April 2014 - Library Returns (Reporting Thread)

[Janice, Moderator]

Marie wrote: "I am frustrated by this one. I have joined the library and taken pictures but have tried in vain to put them onto here. I am finished reading The Woman Who Died a Lot

The points i..."

When I add up your points (including 3 for paranormal), I get 19.

It's too bad you can't get the pictures to post.

[Janice, Moderator]

Lynn - looking forward too seeing your pictures. :)

[Roz]

I added 2 pictures of my library (finally figured out how to do it) in message 58. My new total is 42. Thanks Janice.
This was a fun challenge and I liked seeing all the interesting and beautiful libraries. No wonder we like to spend time in them.

[Laura]

Read: The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin. Loved the book.

Author is female and Goodreads author: 2+1=3 pts
Title has proper name: 2 pts
Cover - title not black or white: 2 pts
Pages - 260 pp: 1 pt
F in title/author's name: 3 pts

Picture - my library is being remodeled, so I got an exterior shot for 5 pts

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16 pts total

[Janice, Moderator]

I've really enjoyed all the pictures!

[Laura]

It is so cool seeing so many library pictures. Almeta, I loved the coziness of yours, it felt really homey to me. And the architecture of the buildings on some of these! Just love it. I'm so glad we were encouraged to post pictures for this challenge.

My library may reopen soon, not sure if pictures taken in May would count, I assume not. Right now, they have a small room available M/W/Fr for limited hours to pick up holds only. I'm dying for it to reopen!

[Sarah]

Just think of the fun you'll have when it does Laura!

[Cherie]

Yeah, a reading challenge and a technology challenge! Maybe next time I won't have to call my daughter three times and have to re-set my password in photobucket to figure it all out again. ;0)

[Laura]

Haha!

Thanks, Sarah, you're so right! :))

[Debra]

I hope I have a couple of days to report my book The Demon's Librarian. I have to get my library pics uploaded and add up my points. It was a fun, quick read.

[Janice, Moderator]

Yes, you're fine, Debra. I plan on posting badges this weekend.

[Debra]

Scoring: (Count all qualifiers that apply)

Genre:
3 points – Paranormal
1 point – Romance

Author:
2 points – Is female.
1 point – Is a Goodreads author

Title:
4 points – Has the exact word “Librarian” or “Librarians” in the title.
1 point – Is three words long (includes a, an, the, etc.)

Cover: (based on the edition you read)
5 points – Has a building on it. Count only one regardless of how many buildings are on it.
2 points – Title is in other colour than black or white.

Setting:
0 pts

Pages:
1 pts - 200 - 299 pages

Bonus points:

15 points – each snapshot of your library, up to a maximum of 3 pictures
1 point – In honour of “Dictionary Day”, count 1 point for every word you had to look up in the dictionary to a maximum of 10 points. (pho: Vietnamese noodle dish)
1 point – In honour of “Talk Like Shakespeare Day”, count 1 point for every mention of Shakespeare to a maximum of 5 points.

Plymouth Library:


Where I pick up my held books:


My favorite bookshelf:

[Debra]

Scoring: (Count all qualifiers that apply)

Genre:
3 points – Paranormal
1 point – Romance

Author:
2 points – Is female.
1 point – Is a Goodreads author

Title:
4 points – Has the exact word “Librarian” or “Librarians” in the title.
1 point – Is three words long (includes a, an, the, etc.)

Cover: (based on the edition you read)
5 points – Has a building on it. Count only one regardless of how many buildings are on it.
2 points – Title is in other colour than black or white.

Setting:
0 pts

Pages:

1 pts - 200 - 299 pages

Bonus points:

15 points – each snapshot of your library, up to a maximum of 3 pictures
1 point – In honour of “Dictionary Day”, count 1 point for every word you had to look up in the dictionary to a maximum of 10 points. (I looked up pho which is a Vietnamese noodle dish.)
1 point – In honour of “Talk Like Shakespeare Day”, count 1 point for every mention of Shakespeare to a maximum of 5 points. (At least 1 mention of Shakespeare, but I didn't keep track, dagnabit!)

37 points.

The Plymouth Library:


The Hold Shelf:


My favorite bookshelf:

[Janice, Moderator]

Nice that they have duplicates of Stephen King's novels! My library doesn't have duplicates of anything.

[Debra]

Yes, we have a wonderful selection. Of course, I own first editions of ALL of them! lol

[Beth]

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

5 points – Historical Fiction
4 points – Mystery
5 points – Has a building on it. Count only one regardless of how many buildings are on it.
2 points – Title is in other colour than black or white.
4 pts - 500 - 599 pages
5 points – picture
1 point – In honour of “F is not a Failing Grade Day”, count 1 point for every F in the title and author’s name.

Total: 26 (if I added right!)

Sorry to post so late. Am trying to figure out how to post the picture...

[Janice, Moderator]

I count 26 as well, Beth.

[Janice, Moderator]

The results are in, and badges are being posted. Please let me know if I've missed you or made a mistake.

Congratulations to Diane for the highest score!

64 pts - Diane, The Shadow of the Wind
63 pts - Tejas Jane, The Shadow of the Wind
60 pts - Sarah Jigz, The Shadow of the Wind
60 pts - Thing Two, The Shadow of the Wind
60 pts - Lynn, The Shadow of the Wind
56 pts - Sarah, The Shadow of the Wind
52 pts - Janice, The Shadow of the Wind
50 pts - Connie, The Library at Night
42 pts - Roz, The Bookman's Tale
41 pts - Esther, Le Marchand de liivres maudits
39 pts - Marnie, The Body in the Library
37 pts - Debra, The Demon's Librarian
36 pts - Almeta, Books
35 pts - Cherie, The Book of Ruth
34 pts - Kirila, Real Murders
33 pts - Naomi, The Camel Bookmobile
30 pts - Paakhi, Fahrenheit 451
30 pts - jaxnsmom, Addie
29 pts - Suzie, The Lost Library
28 pts - Juliekay, Running the Books
28 pts - Kim, Book, Line & Sinker
28 pts - Delmy, Northanger Abbey
27 pts - Amber, The World's Strongest Librarian
26 pts - Beth, The Name of the Rose
23 pts - Mariab, Lulu's Library
19 pts - Lori Z, Read it and Weep
19 pts - Marie, The Woman Who Died A Lot
17 pts - Lara, Running the Books
16 pts - Laura, A Storied Life
14 pts - Pragya, Library Wars
14 pts - Anna, Natsume's Book of Friends
12 pts - AmyK, The Borrower

[Paakhi]

Congratss Diane :D

[Sarah]

I think that might have been my personal best on the monthly challenges!

[Debra]

Sure a lot of folks who read Shadow of the Wind. I've got to reread that one so I can read the next in the series. It's been too long since I read it, and I can't remember enough of it.

Congrats to Diane for such a whopping total!

[Cherie]

Oh, nice badge, Janice for a great challenge! Thank you.

[Janice, Moderator]

Debra wrote: "Sure a lot of folks who read Shadow of the Wind. I've got to reread that one so I can read the next in the series. It's been too long since I read it, and I can't remember enough of it.

Congrats..."

I don't think you need to re-read Shadow of the Wind in order to read The Angel's Game. Its setting is earlier than Shadow and has very little connection to it. The bookstore Sempere and Son is in it, but that would be Daniel's grandfather and father. Come and join us in the buddy read.

[Janice, Moderator]

Sarah wrote: "I think that might have been my personal best on the monthly challenges!"

Mine too, thanks to the photos.

Cherie - I'm glad you liked the badge. Let's all go on a road trip to see that library. It's at Trinity College in Cambridge UK.