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Winter Challenge 2020-2021 Scoring Thread
Dear Mrs. Bird by A. J. Pearce20th century-10 points
280 pages-2 points
Bonus F: 5 points
Total: 17 points
Verdict of the Court by Cora Harrison 16th century 10 pmtsSet in winter bonus a 5 pts
Total 15 points
A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee20th Century - 10 Points
400 Pages - 4 Points
Bonus H: Asia - 5 Points
Total Book Points - 19
Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand21st century=10 points
224 pages=2 points
Bonus B: Winter scene on cover
=5 pointsBook total=17 points
Total points=34 points
The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis21st Century = 10
Bonus - D, North America = 5
300 pages - 2
Book total -17
The Angry Tide by Winston Graham
18th Century = 10
560 pages = 6
Bonus c, Initals, = 5
Book total = 21
Total points = 52
Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco
19th Century= 10 points
372 pgs = 4 points
Bonus F = 5 points
Book Total=19 points
Challenge Total= 19 points
19th Century= 10 points
372 pgs = 4 points
Bonus F = 5 points
Book Total=19 points
Challenge Total= 19 points
Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson15th century = 10pts
600 pages = 6pts
Bonus c = 5pts
Book total = 21pts
Challenge total = 30pts
Freedom's Light by Colleen Coble18th Century = 10 points
320 pages = 4 points
Bonus D = 5 points
Book Total = 19 points
The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis20th Century = 10 points
354 pages = 4 points
Bonus D = 5 points
Total = 19
Overall total = 34
Philida by André Brink19th Century = 10 points
322 pages = 4 points
Bonus G - Africa = 5 points
Book Total = 19
Challenge Total = 71
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren21st century- 10 points
336 pages= 4 points
Bonus D-North America- 5 points
Total- 19 points
Tidelands by Philippa Gregory
17th century- 10 points
455 pages- 4 points
Bonus F-Europe- 5 points
Total-19 points
Challenge Total- 38 points
The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine by Alexander McCall Smith21st century - 10 points
213 pages - 2 points
Bonus G: Africa - 5 points
Total book points - 17 points
Previous total - 19 points
Challenge total - 36 points
The Silver Shooter by Erin Lindsey19th century = 10pts
352 pages = 4pts
Bonus D - Book set in North America = 5pts
Book total = 19pts
Challenge total = 49pts
Stranger in the Lake by Kimberly Belle21st century = 10pts
352 pages = 4pts
Bonus A - Book set in Winter = 5pts
Book total = 19
Challenge total = 68pts
The Forgotten Sister by Nicola Cornick16th century=10 points
369 pages= 4 points
Total- 14 points
Challenge Total= 52 points
The Engineer's Wife by Tracey Enerson Wood19th century 10 pt
Bonus c 5 pts
333 pages= 4 pts
Total 19
Overall total 53
Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin20th Century = 10 points
480 pages= 4 points
Bonus H= 5 points
Book Total 19 points
Challenge Total 38 points
Medicus by Ruth Downie2nd century = 10 points
386 pages = 4 points
Book Total =14 points
Count Robert of Paris by Walter Scott
11th century = 10 points
416 pages = 4 points
Book Total =14 points
The Land Beyond the Sea by Sharon Kay Penman
12th century = 10 points
688 pages= 6 points
Book Total =16 points
Challenge total = 114
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave17th Century= 10 points
345 pages = 4 points
Bonus A set in Winter = 5 points
Book total 19 points
Challenge Total 57 points
The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory15th Century - 10 points
464 pages - 4 points
Bonus F: Europe - 5 points
Total Book Points - 19 Points
Previous Total - 36 Points
Challenge Total - 55 Points
Across the Winding River by Aimie K. Runyan20th century - 10pts
301 pages - 4pts
Book total 14 points
Challenge total 82pts
Pompeii by Robert HarrisBCE - 10pts
368 pages - 4pts
Book total 14 points
The Secret Magdalene by Ki Longfellow
1st century - 10pts
448 pages - 4pts
Book total 14 points
Silk Road by Colin Falconer
13th century - 10pts
Bonus H: Asia - 5 pts
464 pages - 4pts
Book total 19 points
A Burnable Book by Bruce Holsinger
14th century - 10pts
560 pages - 6 pts
Book total 16 points
The Ugly One by Leanne Statland Ellis
15th century - 10pts
256 pages - 2 pts
Bonus E- South America - 5
Book total 17 points
Challenge total - 195
Death and the Maiden by Ariana Franklin12th Century - 10 pts
402 pages - 4 pts
bonus F 5 pts
Book total 19 pts
Overall total 72
The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor20th century- 10 points
284 pages- 4 points
Total- 14 points
Challenge Total-66 points
Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand21st Century - 10 pts
249 pgs - 2 pts
Bonus B - Winter scene on cover
- 5 ptsBook total - 17 pts
The Dark Monk by Oliver Pötzsch
17th Century - 10 pts
463 pgs - 4 pts
Bonus A - Set in Winter - 5 pts
Book total - 19 pts
Post total - 36 pts
Challenge total - 36 pts
Daughters of Rome-Kate QuinnPages:385=4 Points
1st Century= 10 points
Book Total =14 Points
Book:The Beacon at Alexandria-Gillian Bradshaw
Pages: 376=4 Points
4th Century=10 Points
Book Total=14
Book:The Master of Bruges-Terence Morgan
15th Century=10 Points
314 Pages= 4 Points
Bonus F= 5 Points
Book Total=19 Points
Colors of the Mountain-Da Chen
20th Century=10 Points
Pages: 320=4 Points
Bonus H= 5 Points
Book Total: 19 Points
Total Challenge Points: 66 Points
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell16th Century 10 points
page total 303 - 4 points
Bonus J 5 points
Book Total 19 points
Challenge Total 76 points
The Gondola Maker by Laura Morelli16th Century = 10pts
298 pages = 2pts
Book total = 12pts
Challenge total = 94pts
Shroud for the Archbishop: A Sister Fidelma Mystery-Peter Tremayne7th Century= 10 points
320 pages= 4 Points
Book Total=14 Points
Challenge Total-80 Points
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi21st century 10 points
264 points= 2 points
Book total 12 points
Challenge Total 88 points
The Ionia Sanction by Gary CorbyBCE - 10 pts
352 pgs - 4 pts
Book total - 14 pts
Murder for Christ's Mass by Maureen Ash
13th Century - 10 pts
291 pgs - 2 pts
Bonus F - Set in Europe (England) - 5 pts
Book total - 17 pts
Post total - 31 pts
Challenge total 67 pts
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden 14th century- 10 points
363 pages- 4 points
Bonus B- 5 points
Total- 19 points
Challenge Total- 85 points
Glory-Heather Graham19th Century-10 Points'
352 Pages-4 Points
Bonus D-5 Points
Total Book Points:19
The Werewolf of Bamberg-Oliver Pötzsch
17th Century-10 Points
601 Pages- 6 Bonus Points
Total Book Points: 16
Total Challenge Points: 115
The Golden Wolf by Linnea Hartsuyker9th Century 10 points
413 pages 4 points
Bonus F 5 points
Book total 19 points
Challenge Total 107 points
The Exodus by Peter DanielsonBCE: 10 points
455 pages 4 points
Bonus e: Set in Africa 5 points
Book total: 19 points
Total points: 53 points
Zenobia of Palmyra: History, Myth and the Neo-Classical Imagination by Rex Winsbury3rd Century: 10 points
304 pages: 4 points
Book total 14
Enchantress by Maggie Anton
4th Century: 10 points
376 points: 4 pointsThe Evening and the Morning
Book total: 14
Hild by Nicola Griffith
7th Century: 10 points
560 pages: 6 points
Book total: 16
The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett
10th Century: 10 points
908 pages: 8 points
Bonus F, Europe: 5 points
Book total: 23
The War Widow by Tara Moss
20th Century: 10 points
352 pages: 4 points
Bonus I, Australia: 5 points
Book total: 19
Challenge total: 281
The Cross and the Dragon by Kim Rendfeld8th Century- 10 points
272 pages- 2 points
Bonus C- 5 points
Total- 17 points
Challenge total- 102 points
Great job so far everyone. I'll get the scores updated today. Sorry, this month has been a whirlwind.
Two for Joy by Mary Reed6th Century - 10 pts
345 pgs - 4 pts
Book total - 14 pts
Pandora's Boy by Lindsey Davis
1st Century - 10 pts
305 pgs - 4 pts
Book total - 14 pts
Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
10th Century - 10 pts
204 pgs - 2 pts
Book total - 12 pts
Post total - 40 pts
Challenge total - 107 pts
The Heiress of Winterwood by Sarah E. Ladd19th century 10 points
320 pages 4 points
Book total 14 points
Challenge total 67 points
The Irish Princess by Elizabeth Chadwick 12th century- 10 points
400 pages- 4 points
Book Total- 14 points
Challenge total- 116 points
SCORES UP TO POST #45
DIANE 281
MONICA 116
WANDA 115
CHERYL 107
MAUREEN 107
KATHLEEN 104
ALICE 86
LINDA 67
PEGGY 55
JASMINE 19
DIANE 281
MONICA 116
WANDA 115
CHERYL 107
MAUREEN 107
KATHLEEN 104
ALICE 86
LINDA 67
PEGGY 55
JASMINE 19
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II by Svetlana Alexievich
20th Century= 10 points
381 pgs = 4 points
Bonus H = 5 points
Book Total=19 points
Blackhearts
17th Century= 10 points
384 pgs = 4 points
Book Total=14 points
The Wife Upstairs
21st Century= 10 points
304 pgs = 4 points
Bonus D=5 points
Book Total=19 points
Challenge Total= 71 points
20th Century= 10 points
381 pgs = 4 points
Bonus H = 5 points
Book Total=19 points
Blackhearts
17th Century= 10 points
384 pgs = 4 points
Book Total=14 points
The Wife Upstairs
21st Century= 10 points
304 pgs = 4 points
Bonus D=5 points
Book Total=19 points
Challenge Total= 71 points
The Winter Sea-Susanna Kearsley21st Century- 10 Points
527 pages- 6 Points
Total Book Points-16
Total Challenge Points-131
In Pursuit of the Green Lion-Judith Merkle Riley14th Century-10 Points
464 pages-4 Points
Bonus C-5 Points
Total Book Points-19
Total Challenge Points-150 Points
The Convert by Stefan Hertmans11th Century = 10pts
318pages = 4pts
Book total = 14 pts
Challenge total = 108pts
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Here's an example of how it will look when reported:
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
20th Century-10 points
343 pages- 4 points
Bonus I: 5 points
Total: 19 points