Challenge #12: (Aug/Sept, 2013): Report Points Here

[Linda]

50.1 Read a HF book and a non-fiction book about the same event.
11/22/63
849 pages=8 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Jake Epping gets a rare chance to go back in time to right some wrongs done in the past. Arriving in 1958, he works to change life for people who were victims of crime, but his ultimate goal is to stop the Kennedy assassination. While passing through the late '50s and early 60s he meets a special group of people in a small town in Texas. As he tracks Lee Harvey Oswald, he begins to doubt whether or not to


Review=5 points11/22/63

Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
325 pages=2 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Review=5 points
Task total =70 points


Challenge total=244 points

[Cheryl]

Here is the up-to-date standings with a week left in the Challenge!

Cheryl 505
CherylA 379*
Linda 251*
JoLene 190
Sue 136
Cyn 134
Diane 83
Ashley 54
Shannon 26
Jayme 12

*CherylA...you were correct in your addition. I found that I had given you credit for HF once when it was not HF. Sorry for the mess-up!

Linda...Post 58: 325 pgs= 4 pts, not 2 pts; also, you did not give yourself the 5 pts. for HF. So, you have +7 pts. more than you gave yourself credit for.

[Cheryl]

100.1 Banned Books

Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks (#49)
213 pgs= 2 pts
Review= 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (#36)(2001)
208 pgs= 2 pts
Review= 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

A Separate Peace by John Knowles (#136)(1959)
204 pgs= 2 pts
Review= 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Twelth Night by William Shakespeare (#131)(1623)
272 pgs= 2 pts
Review= 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Total=128 pts
Challenge Total= 633 pts

[Linda]

Thanks for catching my math error. We had just gotten back for 16 days in Alaska and my mind is still on another time zone.

[Linda]

Task 20.1 Checkmate. Read a book that has the name of a chess piece in the title.
To Shield the Queen
336 pages=4 points
HF=5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Review=5 points
Task total=34 points
Challenge total=285 points

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

15.2 Summer Storms-The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock Holmes by Ted Riccardi.

Teddy was on the hurricane list. I got this book preapproved for Ted as another form of Teddy.

Task +15
Bonus +4 (320pp)
Review +5

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Grand Total:39

[Cheryl A]

15.2 Summer Storms: Read a book whose authors first name is found on the list of future North American hurricanes (Chris - 2018)

The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian
309 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task total - 29 pts
Challenge total - 408 pts

[Cheryl A]

50.2 Book Loving Friends: Read 2 HF books from a friends shelf which is rated 4 or 5 stars. List friend (Linda B)>

The White Pearl by Kate Furnivall
448 pg - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book total - 14 pts

The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
314 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book total - 14 pts
Task total - 78 pts
Challenge total - 486 pts

[Alicja]

5.1 Back to School: Read a book where the main characters attend middle school or high school (grade 6-12).

Empress of the World by Sara Ryan
215 pages: 2 points
review: 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
total task: 12 points

[Alicja]

10.1 It’s all about you! Read a book which has a cover that represents you!

anoxic zone by John G. Rees
258 pages: 2 points
review: 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
total task: 17 points

I was born on a cusp between two zodiac signs. Cusp-ies are supposed to (for those that believe these things) show qualities of both signs. My sign is air and my almost-but-not-quite sign is a water sign. My moon sign is also a water sign. I thought the below cover was appropriate because the diving helmet represents the air that is completely on all sides surrounded by water.

total challenge: 29 points

[Alicja]

15.1 Weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen! In honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day (Sept 19), read a book set on a ship or where the main characters are robbers.

Brethren by W.A. Hoffman
544 pages: 5 points
HF: 5 points
review: 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
total task: 30 points

total challenge: 59 points

[Cheryl A]

100.1 Banned Books: Read 4 banned books from links. One should be a classic published more than 50 years ago and one published in the 21st century.

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher - Pub 2007
304 pgs - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book total - 9 pts

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway - Classic, pub 1926
251 pgs - 2 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book total - 7 pts

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
244 pgs - 2 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book total - 7 pts

Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
203 pgs - 2 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book total - 7 pts

Task total - 130 pts
Challenge total - 616 pts

This is my final posting. As usual, I really enjoyed the challenge, but picked some really slow reading titles this go 'round.

[JoLene, Mistress of the Challenge]

20.1 Check-mate: Read a HF book which has the name of a chess piece in the title
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
363 pg = +4 pt
Review = +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Total = 29 pts

20.3 Woman’s equlaity day: In honor of the Woman’s Equality Day (Aug 26), read a HF book which has a woman who is fighting for a cause
Cause: patriots (as a spy)
Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution by Avi
320 pg = 4 pts
HF = +5
Review = +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Total = 34

25.1 Fun with homonyms: Read 2 books which have homonyms in a title (Night/Knight)
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
584 pg = 6 pts
Review = +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux
464 pgs = +4 pts
Review = +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Total = 45

100.1 Banned Books: Banned book week is from Sept 22-18, 2013. Please read 4 banned books -- one classic, one from 21st century
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
368 pg = +4 pts
HF = +5 pts
Review = +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
213 pg = +2 pts
Review = +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
267 pg = +2
Review = +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The Color of Earth by Kim Dong Hwa
312 pgs = +4 pts
Review = +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Total = 137 pts

Post Total = 245
Challenge Total = 435

[Alicja]

50.2 Book-loving Friends: August 4 is Friendship Day and Aug 9th is Book Lover’s Day so let’s celebrate both by reading 2 HF books from a friend(s) shelves which they have rated a 4 or a 5.

Hood by Stephen R. Lawheadfriend: Kernos
490 pages: 4 points
review: 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Matelots by W.A. Hoffman
friend: Dana
608 pages: 6 points
review: 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

total task: 70 points

total challenge: 129 points

[Alicja]

50.1 How do you like your history?: Read a HF book and a non-fiction book about the same historical figure or event.

Both of these books are about troops during WWII, the history book is about LGBs in the military and Jackdaws contains a few LGB characters serving as spies during WWII.

Jackdaws by Ken Follett
416 pages: 4 points
review: 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two by Allan Bérubé
384 pages: 3 points
review: 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

total task: 67 points

total challenge: 196 points

[Alicja]

10.2 Lighting the Way!: In honor of National Lighthouse Day (Aug 7), read a book with a lighthouse on the cover or setting that is on a coastline town or city.

Treasure by W.A. Hoffman
568 pages: 5 points
HF: 5 points
review: 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
total task: 25 points
total challenge: 221 points

[Alicja]

20.1 Check-mate: Read a HF book which has the name of a chess piece in the title, sub-title or series name: King, Queen, Bishop, Rook, Knight, Pawn

The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
512 pages: 5 points
review: 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
total task: 30 points
total challenge: 251 points

[Alicja]

10.3 Hispanic Heritage Month: September is hispanic heritage month so read a book by an author who has hispanic heritage.

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
359 pages: 3 points
review: 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
total task: 18 points
total challenge: 269 points

[Alicja]

25.1 Fun with homonyms: Read 2 books which have homonyms in a title or series word; the words can be part of a compound word or a verb form

Night/Knight

The Story of the Night by Colm Tóibín
336 pages: 3 points
review: 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Knight Of Swords by Ian Breckon
281 pages: 2 points
HF: 5 points
review: 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

total task: 45 points
total challenge: 314 points

[Alicja]

15.3 Founding Fathers : In honor of Mayflower Day (Sept 16) and Constitution Day (Sept 17), read a HF book set during the colonial times or during the revolutionary war.

Rise to Rebellion by Jeff Shaara
492 pages: 4 points
review: 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
total task: 29 points
total challenge: 343 points

Sorry to post them all in two days but I half-wrote the reviews and then procrastinated and procrastinated some more and then realized I had a deadline, lol. I always did well under pressure in school. But I promise that this is it for me for this challenge. Sorry and thanks!

[Cheryl]

Here are the final numbers for the August/September Reading Challenge. For your information, the total number of pages read by the eleven people who participated in this challenge was 38,827! Amazing! I hope that each of you had as much fun as I did in doing all of this reading. I appreciate so much these challenges that JoLene has put together for us. I have learned so much about so many pieces of history because of these things! Thanks to all of you for your participation and patience with me as I have kept up the scoreboard for this challenge!

Cheryl 633
CherylA 616
JoLene 430
Alicja 362*
Linda 285
Diane 157*
Sue 136
Cyn 134
Ashley 54
Jayme 36*
Shannon 26

*Alicja: Posts 73, 74,75, 76, & 79 You did not give yourself credit for HF and so I have added those pts. On post 78, your link to your review does not work. You have 5 more pts if that is fixed. Some of your pts for number of pages were not according to the score provided at the beginning of the challenge. I have adjusted them according to the challenge rules.

Diane: Post 64 Addition incorrect, -3 pts

Jayme: Post 65 300 pgs= 2 pts, not 4.

[JoLene, Mistress of the Challenge]

@cheryl, thanks so much for keeping score! And congrats on being on top (I'm sure those two things are not related ;-).

I'm glad I finally got to participate for a change :-)

[Cheryl]

JoLene, I was so glad to see that you were able to get some major reading done again, too!

No, problem on doing the scoring. The only reason I got so much reading in this time is because I was feverishly working on getting my Master's level stuff done and getting on with the PhD stuff. I am afraid because of the nature of the PhD reading, I will not be doing much on the current challenge...it just does not look like what I am reading is going to do well with fitting in with the questions. I think just 5 of the books I read for this challenge did not fit into my Master's work (graphic novel and the 4 banned books).

[Alicja]

Thank you Cheryl for everything! Sorry about the scoring, this is the first challenge and it got me a bit confused. Thank you!!

Here is the link that hopefully works for the review in 78 for Knight of Swords: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...