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Challenge #7 - REPORT POINTS HERE
Task 10.1- Take an island vacation. Read: Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell. (Hey, it's the island of Manhattan!)
Pages: 304
Points: 10 task points + 4 page points = 14
Task 15.2- Hot off the presses!
Read: Becoming Marie Antoinette: A Novel by Juliet Grey.
Pages: 464
Points: 15 task points + 4 page points + 1 HF point = 20
Total: 34
10.2 - Let’s take a trip! Read a book about a journey or traveling.I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company
HF = 1
432 pages = 4
Total = 15
Challenge total = 15
Sorry for the delay on getting points posted all. I was out of town & the internet I expected to have wasn't there. :pNew Scoresheet:
Butterflycager 138
Zee 114
Holly 95
Luckngrace 91
Kiri 67
Amy 47
Heather H 45
Jamie 37
Shay 33
Carla 25
Cheryl 25
Heather J 24
Margaret 18
JenC 17
Christy 15
Rachel 15
Emily 13
Shannon 13
Jayme 9
Karen 9
LadyWallingford 7
Notes:
JenC - I added a point to Wild Swans for HF.
Rachel wrote: "Sorry for the delay on getting points posted all. I was out of town & the internet I expected to have wasn't there. :pNew Scoresheet:
Butterflycager 138
Zee 114
Holly 95
Luckngrace 91
Kiri 67
..."
It wasn't HF, it was Nonfiction, so I'll take the 16. Thanks for looking out for me though!
10.3 - All work and no play.The Host
619 pgs 6 pts
HF 0 pts
Task total 16 pts
20.3 - I wish I coulda been there!
A Voice in the Wind
520 pgs 6 pts
HF 1 pt
Task total 27
Challenge total 56
10.2 - Let’s take a trip! Read a book about a journey or traveling.Read: The Sooner the Betterby Debbie Macomber
Pages: 279
Task Points: 10
Page Bonus: 2
HF: 0
Task Total: 12
Challenge Total: 12
Task 50.1 - Pulitzer Winner (History)
The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed
Task points = 50
662 pages = 6 bonus
NF = 1 bonus
Task total = 57
Challenge total = 73
15.1 Read a HF book set in the 1960s.Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes
Page count - 690
15 task points
6 page points
1 HF point (per 1960s exception)
Total for task - 22
Total for challenge - 22
5.2 - It’s a scorcher out there! Read a book with “Hot”, “Summer”, or “Sun” in the title.The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott
352 pages = 4
HF = 1
Total = 10
Challenge total = 25
100 pt bonus task: Read 4 of the 7First book: Suttreefinished 7/12,471 pages
2nd book: The Books of Rachel 450 pages 7/24
3rd book: Pride and Prejudice 320 pages 7/28
Task#: 100.1 A job well done! (Read 4)Books:
The Books of Rachel by Joel Gross 450pp
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 320pp
Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett 423pp
The Princess Bride by William Goldman 398pp
Points: 100
pp. bonus: 18
HF Point: 4
Total Points this Task: 122
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Task: 20.3 I wish I coulda been there!
Book: The Jewel Box by Anna Davis 384pp.
Task Points: 20 pts
Pages: 4 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total Task: 25 pts
Challenge Total: 214
10.3 Read a book with a name of an occupation in the title.The Postmistress bySarah Blake
336pages: 4pts
HF: 1pt
Total: 15pts
Grand Total: 30pts
20.1 - Celebrate Freedom! Read a HF book that celebrates any kind of freedom. (religious, race, gender, political, etc.) - religious freedomPeople of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
task = 20pts
372 pages = 4pts
HF = 1pt
task total = 25pts
challenge total = 50 points
5.3 - A trip down the rabbit hole... Read a re-imagined fairy tale. Leaping Beauty: And Other Animal Fairy Tales
224 pages = 2
Total = 7
Challenge total = 32
15.2 - Hot off the presses! Read a HF book published in 2011.Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn
388 pages
Task points: 15
Page bonus: 4
HF bonus: 1
Task total: 20
Challenge total: 134
20.2 - It’s a stay-cation. Read a HF book that is set where you live or in your local region. The Cincinnati Red Stalkings by: Troy Soos
336 pages - 4 points
HF - 1 point
Total - 25 points
Challenge Total - 32 points
Task 20.3- I wish I coulda been there!Read: Katharine the Virgin Widow by Jean Plaidy. (Love Tudor England!)
Pages: 311
Points: 20 task points + 4 page points + 1 HF point = 25 points.
Challenge Total: 59
15.1 - Summer of Love! Read a HF book set in the 1960’s.The Rock and the River
304 pages = 4
HF = 1
Total = 20 points
Challenge Total = 52
Task 10.1 - Take an island vacation. Read a book that is set on an island. Read: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Pages: 320
Task points: 10
Page points: 4
Task total: 14
Challenge total: 152
Task 15.2 (HF published in 2011)The Wild Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
Task = 15
HF = 1
Pages 640 = 6
Task Total = 22
Challenge total = 116
Scoreboard:Kiri 212
Butterflycager 152
Zee 134
Holly 117
Luckngrace 91
Jen C 73
Jeather J 59
Rachel 52
Carla 50
Amy 47
Heather H 45
Jamie 37
Shay 33
LadyWallingford 32
Christy 30
Cheryl 25
LemonLinda 22
Margaret 18
Shannon 13
Jennifer 12
Jayme 9
Karen 9
Task 15.3: HF royal title: The Queen's Fool
504 pages-6+1HF=7pts
Task total: 22pts
Challenge total: 113 points
Just wanted to mention that this is a different Holly than the one already playing. I know same names can be confusing for the score keeper :)Task 10.1 - Take an island vacation. Read a book that is set on an island.
Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
Task Points: 10
Page Bonus: 4 (400 pgs)
HF: +1
Total: 15 pts
50.2 - Djrmel’s task
Read 2 books written by 2 different authors, set in the same country, at least 50 years but no more than 100 years apart. (SET 50-100 years apart)
The River Wife by Jonis Agee (432 pgs)
Bound by Sally Gunning (320 pgs)
Task Points: 50
HF: +2
Page Bonus: 8
Total: 60
10.2 - Let’s take a trip! Read a book about a journey or traveling.
Honolulu by Alan Brennert
Page Bonus 4 (368 pgs)
HF: +1
Total: 15
15.1 - Summer of Love! Read a HF book set in the 1960’s.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Task Points: 15
HF: +1
Page Bonus: 4 (451 pgs)
Total: 20 pts
CUMULATIVE TOTAL: 110 pts
Task 50.1- Shay's taskRead: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Pages: 304
Points: 50 task points + 4 page points + = 54 points.
(Not sure if this is HF? Definitely takes place in a particular time period, though it focuses more on relationships than history? Add the point in if it is deemed HF.)
Challenge Total: 113
5.3 - A trip down the rabbit hole... Read a re-imagined fairy tale.East by Edith Pattou
HF: 1 point
Page Count: 6 points (512 pages)
Total Book Points: 12 points
Total Challenge Points: 45 points
Task 10.1 Read a book set on an islandGuernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer274 Pgs 2 pts
HF 1 pt
Task total 13 pts
Task 10.2 Read a book about a journey or traveling
The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
282 pgs 2 pts
Task total 12 pts
Task 10.3 Read a book that has an occupation in the title
The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr
352 pgs 4 pts
HF 1 pt
Task total 15 pts
Challenge total 65 pts
10.1 - Take an island vacation. Read a book that is set on an island.Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
352 pages
Task points: 10
Page bonus: 4
HF bonus: 1 (released in 1881, set in 1759)
Task total: 15
Challenge total: 149
5.1 - Celebrate Comic Con! Read a graphic novel. The Storm in the Barn
208 points = 2
HF = 1
total = 8 points
Challenge total = 60 points
15.2 - Hot off the presses! Read a HF book published in 2011. Mr. Chartwell
Task= 15pts
256 pages = 2pts
HF = 1pt
Task total = 18pts
Challenge total = 68pts
20.2 - It’s a stay-cation. Read a HF book that is set where you live or in your local region.Snow Mountain Passage by James D. Houston
HF: 1 point
Page Count: 4 points (336 pages)
Task Points: 25 points
Total Challenge Points: 70 points
Task: 10.2 - Journey or traveling.Read: A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Bird
Pages: 276 2 points
Task: 10 points
Total: 12 points
Task 50.1: Pulizer Prize history/bio 1961 Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War432 pages-4+1NF=5pts
Task total-55pts
Challenge total-168 points
Task 10.3 - All work and no play... Read a book that has the name of an occupation in the title.Read: The Glassblower of Murano by Marina Fiorato
Pages: 356
Task points: 10
Page bonus: 4
HF: 1
Task total: 15
Challenge total: 167
20.2 - It’s a stay-cation. Read a HF book that is set where you live or in your local region.The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
288pgs: 2pts
Total: 22pts
Grand Total: 52pts
5.2 - It’s a scorcher out there! Read a book with “Hot”, “Summer”, or “Sun” in the title.Summer of Love by Katie Fforde
376 pages
Task points: 5
Page bonus: 4
Task total: 9
Challenge total: 158
10.3 - All work and no play... Read a book that has the name of an occupation in the title.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
550 pages
Task points: 10
Page bonus: 6
HF bonus: 1
Task total: 17
Challenge total: 175
Task 15.1 - Summer of Love! Read a HF book set in the 1960’s. Read: The Queen of Palmyra: A Novel by Minrose Gwin
Pages: 432
Task points: 15
Page bonus: 4
HF bonus: 1
Task total: 20
Challenge total: 187
50.2 - Djrmel’s task Read 2 books written by 2 different authors, set in the same country, at least 50 years but no more than 100 years apart. (SET 50-100 years apart)
2/2
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by: Lisa See (China 1829-1865 for the bulk of the book)
269 pages - 2 points
HF - 1 point
Women of the Silk by: Gail Tsukiyama
(1919-1938)
278 pages - 2 points
HF- 1 point
Task Total - 56 points
Challenge Total - 88 points
15.2 - Hot off the presses! Read a HF book published in 2011.Josefina's Sin: A Novel by Claudia H. Long
Task pts: 15
Page Bonus: 4 (336 pgs)
HF: +1
Total: 20
20.3 - I wish I coulda been there! Read a HF book that is set in your favorite time period and setting.
In a Treacherous Court by Michelle Diener
Task Pts: 20
Page Bonus: 4 (320 pgs)
HF: +1
Total: 25
CUMULATIVE TOTAL: 155 pts
Task 20.3 - HF in favorite time period/setting
Minx by Julia Quinn
Setting: Regency England
Task total = 20
391 pages = 4 bonus
HF = 1
Total = 25
Challenge total = 98
10.1 - Take an island vacation. Read a book that is set on an islandThe Watery Part of the World
Pages 261 = 2 points
HF = 1 point
Task total = 13 points
Task 15.3 - By royal decree! Read a HF book with a royal title in the title. (ex. Empress Orchid, The White Queen, etc.)Read: Guests of the Emperor by Janice Young Brooks
Pages: 438
Task points: 15
Page bonus: 4
HF: 1
Task total: 20
Challenge total: 207
50.2 - Djrmel’s taskRead 2 books written by 2 different authors, set in the same country, at least 50 years but no more than 100 years apart. (SET 50-100 years apart)
1/2 complete
The Wild Hunt by Elizabeth Chadwick 361 pages. Set England/Wales, 1098
Task 20.1 - Celebrate Freedom! Read a HF book that celebrates any kind of freedom. (religious, race, gender, political, etc.) Read: The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay (celebrates racial and ethnic freedom, as well as the freedom to make one's own choices and fulfill one's own dreams)
Pages: 528
Task points: 20
Page bonus: 6
HF: 1
Task total: 27
Challenge total: 234
5.2 "It's a scorcher out there" Summer of the Dragon by Elizabeth Peters (352 pgs)Task points: 5
Page bonus: 4
Task Total: 9
Challenge Total: 46
Task: 20.2 - It’s a stay-cation. Read a HF book that is set where you live or in your local region. Read: The Believer by Ann H. Gabhart
Pages: 352
Task points: 20
Page bonus: 4
HF: 1
Task total: 25
Challenge total: 259
15.2 - Hot off the presses! Read a HF book published in 2011. 
Pgs 388 4 pts
Hf 1 pt
Task total:20
Challenge total 76
100 Point Bonus:1. The Books of Rachel by Joel Gross
450pgs= 4pts
HF= 1pt
2. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
356pgs= 4pts
HF= 1pt
3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
320pgs=4pts
4. The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
368pgs= 4pts
HF= 1pt
Total:119pts
Grand Total: 171pts
5.3 - A trip down the rabbit hole... Read a re-imagined fairy tale.Beastly by Alex Flinn
304 pages
Task points: 5
Page bonus: 4
Task total: 9
Challenge total: 184
By the way, I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone!
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Task = 20
Pages (720) = 6
HF = 1
Task total = 27
Challenge total = 94