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Gail's Point Challenge for 2020
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JanuaryQuarterly: Red and the Black +3
BOTM: Grass is Singing (Discussion only - previously read) +1
BOTM: The Drowned and the Saved +3
Host: + 5
BUDDY READ: Under the Volcano +3
TBR: Virgin Suicides +1
RANDOM: Myra Breckinridge +2
FOOD: Cold Comfort Farm +3
Extras: Mill on the Floss +1
Extras: Hunger +1
Previous Total 10 + 23 = 33
Total end of January: 33February points:
Quarterly: Red and the Black +3
BOTM: Amok +3
BOTM: Germinal +3
TBR: Out of Africa +1
LOVE Theme: Troubling Love +3
Total end of February:
33 + 13 = 46
March 202End of February Points = 46
ANNUAL: Finished Vol. 1 +15
QUARTERLY: Red and the Black +3
QUARTERLY: Finishing the Red and the Black in one Quarter +3
BOTM: The Midnight Examiner - Host +5
BOTM: The Midnight Examiner - Read +3
BOTM: Flamethrower +3
TBR: Breakfast at Tiffany's +2
RANDOM: Heartbreak Tango + 2
THEME SPRING: Spring Torrents +3
Also: The Country Girls +1
Also: The Lover +1
March TOTAL: 41
41 + 46 = 87
April 2020End of March Points = 87
ANNUAL: (will not collect points until the end of the quarter)
QUARTERLY: 1st third of The Golden Notebook +3
BOTM: The Great Indian Novel +3
BOTM: The Secret History +3
TBR Challenge: #22 The Beggar Maid +2
RANDOM: Worstward Ho +2
RANDOM: Pilgrim's Progress +2
RANDOM: Fruits of the Earth +2
Covid - 19 Challenge: The Plague +3
SPRING Theme (already took my 3 points) : A Day in Spring +1
Also: Señor Vivo and the Coca Lords +1
87 + 22 = 109
May 2020End of April total points = 109
ANNUAL: Finished VOL II +15
QUARTERLY: 2nd third of The Golden Notebook +3
BOTM: Cement Garden +3
BOTM: Razor's Edge +3
BUDDY Read: A Heart so White +3
TBR Challenge: #20 The Talented Mr. Ripley +3
RANDOM list: 0
Spring Theme/ Just random: History of Love +1
Random: Nowhere Man +1
Random: Annie John +1
Total 109 + 33 = 142
June 2020Total at end of May = 142
ANNUAL: Took the points in May
QUARTERLY: Finished The Golden Notebook on time = 3 + 3 = 6
BOTM: Austerlitz +3
TBR: Death in Venice (6th month) +3
Other Plague Themed (already took the 3 pts.) : Nine Tailors +1
White Noise +1
Total 14 + 142 = 156
July 2020Total at the end of June = 156
Annual - will take points at the end of the quarter
QUARTERLY: Anna Karenina +3
BOTM: A Handful of Dust +3
BOTM: Return of the Soldier + 3 and +5 for moderating = 8
BOTM Bonus +1
BUDDY READ: Summer +3
TBR CHALLENGE: Amsterdam +4
RANDOM READING LIST: The Art of Fielding +2
OTHER RANDOM: Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Who +1
Shipping News +1
Invisible Cities +1
Total for July: 156 + 27 = 183
August 2020 Points as of July: 183
Annual: Will take points at the end of the quarter
BOTM: The Book of Disquiet +3
BUDDY READ: The Godfather +3
TBR: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay +4
RANDOM: Looking for a Possible Dance + 2
Other: A Question of Power +1
Other: Invisible Man +1
Total Points: 197
September 2020Points as of the end of August: 197
ANNUAL: finished Vol. 3 +15
QUARTERLY: Anna Karenina 3+3 = 6
BOTM: The Breast Host +5
BOTM: The Breast Read +3
BOTM: The Human Stain +3
TBR: Justine +4
BUDDY READ: Contact +3
Just random: The Lost Steps +1
Total for the Month = 40
Total for the Year 197 + 40 = 237
October 2020Points as of the end of September: 237
Annual: Read beginning of Vol. 4 - will take points at the end of the Quarter.
BOTM: Summer will Show + 3
BOTM: The Master + 3
TBR: #19 The Blind Owl +5
RANDOM: Tarr +2
Just random: The Red Queen +1
Just random: Ficciones +1
237 + 15 = 252
Spreadsheet updated 7th November 2020
November 2020As of the end of October I had 252 points.
Annual - will take points in Dec.
BOTM: At Swim, Two Boys Host +5
At Swim, Two Boys +3
TBR: The Sun Also Rises +5
RANDOM Challenge: The Nun +2
Just Random: Chaka the Zulu +1
Subtotal: 16
252 + 16 = 268
December Points:At the end of November I had 268 Points.
Annual: Finished all Four Books of The Journey to the West +15
BOTM: The Sea, The Sea +3
BOTM: Pale Fire +3
RANDOM Challenge: I am Not Scared +2
TBR: Pale View of the Hills +5
Subtotal: 28 + 268 = 296
Random List: 5
Total = 10