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Summer TBR Challenge 2022-- Scoring
A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin#46 spot - 46 points
Date added: 09/21/14 - 15points
880 pages - 8 points
HF - 5 points
Total points - 74 points
Cumulative points - 825 points
Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine#8 spot - 8 points
Date added: 03/08/22 - 0 points
224 pages - 2 points
Total points - 10 points
Cumulative points - 835 points
As the Earth Turns Silver#45 spot - 45 points
288 pages - 2 points
On my TBR since Jan 2021 - 2 points
HF - 5 points
Book total: 54 points
Challenge total: 291
Note (summer challenges completed b, d, e)
The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz#46= 46 points
379 pages = 4 points
Dated added 9/2016 = 10 points
H F = 5 points
Bonus E 5 points
Book Total 70 points
Challenge total 317 points
French Braid by Anne Tyler#4 spot - 4 points
Date added: 07/09/22 - 0 points
256 pages - 2 points
Total points - 6 points
Cumulative points - 841 points
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie #1 Flavia de Luce by Alan Bradley#47 spot - 47 points
374 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Date added: June 14, 2013 - 15 points
Bonus A: set during summer -5 points
Book total - 76 points
Previous total - 180 points
Challenge total - 256 points
Books read - 4
Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart#47 spot - 47 points
Date added: November 2, 2016 - 10 points
Historical Fiction - 5 points
416 pages - 4 points
Total points - 66 points
Cumulative points - 907 points
Ladyhawke-Joan D. VingeSpot# 44-44 Points
HF- 5 Points
262 pages- 2 Points
Added to TBR-7/22/18-6 Points
Total Book Points: 57
Total Challenge Points: 785
The Paris Seamstress by Natasha Lester# 42 - 42
448 pages- 4
Date added 10/20/19 - 4
Historical Fiction - 5
Book total = 55
Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seichō Matsumoto
# 29 - 29
352 pages- 4
Date added 1/25/21 - 2
Book total = 35
Red Bones by Ann Cleeves
#20 - 20
340 pages- 4
Date added 12/13/19 - 4
Book total = 28
Previous total - 1031
Challenge total = 1149 points
Between Shades of Grey-Ruta SepetysSpot# 37-37 Points
HF-5 Points
384 Pages- 4 Points
Added to TBR 5/6/2020-4 Points
Total Book Points= 50
Total Challenge Points-835
Howards End by E.M. Forster#48 spot - 48 points
Date added: March 10, 2015 - 15 points
Historical Fiction - 5 points
327 pages - 4 points
Total points - 72 points
Cumulative points - 979 points
June Bonus Book (Gretchen)The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
Book Bonus - 50 pts
463 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Book total - 59 pts
The Vanishing Box by Elly Griffiths
#31 Spot - 31 pts
304 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 6/21/17 - 8 pts
Book total - 48 pts
Two Strangers by Beryl Matthews
#43 Spot - 43 pts
224 pgs - 2 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 7/17/15 - 15 pts
Book total - 65 pts
Post total - 172 pts
Previous total - 289 pts
Challenge total - 461 pts
Imperium-Robert HarrisSpot 341-41 Points
HF- 5 Points
305 pages- 4 Points
Added to TBR-12/29/2009- 15 Points
Total Book Points- 65
Total Challenge Points- 900
The Burning by Jane Casy#40=40 points
354 pages=4 points
On TBR since 3/14/12013=15 points
Book total=59 Points
Challenge total=900 points
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys#34 - 34pts
321p - 4pts
TBR 28 Aug 2021 - 0pts
Bonus E: Author’s initials in SUMMER - 5pts
Total - 43pts
Challenge total - 485pts
The Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim#43 spot- 43pts
Dated Added: 6/29/17 - 8pts
400 pages - 4pts
HF- 5 pts
Book Total: 60 pts
Challenge Total: 492 pts
The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf#44 spot = 44 points
352 pages = 4 points
Total Book Points = 48 points
Total Overall Points (so far) = 222 points
Heart of the Witch by Alicia Dean#39=39 points
290 pages=2 points
On TBR since 1/18/2013=15 points
Book total=56 point
Challenge total=956 points
Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton#39= 39 points
HF 5 points
Date added 7/2018= 6 points
394 pages 4 points
Bonus b 5 points
Book Total 59 points
Challenge Total 376 points
The Black Widow by Daniel Silva#44 spot - 44 points
Date added: November 28, 2016 - 10 points
Historical Fiction - 0 points
595 pages - 6 points
Total points - 60 points
Cumulative points - 1039 points
Bonus BookPeople of the Book-Geraldine Brooks
Bonus Book-50 Points
HF- 5 Points
372 pages-4 Points
Total Book Points-59
Total Challenge Points-959
Beneath a Marble Sky-John ShorsSpot # 38- 38 Points
HF- 5 Points
372 pages-4 Points
Added to TBR-NA
Total Book Points- 47
Total Challenge Points-1,006
The Great Passage by Shion Miura# 39 - 39
224 pages- 2
Date added 9/23/18 - 6
Book total = 47
Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross
# 31 - 31
288 pages- 2
Date added 7/1/20 - 2
Book total = 35
Dissolution by C.J. Sansom
#25 - 25
456 pages- 4
Date added 2/25/21 - 2
HF - 5
Book total = 36
Previous total - 1149
Challenge total = 1267 points
The Holiday by T.M. Logan#45 spot = 45 points
380 pages = 4 points
Date Added - 8/17/2019 = 4 points
Takes Place in Summer = 5 points
Book Total = 58 points
Challenge Total (so far) = 280 points
A Book of Common Prayer by Joan Didion#2 spot - 2 points
Date added: March 8, 2022 - 0 points
Historical Fiction - 0 points
272 pages - 2 points
Total points - 4 points
Cumulative points - 1043 points
Mod
11 points
#1 - Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
1 point
Previous total: 149
New total: 161
Savannah-Eugenia PriceSpot #25- 25 Points
HF- 5 Points
600 pages-6 Points
Added to TBR-5/17/2012- 15 Points
Total Book Points-51
Total Challenge Points-1057
Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson#35=35 points
368 pages=4 points
On TBR since 3/114/2013
Book total=54 points
Challenge total=1010 points
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell#32 spot - 32 points
Date added: - September 16, 2014 - 15 points
Historical Fiction - 5 points
406 pages - 4 points
Total points - 56 points
Cumulative points - 1099 points
Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane#28 - 28pts
464p - 4pts
TBR 2022 - 0pts
Total - 32pts
Challenge total - 517pts
Mod
#50= 50 points
256 pgs=2 points
Bonus A= 5 points
Book Total= 57 points
A Million Junes by Emily Henry
#45=45 points
400 pgs= 4 points
TBR July 19, 2018= 6 points
Book total= 55 points
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
#43=43 points
HF= 5 points
321 pgs= 4 points
Bonus D= 5 points
Book Total=57 points
Paper Ghosts
#42=42 points
351 pgs=4 points
Book total= 46 points
My Time Will Come: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption by Ian Manuel
#39=39 points
244 pgs=2 points
Book Total=41 points
My Heart Will Triumph by Mirjana Soldo
#38=38 points
381 pgs= 4 points
Bonus E= 5 points
Book Total=47 points
Old Challenge Total= 95 points
Challenge Total= 398 points
The Summer Queen #1 Eleanor of Aquitaine by Elizabeth Chadwick#42 spot - 42 points
478 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Date added: June 7, 2014 - 15 points
Book total - 66 points
Previous total - 256 points
Challenge total - 322 points
Books read - 5
In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen#38 =38 points
397 pages = 4 points
HF 5 points
Bonus D 5 points
Date Added 5/2017 10 points
Book Total 62 points
Challenge Total 438 points
The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman# 11 - 11
208 pages- 2
Date added 8/10/18 - 8
Book total = 21
An Irish Country Girl by Patrick Taylor
# 10 - 10
319 pages- 4
Date added 12/5/19 - 4
Historical Fiction - 5
Book total = 23
A Rustle of Silk by Alys Clare
From: Gretchen's Want to read list
50
251 pages- 2
HF - 5
Book total = 57
Previous total - 1267
Challenge total = 1368 points
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham#39 spot - 39 points
Date added: - July 2, 2014 - 15 points
Historical Fiction - 5 points
280 pages - 2 points
Total points - 61 points
Cumulative points - 1160 points
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin#34 on list=34 points
279 pages=2 points
On TBR since 3/14/2013=15 points
Book total=51 points
Promise the Night by Michaela McColl
#33 on list=33 points
264 pages=2 points
On TBR since 3/14/2013=15 points
HF=5 points
Book total=57 points
Challenge tota=1118 points
The Judas Strain-James RollinsSpot #43-43 Points
HF- 5 Points
464 pages- 4 Points
Added to TBR-NA
Total Book Points-
Total Challenge Points-1109
The Red QueenBonus book from Becky's TBR - 50 points
412 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Book total: 59 points
Challenge total: 350
Note (summer challenges completed b, d, e)
The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan#38 spot - 38 points
Date added: - June 3, 2014 - 15 points
Historical Fiction - 5 points
608 pages - 6 points
Total points - 64 points
Cumulative points - 1224 points
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold#42= 42 points
Date added 6/23/2018= 6 points
372 pages 4 points
Book Total 52 points
Challenge Total 490 points
The Unvanquished by Howard Fast#45- 45 pts
Dated added 5/17 - 10 pts
316 pp - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Book total: 64 pts
Challenge Total: 556 pts
Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea#17 spot - 17 points
Date added: - October, 22, 2018 - 6 points
Historical Fiction - 0 points
352 pages - 4 points
BONUS E: 5 points
Total points - 32 points
Cumulative points - 1256 points
Simon the Fiddler-Paulette JilesSpot#10- 10 Points
HF- 5 Points
352 pages- 4 Points
Added to TBR-3/1/2020- 4 Points
Total Book Points-23
Total Challenge Points-1132
The Summer Country by Lauren Willig#11 spot = 11 points
480 pages = 4 points
HF bonus = 5 points
Date added - 9/9/2019 = 4 points
Foreign Country = 5 points
Total Book Points = 29 points
Overall Points = 309 points
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon# 14 - 14
258 pages- 2
Date added 7/4/21 - 0
Book total = 16
The Stranger from the Sea by Winston Graham
# 9 - 9
499 pages- 4
Date added 8/9/18 - 8
Historical Fiction - 5
Book total = 26
The Stranger from the Sea by Winston Graham
#7 - 7
209 pages- 2
Date added 11/28/20 - 2
Historical Fiction - 5
Book total = 16
Previous total - 1368
Challenge total = 1426 points
The Warmth of Other Suns: the Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel WilkersonBonus Book #2 (Becky) - 50pts
622p - 6pts
Total - 56pts
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
#27 - 27pts
416p - 4pts
TBR 25 Sep 2021 - 0pts
Total - 31pts
Challenge total - 604pts
The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett#18 spot - 18 points
Date added: - November 12, 2016 - 10 points
Historical Fiction - 0 points
402 pages - 4 points
Total points - 32 points
Cumulative points - 1288 points
Protector by Laurel Dewey#33 on list=33 points
371 pages=4 points
On TBR since 3/14/2013=15 points
Book total=52 points
Challenge total=1170 points
The Best of Meby Nicholas SparksSpot #48 +48
Page count 292 +2
On TBR since 06/18 +6
Bonus MC takes a trip +5
Book total: 61
Challenge total: 61
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#21 spot = 21 points
404 pages = 4 points
Date added - 10/16/2018 = 6 points
Total Book Points = 31 points
Total Overall Points (so far) = 174 points