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Challenge #11 (Feb/Mar 2013): Report Points Here
If you have not scored this yet please see post 75...I made a booboo :(25.1 Spring Cleaning
Prisoner of Heaven
Pages 279 2 points
HF 1 Point
The Angel's Game
Pages 531 6 points
HF 1 point
Review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
This task 45 points
Total points 110
Hello, I'm done with my first task:
25.2 Big Books:
Book: The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova
5 star rating from another member of Historical Fictionistas: Nitsa rated it 5 stars (link)
6a) Book Length Bonus: 501 to 750 pages:
Pages: 734 (though the Spanish version I read is 699 pp.) = 6 bonus points
6b) Historical Fiction Bonus = 1 point
6c) Review Bonus: My review here = 5 points
Task total: 37
Task 5.1 Read a book that has green, gold, and/or purple on the cover.
Task=5
406 pgs=4
Total=9
Task 5.1 Read a book that has green, gold, and/or purple on the cover.
Task: +5
308 pages: +2
Review: +5
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95...
Book total: 12
Challenge total: 34
20.2 Supporting our Own - Read a HF by a featured author.The Jewel of Medina by Sherry Jones
358 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total - 30 pts
Challenge total - 198 pts
5.3 Young At Heart
by Susan Beth Pfeffer. The book has Young Adult on its GR page. Task Points: 5
Bonus: +2 (248pp)
Review +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total: 12
Grand Total: 48
The Wicked Wedding of Miss Ellie Vyne by Jayne Fresina10.1 What’s in the middle? In honor of “Middle Name Pride Day” (Mar 10th), read a book where the author or a main character have the same name (first or last) as your middle name. My middle name is Jayne – even spelled the same way!
+10 task
+4 301 to 500 pages – 352 pages
+1 Historical Fiction
+5 review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
+20 points
77 points total for the challenge
10.2 In Case of Emergency - Read a book featuring a natural disaster.The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
302 pgs - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total - 19 pts
Challenge total - 217 pts
20.3 Sweet on you: In honor of International Flirting day and Valentine’s day, read a HF book featuring a couple where each person comes from a different country.The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier
Honor Bright is a Quaker from England and she marries Jack Haymaker, an Ohio dairy farmer.
320 Pages=>4pts
HF=>1pt
Reviewed=> 5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total=>30pts
Hello :) 15.1 The sun never sets on the british empire In honor of Commonwealth Day (March 11): Read a book set in one of the commonwealth countries.
The Rose Garden, by Susanna Kearsley
Setting: Cornwall, Southern England, UK. = 15
Pages: 476 = 4
Review: here = 5
Task total: 24 points
Challenge total: 61 points
Task 5.2 - The Big Game
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Task = 5
374 pages = 4
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 14
Challenge total = 153
Task 100.1 The Best of 2012 Read 4 books from the GR Reader's Choice AwardsThe Kingmaker's Daughter
The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon's CourtThe Secret Keeper
Frozen Heat100 points for the task
Frozen Heat 448 pages=4 points
The Kingmaker's Daughter 417 pages=4 points HF=1 point
The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon's Court 312 pages=4 points HF=1 point
The Secret Keeper 481 pages =4 points HF=1 point
Task total: 119 points
Challenge total=148 points
100.1 Best of the 2012: Read 4 books from the GR Reader Choice Awards. One book must be from the historical fiction genre, and all books can be nominees or winners.The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory
417=>4pts
HF=>1pt
Reviewed=>5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
426=>4pts
HF=>1pt
Reviewed=>5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
419=>4pts
Reviewed=>5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Bloodline: A Sigma Force Novel by James Rollins
464=>4pts
Reviewed=>5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Total=>138pts
Challenge Total=>168pts
25.2 Big Books - 500+pagesWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel - completed 2/26
Task - 25 points
650pp - 6 points
HF - 1 point
Review - www.goodreads.com/review/show/80155138- 5pts
Task Total - 37 points
Challenge Total -
20.1 Beware the Ides of March - Read a HF set during the Roman Empire.The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis
329 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total - 30 pts
Challenge total - 247 pts
25.1 Spring Cleaning - 2 HF from TBRsTask - 25 points
Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly - read - 2/13
576pages - 6 points
HF - 1 point
Review -www.goodreads.com/review/show/158048913 - 5pts
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez - read 2/21
432pp - 4 points
HF - 1 point
Review- www.goodreads.com/review/show/92609024 - 5pts
Task total - 47 points
Challenge total - 131 points
Task 25.2 - Big Books (Anne rated this 5 stars)
Tatiana and Alexander by Paullina Simons
Task = 25
559 pages = 6
HF = 1
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 37
Challenge total = 190
Task 15.2 - Read a book made into a movie
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
302 pages - 4 pts
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... - 5 pts
Task: 24
Challenge Total: 47
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
302 pages - 4 pts
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... - 5 pts
Task: 24
Challenge Total: 47
Hello!15.2. Read a book that has been made into a movie.
De Amor y De Sombra by Isabel Allende
* Movie (1994) imdb link = 15
* Pages: 304 = 4
* Review: link here = 5
Task total: 24 points
Challenge total: 85 points
The Sheik and the Virgin Secretary (Desert Rogues, #10) by Susan Mallery20.3 Sweet on you: In honor of International Flirting day and Valentine’s day, read a HF book featuring a couple where each person comes from a different country.
+20 (Prince Rafiq is from Lucia-Serrat and Kiley is from the USA)
+2 200 to 300 pages – 256 pages
+5 review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
27 points
104 points total for the challenge
Task 5.2 Read a book that covers a competition
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Competition - The Triwizard Tournament
734 pages - 6 pts
Review - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... - 5 pts
Task Total -16
Challenge Total - 63
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Competition - The Triwizard Tournament
734 pages - 6 pts
Review - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... - 5 pts
Task Total -16
Challenge Total - 63
Task 20.3 Read a HF book featuring a couple where each person comes from a different country The Alchemy of Murder
featuring Nellie Bly from the US and Jules Verne of France.368 pages-4 points
HF= 1 point
Task total: 25 points
Challenge total_173 points
Kristine wrote: "25.1 Spring CleaningPrisoner of Heaven
Pages 279 2 points
HF 1 Point
The Angel's Game
Pages 531 6 points
HF 1 point
Review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
http://www.goodreads.co..."
THIS IS AN EDIT TO ABOVE POST #52 SO SORRY
Remove Angels Game
Add 11/22/63
Pages 849
8 points
5 points review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
HF 1
This task 47
Total points 112
264 pages = 2 points
HF = 1 point (Is it really? How can I tell?)
Review bonus = 5 points http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
5.1 - 50% green - would you agree? - 1 point
Task total = 9
Challenge total = 9
Mod
DATE 5-Mar
Participant Score
Cheryl 247
JenC 190
Christina * 187
Linda 173
Kristine * 111
Holly * 107
Marti 104
LemonLinda * 94
Macarena 85
HeatherJ 64
Ashley * 63
Jayme 48
Rebecca * 36
Shannon 17
Louisa * 13
Nell 12
Holly - Post 31: no link to review for Glass-blowers; no read date on city of woman; I gave you the points anyway since I did see your review for our buddy read
Christina - Post 54: Please link to name of book. Your score is off. You got 30 pt in post 61 and 138 in post 65 which brings you to a total of 187
Rebecca - Post 55: Page bonus is 4 (not 2), score is +2
LemonLinda - Post 66: Who rated it a 5? Can not award points until get this info
Ashley - Post 70: Page bonus is 4 (not 2), score is +2
Kristine - Post 75: Time travel does not get the bonus point (see rules).
Louisa Post 76: You get 5 points for the task, not 1. (there are three 5 point tasks)
Sorry, JoLene - Wolf Hall was rated a 5 star read by Wallace.So wiht that task total of 37 I should have a Challenge total of 131.
Sorry Jolene. City of Women finished 2/15.http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Thank you for the Glass-Blowers points.
Review - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Ooops did not even think of that....thanks for fixing me :)
100.1 Best of the 2012. GR Reader Choice Award winners or nominees (2 from HF genre)Task - 100 points
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith - read 2/10
688 pages - 6 points
www.goodreads.com/review/show/404640784 - 5 pts
Book Total - 11 points
Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot by Bill O'Reilly - read 3/02
325 pages - 4 points
www.goodreads.com/rewivew/show/443741929 - 5 pts
Book total - 9 points
The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer - read 3/05
352 pages - 4 points
HF - 1 point
www.goodreads.com/review/show/451613806 - 5 pts
Book total - 10 points
The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon's Court by Michelle Moran - read 3/05
312 pages - 4 points
HF - 1 point
www.goodreads.com/review/show/288598799 - 5 pts
Book total - 10 points
Task total - 140 points
Challenge total - 271 points
Task 10.3 Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
352 pages= 4 points
HF= 1 Point
Task total: 15 points
Challenge total: 188 Points
5.3- YA Adult BookClockwork Prince
Task = 5 pts
Pages: 504 pages = 6 pts
Task Total = 11 points
10.3- Read a book published in the year of the snake
Life of Pi- published 2001
Task= 10 points
Pages: 356 - 4 bonus points
Task Total = 14 points
Post Total = 25 points
Challenge Total = 25 points
10.3 Happy (Chinese) New Year - Read a book published in a year of the snake.Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley published 2013
378 pgs - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total - 19 pts
Challenge total - 266 pts
Task 20.1 Beware the Ides of March:Mistress of Rome
Task: 20 points
HF: 1 Point
470 pages: 4 points
Task total 25 points
Challenge total: 213 points
Task 25.3 - Celebrating History
Task = 25
Black History Month: Native Son by Richard Wright
462 pages = 4
HF = 1
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total = 10
Women's History Month: The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
393 pages = 4
HF = 1
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total = 10
Task total = 45
Challenge total = 235
20.3 Sweet on You - Read a HF featuring a couple where each person comes from a different country.Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
(Anna - Germany, Callum - Scotland)
372 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total - 30 pts
Challenge total - 296 pts
Task 100.1 - Best of 2012Task points = 100
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling Winner - Fiction
503 pages = 6
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total = 11
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker Nominee - Fiction
269 pages = 2
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total = 7
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman Winner - Historical Fiction
343 pages = 4
HF = 1
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total = 10
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Winner - Mystery and Thriller
419 pages = 4
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total = 9
Task total = 137
Challenge total = 372
Task 5.3 Young at heartMatched by Ally Condie +5
pages: 369 = +4
Review: +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total: 14
Challenge total: 77
20.3 - Sweet on you (French/Iroquois Indian romance)
Bride of New France by Suzanne Desrochers
Task points = 20
294 pages = 2
HF = 1
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 28
Challenge total = 400
Task 25.3 Celebrating History From the Black history Month Listopia: The House Girl
and from Woman in Historical Fiction Listopia:
The CrownTask: 25 points
HF for both books: 2 points
Pages for The Crown 409 for 4 points
Pages for The House Girl 36 for 4 points
Task total: 35 points
Challenge total: 248
Task 10.3 Happy (Chinese) New Year: Read a book first published a year of the snake:2001Me Talk Pretty One Day +10
Pages: 272 +2
Review: +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Total: 17
Challenge total: 94
Task 20.3 Sweet on you: The couple comes from different countries - Armen from Armenia, Elizabeth from the USThe Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
Task - 20 points
Pages - 320pp - 4 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... - 5 pts
HF - 1 point
Task total - 30 points
Challenge total - 301
5.2 The Big Game
by James PattersonIn this book, the killers compete aganist each other to see who can kill the most people and get recognition. Also in one scene, a board game was used to pick the victims by one of the killers.
Task +5
Bonus +4 (432pp)
Book Total: 14
Review +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Grand Total: 62
50.1 HF Ultimate Reading ListThe Far Pavilions by M. M. Kaye
HF = 1
Pages (958) = 8
Review - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5
Penmarric by Susan Howatch
HF = 1
Pages (704) = 6
Review - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
HF = 1
Pages (548) = 6
Review - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5
Talk total = 88
Challenge Total = 195
25.3 Read from the Black History Listopia and Women's History Listopia
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Black History
294 Pages - 2 pts
HF - 1 pt
The Forever Queen by Helen Hollick
656 pages - 6 pts
HF - 1 pt
Task Total - 36
Challenge Total - 99
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Black History
294 Pages - 2 pts
HF - 1 pt
The Forever Queen by Helen Hollick
656 pages - 6 pts
HF - 1 pt
Task Total - 36
Challenge Total - 99
25.3 Celebrating History:Task - 25 points
Read from Black History Month Listopia
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
288 pages - 2 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... - 5 pts
Read from Women in Historical Fiction Listopia
The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
480 pages - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... - 5 pts
Task total - 42 points
Challenge total - 343 points
Task 50.2 - New Year, New ReadsTask points = 50
Book 1: Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
479 pages = 4
HF = 1
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total = 10
Book 2: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
369 pages = 4
HF = 1
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total = 10
Book 3: Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
328 pages = 4
HF = 1
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total = 10
Task total = 80
Challenge total = 480
Task 20.1 - Beware the Ides of MarchPompeii by Robert Harris
Task points = 20
304 pages = 4
HF = 1
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 30
Challenge total = 510
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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Pages 2 points (290)
HF 1 point
Review 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
This task 28 points
Total points 65