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Centuries Winter Challenge 2018 Scoring Thread
Mod
20th Century-10 points
352 pages- 4 points
Total: 14 points
Challenge Total: 69
The Widow of Jerusalem by Alan Gordon 12th Century: 10 pts
276 pgs: 2 pts
Bonus H: 5 pts
Book Total: 17 pts
Challenge Total: 88
Bring Larks And Heroes by Thomas Keneally18th C: 10 pts
Book Length 247pp: 2pts
Bonus I : 5pts
Book Total : 17 pts
Challenge Total: 76 pts
The Jupiter Myth by Lindsey Davis 1st Century: 10 pts
336 pgs: 4 pts
Book Total: 14 pts
Challenge Total: 102
20th CenturyExposure by Helen Dunmore
20th century: 10 points
400 pages: 4 points
Bonus A: set in winter (set in London in November) 5 points
Task points: 19
Challenge points: 61
Mod
16th Century-10 points
372 pages- 4 points
Total: 14 points
Challenge Total: 83
I guess we're just adding these in as separate posts? So here's my next one:7) Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
BCE- 10 points
425 pages- 4 points
Finished 2/13 Total: 14 points
Total points: 128
Mod
7) Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
BCE- 10 points
425 pa..."
Yes. Please add them in separate posts because I only check scores about once a month and I started adding from where I last left off. I don't go back and look at those I've already checked so if you were to add to that I would miss that score.
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand17th Century = 10 points
Bonus length 335 pages = 4 points
Total = 14 points
Total up to now = 135 points
The English girl by Catherine Webb. 20th Century 10
HF 5
448 pages 4
Asia 5
Book total 24
Challenge total 62
Enemies at Home by Lindsey Davis1st Century - 10 pts
352 pgs - 4 pts
Book total - 14 pts
The Next One to Fall by Hilary Davidson
21st Century - 10 pts
352 pgs - 4 pts
Bonus E - South America (Peru) - 5 pts
Book total - 19 pts
Rush Oh! by Shirley Barrett
20th Century (1908) - 10 pts
368 pgs - 4 pts
Bonus I - Australia (Eden, NSW) - 5 pts
Book total - 19 pts
The Alehouse Murders by Maureen Ash
13th Century (1200) - 10 pts
277 pgs - 2 pts
Book total - 12 pts
Post total - 64 pts
Challenge total - 97 pts
The Picture of Dorian Gray19th Century - 10 points
254 pages - 2 points
Book total - 12 points
Challenge total - 69 points
Fools and Mortals by Bernard Cornwell 16th Century: 10 pts
371 pgs: 4 pts
Book Total: 14 pts
Challenge Total: 116
Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I by Tracy Borman11th century=10 points
296 pages=2 points
Book total=12 points
Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskill
19th century=10 points
437 pages=4 points
Book total=14 points
Challenge total=78 points
Jasmine wrote: "Yes. Please add them in separate posts because I only check scores about once a month..."Ok, I had edited my first post to have 6 in it before I realized that, sorry. I'm not sure what you saw, so here they are again:
1) Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space by Margot Lee Shetterly
20th Century- 10 points
240 pages- 2 points
Bonus North America- 5 points
Finished 1/5 Total: 17 points
2) The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish
17th Century- 10 points
576 pages- 6 points
Bonus Winter Initial- 5 points
Finished 1/19 Total: 21 points
3) The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones
13th Century (technically 12th-14th, but I guess I'll count it toward this one)- 10 points
534 pages- 6 points
Bonus Europe- 5 points
Finished 1/24 Total: 21 points
4) Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
18th Century (18th-21st)- 10 points
300 pages- 2 points
Bonus Africa- 5 points
Finished 1/29 Total: 17 points
5) Joan of Arc by Mark Twain
15th Century- 10 points
452 pages- 4 points
Bonus set in winter- 5 points
Finished 2/1 Total: 19 points
6) Imperial Woman by Pearl S. Buck
19th Century- 10 points
384 pages- 4 points
Bonus Asia- 5 points
Finished 2/8 Total: 19 points
Total points from the first 6: 114
Plus my last post (Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies) is 128
and this one I just finished:
8) A.D. 30 by Ted Dekker
1st Century- 10 points
432 pages- 4 points
Finished 2/19 Total: 14 points
New Challenge Total: 142
Thanks for all your patience and all the work you put in to moderate this group! <3
Mod
Ok, I had edited my first post to have 6 in it before I realized that, sorry. I'm not sure..."
Thanks. I'm planning to add scores again some time this week, so I'll just make sure my total matches yours.
Bittersweet by Colleen McCullough20th Century = 10 pts
352 pages = 4pts
Bonus I - set in Australia = 5pts
Book total = 19pts
The Borgia Mistress by Sara Poole
15th Century = 10pts
416 pages = 4pts
Bonus F - set in Europe = 5pts
Book total = 19 pts
Lady of the English by Elizabeth Chadwick
12th Century = 10pts
532 pages = 6pts
Book total = 16pts
Challenge total = 101pts
Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende16th Century : 10 pts
Book Length: 321 4pts
Bonus E: 5 pts
Book Total: 19 pts
Challenge Total: 95
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MONICA 169
KAYDEE 142
LINDSEY 116
KATHLEEN 111
CHRIS (dog picture) 110
MAUREEN 109
CHERYL A 97
CHRIS (reading picture) 95
RENEE 90
JASMINE 83
GABRIELLE 79
LINDA 78
CLAIRE 70
ELISSA 69
MARGARET 69
RACHELNYC 69
LOUISE 66
SHANNON 61
JAYME 43
JOANNE 38
RACHEL 34
Mod
Salammbô by Gustave FlaubertBCE = 10 points
Bonus g set in Africa = 5 points
Bonus length 282 pages = 2 points
Total = 17 points
The Temptation of St. Antony by Gustave Flaubert
3rd Century = 10 points
Bonus length 304 pages = 4 points
Total: 14 points
Merlin by Robert de Boron
4th century = 10 points
Bonus length 231 pages = 2 points
Total: 12 points
Yvain, or The Knight with the Lion by Chrétien de Troyes
6th Century = 10 points
Bonus c author's initials is in the word WINTER = 5 points
Bonus length 224 pages = 2 points
Total: 17 points
Hernani by Victor Hugo
16th century = 10 points
Bonus length 200 pages = 2 points
Total = 12
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
17th Century = 10 points
Bonus length 335 pages = 4 points
Total = 14 points
Les Chouans, which I wasn't able to put the link "add book" by Honoré de Balzac
Here's the book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Sorry for this...
18th century = 10 points
Bonus f. set in Europe = 5 points
Bonus length 400 pages = 4 points
Total = 19
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
19th century = 10 points
Bonus length 679 pages = 6 points
Total = 16
Le Rapport Gabriel by Jean d'Ormesson
20th century = 10 points
Bonus length 430 pages = 4 points
Total = 14 points
Total up to now = 135 points
Jasmine wrote: "If you edited a previous post that was made before I posted scores the first time please let me know. I did not go back and look to see if changes were made."135 points for me, Jasmine! :)
At the Mercy of the Queen by Anne Clinard Barnhill16th century=10 points
432 pages=4 points
Book total=14 points
Challenge total=92 points
Terra Incognita by Ruth Downie2nd century: 10 points
384 pages: 4 points
Total: 14 points
Total to date: 80
9) Manuscript Found in Accra by Paulo Coelho11th Century- 10 points
208 pages- 2 points
Finished 2/20 Total: 12 points
10) Vikings
10th Century (up to): 10 points
261 pages- 2 points
Finished 2/23 Total: 12 points
New Challenge Total: 166
The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker9th century- 10 points
448 pages- 4 points
total- 14 points
The Miracle Thief by Iris Anthony
10th century- 10 points
386 pages- 4 points
total- 14 points
Grand Total- 197points
The Queen's Daughter by Susan Coventry12th century=10 points
373 points=4 points
Book total=14 points
Challenge total=106 points
Feast of Sorrow: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Crystal King1st century = 10 pts
416 pages = 4 pts
Book total = 14 pts
Challenge Total = 125 pts
Island of Ghosts by Gillian Bradshaw2nd Century (175 AD) - 10 pts
384 pgs - 4 pts
Book total - 14 pts
Suffer Little Children by Peter Tremayne
7th Century (644) - 10 pts
320 pgs - 4 pts
Book total - 14 pts
Out of the Dawn Light by Alys Clare
11th Century (1087) - 10 pts
213 pgs - 2 pts
Book total - 12 pts
Post total - 40 pts
Challenge total - 137 pts
The Bondmaid by Catherine Lim20th century=10 points
Bonus--set in Asia=5 points
319 pages=4 points
Book total=19 points
Challenge total=125 points
11) To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science by Steven Weinberg14th Century (included): 10 points
432 pages: 4 points
Finished 3/2 Total: 14 points
12) Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende
16th Century: 10 points
321 pages: 4 points
Bonus South America: 5 points
Finished 3/3 Total: 19 points
Challenge total: 199
Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe15th century = 10 points
Bonus length 503 pages = 6 points
Total = 16 points
Total up to now = 141 points
Shinju by Laura Joh Rowland17th C: 10pts
Book Length 437pp: 4 pts
Bonus H: 5pts
Book Total: 19 pts
Challenge Total: 114 pts
The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick 12 century- 10 points478 pages- 4 points
total- 14 points
Twilight Empress: A Novel of Imperial Rome by Faith L. Justice 5th century- 10 points
392 pages- 4 points
total- 14 points
Grand total- 225
13) The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon8th Century (included): 10 points
280 pages: 2 points
Finished 3/7 Total: 12 points
Challenge total: 211
Juliet byAnne Fortier14th Century 10 points
447 pages 4 points
book total 14
The Pillars of the Earth byKen Follett
12th Century 10 points
973 pages 8 points
book total 18
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban byMalala Yousafzai
21st century 10 points
327 pages 4 points
book total 14 points
Total challenge 155
The Relic Master by Christopher Buckley16th Century - 10 pts
384 pgs - 4 pts
Bonus F - Set in Europe - 5 pts
Book total - 19 pts
Sphinx's Princess by Esther M. Friesner
BCE - Ancient Egypt - 10 pts
370 pgs - 4 pts
Bonus G - Set in Africa - 5 pts
Book total - 19 pts
The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
15th Century (1490) - 10 pts
250 pgs - 2 pts
Bonus C - Author initial in WINTER - 5 pts
Book total - 17 pts
Post total - 55 pts
Challenge total - 192 pts
The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis1st Century: 10 pts
Book Length 329pp: 4 pts
Bonus F: 5 pts
Book Total: 19 pts
Challenge Total: 133
Empire: the Novel of Imperial Rome by Steven Saylor1st Century:10 points
608 pages=6 points
Book total=16 points
Challenge total=141 points
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett12th century: 10 points
973 pages: 8 points
Total: 18 points
Total points to date: 98
Salammbô by Gustave FlaubertBCE = 10 points
Bonus g set in Africa = 5 points
Bonus length 282 pages = 2 points
Total = 17 points
The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
1st century = 10 points
Bonus length = 4 points
Total = 14 points
The Temptation of St. Antony by Gustave Flaubert
3rd Century = 10 points
Bonus length 304 pages = 4 points
Total: 14 points
Merlin by Robert de Boron
4th century = 10 points
Bonus length 231 pages = 2 points
Total: 12 points
Yvain, or The Knight with the Lion by Chrétien de Troyes
6th Century = 10 points
Bonus c author's initials is in the word WINTER = 5 points
Bonus length 224 pages = 2 points
Total: 17 points
Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
15th century = 10 points
Bonus length 503 pages = 6 points
Total = 16 points
Hernani by Victor Hugo
16th century = 10 points
Bonus length 200 pages = 2 points
Total = 12
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
17th Century = 10 points
Bonus length 335 pages = 4 points
Total = 14 points
Les Chouans, which I wasn't able to put the link "add book" by Honoré de Balzac
Here's the book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Sorry for this...
18th century = 10 points
Bonus f. set in Europe = 5 points
Bonus length 400 pages = 4 points
Total = 19
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
19th century = 10 points
Bonus length 679 pages = 6 points
Total = 16
Le Rapport Gabriel by Jean d'Ormesson
20th century = 10 points
Bonus length 430 pages = 4 points
Total = 14 points
Total up to now = 159 points
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory15th Century 10 points
408 pages 4 points
Book Total 14 points
Challenge Total 169
To Dance with Kings by Rosalind Laker17th century- 10 points
624 pages- 6 points
Total- 16 points
Grand Total- 241
14) Ivanhoe by Walter Scott12th Century: 10 points
544 pages: 6 points
Finished 3/14 Total: 16 points
15) Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms & a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester
6th Century (included): 10 points
495 pages: 4 point
Bonus Australia (included): 5 points
Finished 3/19 Total: 19 points
Challenge total: 246
Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende16th Century 10 points
321 pages 4 points
Bonus E South America 5
Total Book total 19
Challenge Total 188
The Agincourt Bride by Joanna Hickson15th century - 10 pts
Bonus F Europe - 5 pts
597 pages - 6 pts
Total 21 points
Did I miss a rule? No one else has this month reading listed.
The Empty Throne by Bernard Cornwell
10th century - 10 pts
302 pages - 2 pts
Total 12 pts
Mod
15th century - 10 pts
Bonus F Europe - 5 pts
597 pages - 6 pts
Total 21 points
Did I miss a rule? No one else has this mon..."
You didn't miss a rule. Some people may not have read it yet or may not be participating in this challenge. Or, they are like me and read the book before the challenge started.
Mod
17th century - 10 pts
Bonus B - 5 pts
538 pages - 6 pts
Total - 21 points
Challenge Total- 104
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322 pages 4pts
Bonus G 5 pts
18 th century 10 pts
Total challenge 109