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Summer TBR Challenge 2022-- Scoring
The Missing Sister by Lucinda Riley#44 = 44pts
560pgs = 6pts
Book total = 50pts
The Key to Deceit by Ashley Weaver
#35 = 35pts
272pts = 2pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 42pts
A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong
#36 = 36pts
342pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 45pts
The Paris Showroom by Juliet Blackwell
#45 = 45pts
416pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 54pts
Challenge total = 778pts
The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen White#37 = 37pts
393pgs = 4pts
Book total = 41pts
Something Wilder by Christina Lauren
#15 = 15pts
384pgs = 4pts
Book total = 19pts
A Lesson in Love and Murder by Rachel McMillan
#34 = 34pts
217pgs = 2pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 41pts
The White Feather Murders by Rachel McMillan
#33 = 33pts
224pgs = 2 pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 40pts
Challenge total = 919pts
Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose#13 = 13pts
340pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
TBR since June 28, 2017 = 8pts
Book total = 30pts
The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II by Madeline Martin
#38 = 38pts
314pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 47pts
The Emma Project by Sonali Dev
#3 = 3pts
416pgs = 4pts
Book total = 7pts
The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki
#29 = 29pts
400pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 38pts
Challenge total = 1041pts
Off the Leash: A Year at the Dog Park#47 +47
240 pp +2
TBR before 2020 +2
Book Total: 51
Challenge total: 112
Hawaii by James A. MichenerBONUS BOOK: (Gretchen's TBR) - 50 points
Historical Fiction - 5 points
Total pages - 1136 pages - 10 points
Total points - 65 points
Cumulative points - 1353 points
Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier#36 36 points
HF 5 points
260 pages 2 points
Date added 0 points
Book Total 43 points
Challenge Total 533 points
The Lincoln Deception by David O. Stewart#11 Spot - 11 pts
268 pgs - 2 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 8/31/13 - 15 pts
Book total - 33 pts
Black Ice by Andy Lane
#23 Spot - 23 pts
286 pgs - 2 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 10/17/11 - 15 pts
Bonus B - MC takes a trip - 5 pts
Book total - 50 pts
A Nip of Murder by Carol Miller
#38 Spot - 38 pts
304 pgs - 4 pts
Added 1/31/15 - 15 pts
Book total - 57 pts
The Summer Retreat by Sheila Roberts
#49 Spot - 49 pts
304 pgs - 4 pts
Bonus C - Summer scene on cover - 5 pts
Book total - 58 pts
The Hanged Man: A Mystery in Fin de Siecle Paris by Gary Inbinder
#35 Spot - 35 pts
236 pgs - 2 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 6/6/16 - 15 pts
Book total - 57 pts
Post total - 255 pts
Previous total - 461 pts
Challenge total - 716 pts
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution-Michelle MoranSpot-#30- 30 Points
HF- 5 Points
448 Pages- 4 Points
Added to TBR-3/5/52011- 15 Points
Total Book Points- 54
Total Challenge Points-1186
The Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin Harmel# 5 spot - 5 points
400 pages = 4 points
HF bonus = 5 points
Date added - 4/14/2018 = 8 points
Total Book Points = 22 points
Total Overall Points (so far) = 331 points
Untouchable by Scott O'Connor#28 on list=28 points
On TBR since 3/15/2013=15 points
380 pages=4 points
Book total=47 points
Challenge total=1217 points
A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel# 49 - 49
749 pages- 6
Date added 6/18/2017 - 8
HF - 5
Book total = 68
A Famine of Horses by P.F. Chisholm
# 30 - 30
268 pages-2
Date added 6/19/20 - 2
Historical Fiction - 5
Book total = 39
Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon by Larry Millett
#8 - 8
336 pages- 4
Date added 2/17/21 - 2
HF - 5
Book total = 19
Previous total - 1426
Challenge total = 1552 points
The March by E.L. Doctorow#27 spot - 27 points
Historical Fiction - 5 points
Date added - February 9, 2018 - 8 points
Total pages - 384 pages - 4 points
Total points - 44 points
Cumulative points - 1397 points
A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow#31 on list=31 points
On TBR since 3/14/2013=15 points
208 pages =2 points
Book total=48 points
Challenge total=1265 points
Gold Digger: The Remarkable Baby Doe Tabor by Rebecca Rosenberg#9 spot - 9 points
Historical Fiction - 5 points
Date added - October 31, 2019 - 4 points
Total pages - 318 pages - 4 points
Total points - 22 points
Cumulative points - 1419 points
Firefly Lane by Kristin HannahBonus from Jasmine’s TBR 50 points
479 pages 4 points
Book Total 54 points
Challenge Total 587 points
#44 The Black Tulip by Alexander Dumas259 pp: 2 pts
Dated Added- 12/6/12: 15 pts
HF: 5 pts
Total pts: 66 pts
Challenge Total: 622 pts
The Secret of the Château by Kathleen McGurl#10 spot = 10 points
384 pages = 4 points
HF bonus = 5 points
Date added - 6/5/2020 = 2 points
Author Initials in SUMMER = 5 points
Total Book Points = 26 points
Total Overall Points (so far) = 357 points
The Rossetti Letter by Christi Phillips#42 - 42 points
Dated Added: 6/29/17 - 8 pts
434pp -4 pts
HF -5 pts
Bonus A - 5 pts
Total Points: 64 pts
Challenge Total: 686 pts
Still Life by Sarah Winman#12 spot - 12 points
Historical Fiction - 5 points
Date added - October 30, 2021 - 0 points
Total pages - 464 pages - 4 points
Total points - 21 points
Cumulative points - 1440 points
Women & Children First by Gill Paul#40= 40 points
480 pages 4 points
Dated Added 11/2017= 8 points
HF 5 points
Book Total= 57 points
Challenge Total= 644 points
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle#47 spot = 47 points
272 pages = 2 points
Total Book Points = 49 points
Total Overall Points (so far) = 406 points
House of Spies by Daniel Silva#15 spot - 15 points
Historical Fiction - 0 points
Date added - February 8, 2018- 8 points
Total pages - 531 pages - 6 points
Total points - 29 points
Cumulative points - 1469 points
Come Find Me by Megan Miranda #18 spot = 18 points
336 pages = 4 points
Date added - 12/27/2018 = 6 points
Total Book Points = 28 points
Total Overall Points (so far) = 434 points
Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz#26 ont list=26 points
452 pages=4 points
On TBR since 4/7/2013=15 points
Book total=45 points
Challenge total=1310 points
The Makers of Scotland: Picts, Romans, Gaels and Vikings by Tim Clarkson#5 - 5pts
240p - 2pts
TBR 2022 - 0pts
Bonus D: Set in a different country - 5pts
Total - 12pts
*I thought I'd recorded this one before but I'm not finding it, so here it is!*
A Plain-Dealing Villain by Craig Schaefer
#48 - 48pts
316p - 4pts
TBR 2022 - 0pts
Total - 52pts
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
#31 - 31pts
432p - 4pts
TBR 1 Apr 2019 - 6pts
Total - 41pts
Challenge total - 709pts
The Boy in the Field by Margot Livesey# 36 - 36
257 pages- 2
Date added 11/2/21 - 0
Book total = 38
The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds by T.E. Kinsey
# 27 - 27
330 pages-4
Date added 2/18/21 - 2
Historical Fiction - 5
Book total = 38
A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn
#6 - 6
338 pages- 4
Date added 6/15/21 - 2
HF - 5
Book total = 17
The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
#5 - 5
527 pages- 6
Date added 11/20/20 - 2
HF - 5
Book total = 18
Previous total - 1552
Challenge total = 1663 points
A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar by Suzanne Joinson#21 spot - 21 points
Historical Fiction - 5 points
Date added - December 8, 2013- 15 points
Total pages - 384 pages - 4 points
Total points - 45 points
Cumulative points - 1514 points
The Summer Country-Lauren Willig#32 Spot- 33 points
HF- 5 points
448 pages- 4 points
Bonus C- Read a book with a summer scene on the cover- 5 points
Book Total- 46 points
Total Challenge Points-1237
Raphael, Painter in Rome by Stephanie Storey#45= 45 points
HF 5 points
320 pages = 4 points
Date added 12/2019= 4 points
Book Total 58 points
Challenge Total 702 points
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks# 15 spot = 15 points
346 pages = 4 points
Date added - 4/5/2019 = 6 points
Total Book Points = 25 points
Total Overall Points (so far) = 459 points
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys#47 Spot - 47 pts
321 pgs - 4 pts
Bonus E - Author initials in Summer - 5 pts
Book total - 56 pts
Daughter of Black Lake by Cathy Marie Buchanan
July Bonus Book (Jasmine) - 50 pts
306 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Book total - 59 pts
Magnolia City by Duncan W. Alderson
#40 Spot - 40 pts
448 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 2/20/14 - 15 pts
Book total - 64 pts
Post total - 179 pts
Previous total - 716 pts
Challenge total - 895 pts
A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee#21 - 21
384 pages-4
Date added 10/21/20 - 2
Historical Fiction - 5
Book total = 32
The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis
#16 - 16
340 pages- 4
Date added 4/24/22 - 0
HF - 5
Book total = 25
Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson
#4 - 4
288 pages- 2
Date added 9/2/21 - 0
HF - 5
Book total = 11
Previous total - 1663
Challenge total = 1731 points
Ash by Malinda Lo#35 - 35pts
264p - 2pts
TBR 24 Feb 2017 - 10pts
Total - 47pts
The Killing Floor Blues by Craig Schaefer
#43 - 43pts
326p - 4pts
TBR 2022 - 0pts
Total - 47pts
Challenge total - 803pts
A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear#22 spot - 22 points
Historical Fiction - 5 points
Date added - December 26, 2015- 15 points
Total pages - 466 pages - 4 points
Total points - 46 points
Cumulative points - 1560 points
The Phantom of Pemberley: A Pride and Prejudice Murder Mysteryby Regina Jeffers#29 on list=29 points
409 pages=4 points
On TBR since 3/15/2013=15 points
book total=48 points
Challenge total=1358 points
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler#27 on list=27 points
288 pages=2 points
On TBR since 1/18/2013=15 points
Book total=44 points
Challenge toal=1402 points
The Winter Crown #2 Eleanor of Aquitaine by Elizabeth Chadwick#41 spot- 41 points
483 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 Points
Date added: November 24, 2016 - 15 points
Book total - 65 points
Previous total - 322 points
Challenge total - 387 points
Books read - 6
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry#44= 44 points
300 pages= 2 points
HF = 5 points
Date added 12/29/2016= 10 points
Book Total 61 points
Challenge Total 763 points
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson#37 spot - 37 points
Historical Fiction - 0 points
Date added - April 12, 2013 - 15 points
Total pages - 443 pages - 4 points
Total points - 56 points
Cumulative points - 1616 points
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets#15 on book list - 15 points
496 pages - 4 points
On TBR since 9 June 2016 - 10 points
Book total: 29 points
Challenge total: 379
Note (summer challenges completed b, d, e)
Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen#26 - 26
323 pages-4
Date added 2/18/21 - 2
Historical Fiction - 5
Book total = 37
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
#1 - 1
340 pages- 4
Date added 12/7/19 - 4
Book total = 9
A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
August bonus from Becky's list
50
308 pages- 4
HF - 5
Book total = 59
Previous total - 1731
Challenge total = 1836 points
Murder in the Marais by Cara BlackBonus Book (JoLene) 50 pts
354pp : 4 pts
Book Total: 54 pts
Challenge Total: 740pts
The Fountain of St. James Court; or, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman by Sena Jeter Naslund#20 spot - 20 points
Historical Fiction - 5 points
Date added -September 9, 2013 - 15 points
Total pages - 464 pages - 4 points
Total points - 44 points
Cumulative points - 1660 points
/The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant fniished /#23 on list=23 points
320 pages=4 points
On TBR since 11/27/2014=15 points
HF=5 points
Book total=46 points
Challenge total=1448 points
Blood Sisters: The Women Behind The Wars Of The Roses by Sarah Gristwood finished 8/17/2022#30 on list=30 points
434 pages=4 points
OnTBR sjnce 4/17/2013=15 points
Book total=49 points
Challenge total=1497 points
The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman#37 - 37pts
352p - 4pts
TBR 20 Nov 2019 - 4pts
Total - 45pts
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano
#18 - 18pts
353p - 4pts
TBR 2022 - 0pts
Total - 22pts
Challenge total - 870pts
Within Arm's Length: A Secret Service Agent's Definitive Inside Account of Protecting the President by Dan Emmett#34: 34 pts
299 pp: 2 pts
Dae added- 2012: 15 pts
Book Total: 51 pts
Challenge Total: 791 pts
In Sunlight and in Shadow#40 spot - 40 points
Historical Fiction - 5 points
Date added -April 22, 2014- 15 points
Total pages - 720 pages - 6 points
Total points - 66 points
Cumulative points - 1726 points
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#39 = 39pts
352pgs = 4pts
Book total = 43pts
One Night on the Island by Josie Silver
#46 = 46pts
3c summer scene on the cover = 5pts
368pgs = 4pts
Book total = 55pts
The Grand Design by Joy Callaway
#43 = 43pts
400pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 52pts
Immortal Rising by Lynsay Sands
#14 = 14pts
400pgs = 4pts
Book total = 18pts
Challenge total = 587pts