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10. 3- Read the last book you added to your TBR. If you can’t acquire the last book read a library book. The News from Paraguay
272 pages = 2
HF = 1
total = 13 points
Challenge total = 141 points
Task 20.2 - Set on a ship
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Task points = 20
480 pages = 4 bonus
HF = 1
Task total = 25
Challenge total = 95
50.1 LemonLinda- Read a HF book set in AfricaRead Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
231 pages - 2 pts
HF - 1 pt
Task total - 53 points
Challenge total - 164
25. 2- Read a post apocalyptic/natural disaster HF bookYear of Wonders
308 pages - 4 pts.
Task total: 29
Challenge total: 136
100 point challenge4/5 complete (new book linked and in bold.)
A - Jane Austen - Mansfield Park
P - Belva Plain - Evergreen
R - J.D. Robb - Naked in Death
I - Greg Iles - Black Cross
L -
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10.1 Read a book I own: A Game of Thrones by GRRM 835 pgs
10 points
8 Bonus
Total challenge points 45
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Chloe 246
Luckngrace 236
Shay 232
Maude 215
Cheryl 199
Carla 196
Djrmel 167
KristiJ 165
LauraK 164
Babs 154
Rachel 141
Margaret 137
KarenF 115
LemonLinda 99
LadyWallingford 97
JenC 95
Holly 83
Lisa 78
Ellen 63
Brittany 55
Diane Whitney 49
DonnaR 49
Becky 45
Candiss 43
Shannon 42
Jennifer 42
Emily 40
EllenW 38
Jayme 37
Kate 30
Janice 27
Christy 25
Kristine 14
ToniS 14
Amy 0
Bee 0
Notes:
Lori - Per you post in #132, each book can only be counted for one task in this challenge. You'd have to choose which task you want to use the book for and report it that way. :)
Chloe - You get an HF point for Lily of the Nile and The House of the Spirits and Cider House Rules - Bonus points actually total 46 for the APRIL task, not 33. (Not sure how we got such different amounts there!)
Margaret - You get an HF point for Treasure Island as well.
100 point task-- All 5 books must be completed to get full points for the task.Author’s last name that starts with:
A: Ahern, Cecelia. PS, I Love You. 512 pages.
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R
I: Inoue, Makoto. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1: The Land of Sand. 232 pages.
L: Liss, David. The Whiskey Rebels. 519 pages.* (new)
100 Point Task - Authors last name spells APRILA: Alexander, TashaAnd Only to Deceive
321 pgs (4 pts) HF (1pt)
P: Pye, Michael The Pieces from Berlin
352 pgs (4 pts) HF (1pt)
R: Rabb, Jonathan Shadow and Light: A Novel
371 pgs (4 pts) HF (1pt)
I: Itani, FrancesDeafening
416 pgs (4pts) HF (1pt)
L: Liss, David
A Conspiracy of Paper
512 pgs (6pts) HF (1pt)
Bonus points 27 pts
Task points 100 pts
Total 127 pts
Challenge total 326 pts
Whew (wipes brow)- thank goodness we didn't need to spell September!!!
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Becky wrote: "My birthday is in September... SPECIAL BIRTHDAY TASK!! ;)"LOL - I'll save up all my favorite authors to make it a little smoother. I did manage to get some things read in this challenge that have been on my list at work forever, so thanks (I think??);)
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50.1 LemonLinda- Read a HF book set in Africa.Flow Down Like Silver: Hypatia of Alexandria - Ki Longfellow
Task: 50 pts
Pages: 310 - 4 pts
HF: 1 pt
Task total: 55 pts
Challenge total: 98 pts
Becky wrote: "Scorboard: Chloe 246
Luckngrace 236
Shay 232
Maude 215
Cheryl 199
Carla 196
Djrmel 167
KristiJ 165
LauraK 164
Babs 154
Rachel 141
Margaret 137
KarenF 115
LemonLinda 99
LadyWallingford 97
JenC 95
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math... not my strong suit. and I totally forgot to add my hf points. Thanks for pointing them out! :)
20.3- Freedom to Read! Pick a banned book from the following list: http://www.adlerbooks.com/banned.html The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
368 pages = 4
Total = 24 points
Challenge Total = 165 points
25. 3- Read HF translated from another language. Bonus 2 points if you read it in the other language.The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo - originally in French
512 pages = 6
HF = 1 (just to be clear since my earlier confusion: written in 1800s about the 1400s - so definitely HF)
Task = 25
Total = 32
Challenge Total = 228
Cheryl wrote: "100 Point Task - Authors last name spells APRILA: Alexander, TashaAnd Only to Deceive
321 pgs (4 pts) HF (1pt)
P: Pye, Michael The Pieces from Berlin
35..."
You crack me up, Cheryl...
25.1 Flower, plant in title: The Blue Flower, 240 pages, HF German 1790's.Bonus + HF = 3 points
Total = 28 points
Challenge Total = 264 points
25. 3- Read HF translated from another language. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
(Originally written in Spanish)
Task: 25 pts
HF: 1 pt
487 Pages: 4 pts
Total Task Pts: 30 pts
25. 1- Let’s celebrate Spring! Read a book with the name of a flower, plant, or tree in the titleThe King's Rose
297 pages - 2 pts.
Task total: 27
Challenge total: 164
10. 2- Read a book you ownBringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
272 Pages - 2 pts
Task Total: 12
50. 3 Kristine- Read any HF book, that you have not yet read, that has been made into a movie.
Christmas in Canaan
336 Pages - 4 pts
HF: 1 pt
Task Total: 55
Challenge Total: 67
Task 25.1 - Book with name of flower, plant, treeThe Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig
464 pgs 4 pts
HF 1 pt
Task total 30 pts
Challenge total 356 pts
100 point task5/5 - COMPLETE (last book read is linked)
A – Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (507 pages – 6 points)
P – Evergreen by Belva Plain (698 pages – 6 points) (Historical Fiction – 1 point)
R – Naked in Death by J.D. Robb (294 pages – 2 points)
I – Black Cross by Greg Iles (560 pages – 6 points) (Historical Fiction – 1 point)
L – A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane (282 pages - 2 points)
Task Points: 100 points
Page Points: 22 points
Historical Fiction Points: 2
Total Points for Task and Challenge: 124 points
Task completed:25. 1- Let’s celebrate Spring! Read a book with the name of a flower, plant, or tree in the title
Read Peony in Love
Task Points: 25
272 Pages: 2
HF Point: 1
Total Task Points: 28
Total Challenge Points: 55
Task 10.1 - Book someone gave me to read - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Task points = 10
274 pages = 2 bonus
HF = 1
Task total = 13
Challenge total = 108
25. 1- Let’s celebrate Spring! Read a book with the name of a flower, plant, or tree in the titleThe Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig
Task: 25 Pts.
464 Pages: 4 Pts.
HF: 1 Pt.
Task Total: 30 Pts.
Challenge Total: 145 Pts.
50.1 LemonLinda- Read a HF book set in AfricaThe Covenant by James A. Michener
Task points: 50 points
HF book: 1 point
Page count: 10 points (1088 pages)
Total points: 61 points
Total challenge points: 293 points
20. 2- Argh, Matey! Read a book (mostly) set on a shipThe Flame and the Flower
512 pages 6 pts
HF 1
Task pts 27
20.3- Freedom to Read! Pick a banned book
Silas Marner
288 pages 2 pts
HF 0 pts
Task pts 22
Challenge total 89
20. 1- ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba! In honor of Cinco de Mayo: Read a book either set in or about MexicoLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Task: 20 Pts.
224 Pages: 2 Pts
HF: 1 Pt.
Task Total: 23 Pts.
Challenge Total: 168 Pts.
50.1 Read HF set in AfricaThe Call of Zulina
352 pages : 4 pts.
Task Total : 54
Challenge Total: 218 pts
50. 2 Christy- In honor of National Garden Month, read a book that features gardening .In the Garden of Iden - Kage Baker (botany, gardening and plant preservation/study is the central character's profession and is a main theme)
Task: 50 pts
Pages: 336 - 4 pts
HF: 1 pt (time travel historical fantasy/sf set in Tudor England and Spain a decade prior)
Task total: 55 pts
Challenge total: 153 pts
25.3- Read HF translated from another language. Bonus 2 points if you read it in the other language.Ring of the Slave Prince - Originally in Danish.
384 pages - 4
HF - 1
Total = 30
50. 3 Kristine- Read any HF book, that you have not yet read, that has been made into a movie. Having seen the movie already is ok.
I Capture the Castle
352 pages - 4
HF - 1
Total = 55
Challenge total = 250 points
Task 25.2 - HF post-apocolyptic
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Task points = 25
317 pages = 4 bonus
HF = 1
Task total = 30
Challenge total = 138
Task 20.3 - Read a banned bookA Separate Peace by John Knowles
Task 20 pts
208 pgs 2 pts
Task total 22 pts
Challenge total 378 pts
10. 2- Read a book you ownTwilight
task = 10 points
498 pages = 4 points
task total = 14
25. 1- Let’s celebrate Spring! Read a book with the name of a flower, plant, or tree in the title
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation
task = 25
454 pages = 4
HF = 1
task total = 30
challenge total = 272
25. 3- Read HF translated from another language. Bonus 2 points if you read it in the other language.Daughter of Fortune by: Isabel Allende
432 pgs = 4 points
HF = 1 point
total = 30 points
Challenge total = 127 points
Would you accept "A Midsummer Night's Dream for task 50.3 Read a HF book that is also a movie?
50. 3 Kristine- Read any HF book, that you have not yet read, that has been made into a movie. "Captain Blood" 1935, starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de HavillandCaptain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
HF - 1pt
236 pages - 2pts
Task Total - 53pts
Challenge Total - 131 pts
25. 1- Let’s celebrate Spring! Read a book with the name of a flower, plant, or tree in the titleLily of the Nile
351 pgs 4 pts
HF 1 pt
task pts 30
Challenge total: 119
50.3 Read a HF not yet read that was turned into a movie"A MidSummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare
253pp(2pts)
Task Points: 52
Grand Total: 89
Task 50.3 - HF not yet read, made into a movie
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Task points = 50
417 pages = 4 bonus
HF = 1
Task total = 55
Challenge total = 193
50. 3 Kristine- Read any HF book, that you have not yet read, that has been made into a movie.The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
Task: 50 pts
Pages: 258 - 2 pts
HF: 1 pt
Task total: 53 pts
Challenge total: 206 pts
100 point task: All five books must be completed to get full points for task:Andrews, Mary Kay, Hissy Fit, 499pp 4 pts
Penney, Stef, The Wilderness of the Wolves, 371pp 4+1HF = 5 pts
Rinehart, Mary, The Doctor, 506pp (THIS IS NEW!)4 pts
Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day, 245pp NEW 2 pts (THIS IS NEW)
Lutz, Lisa, The Spellman Files, 358pp 4 pts
Points: 119
50.3 Read any HF book made into a movie.Read: The House of Seven Gables
Pages: 502 6 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total points: 57 pts
50.2 In honor of National Garden Month (April) read a book that features gardening
Read: Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden
Pages: 233 2pts
Total points: 52 pts
Challenge Total: 109 pts
25.1 Read a book with name of flower in title
Read: The Sunflower
Pages: 352 4 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total Points: 30 pts
Challenge Total: 139 pts
10.2 Read a book you own
Read:
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Pages: 336 4 pts
Total Points: 14
Total Challenge: 157 pts
25.3 Read HF translated from another language.
Read: Obabakoak: A Novel (NEW)
Pages: 326 4 pts.
HF: 1 pt.
Total Points: 30
Challenge Total: 187 points
25. 1 - Read a book with the name of a flower, plant, or tree in the titleThe Thistle and the Rose by Jean Plaidy
Task: 25 pts
HF: 1 pt
320 pgs: 2 pts
Total: 28 pts
Task 100 - 3/5 finished
A
P: The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
R: Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts
I
L: The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin
25. 3- Read HF translated from another language.Captain Alatriste
4 pts - 304 pages
Task total: 29 pts
Challenge total: 247 pts
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Task total: 30
Challenge total: 236