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2021/2022 Winter Challenge Scoring Thread
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson20th Century: 10 points
234 pages: 2 points
Bonus C: Author's initials - 5 points
Total: 17 points
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson21st century- 10 points
400 pages- 4 points
Bonus D- 5 points
Total- 19 points
Winter's Fire by Giles Kristian8th Century -10 points
320 Pages-4 points
Bonus A -5 points
Total Points 19
Forsaken Soul-Priscilla Royal13th Century-10 Points
224 Pages-2 Points
Bonus C -5 Points
Total Points 17
A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley21st century - 10 Points
512 pages - 6 points
Bonus G 'Set in Africa' - 5 points
Total Points 21
The Rebels 18th Century -10
398 pages -4 pages
Bonus D - 5
Total Points this book 19
Total challenge Points 38
When the Eagle Hunts by Simon Scarrow1st Century -10
288 pages -2
Bonus A, set in winter- 5
Book total = 17
Terra Incognita by Ruth Downie
2nd Century -10
384 pages - 4
Book total = 14
A Murder Unmentioned by Sulari Gentill
20th Century -10
384 pages -4
Bonus I, Australia - 5
Book total = 19
Total challenge Points = 50
Brides of Rome by Debra May MacleodBCE- 10 points
304 pages- 4
Bonus G- 5 points
Total- 19 points
Beyond The Wall by Tanya Landman
4th century- 10 points
384 pages- 4 points
Bonus C- 5 points
Total- 19 points
Overall Challenge Total- 57 points
Window Shopping21st Century: 10 points
258 pages: 2 points
Bonus A: set in winter - 5 points
Total: 17 points
Outlawed
19th Century: 10 points
261 pages: 2 points
Bonus D: set in North America 5 points
Total: 17 points
Total Challenge Points: 51
Till the Boys Come Home by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles20th century: 10 points
400 pages: 4 points
Bonus C: Author's initials 5 points
Total Points: 19 points
Vengeance of a Slave by V.M. Sang1st century - 10pts
270 pages - 2 pts
Total: 12 pts
Shadow on the Crown by Patricia Bracewell
11th century - 10 pts
410 pages - 4 pts
Total: 14 pts
Matrix by Lauren Groff
12th century - 10 pts
260 pages - 2 pts
Bonus A - 5pts
Total: 17 pts
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
14th century - 10 pts
416 pages - 4 pts
Bonus H - 5 pts
Total: 19 pts
Flight of the Sparrow by Amy Belding Brown
17th century - 10 pts
368 pages - 4 pts
Total: 14 pts
Land Without Evil by Matthew J. Pallamary
18th century - 10 pts
372 pages - 4 pts
Bonus E - 5 pts
Total: 19 pts
The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
19th century - 10 pts
370 pages - 4 pts
Bonus I - 5 pts
Total: 19 pts
The French Gift: A Novel of World War II Paris by Kirsty Manning
20th century - 10 pts
368 pages - 4 pts
Bonus F - 5 pts
Total: 19 pts
Captive: A Mother's Crusade to Save Her Daughter from the Terrifying Cult Nxivm by Catherine Oxenberg
21st century - 10pts
320 pages - 4 pts
Bonus D - 5 pts
Total:19
TOTAL ACCUMULATED: 152pts
A Winter War by Tim Leach2nd century- 10 points
384 pages- 4 points
Bonus A- 5 points
Total- 19 points
Challenge Total- 76 points
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner18th Century: 10 points
301 pages: 4 points
Bonus F: set in Europe 5 points
Total: 19 points
Total Challenge Points: 70
A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville18th Century - 10 points
352 pages - 4 points
Bonus I 'Set in Australia' - 5 points
Total points - 19 points
Total Challenge Points - 40 points
Sarah by Orson Scott CardBCE - 10
341 pages - 4
Book Total - 14
Eagle in the Snow: A Novel of General Maximus and Rome's Last Stand by Wallace Breem
4th Century - 10
400 pages - 4
Bonus B 'Winter Cover' - 5
Book Total - 19
Daughter of Destiny by Nicole Evelina
5th Century - 10
314 pages - 4
Bonus E 'Author's Initial in Winter' - 5
Book Total - 19
One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters
11th Century - 10
214 pages - 2
Book Total - 12
The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin
19th Century - 10
368 pages - 4
Bonus J 'set during a blizzard/snowstorm' - 5
Book Total - 19
Challenge total - 133
Mistress of Rome-Kate Quinn1st Century = 10 points
483 pages= 4 points
Bonus F-set in Europe = 5 points
Total= 19 points
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden14th century- 10 points
385 pages- 4 points
Bonus B- 5 points
Total-19 points
Challenge Total- 95 points
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon18th Century = 10 points
902 pages = 8 points
Bonus D 5 points
Total points 23
Nature's Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present by Philipp Blom17th century - 10 points
332 pages - 4 points
Bonus B 'Winter scene on cover' - 5 points
Total points - 19 points
Total Challenge Points: 59 points
Daughter of Black Lake by Cathy Marie Buchanan1st century- 10 points
306 pages- 4 points
Bonus F- 5 Points
Total-19 points
Challenge Total- 114 points
A Christmas Railway Mystery by Edward Marston19th century - 10 points
352 pages - 4 points
Bonus A 'Set in Winter - 5 points
Total points - 19 points
Challenge Total: 78 points
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
20th Century- 10 points
576 pgs- 6 points
Bonus D 'North America'- 5 points
Total- 21 points
Challenge Total- 21 points
20th Century- 10 points
576 pgs- 6 points
Bonus D 'North America'- 5 points
Total- 21 points
Challenge Total- 21 points
Saint Brigid's Bones by Philip Freeman6th century- 10 points
225 pages- 2 points
Total- 12 points
Challenge Total- 126 points
Templar Silks-Elizabeth Chadwick12th Century: 10 Points
432 Pages: 4 Points
Bonus F: 5 Points
Total: 19 Points
Blessed Are the Dead-Malla Nunn20th Century: 10 Points
336 Pages: 4 Points
Bonus G: 5 Points
Total Points: 19
Total Challenge Points: 55
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell9th century-10 points
351 pages- 4 points
Total- 14 points
Challenge Total- 140
One for Sorrow by Mary Reed6th Century - 10
302 pages - 4
Book Total - 14
Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati
18th Century - 10
876 pages - 8
Bonus D 'set in North America' - 5
Book Total - 23
Challenge Total - 170
The Endless Forest by Sara Donati19th Century - 10 points
628 pages - 6 points
Book total - 16
Total Challenge - 68
The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin 19th Century- 10 points
368 pages- 4 points
Bonus J- 5 points
Total- 19 points
Challenge Total- 159 points
Daughter of Moloka'i by Alan Brennert20th Century 10 points
308 pages 4 points
Total 14 points
Challenge Total 37 points
Dawn Empress: A Novel of Imperial Rome by Faith L. Justice5th Century- 10 points
354 pages- 4 points
Total- 14 points
Challenge Total- 173 points
The Forgotten Queen by D L Bogdan16th century=10 points
496 pages=4 points
Bonus f: Set in Europe 5 points
Book total=19 points
Queen of Swords by Sara Donati
19th century=10 points
564 pages=6 points
Bonus d: Set in North America 5 points
Book total 21 points
Challenge total: 59 points
Beloved by Bertrice Small3rd Century- 10 points
480 pages- 4 points
Total- 14 points
Challenge Total- 187 points
The Third Witch by Rebecca Reisert11th century- 10 points
336 pages- 4 points
Total- 14 points
Challenge Total- 201 points
In Praise of the Bees by Kristin Gleeson6th century=10 points
306 pages=4 points
Book total=14 points
Challenge total=73 points
The War Widow by Tara Moss20th Century - 10 pts
352 pgs - 4 pts
Bonus I - Set in Australia - 5 pts
Book total - 19 pts
What the Devil Knows by C.S. Harris
19th Century - 10 pts
336 pgs - 4 pts
Book total - 14 pts
Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende
16th Century - 10 pts
321 pgs - 4 pts
Bonus E - Set in South America - 5 pts
Book total - 19 pts
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
12th Century - 10 pts
384 pgs - 4 pts
Book total - 14 pts
Post total - 66 pts
Challenge total - 66 pts
La couronne insolente by Jocelyne GodardBCE - 10 points
444 pages - 4 points
Total - 14 points
Challenge total - 92 points
Matrix by Lauren Groff12th Century = 10 points
260 pages = 2 points
Bonus F = 5 points
Book Total 17 points
Challenge Total 54 points
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden14th century 10 points
360 pages 4 points
Bonus A 5 points
Book total 19 points
Challenge Total 73 points
Empress by Shan Sa7th century- 10 points
336 pages- 4 points
Bonus H- 5 points
Total-19 points
Challenge Total- 220 points
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett12th Century: 10 points
976 pages: 8 points
Total: 18 points
Total Challenge Points: 88
The Abbess of Whitby: a Novel of Hild of Northumbria1 by Jill Dalladay7th Century - 10
352 pages - 4
Book Total - 14
The King's Nun: A Novel of King Charlemagne by Catherine Monroe
8th Century - 10
288 pages - 2
Book Total - 12
The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell
9th Century - 10
384 pages - 4
Book Total - 14
The Widow Queen by Elżbieta Cherezińska
10th Century - 10
512 pages - 6
Bonus F - Set in Europe- 5 pts
Book Total - 21
Olav Audunssøn: I. Vows by Sigrid Undset
13th Century - 10
336 pages - 4
Book Total - 14
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
14th Century - 10
409 pages - 4
Bonus H - Set in Asia- 5 pts
Book Total - 19
Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende
16th Century - 10
321 pages - 4
Bonus E - Set in South America- 5 pts
Book Total - 19
Challenge Total - 283
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich20th century - 10 points
Bonus 'Set in North America' - 5 points
464 pages - 4 points
Book total - 19 points
Challenge total: 111 points
Jayme wrote: "Monica wrote: Challenge Total- 220 points"
Wow, Monica you are rocking this challenge!!"
Thank you Jayme! I love this challenge. Diane is also doing amazing!
The Sisters of Alameda Street by Lorena Hughes (1/15)20th century-10 points
368 pages- 4 points
Bonus E- 5 points
Total- 19 points
Challenge Total- 239 points
The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville (1/16)18th century- 10 points
307 pages- 4 points
Bonus I- 5 points
Total-19 points
Challenge Total-258 points
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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