM the past years but I'd like to use for this challenge some paranormal and fantasy MF I've collected and didn't fit on any of my challenges so far. We'll see!
I hope everyone enjoy their reading during this challenge!
Please, feel free to introduce yourselves and maybe give some suggestion for our team name (theme is Snow White but the name isn't necessary to fit the theme).

Hi Elizabeth. Hey everyone else! I'm pretty sure I've been on teams with everyone before so Yay! I'm 47, married, 2 teenaged daughters, 3 cats, 2 dogs. I escape all of them quite a bit to go read, hence why I read so many books. :)

Can't wait to start this sucker. I'm ready!!

Hi team! I'm in Texas (CST), and usually read MM romance. I love team challenges because otherwise I don't feel motivated enough to finish. :)

Hello team! Why are we giving our ages! Seriously, I am sad to report that I have reached the age where I am in full denial and I actually have to do the math...so 46. 3 kids ... 12,15,18 and husband who works out of the country. No pets much to the dismay of my children who keep right on begging for them despite having lived with me for their entire lives. I live in NJ, that is EST. I read only the occasional MF, so I am delighted to see MM readers on the team. I was assuming that option 2 - Select a book from the 'READ' list of a team-mate that they read in the last 6 months AND that the team-mate rated at least 3 stars. wouldn't work for me. I am looking forward to checking out your shelves.

Team names...I really wish I was good at this...I don't know. Snow White is my least favorite Disney Princess, the twittering and complete lack of personality, she's vacuous. (Why do I have such a strong opinion about this?) Anyway, the only thing I like about Snow White is Chris Hemsworth as the Hunstmen...rather long for a team name.

Hi everyone i'm emeli i'm a twentyeight year old half latina from the land of the moderate sweden where i live with my videogame obsessed boyfriend and our fat cat.
And just a heads up i'm a big mm fan so my shelves are mostly mm
For team names
Sneezy-Wheezy
Pixie Chicks
The apple of Death
Mirror mirror on the wall
Whistle while you work

Hi team, I see everyone has checked, except beppy. I think we'll hear from her by Monday. The first call is next Friday.
We have some name suggestions from Emelie already, if anyone else has something more, feel free to post it (Shannon?)

I'm thinking Elizabeth. My names are always so freaking dirty!!

Shannon wrote: "I'm thinking Elizabeth. My names are always so freaking dirty!!"

A little dirty, like smudged, is fine :D

I'm not thinking of much. I don't know why!!!

Dwarves...Hmmm
Magic Mirror on My Ceiling....
Snow Not-So-White
Hemsworth Hunts-Man

Hmm, I think I need to check Hemsworth's huntsman!

Beppy is the only member missing from sign on. I've sent a PM (2 days ago). Pretty sure beppy has trouble with access but this is middle of the week :(

I've just sent another PM. Hopefully we'll hear soon!

In the meantime pick a name without beppy's input. I'd like to announce the first theme on Wednesday evening.

I like:

Pixie Chicks
Snow Not-So-White
Hemsworth Hunts-Man

Ok, my favorites:
Dwarves...Hmmm
Snow Not-So-White
Sneezy-Wheezy
Pixie Chicks

I am SO sorry. I posted something yesterday but it didn't take? Weird. And I can't remember my *absolute masterpiece introduction that was clever and very humourous.*

Hi, I'm Beppy. I live in northern British Columbia, and I will be on PST come Sunday. I have no hubs, no kids, no pets (which is making me sing Roger Miller's "King of the Road" right now.) I read just about every genre with a heavy emphasis on m/m, but since I'm just finishing up the Spell Challenge, I may be reading more m/f for a little bit.

I like Pixie Chicks, for some reason, and Snow Not-So-White.

*That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

Hi Beppy! Glad to hear from you!

Shannon, Susan and Emelie, please vote for your favorites among the team name suggestions!

Team name suggestions
Snow Not-So-White 4
Hemsworth Hunts-Man 1
Dwarves...Hmmm 1
Sneezy-Wheezy 1
Pixie Chicks 5
Magic Mirror on My Ceiling.... 0
The apple of Death 0
Mirror mirror on the wall 0
Whistle while you work 0

Snow Not-So-White or Pixie Chicks would work for me!

pixie chicks

So,
Snow Not-So-White 4
Pixie Chicks 5
and we're waiting for Susan.

Rats. Waiting on me. Sorry.

I like Snow no so white because pixie = tinkerbelle to me

Susan, just on time! I was about to declare our name and now we have 5-5.
Jane is probably going to post the first theme tonight, so we need to sort the name quickly.
So, could everyone (except of Emelie and Susan) please pick between Snow Not-So-White and Pixie Chicks, as soon as possible, preferably before the theme is called?

Snow-not-so-white 4 (Susan, Beppy, Elizabeth, Shannon) //Pixie Chicks 1 (Emelie)

Snow Not So White.

Snow Not So White for me, too.

Snow Not So White me three

No vote from Wax, but we have a result already (msg#27), so I'll go ahead and PM Jane.

I'll probably be asleep in a couple of hours, it;s already 11 pm in Greece, so the first one here after the theme is called could please post it with a link to Jane's post?
Thanks, in advance!

Week 1 Jane's Post

Option 1
1. Read a book set in Europe.

If you aren't sure, please use this wiki link to determine if your book qualifies: List of Sovereign States and Dependent Territories in Europe
The countries on the lists will quality (Recognized States and States with Limited Recognition).

Option 2
Key date: 8 September 2017


Please ensure you follow the format shown in msg 3 of your team threads. when you post your selection and completion posts.

I WILL be bugging you if you don't get all the elements in the post - your post is not considered valid until all elements are in there.

If you aren't sure how to link your book in, just ask - nearly all the members here can help :D (Hint: click on the 'add book/author' type at the top of the comment box.)

I'd like to read The Dragon's Tale. This is a m/m Arthur/Lancelot Camelot story. It's set in ancient Britain. The book mentions Britannia but not England or Britain.

Is this acceptable? Do I need to ask Jane in a separate thread?


(I have literally hundreds of other books set in Europe I can read)

Week #1 - Europe
Option 1


Survival Game by Susan Mac Nicol
Pages: 204
Qualifies: Takes place in London, England

Susan A wrote: "I'd like to read The Dragon's Tale. This is a m/m Arthur/Lancelot Camelot story. It's set in ancient Britain. The book mentions Britannia but not England or Britain.

Is this accept..."

I would ask Jane just to be sure.

There are so many books I could read! I could re-read The Moonspinners (Greece) or Madam, Will You Talk? (France) or The Summer Of The Spanish Woman (Spain) or A Falcon for a Queen (Scotland) or Wings of the Falcon (Italy). I kinda don't want to read a book set in England, but all the books that I'm gravitating toward right now are set there.

*runs off to find more books*

Week 1: Europe

Love, in English
Pages: 439
How it qualifies: takes place in Spain

Right now, I'm feeling a little battered by some of the crappy books I've had to read, so comfort re-reads were the first on my list of choices for this category, but I have decided to brave a new author.

No idea what to read :(

Week 1: Set in Europe

Sins of the Father
Pages: 252
How it qualifies: set in England (hopefully)

Week 1: Set in Europe

Mending Him
Set in england
200 pages

Week 1: Set in Europe

The Dragon's Tale
set in Britannia
168 pages

WEEK 1: SET IN EUROPE


The Best Corpse for the Job
298 pages/GR

Qualifies: Set in England

Week #1 Completion Post
Option 1


Survival Game by Susan Mac Nicol
Pages: 204
Read: 3/9/18
Rating: ★★★

I'm definitely in the minority with this one but just like the last book, it didn't connect for me. I'm not sure why but I was, dare I say it....bored. I liked the characters well enough and should have felt all kinds of things for them but I didn't. Could be me, for sure. I'm still enjoying the series so hopefully the next one will work better for me.

Week #1 Completion Post

Option 1


The Dragon's Tale by Harper Fox
pages 168pg
read: 3/12/18
4 stars
How it fits: set in Britannia, approved in QA thread

This is book 2 in a planned trilogy. MM tale of Arthur & Lancelot. I'm not sure how this happened, but I realized I don't actually know the story of Arthur Lancelot Camlot Guenyvere Merlin etc. Seems like I should. Anyway, I think I would enjoy the story more if I knew the basics of that tale. I love Harper Fox's writing when she is not injecting political commentary...fortunately none of that here. It's a beautifully descriptive magical tale, but less romance that the first book.

I haven't played this challenge in a while. Please let me know if I need to make any corrections to my post.

Susan A wrote: "I haven't played this challenge in a while. Please let me know if I need to make any corrections to my post."

Susan, your post is fine, no corrections needed.

Week 1: Set in Europe

Sins of the Father
3.5-4 stars
I enjoyed this series and I'm sorry it's over. There weren't much action in this installment, however a lot about Kael were explained and it was interesting and fun seeing him changing his views.

You're in luck...the series is not over with book 3


Reckoning by Fyn Alexander