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Mini-Challenge #3 - September 2011 - REPORT POINTS HERE
Hounded by Kevin Hearne
Pages: 289
Published in 2011 = 1 point
Genre: paranormal = 1 point
Theme: magic = 1 point
Random: one word title into two words: HOUNDED = HONE + DUD = 1 point
Task points: 4
Page points = 2
Book total = 6
Challenge total = 133
When the Lion Feeds by Wilbur Smith
544 pages 6 pts
Genres HF, Adventure 2
Themes coming of age, Zulu wars 2
Random favorite author 1
Total 11 points
Challenge total to date 98 points
Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy by John Le Carre
Pages: 379 (+4 points)
Setting Time Period: 1900s (+1 point)
Genre: Mystery (+1 point)
Locale: China, Russia (+2 points)
Book Cover: River (+1 point)
Red Title (+1 point)
Music/musicians: Camilla (+1 point)
Book Total: 11 points
Challenge total: 21 points
Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
256 pages 2points
Genres HF, paranormal 2
Themes coming of age, magic2
red letters in title 1
angel 1
Total 8 points
Challenge total 106 points
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
384 pgs. 4 pts.
Future 1 pt.
Published 2011 1 pt.
Genre Adventure, Mystery 2 pt.
Theme Coming of age 1 pt.
Title Yellow 1 pt.
3 word title 1 pt.
Most popular book list 1 pt.
80's music 1 pt.
Total 13 pts.
Challenge Total 84 pts.
Hot Six by Janet Evanovich Bonus: 4
Genre: Mystery-1
Random: read a book by your favorite author-1
Titles: Fall colors-yellow and orange-1
Book Cover-the color green (the word Six is in green)-1
Setting-1900's-1
Task Total: 9
Grand Total: 27
The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
Page Count: 706 - 6 points
Time Period: 1900s - 1 point
Published: 2006 - 1 point
Genre: HF - 1 point
Titles: 3 words - 1 point
September: charity work (notably from Fiona and India) 1 point
Task Total - 11 points
Challenge Total - 27 points
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus
304 pages 4 points
Genre HF,western,memoir 3
Themes coming of age,Indian wars,epistorary 3
Random Pop releases 1
Total 11 points
Challenge total to date 117 points
Cover:
Book: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Pages: 384
Time Period: 1 pt - Future
Published Time Period: 1 pt (2011) 2011-2011
Genre: 2 pt - Mystery, Adventure
Themes: : 1 pt - Coming of Age
Titles: 2 pt - Three word title, A Fall Color (yellow & red)
Random Tasks: 2 pt - Popular, Music
Task points: 9
Page Bonus: 4
Total: 13
Total Challenge Points: 102
The Pack by Jason Starr
Pages: 352
Published in 2011 = 1 point
Genre: paranormal = 1 point
Task points: 2
Page points: 4
Book total: 6
Total challenge points: 139
Truman by David McCullough
Page Count: 1120 - 10 points
Time period:1900s - 1 point
Genre: NF - 1 point
Themes: Coming of age, Wars - 2 points
Book Cover: A ruler (Truman himself), green - 2 points
Random: one word to 2 (tan rum) - 1 point
Task total - 17 points
Challenge total - 44 points
Baltimore Blues
by Laura Lippman336 pages 4 points
mystery 1
trade uniion 1
total 6 points
Challenge total 123 points
The Magic Cottage
394 pages = 4 points
1900s = 1 point
Magic = 1 point
3 word title = 1 point
Read a book featuring music or musicians = 1 point (the narrator is a musician/song writer and his current work, former lifestyle and instruments all have a part in the story)
Book total = 8 points
Challenge Total = 29 points
The Hunger Games
374 pages - 4 pts
3 word title - 1 pt
popular page - 1 pt
coming of age - 1 pt
published 2009 - 1 pt
future - 1 pt
task total - 9 pts.
Challenge total - 25 pts.
Red Riding Hood
by Sarah Blakley-CartwrightPages; 329 = 4 pts
Publish Time Period: 2001-2011; 2011 = 1 pt
Genre: Paranormal; Mystery = 2 pts
Themes: Coming of Age; Retelling = 2 pts
Titles: Three word title; A fall color (red) = 2 pts
Random Tasks: Book with red title; Book from Popular = 2 pts
Book total = 13 pts
Challenge total = 33 pts
Fall from Pride by Karen Harper
400 pgs. 4 pts.
Published 2011 1 pt.
Mystery 1 pt.
3 word title 1 pt.
Green on cover 1 pt.
Total 8 pts.
Challenge total 90 pts.
Nightwoods by Charles Frazier
272 pgs. 2 pts.
mid 1900's 1 pt.
published 2011 1 pt.
Mystery 1 pt.
One word Title 1 pt.
Yellow title 1 pt.
Total 7 pts.
Challenge Total 97 pts.
371 pages = 4 pts
Setting time period: Ancient History = 1 pt
Published time period: 2001-2011 = 1 pt
Genre: Adventure = 1 pt
Themes: War and Magic = 2 pts
Random: red title = 1 pt
Sept. Events: William the Conqueror: immigration = 1 pt
total = 11 points
Challenge total = 11 points
44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
Pages: 325
Published 2005 = 1 point
Genre: mystery = 1 point
Task points: 2
Page points: 4
Book total: 6
Out of the Shadows by Joanne Rendell
Pages: 336 pages
Published in 2010 = 1 point
Book cover - title is green = 1 point
Task points: 2
Page points: 4
Book total: 6
Total points this post: 12
Total challenge points: 151
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256 pages 2 pts.
Winter and Dance Random Task 1 pt.
Favorite author 1 pt.
1900s setting 1 pt.
NF 1 pt.
Adventure 1 pt.
Memoir 1 pt.
Total Points: 8
The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston
Published time period: 2001-2011 (1 point)
Genre: Mystery (1 point)
Random Tasks: Read a book with a red title (1 point)
Page Count: 6 points (629 points)
Total Book Points: 9 points
Total Challenge Points: 90 points
by Lisa See309pgs: 4pts
Time: 1900's (1pt)
Published: 2009 (1pt)
Genre: HF (1pt)
Location: China (1pt)
Cover: color green (1pt)
Themes: coming of age/war (2pts)
Septemeber events: immigration (1pt)
Total: 12pts
Grand total: 53pts
This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman
240 pgs. 2 pts.
Published 2011 1 pt.
Coming of age 1 pt.
Title red 1 pt.
Total 5 pts.
Challenge total 102 pts.
A Death in Summer by Benjamin Black
320 pgs. 4 pts.
Published 2011 1 pt.
Mystery 1 pt.
Title yellow 1 pt.
Total 7 pts.
Challenge total 109 pts.
The Sweet Scent of Blood by Suzanne McLeod
Pages: 363
Published in 2008 = 1 point
Genre: paranormal = 1 point
Theme: magic = 1 point
Task points: 3
Page points: 4
Book total: 7
Challenge total: 158
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Published: 2001-2011 (+1)
Genre: Paranormal, Adventure, Mystery (+3)
Themes: Coming of Age, War, Magic (+3)
Titles: fall color (blood?) (+1)
Cover: green (+1)
Random: Favorite Author, GR popular link (+2)
Pages: 652 (+6)
Book total = 17
Challenge total = 35
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Page Count: 272 - 2 points
Time Period: 1900s - 1 point
Published: 2006 - 1 point
Themes: Coming of age, wars - 2 points
Task Total - 6 point
Challenge Total - 50 points
The Witch Is Dead by Shirley Damsgaard
Published 2007 1 pt
Genre - Mystery, Paranormal 2 pts
Locale - Iowa 1 pt
Theme - Magic 1 pt
Cover - Color green 1 pt
292 pgs 2 pts
Book total 8 pts
Challenge total 66 pts
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré
Setting: 1900s = 1
Weather word in title: Cold = 1
Page bonus: 229 pages = 2
Book total = 4
Challenge total = 12
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
Setting: 1900s = 1
Theme: Coming of age = 1
Theme: Epistolatory = 1
3 Words in title = 1
September events: Charity = 1
(MC is an orphan at a charity school; she attends college on Daddy Long Legs's charity; she does charity work towards the end of the book)
Book points = 5
Challenge points = 17
The Twelfth Enchantment by David Liss
432 pages - 4 points
Published Time Period: 2001-2011 - 1 point
Genre: Historical Fiction - 1 point
Themes: Coming of Age - 1 point
Magic - 1 point
Book Cover: The color green - 1 point
Random Task: Red Title - 1 point
September events - trade union or strike (Luddites) - 1 point
Total - 11 points
Challenge total 120 pts.
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
Published: 2001-2011 (+1)
Genre: Paranormal, Mystery, Adventure (+3)
Themes: Coming of Age, Magic (+1)
Pages: 308 (+4)
Book total = 9
Challenge total = 44
*I rarely give books one star - but this got one! Disappointing since I picked it because of the author and I've liked his adult fantasy novels, but he stinks at YA!
The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy
Pages: 416
Setting time period: 1900s = 1 point
Published in 2011 = 1 point
Genre: historical fiction = 1 point
Theme: war = 1 point
Title: three words = 1 point
Cover: green = 1 point
Task points: 6
Page points: 4
Book total: 10
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Pages: 374
Setting time period: 1900s = 1 point
Published in 2009 = 1 point
Genre: historical fiction, mystery = 2 points
Book cover: green = 1 point
Task points: 5
Page points: 4
Book total: 9
Total points this post: 19
Challenge total: 177
by Lisa SeeSetting: 1900s - 1pt
Published: 2009 - 1pt
Genre: Historical Fiction - 1pt
Locale: China - 1pt
Themes: Coming of Age & War - 2pts
Book Cover: Green - 1pt
September Theme: Immigration - 1pt
309 pages - 4pts
Task Total - 12 pts
by Michelle MoranSetting: 1700s - 1pt
Published: 2011 - 1pt
Genre: Historical Fiction - 1pt
Themes: War - 1pt
Book Cover: Green - 1pt
446 pages - 4pts
Task Total - 9pts
Grand Total - 21pts
by Daphne du Maurier441 pages
Setting: 1900s (+1)
Published: 1914-1960 (1938) (+1)
Genre: Mystery (+1)
Theme: Coming of Age (+1)
Page Bonus: 4
Book Total: 8
by Maggie Stiefvater390 pages
Published: 2001-2011 (+1)
Genre: Paranormal (+1)
Random: For Ever (+1)
Random: Most popular (+1)
Page Bonus: 4
Book Total: 8
by Ruta Sepetys344 pages
Setting: 1900s (+1)
Published: 2001-2011 (+1)
Genre:HF (+1)
Locale: Russia/USSR (+1)
Themes: War (+1)
Book cover: The color green (+1)
Random: Most popular (+1)
Page Bonus: 4
Book Total: 11
by Richelle Mead277 pages
Published: 2001-2011 (+1)
Genre:Paranormal (+1)
Locale: WA state (+1)
Titles: Fall Color (yellow) (+1)
Random: Most popular (+1)
Sept events: Angels (+1)
Page Bonus: 2
Book Total: 8
by Jeaniene Frost358 pages
Published: 2001-2011 (+1)
Genre: Paranormal (+1)
Locale: Iowa (+1)
Title: Fall color (orange) (+1)
Random: Fav author (+1)
Random: Most popular (+1)
Page Bonus: 4
Book Total: 10
by John Crowley295 pages
Setting: 1900s (+1)
Published: 2001-2011 (+1)
Genre: HF (+1)
Locale: Russia/USSR (+1)
Theme: War, Coming of Age (+2)
Page Bonus: 2
Book Total: 8
Challenge Total: 53
Stonehenge
578 pages - 4
Time Period: BC - 1
Published: 2004 - 1
Genre: HF, Adventure - 2
Themes: War, Coming of Age, Slavery, Magic - 4
Random: 1 word to 2 (Stonehenge=stone henge) - 1
Total = 13
Challenge total = 48
Alone
by Lisa Gardner480 pages | 4 points
pub 2005 | 1 pt
mystery | 1 pt
one word title (no and ale) | 1 pt
red title | 1 pt
total | 8 points
Challenge total | 131 points
In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant
368 pages (4 points)
Setting time period: 1500s (1 point)
Published time period: 2006 (1 point)
Genre: HF (1 point)
Themes: Magic (1 point)
Total Points for book = 8
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
320 Pages (4 points)
Published time period: 1813 (1 point)
Title: Three words (1 point)
Random: Popular book (1 point)
Random: Favorite author (1 point)
Total Points for book: 8
Total Points for challenge: 16
by Jonathan Safran Foer326 pgs. 4 pts.
Published 2005 1 pt.
Historical fiction 1 pt.
Coming of age 1 pt.
Total 7 pts.
Challenge total 127 pts.
The Hand That Trembles by Kjell Eriksson
320 pgs. 4 pts.
published 2011 1 pts.
1950 flashbacks 1 pt.
Sweden 1 pt.
Mystery 1 pt.
Total 8 pts.
Challenge total 135 pts.
The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee
Pages: 328
Setting time period: 1900s = 1 point
Published in 2009 = 1 point
Genre: historical fiction = 1 point
Theme: war = 1 point
Title: three words = 1 point
Book cover: green = 1 point
September events: immigration (this book took place in Hong Kong during the 1940s and 1950s and most of the characters came from someplace else) = 1 point
Task points: 7
Page points: 4
Book total: 11
Challenge total: 188
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Page count - 352 - 4 points
Time period - 1900s - 1930s - 1 point
Published - 1948 - 1 point
Genre - HF - 1 point
Themes - coming of age - 1 point
Book cover - green - 1 point
Task total - 9 points
Challenge total - 59 points
Northwest Angle by William Kent Krueger
320 pgs. 4 pts.
Published 2011 1 pt.
Mystery 1 pt.
Green on cover 1 pt.
River 1 pt.
Title yellow 1 pt.
Total 8 pts.
Challenge total 143 pts.
Witches' Bane
by Susan Wittig Albert272 pages | 2 points
Setting 1980s | 1
mystery | 1
magic | 1
green | 1
red title | 1
total | 7
Challenge total | 138
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
266 pages: 2 points
Published 2008: 1 point
War: 1 point
Immigration: 1 point
Popular New Release: 1 point (it comes up under Most Read This Week - does that count?)
Total: 6 points
Challenge Total: 27 points
Seven Up by Janet EvanovichBonus (352pp) +4
Genre: Mystery +1
Fall Colors: orange background, yellow lettering +1
Random: Read a book by your favorite author-1
Book Cover: the color green (the word Seven is green)+1
Published Year 2001-2011 (2001) +1
Book Total: 9
Grand Total: 36
50 Ways to Hex Your Loverby Linda Wisdom
374 pages - 4 points
Published Time Period: 2001-2011 - 1 poing
Genre: Paranormal, Mystery - 2 points
Theme: Magic - 1 point
Book Cover: The Color Green - 1 point
Total Task Points: 9 points
Challenge Total: 25 points
by Kelley Armstrong359 pages
Published: 2001-2011 (+1)
Genre: Paranormal (+1)
Random: Most popular (+1)
Page Bonus: 4
Book Total: 7
Challenge Total: 60
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Pages: 306
Setting time period: 1900s = 1 point
Theme: magic = 1 point
Random - one word into two - CHOCOLAT = COOL + CHAT = 1 point
Task points: 3
Page points: 4
Book total: 7
Challenge total: 195
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Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante
304 pages - 4 pts
Published 2011 - 1 pt
Mystery - 1 pt
3 word title - 1 pt
Task total - 7 pts
Challenge total - 16 pts.