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The BTC 11: Page Turners Unanimous (7)
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 11🌹🌹Theme - They're an Eleven!🌹
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. 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 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 Roses 🌹 Teams with each member completing the task (with a minimum of 6 books read) earn 3 additional roses. (Three roses 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, maximum of 7 per team per 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. Please note that boxed sets and anthologies will NOT be counted towards this rose! (One rose possible per date unless there is a tie.)
🌹 Page Turner Rose 🌹 The team that reads the most combined pages for the date, first edition Kindle 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 ??? (hidden task), Baggage (road trip), Bay (body of water) and Bunny (shifter romance). After posting your completion, post in the Scavenger Hunt thread to claim the book. Both posts, in your team thread and the Scavenger Hunt thread, should list the qualifications for each task, i.e. be identical. 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. (Number of roses available per date will vary, maximum of 7 per person per date.)
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 cumulative 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 **We are using the GR Kindle first edition page count ONLY, if available. Ebook page count will be acceptable if no Kindle page count available. If GR doesn't have a page count listed, please link to the Amazon Kindle book with a page count.**
❤️ 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!
❤️Remember to use the first edition Kindle page count only!❤️ If your page count comes from a Kindle edition published on the initial publication date on the editions page, it will count. If your page count comes from a Kindle edition labeled '1st edition', it will count. If your page count comes from the earliest dated English language Kindle edition, it will count. I am looking for one of those three things when confirming your books! As long the page count you list is correct, I will accept any link to the book.
❤️If corrections are requested, REPOSTS ARE REQUIRED!❤️ If I request a correction for a page count or qualifier for example, you must repost your Completion Post or your book will not be counted!
❤️I strongly suggest that you create a BLANK template for your completion posts.❤️ DO NOT copy a prior post. DO NOT copy a teammate's completion. Start EVERY completion post from the blank template! This will help eliminate copy/paste errors along with missing components in a completion 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 are reading could be very helpful. If you choose to make selections posts, make sure they are clearly identified as such. 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 11🌹🌹Theme - They're an Eleven!🌹
Books must be 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. We will be using the English language first edition Kindle page count ONLY for this challenge. Audiobooks and rereads are ok. Abridged audiobooks are NOT ALLOWED for this challenge. 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 under the precis, there is a section that says "Genres". Anything listed under that section is counted as an MPG. You may use anything that show when you click 'more', but not if you click 'show all'.
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 Posts ❤️When 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.
Remember, books can NOT be tagged or added to lists after the date begins!
Also, books can NOT be started before the date begins!
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 10🌹🌹Theme - Ten Things I Hate About You🌹
READ THIS!
Please confirm that you have read the instructions for this challenge and understand that you are committing to read at least ONE book a week. Confirm that you understand the books you choose are required to be MPG Romance and a minimum of 90 p. using the first edition Kindle page count as well as fit the requirement for the current date task. Also please verify that you understand that this is a team challenge and that your team is counting you to uphold your commitment.
I NEED A CONFIRMATION FROM EVERY TEAMMATE!
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 11🌹🌹Theme - They're an Eleven!🌹
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! Simply listing the completions with message number is great though - links are not required, but always appreciated. 😊
🌹The Bachelor Team Challenge - Round 11🌹🌹Theme - They're an Eleven!🌹
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 this round is They're an Eleven! and your team name should relate to that. Captains, please post your team name in the Q&A thread when you have decided.
Team Members, please allow your Captain to reserve some tracking posts before posting your introductions. Thanks!
Hey all! Just a reminder that everyone needs to confirm they've read and understand the rules and requirements for the challenge (see message #6). Thanks!
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Rose Tally
🌹 B is for Bunny - 🌹 upto ms177 🌹
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A is for Ancient - 🌹 upto msg277 🌹
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C is for Champion - 🌹upto msg 402 🌹
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H is for Holler - 🌹 upto msg 527🌹
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E is for Explodes - 🌹up to msg 608 🌹
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L is for Loyalty 🌹 msg 684 + mine 🌹
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O is for Only – 🌹 upto msg 818🌹
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R is for ...🌹 🌹
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Round 10 Round Up
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Date 1
💕 B is for BunnyDate Begins: 03/02/24 @ 6:00 pm US EST
Date Ends: 09/02/24 @ midnight US EST
📚= Task Books
🔎= Scavenger Hunt
up dated to end
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Date 2
💛 A is for Ancient (upto msg277)
Date Begins: 10/02/24 @ 6:00 pm US EST
Date Ends: 16/02/24 @ midnight US EST
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Date 3
💗 C is for ChampionsDate Begins: 19/02/24 @ 6:00 pm US EST
Date Ends: 24/02/24 @ midnight US EST
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Date 4
💖 H is for HollerDate Begins: 24/02/24 @ 6:00 pm US EST
Date Ends: 01/03/24 @ midnight US EST
upto message 527
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Date 5
💜 E is for ExplodesDate Begins: 02/03/24 @ 6:00 pm US EST
Date Ends: 08/03/24 @ midnight US EST
upto message 608
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Date 6
💝 L is for Loyalty 💙 msg 684 + mine🤝🏽Date Begins: 09/03/24 @ 6:00 pm US EST
Date Ends: 15/03/24 @ midnight US EST
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Date 7
💚 O is for Only (upto msg 818)Date Begins: 16/03/24 @ 6:00 pm US EST
Date Ends: 22/03/24 @ midnight US EST
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Date 8
💞 R is for....Date Begins: 0X/02/24 @ 6:00 pm US EST
Date Ends: 0X/02/24 @ midnight US EST
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Key rules highlighted!✅* Min page count - 90pp
✅* Kindle first edition must be used
✅* MPG romance is a must
✅* Make sure all elements in msg 3 are included in your completion post
✅* If you read a Scavenger Hunt rose book, please post in both the Hunt thread and here
✅* Please try to read at least one book each week so that we can claim the 3 Team Dating roses!
Other Info
🌹 Each book must have it's own completion post. Selection posts are not required.
🌹If you are asked to make a correction, it must be in a NEW post.
🌹Please do NOT delete posts. It messes up tracking.
🌹You can use any cover for cover tasks
🌹Books have to be started after the call
Time in US EST:
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc...
* Books must be posted by midnight Friday night US EST
* Dates start on Saturday 6pm US EST
I confirm I've read and understood the rules and requirements for the challenge (message #6)
Possible team names
🔹 Bachelor challengers squad
🔸 Cliff-hanger lovers
🔹 Banned book readers anonymous
🔸 Page turners unanimous
🔹 In a bind kinky bachelors
🔸 ...But they dog-eared my 📚
Hi everyone, apologies for the delay I was on a long road trip and didn't see I was made a captain😬 still, super excited to take part in this challenge again.I'm Vanessa from the UK but am living in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) at the moment with husband and 2 teen kids.
I love reading various genres but the spicier the better (with a few exceptions). I'm super competitive but know this is for fun so will do my best to keep it light 😉😅 Love traveling, cooking and food tasting (will try anything once), as a result I've found that I enjoy some surprising unappetizing looking dishes (Vietnamese frog legs or lemongrass crickets for example).
Any team name suggestions are very welcomed.
I have read and understand the rules for the challenge in message 6 and will do my best to be a good team member :)
Thought I'd better do the above first, so I don't forget. I'm Suzanne and excited to try this game for the first time - I've seen it before, but couldn't commit :) I live in Idaho. I like a lot of genres, including romance - and seems like the romances I enjoy the most make me laugh a little. I love to travel and now that I retired from teaching I can do that a lot more - yay!
I'll try to think of team names. I do like that 7 and 11 rhyme (are we supposed to incorporate "11"?) But I only ever occasionally get inspired about names :)
Hi everyone! I'm Allie and I'm excited to join this challenge again. I think this will be my third time playing. I am from North Carolina. I mainly read romance, but now and then, I will switch it up and read horror or a thriller. I don't really have any ideas for team names as of right now, but if I think of something, I will make sure to update.
I confirm I've read and understood the rules and requirements for this challenge.
Hi Everybody,I'm Chan. I live in Georgia, U.S.A. The only two things I am staunchly against reading are very dark books and thrillers. Otherwise, I read a little bit of everything.
It's nice to see some new and familiar people. I'm looking forward to expanding my tbr with some of your 'new to me' reads.
Please confirm that you have read the instructions for this challenge and understand that you are committing to read at least ONE book a week. Confirm that you understand the books you choose are required to be MPG Romance and a minimum of 90 p. using the first edition Kindle page count as well as fit the requirement for the current date task. Also please verify that you understand that this is a team challenge and that your team is counting you to uphold your commitment.I confirm this 👆
Hi Suzanne, Allie and Chan.This is my first time as a captain and only second taking part on this challenge, so any suggestions (specially how to find SH books more easily or just faster) would be very welcome.
Possible team names????
any suggestions or alterations ???
🔹 Bachelor challengers squad
🔸 Cliff-hanger lovers
🔹 Banned book readers anonymous
🔸 Page turners unanimous
🔹 In a bind kinky bachelors
🔸 ...But they dog-eared my 📚
Thanks for coming up with some names! I'm happy with any name we choose. My favorite of those is Page turners unanimous, or even just "page turners".Your comment about the SH books made me wonder about that too! I may try to find books (if possible) that fit the three known prompts then hope the 4th works? But I have no brilliant ideas about that yet.
It's so difficult for me to find SH books! I don't really have any luck with finding them but I usually am always on the lookout for them while I am finding a book to read for the task in case I do find something. I remember what my team did in the last round is we created a private group for our team so we could talk about the SH books we found. We listed books that we found that would fit for SH and books that we found that would fit for the task in case anyone was struggling to find books to read.
Hello, my name is Ena, but my friends call me Darkness because it's my gamer tag. I have participated in this challenge before. I live in Croatia, a small country. Next month, I am going on vacation to Southampton with my friend for two weeks. While my friend is working, I will have plenty of time to read, so that shouldn't be a problem. I mainly read fantasy and romance, with a spicy twist. I love dark stories, and reading manga has ruined my innocent mind. I am a big fan of mangas, and I am doing a big manga challenge this year. I usually read on my Kindle or phone, and I am a big fan of audiobooks as well. I can listen to them while I play video games.As for the team name, I suggest Seven Deadly Romantics or Seven Book Killers.
Confirming I read msg 6.
Allie wrote: "It's so difficult for me to find SH books! I don't really have any luck with finding them but I usually am always on the lookout for them while I am finding a book to read for the task in case I do..."I did this one time with a team and I think it was a good thing to do, Lats time I participated I had a doc file with all kinds of sh book bc I did go deep dive to read. With short and bigger book and I would like to read a lot of them this time so will most probably find some of the book for 3 categories we have and will subtract book when we get 4 cathegory
Would like to get seed roses too, And will be okay to participate every time.Skimmed through prompts and I belive A will be the hardest one bc of Alaska prompt
Hey, everyone!My name is Courtney...originally from the US, formerly of Taiwan, and now living in Australia. I just moved a few months ago, so everything has been in upheaval and my reading time has tanked. Hoping this challenge will help keep me motivated.
I started my romance journey with historicals (thank Johanna Lindsey), but now I read pretty much anything, or at least try it once 🤣. I've been deep in my sports romance phase for a while, with an occasional monster romance here and there, so looking to branch out a bit more.
I'm not super competitive, but I'll try my best to keep up. I did this challenge a few times before, but not recently.
Looking forward to adding a bunch of new books to my TBR!
And good to see you again, Chan! Pick up any kooky sci-fi recently or waiting on some more recs from me 🤣?
And I confirm I read the message about the book minimums.
♏Vanessa(UK)♏ wrote: "Possible team names????
any suggestions or alterations ???
🔹 Bachelor challengers squad
🔸 Cliff-hanger lovers
🔹 Banned book readers anonymous
🔸 Page turners unanimous
🔹 In a bind kinky bachelo..."
I like the idea of starting with a But. They're and eleven....
But they don't use spoiler tags
But they prefer fictional partners
But they read series out of order
But they never return books early
But they read smut in public
I don't know, something like that. I'm not very creative 🤣
Hi Team. I'm Kylie from Australia, & I've never played here before. Just tell me very clearly what I need to read & I'll do my best.I've read & think I understand the rules. What happens if there is no kindle? I mostly read old paperbacks.
Name ideas:
▪Hotter/Better Than Ten
▪Legs Eleven
▪Ten Plus One
Catsalive wrote: "Hi Team. I'm Kylie from Australia, & I've never played here before. Just tell me very clearly what I need to read & I'll do my best.I've read & think I understand the rules. What happens if there..."
Welcome Kylie.
You can read any format you want, having kindle and listening to audiobooks as well as physical just make it easier to find something. As long as you read at the very least 1 suitable book (perhaps a scavenger hunt one) you will be ok.
Darkness wrote: "Would like to get seed roses too, And will be okay to participate every time.Skimmed through prompts and I belive A will be the hardest one bc of Alaska prompt"
I'm definitely up to earn speed roses too, anyone else?
and I've already got a few books that match all 3 prompts for A (will double check on the colour and share with you guys later).
Allie wrote: "It's so difficult for me to find SH books! I don't really have any luck with finding them but I usually am always on the lookout for them while I am finding a book to read for the task in case I do..."Great Idea, by tomorrow I'll have it sorted. I've been looking for books that match all prompts and am struggling with C, E and O
Possible team names
HUGE LIST: If everyone could give their top 3 from the list bellow we go with the most popular name.
🔹 Bachelor challengers squad
🔸 Cliff-hanger lovers
🔹 Banned book readers anonymous
🔸 Page turners unanimous
🔹 In a bind kinky bachelors
🔸 ...But they dog-eared my 📚
"page turners"
Seven Deadly Romantics
Seven Book Killers
But they don't use spoiler tags
But they prefer fictional partners
But they read series out of order
But they never return books early
But they read smut in public
▪Hotter/Better Than Ten
▪Legs Eleven
▪Ten Plus One
I think I got all suggestions here.
My top 3:...But they dog-eared my 📚 or But they prefer fictional partners
"page turners"
▪Hotter Than Ten
My top 3: - Hotter Than Ten
- Page turners unanimous
- Seven Deadly Romantics
I like these 3 best- Hotter Than Ten
- Page turners unanimous
- But they dog-eared my 📚
My top 3 are:Hotter Than Ten
Page Turners unanimous
But they dog-eared my 📚
Top 3"Seven Deadly Romantics
Page turners unanimous
In a bind kinky bachelors
I am in process of creating a sheet about this challenge. I will post later when it's done
♏Vanessa(UK)♏ wrote: "Hi Suzanne, Allie and Chan.This is my first time as a captain and only second taking part on this challenge, so any suggestions (specially how to find SH books more easily or just faster) would be..."
Hey Vanessa. I am the type of team member that goes with the majority of the team meaning competitive or just for run. Most of my Bachelor teams have been just for fun.
So, I would say, give yourself grace as a new captain. You'll probably make mistakes, but it's cool. We're here to have fun and find new books.
For SHR books, we usually create a separate private thread to discuss these books. In the SHR thread, we'll post the SHR book that we are reading to make sure that we aren't overlapping with teammates. Also, if we find SHR books that we can't or don't want to read, we'll post them there for teammates to read if they want, etc.
Hope this helps 😊
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🌹Theme - They're an Eleven!🌹
Team 7 Members:
Captain - 💞♏Vanessa(UK)♏
💞Allie
💞Catsalive
💞Chan
💞Courtney
💞Darkness
💞Suzanne