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TBR Challenge 2018 Scores
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson (This is my exception book)#50 spot = 50 points
1243 pages = 10 points
Book total = 60 points
Challenge Total = 155 points
The Silk Merchant's Daughter by Dinah Jefferies#40 = 40pts
400pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 49pts
Daughter of Australia by Harmony Verna
#33 = 33pts
464pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Bonus 3c Summer scene on cover = 5pts
Book total = 47pts
Dreams of Falling by Karen White
#45 = 45pts
416pgs = 4pts
Book total = 49pts
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
June Bonus Book - Jackie = 50pts
390pgs = 4pts
Book total = 54pts
Challenge total = 649pts
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson#37 37 points
247 pages 2 points
HF 5 points
date added 8/2016 2 points
Bonus authors initials in the word Summer 5 points
Book Total 51
Challenge Total226 points
22 Britannia Road by Amanda HodgkinsonBonus book no.1 from mod TBR (Jasmine) after reading 5 books - 50
303 pages - 4
HF - 5
On TBR since Nov 2013 - 8
Book total - 67
Challenge total - 351
3rd Book Completed:
#50 The Outsider by Stephen King
477 pages - 4 points
Summer bonus: Set in Summer - 5 points.
Total: 59 points
Challenge total: 170 points
#50 The Outsider by Stephen King
477 pages - 4 points
Summer bonus: Set in Summer - 5 points.
Total: 59 points
Challenge total: 170 points
Something Other than God: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidentally Found It
#46 - 46 points
248 pages- 2 points
Total: 48 points
Challenge Total:132
#46 - 46 points
248 pages- 2 points
Total: 48 points
Challenge Total:132
SCORES UP TO POST #63
KATHLEEN 649
LINDSEY (FLOWER) 382
ERICA 351
CHERYL 295
LINDA 284
JOLENE 277 (+10)
CANDYBEANS 268
ACE 265
MAUREEN 226
MARGARET 195
JACKIE 191
BECKY 170
JEN C 155
CHRIS 136
JASMINE 132
ANN 52
DONNA 0
HALEY 0
LINDSEY 0
RACHEL 0
ADJUSTMENTS
*JoLene-- Added wrong post #56
KATHLEEN 649
LINDSEY (FLOWER) 382
ERICA 351
CHERYL 295
LINDA 284
JOLENE 277 (+10)
CANDYBEANS 268
ACE 265
MAUREEN 226
MARGARET 195
JACKIE 191
BECKY 170
JEN C 155
CHRIS 136
JASMINE 132
ANN 52
DONNA 0
HALEY 0
LINDSEY 0
RACHEL 0
ADJUSTMENTS
*JoLene-- Added wrong post #56
Becky wrote: "Woo! Look at Kathleen go! :D"I am always amazed at fast many of our members move through books!! Sigh....
Wowsers! Go Kathleen!!Chris wrote: "I am always amazed at fast many of our members move through books!! Sigh...."
Me too! I love this challenge because I really focus on reading stuff that I own so it helps me clear my shelves. In the process I'm on book #5 for the month, which is the highest amount of books I've read in a month all this year.
4th Book!
#27 - Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
Pages: 371 - 4 points
4 Years on TBR - 8 points
Book total: 39 points
Challenge Total: 209
#27 - Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
Pages: 371 - 4 points
4 Years on TBR - 8 points
Book total: 39 points
Challenge Total: 209
The Rose & the Dagger
#47 spot - 47 points
416 pages - 4 points
TBR 9/6/16- 2 points
Total - 53 points
Challenge Total: 185
#47 spot - 47 points
416 pages - 4 points
TBR 9/6/16- 2 points
Total - 53 points
Challenge Total: 185
The Saint's Mistress by Kathryn Bashaar#45 spot - 45 points
285 pages - 2 points
HF - 5 points
Date added: Jun 03, 2014: 6 points
Total - 58 points
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley
#31 spot - 31 points
304 pages - 4 points
Summer Task: Author's Initials - 5 points
Date added: Jun 03, 2014: 6 points
Total - 46 points
Challenge Total: 372 points
Chris wrote: "Becky wrote: "Woo! Look at Kathleen go! :D"I am always amazed at fast many of our members move through books!! Sigh...."
I am reading fast because I can't do anything else. I had knee replacement surgery 4 weeks ago and with the dearth of things on tv (except World Cup soccer) I am pretty much housebound. At least with my books I can "go" somewhere!
Linda, sorry to hear that you are still limited in your mobility s/p knee replacement. Just think once rehab & PT done, you'll feel so much better. Happy reading!
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt# 49 : 49 pts
Book Length 459pp: 4 pts
TBR date Oct 2011: 15 pts
Bonus #5 author's initial in the word summer: 5 pts
Book Total: 73 pts
Challenge total: 209 pts
Thank you, Chris. Every day of my rehab is better. I actually went to the grocery store today for the first time in 2 months. I hadn't been going before the surgery because it hurt too badly. I am going to look back fondly on my "summer of books".
Becky wrote: "Woo! Look at Kathleen go! :D"Thanks it helps when I had some really good books that I did not want to put down...audiobooks also help as well...
Jasmine wrote: "SCORES UP TO POST #63Jasmine - It looks like CandyBeans scores are in the list (unless its under a different name?).
The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan#37 Spot - 37 pts
368 pgs - 4 pts
Added 10/7/16* - 2 pts
Book total - 43 pts
* I lost the original date added when I switched from an ebook edition to the paperback (same page count). I can remove those points if needed.
Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon
#30 Spot - 30 pts
HF - 5 pts
336 pgs - 4 pts
Added 4/14/16 - 4 pts
Book total - 43 pts
Post total - 86 pts
Challenge total - 381 pts
5) Abaddon's Gate
#41 position
539 pages - 6 points
TBR 6 years - 15 points
Book total: 62 points
Challenge total: 271
(Edited this entry because I mistakenly numbered as 6 instead of 5th book read.)
#41 position
539 pages - 6 points
TBR 6 years - 15 points
Book total: 62 points
Challenge total: 271
(Edited this entry because I mistakenly numbered as 6 instead of 5th book read.)
The Green Phoenix
#29 spot - 29 points
372 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 point
Total - 38 points
Challenge Total: 223
#29 spot - 29 points
372 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 point
Total - 38 points
Challenge Total: 223
Cheryl A wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "SCORES UP TO POST #63
Jasmine - It looks like CandyBeans scores are in the list (unless its under a different name?)."
Thanks for catching that.
Jasmine - It looks like CandyBeans scores are in the list (unless its under a different name?)."
Thanks for catching that.
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi#42 - 42
300 pages - 2
HF - 5
On TBR since Aug 2016 - 2
Book total - 51
Challenge total - 402
Lost Among the Living by Simone St. James#40- 40 points
318 pages 4 points
HF 5 points
date added April 2016- 4 points
Book Total 53
Challenge Total- 279
Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer#44: 44 pts
Book Length 400pp: 4pts
HF: 5 pts
TBR list 1/14: 8 pts
Book Total: 61 pts
Challenge Total: 270 pts
The Dark Queen by Susan Carroll#42 on the list=42 points
HF=5 points
544 page=6 points
On TBR list since March 2013=10 points
Book total=63 points
Challenge total=347 points
Sarah's Sin by Tami Hoag#47: 47 pts
Book Length 289 pp: 2pts
TBR date: 5/17: 2pts
Book Total: 51 pts
Challenge Total: 321 pts
The Grave's a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley#48 spot - 48 pts
365 pages - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Bonus - Main character takes a trip - 5 pts
Date added - 0 pts
Total - 62 points
Storm Clouds Rolling In by Virginia Gaffney#44 on the list=44 points
570 pages=6 points
HF=5 points
On TBR since June 2015=6 points
Book total=61 points
Challenge total=408 points
Mademoiselle Chanel by CW Gortner (6/24/18)June Mod Bonus (Jolene): 50 pts
506 pgs: 6 pts
HF: 5 pts
Book Total: 61 pts
The Three Emperors by William Dietrich (6/28/18)
#38 spot: 38 pts
373 pgs: 4 pts
HF: 5 pts
Date Added (June 19, 2014): 6 pts
Book Total: 53 pts
Challenge Total: 496
Murder on Union Square by Victoria Thompson#47 = 47pts
326pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 56pts
The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence: A Story of Botticelli by Alyssa Palombo
#38 = 38pts
320pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 47pts
Secrets of Nanreath Hall by Alix Rickloff
#31 = 31pts
393pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 40pts
The Summer I Met Jack by Michelle Gable
#46 = 46pts
515pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 55pts
Challenge total = 847pts
The Summer Girls by Mary Alice Monroe#41= 41 pts
392 pgs= 4pts
Date Added 5/2016= 4 points
Bonus Summer on cover= 5 pts
Book Total= 54 pts
Challenge Total =333 pts
The Pearl Sister by Lucinda RileyJune Moderator bonus (Jolene) 50 points
HF=5 points
702 pages=6 points
On TBR list for 1 year=2 points
Book total=63 points
Challenge total=469 points
Beartown by Fredrik Backman#42 spot = 42 points
432 pages = 4 points
Set in a different country = 5 points
Book total = 51 points
Challenge total = 206 points
Miracle at St. Anna by James McBride#6 Spot - 6 pts
HF - 5 pts
336 pgs - 4 pts
Added 4/9/11 - 15 pts
Book total - 30 pts
Jun Mod Bonus (Gretchen)
The Service of the Dead by Candace Robb
Bonus - 50 pts
HF - 5 pts
236 pgs - 2 pts
Added 4/15/17 - 2 pts
Book total - 59 pts
Post total - 89 pts
Challenge total - 470 pts
6) Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
#36
312 pages - 4 points
TBR 2 Years - 4 points
Book points: 44
7) Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
#5
334 pages - 4 points
TBR 3 years - 6 points
Book points: 15
Total Challenge Points: 330
#36
312 pages - 4 points
TBR 2 Years - 4 points
Book points: 44
7) Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
#5
334 pages - 4 points
TBR 3 years - 6 points
Book points: 15
Total Challenge Points: 330
Slot # 47 KillingKaroline by Sara Jane King
221 pages
Book
Total 49
Slot # 44 The curse of the Pharohs by Elizabeth Peters
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver#46= 46 points
444 pgs= 4 pts
TBR: 11/24/08= 15 pts
Bonus: Set in summer= 5 pts
Book Total= 70 points
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
Mod Bonus: Jasmine= 50 pts
278 pages= 2
HF: 5 pts
TBR: 5/15/17= 2 pts
Book Total= 59 pts
Challenge Total= 320 pts
Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman by Alice Steinbach#48 - 48
282 pages - 2
Book total - 50
Challenge total - 452
8) Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
#45
288 pages - 2 points
TBR 10 Years - 15 points
Book total: 62
Challenge Total: 392
#45
288 pages - 2 points
TBR 10 Years - 15 points
Book total: 62
Challenge Total: 392
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
#20 - 20 points
288 pages - 2 points
Book total- 22 points
Challenge Total: 245
#20 - 20 points
288 pages - 2 points
Book total- 22 points
Challenge Total: 245
The Baker's Daughter by Sarah McCoyBonus Book Jolene's TBR list: 50 pts
HF: 5 pts
Book Length: 287pp 2pts
Book Total: 57 pts
Challenge Total: 378 pts
Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco
#50 - 50 points
326 pigs - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Bonus d - 5 points
Book Total - 64 points
Challenge Total: 309
#50 - 50 points
326 pigs - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Bonus d - 5 points
Book Total - 64 points
Challenge Total: 309
The Secrets of Mary Bowser by Lois Leveen#13 Spot - 13 pts
HF - 5 pts
453 pgs - 4 pts
Added 7/5/13 - 8 pts
Book total - 30 pts
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
#3 Spot - 3 pts
235 pgs - 2 pts
Bonus D - set in different county - 5 pts
Added 10/7/10 - 15 pts
Book total - 25 pts
Post total - 55 pts
Challenge total - 525 pts
The Virgin and the Whale by Carl Nixon#46 - 46
264 pages - 2
On TBR since Jan 2014 - 8
HF - 5
Book total - 61
Challenge total - 513
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#45 spot: 45 pts
400 pgs: 4 pts
HF: 5 pts
Date Added (May 26, 2014): 8 pts
Book Total: 62
Closed Casket by Sophie Hannah (6/21/18)
#17 spot: 17 pts
299 pgs: 2 pts
HF: 5 pts
Date Added (Aug. 2, 2016): 2 pts
Book Total: 26 pts
Challenge Total: 382