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15.1: Natural disasterThe Tilted World
320 pages = 4 pts
HF = 5 pts
Post Total: 24 pts
Challenge Total: 448 pts
25.1 Get Out & Explore: Read a HF book that features exploration or a major journey (taking at least one month of travel as a significant part of the plot.True Sisters by Sandra Dallas
352 pgs +4 pts
HF +5 pts
Task total +34 pts
25.2 Clear the TBR: Read 2 books that have been on your TBR list for at least 3 years.
The Oriental Wife by Evelyn Toynton
Added 08/11/11
304 pgs +4 pts
HF +5 pts
Book total +9 pts
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
Added 10/7/10
371 pgs +4 pts
Book total +4 pts
Task total +38 pts
25.3 Cult of the New-ish: Read 2 HF books from the Historical Fiction 2014 link.
City of Jasmine by Deanna Raybourn
354 pgs +4 pts
HF +5 pts
Book total +9 pts
The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor
384 pgs +4 pts
HF +5 pts
Book total +9 pts
Task total +43 pts
Post total +115 pts
Challenge total = 349 pts
25.2 Clear the TBR Read 2 books that have been on your TBR for at least 3 years. Jolene says - Message #6 "it doesn't have to be on GR. Do you have a book that you bought over 3 years ago, or something you've been planning to read."
The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
416 pages = +4
HF = +5
Peony in Love by Lisa See
273 pages = +2
HF = +5
Task Total = 41
Challenge Total = 236
10.1: roman times (27 bc - 436 ad)Fire in the East - 255 ad
432 pages = 4 pts
HF = 5 pts
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10.3: time travel
Blackout
512 pages = 6 pts
HF = 5 pts
Post Total: 40 pts
Challenge Total: 549 pts
15.3: about an artist or work of artThe Passion of Artemisia
352 pages = 4 pts
HF = 5 pts
Post Total: 24 pts
Challenge Total: 573 pts
5.2 Here comes the sunRead a book with has a picture of the sun on the cover OR the title is in yellow.
Title is in yellow
The Lazarus Curse by Tessa Harris
Pages 352 = +4
HF Bonus = +5
Book Total = 9 points
Challenge total = 78
50.2: Book 1: hf recommendation
Skeletons at the Feast
372 pages = 4 pts
HF = 5 pts
Book 2: new to you author
The Serpent and the Pearl
393 pages = 4 pts
HF = 5 pts
Book 3: from book 2's author page
The Scarlet Contessa
464 pages = 4 pts
HF = 5 pts
none of these were rereads for me (nor will the be in the future)
Post Total: 77 pts
Challenge Total: 650 pts
20.1 Double's anyoneThe Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell by William Klaber
Page bonus: 304pp 4pts
HF bonus: 5pts
Book Total: 29 pts
Challenge total: 135pts
Thanks Diane@40 for this recommendation
15.2 New Series/New AuthorThe first book in a new series which contains more than 3 books by an author/new to me
Mr. Churchill's Secretary
HF Bonus: +5
Page Bonus (354 pages): +4
Book Total: 24
Challenge total to date: 273
20.2Playing Catch-up: Read a HF book which we have read as part of a group read. Historical Fictionistas BookshelfAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
530 pages = +6
HF = +5
Book Total = 31
Challenge Total = 267
20.1 Doubles Anyone? Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romanceby Garrison Keillor
Author has 2 R's in his first name and 2 L's in his last name consectively.
Task +20
Bonus +4 (304pp)
Book Total: 24
Grand Total: 103
100.1 Best of the Best: Read 4 books that are at least 300 pages from any of the GoodReads Readers Choice nominees or winners.The Second Duchess by Elizabeth Loupas - GR HF finalist 2011
page bonus (369 pages): +4
HF bonus: +5
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
- GR HF finalist 2011
page bonus (446 pages): +4
HF bonus: +5
Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer - GR HF finalist 2011
page bonus (400 pages): +4
HF bonus: +5
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh - GR winner 2013, humour category
page bonus (369 pages): +4
Total points this post: 131
Challenge total to date: 404
Task 25.2 Read 2 books that have been on your TBR list for 3 years.Death at Daisy's Folly
HF=5 points
275 pages=2 points
Left To Die
496 pages=4 points
Task total=36 points
challenge total=133 points
50.2 New Year, New Reads: For this task, you will use some of the features of GR to discover new reads; no re-reads are allowed. All tasks must be completed to get points, but you may want to plan all the books at the same time.Book 1: Read a HF book from the GR recommendations from the Historical Fiction genre. To do this, select Recommendations from the menu and then scroll to genres and pick Historical Fiction. (NOTE: please validate that the book also meets our group’s definition of historical fiction).
The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
384 pages = +4
HF = +5
Book total = 9
Book 2: Read a HF book by a “new to you author” by looking at the “Readers also enjoyed similar books” section of the main page. You will need to scroll down and look on the right-hand side of the page.
Similar to People of the Book:
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
235 pages = +2
Book total = 2
Book 3: Go to the author page for Book 2’s author. If you scroll down to the author’s book section on the right, the first line of this section will have a link to similar authors.. Click on this link to pick another “new to you” author and read a book by them.
The Crooked Maid by Dan Vyleta
448 pages = +4
HF = +5
Book total = +9
Task total = 70
Challenge total = 337
25.3 Cult of the New-ish Book 1: The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
315 pages = +4
HF +5
Book 2: Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz
304 pages +4
HF = +5
Points = 25
Pages = +8
HF = +10
Task Total = 43
Challenge total = 121
Task 25.3 Cult of the New-ish. Read two Historical Fiction books from the Historic Fiction 2014 list.The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress
HF=5 points
304 pages=4 points
The Fortune Hunter
HF=5 points
480 pages=4 points
Task total=43 points
Challenge total: 176 points
Task 5.2 Here Comes the Sun. Read a book that has a picture of the sun on the cover or the title is in yellow.Close to Home
432 pages=4 points
Task total: 9 points
Challenge total: 185 Points
15.2. New Series/New Author (book 1 of a series by an author that I haven't read before)Shadow of the Serpent by David Ashton
240 pages - +2
HF = +5
Task total = 22
Challenge total = 143 points
25.1 Go Out and ExploreThe Red Tentby Anita Diamant
Approved in the questions and answers thread
Task +25
HF +5
Bonus +4
Book Total: 34
Grand Total: 137
15.1 Support the Red Cross The Tilted World by Tom Franklin
320 pages = +4
HF = +5
Book Total = 24
Challenge total = 361
50.1 555: Read a HF book which is over 500 pgs, which one of your friends has rated 5 stars and the author's first or last name is at least 5 letters long.Villa Triste by Lucretia Grindle
Rated 5 stars by Linda
629 pgs +6 pts
HF +5 pts
Task total +61 pts
50.2 New Year, New Reads:
Book 1:
The Diary of Mattie Spenser by Sandra Dallas
229 pgs +2 pts
HF +5 pts
Book total 7 pts
Book 2:
The Widow's War by Sally Cabot Gunning
336 pgs +4 pts
HF +5 pts
Book total +9 pts
Book 3:
Midwife of the Blue Ridge by Christine Blevins
417 pgs +4 pts
HF +5 pts
Book total +9 pts
Task total +75 pts
100.1 Best of the Best: Read 4 books of at least 300 pages from any of the GR Readers Choice nominees or winners (at least 1 must be HF).
Book 1:
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
2011 Paranormal/Fantasy
579 pgs +6 pts
Book 2:
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
2013 Young Adult
328 pgs +4 pts
Book 3:
Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer
2011 Historical Fiction
400 pgs +4 pts
HF +5 pts
Book total 9 pts
Book 4:
Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
2012 Historical Fiction
343 pgs +4 pts
HF +5 pts
Book total 9 pts
Task total +128 pts
Post total +264 pts
Challenge total 613 pts
Thanks, Jolene! Another great challenge!
15.1 Support the Red Cross In honor of Red Cross Month (March), read a book about a natural disasterA Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii
Page bonus (340 pages): +4
HF bonus: +5
Total points this post: 24
Challenge total to date: 428
10.2 Got Game?: Read a book which features the name of a boardgame or video game in the title. The book title must contain all words of the title of the game, but can include additional words and they can be in any order.Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
544 pagtes = +6
HF = +5
Task Total = 21
10.3 Spring Forward Read a book which features time travel.
Blackout by Connie Willis
512 pages = +6
HF = +5
Task Total = 21
Challenge Total = 403
CHALLENGE #14 TASK LIST: Mar - Apr 201510.1 Beware of the Ides of March Read a book which is set during Roman times (27 BC – 476 AD, any location) OR read a book which is set in the country of Italy (1861 and after).
Claudia
481 pgs. - 4
HF : 5
Book Total - 9
Task Total - 19
10.2 Got Game?: Read a book which features the name of a boardgame or video game in the title. The book title must contain all words of the title of the game, but can include additional words and they can be in any order.
The Cater Street Hangman
304 pgs. - 4
HF : 5
Book Total: 9
Task Total - 19
10.3 Spring Forward Read a book which features time travel.
Love, Eternally
214 pgs. - 2
HF : 5 (Roman Time Travel)
Book Total - 7
Task Total - 17
15.1 Support the Red Cross In honor of Red Cross Month (March), read a book about a natural disaster.
1906: A Novel
368 pgs. - 4
HF : 5
Book Total - 9
Task Total - 24
15.2. New Series/New Author Read the first book in a new series which contains more than 3 books by an author that you haven’t read before.
A Bicycle Built For Murder
216 pgs. - 2
HF : 5
Book Total - 7
Task Total - 22
15.3 Renaissance Man: In honor of Michelangelo's birthday (March 6), read a book which either features an artist as a main character or features an artwork in the plot.
Death at La Fenice
320 pgs - 4
Book Total - 4
Task Total - 19
20.1 Doubles Anyone? : Read a either the title or the authors name has 2 sets of double (consecutive) letters. The letters can be the same or different.
The Surgeon
416 pgs. - 4
Book Total - 4
Task Total - 24
20.2Playing Catch-up: Read a HF book which we have read as part of a group read. Historical Fictionistas Bookshelf
The Heretic's Daughter
332 pgs. - 4
HF : 5
Book Total - 9
Task Total - 29
20.3 Books into Movies Read a book that was made into a move that has been released in the 21st century (since 2000).
The Lightning Thief
375 pgs. - 4
HF : 5 (46 have shelved this as HF)
Book Total - 9
Task Total - 29
25.1Get out and explore Read a HF book which that features exploration or a major journey (taking at least a month of travel) as a significant part of the plot line.
Le Morte D'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
576 pgs - 6
HF : 5
Book Total - 11
Task Total - 36
25.2 Clear the TBR Read 2 books that have been on your TBR for at least 3 years.
Cotillion
336 pgs. - 4
HF : 5
Book Total - 9
He Lover of Death
336 pgs. 4
HF : 5
Book Total - 9
Task Total - 43
25.3 Cult of the New-ish: Read two HF books from the Historical Fiction 2014
The Invention of Wings: A Novel
386 pgs. - 4
HF : 5
Book Total - 9
I Am Livia
391 pgs. - 4
HF : 5
Book Total - 9
Task Total - 43
50.1 555: Read a HF book which is over 500 pages which one of your friends has rated 5 stars and the author’s (first or last) name is at least 5 letters long.
The Eight ; JoLene rated 5 stars and author's name is more than 5 letters long
570 pgs. - 6
HF : 5
Book Total - 11
Task Total - 61
50.2 New Year, New Reads: For this task, you will use some of the features of GR to discover new reads; no re-reads are allowed. All tasks must be completed to get points, but you may want to plan all the books at the same time.
Book 1: Read a HF book from the GR recommendations from the Historical Fiction genre. To do this, select Recommendations from the menu and then scroll to genres and pick Historical Fiction. (NOTE: please validate that the book also meets our group’s definition of historical fiction).
The Apothecary Rose
384 pgs. - 4
HF : 5
Book Total - 9
Book 2: Read a HF book by a “new to you author” by looking at the “Readers also enjoyed" link on the main page. You will need to click on it to see a list of titles and authors.
The Canterbury Murders
238 pgs. - 2
HF : 5
Book Total - 7
Book 3: Go to the author page for Book 2’s author. If you scroll down to the author’s book section on the right, the first line of this section will have a link to similar authors.. Click on this link to pick another “new to you” author and read a book by them.
Wine of Violence
249 pgs. - 2
HF : 5
Book Total - 7
Task Total - 73
100.1 Best of the Best: Read 4 books that are at least 300 pages from any of the GoodReads Readers Choice nominees or winners. At least one of the books needs to be HF. 2014 GR Readers Choice, 2013 GR Readers Choice, 2012 GR Readers Choice, 2011 GR Readers Choice
Only Time Will Tell;
399 pgs. - 4
HF : 5
Book Total - 9
The Sins of the Father
384 PGS. - 4
HF : 5
Book Total - 9
The Signature of All Things
501 pgs. - 6
HF : 5
Book Total - 11
The Second Empress
358 pgs. - 4
HF : 5
Book Total - 9
Task Total - 138
Challenge Total - 596
15.3 Renaissance Man Read a book featuring an artist or artworkThe Passion of Artemisia
352 pp 4pts
HF 5 pts
Book total: 24pts
Challenge total: 159pts
Viji wrote: "CHALLENGE #14 TASK LIST: Mar - Apr 201510.1 Beware of the Ides of March Read a book which is set during Roman times (27 BC – 476 AD, any location) OR read a book which is set in the country of It..."
Hi Viji
I think you have more points than you realize because you count the task value as well as the page and HF bonus. For example, your last task alone
is worth 100+38.
100.1 Best of the Best: Read 4 books that are at least 300 pages from any of the GoodReads Readers Choice nominees or winners. At least one of the books needs to be HF. #1 2014 GoodReads
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
398 pages = +4
Book total = 4
#2 2013 GoodReads
The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro
464 pages = +4
HF = +5
Book total = 9
#3 2011 GoodReads
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
642 pages = +6
Book total = 6
#4 2014 GoodReads
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
416 pages = +4
HF = +5
Book total = 0
Task total = 128
Challenge total = 531
5.1 Everyone’s Irish: In honor of St Patrick’s Day (US), read a book with a predominantly green cover OR a clover, leprechaun or a pot of gold on the cover.Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
444 pages = 4
Task total = 9
5.3 Library Week: In honor of library week (1st week in April), read a book that you have checked out of the library.
The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee
328 pages = +4
HF = +5
Task total = 14
15.3 Renaissance Man: In honor of Michelangelo's birthday (March 6), read a book which either features an artist as a main character or features an artwork in the plot.
I Always Loved You by Robin Oliveira
352 pages = +4
HF = +5
Task total = 24
25.1Get out and explore Read a HF book which that features exploration or a major journey (taking at least a month of travel) as a significant part of the plot line.
Amandine by Marlena De Blasi
336 pages = +4
HF = +5
Task total = 34
Challenge total = 612
Louise wrote: "Viji wrote: "CHALLENGE #14 TASK LIST: Mar - Apr 201510.1 Beware of the Ides of March Read a book which is set during Roman times (27 BC – 476 AD, any location) OR read a book which is set in the ..."
I did not know this. Since I could not complete the tasks for 5 point value, I thought I was not eligible for all the point values. Could I edit my points now? Is it allowed?
Thanks.
Viji
@Viji I'm sure that would be fine. The challenges in this group are friendly :-)
Could someone help me with the point calculations? Louise was kind enough to point out that For the 4 books read for the task with the point value of 100, I could claim 138 points. For Point Values 50 to 10, there are 3 are 3 tasks. e.g For 50, 50.1 and 50.2 (3 books to be read for this), for 25 point value - 25.1, 25.2, 25.3 etc. For completion of 50.1, do I add 50 points plus the page no. and HF category points and for 50.2, the total of the 3 book points and 50? Similarly, for each task under 25 point value, do I add 25 points to the book points for each task? I hope I have understood it properly. Please help me.
Please bear with my ignorance. I went through all the earlier postings by you all. I just understood how the points are to be posted. Sorry for the inconvenience. I am editing my points. If I had made it wrong, please point it out to me.
Viji wrote: "Please bear with my ignorance. I went through all the earlier postings by you all. I just understood how the points are to be posted. Sorry for the inconvenience. I am editing my points. If I ..."Glad you got it worked out.
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One Day the Ice Will Reveal All Its Dead
416 pages = 4 pts
HF = 5 pts
5.2: Yellow title
Death's Door
358 pages = 4 pts
HF = 5 pts
15.2: new series/new author
A Lady Awakened
346 pages = 4 pts
HF = 5 pts
25.1: HF journey
Freeman
432 page = 4 pts
HF = 5 pts
Post Total: 86 pts
Challenge Total: 424 pts