Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

The Winner of Group E - Regency vs. the runner-up in Group F - LGBT

Readers
Anita
Cathy
Daffodil
Liz
medavis66
Nan
Shan
Shannon
Shelby
Sunshine
Susan A
Elizbeth
Roger
Vi
Sophia
joyce
Grace
Tabs

Votes
Regency - 2
LGBT - 2

Hi! For this group I will read:

For the Regency: The Duke and I. by Julia Quinn.
Finished: Sept 25. ★★★ 3.5/5

And for the LGBT:Aftermath. By Cara Dee.
Finished: Sept 26. ★★★★ 4/5


WINNER: LGBT

For Regency I am going to read Think of England - K.J Charles - 10/02/14 - 5 stars

and for LGBT - General Misconduct - L.A. Witt

E1-Regency ~ A Measured Risk by Natasha Blackthorne 10/05
Theme Rating:★★★★★
Book Rating:★★★★

vs.

F2-LGBT ~ A New Orleans Threesome by Louisa Bacio
10/11
Theme Rating:★★★
Book Rating:★★


And the winner is.... Regency!!!!

Regency: The Gentleman's Keeper
LGBT: Caught!

Guys, when do we start reading these books?

October 1st I believe I read!

No, it is from sep 23-oct 23.

thanks for the correction!

Thanks Vi!


For LGBT: by Kindle Alexander

Regency: by Ava March, First page November 1821, Yorkshire, England

Regency
The Wicked Deeds of Daniel Mackenzie, Jennifer Ashley, 10-21-14
Theme: 3/5 It's a historical. LOL. A lot of people have shelved the series as regency, but they fall late enough to be considered victorian instead.
Enjoyment: 4.5/5
Total: 7.5/10

LGBT
From the Ashes, Daisy Harris, 10-23-14
Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment: 2.5/5
Total: 7.5/10

Winner for me despite the tied score is Regency.

Hi. I'll probably go with these

Regency: Pride and Prejudice #1 popular regency books 10/16/14 ★★★
LGBT: Cut & Run shelved 69 times 10/14/14 ★★★★★

You guys can start reading today

when is the deadline for finishing them?

EDIT: Just saw Vi's post. So Oct. 23rd

Yep - 1 month

Hmmmm some thinking will be needed for this...toooooooo many choices!


☑ GROUP E

Genres
Regency - The Gentleman and the Rogue (10/20) ★★★★
Theme: 4.5/5
Enjoyment: 4.5/5
Total: 9/10

LBGT - Full Disclosure (10/21) ★★★★½
Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment: 4.5/5
Total: 9.5/10

Winner: LBGT

Would In Bed with a Highlander count as regency?

I think these will work

Regency: An Introduction to Pleasure
Vrs
LGBT: The Current Between Us


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Sunshine wrote: "Would In Bed with a Highlander count as regency?"

its too early - set in 1100's - regency is 1811-1820's

What about An Introduction to Pleasure?

its shelved as regency, so i'd say yes, but I haven't read it

great, thank you

Regency:
vs
LGBT:


Regency: Whitney, My Love, 9/30/2014, ★★★★
vs
LGBT: A Note in the Margin, 9/28/2014, ★★★★

Winner (tough choice, though): regency

Finished this group, and it was very close! I loved both of them.

Regency - The Temporary Wife by Mary Balogh
Theme 5/5
Enjoyment 5/5

LGBT - Dark Space by Lisa Henry
Theme 5/5
Enjoyment 4.75/5

Winner - Regency

I'm working on my Regency selection:


I will probably read for my LGBT.

:-) Elaine

Medavis66 wrote: "I'm working on my Regency selection:


I will probably read for my LGBT.

:-) Elaine"

Elaine - The Perks of Being a Wallflower is YA not LGBT

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

This is what I was going on. Sorry I misunderstood. I thought this made it qualify. I will read something else.

Medavis66 wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/users...

This is what I was going on. Sorry I misunderstood. I thought this made it qualify. I will read something ..."

If it's on that shelf then it qualifies no matter what.
One of the Characters is gay so I am assuming that is why people Tag it LGBT.

Nan, is that the rule in this group also. If it's on a shelf, even incorrectly, it still counts?

if there is a main character that is gay, then it qualifies as LGBT (plus 200+ ppl have it shelved that way) as long as there is a romance shelf as well

Shannon wrote: "Nan, is that the rule in this group also. If it's on a shelf, even incorrectly, it still counts?"

what is incorrect about it?

is there romance (yes/no)? is there a gay character (yes/no)? - if both of those answers are yes - then it qualifies

I was just asking about it in general not that particular book. In the M/M group if it's on a shelf where it doesn't belong at all it still counts for bingo and stuff and I didn't know if the rules were the same over here.

pretty much - i'm not being overly picky about requirements - as long its obvious how they made the pick it works for me

i've seen books used in categories that I def. wouldn't put them in, but people had them shelved that way

Dee wrote: "pretty much - i'm not being overly picky about requirements - as long its obvious how they made the pick it works for me

i've seen books used in categories that I def. wouldn't put them in, but pe..."

Sweet! Except I always feel guilty when that happens. lol

RegencyThe Gentleman's Keeper ★★★★

LGBT Guns n' Boys: Book 1, Part 1 ★★★★

Winner: LGBT

Dammit! I just read my regency book and thought I must be on some kind of crazy reading roll because it went by so fast. Yeah, it was only 80 pages! Back to the drawing board!! :/

Regency : The Season

LGBT: The Backup Boyfriend

Winner: Regency.

Regency: Think of England(was on the regency shelf) - 5 stars

LGBT:Blood & Thunder - 5 stars

Even though both books were excellent I am going to say LGBT was the winner since it was slightly better and kept my attention more.

I was just placed here. I will be reading Conduct Unbecoming for LGBT and I have to think about regency can someone tell me the time frame of regency?

going with

Regency:
Think of England (shelved as Regency)
read 10/12

theme: 4/5
enjoyment 4/5
total 8/10

LGBT:

Conduct Unbecoming (M/M book)
read 10/13

Theme 5/5
Enjoyment 4/5
total 9/10

Winner LGBT

Regency: Sharp Love ★★★
vs.
LGBT: Full Disclosure ★★★★

Winner: LGBT

Regency:
Everything Forbidden
Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment: 4/5
Total: 9/10

vs

LGBT:
The Backup Boyfriend
Theme: 5/5
Book: 4.25/5
Total: 9.25/10

WINNER: LGBT!!
(surprisingly close)

Regency 3 stars

LGBT 3 stars

Winner = Regency because overall it was a better representation of theme. I honestly didn't care for either book, but had to pick a "winner" somehow.

Round 2
Regency VS LGBT

Regency - Firelight - Kristen Callihan - 20/10/14
Theme: 3 - shelved as regency (I have no idea, I dislike Historicals, so, I don't know if was correct for the regency time period)
Enjoyment: 1
TOTAL: 4/10

LGBT - Primal Passions - Stephani Hecht - 18/10/14
Theme: 5/5 - shelved as MM romance
Enjoyment: 3/5
TOTAL: 8/10

WINNER: LGBT (by a mile)

as a reminder, this round ends Oct 23 at 6pm EST - please make sure you have your pairs completed/posted by then

Regency: Miss Lockharte's Letters by Barbara Metzger

The first half was good but the second half was less than ok. It was more of a romp but slightly ridiculous which sort of bought the book down. 2 stars

LGBT: Fair Game by Josh Lanyon
Relatively new to the M/M world but I enjoyed this book. I liked the suspense which made me enjoy the book more than a straight contemp would have I think. While I'm planning into jumping the bandwagon, I won't hesitate to pick a book because it's M/M. 3.5 stars.

Winner: LGBT

Regency Vs LGBT

Regency
Love Under Siege by Samantha Kane

2/5 Theme
1.5/5 Enjoyment
3.5/10 Total

LGBT
Enlightened by Joanna Chambers

5/5 Theme
5/5 Enjoyment
10/10 Total

Winner: LGBT

vs

Regency: One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean
Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment: 3/5

LGBT: Diving in Deep by K.A. Mitchell
Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment: 4/5

Winner: LGBT

Pair 5 - E1 – Regency VS F2 – LGBT
Books:

Regency: - One Dance with a Duke by Tessa Dare
Theme: ★★★. Spinster approaches Duke to forgive brother's gambling debt but they find love
Enjoyment: ★★★. This is my first Tessa Dare book. I wasn't moved that much. It was okay.
TOTAL: ★★★

LGBT - Scorpion by Aleksandr Voinov
Theme: ★★★.Political intrigue with warriors trained to defend the crown
Enjoyment: ★★★. The MC didn't end up with who I wanted
TOTAL: ★★★. (view spoiler)[ My love interest of choice died at the hands of the rival. I wanted the rival to go away. (hide spoiler)]

WINNER: LGBT only because I am so curious to know what happened that I bought book 2. So that is the series that made pick up the sequel