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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human SocietiesTitles: word has more than 6 letters +1
Random Tasks: number of pages has a 5 +1
425 pages: +4
----------------Book total: 6 pts
Ship Breaker
Genre: young adult +1
Titles: word has more than 6 letters +1
Random Tasks: part of series +1
326 pages: +4
---------------Book Total: 7 pts
Post Total: 13 pts
Challenge Total: 132 pts
The Swan Gondola by Timothy SchaffertSetting: 1898 +1
Title: A word with more than 6 letters (Gondola) +1
Random tasks: celebrations [1898 Omaha World’s Fair] +1
Contains "5" in number of pages +1
Historical fiction =1
Page bonus: 458 pages +4
Book total: 9
Challenge total: 34
Empire of Ivory by Naomi NovikSetting: 19th century +1
Genre: Fantasy & Historical Fiction +2
Locale: UK and France +2
Titles: name of a color +1
Random Tasks: part of series +1
404 pgs: +4
Post Total: 11
Challenge Total: 143
An Abundance of Katherines by John GreenSetting: 21st Century +1
Genre: Romance and Young Adult +2
Titles: a word with more than 6 letters +1
229 pgs: +2
Post Total: 6
Challenge Total: 149
A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George418pp 4pts
Locale: UK 1 pt
Genre: suspense 1pt
Title: a word w/ > 6 ltrs 1 pt
Random: part of a series 1pt, ending page number w/ a 1 or 5: 1 pt
Book total: 9 pts
Challenge total: 15 pts
Code Name Verity]by Elizabeth WeinBonus +4 (342pp)
Genre: HF, Young Adult +2
Random: Part of a series +1
Book Total: 7
Grand Total: 17
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann
Genre HF+1
Setting 1844,46 +1
1998 +1
2011 +1
Title: A word with more than 6 letters (Transatlantic) +1
Locale: An island +1
Random tasks: Book cover white +1
Page bonus: 304 pages +4
Book total: 11
Challenge total: 45
Miss Julia Throws a Wedding308 pages +4
Title: Word with more than 6 letters +1
Title: Honorific term in title +1
Book cover: Lantern
+1Random task-Part of series +1
Random task--about a wedding +1
Book total=+9
Challenge total=+50
Away Laughing on a Fast Camel by Louise RennisonSetting: 21st century +1
Genre: Young adult +1
Locale: United Kingdom +1
Title: Has a word with more than 6 letters +1
Random Tasks: Part of a series (#5 in the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series by Louise Rennison) +1
276 pgs +2
Post Total: 7 pts
Challenge Total: 102 pts
A Dead Man in Trieste by Michael Pearce320 pgs +4 pts
Genre - HF +1 pt
Title - 6+ letters +1 pt
Random - Series +1 pt
Book total - 7 pts
Death in Saratoga Springs by Charles O'Brien
304 pgs - +4 pts
Setting - 19th Century +1 pt
Genre - HF +1 pt
Locale - New York +1 pt
Title - 6+ letters +1 pt
Random - Series +1 pt
Book total - 9 pts
Bryant & May and The Invisible Code by Christopher Fowler
320 pgs - +4 pts
Setting - 21st Century +1 pt
Locale - UK +1 pt
Title - 6+ letters +1 pt
Random - Series +1 pt
Book total - 8 pts
Post total - 24 pts
Challenge total - 84 pts
Me Before You369 pages +4 pts
Setting: 21st Century +1 pt
Genre: Romance +1 pt
Locale: United Kingdom +1 pt
Random Task: Birthday and wedding celebrations +2 pts
Book Total: 9 pts
Challenge Total: 30 pts
The Last Lecture
by Randy PauschTitles: word with more than 6 letters +1
Book Cover: star +1
206 pages: +2
-------Book Total: 4 pts
Torrent by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult +4
Titles: word with more than 6 letters +1
Random Tasks: part of series +1
388 pgs: +4
-----------------Book Total: 10 pts,
Post Total: 14 pts.
Challenge Total: 163 pts.
Why Mermaids SingSetting : 19th Century +1
Genre: Thriller & H.F. +2
Locale: U.K. +1
Title: more than 6 letters +1
Random Tasks:Part of series +1; Pages has 1 +1; Grand Balls and parties are used by the protagonist for getting information +1
No. of Pages: 341 +4
Total: 12 pts
What Remains of Heaven
Setting : 19th Century +1
Genre: Thriller & H.F. +2
Locale: U.K. +1
Title: more than 6 letters +1
Random Tasks:Part of series +1; Pages has 1 +1; Grand Balls and parties are used by the protagonist for getting information +1
No. of Pages: 331 +4
Total: 12 pts
Sir Philip's Folly
Setting : 19th Century +1
Genre: Romance & H.F. +2
Locale: U.K. +1
Title: more than 6 letters +1; A honorific (Sir) +1
Book cover: Lantern +1
Random Tasks:Part of series +1; Grand Balls +1
No. of Pages: 208 +2
Total: 11 pts
Challenge Total: 81 pts.
I am reposting the points for my first book: Pelagia And The White Bulldog : The First Sister Pelagia Mystery
Setting: 19th Century +1
Genre: suspense/thriller, historical fiction +2
Title: A word with more than 6 letters +1
A honorific: Sister +1
Random Tasks: part of a series +1
344 pages +4
Total: 10 points
Be Careful What You Wish For by Jeffrey ArcherSetting 1950's +1
1960's +1
Genre: HF +1
Title: A word with more than 6 letters (Careful) +1
Locale: United Kingdom +1
Random tasks: Series +1
Page bonus: 387 pages +4
Book total: 10
Challenge total: 55
Child of the Northern SpringSetting: 1st-5th Century AD +1
Genres: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Romance +3
Locale: United Kingdom +1
Title: Word with more than 6 letters +1
Random Tasks: Part of a Series (Guinevere #1), celebration (wedding) +2
428 pages - 4 bonus points
Book total: 12
The Monogram Murders
Setting: 1920s +1
Genre: Historical Fiction +1
Locale: United Kingdom +1
Title: word more than 6 letters +1
Random Tasks: part of series (Hercule Poirot series #43) +1
302 pages - 4 bonus points
Book total: 9
Post total: 21
Challenge total: 92
Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie KinsellaSetting: 21st Century +1
Genre: romance +1
Locale: UK +1
Titles: Words with more than 6 letters +1
Random Tasks: part of series +1
page # has a 5 +1
359 pages: +4
--------------Book Total: 10 pts
Firelight by Sophie Jordan
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult +3
Titles: word with more than 6 letters +1
Random Tasks: part of a series +1
323 pages: +4
------------Book Total: 9 pts.
Post Total: 19
Challenge Total: 182
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami 01.05.2015Setting: 1960's +1
Genre: Romance +1
Locale: An island (Japan) +1
Title word more than 6 letters: Norwegian +1
296 pages: +2
Book total: 6
A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout 01.15.2015Time period: 21st century +1
Book cover: Star on cover +1
373 pages: +4
Book total: 6
The King's Evil by Edward Marston 01.20.2015Genre: Historical fiction +1
Locale: United Kingdom +1
Random task: Part of a series +1
288 pages: +2
Book total: 5
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala YousafzaiSetting: 21st century +1
Locale: Middle East, An Island (UK), United Kingdom +3
320 pages: +4
Book total: 8
The Bone People by Keri HulmeSetting: 21st century +1
Locale: An island (New Zealand) +1
Cover: Star +1
Random: number of pages with 5 (450) +1
450 pages: +4
Book total: 8
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneGenre: Historical fiction, Classic, Young Adult +3
Title word more than 6 characters: Scarlet / letter +1
Title name of a color: Scarlet +1
Plot has big celebration: Election Day +1
228 pages +2
Book total: 8
Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott FitzgeraldSetting: 1920's +1
Genre: Classic +1
Locale: US - NY +1
Number of pages with 1 or 5: 319 +1
Plot has big celebration: May day, birthday, parties +1
319 pages: +4
Book total: 9
Running total: 50
Faith Bass Darling's Last Garage SaleSetting/Time: 1990's, 21st Century +2
Locale: US Texas +1
Title: 6 letters in word +1
Random: Celebration (New Year's) +1
Page bonus (304 pages): +4
Book total: 9
Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery
Setting/Time: 21st Century +1
Locale: UK +1
Book Cover: Barn animals (cats) +1
Random: part of a series +1
Title: 6 letters in word +1
Page bonus (400 pages): +4
Book Total: 9
Post Total: 18
Challenge Total to date: 34
The Fifth KnightSetting/Time: 12th-13th century +1
Genre: HF +1
Locale: UK +1
Random: Part of a series +1
Page bonus (390 pages): +4
Book Total: 8
The Gypsy King
Genre: Fantasy, YA, Romance, HF +4
Random: part of a series +1
Page bonus (434 pages) +4
Book Total: 9
Murder at the Vicarage
Genre: classic +1
Locale: UK +1
Title: 6 letters in a word +1
Random: part of a series +1
Page bonus (288 pages): +2
Book Total: 6
Post total: 23
Challenge total to date: 57
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayGenre: Classic +1
Title: Has a word with more than 6 letters +1
293 pgs. +2
Post Total: 4 pts
Challenge Total: 106 pts
HoneymoonPages: 406=+4
Genre: Suspense/thriller +1
Setting: New York +1
Title: Word with more than 6 letters +1
Book total=+7
Challenge total=+57
The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey ArcherGenre: Historical Fiction +1
Locale: UK and NY +2
Random Tasks: part of a series +1
page number has a 5 in it +1
352 pages: +4
-----------Book Total: 9 pts
Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
Setting: 21st Century +1
Genre: Suspense/thriller +1
Random Tasks: part of series +1
384 pages: +4
--------------Book Total: 7 pts
Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel
Titles: a word with more than 6 letters +1
Random Task: number of pages has a 1 in it +1
213 pages: +2
------------------Book Total: 4 pts
Post Total: 20 pts
Challenge Total: 202 pts
Like Water on Stone by Dana Walrath368 pgs +4 pts
Genre - YA, HF +2 pts
Book total 6 pts
Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver
325 pgs +4 pts
Genre - HF +1 pt
Locale - UK +1 pt
Title - 6+ letters +1 pt
Random - Series +1 pt
Random - Contains "5" in page count +1 pt
Book total - 9 pts
Season of the Dragonflies: A Novel by Sarah Creech
336 pgs +4 pts
Setting - 21st Century +1 pt
Locale - Virginia +1 pt
Title - 6+ letters
Book total - 7 pts
Waistcoats & Weaponry by Gail Carriger
298 pgs +2 pts
Setting - 19th Century +1 pt
Genre - YA, HF, Fantasy +3 pts
Locale - UK +1 pt
Title - 6+ letters +1 pt
Random - Series +1 pt
Book total - 9 pts
Post total - 31 pts
Challenge total - 115 pts
An Untamed Landby Lauraine Snelling353 pages- 4
Setting- 19th century: 1
Genre- HF, Romance:2
Title: 6+ letters, series,color in title,has a 5 in pages:4
Points:11
Death Comes to Pemberley
310 pages:4
Setting- 19th century:1
Locale-UK: 1
Genre-HF:1
Title: 6+ letters:1
Random: pages has 1:1
Points:9
Total this post:20
Total for challenge: 60
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Setting 1990's (1995) +1
Title: A word with more than 6 letters (Pacific) +1
Locale: US - California +1
Book cover is predominantly white +1
Random tasks:
Number of pages is 1,5 or both +2
Page bonus: 315 pages +4
Book total: 10
Challenge total: 65
The Beekeeper's BallPages 368=+4
Setting-21st century +1
Genre: Romance +1
Locale: CA +1
Title: word with 6 letters +1
Part of a series: +1
Random: about a wedding +1
Book total=+10
Challenge total=+67
The Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement-Moore
518 pages - 6 pts
21 century - 1 pt
Young Adult - 1 pt
Word with more than 6 letters - 1 pt
Number of pages has 1 and 5 - 1 pt
Gilt by Katherine Longshore
398 pages - 4 pts
Historical Fiction - 1 pt
United Kingdom (England) - 1 pt
Post Total: 16 pts
Challenge Total - 23 pts
518 pages - 6 pts
21 century - 1 pt
Young Adult - 1 pt
Word with more than 6 letters - 1 pt
Number of pages has 1 and 5 - 1 pt
Gilt by Katherine Longshore
398 pages - 4 pts
Historical Fiction - 1 pt
United Kingdom (England) - 1 pt
Post Total: 16 pts
Challenge Total - 23 pts
The Red Lily Crown: A Novel of Medici FlorenceGenre: historical fiction & romance +2
Titles: a word with more than 6 letters +1
--------the name of a color +1
Random Tasks: # of pages contains a 1 +1
418 pages: +4
---------------Book Total: 9 pts.
Prom and Prejudice
Setting: 21st century +1
Genre: young adult and romance +2
Titles: word with more than 6 letters +1
Random Tasks: # of pages contains a 1 +1
231 pages: +2
-------------------Book Total: 7 pts.
Bossypants
Titles: word with more than 6 letters +1
289 pages: +2
-------------------Book Total: 3 pts.
Murder on the Orient Express
Genre: Suspense/thriller +1
Titles: word with more than 6 letters +1
Random Tasks: part of a series +1
322 pages: +4
-------------------Book Total: 7 pts.
Post Total: 26 pts.
Challenge Total: 228
Delirium by Lauren OliverTime period: 21 century +1
Genre: Young Adult +1
Title: a word more than 6 letters +1
Random: part of a series, page number has a 1 or 5 +2
Bonus +4 (441pp)
Book Total: 9
Grand Total: 26
Pandemoniumby Lauren Oliver414 pgs- 4
Genre- YA, romance-2
US- NY 1
Title 6+:1
Part of series:1
Pages has 1:1
Total 10
Challenge total:70
Mod
465 pgs = 4 pts
Setting (13th Century) = 1pt
Genre (Historical Fiction) = 1pt
Number of pages has a 1, 5, or both (465) = 1pt
Book Total = 6pts
A Mist of Prophecies
288 pgs = 2pts
Genre (Historical Fiction) - 1pt
Title contains a word with more than six letters (Prophecies) = 1pt
Book is part of a series (Roma Sub Rosa) = 1pt
Book Total = 5pts
Last Seen in Massilia
300 pgs = 2pts
Genre (Historical Fiction) = 1pt
Locale (France- Massilia is located in modern day France) = 1pt
Title contains a word with more than six letters (Massilia) = 1pt
Book is part of a series (Roma Sub Rosa) = 1pt
Book Total = 6pts
Girl With a Pearl Earring
248 pgs = 2pts
Genre (Historical Fiction) = 1pt
Title contains a word with more than six letters (Earring) = 1pt
Book Total = 4pts
Challenge Total = 60 pts
Gone Girl415 pp +4pts
Genre: suspense 1pt
Time period: 21st C 1pt
Random: total page # ends in a 1 or 5 1pt
Book total: 7 pts
Challenge total: 22pts
Hill Country Deco: Modernistic Architecture of Central Texas by David Bush224 pgs +2 pts
Locale - Texas +1 pt
Title - 6+ letters +1 pt
Book total - 4 pts
Confessions of a Teen Sleuth by Chelsea Cain
208 pgs +2 pts
Genre - YA +1 pt
Title - 6+ letters +1 pt
Book total - 4 pts
Murder at Mansfield Park by Lynn Shepherd
384 pgs +4 pts
Setting - 19th Century +1 pt
Genre - HF +1 pt
Locale - UK +1 pt
Title - 6+ letters +1 pt
Random - Series +1 pt
Book total - 9 pts
A Double Death on the Black Isle: A Novel by A.D. Scott
359 pgs +4 pts
Setting - 1950's +1 pt
Locale - UK +1 pt
Title - Name of color +1 pt
Random - Series +1 pt
Book total - 8 pts
The Firebird's Feather by Marjorie Eccles
219 pgs +2 pts
Genre - HF +1 pt
Locale - UK +1 pt
Title - 6+ letters +1 pt
Cover - 50% white
Random - Page count contains "1" +1 pt
Random - Big celebration in plot (Coronation) +1 pt
Book total - 8 pts
Post total - 33 pts
Challenge total - 148 pts
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Mod
280 pgs = 2pts
Time Period (21st Century) = 1pt
Genre (Fantasy) = 1pt
Book is part of a series = 1pt
Book Total =5pts
Challenge Total = 65pts
BittersweetPages: 528=+6
Genre: HF=+1
Title: Word with more than 6 letters=+1
Random task: Contains "5" in number of pages =+1
Book total=+9
Challenge total=+76
Mod
384pgs = 4pts
Genre (Historical Fiction) = 1pt
Locale (United Kingdom) = 1pt
Honorific term in title (Mr.) = 1pt
Book in a series (Maggie Hope) = 1pt
Book Total = 8pts
Challenge total = 73pts
The Red Lily Crown: A Novel of Medici Florence by Elizabeth LoupasGenre: historical fiction & romance +2
Titles: a word with more than 6 letters +1
the name of a color (red) +1
Random Tasks: # of pages contains a 1 +1
418 pages: +4
Book total = 9
Challenge total: 74
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine BrooksGenre: Historical fiction +1
Locale: An island (Martha's Vineyard) +1
Title: Has a word with more than 6 letters +1
Random Tasks: Plot has a big celebration (Bethia's and Samuel's wedding) +1
300 pgs +2
Post Total: 6 pts
Challenge Total: 112 pts
The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry351 pgs +4 pts
Setting - 19th Century +1 pt
Genre - YA, HF +2 pts
Locale - UK +1 pt
Title - 6+ letters +1 pt
Random - Page count contains a "5" +1 pt
Book total - 10 pts
Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann
353 pgs +4 pts
Setting - 1950's, 1960's +2 pts
Genre - HF +1 pt
Locale - California, an island +2 pts
Title - 6+ letters +1 pt
Random - Page count contains "5" +1 pt
Book total - 11 pts
The Steady Running of the Hour by Justin Go
470 pgs +4 pts
Setting - 1920's, 21 Century +2 pts
Genre - HF +1 pt
Locale - UK, France, Germany, an island +4 pts
Title - 6+ letters +1 pt
Book total - 12 pts
Post total - 33 pts
Challenge total - 181 pts
The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard StreetPages: 505=+6
Genre: HF=+1
Locale: NY =+1
Title: has a word with more than 6 letters =+1
Setting: 1920's, 1950's, 1960's =+1
Random Task: total page has 5 (505) =+1
Book total=+11
The Objects of Her Affection
Pages= 337=+4
Setting: 21st century=+1
Title: word with more than 6 letters=+1
Book total=+6
Challenge total= 93
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less by Jeffrey ArcherGenre: Suspense/thriller +1
Locale: UK +1
Random Tasks: # of pages has a 5 in it +1
305 pages: +4
--------------Book Total: 7 pts
Best Kept Secret by Jeffrey Archer
Settings: 1950's +1
Genre: Historical Fiction +1
Locale: UK +1
Random Tasks: part of series +1
373 pages: +4
----------------Book Total: 8pts.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Genre: Historical Fiction +1
Locale: CA +1
Random Tasks: # of pages has a 1 in it +1
371 pages: +4
-----------------Book Total: 7 pts.
Robert B. Parker's Wonderland by Ace Atkins
Genre: Suspense/Thriller +1
Titles: word has more than 6 letters +1
Random Tasks: part of series +1
306 pages: +4
----------------Book Total: 7 pts.
Cruel & Unusual by Patricia Cornwell
Setting: 21st Century: +1
Genre: Suspense/Thriller +1
Locale: VA +1
Titles: word with more than 6 letters +1
Random Tasks: part of series +1
409 pages: +4
-------------------Book Total: 9 pts
Happily Ever Madder: Misadventures of a Mad Fat Girl by Stephanie McAfee
Setting: 21st Century +1
Genre: Romance +1
Titles: word with more than 6 letters +1
Random Tasks: part of series +1
# of pages has a 1 in it +1
341 pages: +4
----------------------Book Total: 9 pts.
Post Total: 47 pts.
Challenge Total: 275
The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters
Genre: historical fiction +1
Setting: 19th century +1
Book cover - farm or barn animal: cat +1
Random Tasks: part of a series +1
327 pages: +4
Book total = 8
Walking on Water by Richard Paul Evans
Setting time period, 21st century: +1
Locale: USA-CA +1
Titles: Words with > 6 (Walking) +1
Random Tasks: part of a series +1
320 pages: +4
Book total = 8
Challenge total: 90
The Maze Runnerby James Dashnerpages: 4 (374)
Genre: YA- 1
Random:part of a series- 1
Total -6
Until We Reach Homeby Lynn Austin
pages:4 (436)
setting: 19th century-1
genre: HF,romance-2
locale: US-IL, US-NY- 2
celebration- wedding- 1
Total 10
Challenge total- 86
Imperfect SwordTitle: Word with more than 6 letters +1
Part of a series +1
369 pages +4
Book total: 6
Murder 101
Setting: 21st century +1
Genre: Suspense +1
Locale: US-NY +1
Part of a series +1
374 pages +4
Book total: 8
Here by Mistake: The Secret of the Niche
Setting: 21st century, 1960s +2
Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy +2
Locale: US-NY +1
Title: word with more than 6 letters +1
263 pages +2
Book total: 8
The Perilous GardGenre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Historical Fiction +3
Locale: United Kingdom +1
Title: word with more than 6 letters +1
Cover: candle
280 pages +2
Book total: 7
The King's Deryni
Genre: Fantasy +1
Part of a series +1
Number of pages has 5 +1
560 pages +6
Book total: 9
Post total: 38
Challenge total: 130
Chantal. by Claire LorrimerNo. of pages: 512 +6
Time setting: 19th Century +1
Genre: HF/Romance +2
Locale: UK, France, Island +3
Titles: More than 6 letters +1
Random Tasks:
Part of series +1
No. of Pages has 5 and 1 +1
Grand balls commemorating Queen Victoria’s Coronation
and Queen Victoria’s Wedding +2
Book Total: 17 pts
Why Kill A Countess?
No. of Pages: 200 +2
Time Setting: 19th Century +1
Genre: HF/Suspense +2
Locale: UK +1
Title: More than 6 words +1
Random Task: Part of series +1
Book Total: 8 pts
Just Like Heaven
No. of pages: 374 +4
Time setting: 19th Century +1
Genre: HF/Romance +2
Locale: UK +1
Book Cover: White +1
Random Tasks:
Part of series +1
Annual Musicale (Celebration by the heroine’s family for the entire ton playing a great role in the plot) +1
Book Total: 11 pts
Crowner Royal
No. of Pages: 400 +4
Time Setting: 12th Century +1
Genre: HF/Suspense +2
Locale: UK +1
Title: More than 6 words +1
Random Task: Part of series +1
Grand celebration – Queen Eleanor’s progress from France to Glouscester - 1
Book Total: 11 pts
The Boudicca Parchments
No. of Pages: 352 +4
Time Setting: 1st Century and 21st Century +2
Genre: HF/Suspense +2
Locale: UK, Israel +2
Title: More than 6 words +1
Book Cover: Parchment +1
Random Task: Part of series +1
5 in no. of pages +1
Book Total: 14 pts
The Hanover Square Affair
No. of pages: 318 +4
Time Setting: 19th Century +1
Genre: HF/Suspense +2
Locale: UK +1
Title: More than 6 words +1
Random Task: Part of series +1
1 in no.of pages +1
Book Total: 11 pts
And Only to Deceive
No. of Pages: 321 +4
Time Setting: 19th Century +1
Genre: HF/Suspense +2
Locale: UK, France +2
Title: More than 6 words +1
Random Task: Part of series +1
1 in no. of pages +1
Book Total: 12 pts
Season of the Raven
No. of Pages: 242 +2
Time Setting: 12th Century +1
Genre: HF/Suspense +2
Locale: UK +1
Random Task: Part of series +1
Book Total: 7 pts
Christmas Beau
No. of Pages: 224 +2
Time Setting: 19th Century +1
Genre: HF/Romance +2
Locale: UK +1
Title: More than 6 words +1
Book Cover: Sledge +1
Random Task: Celebration of Christmas +1
Book Total: 9 pts
Illegally Dead
No. of Pages: 260 +2
Time Setting: 5th Century +1
Genre: HF/Suspense +2
Title: More than 6 words +1
Random Task: Part of series +1
Book Cover: Farm Animal +1
Book Total: 8 pts
Kissing Christmas Goodbye
No. of Pages: 289 +2
Time Setting: 21st Century +1
Genre: Suspense +1
Title: More than 6 words +1
Book Cover: White (more 50%) +1
Random Task: Part of series +1
Celebration: Christmas =1
Book Total: 8 pts
Challenge Book Total : 197
No. of Books read - 18 : +18 (Bonus pts. per book)
Total Points: 215
I certainly did not come close to the majority of people in this challenge!
208 pages 2pts
Time Period: 1990s & 21stC 2pts
Locale: France & NY 2pts
Book Cover >50% white 1pt
Book total: 7pts
Challenge total: 29pts
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Books mentioned in this topic
Paris: A Love Story (other topics)Tales of the Jazz Age (other topics)
Just Like Heaven (other topics)
The Hanover Square Affair (other topics)
Crowner Royal (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
F. Scott Fitzgerald (other topics)Nathaniel Hawthorne (other topics)
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419 pages: 4
Genre- HF, Romance: 2
Setting- 19th century: 1
Local: US Virginia: 1
Random: Part of a series :1
Title: more than 6 letters: 1
Random- contains 1 in pages:1
Total points:11
2. Sixty Acres and a Bride by Regina Jennings
Pages-366: 4
Setting: 19th century
Genre: HF, romance: 2
Local: US-Texas: 1
Random- part of a series and plot has weddings: 2
Points : 10
3. The Hawk and the Jewel
348 pages: 4
Setting: 19th century :1
Genre- Romance, HF:2
Setting- UK :1
Cover:
Part of a series:1
Big celebrations: 1
Points 11
4. Me Before Youby Jojo Moyes
369 pgs: 4
Genre- Romance: 1
Setting: 21st century:1
Local- UK: 1
Random: wedding, birthday celebration
Points: 9
Total points: 40