Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

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Genre
Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle
Witches
age-gap
time travel
friends2lovers; enemies2lovers

Members
Ashleigh
Dragana
Elizabeth
Hina
Lama
Logan
Mandy
Margaret
medavis66
Rachel
Sandy
Scarlett
Sofia

* reserved for reporting status of books * :)

Books read: 5/5
Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle: Black Rook 8th Aug. ★★★★
Witches: Entangled 12th Aug. ★★★★
age-gap: Arouse 18th Aug. ★★★
time travel: The Mine 25th Aug. ★★★★
friends2lovers; enemies2lovers: Better off Friends 26th Aug. ★★★★


Rankings:
1. Witches
2. friends2lovers; enemies2lovers
3. time travel
4. Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle
5. age-gap

Does someone has recommendation of non-mm romances for age-gap genre?
I'm looking at the list and all I see are mm romances: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
If I don't find anything else, I might pick some pnr with vampires...

Hi Dragana,

You might try looking for "May-December" which is another term for age-gap.

My age-gap books tend to be smutty erotica, so I can't recommend any. Sorry!

However, here's some lists I found which I see a wider range of MF

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

Hope this helps. :)

there is an erin mccarthy fast track that is an age-gap - i think the first one in the series maybe

Dragana wrote: "Does someone has recommendation of non-mm romances for age-gap genre?
I'm looking at the list and all I see are mm romances: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
If I don't find anything e..."

Check this https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle: Wrong Bed, Right Guy, 8/12/2014, ★★ (shelved as "bad boy" "tattooed")
Witches: Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic, 8/6/2014, ★★★ (shelved as "witches" on the main page)
age-gap: A Matter of Time, Vol. 1, 8/6/2014, ★★★1/2 (Listopia "Gay and Sexy Characters 40+")
time travel: Life After Life 8/27/2014, ★★★ (genre "time travel" on the main page)
friends2lovers; enemies2lovers: The Fiery Heart, 8/2/2014, ★★★ (shelved as "friends-to-love by 1 person)



Ranking
1. Age-gap
2. Friends2lovers
3. Witches
4. Time-travel
5. Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle

My spot :)


My Rankings

1. Friends2lovers; enemies2lovers
2. Witches
3. Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle
4. Age-gap
5.


Books Read
Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle: Within Temptation by Tanya Holmes read 8/13/14
Rating: ★★★★ (3/5 for theme)

Witches: Eternity by Maggie Shayne read 8/28/14
Rating: ★★★★ (5/5 theme)

Age-gap: Arouse by Nina Lane read 8/8/14
Rating: ★★★★ (3/5 for theme)

Time travel: Binding Vows by Catherine Bybee

Friends2lovers; enemies2lovers: Falling for Her Fiance by Cindi Madsen read 8/26/14
Rating: ★★★★ (5/5 for theme)

@Elizabeth 'Life after life' is a wonderful book if you like whimsical literary historicals. :)

Thank you all for your lists. I didn't think to look for similar tags. I found a couple of interesting choices (at least for me) for age-gap category:

Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle Rules of Attraction 8/18/14 ★★★

Witches Dime Store Magic 8/8/14 ★★★★
Age-Gap When the Duke Was Wicked8/3/14 ★★★
Time Travel Outlander 8/28/14 ★★★★★
friends2lovers; enemies2loversThe Ugly Duchess 8/6/14 ★★★

My ranking:
1. Time Travel
2. Witches
3. Bad Boy
4. Friends to Lovers
5. Age Gap

Hey Everyone :)
I have a simple question
Do we have to read 5 books for each topic: like 5 books for tattooed/bad boy/motorcycle and for each one
Then when we are done rate the topics in the order that we liked them best?
Thanks for the help

Lama - you only have to read 1 book for each topic - so one tattooed/bad boy; 1 witches etc

Oh okay
Thanks :)
Got it now

Elaine's progress post

Books read: 4 of 5

My selections:

Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle - completed 8/2
Witches - completed 8/26
age-gap - completed 8/3
time travel - completed 8/30
friends2lovers; enemies2lovers - Completed 8/2

and Out of the Past is free...ne thinks this challenge be bad for bookshelves...

Wish we could pick our favorite topic out of the group we were assigned and read 5 books. I'd be all over Tattooed/ Bad boy/ Motorcycle so fast my head would swim. Plus, I would probably be done with the challenge at the end of the week. Gee, can you tell that is one of my favorites? Age gap was a struggle for me because I've read so many of the top ones and time travel was near impossible because I don't typically read it. Witches and Friends to lovers was easy-peasy for me.

How did the rest of you fair with the assignment?
:-) Elaine

if I had to pick a group, this would have been it - enemies 2 lovers/friends 2 lovers is a fav of mine

friends 2 lovers is my favorite type of romances too, so I am happy with my assigned group. :)

Medavis66 wrote: "Wish we could pick our favorite topic out of the group we were assigned and read 5 books. I'd be all over Tattooed/ Bad boy/ Motorcycle so fast my head would swim. Plus, I would probably be done ..."

Time travel is among my least favorite genres but thankfully I have two candidates. For the other genres I had many books to choose among.

Ranking:
1. Time travel - Downtime
2. Witches - The Book of Life
3. Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle - Fish & Chips
4. age-gap - The Gentleman and the Rogue
5. friends2lovers; enemies2lovers - The Heir Apparent

Books:

✔ Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle - Fish & Chips - Finished 8/8 - ★★★★★
(Best Gay Romance with Tattooed Characters list)
✔ Witches - The Book of Life - Finished 8/22/14 - ★★★★
(summary)
✔ age-gap - The Gentleman and the Rogue - Finished 8/12 - ★★★
(Favorite M/M Romances with an Age Difference Between Partners list)
✔ time travel - Downtime - Finished 8/15/14 - ★★★★★
(summary)
✔ friends2lovers; enemies2lovers - The Heir Apparent - Finished 8/12 - ★★★★
(Childhood Friends Become Gay Lovers list)

I just finished a time travel romance yesterday! Darn it. I am off to look for my books.

Can someone recommend a good friends to lovers/enemies to lovers? Preferably historical? Or a contemporary in which the heroine isn't TSTL?

Medavis66 wrote: "Reserved for Elaine

I am still tentative, but these are my current possible selections:

Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle
Witches
age-ga..."

I am so excited for Silver Shadows!

Sandy wrote: "Can someone recommend a good friends to lovers/enemies to lovers? Preferably historical? Or a contemporary in which the heroine isn't TSTL?"

Not sure if you have already read them or not..but a few that I thought of.

Enemies to Lovers:

Friends to Lover:

Hina wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Can someone recommend a good friends to lovers/enemies to lovers? Preferably historical? Or a contemporary in which the heroine isn't TSTL?"

Not sure if you have already read them or..."

Thank you, Hina! I've only read one of those (JR Ward).
I appreciate the recs!

I have a friends to lovers shelf and a dislike to like to love shelf as well if you want more choices. i was leaving work when I saw your post.

Here are some historicals recs from me too for you Sandy.
Enemies to lovers:
Friends to lovers:

Sandy/hina - Enemies on Tap - just came out that is e2l - think family feud type dislike

Dragana wrote: "Here are some historicals recs from me too for you Sandy.
Enemies to lovers:
Friends..."

Oh I loved the Bride by Julie Garwood...How did I forget that one! Beauty Tamed the beast was very good too.

Hina wrote: "Oh I loved the Bride by Julie Garwood...How did I forget that one! Beauty Tamed the beast was very good too. "

'The Bride' is such a wonderful book. Full of laughter and of course romance. :)
'Love, Come to Me' is one of the first Kleypas books, but I loved it. Like 'Gone with the wind' just twisted situation: Yankee girl & Southerner. You should read it Hina! (if you did not already)

BTW There's another great enemies2lovers book -> Gone with the Wind

Dragana wrote: "Hina wrote: "Oh I loved the Bride by Julie Garwood...How did I forget that one! Beauty Tamed the beast was very good too. "

'The Bride' is such a wonderful book. Full of laughter and of course rom..."

I love that book, I read The Bride at least once every year. Lisa Kleypas's book has been on my shelf for a while...let's see if I get to it.

Tattoed/ Bad boy Obsidian 4 start
Witches A Discovery of Witches 4 stars
Age gap On the Island 5 stars
Time travel Hourglass 2 stars
Friends2lovers His Unlikely Lover 3 stars

Rankings
1. Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle
2. friends2lovers; enemies2lover
3. Age gap
4. Witches
5. Time travel

Dragana wrote: "Here are some historicals recs from me too for you Sandy.
Enemies to lovers:
Friends..."

Thank you! I've read When Beauty Tamed the Beast and the Bride but not the others. Gone With the Wind is one of my all time favorites! I want to re-read it!

Dragana wrote: "Does someone has recommendation of non-mm romances for age-gap genre?
I'm looking at the list and all I see are mm romances: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
If I don't find anything e..."

Here's a bunch of m/f age-gap books Dragana :)


The Boss
Arouse
Destructively Alluring
Game Plan
The Education of Sebastian
Unbridled
Soft Sounds of Pleasure
Dirty Distractions
Fallen from Grace
Keeping Pace

Thanks Fran. I already read only Fallen from Grace and it was good. :)

Hi all!

Group B
Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle - Road of No Return ★★★★
Witches - Coal to Diamonds ★★★
age-gap - Domination ★★★★★
time travel - Shadows on the Heart ★★★
friends2lovers; enemies2lovers - Blind Space ★★★★★

Order
1. enemies to lovers
2. Age Gap
3. Tattooed/Bad Boy
4. Witches
5. Time Travel

Reserved :)

Genre
Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle
Witches
age-gap
time travel
friends2lovers; enemies2lovers

Oh yummy you all got the sexy Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle category :) Definitely a favorite of mine . Enjoy those bad boys ;)

hey guys
I currently have an uncompleted list
Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle -- Not sure
Witches -- Not sure
age-gap Anyone But You
time travel The Time Traveler's Wife
enemies2lovers The Wedding Favor

If you are looking motorcycle, tatted, bad boys with romance, try anything by Kristen Ashley, Julie Ann Walker, and Jaci Burton. There's also Katy Evans.

Witches? If you want mild, go for something like Hex Hall. I personally love the House of Night series by P.C. Cast - I think Marked is book 1.

World Cup of Romance Reading - Phase 1 - Round Robin
Aug 1 to Aug 31 2014

Group B

Genre

Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle - Sticks & Stones by Madeleine Urban. On
Best Gay Romance Books with Tattooed Characters List
Witches - Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts.
Age-gap - Vampire, Interrupted by Lynsay Sands.
Time Travel - Son of the Morning by Linda Howard.
Friends2lovers; enemies2lovers - Kaleidoscope by Kristen Ashley.



Ranking:
1. Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle - Sticks & Stones by Madeleine Urban. 8/19/14 ★★★★★
2. Friends2lovers; enemies2lovers - Kaleidoscope by Kristen Ashley. 8/21/14 ★★★★★
3. Age-gap - Vampire, Interrupted by Lynsay Sands. 8/14/14 ★★★★★
4. Time Travel - Son of the Morning by Linda Howard. 8/18/14 ★★★★
5. Witches - Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts. 8/13/14 ★★★

Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle
Witches
age-gap
time travel
friends2lovers; enemies2lovers

Done! Updated Message 42.

Added to group 08/20

Books:
Tattooed/Bad Boy Shelf: The Gamble 688 pages 08/27 Rating:★★★★★
Witches Shelf: Wickedest Witch 207 pages 08/31 Rating:★★★★
Age-gap shelf: Gabriel's Inferno 506 pages 08/22 Rating:★★★★
Time travel Shelf: Time travel Shelf: Beyond the Highland Mist 388 pages 08/31 Rating:★★★★★
Friends2lovers;enemies2lovers Shelf: Wallbanger 384 pages 08/30 Rating:★★★★

Starting Rank:
1.friends2lovers; enemies2lovers
2.time travel
3.Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motorcycle
4.age-gap
5.Witches

Final Rank:
1.time travel
2.Witches
3.age-gap
4.friends2lovers; enemies2lovers
5.Tattooed/Bad Boy/Motercycle

when it comes to ranking your final books - consider 2 things - 1) your enjoyment of the book and 2) how well the theme was presented/reflected through-out - so you could have a book that you enjoyed more, be lower ranked than one with the theme being a stronger role - if you have any questions, let me know

Finished Group B. Final ranking in Message 21.

Sorry - I went back and updated based on your message in 46.

Thanks Logan ;)

That was tough! But a fun exercise trying to balance theme/enjoyment.