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Task 50.3 - Book with color in the titleThe Crimson Rooms
Task 50 pts
HF 1 pt
376 pgs 4 pts
Total 55 pts
Grand total 118 pts
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. Read: Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod
Pages: 272 = 2 points
Total: 52 points
Challenge total: 478 points
5.1 In the spirit of friendship read a book written by two or more authors My Story by Sarah Ferguson, Jeff Coplon
304 pages = 4 points
HF = 0
Total task = 9 points
Total Challenge = 475 points
20.2 Character gets new beginning: Turning Angel672 pages = 6 pts
hf=0
Total task = 26 pts
Challenge #5 Total = 508
Mod
Points: 100
328 pgs - 4 points
HF = 1
Task Total: 105
5.1- Read a book written by two or more authors: Crusade by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie
Points: 5
470 pages - 4 pts
HF= 0
Task total: 9
5.2 - Read a book in the Country you'd most like to visit: Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis
Points: 5
304 pages - 4 pts
HF = 1
Task total: 10
20.3 - Read one of the books from the Popular in 2010 list: Full Dark, No Stars By Stephen King
points: 20
384 Pages - 4 points
HF = 0 (there is one HF novella in this collection, but the rest are contemporary.)
Task points: 24
Jen C.'s Task: Read any book that has been nominated or won an award: Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
Points: 50
360 pages - 4 points
HF = 0
Task points: 54
Challenge total: 226
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 Year of the Snake – published in 2001
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
487 pp = 4 points
HF = 1 point
Total for task = 15 points
Challenge Total = 490 points
only one more task to go
Task 5.1--two or more authorsA New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls
200p--2pts
HF-1pt
Authors: Eidelberg, Gray, Hofer
25.4 In honor of Valentine’s Day read a historical romance The Hidden Flame (Acts of Faith Series #2)
400 Pages = 4 points
HF = 1 point
Task Total = 30 points
Challenge Total = 268 points
50.3 LemonLinda's Task - Read any book with a color word in the title Lover Unbound- Black Dagger Brotherhood #5 by J.R. Ward
502 pages
Task Points: 50
Page Points: 6
HF Points: 0
Total Task Points: 56
Total Points for Challenge: 344
20.3 Read one book of GR’s Most Popular Books Published In 2010 List. Bite Me by Christopher Moore
Task Pts: 20
Page Pts: 2
HF Pts: 0
Total Task Points: 22 pts
Total Challenge Points: 366 pts
10.2 Read an Oprah selection from any year in honor of Oprah's last year on TV.The Road by Cormac McCarthy
241 pgs, 2 pts
HF: 0
Chosen in 2007
Task Total: 12 pts
Cumulative Total: 389 pts
alright I'm new to this so I'm not completely sure what I'm doing25.1 Read one of the 5 HF books that have been on your to-read list the longest.
Read: Splendor
Pages 416 pgs - 4pts
HF: 1pt
Total points: 30
Super Bonus: 100 Point Task
Support our HF group authors by reading one of their books.
Read:Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
Pages: 448 pgs - 4pts
HF: 1pt
Total points: 105
total: 135
Linda’s Task – Read a HF with any color in the title – 50 point taskAnne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
320 pp = 4 points
HF = 1 point
Total for task = 55 points
Grand Total = 545 points
Challenge completed
LemonLinda wrote: "Linda’s Task – Read a HF with any color in the title – 50 point taskAnne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
320 pp = 4 points
HF = 1 point
Total for task = 55 points
Grand To..."
Great job Linda!!! I don't forsee myself finishing this one, so kudos to you!!
10.1: Any author's first bookThe Fight of My Life by Barbara Clark
10 task points
1 219 pages
95 Total points
Heather wrote: "Congrats on finishing the challenge, Linda!"Thanks - I really enjoyed it - Read many good books.
5.1 In the spirit of friendship read a book written by two or more authorsSense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
320 pages = 4 points
HF = 1 point
Total = 10 points
Challenge total = 459 points
JenC. wrote: "LemonLinda wrote: "Linda’s Task – Read a HF with any color in the title – 50 point taskAnne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
320 pp = 4 points
HF = 1 point
Total for task = 55..."
Great job, Linda. I won't finish because my TBR got messed up & I just don't want to deal with it, but I got 528 and that's enough. Can't wait to start the mini-challenge.
I completed task 10.1 Read any author's first book. I read "Shiver" by Maggie Stiefvater.Task Points: 10
Bonus: 4(390pp)
Grand Total: 159
10.1 Read any author's first bookSphinx by T.S. Learner
560 pages:6 points
HF: 1 point
10+6+1=17 points
total points: 171+17=188 points
10.2 Read an Oprah selection from any year in honor of Oprah's last year on TVThe Reader-1999
218 pages 2 pts
HF 1 pt
13 pts
25.3 Read an HF book by an author who uses one or more pseudonyms
The Prince of Darkness
416 pages 4 pts
HF 1
30 pts
Challenge total 408
10.2 Read an Oprah selection from any year in honor of Oprah's last year on TV The Reader from 1999
218 pages - 2 pts
HF - 1 pt
Total - 13 pts
20.3 Read one book of GR’s Most Popular Books Published In 2010 List.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
336 pages - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Total - 25 pts
Challenge Total = 497 pts
20.1 Go to the HF Group polls thread and read 2 books from any month or different months.Both from the May/June 2010 poll
The Kitchen House
Pages: 396 = 4 points
HF = 1
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation
Pages: 454 = 4 points
HF = 1
Total: 30 points
Grand total: 508 points
Completed 50.3 Book with a color word in the title.
The Red Scarf by Kate Furnivall 470 pagesTask points: 50
Page bonus: 4
HF bonus: 1
Task total: 55
Challenge total: 359
This was my last book for this challenge. I was not able to complete the entire challenge but that doesn't matter...it was fun. :)
50.2 Read any book set at 60 degrees N. Latitude or above.Russian Winter
480 pgs = 4 pts
HF = 1 pt
Total = 55 pts
Bonus Challenge- Read book by GR-HF group author.
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
464pgs = 4 pts
HF = 1 pt
Total = 105pts
Challenge Total - 491pts
These are the last two I needed for the challenge... lots of fun!
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.March by Geraldine Brooks
(Group Read for Jan/Feb 2011)
Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
(Group Read for July/August 2010)
Task Pts: 20pts
HF pts: 1+1
Page pts: 2 pts (280 pgs) + 4 pts (480 pages)
Total Task pts: 28 pts
Total Challenges pts: 394 pts
Task 20.1 2 books from HF polls = 20 pts.People of the Book Nom Feb 2010
HF = 1 372 pgs. = 4
The Kitchen House Nom May/June 2010
HF = 1 360 pgs. = 4
Total task points = 30
Grand total challenge points = 441
These will be my last for Challenge #5.
Task 25.2 Read a HF book in which a historical figure meets an untimely endCleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
432 pages
Task Points: 25
HF Points: 1
Page Points: 4
Total Points: 30
Total Points for Challenge: 374
Task 10.2 - Oprah book club selection
The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography by Sidney Poitier
Task points = 10
243 pages = 2 bonus
Task total = 12
Challenge total = 456
10.1 Read any author's first bookThe Secret History of the Pink Carnation
Task; 10 pts
Pages: 4 pts
HF: 1
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15 pts
50.3 LemonLinda's Color Task
The Masque of the Black Tulip
Task: 50 pts
Pages: 4 pts
Hf: 1
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55 pts
Grand total: 294 pts
20.3Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
496 pgs 4 pts
total 24
grand total 504
25.3 Read an HF book by an author who uses one or more pseudonymsA Trust Betrayed: First Chapter of Margaret Kerr of Perth by Candace Robb AKA Emma Campion
Task pts: 25
HF pts: 1
249 pgs: 2 pts
Total Task Pts: 28 pts
Total Challenge Pts: 422 pts
Final post for this challenge!
Task 20.1 - Group reads polls
The Eight by Katherine Neville January 2010
In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant Oct / Nov 2010
Task points = 20
Courtesan (368 pages) = 4 bonus
The Eight (598 pages) = 6 bonus
HF = 2
Task total = 32
Challenge Grand total = 488
25.3 Read an HF book by an author who uses one or more pseudonymsRead: Excalibur by Bernard Conrwell
Pages: 436 = 4 points
HF = 1 point
Task total: 30 points
25.4 In honor of Valentines Day read a historical romance
Read: The Invention of Everything Elseby Samantha Hunt
Pages : 272 = 2 points
HF = 1 point
Task Total = 28 points
Final Challenge Total 469 points
5.1 Read a book written by two or more authors.Read: Tick Tock
Pages: 448=4 points
HF=o points
Task Total= 9 points
Challenge Total: 280 points
10.1 Read Any Authors First Book
Read: sTORI TELLING
Pages: 288=2 points
HF=0 points
Task Total: 12 points
Final Challenge Total: 289 points
I didn't finish all of the tasks but did better than on the last challenge.
50.1 Jen C's Task- Read any book that has been nominated for or won any literary award. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel 651 pages
Winner 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
Winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize
50 + 6 + 1 = 57 task points
Challenge points = 298
Well, I found an error in my reporting, left out a book...if it's not too much trouble could I please change it? I fully understand if it's a big hassle after all of the work you all do...and I promise to be more careful in the future :)5.2 (instead of 50.2)
I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54
pgs 468 pts 4
HF 1
total 10
50.2
Bram Stoker Award
Heart-Shaped Box
376 pgs 4pts
total 54
Unless I have made a huge error...I should be at 525 as grand total
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 White Queen by Philippa Gregory 416 pages
Task points: 50 + 4 + 1 = 51
Challenge points to date: 171
I'll be updating the scoreboard later tonight, so you can see final scores and winners. Thank to everyone who participated!
Do we know the final results of this challenge?
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Can I switch A Red Herring Without Mustard for task 50.3 and I'll use the one I posted before for a different task? It should work out to the same point total overall.