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Challenge #5: Report Points Here
I am new to the challenge and am adding books read since January 1, 2011. I hope I did this right.10.1 Any author's first book.
Under the Mercy Trees
Challenge points = 10
352 pgs. = 4
Total = 14 points
5.4 Set in a country you want to visit.
Alaska
Challenge points = 5
HF = 1
896 pgs. = 8 pts.
Total = 14
20.2 Character given new chance
The Girl in the Gatehouse
Challenge points = 20
400 pgs = 4 pts.
HF = 1 pt
Total = 25
Grand Total = 53
Task 10.1 Read any author's first book.
by Jasper Fforde 374 pgs.Task points: 10
Page bonus: 4
Total task points: 14
Total to date: 124
Marleen, I am sitting right on the middle of the fence re your extra point. I will run it by Becky.
Super bonus 100 pt task: Read a book by a Goodreads authorRead Crestmont by Holly Weiss
340 Pages: 4 pts
HF: 1 pt
Task total: 105 pts
Grand total:105 pts
Marleen, You can have the extra point!!
Maude wrote: "Holly, you were perfect!"Good! Thank you.
Maude wrote: "Marleen, You can have the extra point!!"Wahoo!!
5.1 Written by 2 or more authors: Bodie & Brock Thoene Vienna Preludepages: 464 = 4
hf: 1
total: 10
challenge total: 349
50.3 Read any book with a color word in the title: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation454pages - 4pts
HF - 1pt
Total - 55pts
Grand total - 185pts
5.1 Read a book with two or more authorsRead:The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Pages: 274 pgs- 2 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total points: 8 pts
Grand total: 223 pts
10.1 Read any author's first bookRead Magic Bites
260 pages (2 points)
HF Bonus: 0
Task Total: 12 points
Grand Total: 145 points
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.Suite Française
by Irene Nemirovsky
367 pages: 4 points
HF: 1 point
total: 30 points
total points: 61 points
Super Bonus: 100 Point TaskSupport our HF group authors by reading one of their books.
Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
Pages: 470 (4 points)
HF: 1 point
Total Task Points: 105
Total Challenge Points: 195
This was a WONDERFUL book!
Challenge 20.2 The Other Life (read an ARC for review)
Challenge -20 points
312 pages - 4 points
Total 24 points.
Holly, You have already used The Girl in the Gatehouse for 20.2. Since the author of The Other Life is a Goodreads Author, would you like to use this book for the Super Bonus Task?
Maude wrote: "Holly, You have already used The Girl in the Gatehouse for 20.2. Since the author of The Other Life is a Goodreads Author, would you like to use this book for the Super Bonus Task?"No thanks, I was going to use The Wives of Henry Oades since Johanna is one of our members, so I guess I'll forfeit this book. Thanks anyway
Task 25.2 - Historical figure meets an untimely end
Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette by Sena Jeter Naslund
Task points = 25
545 pages = 6 bonus
HF = 1
Total task points = 32
Challenge total = 118
100: Support our HF group authors by reading one of their books. I read Johanna Moran.The Wives of Henry Oades
367 pages = 4 pts
HF = 1 pt
Total = 105 pts
50.1 Jen C's Task- Read any book that has been nominated for or won any literary award.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2001), PEN Award Nominee (2001), PEN Center Nominee for Fiction (2001), National Book Critics' Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2000)
636 pages = 6 pts
HF = 1 pt
Total = 57 pts
Challenge total = 332 points
Task 10.3--find Chinese astrological sign;read book published in one of the years under sign.London: The Novel
1152p--10pts
HF: 1pt
Year of the Ox--1997
Task 25.1--longest on tbr list.
Devil Water
526p--6pts
HF: 1pt
tbr list since 8/25/10
Super Bonus: 100 Point TaskSupport our HF group authors by reading one of their books.
Read: Nefertiti By Michelle Moran
480 Pages, 4 points
HF Bonus: 1
Task Total: 105 points
Grand Total: 250 points
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 chanceThe Virgin Queen's Daughter
336 pgs 4 pts
HF 1 pt
Total 25
Grand total for challenges: 130 I think
Maude can you verify for this for me pretty please?
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, etcThe Red Queen
382 pages - 4 pts
HF - 1pt
Total - 55pts
Grand Total - 191 pts
Emily, you have a total of 150 as follows:The Traitors Wife = 15
The Virgin Queen's Daughter - 25
The Good Earth - 55
The Red Queen - 55
TOTAL is 150.
Maude wrote: "Emily, you have a total of 150 as follows:Thanks a bunch!
25.3 Read an HF book by an author who uses one or more pseudonymsA River in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters/Barbara Mertz/Barbara Michaels
368pages: 4pts
HF: 1pt
Total: 30pts
Grand Total: 215pts
Task 50.1 - Literary award winner or nominee
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall
Task points = 50
287 pages = 2 bonus
Task total = 52
Challenge total = 170
Completed 100 Point Task: read a book by a HF author.
Nefertiti by Michelle Moran 480 pgs.Task points:100
Page bonus: 4
HF bonus: 1
Task total: 105
Challenge points to date: 229
25.2 Read a HF book in which a historical figure meets an untimely endWhen We Were Gods: A Novel of Cleopatra
Task: 25 pts
Pages: 503 pgs= 6 pts
HF: 1 pts
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32 pts
Grand total: 123 pts
20.3 Read one book of GR’s Most Popular Books Published In 2010 List. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand 496 pp = 4 points
HF = 0
Task = 24 points
Challenge total = 299
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 chanceTo Shield the Queen by Fiona Buckley 336 pages
20 + 4 + 1 = 25 task points
challenge points to date: 171
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.Here be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
704 pgs, 6 pts
1 HF Point
poll #3/Dec 10-Jan 11
AND
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
320 pgs, 4 pts
1 HF Point
poll #9/Jun-Jul 2010
Task Total: 32 pts
Challenge Total: 145
Challenge task 20.3Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Challenge points = 20
496 pages = 4
Total = 24
Grand total = 77
Task 10.3--find Chinese astrological sign;read book published in one of the years under sign. Astro sign: Year of the Rat
To Kill a Mockingbird (published 1960)
336pages: 4pts
HF: 1pt
Total - 15pts
Grand Total - 230
Task 25.4 In honor of Valentine’s Day read a historical romance Katherine by Anya Seton
500 pages = 6 points
HF = 1 point
Task total = 32 points
Grand total = 331 points
Task 5.2 Read a book set in the country you would most like to visit - FRANCE [which i will visit in September 2011 YEAH]
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay293 pages = 2 pts
HF = 1 pt
Task total = 8 points
Grand total = 8 points
Task 25.4 In honor of Valentine’s Day read a historical romance Read:The Invention of Everything Else
Pages: 272 pgs- 2 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total points: 28 pts
Grand total: 251 pts
Task 50.1 Award winner March by Geraldine BrooksTask (Pulitzer 2006) = 50
HF = 1
280 pages = 2
Total = 53
Grand Challenge Total = 131
(for some reason Goodreads wouldn't link the book)
Task 5.1 In the spirit of friendship read a book written by two or more authors.
Seeking Spirits: The Lost Cases of The Atlantic Paranormal Society 288 pagesTask points: 5
Page bonus: 2
Task total: 7
Total to date: 236
Holly,I think your points are off by 1:
Under the Mercy Trees 14
Alaska 14
The Girl in the Gatehouse 25
Unbroken.....etc. 24
March 53 TOTAL is 130
Task 20.2--character given new beginning or second chance.The Orchid Affair
400p--4pts
HF--1
Laura Grey/governess given first spy mission as the Silver Orchid
50.1 Book nominated or won literary award...Hawthorne AwardI, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54
468p 4pts
HF 1 pt
Total 55
Grand total 283
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.
Poison Study
The Year of the Rooster- 2005
Task: 10 pts
Pages: 361= 4 pts
Tota: 14 pts
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Grand total: 137 pts
10.1 Read any author's first bookThat's Not in My American History Book
256 pages = 1 pt
HF = 0
Total = 11 pts
Challenge total = 343 points
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 chanceSpecial Forces - Mercenaries Part I
Vadim gets freed from the KGB prison and has to start a new life in the West.
607 pages: 6 pts
HF: 0 pts? (1990-1992, written in 2006-2008, published 2010, I keep skirting the edge, don't I?)
Total: 26 points
Grand Total: 219 (I believe) + 26 = 245
Hi Maude, can I make a change:The Name of the Rose, used it for 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.
but want to use it for the following task:
50.1 Jen C's Task- Read any book that has been nominated for or won any literary award.
It won 'premio il libro dell'anno' in 1981.
So it would add 40 points to my total.
25.4 In honor of Valentine’s Day read a historical romance
The Other Boleyn Girl
664 pages: 6 points
HF: 1 point
total: 32 points
Total points: 133 points
Maude, please let me know if it isn't clear this way.
Jeane, All done - you have 133 points. Name of the Rose is under JenC's task, 50.1 as requested. The Other Boleyn Girl is as noted above.
Maude - I previously submitted In the Woods by Tana French for Task 25.1. However, I misread the criteria, and though it has been on my to-read list the longest, it is not an HF. Therefore, please delete this book from Task 25.1, and add it to Task 10.1: Read any author's first bookIn the Woods by Tana French
Task Pts: 10
HF: 0
Page Points: 4 pts
Total Task Points: 14
Thank you!
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