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TBR Summer Challenge - 2016: Scoring Thread
The Preacher's Bride by Jody Hedlund#42 spot - 42 points
384 pages - 4 points
HF- 5 points
SUMMER task: different country - 5 points
Date added : April 2014: 4 points
Total this post: 60 points
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser (6/2/16)#48 spot: 48 pts
368pgs: 4 pts
Date Added, May 28, 2014: 4 pts
Total: 56 pts
An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude by Ann Vanderhoof (6/5/16)
#45 spot: 45 pts
320 pgs: 4 pts
Date Added, June 18, 2014: 2 pts
Summer Task, takes a trip: 5 pts
Total: 56 pts
Allegiant by Veronica Roth (6/5/16)
#36 spot: 36 pts
526 pgs: 6 pts
Total: 42 pts
Roman Blood by Steven Saylor (6/7/16)
#46 spot: 46 pts
387pgs: 4 pts
HF: 5 pts
Date Added, March 23, 2014: 4 pts
Total: 59 pts
Challenge Total: 213 pts
Sails of Hope: the Secret Mission of Christopher Columbus by Simon Wiesenthal#15 spot= 15 points
255 pages= 2 points
Summer Task-MC (Christopher Columbus) takes a trip--= 5 points
Total This Post=22 points
Total Points for Challenge=31 points
Sisi: Empress on Her Own by Alison Pataki#48 spot=48 points
464 pages=4 points
HF=5 points
Summer Task b--Sisi travels incessantly=5 points
Total this Post=62 points
Challenge Total=62 points
Mod
Spot 39= 39 points
Historical Fiction Bonus= 5 pts
346 pgs= 4 pts
Book total= 48 pts
Challenge Total= 48 pts
Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family by Glenn Plaskin#50 =50 pts
256pp = 2pts
Date added -December 6, 2013 = 4 pts
Summer task- goes on a trip = 5 pts
Main character travels interviewing celebrities for newpaper and magazines
Book Total: 71
Grand Total: 71
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan#45 = 45 pts
384 pages = 4 pts
HF = 5 pts
Summer bonus: MC takes a trip = 5 pts
date added: 1 Oct 2012 = 6 pts
Book Total: 65
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Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
#1 = 1 pt
421 pgs = 4 pts
Summer bonus: author initials in SUMMER = 5 pts
Book Total: 10 pts
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Books read: 2
Challenge TOTAL: 75 pts
Mod
#50 spot - 50 points
427 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 point
Date added: Jul 21, 2014 -2 pts
Summer Bonus: Author initials--5 points
Total - 67 points
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan#50 spot - 50 points
448 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Summer bonus: not set in my home country (South Africa is my home country; book set in Tasmania and Burma) - 5 points
Total - 64 points
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes#50 spot: 50 ppts
369 pages: 4pts
Summer bonus
3b) Read a book where the main character takes a trip: towards the end of the story they travel to Mauritius. 5pts
Total: 59pts
A Stranger in Mayfair by Charles Finch#26 = 26 pts
320 pgs = 4 pts
HF = 5 pts
Summer bonus: a different country: 5 pts
Book Total: 40 pts
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Books Read: 3
Challenge Total: 115
When Falcons Fall by C.S. Harris#31 spot - 31 pts
355pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Book total - 40 pts
The Forbidden Orchid by Sharon Biggs Waller
#49 spot - 49 pts
392 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Summer bonus (B) - MC takes a trip (England to China) - 5 pts
Book total - 63 pts
Journey to Munich by Jacqueline Winspear
#43 spot - 43 pts
287 pgs - 2 pts
HF - 5 pts
Book total - 50 pts
Challenge total - 153 pts
Marlene by C. W. Gortner#48 spot = 48pts
416 pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Summer task 3d - set in a different country = 5pts
Book total = 62pts
Flight Patterns by Karen White
#47 spot = 47pts
416 pgs = 4pts
Book total = 51pts
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
#45 spot = 45pts
320 pgs = 4pts
Summer task 3b - character takes a trip = 5pts
Book total = 54pts
Challenge total = 167pts
Night Shift by Charlaine Harris#8 spot= 8 points
308 pages= 3 points
Book Total= 11 points
Challenge Total=42 points
The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell#47 on list=47 points
384 pages=4 points
HF=5 points
Book total=56 points
A Lady of Good Family: A Novel by Jeanne Mackin
#46 on list=46 points
368 pages=4 points
HF=5 points
Summer bonus c--a summer scene on the cover
=5 pointsBook total=60 points
Challenge total=178 points
Mod
#45 spot - 45 points
327 pages - 4 points
Date added: June 5, 2015: 2 pts
Book Total - 51 points
Challenge Total: 118
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie#45 spot- 45 points
380 pages: 4 points
Summer bonus: 5 (different country)
Total points: 54 points
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Total challenge points: 114 points
Baking Cakes In Kigali by Gaile Parkin#49 spot - 49 points
448 pages - 4 points
Total - 53 points
Challenge total - 117 points
Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich#20 spot=20 points
282 pages=2 points
Book total=22 points
Challenge total=200 points
Galapagos Regained by James Morrow#50 spot - 50 points
473 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Main character takes a trip - 5 points
Book total 64 points
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie#43 spot- 43 points
250 pages- 2 points
Bonus points:
Different country - 5
Author initials- 5
Total: 55
Challenge total : 169
Boar Island by Nevada Barr#26 spot-26 points
374 pages-4 points
Bonus Points- Set in Summer-the book was set during a school summer vacation-5 points
Total Points=35 points
Challenge Total=77 points
Linda wrote: "Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich#20 spot=20 points
282 pages=2 points
Book total=22 points
Challenge total=200 points"
Hi Linda, you forgot the bonus point for SUMMER - author intials found in SUMMER
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson#46 Spot - 46 pts
358 pgs - 4 pts
Summer bonus (E) - Author initial in SUMMER - 5 pts
Book total - 55 pts
Nantucket Sisters by Nancy Thayer
#48 Spot - 48 pts
352 pgs - 4 pts
Summer bonus (C) - Summer scene on cover - 5 pts
Added to TBR on 6/20/14 - 2 pts
Book total - 59 pts
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney#40 Spot - 40 pts
368 pgs - 4 pts
Book total - 44 pts
Post total - 158 pts
Challenge total - 311 pts
Death Comes As Epiphany by Sharan Newman (6/8/16)#47 spot: 47 pts
319 pgs: 4 pts
Summer Bonus, Different Country (France): 5 pts
HF: 5 pts
Date Added Dec. 12, 2012: 6 pts
Book Total: 67 pts
Challenge Total: 280 pts
The Alchemy of Murder by Carol McCleary#50 = 50pts
364 pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 59pts
The House of Dreams: A Novel by Kate Lord Brown
#36 = 36pts
320pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 45pts
Villa America by Liza Klaussmann
#44 = 44pts
426pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 53pts
Lisette's List by Susan Vreeland
#40 = 40pts
432pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Summer task 3e book were one of the author's initials is in the Summer = 5pts
Book total = 54
Challenge total = 378 pts
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson#49 - 49 points
316 pages - 4 points
Added October 2014 - 2 points
HF = 5 points
SUMMER :
5 - different country
5- character takes a trip
Total: 70
Challenge total: 239 points
A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams#42 = 42 pts
357 pgs = 4 pts
HF = 5 pts
Summer Bonus: summer scene on cover = 5 pts
Date added Dec. 18 2013: 4 pts
Book Total: 60 pts
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Books Read: 4
Challenge Total: 175 pts
Mod
#35 = 35pts
384 pgs = 4pts
Book Total = 39pts
Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott (read 6/7-6/13)
#38 = 38 pts
HF = 5pts
Date added bonus (3/14) = 4pts
485 pgs= 4pts
Book Total = 51 pts
3 books read
Challenge Point Total = 138 pts
King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village#47 = 47 pts
334 pgs = 4 pts
Date added Oct. 1, 2012: 6 pts
Book Total: 57
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Books Read: 5
Challenge Total: 232
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne (6/14/16)#50 spot: 50 pts
240 pgs: 2 pts
Book TotaL: 52 pts
Challenge Total: 332 pts
At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier#49 Spot: 49pts
289 pages: 2pts
HF: 5pts
Book Total: 56pts
Challenge Total: 115 pts
Night of the Jaguar: A Novel by Joe Gannon#20 spot=20 points
326 Pages= 4 points
Bonus: Book set in different country-Nicaragua=5 points
Total Points=29
Challenge Total=106 points
The Ides of March by Thornton Wilder#46 spot = 46 points
282 pages= 2 points
HF= 5 Points
Total Points=53
Total Challenge= 159
The Beach House by James Patterson#50 spot= 50 points
356 pages= 4 points
Total Points-54
Total Challenge=213 points
Belle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross (6/14/16)#25 spot: 25 pts
336 pgs: 4 pts
HF: 5 pts
Date Added, Oct. 28, 2014: 2 pts
Book Total: 36 pts
Challenge Total: 368 pts
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly#49 spot 49 pts
496 pages 4 pts
HF 5 pts
One of author's initials in SUMMER 5 pts
Book total 63 pts
Challenge Total 127 points
The Day is Dark by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir#24 spot - 24 pts
421 pgs - 4 pts
Book total - 28 pts
The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin
#44 spot - 44 pts
368 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Book total - 53 pts
Night Shift by Charlaine Harris
#45 spot - 45 pts
308 pgs - 4 pts
Book total - 49 pts
Post total - 130 pts
Challenge total - 441 pts
The Italian Wife by Kate Furnivall#40 on list=40 points
437 pages=4 points
HF=5 points
Bonus--set in a different country=5 points
Book Total=54 points
Challenge total=254 points
Partners by Gerri Hill#48 spot=48 points
201 pages=2 points
Date added Jan 11/15= 2 points
Total = 52 points
One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf
#47 spot= 47 points
370 pages= 4 points
Date Added Aug 27/12= 6 points
Total = 57 points
Diary of An Expat in Singapore by Jennifer Gargiulo
#26 spot= 26 points
209 pages = 2 points
Dated added Feb 9/14 = 4 points
Total = 32 points
CHALLENGE TOTAL = 141 points
The Girl from The Savoy by Hazel Gaynor#20 = 20pts
448 pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 29pts
The Vintner's Daughter by Kirsten Harnisch
#43 = 43pts
368pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 52pts
Sacrifice by Sharon Bolton
#38 = 38pts
384 pgs = 4pts
TBR before June 1, 2015 = 2pts
Book total = 44pts
Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy
#32 = 32pts
400 pgs = 4pts
Book total = 36pts
Challenge Total = 539
The Postman by David Brin# 40 - 40 points
321 pages - 4 points
Date added- May 2013 - 6 points
SUMMER:
set in different country - 5 points
MC takes a trip - 5 points
Total: 60
Challenge total : 299
The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie#39 - 39 points
315 pages -4
SUMMER : different country 5 points
Book : 48
Challenge total: 347
Mod
#49 spot - 49 points
374 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 point
Summer Bonus-5 points Main character takes a trip to the Amazon.
Date added: July 21, 2014: 2 points
Total - 65 points
The Elite by Kiera Cass
#44 spot - 44 points
336 pages - 4 points
Total - 48 points
Challenge Total-- 231 points
Legend in Green Velvet by Elizabeth Peters#42 spot= 42 points
352 pages= 4 points
Bonus=Author initial in 'Summer"=5 points
Total Points= 51
Total Challenge=262points
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness#50 spot = 50pts
561 pgs = 6pts
Date Added: 4pts 7/16/14
Date Completed: 6/18/16
TOT: 60 pts
Mod
260 pages = 2 pts
Rachel is in Summer = 5 pts
Post total = 42
Challenge Total = 42
49. The Black Swanby Mercedes Lackey416 pp +4
Date Added: November 11, 2009 +15
Bonus
MC takes a trip +5
Author's first name starts with M found in Summer +5
Book Total: 78
Grand Total: 149
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Scoring Example
Here's an example of how it will look when reported:
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
#15 spot - 15 points
664 pages - 6 points
HF - 5 point
Date added: Jan 1, 2012: 8 pts
Total - 34 points
Scoring Primer:
Initial points is the spot on your list.
Bonuses for:
Historical Fiction
# of pages
Summer Task
How long it's been on your TBR