Challenge #11 (Feb/Mar 2013): Report Points Here

[LemonLinda]

Task 15.1 The sun never sets on the British Empire

Still Life by Louise Penny (Set in Canada)

Task - 15 point
293 pages - 2 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... - 5 pts

Task total - 22 points
Challenge Total - 365 points

[Cheryl A]

Task 25.3 Celebrating History

Black History Month
Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
294 pgs - 2 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 8 pts

Women in Historical Fiction
Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland
432 pg - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 10 pts

Task total - 43 pts
Challenge total - 339 pts

[Holly]

15.3 (artwork in the plot) – The Flanders Panel by Arturo Perez-Reverte
HF = 1
Pages (295) = 2
Review = http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5
Task total = 23

5.3 Young at Heart A Wrinkle in Time by L’Engle
Pages (238) = 2
Review = http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5
Task total = 12

Challenge total = 230

[Cheryl A]

50.1 Ultimate Historical Reads - Read 3 HF from link.

The Alchemist's Daughter by Katharine McMahon
352 pg - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 10 pts


These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner
384 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 10 pts


Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
269 pgs - 2 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 8 pts

Task total - 78 pts
Challenge total - 417 pts

[LemonLinda]

10.2 In case of emergency - natural disaster

The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
Task - 10 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... - 5 pts
302 pages - 4 points

Task total - 19 points
Challenge total - 384 points

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

15.1 Brittish Empire- by Patrice Kindl

The book is set in Yorkshire, England.

Task +15
HF +1
Bonus +2 (261pp)
Review +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total: 23
Grand Total: 85

[Holly]

20.3 Sweet on You (from different countries USA and Germany) A Noble Groom by Jody Hedlund
HF = 1
Pages (384) = 4
Review = http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5
Task total = 30
Challenge total = 260

[Linda]

Task 10.2 Read a book featuring a natural disaster:The Dirty Secrets Club It has several earthquakes in it
Number of pages: 368 for 4 points
Task total: 14 points
Challenge total: 266 points

[Cheryl A]

100.1 Best of 2012 - Read 4 books from GoodReads Readers Choice Awards.

The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
371 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 10 pts

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
337 pgs - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 9 pts

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
339 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 10 pts

Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
317 pgs - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 9 pts

Task total - 138 pts
Challenge total - 555 pts

[Heather]

100.1 Best of 2012:

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
HF=1 pt
391 pages = 4 pts
The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani
HF = 1 pt
475 pages = 4 pts
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
320 pages = 4 pts
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
443 pages = 4 pts

Task Total = 118
Challenge Total = 182

[JoLene, Mistress of the Challenge]

Updated through post: 110
DATE 25-Mar
Participant Score

Cheryl 555
JenC* 509
LemonLinda 384
Linda* 262
Holly 260
HeatherJ 182
ChristinaSD 168
Kristine 111
Marti 104
Jayme 85
Macarena 85
Ashley* 73
Rebecca* 57
CassieV* 23
Christina 19
Shannon 17
Ellen 17
Louisa 13
Nell 12

CassieV Post 83: Most popular ed only has 498 pages so page bonus is 4 (not 6)
JenC Post 84: Native Son is not HF (published in 1940)
Rebecca Post 89: Your total should be 50 points (posts 19, 55 and 89)
Rebecca Post 92: the book was published in 2000, not 2001 so it doesn't qualify
Ashley Post 96: The Forever Queen is not the on the "Remarkable Historical Women" listopia list;
Linda Post 108: Total should be 262 (not 266)

[Nell]

10.2 In case of emergency: In honor of Red Cross month (March), read a book featuring a natural disaster (storm)

Lowcountry Boil by Susan M. Boyer
408 pg +4
Review +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total = 19 pts

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

Busy Body by M.C. Beaton (Great Britain)
Bonus points:
278 pgs +2
Total pts = 17

Challenge total = 48 pts

[Holly]

15.1 Commonwealth Countries (set in England)
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
HF = 1
Pages (544) = 6
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5
Task Total = 27
Challenge total = 287

[Christina]

50.2 New Year, New Reads

Book 1: Read a HF book from the GR recommendations from the Historical Fiction genre.
Signora Da Vinci by Robin Maxwell
448pgs=>4pts
HF=>1pt
Reviewed=>5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total=>10pts

Book 2: Read a HF book by a “new to you author” by looking at the “Readers also enjoyed similar books” section of the main page.
I, Mona Lisa by Jeanne Kalogridis
515pgs=>6pts
HF=>1pt
Reviewed=>5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total=>12pts

Book 3: Go to the author page for Book 2’s author
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C.W. Gortner
397pgs=>4pts
HF=>1pt
Reviewed=>5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total=>10pts

Task Total=>82pts
Challenge Total=>250pts

[Christina]

Last posting was from ChristinaSD

[Cheryl A]

25.1 Spring Cleaning - Read 2 HF from your TBR list

The Truth of All Things by Kieran Shields
404 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 10 pts

The Anatomy of Deception by Lawrence Goldstone
352 pts - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 10 pts

Task total - 45 pts
Challenge total - 600 pts

[CassieV]

JoLene, I adjusted my points, thanks for the update :).

I was hoping to get through the 100 pt task, but it looks like I won't make it in time :(

25.3 - Celebrating History

Black History Month- Beloved
324 pgs- 4 pts

Women's History Month- The Heretic Queen
HF- 1 pt
383 pgs- 4 pts

Task Total: 34pts

Challenge Total- 57 pts

[Sue]

Note: This is my first post for this challenge.

Task 20.3 Sweet on You
Read an HF book featuring a couple where each person comes from a different country.

The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
Armen is from Armenia (at that time -1915 - part of the Ottoman Empire), and Elizabeth is from the United States.
299 pages - 2 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total - 28 pts


Task 100.1 Best of 2012
Read 4 books from the GR Reader Choics Awards (nominees or winners.) One book must be from the historical fiction genre.


The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
343 pages - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 10 pts

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
313 pages - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 9 pts

A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson
322 pages - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 9 pts

The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
481 pages - 6 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 12 pts

Task total - 140 pts

Challenge total - 168 pts

[Christina]

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 Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce set in the United Kingdom
336pgs=>4pts
Reviewed=>5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Total=>24pts
Challenge Total=>274pts

[Sue]

Task 5.1 Laissez les bons temps rouler!
Read a book for which at least 50% of the cover is of the colors green, gold, and/or purple.

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
254 pages - 2 pts
Task total - 7 pts

Task 15.2 Is the book always better than the movie?
Read a book that has been made into a movie.

Beloved by Toni Morrison
From Wikipedia: "Beloved is a 1998 film based on Toni Morrison's 1987 novel of the same name. Starring Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover, the film was directed by Jonathan Demme and produced by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions."
324 pages - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total - 24 pts

Post Total - 31 pts
Challenge Total - 199 pts

(Oh man! - just missed getting 200 by 1 point! - lol)

[Macarena (followed that rabbit)]

5.1 Laissez les bons temps rouler!

Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin


Pages: 308 = 4 points

Task total: 9 points


10.3 Happy (Chinese) New Year:

The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley

First published: January 2013
Pages: 484 = 4 points
Historical Fiction = 1 point
Review here = 5 points

Task total: 19 points


5.3 Young at heart:

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Pages: 387 = 4 points

Task total: 9 points

Challenge total: 122 points

[Christina]

50.1 Ultimate Historical Reads: Read three HF books from the HF Ultimate Reading List

The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
512pgs=>6pts
HF=>1pt
Reviewed=>5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total=>12pts

Sharpe's Tiger by Bernard Cornwell
400pgs=>4pts
HF=>1pt
Reviewed=>5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total=>10pts

The Lady in the Tower by Jean Plaidy
393pgs=>4pts
HF=>1pt
Book Total=>5pts

Task Total=>77pts
Challenge Total=>351pts

This posting and post 119 was from ChristinaSD

[Cheryl A]

New Year, New Reads

The Rebel Wife: A Novel by Taylor M. Polites
304 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Book total - 5 pts

The Golden Hour by Margaret Wurtele
352 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 10 pts

The List by Martin Fletcher
352 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 10 pts

Task total - 75 pts
Challenge total - 675 pts

Thanks, JoLene! Fun as always!

[LemonLinda]

50.1 Ultimate historical reads.

50 task points

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
355 pages - 4 points
HF - 1 point
www.goodreads.com/review/show/12947669 - 5 points

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
432 pages - 4 points
HF - 1 point
www.goodreads.com/review/show/413874640 - 5 points

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
233 pages - 2 points
HF - 1 point
www.goodreads.com/review/show/83072863 - 5 points

Task points - 78
Challenge points - 462

[JoLene, Mistress of the Challenge]

Here is the final results for the challenge.

Participant Score

Cheryl 675
JenC 509
LemonLinda 462
ChristinaSD 351
Holly 287
Linda 262
Sue* 197
HeatherJ 182
Macarena 123
Kristine 111
Marti 104
Jayme 85
Ashley 73
Rebecca 57
CassieV 57
Nell 48
Christina 19
Shannon 17
Ellen 17
Louisa 13

Sue Post 118: 4 ( not 6) bonus points for Secret Keeper (501 is 6 pts)

As usual, I am so impressed with the number of books and quality of the books that folks in this group read. And I always end of up adding to my TBR pile!

Great job everyone!!!
Cheryl gets a special shout-out for completing ALL tasks!