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The BTC3 - Love at First Bite (2)
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 3🌹🌹Theme - First Love🌹
The dates will begin on Saturdays at 6 PM EST, at that time the task for each date will be announced. Books must be completed and posted by the following Friday at Midnight EST, except when on your 'DestinationDate' when you will have until the second Friday. Roses will be awarded before the next date begins. Each date we will be working towards spelling out B-A-C-H-E-L-O-R. The tasks for each letter will be posted in advance, but you will not know which task will be used until the date begins.
Roses are earned by:
🌹 The First Rose 🌹 Teams earn this rose by reading 4 books fitting the task during the date. (One rose possible per team per date.)
Bonus roses may be earned by:
🌹 Speed Dating Rose 🌹 The team that finishes has 4 members finishing 4 books (1 each) and posts in the Q&A/Announcement thread first wins this bonus rose. Note, posting is required to earn this rose. (One rose possible per date.)
🌹 Team Dating Rose 🌹 Teams with each member completing the task (with a minimum of 6 books read) earn this additional rose. (One rose possible per team per date.)
🌹 Serial Dating Rose 🌹 For every multiple of 8 books read, teams will earn a rose. So 8 books is one rose, 16 books is 2 roses, 24 books is 3 roses and so on. (Number of roses will vary each date.)
🌹 Multiple Date Rose 🌹 The player who reads the most books for the date earns this bonus rose for their team. (One rose possible per date unless there is a tie.)
🌹 Longest Date Rose 🌹 The player that reads the longest book for the date earns this bonus rose for their team. (One rose possible per date unless there is a tie.)
🌹 Page Turner Rose 🌹 The team that reads the most combined pages for the date, English language editions only for page count, earns this bonus rose. (One rose possible per date unless there is a tie.)
🌹 Scavenger Hunt Rose 🌹This special rose is earned by finding a book that fits each rule for the letter the date represents, for example B is for Big Apple (set in NYC), Body Art (tattoo on cover), Beginning (first in series/trilogy) and Beach (beach on cover or setting with beach). After posting your completion, post in the Q&A thread. This rose may be earned multiple times per date but only once per book. The first person to post each book claims the rose for that book, other books could earn it though. (Number of roses available per date will vary.)
Teams will not be eliminated even if they earn no roses, they will have a chance to catch up by earning additional roses on other dates. Players will be eliminated if they do not complete the task on two consecutive dates. Eliminated players will not be replaced. Remember, players are allowed to read multiple books for a given date in order to earn bonuses and/or to make up for teammates who do not read their book or who have been eliminated.
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Information required when posting your completion/s:
❤️❤️ Date Task
❤️ Book/cover link
❤️ Page numbers with source
❤️ How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary. Links required for lists, tags and other editions.
❤️ Dated Completed with Rating.
❤️ If this is your second (or more) book for the task, also include that information.
Please include only this information. A small review may be included if desired, but is not required. No other discussion allowed though.
❤️You will need make a new post for your completions.❤️ If you update a prior post, i.e., if you saved posts for your completions, they will be missed when I do the accounting for each date. Make sure your books count - make a new post!
Although you will not need to make selection posts like in the PtP, your teammates might like ideas for what to read so sharing what you're reading could be very helpful. If you have any question if your book qualifies, it would be better to find out before you read it - ask your teammates or in the Q&A/Announcement thread.
DO NOT DELETE COMMENTS OR POSTS! Even if your book doesn't qualify or you are asked for corrections, do not delete your comment. Deleted comments will confuse the tracking and may lead to books being missed! If you wish, you may strike through your comment using < s > ... < /s > without the spaces, but do not delete the comment or post!
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 3🌹🌹Theme - First Love🌹
Books must be a minimum of 90 pages and MPG Romance. Contemporary Romance, Historical Romance, Paranormal Romance or similar is acceptable, but it must be romance. There will be NO EXCEPTIONS on the MPG Romance rule. Audiobooks and rereads are ok. Books can only be read once per person during the challenge even if it fits multiple categories. Once the task for the date is announced, you may not tag a book so that it fits or edit any lists - this must be done before the date begins.
MPG = Main Page Genre:
On the main page of the book on the right hand side there is a section that says "Genres". Anything listed under that section is counted as an MPG.
MPG Romance = Main Page Genre Romance:
In the "Genres" section described above, there must be 'Romance". It could be Contemporary Romance, Historical Romance, Paranormal Romance or MM Romance, but it has to have 'Romance' listed.
Completion PostsWhen making your completion posts, remember you must include how the book/s qualify. If the task states, for example (and this is just an example!):
A is for Athlete - Read a sports romance, qualification from the title, précis, list or tags.
Saying 'the hero is a runner' or 'MC is an athlete' doesn't qualify the book. Using 'précis states that hero is a football player' or 'tagged sports by 7 people' does qualify the book. Remember that links are required for lists, tags and different editions.
Also, when using the cover as the qualifier, post the cover image in your completion.
Please remember that all tags/lists must qualify IN CONTEXT!! Links MUST be provided.
Don't make more work for yourself than necessary - if the qualifier is in the title or on the cover, use it! You don't have to go searching for tags to make it work. 😊 If the link you use for the book is the same you are using for the page count and edition - say so (see above edition or something similar)! That saves us all some steps. But please double check your links!
You may use separate editions of your Scavenger Hunt books to qualify for the different tasks. Links MUST be provided.
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 3🌹🌹Theme - First Love🌹
I will be tracking each team's completions and using the captains' tracking to confirm before awarding roses at the end of each date.
Captains, anything you can do to help is appreciated, particularly with the Longest Date and Page Turner Roses!
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 3🌹🌹Theme - First Love🌹
Captains, please reserve a few spaces for tracking.
Introduce yourselves to your teammates. Let then know where you are from, what your interests are in life and in books! Consider friending each other, that makes it easier to follow the goings on.
Your first task as a team is to come up with a team name. The theme of First Love and your team name should relate to that. Captains, please post your team name in the Q&A thread when you have decided.
Roses Earned
Date 1 - Total Roses - 8
The First Rose - 1
Team Dating Rose - 1
Serial Dating Rose - 3
Scavenger Hunt Rose - 3
Date 2 - Total Roses: 12
The First Rose: 1
Team Dating Rose: 1
Serial Dating Rose: 3
Scavenger Hunt Rose: 7
Date 3 - Total Roses - 7
First Rose - 1
Team Dating Rose - 1
Serial Dating Roses - 3
Scavenger Hunt Roses - 2
Date 4 - Total Roses - 4
First Rose - 1
Team Dating Rose - 1
Serial Dating Roses - 2
Date 5 - Total Roses: 16
First Rose - 1
Team Dating Rose - 1
Serial Dating Roses - 2
Scavenger Hunt Roses - 12
Date 6 - Total Roses - 5
First Rose - 1
Team Dating Rose - 1
Serial Dating Roses - 1
Scavenger Hunt Roses - 2
Date 7 -
Date 8 -
Running Total: - 52
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 3🌹🌹Theme - First Love🌹
Date Tasks:
At the beginning of each date, one of the tasks for that week's letter will be randomly selected. The letters will be used in order. You will need to read a book that meets the task requirements, as well as the other requirements listed above, to complete the task.
B is for Baubles - Read a book with jewelry on the cover.
B is for Blue - Read a book with a primarily blue cover.
B is for Baby - Read a book with pregnancy, baby or child in story. Qualification can be from the title, précis, tags or lists.
B is for Beast - Read a shapeshifter book. Qualification can be from the title, series, précis, tags or lists.
A is for Attorney - Read a book with an attorney MC, character needs to work in the legal field. Law enforcement does not qualify. Qualification from the title, précis, tags or list.
A is for Award - Read a book that has won an award. This info needs to be included on the GR main book page.
A is for Amuse - Read a humorous book. Qualification can be from tags or lists.
A is for Attire - Read a book with fully clothed people/person on the cover.
C is for Chaste - Read a book with a virginal character. Qualification can be from the title, précis, tags or lists.
C is for California - Read a book set, at least in part, in California. Qualification from the GR main book page, title, précis, tags or lists.
C is for Calligraphy - Read a book that's title is in a cursive font.
C is for Curiousity - Read a book with a mystery tag.
H is for Hair - Read a book with long hair (below the shoulder) on the cover.
H is for Hipporcrates - Read a book with a doctor, nurse or paramedic as a MC. Qualification can be from the title, series, précis, tags or lists.
H is for Headless - Read a book with a headless person (nothing showing above the jaw) on the cover
H is for Helper - Read a book written by more than one author. Qualification will be on the GR main book page or provide a link to the author page if the duo uses a pseudonym.
E is for Eyes - Read a book with eyes on the cover.
E is for Ejected - Read a book with a DNF tag.
E is for Elf - Read a holiday book, any holiday works. Qualification can be from the title, précis or tags.
E is for Enunciate - Read a book with an audio edition. You do not need to listen to the book, but must provide a link to the audio edition.
L is for Leather - Read a book with a person wearing leather on the cover.
L is for Lady - Read a book with a single female on the cover.
L is for Lasso - Read a western/cowboy romance. Qualification can be from the title, précis, list or tags.
L is for Lecture - Read a book with a teacher MC. Qualification from the title, précis, list or tags.
O is for On Paper - Read a book that has a MMP edition. You do not need to read the mass market paperback edition, but need to provide the link to it to qualify.
O is for Obedient - Read a BDSM or Inspirational romance. Qualification from précis, list or tags.
O is for Octave - Read a book with a singer/musician MC. Qualification from title, precis, list or tags.
O is for Outlast - Read a book that is in the middle of a series or is in an incomplete series. Provide link to series page to qualify.
R is for Rustic - Read a book with rural setting. Qualification from the GR main book page, 'small town' or 'country' tag, or precis.
R is for Rescue - Read a book with a pet in the story. Qualification can be from precis, list, or 'cat', 'dog' or 'pet' tag.
R is for Rain - Read a book with inclement weather (rain, snow, wind) on the cover.
R is for Recent - Read a book initially published in the last year.
Details on each task's requirements will be provided prior to the beginning of that specific date.
Weekly ThemesDate 1 - B is for Beast - Read a shapeshifter book. Qualification can be from the title, series, précis, tags or lists.
Date 2 - A is for Award - Read a book that has won an award. This info needs to be included on the GR main book page.
Date 3 - C is for Curiousity - Read a book with a mystery tag.
Date 4 - H is for Helper - Read a book written by more than one author. Qualification will be on the GR main book page or provide a link to the author page if the duo uses a pseudonym.
Date 5 - E is for Elf - Read a holiday book, any holiday works. Qualification can be from the title, précis, tags or lists.
Date 6 - L is for Lasso - Read a western/cowboy romance. Qualification can be from the title, précis, list or tags.
Date 7 - O is for Obedient - Read a BDSM or Inspirational romance. Qualification from précis, list or tags.
Date 8 -
Date 6 - LThrough msg #408
~KarenH~
1. Mackenzie's Mountain - Completion Post - 375 pages
2. Grant - Completion Post - 251 pages
3. Wound Tight: Rough Riders/Blacktop Cowboys Crossover - Completion Post - 195 pages
4. Once An Outlaw - Completion Post - 224 pages
CB
1. Mackenzie's Mountain - Completion Post - 375 pages **SH**
2. Loving Cara - Completion Post - 353 pages
Hazel
1. A SEAL's Struggle - Completion Post - 189 pages
Laura
1. Rocky Mountain Heat - Completion Post - 224 pages
2. Sweet Montana Sky - Completion Post - 156 pages
3. Desert Blood - Completion Post - 134 pages
Nicole
1. Riding Hard - Completion Post - 269 pages
Trio
1. Winter Hearts - Completion Post - 238 pages **SH**
2. Hay - Completion Post - 104 pages
3. Cowboy Easy - Completion Post - 123 pages
Date Totals:
The First Rose:
Speed Dating Rose:
Team Dating Rose:
Serial Dating Rose:
Most books read:
Longest book read:
Total Page Count:
Scavenger Hunt Rose -
Total Roses (subject to change):
Date 7 - OThrough msg #440
~KarenH~
1. Coming Undone - Completion Post - 306 pages **SH**
2. Inside Out - Completion Post - 320 pages **SH**
3. You Only Love Twice - Completion Post - 360 pages
4. The Forbidden Billionaire - Completion Post - 242 pages
5. Luscious - Completion Post - 172 pages
6. Adored - Completion Post - 216 pages
CB
1. Rock Hard - Completion Post - 429 pages **SH**
2. Feral Sins - Completion Post - 428 pages
Hazel
1. Teach Me - Completion Post - 274 pages
2. Love Me - Completion Post - 260 pages
3. Catch Me - Completion Post - 278 pages
Laura
1. Lusted - Completion Post - 156 pages
Nicole
1. Tied to the Tycoon - Completion Post - 240 pages
Trio
1. Be My Mistake - Completion Post - 129 pages
2. Daddy Issues - Completion Post - 365 pages
3. Will & Patrick Meet the Mob - Completion Post - 147 pages
4. Officer Cain: The Complete Series - Completion Post - 225 pages
Date Totals:
✔The First Rose: 1
Speed Dating Rose:
✔Team Dating Rose: 1
✔Serial Dating Rose: 2
Most books read: 6 (Karen)
Longest book read: 429 pages (CB)
Total Page Count: 4,547
✔Scavenger Hunt Rose - 3
Total Roses (subject to change): 7
Date 8 - RThrough msg #467
~KarenH~
1. Love at First Bark - Completion Post - 352 pages **SH**
2. Wicked Bite - Completion Post - 370 pages
3. Almost Just Friends - Completion Post - 384 pages
4. Fatal Accusation - Completion Post - 400 pages
5. A Madness of Sunshine - Completion Post - 352 pages
6. Into the Dark - Completion Post - 621 pages
7. Closer - Completion Post - 107 pages
CB
1. Devil's Bargain - Completion Post - 296 pages
2. Windy City Dragon - Completion Post - 312 pages
Hazel
1. No Judgments - Completion Post - 384 pages **SH**
Laura
1. Beauty and the Professor - Completion Post - 260 pages
Nicole
1. The Deal - Completion Post - 273 pages
Trio
1. The Beast in the Nothing Room - Completion Post - 160 pages
Date Totals:
✔The First Rose: 1
Speed Dating Rose:
✔Team Dating Rose: 1
✔Serial Dating Rose: 1
Most books read: 7 (Karen)
Longest book read: 621 pages (Karen)
Total Page Count: 4,271
✔Scavenger Hunt Rose: 2
Total Roses (subject to change): 5
Hi Team!I'm Karen, and I live in the middle of nowhere in NW Washington state. It's beautiful and I love living here, but being almost a 30 minute drive from the nearest grocery store or gas station can be a pain at times!
I've been involved in both of the previous Bachelor challenges, but only participated in the first one...assisted Kat with hosting duties in the last round since she was recovering from surgery in the early rounds.
I read probably 95% romance, maybe even more than that, but will throw in a VERY occasional mystery/thriller or general fiction if something catches my eye. There's not much in the romance genre that I don't read and enjoy, from G-rated to erotica (most of what I read probably falls right in the middle of that range though). I also read almost any sub-genre, although most Inspirational tends to really irritate me so I avoid it, and I'm pretty picky about YA - generally need a recommendation from someone who I know has similar tastes to mine to take a chance on it. Other than those two categories, I'm pretty much open to anything.
Our first task is to come up with a team name, and the theme for this round is "First Love". I hope at least one of you is better at team names than I am, because creativity is not my strong suit and I'm drawing a complete blank on this one.
So, take a few minutes to introduce yourself, and if you have any ideas for a team name, definitely put them out there even if you don't like them or think they're silly. Sometimes even a not so good suggestion will spark a great idea!
Hi Everyone!I’m Hazel from Glasgow, Scotland. I live with my husband my 10 year old son, our 16 year old cat and as of last week my father-in-law.
I love romance and read a variety of sub genres. This year I’ve read quite a few dark romances which I’ve enjoyed but I’m also a lover of YA/NA.
I have captained in both the last rounds of bachelor but I do everything on my phone as i can’t access GRs from my work laptop and it got crazy messy for me checking all the tags for scavenger roses. I’m also bringing a lot of work home for the next few months so opted out of being captain this time. I’m looking forward to playing!
Name suggestions:
Love at first bite
My first, my last, my everything - (I really hate that song though!)
I’ll try and think of some more X
Hey everyone! This is kind of weird for me, because for I think the first time ever there's nobody on my team that I've had a lot of interaction with before this. Most of you I recognize by name and have been in challenges with you before, but little or no direct contact (other than maybe exchanging picks in the M&G). I've sent friend requests to all of you - except Hazel...you beat me to it! 😉 I think mariella is our only newby - welcome! I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you!
Hey I'm Laura I'm from the channel Islands in the u k but moved to Greece kefalonia 13 years ago when I fell head over heels for a Greek guy we now married with a 2 boys 2 and 4 . . I love paranormal and fantasy with romance... but wouldn't turn down a Jilly cooper Sophie kinsella or Silvia day book..... look forward to playing
team namesbackseat bandits
cherry pop
the hand holders
sorry that's all I got
Hello all. My name is Nicole and I live in Virginia. I read every genre of romance. my least favorite is historical. I enjoy this challenge. I will warn you I am not a fast reader. I complete my books but probably will not be able to complete more than 1 a week but I will try. I like the team name love at first bite. It reminds me of vampire romance.
I like Cherry pop or how about2nd base
HoHoHo’s
The romantics
Hello! This will be my third BTC, looking forward to getting to know everyone. Currently live in Northeast Ohio. I enjoy reading UF and romance, and in the romance space particularly enjoy these days paranormal, mafia, and sports romances.I’ll admit I’m not particularly creative when it comes to team names, but I like some of the suggestions. Backseat Bandits makes me laugh, that’s probably my favorite so far.
It's good to see the team starting to come together! Still a couple of people left to check in, but we'll get there...As I said before, I'm horrible at names and will go along with whatever the majority wants. My only addition to the process is a modification of a previous suggestion - The "Young" Romantics.
Young is in quotes because (speaking only about myself here) not all of us can come close to qualifying for that description anymore...unless of course you're speaking of "young at heart" - and sometimes that's even hard to claim these days! 😜
Here's a breakdown of the specific requirements for the possible themes for Date 1. Remember you can add appropriate books to shelves or lists up to the time the theme is posted, but not after. Just be sure any book you add fits the shelf/list you're adding it to.Date 1 - B - Tasks: Breakdown of the qualifications for possible tasks for Date 1.
Please remember that all tags/lists must qualify IN CONTEXT!! Links MUST be provided.
Don't make more work for yourself than necessary - if the qualifier is in the title or on the cover, use it! You don't have to go searching for tags to make it work. 😊 If the link you use for the book is the same you are using for the page count and edition - say so (see above edition or something similar)! That saves us all some steps. But please double check your links!
You may use separate editions of your Scavenger Hunt books to qualify for the different tasks. Links MUST be provided.
B is for Baubles - Read a book with jewelry on the cover.
To qualify for this task, the book's cover must clearly show at least one piece of jewelry. Necklace, bracelet, anklet, earrings, piercings, ring, cufflinks, tie clip, tiara or crown all would qualify. Watches, belt buckles and dog tags do not qualify for this task.
B is for Blue - Read a book with a primarily blue cover.
To qualify, the cover needs to be primarily a shade of blue. Include the qualifying cover in your completion post. If in doubt, please ask.
B is for Baby - Read a book with pregnancy, baby or child in story. Qualification can be from the title, précis, tags or lists.
To qualify for this task, the title, précis, list or tag would need to include the words 'pregnancy' or its variants, 'baby', 'child/ren' or 'kid/s'. The précis can also expressly state in other words that the book has a pregnancy in the story, this only applies to pregnancy and only to the précis. The child needs to be a minor, grown children would not qualify. These words need to be in context, 'baby, it's cold outside' does not work.
B is for Beast - Read a shapeshifter book. Qualification can be from the title, series, précis, tags or lists.
To qualify, your book needs to include in the title, precis, list or tags 'shapeshifter', 'shifter', or 'were-something'
Hi everyone, sorry I missed the message about the team assignments - I'm here!
So I live in NYC and I've got three (pretty grown-up) children haha. I read LGBTQ literature almost exclusively and I write reviews for a blog so sometimes I'm constricted to books which either don't fit our categories or aren't published/posted on GR yet. But I'll do my absolute best not to let the team down!This is my 3rd Bachelor Challenge and I loved the last one - we got so competitive with the roses, honestly it was a blast! There are usually only a few other MM and FF readers so we compete against each other to get to claim the roses. It was a lot of fun :).
Names I like: Cherry Pop, The Young Romantics, and Love at First Bite.
I'm liking love at first bite or cherry pop xxx
Hey all,Since we really need to get a name nailed down, here's a list of all the names that anyone has specifically mentioned liking:
Love At First Bite
Backseat Bandits
Cherry Pop
The Young Romantics
If everyone could pick their favorite from that list, maybe we can come up with a consensus. I'm good with whatever the majority chooses, but my favorite from that list is Love At First Bite.
Thanks!
I'm happy with love at first bite
Karen I am happy with any of the choices prefer love at first bite or cherry pop.
Me too, love at first bite or cherry pop
Of the two more popular names listed, I prefer Love at First Bite.
Ok, everyone that has checked in seems to be good with Love at First Bite, so I'm going to go ahead and submit that to Kat. We still have one person that hasn't checked in and hopefully we'll hear from her soon, but we were one of the teams with an extra member so even if she doesn't show up we still have a full team.
I just went to the Q&A thread to post our name and saw that another team has already claimed "Love at First Read". Do you all want to stay with a name that is so similar, or go with a different choice?
~KarenH~ wrote: "I just went to the Q&A thread to post our name and saw that another team has already claimed "Love at First Read". Do you all want to stay with a name that is so similar, or go with a different cho..."I’m still fine with it.
I’m sitting waiting for the call then realise it’s not until tomorrow. I have to now start a new book - I’ll find a short one lol
the similar name doesn't bother me either
The first theme announcement is in about 4 hours. Does anybody have books lined up? I did a quick stroll through my shelves and found a short book for each category in case anyone wants go for the Speed Dating rose. I'm pretty laid back when it comes to challenges - not one to go crazy and really push for the win, but also willing to do as much as I can (within reason) to at least keep us competitive. I probably won't be much help with the Scavenger Hunt roses...I get frustrated too easily doing that kind of searching...but I should be able to consistently read 2-3 books/week, depending on how the theme fits with what I have going on in other challenges.
One other thing - we don't have to make selection posts in this challenge, but since multiple people can read the same book for the themes (just not for the Scavenger Hunt), if everyone could try to post what you're reading, or even any ideas you have for the theme, it might help give other team members ideas. It's not required, just something that could be helpful.
~KarenH~ wrote: "The first theme announcement is in about 4 hours. Does anybody have books lined up? I did a quick stroll through my shelves and found a short book for each category in case anyone wants go for the ..."I have books for Blue and Beast. If you have quick reads for Baubles or baby I can try read quickly. I have no scavenger books for this one but I think I have some for A I need to double check them though.
Like you I am happy to do as much as I can but I don’t feel the need (or have the time) to read 100 books a week.
I'm happy to share what I have for possibilities. Two of the four are rereads and in the middle of series, so if you're as obsessed about reading series in order as I am they probably won't do you any good. Here's what I have:Blue:
Baby:
Bauble:
Beast:
Here is what I had in mind as my first book for each categoryBauble:
cufflink on male armBlue:
on a list for blue coversBaby:
on a list Beast:
tagged I’ll check out the ones you’ve posted Karen. I do like to read a series in order.
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🌹Theme - First Love🌹
Team 2 Members
✓ Captain - ~KarenH~
✓ CB
✓ Hazel
✓ Laura
mariella✓ Nicole
✓ Trio