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May 2014 TBR Challenge: Report Points Here
21. Journey of Hope: A Novel of Triumph and Heartbreak on the Oregon Trail in 1852 by Victoria MurataHistorical Fiction - 5 points
280 pages - 2 points
Total - 28 points
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (book 1)# 23 Spot - 23 points
508 Pages - 6 points
HF - 5 points
Total - 34 points
Challenge Total 34
The Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Austen#20 spot - 20 points
432 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 point
Total - 29 points
Challenge total: 29
25. Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood by Leah Vincent (228 pp +2pts) total- 27 ptsChallenge Total: 27
25. Portal by Eric Flint and Ryk Spoor - 25 points309 pages - 4 points
Book total = 29 points
Challenge total = 53
22. Rough Boys: Runaway by J. Vaughn: 22 points245 pages: 2 points
total: 24 points
challenge total: 49 points
24. The Cocaine Chronicles by Jervey Tervalon250 pages- 2 points
Total- 26 points
Grand Total- 53 points
25.Marked by Elisabeth Naughton231 Pages- 2 Points
18. The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
310 Pages-4 Points
Challenge Total: 49 Points
23. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole-23 points462 pages-4 points
Book Total= 27 points
Challenge Total= 27 points
24. Miss Dimple Picks a Peck of Trouble272 pgs - 2 pt
HF - 5 pts
Book total - 31 pts
23. Duck the Halls
320 pgs - 4 pts
Book total - 27 pts
9. Motherland
464 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Book total - 18 pts
Post total - 76 pts
Challenge total - 105 pts
22. The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom229 pages - 2 pts
Challenge Total: 80
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (2nd book) # 22 Spot - 22 points
369 Pages - 4 points
Total - 26 points
Challenge Total - 60
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende#21 spot - 21 points
396 pages - 4 points
Total - 25 points
Challenge Total = 25 points
23. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams206 pages- 2 points
Total- 25 points
Grand Total- 78 points
25. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce - 25 points296 pages - 2 points
book total - 27 points
Belle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross#24 spot - 24 points
336 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 point (Paris in 1888/89)
Total - 33 points
Grand Total: 62
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See#25 - 25 points
269 pages - 2 points
HF - 5 points
Book Total: 32 points
Challenge Total = 57 points
19. Special Forces - Soldiers by Aleksandr Voinov: 19 points559 pages: 6 points
total: 25 points
challenge total: 74 points
25. Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander-25 points218 pages- 2 points
Book Total: 27 points
Challenge Total: 54 points
14. The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Womanby Nancy Marie Brown14pts
320pgs - 4pts.
HF: 5pts
Total: 23pts
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22. The Serpent's Tale371 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Book total 31 pts
21. The Alpine Yeoman
336 pgs - 4 pts
Book total 25 pts
20. Palace of Spies
368 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Book total 29 pts
Post total 85 pts
Challenge total 190 pts
25. Star of the Morning336 pgs- 4pts.
Book total: 29 pts
24. The Mage's Daughter
384 pgs- 4 pts.
Book Total: 28 pts.
23. Princess of the Sword
360 pgs.- 4 pts.
Book Total: 27 pts.
Post Total: 84 pts.
Challenge Total: 84 pts.
Whistling Past the GraveyardBook #24 on my list
307 pages=4 points
HF=5 points
Book total=33 points
Challenge total=33 points
The Flower Reader by Elizabeth Loupas#13 spot - 13 points
408 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 point
Total - 22 point
Challenge Total: 84
22. The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron-22 points480 pages= 4 points
HF= 5 points
Book Total: 31 points
Challenge Total: 85 points
23. The Drowning Guard: A Novel of the Ottoman EmpireHF - 5 pts
414 pages - 4 points
Book total: 32
Challenge total: 140
*edited to fix book position mistake
Douze minutes avant minuit by Christopher Edge#18 spot - 18 points
332 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 point
Total - 27 point
Challenge Total: 111
15. Special Forces - Mercenaries Part I by Aleksandr Voinov: 15 points607 pages: 6 points
total: 21 points
challenge total: 95 points
14. Winter at Death's Hotel389 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Book total - 23 pts
19. Death of the Demon
262 pgs - 2 pts
Book total - 21 pt
Post total - 44 pts
Challenge total - 234 pts
23. The Winter Prince by Elizabeth Wein - 23 points216 pages - 2 points
Book total: 25
21. Be Careful What You Wish For by Jeffrey Archer - 21 points
387 pages - 4 points
HF (1958-1964)- 5 points
Book total: 30
Post total - 55 points
Challenge total - 108 points
The Shadow of the Wind (3rd book) # 21Spot - 21 points
487 Pages - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Total - 30 points
Challenge Total - 90
25. The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie: 25 points581 pages: 6 points
total: 31 points
challenge total: 126 points
21. The Lion and the Rose by Kate Quinn= 21 ptsHF= 5 pts
438 pgs= 4 pts
Total points: 30
Challenge total: 30 pts
1st book18) How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
237pp =+2
Total: 20
Challenge Total: 20
Mod
452 pgs- 4 points
HF- 5 points
Total 23 points
Challenge Tot 23 points
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Books mentioned in this topic
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (other topics)The Shadow of the Wind (other topics)
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Barbara Kingsolver (other topics)Alexander McCall Smith (other topics)
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Use this thread to report your points for the May TBR challenge.
Here's an example of how it will look when reported:
15. Maisie Dobbs by by Jacqueline Winspear - 15 points
664 pages - 6 points
HF - 5 point
Total - 26 points