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Challenge #6: Report Points Here
50. 2 Christy- In honor of National Garden Month (April), read a book that features gardeningThe Secret Garden
288 pgs 2
Task total 52
100 point task
A Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
402 pgs 4 pts
P The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman
245 pgs 2 pts
HF 1 pt
R Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb
375 pgs 2 pts
I The Thing From the Lake by M. Eleanor Ingram
315 pgs 2 pts
L Darcy's Voyage by Kara
Louise
512 pgs 4 pts
HF 1
Task pts 116
Challenge total 365
Task: 25.2 - Read a post apocalyptic/natural disaster HF bookBook: A Race to Splendor by Ciji Ware. (544pp.)
Task Points: 25 pts
Pages: 6 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total Task: 32 pts
Challenge Total: 489
Question - do the mini-challenge points get included too?
Task 20.1: set in Mexico: Last Reveille
272 pages-2 points
HF-1 point
Task total-23 points
Challenge total- 459 points
One more to go!
Great job Djrmel! I'm right behind you and working on my last one too, Luckngrace.Kiri - the mini challenge starts June 1 and is a seperate and new challenge for only the month of June.
20.3- Freedom to Read! Pick a banned book from the following list:Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
272 Pages - 2 pts
Total 22
Challenge Total: 89
[would have been more but I gave up on [book:Pompeii|880] and don't want to rush to finish Daughters of Rome which I got from First reads; it's been a slow couple of months for me]
Final reportTask 50.1 HF set in Africa
An Imperfect Lens: A Novel by Anne Roiphe
Task 50 pts
304 pgs 4 pts
HF 1 pt
Task total 55 pts
Challenge total 456 pts
(As I've worked in the library for 20 yrs, no one ever gives me books & there are too many books in the library for me to read to actually read the ones I own!!!)
25. 3- Read HF translated from another language. Bonus 2 points if you read it in the other language.Lovely Green Eyes: A Novel by Arnošt Lustig
Task points: 25 points
HF book: 1 point
Page count: 2 points
Total points: 28
Challenge points total: 321 points
JenC. wrote: Kiri - the mini challenge starts June 1 and is a seperate and new challenge for only the month of June."I was wondering abut the March mini-challenge.
Oh, sorry! The March mini challenge was only for the month of March.
10.3- Read the last book you added to your TBR. If you can’t acquire the last book read a library bookThe Story of Beautiful Girl
352 pgs - 4 pts
Task total - 14 pts
Challenge total to date - 194 points
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.
Page Points: 6
HF: 0
P: Penman, Sharon Kay. When Christ and His Saints Slept. 768 pages.
Page Points: 8
HF: 1
R: Rawles, James Wesley. Patriots. 384 pages.*(new)
Page Points: 4
HF: 0
I: Inoue, Makoto. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1: The Land of Sand. 232 pages.
Page Points: 2
HF: 0
L: Liss, David. The Whiskey Rebels. 519 pages.
Page Points: 6
HF: 1
Total: 128 points
Challenge total: 255 points
Task 10.1 - Read a book won at GR First ReadsNever Knowing by Chevy Stevens
416 pages
Task Points: 10
Pages Points: 4
Total points for task: 14
Total points for Challenge: 69
Task 10.3 Last book on TBR list - Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding
Pages - 271 - 2 points
HF - 0 points
Total for task - 12
Total for challenge - 111
Task 50.1 HF set in Africa Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
Pages - 480 - 4 points
HF - 1 points
Total for task - 55
Total for challenge - 166 points
25.2 natural disaster Monsoon
624 pages-6 points
HF-1 point
Task total: 32 points
Final Challenge Total: 491 points
10.2 Read a book that you own - The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
503 pages - 6 points
HF - 0
Total for task - 16
Total for challenge - 182
Final task: 25.3 - HF translated from another language
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
Task points = 25
432 pages = 4 bonus
HF = 1
Final Challenge total = 481
Thank you moderators for a fun challenge!
50. 3 Kristine- Read any HF book, that you have not yet read, that has been made into a movie. Read Madame Bovary
Pages: 368 4 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total task points: 55
Total challenge points: 93
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100 point taskAuthor’s last name that starts with:
A= The Shelters of Stone by Jean M. Auel
P=Victoria Victorious: The Story of Queen Victoria by Jean Plaidy
R=Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
I= A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
L=The Oracle of Stamboul by Michael David Lukas
The Shelters of Stone by Jean M. Auel
Page count: 8 points (768 pages)
HF: 1 point
Book points: 9 points
Victoria Victorious: The Story of Queen Victoria by Jean Plaidy
Page Count: 6 points (556 pages)
HF: 1 point
Book points: 7 points
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Page count: 8 points (870 pages)
HF: 0 points
Book points: 8 points
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Page count: 6 points (637 pages)
HF: 0 point
Book points: 6 points
The Oracle of Stamboul by Michael David Lukas
Page count: 4 points (304 pages)
HF: 1 point
Book points: 5 points
Task Points: 100
Total task points: 135
Total Challenge Points: 456 points
10. 1- Read a book won at GR First Reads or, if no win, a book someone gave you to readThe Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen
Task Points: 10 points
HF: 1 point
Page count: 4 points (304 Pages)
Total points: 15 points
Total Challenge Points: 471 points
Completed challenge task 50.3 - Read any HF book, that you have not yet read, that has been made into a movie. Task points: 50
Book: Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
236 pages: 2
HF: 1
Total task: 53 points
Total points: 83 points
10. 2- Read a book you ownHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Task points: 10 points
HF: 0 points
Page count: 8 points (759 pages)
Total points: 18 points
Total Challenge Points: 489 points
10. 2- Read a book you ownThe Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
981 pages - 8 pts (thank goodness it was the audio :)
Task total: 18
Final Challenge Total: 492 pts
10. 3- Read the last book you added to your TBR as of March 31st 11:59 PST. If you can’t acquire the last book then support your local library by reading a library book.Library book:
Fallout by Ellen Hopkins
Task Points: 10 points
HF: 0 points
Page count: 6 points (665 pages)
Task points: 16 points
Total Challenge Points: 505 points
20. 2- Argh, Matey! Read a book (mostly) set on a shipCaptain Blood
236 pages = 2
HF = 1
Total = 23 points
20. 1- ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba! In honor of Cinco de Mayo: Read a book either set in or about Mexico
Like Water for Chocolate
224 pages = 2
HF = 1
Total = 23 points
Challenge Total = 428 points
My first challenge completion! :)
Task 10.1 - Read a book someone gave you.Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward
534 pages
Task Points: 10
Page Points: 6
Total Points for Task: 16
Total Points for Challenge: 228
Shay wrote: "10. 3- Read the last book you added to your TBR as of March 31st 11:59 PST. If you can’t acquire the last book then support your local library by reading a library book.Library book:
[book:Fallout..."
Wow! You broke 500! Great job..wait til you get into the next one. It's going to be sooo much fun.
Luckngrace wrote: "Shay wrote: "10. 3- Read the last book you added to your TBR as of March 31st 11:59 PST. If you can’t acquire the last book then support your local library by reading a library book.Library book:..."
Thanks. I'm still finishing up my last book for the challenge.
10. 1- Read a book someone gave you to read (no wins yet)The Constant Princess
task points = 10
295 pages = 2
HF = 1
task total = 13
10. 3- Read the last book you added to your TBR. If you can’t acquire the last book read a library book. (this is both actually)
The Handmaid's Tale
task points = 10
393 pages = 4
task total = 14
challenge grand total = 487
this has been so much fun!
Carla, how did you like the Constant Princess?
10. 1- Read a book won at GR First Reads or, if no win, a book someone gave you to readShutter Island
369 pages - 4
Task Total: 14
10. 3- Read the last book you added to your TBR. If you can’t acquire the last book read a library book.
Travels with Charley: In Search of America
214 pages - 2
Task Total: 12
Grand Total: 89
10. 1- Read a book won at GR First Reads or, if no win, a book someone gave you to readThe Rebellion of Jane Clarke by: Sally Gunning
320 pages = 4 points
HF: 1 point
Total: 15 points
Challenge Total: 270 points
25.3 Read a HF translated from another language.Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Pages - 348 - 4 points
HF - 1 point
Total for task - 30 points
Total for Challenge - 212
Only 7 of the books I read over these two months fit this challenge and I went more with what I had planned to read rather than books that would fit the challenge. I am looking forward to another mini-challenge where you can count whatever you read.
50. 2 Christy- In honor of National Garden Month (April), read a book that features gardening Read The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
284 pages: 2 pts
HF: 0
Total points: 52
50.1 LemonLinda- Read a HF book set in Africa
Read Cleopatra: A LifeCleopatra: A LifeCleopatra: A Life
380 pages: 4 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total points: 55 points
Total Challenge Points: 199 points
Report as EllenW
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Diane Whitney wrote: "25. 1- Let’s celebrate Spring! Read a book with the..."Sounds good; my next book is The Lady's Slipper, partially about a plant supposedly going extinct in the 17th century, but which I found all over Minnesota in the wild as a child. It's the Minnesota State Flower.
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Shay 505
Margaret 492
Djrmel 492
Luckngrace 491
Kiri 489
Carla 488
JenC 481
Rachel 478
Maude 470
Cheryl 456
Emily 365
KarenF 347
Diane Whitney 297
LadyWallingford 270
KristiJ 267
Chloe 246
Candiss 231
Amy 228
LemonLinda 212
Babs 212
EllenW 200
LauraK 194
Lisa 156
Bee 123
Southpaw 110
Jayme 104
Becky 100
Ellen 89
Diana 89
Kate 83
Holly 83
Janice 69
Brittany 55
DonnaR 49
Shannon 42
Jennifer 42
Christy 25
Kristine 14
ToniS 14
Jennbunny 12
Thank you to everyone who participated! :D
Congrats to...
Shay for highest points!
Djrmel for being the first to complete all of the tasks!
All
Djrmel
Kiri
Luckngrace
JenC
Margaret
Rachel
Carla
Becky wrote: "Final Scoreboard!!Thanks, Becky! It's the first challenge I ever completed. I was able to pull a couple of "oldie-moldies" off my to-read list, discovered a possible new favorite author, and was reintroduced to an old favorite. I love these challenge at Historical Fictionistas, and you all do an awesome job of running them!
Jayme, I didn't actually like it that much. It was interesting to hear some back story on Katherine of Aragon, but I think I was looking for her side of the annulment fight. Philippa Gregory definitely worked hard to write in why Katherine fought, but I think I would have liked to read her side of the story more than her background. Just a personal preference I guess.
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Who was the potential favorite author?
I'm thrilled with how many people are participating in these, and we had a whole lot of new people this time around. Awesome. :D
Congratulations Shay! And to everyone who participated. Just think of all the different books we all read. Amazing!
Congratulations to Shay - over 500 points was awesome. And also to all of the finishers - job well done.
Thank you. I was 50 pages short of finishing the last book of the challenge. But I fell asleep at about 9pm... with the book in my hand.
Shay wrote: "Thank you. I was 50 pages short of finishing the last book of the challenge. But I fell asleep at about 9pm... with the book in my hand."LOL! Classic.
Congratulations to all the participants :D
Shay wrote: "Thank you. I was 50 pages short of finishing the last book of the challenge. But I fell asleep at about 9pm... with the book in my hand."HARDCORE!!
Carla wrote: "Jayme, I didn't actually like it that much. It was interesting to hear some back story on Katherine of Aragon, but I think I was looking for her side of the annulment fight. [author:Philippa Gregor..."I really didn't care for it either and I really like Katherine of Aragon.
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Books mentioned in this topic
Cleopatra: A Life (other topics)The Orchid Thief (other topics)
Love in the Time of Cholera (other topics)
The Rebellion of Jane Clarke (other topics)
Shutter Island (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Mary Doria Russell (other topics)Philippa Gregory (other topics)
Gabriel García Márquez (other topics)
J.R. Ward (other topics)
Ellen Hopkins (other topics)
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The Secret Garden
task = 50
288 pages = 2
task total = 52
challenge total = 460