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Summer TBR 2023- Scoring Thread
50.. Iron Lake by William Kent Kruger# 50points
464 pagees=4 points
On TBR since 5/2015=15 points
Book total=69 points
Challenge total=69points
Inferno by Dan Brown#46 spot - 46 points (Exception Book)
578 pages - 6 points
HF - 0 points
Date added: June 14, 2013 - 15 points
TOTAL - 67 points
Neruda on the Park by Cleyvis Natera
#24 - 24 points
336 pages - 4 points
HF - 0 points
Date added: June 22, 2022 - 0 points
TOTAL - 28 points
CHALLENGE TOTAL - 95 points
Mars the Avenger by Alan Scribner#50 spot = 50 points
231 pages = 2 points
HF = 5 points
Summer theme (d) = 5 points
Date added 2023 = 0 points
Total = 62 points
Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008 by Chris Payne#21 - 21pts
496p - 4pts
TBR 2023 - 0pts
Total - 25pts
So Far from God: A Novel by Ana Castillo#42 - 42 points
251 pages - 2 points
HF - 0 points
Date added: November 17, 2012 - 15 points
TOTAL - 59 points
CHALLENGE TOTAL - 154 points
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoFinished 20Jun23 - audio
#45 - 45pts
536p - 6pts
TBR 15 Nov 2014 - 15pts
HF bonus - 5pts
Bonus E: Author initials in “summer” - 5pts
Total - 76pts
Challenge total - 101pts
The Last Tudor #50 = 503b) country = 5
4a) 518 pages = 6
4b) HF = 5
Total = 66
Hook's Tale: Being the Account of an Unjustly Villainized Pirate Written by Himself #49 = 49
4a) 288 pages = 2
4b) HF = 5
Total = 56
Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling #47 = 47
4a) 373 pages = 4
Total = 51
The Sands of Time #46 = 46
3e) author S = 5
4a) 364 pages = 4
Total = 55
Total to date = 228
#47 Promised to the Crown by Aimee K. Runyan47 points for list
362 pages=4 points
Hf=5 points
On TBR since 4/16=15 points
Bonus b=5 points
Book total=76 point
Challenge total=145 points
#49 - The Gallery of Beauties by Nina Wachsman = 49 points378 pages = 4 points
HF = 5 points
Summer theme (f) = 5 points
Date added 2023 = 0 points
Total = 63 points
Challenge total = 125 points
The Angel in the Glass #2 Gabriel Taverner by Alys Clare#49 spot - 49 points
240 pages - 2 points
HF - 5 points
Bonus D: set in different country (England) - 5 points
Date added: December 10, 2022 - 0 points
Book Total - 61 points
Challenge Total - 61 points
Total Books Read - 1
Hula by Jasmin Iolani Hakes#40 - 40 points
385 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Date added: May 7, 2023 - 0 points
Bonus (f) - 5 points
TOTAL - 54 points
CHALLENGE TOTAL - 208 points
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroFinished 21Jun23 - print/audio
#14 - 14pts
288p - 2pts
TBR 21 Mar 2014 - 15pts
Bonus D: Set in a foreign country - 5pts
Total - 36pts
Challenge total - 137pts
Mod
#43=43 points
400 pgs= 4 points
HF=5 points
Total points=52 points
Challenge total=52 points
Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World by Amy Stanley#8 - 8 points
347 pages - 4 points
HF - 0 points
Bonus (e) - 5 points
Date added: March 24, 2023 - 0 points
TOTAL - 12 points
CHALLENGE TOTAL - 225 points
#48 - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid = 48 points355 pages = 4 points
HF = 0 points (?)
Date added: 12/2019 = 6 points
Summer theme (b) = 5 points
Total = 63 points
Challenge total = 188 points
#49 Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese= 49 pointsDate added 3/2022= 2 points
HF =5 points
322 pages= 4 points
Bonus b main character takes a trip = 5 points
Total 65 points
#50 The Favored Child by Phillipa GregoryDated Added 7/20 -4pts
614pp -6pts
HF - 5 pts
Bonus C ( summer scene) -
-5ptsBook Total : 70 pts
Challenge Total: 70 pts
#49 Ashton Park by Murray Pura49 points
HF-5 points
384 pages=4 points
On TBR since 2/14=15 points
Bonus- one of author's initials in SUMMER=5 points
Book total=78 points
Challenge total=223 points
#47 - One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters = 47 points292 pages = 2 points
HF = 5 points
Date added 9/2021 = 2 points
Summer theme (a) = 5 points
Book Total = 61 points
Challenge total = 249 points
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn#42 - 42pts
368p - 4pts
TBR 9 May 2022 - 2pts
Bonus B: MC takes a trip - 5pts
Total - 53pts
Challenge total - 190pts
#48 Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII4a) 464 pages = 4
Book Total = 52
#44 Heidi
4a) 352 pages = 4
4b) HF = 5
Book Total = 53
#43 My Life on the Road
3b) trip = 5
4a) 276 pages = 2
Book Total = 50
#40 The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line
3f) beach = 5
4a) 324 pages = 4
Book Total= 49
Challenge Total = 432
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe#29 - 29pts
240p - 2pts
TBR Sep 2022 - 0pts
Bonus C: Summer on the cover - 5pts
Total - 36pts
Challenge total - 226pts
Mod
#50=50 points
358 pgs= 4 points
Bonus c=5points
Book total= 59 points
Challenge total=111 points
The Current by Tim JohnstonBONUS BOOK (Jasmine's TBR) - 50 points
352 pages - 4 points
HF - 0 points
TOTAL - 54 points
CHALLENGE TOTAL - 279 points
#48 The Painted GirlsDate added 7/17 -10 pts
397pp -4 pts
HF -5 pts
Bonus (d) - 5pts
Book total : 72 pts
Challenge total: 142 pts
Metropolis by B.A. Shapiro#38 - 38 points
368 pages - 4 points
HF - 0 points
Date added: February 9, 2022 - 2 points
TOTAL - 44 points
CHALLENGE TOTAL - 323 points
You Don't Want To Know by Lisa Jackson#48=48 points
416 pages=4 points
On TBR since 9/2012=15 points
Book total=67 points
Challenge total=290 points
The Lioness of Morocco by Julia Drosten#46= 46 points
450 pages = 4 points
Date added 5/28/2017= 15 points
HF 5 points
Bonus D set in a difficult country= 5 points
Total Points 75
Challenge. Total 140
Go as a River by Shelley Read#31 - 31 points
320 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Date added: April 29, 2023 - 0 points
Summer bonus (c) - 5 points
TOTAL - 45 points
CHALLENGE TOTAL - 368 points
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard#48 spot - 48 points
349 pages - 4 points
Bonus B: main character takes a trip (England to Africa) - 5 points
Date added: August 20, 2022: 0 points
Book Total - 57 points
Challenge Total - 118
Total Books Read - 2
#46 Gracie by Ellie Keaton46 points
285 pages=2 points
HF=5 points
On TBR since 3/16=15 points
Bonus d=5 points
Book total=73 points
Challenge total=363 points
#44 The Arnifour Affair by Gregory Harris = 44 points304 pages = 4 points
HF = 5 points
Date added: 02/2021 = 4 points
Total = 57 points
Challenge total = 306 points
#23 The Bat by Jo Nesbo (23pts)369pp : 4 pts
Date Added: 4/18 : 10 pts
Bonus B : 5 pts
Book Total: 42 pts
Challenge Total: 184pts
#42 Fast Track by Fern Michaels = 42 points299 pages = 2 points
HF = 0
Date added 01/2022 = 2 points
Summer theme (e) = 5 points
Total = 51 points
#45 Tudor Dawn by David Field = 45 points
243 pages = 2 points
HF = 5 points
Date added 12/2022 = 0 points
Total = 52 points
Challenge total = 409
Mod
#36=36 points
369 pgs=4 points
Bonus E= 5 points
Book Total=45 points
Challenge total=156 points
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen#40= 40 points
409 pages= 4 points
Date added 7/2020= 4 points
Book Total 48 points
Challenge Total 188 points
Northanger Abbey by Jane AustenBonus Book #1 (Gretchen) - 50pts
260p - 2pts
Total - 52pts
Challenge total - 278pts
#8 Gunpowder Green by Laura Childs -8ptsDate Added 5/18 - 10pts
244pp - 2 pts
Book Total - 20 pts
Challenge Total: 204pts
Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor EXCEPTION BOOK#50 spot - 50 points
972 pages - 8 points
HF - 5 points
Date added: August 21, 2021 - 2 points
Book Total - 65 points
Challenge Total - 183
Total Books Read - 3
Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts#45= 45 points
348 pages = 4 points
Dated added 5/2016= 15 points
Bonus E = 5 points
Book Total= 69 points
Challenge Total 257 points
Duty to the Crown by Aimie K. Runyan#45 on list=45 points
HF=5 points
354 pages=4 point
On TBR since 10/2016=15 points
Book total=69 points
Challenge total=432 points
The Magic Journey by John Nichols#48 - 48 points
566 pages - 6 points
HF - 5 points
Date added: October 24, 2011 - 15 points
TOTAL - 74 points
CHALLENGE TOTAL - 442 points
]#41 The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan 380 pages = 4
Book Total = 45
#42 The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
272 pages = 2
Book Total = 44
#38 Girl In The Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
242 pages = 2
HF = 5
Book Total = 45
#46 The Lost Summers Of Newport by Beatriz Williams
373 pages = 4
3c)= 5
HF = 5
Book Total = 60
Challenge Total = 626
Tidewater: A Novel of Pocahontas and the Jamestown Colony by Libbie Hawker#45 - 45 points
539 pages - 6 points
HF - 5 points
Date added: August 13, 2014 - 15 points
TOTAL - 71 points
CHALLENGE TOTAL - 513 points
#31 Northern Wolf by Daniel Greene = 31 points245 pages = 2 points
HF = 5 points
Date added: Apr 2020 = 6 points
Total = 44 points
Challenge Total = 453 points
Mod
#42=42 points
275 pgs=2 points
TBR-Jan 9, 2022=2 points
Book Total= 46 points
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston
#47=47 points
210 pgs=2 points
Book Total=49 points
Challenge total=251 points
Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea#44 - 44 points
465 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Date added: May 30, 2023 - 0 points
TOTAL - 53 points
CHALLENGE TOTAL - 566 points
The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis#23=23 points
HF=5 poinnts
354 pages=4 points
On TBR since 11/2019=10 points
Bonus f (set on an island--Manhattan)=5 points
Book total=47 points
Challenge total=479 points
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron#34 - 34pts
240p - 2pts
TBR 2023 - 0pts
Bonus A: Set in summer - 5pts
Total - 41pts
Challenge Total - 319pts
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Here's an example of how it will look when reported:
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
#15 spot - 15 points
664 pages - 6 points
HF - 5 point
Date added: Jan 1, 2014: 15 pts
Total - 41 points
Scoring Primer:
Initial points is the spot on your list.
Bonuses for:
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Good luck everyone!