June 2014 - Solved! (Reporting Thread for Clue!)

[Janice, Moderator]

tracked to here.

[Paakhi]

I read Sherlock: A Study in Scarlet Sherlock A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) by Arthur Conan Doyle

GENRE - Must be a mystery:
Police/Detective - 4 points

AUTHOR:
Born or resides in the country where you reside (born in the UK) - 4 points
Is male - 2 points
Is NOT a Goodreads author - 1 point

TITLE (subtitles count):
Has two or more words starting with the same letter (Study, Scarlet) - 2 points

COVER (based on edition you read):
Has a murder implement on it (bottle of poison with the word 'Death' on it) - 5 points
Has a person's face on it - 3 points
Title is under the author's name - 2 points

SETTING:
Set in England - 1 point

PAGES:
200-299 pages (212pp) - 1 point

BONUS:
If you have words from two different categories in the title/author's name - 5 points


TOTAL - 30 points

[Thing Two]

Alrighty. I read The Green Man by Kingsley Amis and earned 30 points.

Genre:
3 points – Paranormal Mystery

Author:
2 points – Is male.
1 point – Is NOT a Goodreads author

Title:
4 points – Has the proper name of a person or place in it. The Green Man is the name of one of the paranormal beings.
3 points – Is a play on words. The Green Man is also the name of the inn. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Man
1 point – Starts with the word "The"

Cover:
3 points – Has a person's face on it.

Setting:
1 point - Set in England

Pages:
1 pts - 200 - 299 pages

Bonus points:

5 points – if you have words from two different categories in the title/author's name.
3 points – In honour of “National Bathroom Reading month”, count 3 points if you read more than one page of the book in the bathroom.
3 points - In honour of "Garfield the Cat Day", count 3 points if there is a house cat in the story. Victor Hugo, a 3 year old blue-point Siamese tom-cat sadly didn't make it to the end of the book

[Janice, Moderator]

I have to subtract 5 points in the bonus section, Thing Two. There is only one qualifying word - green. So 25 points. :(

[Lilisa]

Yay, finished The Woman in White. Hope I'm scoring this right:

Genre: Must be a mystery:
4 points: Police/Detective

Author:
2 points: is male
1 point: is not a Goodreads author

Title:
2 points: has 2 words starting with the same letter
1 point: starts with the word "The"

Cover:
3 points: has a person's face on it
2 points: title under the author's name
1 point: black is predominant color

Setting:
1 point: set in England

Pages:
5 points: 672 pages

Total points: 22

And my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

Well I didn't get a lot of points but it was my first time. :)

Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews Finished 6/27/2014 - 10 Points


Genre: - Must be a mystery
Cozy Mystery - 2 pts

Author:
Born or resides in the country where you reside: USA - 4 pts

Pages:
200 - 299 pages - 1 pts

Bonus points:
In honour of "Garfield the Cat Day", count 3 points if there is a house cat in the story. - 3 pts

[Janice, Moderator]

One day left people!

[Debs]

Finshed Plum Wineyesterday. The points are below. I will note here I did not enjoy this book and struggled to get it through it.

Historical- 5 pts
Born - 4 pts
Title - 5 pts
Cover - 1 pts
Pgs - 3 pts
Setting - 0 pts

[Anne (Booklady)]

Shucks! Missed the gluestick by 1 dumb point! =( Oh well...it was my edition that dun me in =)

[Janice, Moderator]

Here are the results of the June Challenge!

39 pts - Mariab, Maigret's Revolver
34 pts - Jannene, Cuts Like a Knife
34 pts - Almeta, The Green Eagle Score
33 pts - Lisa, Sherlock: A Study in Scarlet
32 pts - Lori Z, Death of a Kitchen Diva
30 pts - Paakhi, A Study in Scarlet
29 pts - Cherie, Takedown Twenty
29 pts - Dawn, Sister Pelagia and The White Bulldog
26 pts - Tasha, The Leavenworth Case
25 pts - Poongathai, The Scarlet Slipper Mystery
25 pts - Connie, The Woman in White
25 pts - Thing Two, The Green Man
23 pts - Jessica *flower*, A Red Herring Without Mustard
23 pts - Janice, A Red Herring Without Mustard
22 pts - Lilisa, The Woman in White
22 pts - Jennifer, Plum Lucky
21 pts - Naomi, Snow White Must Die
20 pts - Anne, The Green Archer
19 pts - Peggy, Books Can Be Deceiving
19 pts - Tejas Jane, A Red Herring Without Mustard
18 pts - Jkmays, Paper Towns
18 pts - Debs, Plum Wine
17 pts - Pragya, Two For the Dough
17 pts - jaxnsmom, Books Can be Deceiving
15 pts - Casceil, Murder at Honeychurch Hall
16 pts - Esther, The Girl With The Long Green Heart
16 pts - Lanelle, Eye of the Crow
15 pts - Amanda B, Paper Towns
13 pts - Debra, Eye of the Crow
12 pts - Marni, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
11 pts - Lynn, Paper Towns
10 pts - Sunshine, Murder With Peacocks
7 pts - Anne (Booklady), The Body in the Library
6 pts - Diane, The Body in the Library

Congratulations to Mariab!!

Please let me know if I've missed anyone!

[Esther]

Great badge! Thanks

[Mariab]

I love my badge!

[Jannene]

I love the badge too!

[Anne (Booklady)]

Cool Badge, Janice!

[Janice, Moderator]

That's cool too, Anne! :)