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Mini-Challenge #2: June 2011- REPORT POINTS HERE

Page count: 320 = 4 points
Genre: Historical Fiction = 1 point, Romance = 1 point
Time Period: Medieval = 1 point
Cover: Partial face = 1 point
Title: Proper name (Katherine Howard) = 1 point
Theme: Politics = 1 point
Locale: England - 1 point
Book total = 11 points
Challenge total to date = 11 points


A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
390 pages (4 points)
Time Period: 1700s (1 point)
Genre: HF, Romance, Classic (3 points)
Locale: England (1 point)
Themes: War, Politics, Hero Quest (3 points)
Book Cover: Dresses (1 point)
June Events: Read a book featuring a father or father-figure, Read a book that features a court case (2 points)
Total Points for Book and Challenge: 15 points


336 pages- 4
Time: contemporary- 1
Genre: thriller- 1
Cover: yellow- 1
June events: father, court- 2
Book total- 9
Challenge total- 49


India Black by Carol K. Carr
Time period: 1800s (1 point)
Genre: Historical fiction (1 point)
Locale: England (1 point)
Themes: War, politics (2 points)
Title: A proper name (1 point)
Cover: Partial face, gown, city (3 points)
Random tasks: three-named author (1 point)
Page count: 296 (2 points)
Book total: 12 points


The Headhunter's Daughter by Tamar Myers
Time period: 1900s (1 point)
Genre: Historical fiction (1 point)
Locale: Africa (1 point)
Theme: Politics (1 point)
Cover: Woman in dress (very small), yellow (title and decorative dots) (2 points)
June events: Father (1 point)
Page count: 304 (4 points)
Book total: 11 points


320 pgs 4 pts
Time - Contemporary 1 pt
Genre - YA 1 pt
Title - Proper Name 1 pt
Cover - Partial Face 1 pt
Dog 1 pt
Yellow 1 pt
Body of water 1 pt
(These are all in silhouette - let me know if that counts)
Random - Can't Wait List 1 pt
June Events - Features music/musician 1 pt
Features father/father figure 1 pt
Book total 14 pts
Challenge total 33 pts

Time period – Contemporary – 1 pt
Genre – Young Adult, Romance, Fantasy (features magic) – 3 pts
Theme – Hero Quest – 1 pt
Titles- One Word – 1 pt
Book cover – Partial Face – 1 pt
Page bonus – 327 pages – 4 pts
Task = 11 points
Challenge total to date = 11


The Violets of March: A Novel by Sarah Jio
Time period: Contemporary (1 point)
Genre: Romance (1 point)
Theme: Self-discovery (1 point)
Title: Plant (1 point)
Cover: Book (1 point)
Page count: 304 (4 points)
Book total: 9 points


The King's Speech by Mark Logue
Pages - 256 (2 points)
Time Period - 1900s (1 point)
Genre - NF (1 point)
Locale - England (1 point)
Themes - war, politics, self-discovery (3 points)
Book Cover - yellow (1 point)
June Events - father, disability (2 points)
Total for task (11 points)
Total for Challenge (50 points)

Time Period: 1900's (1 point)
Genre: Non-fiction (1 point)
Themes: Sports or Entertainment/Self-Discovery ( 2 points)
Title: Plant (1 point)
June events: In honor of The Beatles - Read a book that features music or musicians (1 point)
Page Count: 2 points (286 pages)
Total Book points: 8 points

The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner
Genre: Historical Fiction (1 point)
Themes: Politics (1 point)
Title: Adjective (1 point)
Book cover: Partial Face (1 point)
Random Tasks: Read a book by an author with three names (initials count)(1 point)
June events: In honor of Father's Day - Read a book featuring a father or father-figure (1 point)
Page Count: 4 points (368 pages)
Total Book Points: 10 points
Total Challenge Points: 86 points
Cheryl wrote: "Body of water 1 pt
(These are all in silhouette - let me know if that counts) "
Fine as long as it is recognizable. :)
(These are all in silhouette - let me know if that counts) "
Fine as long as it is recognizable. :)


Book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) by J.K. Rowling
Pages: 759pp.
Time Period: 1 pt - Contemporary
Genre: 5 pt - Young Adult, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, Adventure
Locale: 1 pt - England
Themes: 5 pt - Exploration, War, Politics, Self-discovery, Hero Quest
Titles: 2 pt - A Proper Name, An Adjective
Book Cover: 2 pt - Partial face, The color yellow
Random Tasks: 2 pt - family saga, by an author with three names (initials count)
June Events 1 pt - In honor of Father's Day
Task points: 19
Page Bonus: 8 pts
Total: 27 (corrected)
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Book: Spellfire by Ed Greenwood
Pages: 384pp.
Time Period: 1 pt - Medieval
Genre: 3 pt - Young Adult, Fantasy, Adventure
Locale: 0 pt -
Themes: 4 pt - Exploration, War, Self-discovery, Hero Quest
Titles: 1 pt - One word title
Book Cover: 3 pt - Partial face, The color yellow
Random Tasks: 1 pt - published between 1900-1999
June Events 2 pt - In honor of - The Beatles, Father's Day,
Task points: 14
Page Bonus: 4
Total: 18 (corrected)
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Book: Dexter By Design Jeff Lindsay
Pages: 304pp.
Time Period: 1 pt - Contemporary
Genre: 2 pt - Horror, Thriller
Locale: 0 pt -
Themes: 2 pt - Exploration, Self-discovery
Titles: 2 pt - A Proper Name, An Adjective
Book Cover: 0 pt -
Random Tasks: 1 pt - family saga
June Events 1 pt - In honor of - Father's Day
Task points: 9
Page Bonus: 4
Total: 13 (corrected)
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Book: How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier
Pages: 307pp.
Time Period: 1 pt - Contemporary
Genre: 4 pt - Young Adult, Romance, Fantasy, Adventure
Locale: 0 pt -
Themes: 2 pt - Exploration, Self-discovery
Titles: 0 pt -
Book Cover: 1 pt - Partial face
Random Tasks: 1 pt - Can't Wait Books of 2011
June Events 1 pt - In honor of - Father's Day
Task points: 10
Page Bonus: 4
Total: 14 (corrected)
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Book: Death of a Musketeer (A Musketeers Mystery, #1) by Sarah D'Almeida
Pages: 288pp.
Time Period: 1 pt - 1700s
Genre: 3 pt - Historical Fiction, Romance, Adventure
Locale: 0 pt -
Themes: 3 pt - Exploration, Politics, Self-discovery
Titles: 1 pt - A Proper Name
Book Cover: 3 pt - Partial face, City or town, The color yellow
Random Tasks: 0 pt -
June Events 2 pt - In honor of - Juneteenth, Father's Day
Task points: 13
Page Bonus: 2
Total: 15 (corrected)
Total points this post: 87 (corrected)

Points -
Genre: Historical Fiction (+1 point)
Locale: England (+1 point)
Themes: Politics (+1 point)
Titles: Plant (+1 point)
Book Cover: Color Yellow (+1 point)/Gown (+1 point)
June Events: Father [Sir Geoffrey Fisk] (+1 point)
Total task points: 7
Page Bonus 4 (436 pgs)
Total: 11


The Great Night by Chris Adrian
Time period: Contemporary (1 point)
Genre: Fantasy (1 point)
Themes: Politics, self-discovery, LGBT (3 points)
Book cover: City (in background), stars (2 points)
Page count: 292 (2 points)
Book total: 9 points


"Just like Heaven" by Julia Quinn.
374 pages: +4
Time period: 1800's +1
Genre: romance: +1
Local: England +1
theme: self-discovery +1
Book cover: dress +1
total: 9


Big Girl Small: A Novel by Rachel DeWoskin
Time period: Contemporary (1 point)
Genre: Young Adult (1 point)
Theme: Self-discovery (1 point)
Title: Adjective (1 point)
Cover: Yellow (one balloon and the subtitle - very small!), dress (2 points)
June events: musician (main character is a singer), person with a disability (2 points)
Page count: 304 (4 points)
Book total: 12 points

The Tragedy of Arthur by William Shakespeare: The First Modern Edition of His Lost Play, with an Introduction and Notes by Arthur Phillips
Time Period: Contemporary (+1)
Locale: Minnesota (+1), New York (+1), England (+1), Italy (+1)
Themes: Bibliophilia, self-discovery, hero quest (+3)
Titles: A Proper Name (+1)
Book Cover: The color yellow (+1)
Random tasks: Family saga (+1); includes a play (+1); Fathers Day (+1); court case (+1)
Page Count: 384 (+4 points)
Total: 18


244 pages +2
Time Period: future +1
Genre: Science Fiction +1
Themes: Exploration, War, Politics, Self-Discovery, Hero Quest +5
Book Cover: Stars +1
In honor of Father's Day - Read a book featuring a father or father-figure: +1
Book Total: 11
Grand Total: 11 :)


236 pages +2
Time Period: future +1
Genre: Science Fiction +1
Themes: Exploration, War, Politics, Self-Discovery, Hero Quest +5
Book Cover: Partial face (a skull is a partial face, right?) +1
In honor of Helen Keller's birthday - Read a book featuring a character with a disability +1 (view spoiler)
Book Total: 11
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286pp (+2)
Time period-1900's (+1)
Genre-YA (+1)
Book Cover-partial face,cat(lion),dress, the color yellow(+4)
Title-Adjective (Carnivorous) (+1)
Book Total: 9
Grand Total: 31



Once Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison
Time Period: Contemporary (1 point)
Genre: Young Adult (1 point)
Title: Adjective (1 point)
Book Cover: Partial Face (1 point)
Page Count: 2 points (232 points)
Total book points: 6 points

Hit List by Laurell K. Hamilton
Time Period: Contemporary (1 point)
Genre: Fantasy (1 point)
Book Cover: Partial Face/Yellow (2 points)
Random Tasks: Read a book from the "Can't Wait Books of 2011 and Read a book by an author with three names (initials count) (2 points)
Page Count: 4 points (320 pages)
Total Book Points: 10 points
Total Challenge Points: 102 points


Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Time Period: 1900's (1pt)
Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance (2pts)
Locale: New York(1pt)
Themes: Self-Discovery, Hero Quest (2pts)
Book Cover: Yellow (1pt)
Pages: 331 (2pts)
Total Points: 9

Some Sing, Some Cry by Ntozake Shange
Time Period: 1800's, 1900's (2pts)
Genre: Historic Fiction (1pt)
Locale: New York (1pt)
Themes: War, Self-Discovery (2pts)
Book Cover: Yellow, Water (2pts)
Random Tasks: Family Saga (1pt)
June Events: Slavery (1pt)
Pages: 566 (6pts)
Total Points: 16

The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
Time Period: 1900's (1pt)
Genre: Historic Fiction, Romance, Young Adult (3pts)
Themes: War, Politics, Self-Discovery, Hero Quest (4pts)
Titles: Adjective (1pt)
Book Cover: Partial Face (1pt)
Random Tasks: Family Saga (1pt)
June Events: Father (1pt)
Pages: 656 (6pts)
Total Points: 18
Total Challenge Points: 43


Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews
Time Period: Contemporary: 1 Pt
Genre: Fantasy: 1 Pt
Locale: Georgia: 1 Pt
Cover: City, Stars, Yellow: 3 Pts
Theme: Hero Quest: 1 Pt
260 Pages: 2 Pts
Book Total: 9 Pts

The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton
Time Period: Contemporary: 1 Pt
Locale: England: 1 Pt
Random: Published 1992, 3 Name Author: 2 pts
Cover: Yellow: 1 Pt
272 Pages: 2 Pts
Book Total: 7 Pts.
Challenge Total: 34 Pts


Eugenia Price
Time: 1852-1867- 1
Locale: Georgia- 1
Genres: HF, romance, horror- 3
Themes: War, politics, self-discover
Cover: Dress, yellow- 2
Random: saga, pub. 1995- 2
June: Slavery, music, father, disability- 4
631 pg: 6
Book total: 22
Challenge Total: 71 points

The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
Time Period: 1900s. 1 pt
Genre: HF/Romance. 2 pts
Locale: England. 1 pt
Theme: War 1 pt
Title: Adjective 1 pt
Cover: Castle/Water 2 pts
June: Father 1 pt
Total: 15 points


The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Time Period: 1900s (+1)
Genre: Classic (+1)
Locale: New York (+1)
Themes: Self-Discovery (+1)
Book Cover: City or town, Yellow (+2)
Random: Published 1900-1999 (+1)
June Events: Musician, Disability (+2)
Page points: 244 pages (+2)
Book total = 11
Challenge total = 25

Pages - 675 - 6 points
Time period - 1800s - 1 point
Genre - HF - 1 point
Locale - England, New York - 2 points.
Themes - self-discovery, LGBT - 2 points
Titles - adjective (Tea) Rose - 1 point.
Book Cover - partial face - 1 point
June events - father - 1 point
Total for task - 15 points
Total for challenge - 65 points


Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Time Period: 1700s (1 point)
Genre: Young adult, historical fiction (2 points)
Locale: New York (1 point)
Themes: War, politics, self-discovery (3 points)
Title: One word (1 point)
Book cover: partial face (1 point)
Random task: three-named author (1 point)
June events: slavery (1 point)
Page count: 316 pages (4 points)
Book total: 15 points


The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
Time Period: Contemporary (1 point)
Genre: Young Adult (1 point)
Locale: England (1 point)
Themes: Self-Discovery (1 point)
Title: Adjective (1 point)
Random Tasks: Can't Wait Books of 2011 (1 point)
Page Count: 4 points (304 pages)
Total Book Points: 10 points

Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore
Time Period: 1900's (1 point)
Genre: Historical Fiction (1970's, so 30-40 years before publication) (1 point)
Locale: Georgia (1 point)
Themes: Self-Discovery (1 point)
Title: A Proper Name (1 point)
Cover: Stars/Yellow (2 points)
Random Tasks: Read a book by an author with three names (1 point)
June events: In Honor of Father's Day (1 point)
Page Count: 2 points (293 pages)
Total Book Points: 11 points
Total Challenge Points: 123 points

Points -
Time Period: Medieval (+1 point)
Genre: Historical Fiction (+1 point)
Locale: England (+1 point)
Themes: War (+1 point)/ Politics (+1 point)
Book Cover: Color Yellow (+1 point)/partial face (+1 point)/gown (+1 point)/body of water (+ 1 point)/castle (+1 point)
Random: Author with three names(+1 point)/ Family Saga (+1 point)
June Events: Father [Richard of York] (+1 point)
Total task points: 13
Page Bonus 6 (598 pgs)
Total: 19
Cumulative Total: 30 pts


256 pgs 2 pts
Locale - New York 1 pt
Themes - War 1 pt
Hero Quest 1 pt
Title - Plant 1 pt
Cover - Dog 1 pt
Yellow 1 pt
Book Total 8 pts

336 pgs 4 pts
Time - 1800's 1 pt
Genre - HF 1 pt
Locale - England 1 pt
Theme - Exploration 1 pt
Title - One Word 1 pt
Cover - Dress 1 pt
Random - Author w/ 3 names(initials) 1 pt
Book total 11 pts
Challenge total 52 pts


The Deeds of the Disturberby Elizabeth Peters
Time Period: 1800s (1pt)
Genre: Historical Fiction (1pt)
Locale: England (1pt)
Book Cover: yellow (1pt)
Random: published between 1900-1999 (1pt)
Bonus: 400 pages (4pt)
Total Task: 9 pts
Total Challenge: 9 pts


Points:
Time Period: 1800s and 1900s - 2pts
Genre: Non-Fiction - 1pt
Locale: England - 1pt
Themes: War and Politics - 2pts
Titles: A Proper Name: Queen Victoria - 1pt
Book Cover: Partial Face and Dress or Gown - 2pts
Random Tasks: Read a Family Saga - 1pt
Pages: 496 pages - 4pts
Challenge Total: 14pts


Book: A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee
Pages: 335
Time Period: 1 pt - 1800s
Genre: 4 pt - Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Romance, Adventure
Locale: 1 pt - England
Themes: 2 pt - Exploration, Self-discovery
Titles: 0 pt -
Book Cover: 2 pt - Partial face, Dress or gown
Random Tasks: 1 pt - by an author with three names (initials count)
June Events 1 pt - In honor of - Dept. of Justice creation
Task points: 12
Page Bonus: 4
Total: 16 (corrected)
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Book: Dissolution by C.J. Sansom
Pages: 320pp.
Time Period: 1 pt - Medieval
Genre: 3 pt - Historical Fiction, Thriller, Adventure
Locale: 1 pt - England
Themes: 2 pt - Exploration, Politics,
Titles: 1 pt - One word title
Book Cover: 1 pt - yellow lettering
Random Tasks: 1 pt - by an author with three names (initials count)
June Events 3 pt - In honor of - Father's Day, , Helen Keller's birthday, Dept. of Justice creation
Task points: 13
Page Bonus: 4
Total: 17 (corrected)
Total Challenge Points: 150 (16+14+87+33)
Edited to correct points pointed out by Jackie

Time period: Contemporary - 1
Genre: Thriller - 1, Science Fiction - 1
Themes: Politics - 1 (view spoiler)
Title: One Word - 1, Adjective - 1
Cover: Dog - 1, Yellow - 1
Father Figure: 1 (view spoiler)
Pages: 336, bonus points - 4
Task Points: 13
Challenge Points: 13

Kiri- 147
Shay- 123
Butterflycager-119
Luckngrace- 70
LemonLinda- 67
Cheryl- 52
Beth NC- 43
KarenF- 34
Jayme- 30
KristiJ- 30
Holly P- 30
Rachel- 29
Jen C- 25
Heather- 22
Alexandra- 18
Amy- 16
Robyn- 15
Becky- 14
Lisa- 14
Janice- 13
Gayle- 11
Laura K- 11
ladywallingford- 10
Melissa- 9
Brittany- 9
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Butterflycager: The Great Night- You earned +1 pt for adjective
Jayme: The Carnivorous Carnival- There was a -1 pt for cat (lion). It has to be an actual cat :)
Luckngrace: Beauty from Ashes- There is -1 pt for horror. If you can tell me how it is classified as horror I'll be willing to give you the point.
Kiri:
HP & Deathly Hallows- There was a -1 pt for lack of city/town
Dexter by Design- It's most the popular cover, so -4 pts for the points claimed on book cover.
How to Ditch your Fairy- No adjective in the title, therefore -1 pt
Spellfire- For the title not a proper name or an adjective, therefore -2 pts
Death of a Musketeer- For the book cover I didn't see a castle, so
-1 pt and -1 pt for no adjective
A Spy in the House- The book cover only shows a building, therefore
-1 for city or town
Dissolution: No adjective (-1 pt) or partial face (has to be popular cover)(-1 pt), but color is yellow for lettering (+1 pt)
LemonLinda: The Tea Rose- You earned +2 for plant and romance
Amy: A Tale of Two Cities- You earned +1 pt for partial faces
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Please let me know if anything looks questionable or if I missed anything :)


Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Time Periods: Contemporary (+1)
Genres: YA, Fantasy, Adventure (+3)
Locale: England (+1)
Themes: Self-Discovery, Hero Quest (+1)
Title: Proper Name (+1)
Book Cover: Dog, Castle, Stars, Yellow (+4)
Random: Published 1900-1999, Author with 3 names (+2)
June Events: Father (+1)
Page Points: 309 pages (+4)
Book total = 18
Challenge total = 43


The Prize by Julie Garwood
Time Period: Medieval: 1 Pt
Genre: HF, Romance: 2 Pts
Locale: England: 1 Pt
Theme: War: 1 Pt
Random: Published 1991: 1 Pt
408 Pages: 4 Pts
Book Total: 10 Pts

Undead and Unpopular by MaryJanice Davidson
Time Period: Contemporary: 1 Pt
Locale: Minnesota: 1 Pt
Title: Adjective: 1 Pts
Cover: Dress, Yellow: 2 Pts
304 Pages: 4 Pts
Book Total: 9 Pts
Challenge Total: 53 Pts



Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Time period - 1800s (1 point)
Genre - Historical fiction (1 point)
Theme - self-discovery (1 point)
Title - Adjective (secret), proper name (Snow Flower) (2 points)
Page count: 253 pages (2 points)
Book total: 7 points


369 pages +4
Time period: Pre-historic +1
Genre: romance, historical fiction +2
local: middle east +1
themes: self discovery, (ancient) politics +2
title: adjective +1
Book cover: yellow, dress +2
june event: father +1
Total: 14


Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
407 pages: 4
Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Romance, Fantasy, Adventure - 5
Themes: Self-discovery, Hero Quest - 2
Title: Proper Name (Wildwood - name of forest) - 1
Book Cover: Partial face, Dog and cat, Dress or gown, Stars, The color yellow, Body of water (IE: Lake, pond, stream, ocean, etc) - 6
Random Task: Family Saga - 1
Book Total: 19


The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Time Period:
1900s - 1
Genre:
Science Fiction - 1
Locale:
Canada - 1
Theme:
War - 1
Politics - 1
Book Cover:
Partial face (Profiles allowed)- 1
Dress or Gown - 1
The color yellow - 1
Task Total: 8
Page Bonus: 2
Total: 10
Cristiana wrote: "Will a collection of short stories by the same author and centering on the same topic count? It is over 200 pages."
Yep. That's fine. :)
Yep. That's fine. :)


256 pgs 2 pts
Genre - HF 1 pt
Locale - Georgia 1 pt
Theme - War 1 pt
Title - Proper Name 1 pt
Cover - Partial Face, Dress, Yellow 3 pts
Book total 9 pts
Challenge total 61 pts

321 pages - 4 points
Genre
Historical Fiction +1
Romance +1
Adventure +1
Locale
South America +1
Themes
Exploration +1
War +1
Politics +1
Bibliophilia +1 (Main character writing memoir)
Self-discovery +1
Titles
A Proper Name +1 (Ines)
Book Cover
The color yellow +1
June Events
In honor of Native American citizenship - Read a book featuring Native Americans (the Mapuches) +1
In honor of Juneteenth - Read a book about slavery or abolition of slavery (the Yanaconas) +1
In honor of Father's Day - Read a book featuring a father or father-figure (Rodrigo) +1
Book total: 18
Challenge Total: 30


Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Time period: 1800s (1 point)
Genre: science fiction, classic, adventure (3 points)
Themes: exploration (1 point)
Cover: body of water (1 point)
Page count: 270 (2 points)
Book total: 8 points


Murder under Cover by Kate Carlisle
Time Period: Contemporary (1 point)
Themes: Bibliophilia (1 point)
Book Cover: Dog or Cat/Books/Yellow (3 points)
Page Count: 2 points ( 284 pages)
Total Book Points: 7 points

Missy
Time Period: 1800's (1 point)
Genre: Historical Fiction (1 point)
Title: A Proper Name/One word title (2 points)
Cover: City or Town (1 point)
Page Count: 2 points (295 pages)
Book Total: 7 points
Wildthorn by Jane Eagland
Time Period: 1800's (1 point)
Genre: Young Adult/Historical Fiction (2 points)
Locale: England (1 point)
Themes: LGBT (1 point)
Title: One word title (1 point)
Page Count: 4 points (359 pages)
Total Book Points: 10 points
Total Challenge Points: 147 points
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Time period:
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One of my all-time faves!!