Challenge #5: Report Points Here

[Maude]

Jackie/Jayme, I have posted Pride and Prejudice for you. All is well.

[LemonLinda]

50.1 Jen C.’s Task - Read any book that has been nominated for or won any literary award.
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award (2009), Teen Buckeye Book Award (2008), ALA Teens' Top Ten (2008)
Pages: 629 pp – 6 points
HF: 0 points
Total Points: 56
Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award (2009), Teen Buckeye Book Award (2008), ALA Teens' Top Ten (2008)
Grand Total: 187 points

[JC]

Task 25.4 - Historical Romance

A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon

Task points = 25
980 pages = 8 bonus
HF = 1
Task total = 34

Challenge total = 58

[ToniS]

Super Bonus: 100 Point Task
Support our HF group authors by reading one of their books. These are the authors that qualify for the task:

Read: The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran
pages: 367 = 4 pts
HF= 1 pt
Total: 105
Grand total: 213

[Emily]

50.3 LemonLinda's Task - Read any book with a color word in the title - example: One Thousand White Women, The Color Purple, The Red Tent, etc.
Read: The Red Queen
pages 382 4pts
HF 1 pt
Total 55
Grand total 70
Woo hoo!

[Becky, Moddess]

20.2 In honor of New Year’s pick a book in which one of the characters is given a new beginning or a second chance.

Read: Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky
Pages: 352 (4 pts)
Total: 24
Challenge total: 24

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Just as a side note - Jackie, can you edit your first post and add the challenge tasks as well as the scoring rules? Just so that people don't need to check two threads to check their point reporting. :)

[KristiJ]

Task 50.3 LemonLinda's Task - Read any book with a color word in the title


The White Queen by
Philippa Gregory

408 pgs: 4pts
HF Bonus: 1 pt
Total Task Pts: 55 pts

[Jeane]

10.3 Find your Chinese astrological sign and read a book published in one of the years under your sign: http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/zodi...
Please tell us what your sign is and the publication date of the book you chose.

The Name of the Rose: Including Postscriptby Umberto Eco

published 1980: year of the monk (born in october 1980)

563 pages: 6 points
HF: 1 point
task: 10 points

total: 17 points

[LenaLena]

10.1 Read any author's first book
Fatal Shadows by Josh Lanyon
As far as I can tell from publication dates, this is his first book.
232 pages: 2 pts
hf: 0
total: 12 pts
Grand Total: 87 + 12 = 99 pts

[Nikki]

25.2 Read a HF book in which a historical figure meets an untimely end
Read: Kleopatra
Pages: 367 Points: 4
HF: 1 point
Total Points: 30
Grand Total: 84 points

[Jackie]

20.3 Read one book of GR’s Most Popular Books Published In 2010 List. http://www.goodreads.com/book/popular_by...
Book: Changeless
Pages: 388= 4 bonus pts
Task: 20
Total: 24 pts

Grand total: 54 pts

[Tasha]

Completed task #20.1 Go to HF polls thread and read 2 books from any month. Tell what month/year book is from.

The Shadow of the Wind from Dec 2010/Jan 2011
Pages: 487 (4 pts)

The House at Riverton from Sept 2010/Oct 2010
Pages: 599 (6 pts)

Task points: 20
Page points: 10
HF points: 2
Task points total: 32

Total to date: 32

[Amy]

25.5 In honor of Valentine's Day read a historical romance

Book: Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati
Pages: 912 (9 points)
Task: 25 points
HF: 1 point
Total: 35 points

Grand Total: 35 points

[Lisa]

20.3 Read one book of GR’s Most Popular Books Published In 2010 List. (#90 on the list)
Cleopatra: A Life
352 pages - 4 pts

Total pts - 24pts
Grand Total - 24pts

[Maude]

Lisa, Cleopatra would be considered historical fiction so you would get another point.

[Lisa]

Maude wrote: "Lisa, Cleopatra would be considered historical fiction so you would get another point."

Are you sure? It was supposed to be a biography. It sure didn't read like a nice, enjoyable historical fiction. ;) (Not that I'm trying to argue against points.)

[Jackie]

Cleopatra is considered non-fiction.

[Maude]

Thanks, Jackie, I was just going to ask you.

[LenaLena]

50.2 Evelina C's Task- Read any book that is set in a country that is primarily at 60 degrees N. latitude or above.

Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod

Set in Alaska.

272 pages = 2 pts
hf: 0 pts
Total: 52 pts
Grand total: 99 + 52 = 151 pts

[Kiri]

25.1 Read one of the 5 HF books that have been on your to-read list the longest. To find these books go to your to-read book shelf and click on date added. Pick one of the first 5 HF books on your list.
Read: Drums of Autumn Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
Pages: 1010 pgs - 10 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total points: 36 pts

25.2 Read a HF book in which a historical figure meets an untimely end
Read: A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander #7) by Diana Gabaldon
Pages: 1456 pgs - 10 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total points: 36 pts

25.4 In honor of Valentine’s Day read a historical romance
Read: The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
Pages: 1443 pgs - 10 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total points: 36 pts

20.3 Read one book of GR’s Most Popular Books Published In 2010 List. http://www.goodreads.com/book/popular...
Read: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Pages: 368 pgs - 4 pts
HF: 0 pt
Total points: 24 pts
Grand total: 225 pts

[Maude]

Kiri, you didn't give yourself enough credit for 25.2. It should have been 25+10+1=36. Your total for these four books is 132 (I did not include your previous points.)

[Holly P]

completed task 50.1 Jen C's Task- Read any book that has been nominated for or won any literary award.
Room by Emma Donoghue
321 pgs, 4 pts
HF: 0
Total Points: 54
(short listed for man booker, won Rogers Writers Trust Fiction Prize and Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year)

completed task 20.3 Read one book of GR’s Most Popular Books Published In 2010 List (#47)
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
985 pgs, 8 pts
HF: 1
Total Points: 29

Cumulative Total: 83

[Lindsay]

50.3 LemonLinda's Task - Read any book with a color word in the title
Read: Five Quarters of the Orange
Pages: 320 pgs- 4 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total points: 55 pts
Grand total: 160 pts

[Kiri]

Maude wrote: "Kiri, you didn't give yourself enough credit for 25.2. It should have been 25+10+1=36. Your total for these four books is 132 (I did not include your previous points.)"

ok I have 225 for a corrected grand total after all of today's posts.

[Luckngrace]

50.3 LemonLinda's Task: Read any book with a color word in the title: Copperhead
Pages: 432 = 4
HF: 1
Total: 55
Grand total: 315

[ToniS]

25.2 Read a HF book in which a historical figure meets an untimely end
Read Telegraph Days: A Novel
Pages: 289 = 2 pts
HF: 1
Total: 28

Grand total: 241

[JC]

Task 10.1 - Author's first book

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Task points = 10
471 pages = 4 bonus
Task total = 14

Challenge total = 72

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I completed task 50.1 a book that won any award. I read "The Cellist of Sarajevo" by Steven Galloway.(Sakura Medal Nomine for High School 2010)

Task Points: 50
Bonus: 2 (235pp)
HP:1
Grand Total: 83

[Rachel]

50.3 LemonLinda's Task - Read any book with a color word in the title - example: One Thousand White Women, The Color Purple, The Red Tent, etc.
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation
454 pages = 4 pts
HF = 1 pt
Total = 55 pts

Challenge Total = 85

[LemonLinda]

25.3 Read an HF book by an author who uses one or more pseudonyms - Elizabeth Peters/Barbara Mertz/Barbara Michaels
The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters
285pp=2 points
HF=1 point
Total=28 points
Challenge Total=215 points

[Gayle]

10.1 - Read any author's first book

Nefertiti by Michelle Moran 480 pages

10 + 4 + 1 = 15 task points

Challenge points to date: 120

[Evelina C]

50.2 Evelina C's task: story set 60 degrees N.
The Tenderness of Wolves
352p.--4 pts
HF pts--1
Northwest Territory, Canada

[Maude]

UPDATED SCOREBOARD:

Lckngrce 315
ToniS 241
Kiri 225
Lemlnda 215
KristiJ 189
EvelnaC 149
Jamie 135
Gayle 120
Lindsay 105
Britany 105
Diane 105
Emily 105
Marleen 99
Rachel 85
JenC 72
Diane 59
Jackie 54
Nikki 54
Janie 40
Amy 35
Tasha 32
Jayme 30
Shannon 29
Lisa 25
Becky 24
Jeane 17

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Did my post 81 not count?

[Holly P]

Maude you missed me. My post was #75 :)

[Maude]

I have decided not to get up in the morning. Yes, Holly, I did overlook you. No matter how thorough I feel I have been and believe I have not forgotten one person, alas, I am proven in error. I AM sorry and will add you on right now. My goal for next week with be 100% compliance.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

*smurgles Maude* It's okay. :) We still love you.

[Maude]

Jen C., Your books are posted and I am showing a total of 155 points. Is that correct?

[Djrmel]

10.3 Find your Chinese astrological sign and read a book published in one of the years under your sign.
Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
236 pages = 2 points
HF Point = 1 point
My sign is the year of the Dog and the book was originally published in 1922
Task Total: 13

25.2 Read a HF book in which a historical figure meets an untimely end
Wild Spirit: The Story of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Margaret Morley
256 pages = 2 points
HF = 1 point
Task Total: 28


50.3 LemonLinda's Task - Read any book with a color word in the title
Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World by Simon Garfield
242 pages = 2 points
HF Point = N/A
Task Total: 52

Total Challenge Points: 93

[JC]

Maude wrote: "Jen C., Your books are posted and I am showing a total of 155 points. Is that correct?"

My readerboard total is correct. You may be thinking of Jayme or Holly that needed correct point totals. Hope this isn't confusing you!

[Holly P]

completed task 25.3 Read an HF book by an author who uses one or more pseudonyms
The Memoirs of Helen of Troy: A Novel by Amanda Elyot (Leslie Carroll)
320 pgs, 4 pts
HF: 1
Total Points: 30
Grand Total: 113

[Emily]

50.1 Jen C's Task- Read any book that has been nominated for or won any literary award.
by Pearl S Buck
Won 1932 Pulitzer Prize
385 pgs 4 pts
HF 1 pt
Total points 55
Grand Total 125!

[Jackie]

20.2 In honor of New Year’s pick a book in which one of the characters is given a new beginning or a second chance
Red Seas Under Red Skies
Task: 20
Pages: 760= 8 pts
HF: 0
Total: 28 pts

Grand total: 82 pts

[LenaLena]

Um, Maude, you forgot my last book (message 72). I have 151. Or had, because I'd like to add:

25.2 Read a HF book in which a historical figure meets an untimely end

Bonnie Dundee
208 - pages : 2 pts
hf : 1 pt
Total: 28 pts
Grand Total: 151 + 28 = 179

[Djrmel]

20.3 Read one book of GR’s Most Popular Books Published In 2010 List
Room by Emma Donoghue
Page Bonus = 4 points
HF Bonus = n/a
Task Total = 24 points

Challenge Total 117 points

[Rachel]

25.2 Read a HF book in which a historical figure meets an untimely end
Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette
545 pages = 6 pts
HF = 1 pt
Total = 32 pt

Challenge Total = 117 points

[LemonLinda]

20.1 Go to the HF Group polls thread and read 2 books from any month or different months. Please tell us what month & year the books were nominated.
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks from Feb/poll #14
372 pp = 4 points
These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner from Dec/Jan poll #3
384 pp = 4 points
HF = 1 + 1 = 2 points
Total = 30 points
Challenge Total = 245 points

[Maude]

Marleen, I had already noticed the oversight last night and fixed it. You do have 151 points and I am posting the new ones now. Sorry for the oversignt.

[JC]

Rachel wrote: "25.2 Read a HF book in which a historical figure meets an untimely end
Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette
545 pages = 6 pts
HF = 1 pt
Total = 32 pt

Challenge Total = 117 points"

I checked this out at the library for the same task! What did you think, Rachel?

[Christy]

10.1 - Read any author's first book
By Fire, By Water
Pages - 320 pts. 4
HF - 1pts
Total Points - 15

Grand total: 15 points