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Centuries Challenge Scoring Thread 2019
The Silence of the Girls by Pat BarkerBC- 10 points
291 pages- 2 points
Total- 12 points
Challenge Total- 158 points
Hild by Nicola Griffith7th century - 10 points
546 pages - 6 points
Total: 16 points
Challenge Total: 138 pts
Absolution by Murder7th Century-10 points
272 pages- 2 points
Total: 12 points
Challenge Total: 48 Points
Mod
20th Century-10 points
262 pages- 2 points
Bonus J: 5 points
Book Total: 17 points
Challenge Total: 36 points
The Peddler of Wisdom by Laura Matthias Bendoly17th century- 10 points
638 pages- 6 points
Total- 16 points
Challenge Total- 174 points
Mod
19th Century-10 points
495 pages- 4 points
Bonus F: 5 points
Book Total: 19 points
Challenge Total: 55 points
The Confessions of Young Nero By Margaret George1st Century 10 points
440 pages 4 points
Challenge total 81
Ramses: The Lady of Abu Simbel by Christian JacqBCE: 10 pts
378pp: 4 pts
Bonus G: set in Africa 5 pts
Book Total: 19 pts
Challenge Total: 33 pts
Crossed: A Tale of the Fourth Crusade by Nicole Galland 13th Century: 10 pts
672 pgs: 6 pts
Book Total: 16 pts
Challenge Total: 117
My Enemy, the Queen by Victoria Holt16th century=10 points
444 pages=4 points
Book total=14 points
Challenge total=84 points
10th Century The Abbot's Tale by Conn Iggulden480 pages 4 points
Bonus C 5 points
Total 19 points
Challenge Total 111points
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoKindle edition
14th Century
Book +10
517 pages +6
Book =16
Challenge Total = 69
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert Graves1st century - 10 points
533 pages - 6 points
Total: 16 points
Challenge Total: 154 pts
Death of a Squire by Maureen Ash13th Century (1200) - 10 pts
243 pgs - 2 pts
Book total - 12 pts
Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekbäck
18th Century (1717) - 10 pts
376 pgs - 4 pts
Bonus B - Winter scene on cover - 5 pts
Book total - 19 pts
The Pericles Commission by Gary Corby
5th Century - BCE - 10 pts
335 pgs - 4 pts
Book total - 14 pts
Post total - 45 pts
Challenge total - 95 pts
The Winter Siege by Ariana Franklin12th century- 10 points
359 pages- 4 points
Bonus A- 5 points
total- 19 points
Challenge total- 193
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. SullivanRead 1/12/19
20th Century = 10 points
526 pages = 6 bonus points
Total = 16 points
Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
Read 1/21/19
19th century = 10 points
Published in 2018 = 5 bonus points
Total = 15 points
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C.W. Gortner
Read 1/31/19
16th century = 10 points
Set in Europe = 5 bonus points
Total = 15 points
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
Read 2/12/19
21st century = 10 points
Set in North America = 5 points
Total = 15 points
Challenge total = 61
The Winter Mantle by Elizabeth Chadwick11th century - 10 points
512 pages - 6 points
Bonus B 5 points
Total: 21 points
Challenge Total: 175 pts
The History of Bees by Maja Lunde21st Century: 10 pts
352 pgs: 4 pts
Book Total: 14 pts
Challenge Total: 131 pts
Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn1st century- 10 points
470 pages- 4 points
Total- 14 points
Challenge total- 207
A Rip in the Veil by Anna Belfrage17th Century 10 points
472 pages 4points
Bonus F 5 points
Total 19 points
Challenge Total 130 points
Mod
18th Century-10 points
298 pages- 2 points
Bonus A: 5 points
Book Total: 17
Challenge Total: 72 points
by CW Gortner16th Century - 10 pts
290 pp - 2 pts
Bonus B winter scene on the cover - 5 pts
Book Total: 17 pts
Challenge Total: 50 pts
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey19th century - 10 points
384 pages - 4 points
Bonus I 5 points
Total: 19 points
Challenge Total: 194 pts
Because I just joined the group I am adding all historical fiction I have read this year that qualifies so far:(Finished Feb 19th)
Bath Tangle19th Century (1815) - 10 Points
286 pages - 2 Points
Bonus: Set in Winter - 5 Points
(Finished Feb 14th)
Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter20th Century (1940s)- 10 Points
256 Pages - 2 Points
Bonus: Set in Asia - 5 Points
(Finished Jan 25th)
Driving Miss Norma: One Family's Journey Saying "Yes" to Living21st Century (2017) - 10 Points
256 Pages - 2 Points
Bonus: Set in North America - 5 Points
Total points so far = 51
Mod
19th century 10 points
C 5 pt
312 pages 4
19 pts
Total 55 pts"
You posted a book for the 19th century twice. Post #39 and #42. I have entered in the first post but can change it if you update me.
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius 2nd Century: 10 pts
303 pgs: 4 pts
Book Total: 14 pts
Challenge Total: 145
by Laura Joh Rowlandalready used 19th century
initial in Winter 5 pt
294 pages 2 pts
Book total 7 points
Challenge total 88
Withering-By-Sea (finished Jan 8th)(Already used 19th Century)
Bonus: Winter Scene on Cover - 5 points
260 pages - 2 points
The Singing Sands (finished Feb 16th)(Already used 20th Century)
Bonus: Read a Book Set in Europe - 5 points
246 pages - 2 points
Died in the Wool (finished Jan 22nd)(Already Used 20th Century)
Bonus: Read a Book set in Australia - 5 points
256 pages - 2 points
Points this post = 21
Challenge Total = 72
Beyond the Blue Mountains by Jean Plaidy18th century- 10 points
480 pages- 4 points
Bonus I- 5 points
Total- 19 points
Challenge Total- 226
Blood & Beauty: The Borgias by Sarah Dunant15th century - 10 points
596 pages - 6 points
Total: 16 points
Challenge Total: 210 pts
A Gentleman in Moscow byAmor Towles(Already Used 20th Century)
462 pages - 4 Points
Challenge Total = 76 Points
Alice I Have Been Melanie Benjamin19th Century - already claimed
343 Pages - 4 Points
Challenge Total 80 Points
21st Century--Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman327 pages=4 points
Book Total =14 points
Challenge total=98 points
The Empress of Bright Moon by Weina Dai Randel - 7th century- 10 points
368 pages- 4 points
Bonus H- 5 points
Total 19 points
Challenge Total- 245 points
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett12th C : 10 pts
983 pp: 8 pts
Bonus F (Europe) : 5 pts
Book Total: 23 pts
Challenge Total: 73
Pale Rose of England by Sandra Worth15th Century: 10 pts
Bonus F: 5 pts
450 pgs: 4 pts
Book Total: 19 pts
Challenge Total: 164
Daughter of Sand and Stone by Libbie Hawker3rd century 10 points
323 pages 4 points
Bonus H Points 5 points
Book Total 19points
Challenge Total 149 points
The Mosaic of Shadows by Tom Harper11th Century (1096) - 10 pts
480 pgs - 4 pts
Bonus A - Set in Winter - 5 pts
Book total - 19 pts
A Personal Devil by Roberta Gellis
12th Century (1139) - 10 pts
324 pgs - 4 pts
Bonus F - Set in Europe - England - 5 pts
Book total - 19 pts
The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker
9th Century (850's) - 10 pts
448 pgs - 4 pts
Book total - 14 pts
Post total - 52 pts
Challenge total - 147 pts
In the Name of the Familyby Sarah Dunant16th century - 10 points
464 pages - 4 points
Total: 14 points
Challenge Total: 224 pts
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse13th century=10 points
515 pages=6 points
Book total=16 points
Challenge total=114 points
Blood's Game Angus Donald17th century 10points
Takes place in winter 5 pts
342 pages 4 points
Book total 19 points
challenge total 107
The Gardens of Light by Amin Maalouf3rd century - 10 points
256 pages - 2 points
Bonus H 5 Points
Total: 17 points
Challenge Total: 241 pts
Jo BakerLongbourn by 19 Century: 10 pts
332 pages: 4 pts
Bonus G: 5 pts
Total pts: 19
Total points to date: 36
Flask of the Drunken Master by Susan Spann16th Century 10 pts
291 pages 2 pt
Bonus H Asia 5 points
total 17 points
Total 124 pt
Ceridwen of Kilton by Octavia Randolph9th century=10 points
259 pages-4 points
Bonus C--one of author's initials is in WINTER=5 points
Book total=19 points
Challenge total=133 points
The Leper's Bell by Peter Tremayne7th Century: 10 pts
276 pgs : 2 pts
Book Total: 12 pts
Challenge Total: 176
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17th Century (1612) - 10 pts
298 pgs - 2 pts
Bonus J - Released in 2018 - 5 pts
Book total - 17 pts
The Graveyard of the Hesperides by Lindsey Davis
1st Century (89AD) - 10 pts
336 pgs - 4 pts
Book total - 14 pts
A Decline in Prophets by Sulari Gentill
20th Century (1932) - 10 pts
354 pgs - 4 pts
Bonus I - Set in Australia - 5 pts
Book total - 19 pts
Post total - 50 pts
Challenge total - 50 pts