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message 101: by Laura (new)

Laura | 52 comments Our House by Louise Candish
#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


message 102: by Lorna (new)

Lorna | 229 comments 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


message 103: by Lorna (new)

Lorna | 229 comments 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


message 104: by Erica (last edited Jul 09, 2022 05:09PM) (new)

Erica | 417 comments 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)


message 105: by Maureen (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 593 comments 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


message 106: by Lorna (new)

Lorna | 229 comments 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


message 107: by Peggyzbooksnmusic (new)

Peggyzbooksnmusic | 1055 comments 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


message 108: by Lorna (new)

Lorna | 229 comments 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


message 109: by Wanda (new)

Wanda (wanda71) Ladyhawke-Joan D. Vinge
Spot# 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


message 110: by Diane (last edited Jul 28, 2022 09:09AM) (new)

Diane | 300 comments 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


message 111: by Wanda (new)

Wanda (wanda71) Between Shades of Grey-Ruta Sepetys
Spot# 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


message 112: by Lorna (new)

Lorna | 229 comments 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


message 113: by Cheryl A (new)

Cheryl A | 1070 comments 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


message 114: by Wanda (new)

Wanda (wanda71) Imperium-Robert Harris
Spot 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


message 115: by Linda (new)

Linda Bridges (lindajoyb) | 849 comments 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


message 116: by Ashley Marie (new)

Ashley Marie  | 670 comments 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


message 117: by Chris (new)

Chris | 555 comments 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


message 118: by Laura (new)

Laura | 52 comments 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


message 119: by Linda (new)

Linda Bridges (lindajoyb) | 849 comments 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


message 120: by Maureen (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 593 comments 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


message 121: by Lorna (new)

Lorna | 229 comments 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


message 122: by Wanda (last edited Aug 09, 2022 06:37PM) (new)

Wanda (wanda71) Bonus Book

People of the Book-Geraldine Brooks
Bonus Book-50 Points
HF- 5 Points
372 pages-4 Points
Total Book Points-59

Total Challenge Points-959


message 123: by Wanda (new)

Wanda (wanda71) Beneath a Marble Sky-John Shors
Spot # 38- 38 Points
HF- 5 Points
372 pages-4 Points
Added to TBR-NA
Total Book Points- 47

Total Challenge Points-1,006


message 124: by Diane (last edited Jul 28, 2022 09:11AM) (new)

Diane | 300 comments 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


message 125: by Laura (last edited Jul 17, 2022 09:57PM) (new)

Laura | 52 comments 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


message 126: by Lorna (new)

Lorna | 229 comments 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


message 127: by Becky, Moddess (new)

Becky (beckyofthe19and9) | 3034 comments Mod
#11 - The Lesson
11 points

#1 - Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
1 point

Previous total: 149
New total: 161


message 128: by Wanda (new)

Wanda (wanda71) Savannah-Eugenia Price
Spot #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


message 129: by Linda (new)

Linda Bridges (lindajoyb) | 849 comments 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


message 130: by Lorna (new)

Lorna | 229 comments 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


message 131: by Ashley Marie (new)

Ashley Marie  | 670 comments Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane
#28 - 28pts
464p - 4pts
TBR 2022 - 0pts
Total - 32pts

Challenge total - 517pts


message 132: by Jasmine, Gatekeeper of Giveaways. (new)

Jasmine | 1491 comments Mod
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
#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


message 133: by Peggyzbooksnmusic (new)

Peggyzbooksnmusic | 1055 comments 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


message 134: by Maureen (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 593 comments 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


message 135: by Diane (last edited Jul 28, 2022 09:13AM) (new)

Diane | 300 comments 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


message 136: by Lorna (new)

Lorna | 229 comments 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


message 137: by Linda (new)

Linda Bridges (lindajoyb) | 849 comments 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


message 138: by Wanda (new)

Wanda (wanda71) The Judas Strain-James Rollins
Spot #43-43 Points
HF- 5 Points
464 pages- 4 Points
Added to TBR-NA
Total Book Points-

Total Challenge Points-1109


message 139: by Erica (new)

Erica | 417 comments The Red Queen
Bonus 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)


message 140: by Lorna (new)

Lorna | 229 comments 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


message 141: by Maureen (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 593 comments 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


message 142: by Chris (new)

Chris | 555 comments 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


message 143: by Lorna (new)

Lorna | 229 comments 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


message 144: by Wanda (last edited Jul 25, 2022 10:13AM) (new)

Wanda (wanda71) Simon the Fiddler-Paulette Jiles
Spot#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


message 145: by Laura (last edited Jul 25, 2022 09:07PM) (new)

Laura | 52 comments 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


message 146: by Diane (last edited Jul 28, 2022 09:14AM) (new)

Diane | 300 comments 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


message 147: by Ashley Marie (new)

Ashley Marie  | 670 comments The Warmth of Other Suns: the Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
Bonus 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


message 148: by Lorna (new)

Lorna | 229 comments 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


message 149: by Linda (new)

Linda Bridges (lindajoyb) | 849 comments 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


message 150: by Jayme(theghostreader) (last edited Jul 27, 2022 03:40PM) (new)

Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3120 comments The Best of Meby Nicholas Sparks

Spot #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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