TBR Summer Challenge - 2016: Scoring Thread

[Linda]

The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee
#35 on the list=35 points
561 pages=6 points
HF=5 points

Book total=46 points

Challenge total=1300 points

[Lindsey]

Russka by Edward Rutherfurd (8/23/16)
#12 spot: 12 pts
760 pgs: 8 pts
HF: 5 pts
Date Added, February 22, 2015: 2 pts
Book Total: 27 pts

Challenge Total: 1567

[Cheryl A]

These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly
#10 Spot - 10 pts
488 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 5/30/15 - 2 pts
Book total - 21 pts

Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog by Boris Akunin
#35 Spot - 35 pts
273 pgs - 2 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 10/7/10 - 10 pts
Book total - 52 pts

The Photographer's Wife by Suzanne Joinson
#12 Spot - 12 pts
338 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 1/22/15 - 2 pts
Book total - 23 pts

Post total - 96 pts
Challenge total - 1833 pts

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

The Snow Queenby Mercedes Lackey
#44 - 44pts
331 pp +4
Added November 11, 2009 +15
Book Total: 63
Grand Total: 632

[Linda]

The Princeling by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
# 33 on list=33 points
HF=5 points
410 pages=4 points

book total=42 points

Challenge total=1342 points

[Gretchen, Keep your head up or the crown slips]

9.) A Duty To The Dead by Charles Todd
HF = 5pts
On TBR before 6/2015 = 2pts
336pgs = 4pts
9spt = 9pts

Book Total = 20pts

Challenge Total = 1091pts

[Margaret]

True history of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
Book 27
HF 5
435 pages 4
Book total 36
Challenge total 826

[Kathleen]

The Insanity of Murder by Felicity Young
#23 spot = 23pts
HF = 5pts
320pgs = 4pts
Book total = 32

A Kind of Grief by A.D. Scott
#10 spot = 10pts
HF = 5pts
368pgs = 4pts
TBR before June 1, 2015 = 2pts
Book total = 21pts

Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas
#5 spot = 5pts
HF = 5pts
391pgs = 4pts
Book total = 14pts

Challenge total = 1806pts
52/53 books read

[Dana]

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
#41 spot = 41 points
278 pages = 2 points
Added to TBR Apr. 20/15 = 2 points
Book total = 45 points

Challenge total = 395 points

[Jessica]

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

#27 spot: 27 pts
290 pgs: 2 pts
Added July 10, 2014: 2 pts
HF bonus: 5 pts

Book total: 36 pts
Challenge total: 768 pts

[Margaret]

I'm
Reading Mata Hari's Last Dance by Michelle Moran I found it on one of the mod's to be read lists, and have forgotten which mod? Please help. I keep trawling through but can't find it listed now. I know it was there!!

[Gretchen, Keep your head up or the crown slips]

24.) Bloodline by Conn Iggulden (8/23-8/26)
HF = 5pts
432pgs = 4pts
24spt = 24pts
Book Total = 33pts

Challenge total = 1,124pts

[Linda]

A Taste for Nightshade: A Novel by Martine Bailey
#31 on list=31 points
HF=5 points
464 pages=4 points
Book total=40 points

Challenge total=1382 points

[Kathleen]

The Borgia Betrayal by Sara Poole
JoLene's TBR Bonus book = 50pts
HF =5pts
416 pgs = 4pts
Book total =59pts

Challenge total = 1865
Books read = 53/53

Feels great to complete the challenge, I read some great books this summer. Thanks to the moderators for organizing and tracking, I know it takes time and effort. Definitely interested in doing this again next summer.

[Margaret]

Congratulations

[Wanda]

By Loyalty Bound by Elizabeth Ashworth

#49=49 points
204 pages=2 points
HF=5 Points
Total Points=56 points

Magic for Marigold by L.M. Montgomery
#14=14 points
247 pages=2 points
HF=5 points
Total Points=21 points

The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#24=24 points
279 pages=2 points
HF=5 points
Total Points=31 points

Total Challenge Points=1253

[Wanda]

The Glassblower by Petra Durst-Benning

Mod Bonus-Jolene=50 points
496 pages-4 points
HF=5 Points

Total Points=59

Total Challenge Points=1312

[Linda]

Bitter Harvest by Ann Rule
#16 on the list=16 points
432 pages=4 points
Book total=20 points

Challenge total=1402 points

[Kathy]

1) Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender
1spot 1
292pgs 2
HF 5
DATE COMPLETED: 8/28/16
TOT: 8
Grand Tot: 982

[Cheryl A]

Against a Brightening Sky by Jaime Lee Moyer
#14 Spot - 14 pts
336 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 1/22/15 - 2 pts
Book total - 25 pts

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
#16 Spot - 16 pts
372 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 10/8/10 - 10 pts
Book total - 35 pts

The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss
#41 Spot - 41 pts
519 pgs - 5 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 10/7/10 - 10 pts
Book total - 62 pts

Post total - 122 pts
Challenge total - 1955 pts

Down to the last two!

[Dana]

The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen
#43 spot = 43 points
344 pages = 4 points
Book total = 47 points

Challenge total = 442 points

[Cindy]

Broken Harbor

#6 spot = 6 points
533 pages = 6 points
Date added Aug 1/12 = 6 points
Total points = 18


Total this post =18

CHALLENGE TOTAL = 960

[Donna]

Congrats Kathleen.

[Jessica]

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

#48 spot: 48 pts
858 pgs: 8 pts
Added Feb. 3, 2015: 2 pts
HF bonus: 5 pts

Book total: 63 pts
Challenge total: 831 pts

[Margaret]

Can we continue after month end please?

[Linda]

The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye
#28 on the list=28 points
HF=5 points
408 pages=4 points
Book total=37 points

Challenge total=1439 points

[Margaret]

[Mata Hari's last dance] by Michelle Moran
Mid choice 50
HF 5
368 pages 4
Book total 59

[Margaret]

Challenge total 885

[Margaret]

Mata Hari's Last Dance by Michelle Moran
Mod choice 50
HF 5
368 pages 4
Book total 59

[Lindsey]

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (8/26/16)
#24 spot: 24 points
499 pgs: 4 pts
Date Added, November 12, 2014: 2 pts
Book Total: 30 pts

The Iris Fan by Laura Joh Rowland (8/27/16)
#18 spot: 18 pts
352 pgs: 4 pts
HF: 5 pts
Date Added, January 18, 2015: 2 pts
Book Total: 29 pts

The Dead Travel Fast by Deanna Raybourn (8/30/16)
#17 spot: 17 pts
309 pgs: 4 pts
HF: 5 pts
Date Added, January 28, 2015: 2 pts
Book Total: 28 pts

Post Total: 87
Challenge Total: 1654

[Linda]

Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth
#13 on list=13 points
340 pages=4 points
Book total=17 points

The Strangler Vine by M. J. Carter
# 23 on the list=23 points
HF=5 points
369 pages=4 points
Book total=32 points

Challenge total=1488 points

And I am DONE! Read 37 out of 52 books, including mod bonuses, so I'm happy.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Pop Goes the Weaselby James Patterson
#42 + 42
461 pp +4
Book Total 46
Grand Total: 678

Read 11 books off my TBR list.

[Christina]

Inferno by Dan Brown
#45 Spot: 45pts
461 pages: 4pts
Book Total: 49pts
Challenge Total: 701pts

[Gail]

The Gathering Night by Margaret Elphinstone
#33 spot 33 points
375 pages 4 points
HF 5 points

Book total 42 points
Challenge Total 627 points

[Cheryl A]

Last two!

Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
#25 Spot - 25 pts
384 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 10/7/10 - 10 pts
Book total - 44 pts

August Mod Bonus - Becky
The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst
Bonus - 50 pts
304 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Book total - 59 pts

Post total - 103 pts
Challenge total - 2058 pts

Cleared 50 off the TBR; added about that many off of others' great titles. Verdict - treading water!

Thanks, JoLene, for another great challenge.

[JoLene, Mistress of the Challenge]

47. The Book of Harlan
HF +5
400 pgs +4
Book total: 56

36. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
303 pg: +4
Book total: 40

Post: 96
Challenge Total: 629

[CandyBeans]

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
545 pages - 6 points
HF - 5 points
Summer Task: Different country 5 points
Date added: May 31, 2016: 0 pts
Total - 65 points

Mistress of the Art of Death
#48 spot - 48 points
384 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Date added: Nov 04, 2015: 2 pts
Total - 59 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: Apr 16, 2015: 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
Date added: Apr 16, 2015: 2 pts
Total - 37 points

(Corrected Total: 366)

Of Human Bondage
#47 spot - 47 points
684 pages - 6 points
Summer Task Initials: W. Somerset Maugham 5 points
Date added: Apr 29, 2014: 4 pts
Total - 62 points

The Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations
#46 spot - 46 points
216 pages - 2 points
Date added: Apr 16, 2015: 2 pts
Total - 50 points

Kidnapped
#42 spot - 42 points
288 pages - 2 points
Date added: May 30, 2016: 0 pts
Total - 44 points

Princess Academy
#37 spot - 37 points
314 pages - 4 points
Date added: May 30, 2016: 0 pts
Total - 41 points

The Iron Ring
#30 spot - 30 points
283 pages - 2 points
Date added: Apr 16, 2015: 2 pts
Summer Task: Takes a trip: 5
Total - 39 points

Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
#27 spot - 27 points
438 pages - 4 points
Date added: Nov 10, 2014: 4 pts
Total - 35 points

A Wrinkle in Time
#11 spot - 11 points
211 pages - 2 points
Date added: Apr 18, 2015: 2 pts
Total - 15 points

Final Total: 652

[Gretchen, Keep your head up or the crown slips]

I just want to say a huge thank you to Jolene for doing this challenge! I didn't finish all 50 books but I am pleased with the progress I made. I'm now only three or four books away from my yearly reading challenge goal which is a good thing since I'm suppose to start back at work full time next week.

[Margaret]

Book 35 The girl you lost by Kathryn Croft
318 pages 4 book total 39
Challenge total 924


Many thanks for a great challenge and for helping me tackle my to be read pile even though I haven't done S well as others!! It's been our winter....

[JoLene, Mistress of the Challenge]

I'm glad everyone enjoyed the challenge --- the rules state that you need to get books reported by Aug 31.

Since I won't have time to score until Sat, I will extend the deadline to Sept 2.

[CandyBeans]

JoLene wrote: "I'm glad everyone enjoyed the challenge --- the rules state that you need to get books reported by Aug 31.

Since I won't have time to score until Sat, I will extend the deadline to Sept 2."

Thank you! I was caught unexpectedly late at work on the last day, so the extended deadline is a gift! I won't procrastinate reporting int he future though.

[Jasmine, Gatekeeper of Giveaways.]

Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

#34 spot - 34 points
444 pgs - 4 points
Book Total - 38 points

Challenge Total: 812

[Dana]

Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

#36 spot = 36 points
239 pages = 2 points
Book total - 38 points

Challenge total = 480