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Mini-Challenge #2: June 2011- REPORT POINTS HERE
"The Hostile Hospital" by Lemony Snickett 255pp-2
Time Period-contemporary-1
Genre-Young Adult-1
Titles-An Adjective (Hostile)-1
Book Cover-2 (partial face and yellow)
Book Total-7
Grand Total-7
Each item under a category is worth one point. We aren't limited to how many items we can claim per category.
I looked at the scoring example. I have 2 points on book covers, one for partial face and one for the color yellow which would get 2 points.
Diane Whitney wrote: "Just no repeats, like "Romeo and Juliet" would be 1 point for Proper name, not 2....right???"Exactly.
Ellen wrote: "Please clarify...I thought you could only claim one point per category."One point per task per book. So let's say I have a book cover with three women in dresses on the cover standing in front of a castle with a dog nearby... I would be able to score for:
Dog or cat - 1 point
Castle - 1 point
Dress or gown - 1 point (despite there being 3 women wearing dresses).
Does that help?
Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: ""The Hostile Hospital" by Lemony Snickett 255pp-2
Time Period-contemporary-1
Genre-Young Adult-1
Titles-An Adjective (Hostile)-1
Book Cover-2 (partial face and yellow)
June Events-Helen Keller-(do..."
Sorry, baby talk wouldn't count as a disability.
The Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig
Points:
Time Period - 1800's (+1 point)
Genre - historical fiction (+1 point), romance (+1 point)
Locale - England (+1 point)
Theme - war (Napoleonic) (+1 point)
Title - plant (tulip) (+1 point)
Book Cover - partial face (+1 point), dress/gown (+1 point)
Total task points = 8
Bonus points = 4
Total = 12
Becky wrote: "Ellen wrote: "Please clarify...I thought you could only claim one point per category."One point per task per book. So let's say I have a book cover with three women in dresses on the cover standi..."
Becky wrote: "Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: ""The Hostile Hospital" by Lemony Snickett
255pp-2
Time Period-contemporary-1
Genre-Young Adult-1
Titles-An Adjective (Hostile)-1
Book Cover-2 (partial face and yell..."
Ok that helps. I got confused by the "If The Beatles got abducted by aliens and forced into slavery" example. Lol
by Lauren Willig385 pgs 4 pts
Time (1800's) 1 pt
Genre (HF, Romance) 2 pts
Locale (England) 1 pt
Title - Plant (Rose) 1 pt
Adjective (Crimson) 1 pt
Cover (Partial Face) 1 pt
Total 11 pts
This series seems to be a popular, quick read choice!!
What would you consider a book with a self-discovery theme? That seems very objective. I just read Water for Elephants and the main character definitely discovered things about himself in that book. But I am not sure that is what you meant by that.....
Beth NC wrote: "What would you consider a book with a self-discovery theme? That seems very objective. I just read Water for Elephants and the main character definitely discovered things about himself in that bo..."That would count. We're basically looking for characters who learn and grow during the course of the story. It's pretty subjective. If you feel it should count - just let us know why.
Twilight
498 pages- 4 points
Time: contemporary- 1
Genres: YA, Fantasy, Romance- 3
Title: one word- 1
Themes: heroquest (saving Bella from vamps), self-discovery (Bella must decide if she wants to be a vampire)- 2
June events: Native American (Jacob), music (piano), father (Charlie)- 3
Task total: 14
Challenge total: 14 points
Luckngrace wrote: "[book:Twilight|41865Themes: heroquest (saving Bella from vamps), self-discovery (Bella must decide if she wants to be a vampire)- 2 June events: Native American (Jacob), music (piano), father (Charlie)- 3..."
This post makes things much clearer......especially the Themes categories
Changes by Jim Butcher
546 pages - 6 pts
Time Period: Contemporary - 1 pt
Genre: Fantasy & Adventure - 2 pts
Themes: War (Red Court and White Court are at war) & Hero Quest (Dresden trying to rescue his daughter) - 2 pts
Title: One Word Title - 1 pt
Book Cover: Partial Face, City (ancient city of Chichen Itza) and the color yellow - 3 pts
June event: Read a book featuring a father (Dresden discovers he is a father and fights to rescue his kidnapped daughter)- 1 pt
Task Total - 16 pts
Hey guys - when reporting your points, if you need to explain what you feel qualifies the book to fit in a category, please use the spoiler HTML to hide it to make sure that the explanation doesn't spoil anything for anyone else. :) As a reminder, the HTML is:
< spoiler > Text < / spoiler >
Just take out the spaces. :)
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy LeeTime Period: 1900's (1 ppint)
Genre: Non-fiction (1 point)
Theme: Sports or Entertainment (1 point)
June Events: In honor of The Beatles - Read a book that features music or musicians (1 point)
Page Count: 4 points (431 pages)
Total for book: 8 points
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson 462pp.Time Period: 1900s 1pt
Genre: Horror, Non-fiction 2pts
Locale: U.S. States - Washington DC, New York 2pts
Themes: War, Politics, Self-discovery 3pts
Titles: Plant
Book Cover: The color yellow 1pt
Random Tasks: Read a book from the "Can't Wait Books of 2011" listopia list 1pt
June Events In honor of Father's Day 1pt
Challenge points: 12
Page Bonus: 4
Total: 16
Cover:
Book: Stargate SG-1: Sacrifice Moon (SG1, #2) by Julie Fortune
Pages: 213pp.
Time Period: 1 pt - Contemporary
Genre: 2 pt - Science Fiction, Adventure
Locale: ? pt -
Themes: 4 pt - Exploration, Politics, Self-discovery, War
Titles: ? pt -
Book Cover: 4 pt - Partial face (Profiles allowed), City or town, Star(s), The color yellow
Random Tasks: ? pt -
June Events 1 pt - In honor of Father's Day
Task points: 12
Page Bonus: 2
Total: 14
Bumpedby Megan McCafferty
Time Periods: Future (1 point)
Genre: Young Adult (1 point)
Title: One word title (1 point)
Random Tasks: Read a book from the "Can't Wait Books of 2011" listopia list (1 point)
Page count: 4 points (336 pages)
Total Book Points: 8 points
Total Challenge Points: 16 points
The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
Time period = contemporary (+1 point)
Genre = fantasy (+1 point), romance (+1 point)
Theme = self-discovery (+1 point)
Book cover = dress/gown (+1 point), stars (+1 point)
Random tasks = three-named author (+1 point)
Total task points = 7
Page count = 269 = 2 bonus points
Total points = 9
Lucky Stiff by Deborah Coonts
Time Period: Contemporary (1 point)
Themes: Sports or Entertainment (1 point)
Title: Adjective (1 point)
Cover: City or Town (1 point)
Page Count: 4 points ( 364 pages)
Book Points: 8 points
Total Challenge Points: 24 points
Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson
352 pages = 4
Time Period: 1800s = 1
Genre: HF, Thriller = 2
Locale: England = 1
Themes: Exploration, Hero Quest (Sherlock Holmes trying to find & stop Jack the Ripper) = 2
Titles: Proper Name = 1
Book Cover: City, Yellow = 2
Total = 13
Challenge Total = 13 points
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
292 pages: 2 pts
Time Period: Contemporary: 1 pt
Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Horror: 3 pts
Locale: Louisiana: 1 pt
Themes: Hero Quest (Sookie is out to rescue the kidnapped Bill) & LGBT (many LGBT characters including the King of Mississippi): 2 pts
Title: An Adjective (dead): 1 pt
Book cover: Partial face; Dress; Stars; the color yellow: 4 pts
Book total: 14 pts
Challenge Total: 30 pts
Kristi, please use the spoiler HTML tag when justifying what qualifies the book for the category points. Thanks!
Becky wrote: "Kristi, please use the spoiler HTML tag when justifying what qualifies the book for the category points. Thanks!"
Ok- no problem. I didnt think I was spoiling anything, but will do for the future
Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard
405 Pages: 4 Pts
Time Period: Contemporary: 1 Pt
Genre: Romance: 1 Pt
Title: Adjective (Perfect): 1 Pt
Book Total: 7 Pts
Challenge Total: 7 Pts
Hondo
208 pages = 2
Time Period: 1800s = 1
Genre: HF, Adventure = 2
Themes: War, Politics, Hero Quest = 3
Titles: Proper name, One word = 2
Cover: Face, Dog, Yellow = 3
Random: Originally published in 1953 = 1 (Does this count??)
June: Native Americans, Father-figure = 2
Total = 16
Challenge Total = 29
KristiJ wrote: "Becky wrote: "Kristi, please use the spoiler HTML tag when justifying what qualifies the book for the category points. Thanks!"
Ok- no problem. I didnt think I was spoiling anything, but will d..."
I've read that book so it wasnt a spoiler for me but it might be for others. ;)
I am actually fine with no explanations up front. We can always ask for clarification if we arent sure and that would prevent any inadvertent spoilers! :D
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
Time Periods: Contemporary (1 point)
Genre: Young Adult (1 point)
Locale: England (1 point)
Themes: Self-Discovery (1 point)
Title: Adjective (1 point)
Cover: Partial Face (1 point)
Page count: 4 points (336 pages)
Total Book Points: 10 points
Total Challenge Points: 34 points
So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading by Sara Nelson
Genre - non-fiction (1 point)
Locale - New York (1 point)
Theme - Bibliophilia (1 point)
Book cover - Books (1 point)
Page count: 242 pages (2 points)
Total points = 6
by Linda Fairstein
400 pgs 4 pts
Time - Contemporary 1 pt
Genre - Thriller 1 pt
Locale - NYC 1 pt
Random - Can't Wait List 1 pt
Book Total 8 pts
Challenge Total 19 pts
Evergreen by Belva PlainTime Period: 1900's (1 point)
Genre: Historical Fiction (1 point)
Locale: New York (1 point)
Titles: One Word Title(1 point)/Plant (1 point)
Random Tasks: Read a family Saga/Read a book published between 1900-1999 (2 point)
Page Count: 6 points: (698 page)
Total Book Points: 13 points
Total Challenge Points: 47 points
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Time Period: 1900s (+1)
Genre: Science fiction, Classic, Historical Fiction (+3)
Locale: New York (+1)
Themes: War (+1)
Book Cover: (most of this is in the tiny box at the top of the cover) Yellow, City or town (Bombed out building), Stars, Ocean(On the Earth/Globe) (+4)
Random: Father, Published 1900-1999 (+2)
Page points: 275 pages (+2)
Book total: 14
Challenge total = 14
If this posts more than once, I'm sorry. Having a bit of trouble with GR this morning...
Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje
Time period: 1900's (1 point)
Genre: Historical fiction (1 point)
Themes: War, politics, exploration (3 points)
Title: A proper name (1 point)
Cover: Partial face (1 point)
Page count: 320 (4 points)
Book total: 11 points
The Land of Painted Caves757 pages- 8
Time period: prehistoric- 1
Genres: HF, fantasy, romance, adventure- 4
Themes: exploration, heroquest, self-discovery- 3
Title: adjective-painted- 1
Cover: profile, yellow, dress, lake- 4
Random: saga, 2011 most wanted- 2
June events: father, disabled character, music- 3
Book total: 26
Challenge total: 40
Here's the scoreboard so far: Shay- 47
Luckngrace- 40
Butterflycager- 39
KristiJ- 30
Rachel- 29
Kiri- 28
Cheryl-19
JenC- 14
Jayme- 7
KarenF- 7
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Butterflycager- You got an additional point for the book cover task (yellow) in So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading
Jayme- The Hostile Hospital- I changed the time period from contemporary to 1900's. Your points remain the same.
Kiri- In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin- Your total should be 14 because the book isn't on the specific can't wait list for the task and "garden" doesn't count for plant. It has to be a specific name of a plant for it to count.
Please let me know if you have any questions or if I missed anything :)
A Visit from the Goon Squad by: Jennifer Egan288 pgs = 2 pts
Time period = 1900s and Contemporary +2
Locale = New York, Africa, and Italy +3
Themes = Sports or entertainment +1
Titles = an adjective (technically a noun used as an adjective here so feel free to not count it if you think I'm reaching) +1
June Events = In honor of The Beatles - Read a book that features music or musicians +1
Total = 10 points
Amaryllis by Jayne Castle
336 Pages: 4 Pts
Genre: Romance, Sci Fi: 2 Pts
Title: One Word, Plant, Proper Name: 3 Pts. (Amaryllis is both a plant and the name of the heroine - if this needs to be one or the other and not both let me know)
Cover: Yellow: 1 Pt
Random: Published 1996: 1 Pt
Book Total: 11 Pts
Challenge Total: 18 Pts
Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale
Genre: Fantasy, romance, young adult (3 points)
Title: One word (1 point)
Themes: War, politics, self-discovery (3 points)
Cover: Partial face (1 point)
Page count: 240 pages (2 points)
Total points: 10
A Game of Thrones
Pages – 835 (8 points)
Time period – Medieval (1 point)
Genre – HF, Fantasy, Adventure (3 points)
Locale – N/A
Themes – War, politics, bibliophilia [Tyrion’s obsession with books], self-discovery [especially for Danys, Arya and Jon], hero quest [Rob’s calling the banners and so many houses following him]
(5 points)
Titles – N/A
Book Cover – the color yellow (1 point)
Random Tasks – Published 1900-99, Author with 3 names (2 points)
June Events – Slavery [the Dothraki taking hostages as slaves], father [Ned and others], disabled character [Tyrion, a dwarf and Bran, paralyzed] (3 points)
Total for task – 23 points
Total for Challenge - 23 points
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Time Period: Future (1 point)
Genre: Young Adult (1 point)
Themes: Self-Discovery (1 point)
Title: One word title (1 point)
Cover: City or Town/Body of Water (2 points)
Random Tasks: Can't Wait Books of 2011 (1 point)
Page Count: 4 points (487 pages)
Total Book Points: 10 points
What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
Time Period: Contemporary (1 point)
Genre: Young Adult (1 point)
Themes: Self-Discovery/Sports (2 points)
Book Cover: Yellow (1 point)
Random Tasks: Can't Wait Book 2011 (1 point)
June Events: In honor of Father's Day - Read a book featuring a father or father-figure (1 point)
Page Count: 4 points (402 pages)
Total Book Points: 11 points
Total Challenge Points: 68 points
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor -- 288 pages - 2 bonus points
Time Period:
1900s - 1 point
Genre:
Historical Fiction - 1 point
Young Adult - 1 point
Classic - 1 point
Themes
Self-discovery - 1 point
Book Cover
Partial face (Profiles allowed) - 1 point
The color yellow - 1 point
Random Tasks
Read a family saga. - 1 point
Read a book published between 1900-1999. - 1 point
Read a book by an author with three names (initials count) - 1 point
June Events
In honor of Juneteenth - Read a book about slavery or abolition of slavery (Cassie's grandparents and great-grandparents had been slaves) - 1 point
In honor of Father's Day - Read a book featuring a father or father-figure - 1 point
Task total: 14
Challenge Total: 14
"First Warning" by Anne MCCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough384pp +4
Time period-future +1
Genre: YA,SF, Adventure +3
Themes: Exploration (explore space), Hero Quest(saving races from a deadly plague), self discovery (main character learning to fit in with her surroundings as well as finding out who she is as a person) +3
Book Covers: dog or cat(cat), the color yellow +2
June Events: Father figure(there are 2 father figures) +1
Random Tasks: Book by an author with three names (Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) +1
Book Total: 15
Grand Total: 22
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Books mentioned in this topic
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How this challenge works:
Each book read must touch at least one category task from the list below. Each book can have multiple tasks counted, if eligible, but no duplicates.
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Scoring example:
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Points -
Time Period: 1800s (+1 point)
Genre: Historical Fiction (+1 point)/ Romance (+1 point)
Locale: Georgia (+1 point)
Themes: War (+1 point)/ Politics (+1 point)
Book Cover: Color Yellow (+1 point)
Random: Published between 1900-1999 (+1 point)/ Family Saga (+1 point)
June Events: Slavery (+1 point)/ Father [Rhett] (+1 point)
Total task points: 11
Page Bonus 10
Total: 21
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RULES:
Participants may join at any time during the challenge. The challenge last from June 1st until June 30th. All points must be reported by 11:59pm EST on June 30, 2011 to be counted.
1) Books must be at least 200 pages long. Eligibility for this is determined by the most popular edition on Goodreads. If the most popular edition is 197 pages, it will not count, even if the edition read is 215 pages.
2) ALL books must be completed and points recorded by 11:59p EST on June 30, 2011 to count. Books started prior to June 1st will not be counted.
4) Re-reads and audiobooks are accepted. Audiobook page counts will be determined by the most popular edition on Goodreads.
SCORING:
***Please report all points in the Reporting Points Thread*** (This thread will be opened closer to the challenge start.)
5) To obtain points your book must touch at least one or more of the categories. Each item underneath the category is worth one point unless otherwise noted. Categories and items can be repeated as many times as you want throughout the course of the challenge, but cannot be duplicated for a single book. It is your responsibility to tell us what items came up in your book.
6) Bonus points will be awarded based on the length of each book read, as follows:
200 to 300 pages = 2 bonus points
301 to 500 pages = 4 bonus points
501 to 750 pages = 6 bonus points
751 to 1,000 pages = 8 bonus points
1,000+ = 10 bonus points
Bonus points will be awarded PER BOOK READ.
7) Page length used to determine task bonus points is determined by the most popular edition on Goodreads -- NOT the edition you actually read.
8) Cover requirements will be determined by the most popular edition on Goodreads. (This is a change from the last mini-challenge to make it more consistent for reporting and verification purposes.)
9) HAVE FUN!!!
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THE CHALLENGE
Time Periods
Pre-historic
Medieval
1700s
1800s
1900s
Contemporary
Future
Genre
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Romance
Fantasy
Horror
Short Story or Anthology
Non-fiction
Science Fiction
Classic
Thriller
Adventure
Locale
Antarctica
Africa
New Zealand
Canada
South America
England
Italy
India
Middle East
Sweden
U.S. States -Only these states count for points:
Louisiana
Hawaii
Alaska
Georgia
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Washington DC
New York
Themes
Exploration
War
Sports or entertainment
Politics
Bibliophilia
Self-discovery
Hero Quest
LGBT
Titles
“June” in the title
Season (the season name or "season" will count)
A Proper Name
One word title
Compass directions: N,E,W,S
Plant
An Adjective
Musical instrument
Book Cover – This will be verified using the most popular GR edition
Partial face (Profiles allowed)
Dog or cat
Castle
Dress or gown
Book(s)
City or town
Star(s)
The color yellow
Body of water (IE: Lake, pond, stream, ocean, etc)
Random Tasks
Read a family saga.
Read a book published between 1900-1999.
Read a book from the "Can't Wait Books of 2011" listopia list
Read a play or screenplay
Read a book by an author with three names (initials count)
June Events
In honor of Native American citizenship - Read a book featuring Native Americans
In honor of Juneteenth - Read a book about slavery or abolition of slavery
In honor of The Beatles - Read a book that features music or musicians
In honor of Father's Day - Read a book featuring a father or father-figure
In honor of UFO day - Read a book that features early flight attempts
In honor of Helen Keller's birthday - Read a book featuring a character with a disability
In honor of Dept. of Justice creation - Read a book that features a court case