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message 51: by Maureen (last edited Mar 22, 2018 05:09AM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 592 comments HomegoingbyYaa Gyasi
322 pages 4pts
Bonus G 5 pts
18 th century 10 pts

Total challenge 109


message 52: by Jasmine, Gatekeeper of Giveaways. (new)

Jasmine | 1489 comments Mod
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
20th Century-10 points
352 pages- 4 points
Total: 14 points

Challenge Total: 69


message 53: by Lindsey (new)

Lindsey | 260 comments 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


message 54: by Chris (new)

Chris | 555 comments Bring Larks And Heroes by Thomas Keneally
18th C: 10 pts
Book Length 247pp: 2pts
Bonus I : 5pts
Book Total : 17 pts

Challenge Total: 76 pts


message 55: by Lindsey (new)

Lindsey | 260 comments The Jupiter Myth by Lindsey Davis
1st Century: 10 pts
336 pgs: 4 pts
Book Total: 14 pts

Challenge Total: 102


message 56: by Shannon SA (new)

Shannon SA (shannonsa) 20th Century

Exposure 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


message 57: by Jasmine, Gatekeeper of Giveaways. (new)

Jasmine | 1489 comments Mod
The Ruby Ring by Diane Haeger
16th Century-10 points
372 pages- 4 points
Total: 14 points

Challenge Total: 83


message 58: by Kaydee (new)

Kaydee Barker (kaydeebarker) | 258 comments 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


message 59: by Jasmine, Gatekeeper of Giveaways. (new)

Jasmine | 1489 comments Mod
Kaydee wrote: "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 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.


message 60: by Gabrielle (new)

Gabrielle Dubois (gabrielle-dubois) | 109 comments Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
17th Century = 10 points
Bonus length 335 pages = 4 points
Total = 14 points

Total up to now = 135 points


message 61: by Margaret (new)

Margaret Crampton (cramptonmargaret) | 8159 comments The English girl by Catherine Webb.
20th Century 10
HF 5
448 pages 4
Asia 5
Book total 24

Challenge total 62


message 62: by Cheryl A (new)

Cheryl A | 1066 comments Enemies at Home by Lindsey Davis
1st 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


message 63: by Rachelnyc (new)

Rachelnyc The Picture of Dorian Gray
19th Century - 10 points
254 pages - 2 points
Book total - 12 points

Challenge total - 69 points


message 64: by Lindsey (new)

Lindsey | 260 comments Fools and Mortals by Bernard Cornwell
16th Century: 10 pts
371 pgs: 4 pts
Book Total: 14 pts

Challenge Total: 116


message 65: by Linda (new)

Linda Bridges (lindajoyb) | 849 comments Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I by Tracy Borman
11th 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


message 66: by Kaydee (last edited Feb 19, 2018 04:42PM) (new)

Kaydee Barker (kaydeebarker) | 258 comments 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


message 67: by Jasmine, Gatekeeper of Giveaways. (new)

Jasmine | 1489 comments Mod
Kaydee wrote: "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..."


Thanks. I'm planning to add scores again some time this week, so I'll just make sure my total matches yours.


message 68: by Kathleen (new)

Kathleen Freeman | 219 comments Bittersweet by Colleen McCullough
20th 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


message 69: by Chris (new)

Chris | 555 comments Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende
16th Century : 10 pts
Book Length: 321 4pts
Bonus E: 5 pts
Book Total: 19 pts

Challenge Total: 95


message 70: by Jasmine, Gatekeeper of Giveaways. (new)

Jasmine | 1489 comments Mod
SCORES UP TO POST #70

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


message 71: by Jasmine, Gatekeeper of Giveaways. (new)

Jasmine | 1489 comments Mod
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.


message 72: by Gabrielle (new)

Gabrielle Dubois (gabrielle-dubois) | 109 comments Salammbô by Gustave Flaubert
BCE = 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


message 73: by Gabrielle (new)

Gabrielle Dubois (gabrielle-dubois) | 109 comments 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! :)


message 74: by Linda (new)

Linda Bridges (lindajoyb) | 849 comments At the Mercy of the Queen by Anne Clinard Barnhill
16th century=10 points
432 pages=4 points
Book total=14 points

Challenge total=92 points


message 75: by Louise (last edited Feb 24, 2018 12:32PM) (new)

Louise | 4693 comments Terra Incognita by Ruth Downie

2nd century: 10 points
384 pages: 4 points
Total: 14 points

Total to date: 80


message 76: by Kaydee (new)

Kaydee Barker (kaydeebarker) | 258 comments 9) Manuscript Found in Accra by Paulo Coelho
11th 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


message 77: by Monica (last edited Mar 02, 2018 04:36PM) (new)

Monica Hills | 156 comments The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker
9th 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


message 78: by Linda (new)

Linda Bridges (lindajoyb) | 849 comments The Queen's Daughter by Susan Coventry
12th century=10 points
373 points=4 points
Book total=14 points

Challenge total=106 points


message 79: by Kathleen (new)

Kathleen Freeman | 219 comments Feast of Sorrow: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Crystal King
1st century = 10 pts
416 pages = 4 pts
Book total = 14 pts

Challenge Total = 125 pts


message 80: by Cheryl A (new)

Cheryl A | 1066 comments Island of Ghosts by Gillian Bradshaw
2nd 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


message 81: by Linda (new)

Linda Bridges (lindajoyb) | 849 comments The Bondmaid by Catherine Lim
20th century=10 points
Bonus--set in Asia=5 points
319 pages=4 points

Book total=19 points

Challenge total=125 points


message 82: by Kaydee (new)

Kaydee Barker (kaydeebarker) | 258 comments 11) To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science by Steven Weinberg
14th 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


message 83: by Gabrielle (last edited Mar 04, 2018 09:54AM) (new)

Gabrielle Dubois (gabrielle-dubois) | 109 comments Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
15th century = 10 points
Bonus length 503 pages = 6 points
Total = 16 points

Total up to now = 141 points


message 84: by Chris (new)

Chris | 555 comments Shinju by Laura Joh Rowland
17th C: 10pts
Book Length 437pp: 4 pts
Bonus H: 5pts
Book Total: 19 pts

Challenge Total: 114 pts


message 85: by Monica (last edited Mar 07, 2018 01:17PM) (new)

Monica Hills | 156 comments The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick 12 century- 10 points
478 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


message 86: by Kaydee (last edited Mar 07, 2018 11:02AM) (new)

Kaydee Barker (kaydeebarker) | 258 comments 13) The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon
8th Century (included): 10 points
280 pages: 2 points
Finished 3/7 Total: 12 points

Challenge total: 211


message 87: by Maureen (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 592 comments Juliet byAnne Fortier
14th 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


message 88: by Cheryl A (new)

Cheryl A | 1066 comments The Relic Master by Christopher Buckley
16th 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


message 89: by Chris (new)

Chris | 555 comments The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis
1st Century: 10 pts
Book Length 329pp: 4 pts
Bonus F: 5 pts
Book Total: 19 pts

Challenge Total: 133


message 90: by Linda (new)

Linda Bridges (lindajoyb) | 849 comments Empire: the Novel of Imperial Rome by Steven Saylor
1st Century:10 points
608 pages=6 points
Book total=16 points

Challenge total=141 points


message 91: by Louise (new)

Louise | 4693 comments The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
12th century: 10 points
973 pages: 8 points
Total: 18 points

Total points to date: 98


message 92: by Gabrielle (last edited Mar 14, 2018 05:34AM) (new)

Gabrielle Dubois (gabrielle-dubois) | 109 comments Salammbô by Gustave Flaubert
BCE = 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


message 93: by Maureen (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 592 comments The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
15th Century 10 points
408 pages 4 points
Book Total 14 points

Challenge Total 169


message 94: by Monica (new)

Monica Hills | 156 comments To Dance with Kings by Rosalind Laker
17th century- 10 points
624 pages- 6 points
Total- 16 points

Grand Total- 241


message 95: by Kaydee (new)

Kaydee Barker (kaydeebarker) | 258 comments 14) Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
12th 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


message 96: by Maureen (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 592 comments Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende
16th Century 10 points
321 pages 4 points
Bonus E South America 5

Total Book total 19

Challenge Total 188


message 97: by Elissa (last edited Mar 24, 2018 05:27AM) (new)

Elissa Matthews | 38 comments The Agincourt Bride by Joanna Hickson
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 month reading listed.

The Empty Throne by Bernard Cornwell
10th century - 10 pts
302 pages - 2 pts
Total 12 pts


message 98: by Jasmine, Gatekeeper of Giveaways. (new)

Jasmine | 1489 comments Mod
Elissa wrote: "The Agincourt Bride by Joanna Hickson
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.


message 99: by Jasmine, Gatekeeper of Giveaways. (new)

Jasmine | 1489 comments Mod
Tidewater: A Novel of Pocahontas and the Jamestown Colony
17th century - 10 pts
Bonus B - 5 pts
538 pages - 6 pts
Total - 21 points
Challenge Total- 104


message 100: by Louise (new)

Louise | 4693 comments The Vizard Mask by Diana Norman

17th century - 10 pts
704 pages: 6 pts

Total to date: 114 points


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