Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

Team Members

Tour Guide (Captain)
🛺 LaurLa

Guests
🚲 Geri
🚲 Vicki
🚲 Christene Paula
🚲 minnemoo (Lena)

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

2. Tour Guide (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, come up with a fun name. Given 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 4 April

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. (It will also help with one of the categories in this round!)

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, etc.

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/Announcement 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 Option 2 has altered and I will be allocating each team another team from which their book selection must be chosen :)

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


For selection post Option 1 you must have:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
How the book qualifies - please note which qualifying bookshelf/list you are using or the tags that justifies that it works.
If the theme is based off the bookcover, post the cover. If there is a letter count in the title, publication date etc, please note these details.

For selection post Option 2 you must have:
Week #
Bookcover/link
Page numbers
Name of the team-member, their star rating, the date they read the book.

For selection post Option 3 you must have:
Week #
PASS


For the completion post you must have:
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.

IF YOU NEED TO CORRECT A POST FOR MISSING INFORMATION or because the didn't qualify etc, please REPOST this information in a NEW post. Its difficult to find older posts when going backwards in the threads.

🧳🧳🧳Our team read shelves🧳🧳🧳


LaurLa - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Geri - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Vicki - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Christene Paula - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
minnemoo - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

🧳🧳🧳 WEEK 1 -- COMPLETE 🧳🧳🧳
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✅LaurLa🧳Death in Kew Gardens
🧳Selection🧳message 34
🧳Completion🧳message 66

✅Geri🧳A Spinster's Guide to Danger and Dukes
🧳Selection🧳message 31
🧳Completion🧳message 49

✅Vicki🧳Beyond That, the Sea
🧳Selection🧳message 45
🧳Completion🧳message 57

✅Christene Paula🧳Kill for Me, Kill for You
🧳Selection🧳message 35
🧳Completion🧳message 36

✅minnemoo🧳The Butterfly Collector
🧳Selection🧳message 41
🧳Completion🧳message 51 (hide spoiler)]

🧳🧳🧳 WEEK 2 -- COMPLETE 🧳🧳🧳
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✅LaurLa🧳Changing Nature
🧳Selection🧳message 61
🧳Completion🧳message 71

✅Geri🧳Lost in You
🧳Selection🧳message 62
🧳Completion🧳message 69

✅Vicki🧳The Keeper of Hidden Books
🧳Selection🧳message 65
🧳Completion🧳message 103

✅Christene Paula🧳Love & Gelato
🧳Selection🧳message 64
🧳Completion🧳message 70

✅minnemoo🧳Racing the Sun
🧳Selection🧳message 63
🧳Completion🧳message 75 (hide spoiler)]

🧳🧳🧳 WEEK 3 -- COMPLETE 🧳🧳🧳
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✅LaurLa🧳Fragments of Ash
🧳Selection🧳message 79
🧳Completion🧳message 81

✅Geri🧳Consort of Fire
🧳Selection🧳message 77
🧳Completion🧳message 87

✅Vicki🧳The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
🧳Selection🧳message 80
🧳Completion🧳message 88

✅Christene Paula🧳Of Secrets and Wolves
🧳Selection🧳message 86
🧳Completion🧳message 90

✅minnemoo🧳A Princess in Theory
🧳Selection🧳message 76
🧳Completion🧳message 84 (hide spoiler)]

🧳🧳🧳 WEEK 4 -- COMPLETE 🧳🧳🧳
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✅LaurLa🧳Blasphemous
🧳Selection🧳message 98
🧳Completion🧳message 116

✅Geri🧳Christa Comes Out of Her Shell
🧳Selection🧳message 95
🧳Completion🧳message 100

✅Vicki🧳Peach Blossom Spring
🧳Selection🧳message 99
🧳Completion🧳message 112

✅Christene Paula🧳Magic Burns
🧳Selection🧳message 101
🧳Completion🧳message 102

✅minnemoo🧳Twisted Love
🧳Selection🧳message 96
🧳Completion🧳message 119 (hide spoiler)]

🧳🧳🧳 WEEK 5 -- COMPLETE 🧳🧳🧳
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✅LaurLa🧳Love, All
🧳Selection🧳message 108
🧳Completion🧳message 113

✅Geri🧳Late Bloomer
🧳Selection🧳message 109
🧳Completion🧳message 114

✅Vicki🧳Daughter of Mine
🧳Selection🧳message 110
🧳Completion🧳message 117

✅Christene Paula🧳Leave No Trace
🧳Selection🧳message 115
🧳Completion🧳message 118

✅minnemoo🧳Striking Distance
🧳Selection🧳message 121
🧳Completion🧳message 132 (hide spoiler)]

🧳🧳🧳 WEEK 6 -- COMPLETE 🧳🧳🧳
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✅LaurLa🧳Twisted Truths
🧳Selection🧳message 135
🧳Completion🧳message 137

✅Geri🧳Heartless
🧳Selection🧳message 126
🧳Completion🧳message 138

✅Vicki🧳The Devil’s Playground
🧳Selection🧳message 136
🧳Completion🧳message 148

✅Christene Paula🧳Something Wilder
🧳Selection🧳message 139
🧳Completion🧳message 140

✅minnemoo🧳One Heart to Win
🧳Selection🧳message 133
🧳Completion🧳message 147 (hide spoiler)]

🧳🧳🧳 WEEK 7 -- COMPLETE 🧳🧳🧳
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✅LaurLa🧳Unclaimed
🧳Selection🧳message 144
🧳Completion🧳message 161

✅Geri🧳A Governess's Guide to Passion and Peril
🧳Selection🧳message 142
🧳Completion🧳message 146

✅Vicki🧳Before He Kills Again
🧳Selection🧳message 149
🧳Completion🧳message 150

✅minnemoo🧳The Book of Lost Things
🧳Selection🧳message 145
🧳Completion🧳message 166 (hide spoiler)]

🧳🧳🧳 WEEK 8 -- COMPLETE 🧳🧳🧳
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✅LaurLa🧳Closed Doors
🧳Selection🧳message 162
🧳Completion🧳message 179

✅Geri🧳Graceland
🧳Selection🧳message 154
🧳Completion🧳message 163

✅Vicki🧳Dragonfruit
🧳Selection🧳message 160
🧳Completion🧳message 164

✅minnemoo🧳Love in the Time of Zombies
🧳Selection🧳message 155
🧳Completion🧳message 167 (hide spoiler)]

🧳🧳🧳 WEEK 9 -- COMPLETE 🧳🧳🧳
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✅LaurLa🧳A Farewell to Charms
🧳Selection🧳message 170
🧳Completion🧳message 192

✅Geri🧳Reckless
🧳Selection🧳message 168
🧳Completion🧳message 173

✅Vicki🧳The Island
🧳Selection🧳message 172
🧳Completion🧳message 174

✅minnemoo🧳Breath of Malice
🧳Selection🧳message 171
🧳Completion🧳message 175 (hide spoiler)]

🧳🧳🧳 WEEK 10 -- COMPLETE 🧳🧳🧳
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✅LaurLa🧳How to Fake it in Hollywood
🧳Selection🧳message 194
🧳Completion🧳message 203

✅Geri🧳Sun Damage
🧳Selection🧳message 190
🧳Completion🧳message 202

✅Vicki🧳Old Dogs and New Tricks
🧳Selection🧳message 197
🧳Completion🧳message 198

✅minnemoo🧳Billion Dollar Lie
🧳Selection🧳message 195
🧳Completion🧳message 199 (hide spoiler)]

🧳🧳🧳 WEEK 11 🧳🧳🧳


✅LaurLa🧳To Love A Thief
🧳Selection🧳message 211
🧳Completion🧳message 214

✅Geri🧳A Royal Witch
🧳Selection🧳message 209
🧳Completion🧳message 213

Vicki🧳book
🧳Selection🧳message xx
🧳Completion🧳message xx

✅minnemoo🧳Lady Fortescue Steps Out
🧳Selection🧳message 208
🧳Completion🧳message 212

Hellooooo Team Five!! Welcome to the best team challenge (and the best team, I'm sure!)

I see names I recognize but not sure I've played on a team challenge with any of you. If I have and I've forgotten... well, I'm getting forgetful in my old age!!

Just a bit about me... I'm married, have 2 grown sons and an almost daughter in law... finally those days of becoming a grandma are getting closer! Maybe.

Anyway, I also have 1 furrbabt but he's not so much a baby as a crotchedy old man now. But we love him!

I read all romance all the time... any genre. Don't love YA, some NA or high fantasy but I read them if needs must! My favorites would probably be romantic suspense or sports romance. Love pnr too!

Let me know if you've played before or have any questions. This was the first challenge I ever played on GR so it's near and dear to my heart!

Hi everyone, I'm Christene from PH. This is my 2nd PTP challenge and I'm excited to read new to me books/authors. I usually read romance, fantasy and mystery genres. I'm an Occupational Therapist working in hospitals and an 8 months mom now. :) Looking forward to this team challenge seeing some familiar people.

Hi Team! I recognize most of you, and have played on team challenges with you. Because I sign up for way too many challenges! LOL I have played PTP at least 4 or 5 times now. I really enjoy it. I’m a planner. So I have planned my books already. I try to read romance for this challenge. But I read all types of fiction, romance, fantasy, mystery . But not much non-fiction. I live near Chicago with my hubby and 2 spoiled cats. I’ll be on vacation mid April, heading to Arizona for 10 days. The second week of PTP. So it might take me longer to finish my book for the week. But it will get done. 🙂

Hello Team 5 (my favorite # BTW)! I know all of you except Christene, so nice to meet you, Christene Paula. To the rest of you, nice to see you againa. LaurLa, I think I know you the best as I've done so many challenges with you and it's nice to have you as our captain...thank you.

Congratulations on your being a new mother, Christene. My "baby" will be 45 on June 11. lol I have 5 grown children, 3 girls & 2 boys, 22 grandchildren and 6 greats. I'm most likely the oldest in the group, but I'm young at heart.

I don't recall how many PtP's I've done but quite a few. I will also be gone in April. We leave this Thursday, April 4, to Florida to visit family and we will return on the 14th, so we will have a nice 10 day visit. I live in California. I hope we get the tasks prior to that so I can plan my book ahead of time for round 1. But I have a lot of books on my Kindle app so I should be fine.

Good luck, team!

Hi, everyone! I'm Lena, but you can just call me minnemoo. I'm also in California. As far as team challenges go, I've only done one Bachelor round last year. This is my first time playing PtP.

I'm currently on a contemporary romance/dark/billionaire binge but my usual go-to genres are pnr, fantasy romance, and romantic suspense. Anything with steamy romance plus "thrills" is my cup of tea :)

Looking forward to playing with you all.

@Vicki and @Geri, hope you have a great time on vacation!

Thank you, Minnemoo. :)

How awesome is our team that we've all checked in already!! Thanks everyone for being on the spot!


Exciting vacation times planned - I hope you all have safe travels.

Almost all of you are doing Bingo with me - it's so fun to see familiar 'faces' all around GR and doing challenges in different groups. @Minnemoo, if you're new to challenges and/or want to explore some, come check out the groups A Million More Pages (AMMP) and its sister group Game Night where I'm doing the individual bingo challenge I mentioned. These ladies are also part of those groups (where I mod) and I think they'll tell you we do some fun and interesting challenges as well.

I love this group though, it was the first group I joined and the first individual challenges I did and this is the first team challenge I ever did (just over 10 years ago now!) so PTP is still my heart's favorite!

Any name ideas yet? Here are a few to get us started.


5 Book Travelers
Bookin' through the Pages
The Book Less Traveled
It's (Team) 5 O'clock Somewhere (or something similar)
Fab Five Alive
Take Five and Read
Where You Book Matters

I definitely like

Bookin' through the Pages
The Book Less Traveled

They get my vote! Thanks for coming up with ideas. I’m usually really bad at that. LOL

My vote will also be...

Bookin' through the Pages

I like Bookin' through the Pages.

@LaurLa

I'll check those groups out. Thanks for sharing :)

Bookin' through the Pages

Just sent out friend requests to everyone!

Can't wait to get started tomorrow :)

We should be getting our first call this afternoon (well, afternoon in the US). I can't wait either! In the meantime, I have a few reminder and wishes to ask of you 😊


-- Selection and Completion posts need to be separate posts. Even if you tend to read your book as soon as you pick it, the posts need to be separate.

-- Please link the edition of the book you actually read

-- Please try to post your selection within a few days of the call, - that's not absolutely required, just helpful to me for keeping track of who's done what.

-- Please use the GR page count of the edition you read - if that edition doesn't have a page count, then you can link to another edition but state what edition it is and why it's different.

-- See the Message 3 for the format for posts.

-- It's really really super super helpful to me if you would post a broken link in your selection post. You can do this by inserting an * or a space in the book link after the first bracket. This makes it so much easier for me to copy the exact book edition you read in the tracking posts. Example:
normal book link: Love on the Brain
broken link: [*book:Love on the Brain|59571699]

-- To make things easier for you, if you choose Option 2 (reading from a teammate's shelf), I've linked each of our shelves in Message 4

Time to read! Let's have fun Bookin' Through the Pages!

Selection Post

Week #1
Option 1

[*book:A Spinster's Guide to Danger and Dukes|60850835]
Pages: 310
Qualification: Book description confirms it is set in London. “To escape an odious betrothal, she fled to London where she’s been hiding as the unassuming secretary Flora Deaver.”

* New book chosen on Post #41

✈️ Selection Post ✈️

Week #1

[*book:Crazy Rich Asians|18158562]

Page count: 546 pages
Qualification: Setting is Singapore. From the précis: "When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend..."

Week 1
Link to Jane's post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Option 1
14. Tourist destination

Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong.

For all the location/setting tasks, the book does not have to be solely set in that location; it simply needs at least one scene set there. The usual precise, main page, tag or list will need to be provided to show how the book qualifies.

If you aren't sure how to insert links in your posts, please read these instructions in the Q&A thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


Option 2
Key date: 29 September 2023
Team mate read on or after this date and rated at least 3 stars


Option 3
Pass

A selection post must be made for whichever option you choose - INCLUDING A PASS
Refer msg 3 in your team thread for formatting of all 3 options.

Selection Post🚦Week 1
Option 1

Call🚦14. Tourist destination
Task🚦Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong
Book🚦Death in Kew Gardens
Pages🚦302 pp (GR kindle, linked edition)
How it fits🚦book's main page lists London as setting

[*book:Death in Kew Gardens|41867421]

✈️ Selection Post ✈️

Week #1

Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh
[*book:Kill for Me, Kill for You|176451879]

Page count: 352 pages
Qualification: set in New York as listed as setting on the books page

Completion Post

Week #1

Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh
[*book:Kill for Me, Kill for You|176451879]
Date Read: 4/5
Rating: ★★★★☆
Review:
A murder swap with a twist! Loved the ending the thrill along the way is another level.

@Christene Paula - can you please update your posts with how the book fits the criteria? You say set in New York but it should provide how we know that: whether it's in the precis, tagged/shelved, listed as setting on the books page, etc.

LaurLa wrote: "@Christene Paula - can you please update your posts with how the book fits the criteria? You say set in New York but it should provide how we know that: whether it's in the precis, tagged/shelved, ..."

Done. Do i need to repost?

Christene Paula✨ wrote: "Done. Do i need to repost?"


Thanks and no, no need to repost.

Oh em gee. Can't believe I'm doing this (and in the first week, no less) but I am changing my book.

I keep putting this one down every five minutes to take a breather from all the OTT shenanigans. At this rate it'll probably take me a whole month to finish 🤣

Thankfully I've got backups ready just in case lol.

✈️ Selection Post ✈️ REPOST

Week #1

[*book:The Butterfly Collector|123266584]

Page count: 400 pages
Qualification: One of the primary settings is Sydney. From the précis: "1922, Sydney. When would-be journalist Verity Binks is sent an anonymous parcel containing a spectacular butterfly costume along with an invitation to the Sydney Artists Masquerade Ball..."

Hey, team! :) I'm here in FL visiting family and I've just been so busy but I will list my selection today after I've had a chance to figure out if one of my books I plan to read fits one of the tasks. If not, I'll go on the hunt. lol

minnemoo wrote: "Oh em gee. Can't believe I'm doing this (and in the first week, no less) but I am changing my book.

I keep putting this one down every five minutes to take a breather from all the OTT shenanigans..."

I've got you updated - thanks! Can you do me a favor and edit your original post by either crossing out the entire thing or adding a bold note at the top of it saying you changed your selection in post 41... or something to that effect?

Vicki wrote: "Hey, team! :) I'm here in FL visiting family and I've just been so busy but I will list my selection today after I've had a chance to figure out if one of my books I plan to read fits one of the ta..."

Hope you find something you like!!

Selection Post: 🌟Week 1🌟
Option 1

🌟Call: 14. Tourist destination
🌟Task: Read a book set in one of the following cities - London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong
🌟Book: Beyond That, the Sea
🌟Pages: 351
🌟How it Fits: Set in London, England, the the US, and back to London per the GR setting listed on the book's page, set in London.

[*book:Beyond That, the Sea|60784759]

LaurLa, would you please confirm for me that my choice is okay regarding the setting. From what it says on the MPG, I assume it is but want to be sure.

Also, just curious what the broken link does for you.

Vicki wrote: "LaurLa, would you please confirm for me that my choice is okay regarding the setting. From what it says on the MPG, I assume it is but want to be sure."

Yep, it qualifies. Just add "per the GR setting listed on the book's page, set in London"

LaurLa wrote: "Vicki wrote: "LaurLa, would you please confirm for me that my choice is okay regarding the setting. From what it says on the MPG, I assume it is but want to be sure."

Yep, it qualifies. Just add "..."

Will do. Thanks :)

Completion Post

Week #1

[*book:A Spinster's Guide to Danger and Dukes|60850835]
Read: 4/8/24
Rating: ✶✶✶1/2
Review:
I enjoyed this light, enemies to lovers, fake betrothal, historical romance. I chuckled at the banter between the hero and heroine. The mystery about who killed Poppy’s brother in law did keep my interest, and added some excitement to the story. This was just a fun read. My only complaint was I would have liked more heat between the MCs.

LaurLa wrote: "minnemoo wrote: "Oh em gee. Can't believe I'm doing this (and in the first week, no less) but I am changing my book.

I keep putting this one down every five minutes to take a breather from all th..."

Done!