Dec 2019 - Archive REVIVED Reporting Thread

[Janice, Moderator]

Although you have a partner, each of you will report your book separately. Your scores will be added together at the final tally.

Start your report with your Wall of Fame Name (WoF).
Tell us the name of the book you were given.
Link to the book you read.
Tell us which criteria you used to determine the book you chose.
Score your book.

Criteria:

- Same title, but written by a different author.
- Same author, but a different title from his/her catalogue.
- Same word in the title found in another title. The word must be at least 4 letters long and must be an exact match (no plurals). Sub-titles are exempt and may not be used as criteria for this option.
- Same first or last name of author found in another author's name.
- Same feature on the cover. It could be the same colour if both are more than 75%. There could be similar elements like a tree, person, house, etc. The element must be clearly identifiable and easily visible.

If going for a feature on the cover, your partner's selection for you will be based on the most popular edition when doing a search. The book you chose to read for the challenge will be based on the edition you read.

Scoring: (based on the edition you read)

Because this is a buddy effort, you and your buddy's scores will be added together. You and your partner may score separately in the report thread. The totals will be combined for you.

Cover

5 pts - Has a book(s) on it.
4 pts - Has a hat on it.
3 pts - Has snow on it.
2 pts - The title and author's name are in different coloured text.
1 pts - Has a Christmas tree on it.

Title

5 pts - Begins with the letter "D" for December.
4 pts - Has the word "Winter" or "Summer" on it. Nod out to the different hemispheres.
3 pts - Has a proper name of a person.
2 pts - Is one word. It must be exact and not preceded by an article like a, an, the, etc.
1 pts - Is positioned across the bottom of the cover.

Genre (must show on the main book page)

5 pts - Science Fiction
4 pts - Romance
3 pts - Historical Fiction
2 pts - Middle Grade
1 pt - Mystery

Pages:
5 pts - 500 +
4 pts - 400 - 499
3 pts - 300 - 399
2 pts - 200 - 299
1 pts - 175-199

Bonus points - 2 pts each

- If you have previously read the book selected for you by your buddy.
- If there is a hand(s) on the cover. (National Hand Washing Awareness Week).
- If there is a number (word or numeral) in the title. (Twelve Days of Christmas)
- If someone takes a bath. It must be a bath and not a shower. (Bathtub Party Day)
- If someone prays to a saint in the story. (St. Nicholas Day)

[Jayme, Moderator]

WoF Jayme
My partner is Amanda and she chose The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon.
I read The Winter People. It meets the criteria because it is the same author - different book.

Scoring:
3 pts - It has snow on the cover
4 pts - The word "winter" is in the title
3 pts - Historical Fiction
1 pt - Mystery
3 pts - I read the hardcover 317 pages

14 Total Points

[Anna]

WoF Anna M

Ameta chose Salt to the Sea and I read La Belle Sauvage

- Same feature on the cover. It could be the same colour if both are more than 75%. There could be similar elements like a tree, person, house, etc. The element must be clearly identifiable and easily visible.


Cover
2 pts - The title and author's name are in different coloured text. (It might be hard to see on GR but on hardcover copy author's name has two colours (white and golden) while the title is white)

Title
3 pts - Has a proper name of a person.

Pages:
5 pts - 500 +

Bonus points - 2 pts each
- If someone prays to a saint in the story. (St. Nicholas Day) (it happens several times but always off page. does it counts?)

Points: 12

[Janice, Moderator]

Anna wrote: "WoF Anna M

Bonus points - 2 pts each
- If there is a hand(s) on the cover. (National Hand Washing
- If someone prays to a saint in the story. (St. Nicholas Day) (it happens several times but always off page. does it counts?)..."

- I don't see a hand on the cover.
- What do you mean that it's always "off page"?

[Anna]

Janice wrote: " I don't see a hand on the cover.
- What do you mean that it's always "off page"?

ok. i'm going to remove hand points.

there are mention of nuns praying, children praying in school but it's not described

[Dominique]

Wof - Dom
I was partenered with Marie (Mazza57) she chose The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

I read On the Come Up by the same author

Hat on cover - 5 pts
The title and author's name are in different coloured text. - 2 pts
447 pages (hardcover) - 4 pts
Read The Hate U Give 1/28/19 - 2 pts
Hands on the cover - 2 pts

Total: 15 points

[Janice, Moderator]

Anna wrote: "Janice wrote: " I don't see a hand on the cover.
- What do you mean that it's always "off page"?

ok. i'm going to remove hand points.

there are mention of nuns praying, children praying in scho..."

Okay to the praying to the saints. Could you update your score, please? :)

[Katrisa]

WoF: Katrisa

I was given 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad. My partner is Dawn
I read Girl, Woman, Other
Both books have word "girl"

Cover -
author's name and title in different color - 2 pts
pages - 4 pts

Total: 6 points

[Anna]

Janice wrote: "Anna wrote: "Janice wrote: " Okay to the praying to the saints. Could you update your score, please?
"

Done

[Janice, Moderator]

Anna wrote: "Janice wrote: "Anna wrote: "Janice wrote: " Okay to the praying to the saints. Could you update your score, please?
"

Done"

LOL! I count 12 points.

[Beth]

WOF Beth

Paired with Peggy, who gave me Mudbound by Hillary Jordan. I went with same first name and read Fludd by Hilary Mantel

2 pts - The title and author's name are in different coloured text.
3 pts - Has a proper name of a person.
2 pts - Is one word. It must be exact and not preceded by an article like a, an, the, etc.
3 pts - Historical Fiction
1 pt - Mystery
1 pts - 175-199 (186)
Bonus points - 2 pts each
- If someone takes a bath. It must be a bath and not a shower. (several baths happened)
- If someone prays to a saint in the story. (St. Nicholas Day)
Need a ruling--there was a lot of talk of praying to saints and someone lit a candle in front of the statue of the virgin, but did not explicitly say that there was a prayer at the time.

So either 14 or 16 points depending on the praying to saints ruling.

[Anna]

Janice wrote: "Anna wrote: "Janice wrote: "Anna wrote: "Janice wrote: " LOL! I count 12 points"

:D

[Janice, Moderator]

Beth wrote: "WOF Beth

Paired with Peggy, who gave me Mudbound by Hillary Jordan. I went with same first name and read Fludd "

Yes, to the praying to the saints - 16 points total.

[Beth]

Janice wrote: "Beth wrote: "WOF Beth

Paired with Peggy, who gave me Mudbound by Hillary Jordan. I went with same first name and read Fludd "

Yes, to the praying to t..."

Thanks, Janice!!

[Anne ✨]

Thanks for the reminder, Janice, that I needed to report here. This is my first monthly challenge I've done with YLTO woohoo 🎉🤸‍♀️

WoF name: AnneFindsJoy

Paired with Margo, who had selected Bird Box
I matched for birds on the cover, and read The Sparrow
The cover of The Sparrow has birds (sparrows, of course LOL) at the bottom, which matches birds on the cover of Bird Box.


My book earns 10 points:
- 5 points for genre: sci-fi
- 5 points for pages: 516pg (I listened to audio, I chose page count from the first on list of editions - a paperback edition)

[Dawn]

WoF name: Dawn A
Partner: Katrisa
Partner's book: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
I read Blood & Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard by Paul Collins, who has the same last name as Suzanne Collins.

Scoring

Cover- Has a hat on it 4 pts
-Title and author in different colours 2 pts

Title- Has a proper name (Ivy) 3pts

Genre- Mystery 1 pt

Pages- 368 pages 3 pts

Bonus points- I have read The Hunger Games 2 pts
- Hand on cover ( gloved-is that ok?) 2 pts
- Someone takes a bath ( the murderer's daughter) 2 pts
- Someone prays ( jury members/ the murderer after he is found guilty and awaiting execution) 2 pts

My total 21 pts
Katrisa's total 6 pts
Dawn + Katrisa's total 27 pts

[Janice, Moderator]

Dawn and Katrisa is the first team to complete their books!

[Beth]

Janice wrote: "Dawn and Katrisa is the first team to complete their books!"

Congrats, speedy ones!

[Canadian Dragon]

Wof Tasha
I was partnered with Jannene: Empire of the Summer Moon

Man on cover, mostly grey and black coloring on page.

4 pts - Has a hat on it.
2 pts - The title and author's name are in different coloured text.

1 pts - Is positioned across the bottom of the cover.

5 pts - Science Fiction
4 pts - Romance
3 pts - Historical Fiction

4 pts - 400 - 499

2 If there is a hand(s) on the cover. (National Hand Washing Awareness Week).
2- If someone takes a bath. It must be a bath and not a shower. (Bathtub Party Day)

23 points

[Beth]

Tasha☺ wrote: "Wof Tasha
I was partnered with Jannene: Empire of the Summer Moon [bookcover:Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in Ameri..."

WOW. That's a lot of points.

[Jannene]

WOF: Jannene

I was partnered with Tasha (awesome score, woman!). She picked A Court of Thorns and Roses and so I picked A Dozen Deadly Roses using the word “roses” to link the books.
Score your book 4 out of 5 stars.

Cover

2 pts - The title and author's name are in different coloured text.

Title

1 pts - Is positioned across the bottom of the cover.

Genre (must show on the main book page)

4 pts - Romance
1 pt - Mystery

Pages:
5 pts - 500+ (539 pages)

Total: 13 points

[Cherie]

WoF Cherie

I was partnered with Laura (Lclwags). She picked Something Wicked This Way Comes. I chose to read a book by the same author and finished The Golden Apples of the Sun and Other Stories last night.

Scoring:
Cover = 2 pts - The title and author's name are in different coloured text.
Title = 1 pts - Is positioned across the bottom of the cover.
Genre = 5 pts - Science Fiction
Pages = 3 pts - 300 - 399 (pb 338)
Bonus points = 4 - I have previously read the book selected for me by my buddy and there are hands on the cover.

Total points = 15 points

It was great to get a chance to read another Bradbury book of short stories. Some of them were familiar from other short story collections, but some were new to me. He had such an awesome imagination. His stories are not just science fiction, but fantasy and contemporary too. His stories are just as relevant today as they were when he was writing in the late 1950s and through the 1960s when the stories in this book were first published. He has such human characters and brings such a range of emotions and beautiful prose into his works. I loved every one, right up to the last word on the last page of the book.

[Kay]

WoF. Kay
Partner. TrudyAn

TrudyAn chose .
I chose because it has the same title which meets the challenge guidelines.

2pts. Title and author different colored text on cover
3pts. 301pages
5pts. Science fiction genre
2pts. Hand on cover
2pts. Someone had a bath (pge183 character suicides in bath).

Total 14pts.
Thanks!

[Lanelle]

WoF Name - Lanelle

My partner is Lisa and she chose The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton. I decided to read by Jessie Cal. The authors have the same first name.

And my scoring is:
Cover -
0 points

Title -
5 pts - Begins with the letter "D" for December.
2 pts - Is one word.

Genre -
0 points (it only has 41 ratings; there are no genres listed on the book's main page)

Pages -
2 pts - 200-299 (read the ebook; no hardcover edition, paperback version has 218 pgs)

Bonus points - 2 pts each
- If there is a hand(s) on the cover.

Total score: 11 points

[Janice, Moderator]

WoF - Janice


I was partnered with Kristie. She had selected News of the World when she signed up. I read To The Bright Edge of the World because the titles have the word "World" in common.

Scoring:
2 pts Cover - title & author's name in 2 different colours (audiobook edition)
1 pts Title - positioned across the bottom
3 pts Genre - Historical Fiction
4 pts Pages - Read Audiobook. Hardcover is 417 pages
2 pts Bonus - I had previously read News of the World

Total Points: 14

[Trudy]

WofF: Trudy An
I’m partnered with Kay (Kaystone), who chose The Shadow of the Wind .

I chose Winter, which meets the criteria of having a similar cover (man on the cover is wearing a hat, and is seen from the back, walking away).

Cover
4 pts - Has a hat on it.
3 pts - Has snow on it.

Title
4 pts - Has the word "Winter" or "Summer" on it.
2 pts - Is one word. It must be exact and not preceded by an article like a, an, the, etc.

Genre (must show on the main book page)
3 pts - Historical Fiction

Pages:
2 pts - 200 - 299 (269 pages)


Bonus points - 2 pts each
- If you have previously read the book selected for you by your buddy: I read The Shadow of the Wind in July 2016, and gave it four stars.
- If someone takes a bath. It must be a bath and not a shower: Ch 10, a two-page description of Hardy’s bath prep and bath; also, Ch 12, Gertie bathes her infant, Diana.

Total: 22 points

[Almeta]

RESUBMITTED IN MESSAGE 33.

WoF Almeta

☊Gabriel's Inferno 14 Dec

naked man on the cover as there is on Frankenstein

Title
3 pts - Has a proper name of a person.
1 pts - Is positioned across the bottom of the cover.

Genre
4 pts - Romance

Pages:
5 pts - 506 pages

Bonus points - 2 pts each
2 pts (or 4 pts) - If you have previously read the book selected for you by your buddy. read twice January 1, 1989 and April 30, 2018
2 pts - If there is a hand(s) on the cover.
2 pts - If someone takes a bath.
Gabriel sat "in the livingroom of the suite while Julianne took a bubble bath"

19 points (or 21?)

[Almeta]

Anna wrote: ".....

Ameta chose Salt to the Sea and I read La Belle Sauvage........"

Janice wrote: "Anna wrote: "WoF Anna M......

- I don't see a hand on the cover..."

I have to defend my buddy and ask....Aren't there two hands on the oar rowing at the back of the boat?

[Janice, Moderator]

Almeta wrote: "WoF Almeta

☊Gabriel's Inferno 14 Dec

naked man on the cover as there is on [book:Frankenstein|18..."

Oh ye of few words.... which book did you read?

The instructions say:
"Start your report with your Wall of Fame Name (WoF).
Tell us the name of the book you were given.
Link to the book you read."

So if you followed the instructions, you were given Gabriel's Inferno and read Frankenstein.

[Janice, Moderator]

Almeta wrote: "I have to defend my buddy and ask....Aren't there two hands on the oar rowing at the back of the boat?...."

So tiny as to be more implied than seen. Rules for covers have always been - prominent, clearly visible and identifiable. The prominent things on that cover is the ocean and the boat.

[Amanda]

WoF name - Amanda(Lily)

My partner is Jayme. She chose the book My Cousin Rachel. I read Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. The books share a feature on the cover - a woman holding an umbrella seen from the back.



Scoring

Cover:
2 pts - The title and author's name are in different coloured text.

Title:
0 pts

Genre (must show on the main book page):
4 pts - Romance
3 pts - Historical Fiction

Pages:
3 pts - 300 - 399 (306 pgs)

Total: 12 points

[Kay]

TrudyAn wrote: "WofF: Trudy An
I’m partnered with Kay (Kaystone), who chose The Shadow of the Wind.

Great points partner!

[Almeta]

Janice wrote: "....Oh ye of few words.... which book did you read?:..."

I never seem to get it correct!

WoF Almeta

Anna gave me Frankenstein

I chose to read ☊Gabriel's Inferno 14 Dec

Both have a naked man on the cover.

Title
3 pts - Has a proper name of a person.
1 pts - Is positioned across the bottom of the cover.

Genre
4 pts - Romance

Pages:
5 pts - I listened to the audio; the paperback copy has 506 pages. (The hardcover editions were all in a language other than English.)

Bonus points - 2 pts each
2 pts (or 4 pts) - If you have previously read the book selected for you by your buddy. read twice January 1, 1989 and April 30, 2018
2 pts - If there is a hand(s) on the cover.
2 pts - If someone takes a bath.
Gabriel sat "in the livingroom of the suite while Julianne took a bubble bath"

19 points (or 21?)

[Almeta]

Janice wrote: "Almeta wrote: "I have to defend my buddy and ask....Aren't there two hands on the oar rowing at the back of the boat?...."

So tiny as to be more implied than seen. Rules for covers have always bee..."

Sorry Anna! I tried.☻

[Trudy]

Kay wrote: "TrudyAn wrote: "WofF: Trudy An
I’m partnered with Kay (Kaystone), who chose The Shadow of the Wind.

Great points partner!"

Thanks! The title helped a lot. Who would have guessed that there would be a two-page description of Thomas Hardy taking a bath?

[Kay]

Epic :)

[Janice, Moderator]

Almeta wrote: "Janice wrote: "....Oh ye of few words.... which book did you read?:..."

I never seem to get it correct!

WoF Almeta

Anna gave me Frankenstein

I chose ..."

Thanks. I was going through your first point thinking, "Frankenstein was a romance?" LOL! It all seemed off.

19 points - you only get to count 1 reread of the book provided to you. Sorry. Still, that's better than the points I was going to deduct for it not being a romance.

[Katrisa]

Dawn wrote: "WoF name: Dawn A
Partner: Katrisa
Partner's book: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
I read Blood & Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard[bookcover:Blood & I..."

Nice score Dawn!

[Vicki]

WoF Vicki

Partnered with Carrie who chose A Study in Charlotte

I read A Study in Silks


Cover

4 pts - Has a hat on it.
2 pts - The title and author's name are in different coloured text.


Title
0 pts

Genre (must show on the main book page)

5 pts - Science Fiction
4 pts - Romance
3 pts - Historical Fiction
1 pt - Mystery

Pages:
5 pts - 531 pages


Bonus points - 2 pts each

2 pts - If there is a hand(s) on the cover. (National Hand Washing Awareness Week).

2 pts - If someone takes a bath. It must be a bath and not a shower. (Bathtub Party Day)

Total
=28 pts

[Cherie]

Awesome score, Vicki! I hope it was a good story. I have it planned on my trivia challenge for next year.

[Peggy]

WoF Peggy

I'm partnered with Beth. She picked Something Wicked This Way Comes for me. I read The Rithmatist.

The link is that both books have a (not quite real) horse on the cover.



Cover
2 pts - The title and author's name are in different coloured text.

Title
0 pts

Genre (must show on the main book page)
5 pts - Science Fiction
1 pt - Mystery

Pages:
3 pts - 300 - 399

Bonus points - 2 pts each
- If you have previously read the book selected for you by your buddy.

Total: 13 points

[Sandra, Moderator]

Sarah, my buddy, picked The Snow Child for me, so I read To The Bright Edge of the World. Both of them are by Eowyn Ivey

Scoring:
2 pts cover - title and author's name in two different colors (blue and red)
1 pts title - across the bottom
3 pts genre - Historical Fiction (in main page)
4 pts Pages - Read hardcover: 417 pages

Total: 10 points

[Vicki]

Cherie wrote: "Awesome score, Vicki! I hope it was a good story. I have it planned on my trivia challenge for next year."

I wouldn't give it an absolute recommendation though I plan to finish the trilogy next year. A lot of it was young women making their debut in society and trying to get husbands. One love interest was a circus performer *rolls eyes*. But I did eat it up. Magic is illegal, everyone is scheming for power and people are being murdered. Add in steampunk and Sherlock Holmes as a minor character and there's probably too much forced into one book. Still I'm looking forward to the next one.

[Kristie, Moderator]

WoF: Kristie

My partner was Janice. She chose the book The True Story of Hansel and Gretel. I decided to read My Story because they both have the word "story" in the title.

Cover: 2
2 pts - The title and author's name are in different coloured text.

Title: 0

Genre : 0

Pages: 3
3 pts - 300 - 399 (308 pages)

Bonus points - 6 (or maybe just 4)

- If there is a hand(s) on the cover. (National Hand Washing Awareness Week).
- If someone takes a bath. It must be a bath and not a shower. (Bathtub Party Day)
- If someone prays to a saint in the story. (St. Nicholas Day) (does praying to God count? Or does it specifically need to be a saint?)

Total: 11 (or maybe just 9...)

[Kristie, Moderator]

Hope you were going for the glue stick, Janice. lol

[Janice, Moderator]

Kristie wrote: "WoF: Kristie

My partner was Janice. She chose the book The True Story of Hansel and Gretel. I decided to read My Story because they both have the word "story" in the ..."

I allowed praying to another book when it wasn't clear whether or not it was to a saint, so you're good.

11 points.

[Janice, Moderator]

Kristie wrote: "Hope you were going for the glue stick, Janice. lol"

Of the teams that have completed, we are the contenders for the glue stick.

[Jenn]

WoF - Jenn

My partner is Annerlee, who gave me The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, from which I took "Detective Agency" and read Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Scoring
Cover
2 Pts - The title and author's name are in different coloured text

Title
5 Pts - Begins with the letter "D" for December - Dirk
3 Pts - Has a proper name of a person - Dirk Gently
1 Pts - Is positioned across the bottom of the cover

Genre
5 Pts - Science Fiction
1 Pts - Mystery

Pages
2 Pts - 200 - 299 - Hardcover is 247 Pages

Total Points 19 Points

[Lucy]

WoF - Lucy
My partner is Saar and the chosen book was .
I chose to listen to the audiobook for .
I chose the book because they both have cats on the cover,

Points:

2 pts - The title and author's name are in different coloured text.
5 pts - Science Fiction
3 pts - 300 - 399

10pts total

[Saar The Book owl]

WoF - Saar the Book Owl.

My buddy was Lucy and she chose Cloud Atlas
I've read Somebody I Used to Know: A Memoir, because both authors has the same family name.
Points:
3 points: 300 - 399

Total: 3 points.