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TBR Summer Challenge - 2016: Scoring Thread
West with the Night by Beryl Markham#45 spot: 45 pts
294 pgs: 2 pts
Book total: 47 pts
Challenge total: 534 pts
Island Beneath the SeaJackie's Mod Bonus = 50 pts
457 pgs = 4 pts
HF = 5 pts
Book Total: 59 pts
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Books Read: 50/53
Post Total: 59 pts
Challenge Total: 1876
Jaded by Varina Denman#25 spot- 25 points
Pages - 434 : 4 points
Book points: 29 points
Challenge total: 776
Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead#10 spot=10 points
272 pages=2 points
Book Total=12 points
Challenge total=1113
Out of the Easy by Ruta SepetysMod bonus (JoLene's TBR): 50 pts
346 pgs: 4 pts
HF bonus: 5 pts
Book total: 59 pts
Challenge total: 593 pts
Queen By Right by Anne Easter Smith#39 spot 39 points
494 pages 4 points
HF 5 points
TBR since Oct. 6, 2013 4 points
Book total 52 points
Challenge total 531 points
Margaret of Anjou#20 = 20 pts
448 pgs = 4 pts
HF = 5 pts
Book Total: 29 pts
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Books Read: 51/53
Post Total: 29 pts
Challenge Total: 1905
The Impersonator by Mary Miley#2 Spot - 2 pts
358 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 5/26/13 - 6 pts
Book total - 17 pts
Lisette's List by Susan Vreeland
#26 Spot - 26 pts
432 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 10/8/14 - 2 pts
Book total - 37 pts
The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew
#18 Spot - 18 pts
289 pgs -2 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 8/11/12 - 6 pts
Book total - 31 pts
Post total - 85 pts
Challenge total - 1524 pts
Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich#35 spot = 35 points
326 pages= 4 points
Date added Feb 21/12= 8 points
Total = 47 points
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon
#9 spot= 9 points
HF= 5 points
Date added Mar 20/11= 10 points
494 pages= 4 points
Total= 28 points
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
#15 spot= 15 points
329 pages= 4 points
Total= 19 points
Total this post= 94
CHALLENGE TOTAL= 871
(Hi Cindy!)The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (8/13/16)
August Mod Bonus (Becky): 50 pts
HF: 5 pts
440 pgs: 4 pts
Book Total: 59 pts
Challenge Total: 1383
Across the Universe by Beth Revis# 27 - 27 points
Pages - 416 : 4 points
Added April 2014 - 4 points
Book total : 35 points
Challenge total: 801
Troubled Waters by Sharon Shinn (8/14/16)#10 spot: 10 pts
400pgs: 4 pts
Date Added, March 4, 2015: 2 pts
Summer Bonus, Author's Initials: 5 pts
Book Total: 21 pts
Challenge Total: 1404
Crowned and Dangerous by Rhys Bowen#2 spot = 2pts
HF = 5pts
304 pgs= 4pts
Book total = 11pts
The Daredevil Snared by Stephanie Laurens
#15 spot = 15pts
HF = 5pts
464pgs = 4pts
Book total = 24pts
Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu by Laurence Bergreen
#1 spot = 1pt
Historical Non-Fiction = 5pts
415pgs = 4pts
Book total = 10pts
Challenge total = 1630pts
Books read 46/53
Mod
HF = 5pts
369pgs = 4pts
36spt = 36pts
Book Total = 45pts
26.) Circle Of Shadows by Imogen Robertson (8/7-8/11)
HF = 5pts
384 pgs = 4pts
26spt = 26pts
Book Total = 35pts
21.) The Wedding Shroud by Elisabeth Storrs (7/14-8/11)
On TBR before 6/14 = 4pts
HF = 5pts
514pgs = 6pts
21spt = 21pts
Book Total = 36pts
Challenge Total = 1030pts
The Count of Monte Cristo#39 = 39 pts
1276 pgs = 10 pts
HF = 5 pts
Date added – 02/09/14 = 4 pts
Book Total: 58 pts
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Books Read: 52/53
Post Total: 58 pts
Challenge Total: 1963
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness#37 spot= 37 points
216 pages= 2 points
Total this post = 39
CHALLENGE TOTAL = 350
Deadly Election by Lindsey Davis#21 post= 21 points
400 pages =4 points
HF=5 points
Total Points=30
Challenge Points =1051
Bumped by Megan McCafferty#1 post=1 point
323 pages=4 points
Total points=5
Total Challenge Points=1056
Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth#46 post=46 points
HF=5 points
496 pages=4 points
Total Points=55
Total Challenge Points=1111
A Woman of Consequence by Anna Dean (8/15/16)#33 spot: 33 pts
384 pgs: 4 pts
HF: 5 pts
Date Added, June 27, 2014: 2 pts
Book Total: 44 pts
Challenge Total: 1448
Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough#49 spot: 49 pts
445 pgs: 4 pts
Added Dec. 10, 2014: 2 pts
Book total: 55 pts
Challenge total: 648 pts
The Woodlands by Lauren Nicolle Taylor# 29 spot- 29 points
275 pages- 2 points
Added April 2014 - 4 points
Book total: 35 points
Challenge total - 836
The True Story of Hansel and GretelBecky's Mod Bonus = 50 pts
320 pgs = 4 pts
HF = 5 pts
Book Total: 59 pts
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Books Read: 53/53
Post Total: 59
FINAL Challenge Total: 2022
The Splendour Falls#39 on list=39 points
382 pages=4 points
Book total=43 points
Challenge total=1156 points
And Only to Deceive: A Novel of Suspense by Tasha Alexander (8/16/16)#38 spot: 38 points
310 pgs: 4 pts
HF: 5 pts
Date Added, June 11, 2014: 2 pts
Book Total: 49 pts
Challenge Total: 1497
The Things We Cherished by Pam Jenoff#5 Spot - 5 pts
288 pgs - 2 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 8/10/11 - 8 pts
Book total - 20 pts
Search the Dark by Charles Todd
#39 Spot - 39 pts
310 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 10/7/10 - 10 pts
Book total - 58 pts
The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths
#17 Spot - 17 pts
328 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 12/23/14 - 2 pts
Book total - 28 pts
Post total - 106 pts
Challenge total - 1630 pts
The Lion and the Rose by Kate QuinnMod bonus (Jackie)=50 points
438 pages=4 points
HF=5 points
Book total=59 points
Challenge total=1225 points
The Distant Hours by Kate Morton#22 Spot: 22pts
562 pages: 6pts
HF: 5pts
Date Added 3/9/2012 8pts
Book Total: 41 pts
Challenge Total: 596pts
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
#46 Spot: 46pts
404 pages: 4pts
Date Added 2/1/2013 6pts
Book Total: 56pts
Challenge Total: 652pts
Mod
Thru Post: 331
Score Adjustment in ()
Donna 2022
Kathleen 1630
CherylA 1630
Lindsey 1497
Linda 1174 (-51)
Wanda 1111
Gretchen 1028 (-2)
Kathy 974
Cindy 871
June 846 (10)
Jasmine 728 (40)
Margaret 681
Christina 652
Jessica 648
Jayme 570
JoLene 533
Gail 531
Jackie 389
Candybeans 372 (-2)
Dana 350
Anameeka 281
Shannon 235 (-5)
Bookworm 114
Ashley 110 (10)
Becky 0
Erica 0
Issues
Linda (-51) Post 271: The book I have on spot 36 is "The Wolf Bride"; I have no record of a switch and since you edited the post since Aug 1, I can't accept this (sorry) also, you added wrong. Off by +4); Post 330: added wrong
Kathy Post 209: Added wrong (692+31=723); post 283: no points for when you add book
Gretchen (-2) Post 284: Added wrong (872+42 =914); can't claim the date added bonus because GR says added in 2016
Jasmine (40) Post 295: Looks like added wrong (missing post 290 in total)
Candybeans (-2) Post 301: Audio books (like all books) score the page bonus using most popular edition. You seem to have add the points in the book total anyway. Trainspotting didn't put a date so no points (-2); The Elegance of the Hedgehog is not historical fiction (which is -5, but the book totals seems to be correct)
June (10) Post 312: Added total wrong.
Ashley (10) Post 203: Added wrong (53+57 = 110)
Congratulations to Donna who has completed all 50 of her books as well as 3 mod bonuses!!
Mod
#37 spot - 37 points
384 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 point
Total - 46 points
Challenge Total - 774
The Story Girl by L.M. Montgomery#27 post= 27 Points
220 pages=2 points
HF=5 Points
Total Points=34 points
Total Challenge Points=1145
The Beloved Daughter by Alana Terry#28 - 28 points
Pages: 230 - 2 points
Date added : April 2014 : 4 points
Book total: 34 points
Challenge total : 880
Congrats Donna on finishing the challenge. You rock!!
Declan's Cross#25 on the list=25 points
314 pages=4 points
Book total=29 points
Challenge total=1203 points
Good job Donna!Fever by Mary Beth Keane (8/18/16)
#32 spot: 32 pts
306 pgs: 4 pts
HF: 5 pts
Date Added, July 14, 2014: 2 pts
Book Total: 43 pts
Challenge Total: 1540
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir#39 spot: 39 pts
643 pgs: 6 pts
Added Dec. 10, 2014: 2 pts
Book total: 47 pts
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
#31 spot: 31 pts
340 pgs: 4 pts
Added Sept. 15, 2014: 2 pts
Book total: 37 pts
Challenge total: 732 pts
Christmas Cookie Murder by Leslie Meier#15 on list=15 points
256 pages=2 points
Book total=17 points
Challenge total=1220
people of the book by Geraldine Brooks Mod choice Jackie 50
HF 5
396 pages. 4
Book total 59
Storks in a blue sky by Jane Dobson
Book 43
HF 5
280pages 2
Book total 50
Challenge total 790
The Tsarina's Daughter by Carolly Erickson#8 Spot - 8 pts
325 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 10/7/10 - 10 pts
Book total - 27 pts
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
#28 Spot - 28 pts
483 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 10/7/10 - 10 pts
Book total - 47 pts
The Spook Lights Affair by Marcia Muller
#22 Spot - 22 pts
256 pgs - 2 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 1/30/14 - 4 pts
Book total - 33 pts
Post total - 107 pts
Challenge total - 1737 pts
Thanks for the kind thoughts everyone. I was excited about this challenge hoping to whittle down my TBR pile. But have since realized that there is no such thing as whittling it down because for every book you read, there are at least 3 more to replace that one. ;-)
Poison by Sara PooleJackie's TBR bonus = 50pts
HF = 5pts
388pgs = 4pts
Book total = 59pts
The Infidel Stain by M. J. Carter
#6 spot = 6pts
HF = 5pts
357pgs = 4pts
book total = 15pts
London Gambit by Tracy Grant
#26 spot = 26 pts
HF = 5pts
391pgs = 4pts
Book total = 35 pts
Challenge total = 1739
Books read = 49/53
Great job, Donna!! I absolutely agree about the list continuing to grow. So many books, so little time!
Her Highness, the Traitor by Susan Higginbotham#19 on list=19 points
HF=5 points
323 pages=4 points
Added to TBR Jan 2013=6 points
Book total=34 points
Challenge total=1254 points
Mod
#36 spot - 36 points
393 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 point
Total - 45 points
Challenge Total - 819
The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley#43 spot 43 points
476 pages 4 points
HF 5 points
On TBR since Nov 8, 2014 2 points
Book Total 54 points
Challenge Total 585 points
Floodgates #23 spot = 23 points
250 pages = 2 points
Summer Bonus e: Mary Anna Evans Letter M = 5 points
Date added Apr 26/15 = 2 points
Total = 32 points
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
#29 spot = 29 points
325 pages = 4 points
Date added Mar 15/13 = 6 points
Total = 39 points
Total this post= 71
CHALLENGE TOTAL = 942
Mod
HF = 5pts
TBR before 6/2015 = 2pts
337pgs = 4pts
5spt = 5pts
Book Total = 16pts
18.) The Girl in the Glass Tower by Elizabeth Fremantle (8/16-8/17)
HF = 5pts
464pgs = 4pts
18spt = 18pts
Book Total = 27pts
Challenge Total = 1071pts
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The Way of Kings
#50 spot - 50 points
1258 pages - 10 points
Date added: Apr 09, 2015 : 2 pts
Total - 62 points
Abundance
#49 spot - 49 points
Audio - 0 points
HF - 5 points
Summer Task: Different country
Date added: May 31, 2016: 0 pts
Total - 65 points
Mistress of the Art of Death
#48 spot - 48 points
Audio - 0 points
HF - 5 points
Date added: Nov 04, 2015: 2 pts
Total - 57 points
The Trumpeter of Krakow
#44 spot - 44 points
224 pages - 2 points
HF - 5 points
Date added: Apr 16, 2015: 2 pts
Total - 53 points
Trainspotting
#40 spot - 40points
368 pages - 4 points
Date added: : 2 pts
Total - 46 points
Zahrah the Windseeker
#38 spot - 38 points
320 pages - 4 points
Date added: Apr 16, 2015 : 2 pts
Total - 44 points
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
#36 spot - 36 points
325 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Date added: Apr 16, 2015 : 2 pts
Total - 42 points
Current Total: 374