Challenge #13 (Oct-Nov): Reporting Thread

[Diane]

→50.2 Book-ish Competition: Read 2 books that were part of the Morning News Tournament of Books. You can browse the 2014 participants in the “Browse this year’s books” or past tournaments are linked under the 2014 results on right side of page.
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
2012 Tournament
Page bonus, 328 = +4
HF = +5
Book Total = 9
The Book of Night Women by Marlon James
2010 Tournament
Page bonus, 432 = +4
HF = +5
Book Total = 9

Task total = 68
Challenge total = 295

[Christine]

20.1 Double Take: Read a book where the author’s name or 2 words in the title start with the same letter.

The Woman in White
672 pages +6 pts

Book total: 26 points

Challenge Total: 122 points

[Chris]

20.2 Read a book from the Historical Fictionistas bookshelf
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
HF bonus: 5pts
Page (343) Bonus: 4 pts
Book Total: 29 pts

Challenge total: 100 pts

[Diane]

25.1 Keeping it real Read a HF book about a real person or event which is over 500 pages.
A King's Ransom by Sharon Kay Penman
Page bonus, 685 = +6
HF = +5
Book total = 36
Challenge total = 331

[Linda]

Southampton Row
336 pages=+4
HF=+5
book total=+9

challenge total=187

[Diane]

25.2 Guy Fawkes Day Read a HF book, which features a plot line about overthrowing the government or assassinating a leader.
Touchstone by Edith Wharton
Page bonus, 548 = +6
HF = +5
Book total = 36
Challenge total = 367

[Linda]

Montezuma's Daughter
440 Pages=+4 points
HF=5 points

Book total=9 points

Challenge total=196 Points

[Cheryl A]

25.1 Keeping it Real: Read a HF book about a real person or event which is over 500 pages.
The Winthrop Woman by Anya Seton
588 pgs + 6 pts
HF +5 pts
Task total 36 pts

20.3 Learning your History: Read a book HF fiction book that is set in a country that your great-grandparents lived. (Germany)
The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow
399 pgs +4 pts
HF +5 pts
Task total 29 pts

Post total 65 pts
Challenge total 363 pts

[Louise]

15.2. Finish a Series Read the final book in a series or trilogy
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Page bonus (390 pages): +4
Book total: 19

25.1 Keeping it real Read an HF book about a real person or event which is over 500 pages (Elizabeth Wilson, lady's maid to Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
Lady's Maid by Margaret Forster
Page bonus (576 pages): +6
HF bonus: +5
Book total: 36

20.3 Learning your history Read a book HF fiction book that is set in a country that your great-grandparents lived (England)
The Sweet Smell of Decay by Paul Lawrence
Page bonus (442 pages): +4
HF bonus: +5
Book total: 29

15.3 Finding new faves: Go to one of your favorite authors main page and Read a book by one of the “similar authors” (found in the books section)
Firedrake's Eye by Patricia Finney (listed as similar author to Judith Merkle Riley)
Page bonus: +2
HF bonus: +5
Book total: 22

Post total: 106
Challenge total to date: 435

[Cheryl A]

100.1 Best of the Best: Read 3 books of at least 300 pages from any of the GoodReads Readers Choice nominees or winners.
(1) Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (2013)
314 pgs +4 pts
HF +5 pts

(2) The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey (2012)
447 pgs +4 pts

(3) The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
343 pgs +4 pts
HF +5 pts

Book totals 22 pts
Post total 122 pts
Challenge total 485 pts

[Linda]

One Plus One
368 pages=+4

An Italian Wife
288 pages=+2
HF=+5

The Apprentice
376 pages=+4

Challenge final total=211

[Chris]

All the Light We Cannot See

HF 5pts
Page bonus (530) 6 pts
Book Total: 11 pts

Challenge total: 111 pts

[Diane]

100.1 Best of the Best: Read 3 books that are at least 300 pages from any of the GoodReads Readers Choice nominees or winners. At least one of the books needs to be HF.
The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin, 2012 Choice nominees
Page bonus, 426 = +4
HF = +5
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter, 2012 Choice nominees
Page bonus, 337 = +4
HF = +5
22 Britannia Road by Amanda Hodgkinson, 2011 Choice nominees
Page bonus, 323 = +4
HF = +5
Task total = 127
Challenge total = 494


25.3 Cult of the New: Read two HF books from the Historical Fiction 2014
China Dolls by Lisa See
Page bonus, 376 = +4
HF = +5
The Mapmaker's Daughter by Laurel Corona
Page bonus, 368 = +4
HF = +5
Task total = 43
Challenge total = 537


15.3 Finding new faves: Go to one of your favorite author’s main page and Read a book by one of the “similar authors” (found in the books section). Similar to Tracy Cevalier
The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman
Page bonus, 291 = +2
HF = +5
Book total = 22
Challenge total = 559

[Chris]

20.3 Learning your history. Read a book set in the country of your great grandparents (Scotland)Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland
HF 5 pts
page bonus (325) 4 pts
Book Total: 29 pts

Challenge total 140 pts

[Larry]

Have read 22 Britannia Roadand recommend it.