Mini-Challenge #3 - September 2011 - REPORT POINTS HERE

[LemonLinda]

Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy

Page count - 272 - 2 points
Time - 1900s - 1 point
Published - 1956 - 1 point
Genre - NF - 1 point
Red letters in title - 1 point
Three word title - 1 point
Themes - war, slavery - 2 points

Task total - 9 points
Challenge total - 112 points

Thanks - enjoyed it!

[JC]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Published: 2001-2011 (+1)
Genre: Paranormal, Mystery, Adventure (+3)
Theme: War, Coming of Age, Magic (+3)
Random: Red title, Popular, Favorite Author (+3)
Pages: 759 (+8)
Book total = 18

Challenge total = 92

[Kiri]

Cover:
Book: Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot by Al Franken
Pages: 336
Time Period: 1 pt - 1900s
Genre: : 1 pt - Non-fiction
Titles: 1 pt - A Fall Color
Random Tasks: 1 pt - Red Title
Sept Events: 2 pt - Union, Immigrants
Task points: 6
Page Bonus: 4
Total: 10

Cover:
Book: The Raphael Affair by Iain Pears
Pages: 240
Time Period: 2 pt - 1500's, 1900's
Genre: : 2 pt - Mystery, Historical Fiction
Locale: 1 pt - Rome
Themes: : 1 pt - War
Titles: 2 pt - Three word title, A Fall Color,
Task points: 8
Page Bonus: 2
Total: 10

Total Challenge Points: 262

[Carla]

Dracula by Bram Stoker

492 pages = 4pts
Genre: paranormal = 1pt
Themes: epistolary =1pt
Random: one word title "Dracula" to "lad" and "ruda" (a type of plant) = 1pt
Total= 7pts

Challenge total = 37pts

[Butterflycager]

Fortune's Fool by Mercedes Lackey

Pages: 368
Published in 2007 = 1 point
Themes: retelling, magic = 2 points
Book cover: green (on woman's crown and dress - a bit hard to see) = 1 point
September events: music/musicians (One of the main characters is a Songweaver) = 1 point

Task points: 5
Page points: 4
Book total: 9
Challenge total: 352

[Shay]

The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
Published Time Period: 2001-2011 (1 point)
Genre: Parnormal/Adventure (2 points)
Locale: Russia/Egypt (2 points)
Themes: Coming of Age/Magic (2 points)
Cover: River (they're on a boat on a magical river, 1 point)
Random Tasks: Read a book from Popular/New Releases page (1 point)
Page Count: 4 points (452 pages)
Total Book Points: 13 points


Fires in the Dark by Louise Doughty
Setting Time Period: 1900's (1 point)
Published Time Period: 2001-2011 (1 point)
Genre: Historical Fiction (1 point)
Themes: War (1 point)
Book Cover: Green (1 point)
Page Count: 4 points (481 pages)
Total Book Points: 9 points

Total Challenge Points: 368 points

[Diane S ☔]

Birds of Paradise: A Novel by Diana Abu-Jaber

384 pgs. 4 pts.
Published 2011 1 pt.
Coming of age 1 pt.
Green title 1 pt.
3 word title 1 pt.
New release pg. 1 pt.

Total 9 pts.
Challenge total 323 pts.

[Diane S ☔]

Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross

422 pgs. 4 pts.
Historical fiction 1 pt.
Re-telling and War (Crusades) 2 pts.

Total 7 pts. Challenge total 330 pts.

Done This was fun!

[Kiri]

Cover:
Book: A Short History of China by Hilda Hookham
Pages: 381
Time Period: 4 pt - Ancient History (B.C), 1500s, 1700s, 1900s
Genre: : 1 pt - Non-fiction
Locale: 2 pt - China, Russia/USSR
Themes: : 3 pt - War, Slavery, Coming of Age (in the sense of a nation)
Titles: 1 pt - Fall Color
Sept Events: 4 pt - Union, Immigration, Music/Musicians, Charity
Task points: 15
Page Bonus: 4
Total: 19

Cover:
Book: The Nine Lives of Chloe King by Liz Braswell
Pages: 771
Time Period: 1 pt - 1900s
Published Time Period: 1 pt - 2001-2011
Genre: : 2 pt - Mystery, Adventure
Locale: 1 pt - Egypt
Themes: : 2 pt - Coming of Age, Magic
Cover: 1 pt - Ruler
Random Tasks: ? pt -
Sept Events: ? pt -
Task points: 9
Page Bonus: 8
Total: 17

Cover:
Book: Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Pages: 286
Time Period: 1 pt - 1900's
Genre: : 3 pt - Paranormal, Mystery, Adventure
Themes: : 2 pt - Coming of Age, Magic
Titles: 1 pt - Fall Color
Task points: 7
Page Bonus: 2
Total: 9

Total Challenge Points: 307

[Cheryl A]

Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs
Published 2011 1 pt
Genre - Mystery 1 pt
Title - 3 word title 1 pt
278 pgs 2 pts

Book total 5 pts



The Witch's Grave by Shirley Damsgaard
Published 2009 1 pt
Genre - Mystery, Paranormal 2 pts
Locale - Iowa 1 pt
Themes - Magic 1 pt
Title - 3 word title 1 pt
262 pgs 2 pts

Book total 8 pts

Challenge total 127 pts

[Becky, Moddess]

Final Scoreboard:
Shay 369
Butterflycager 352
Diane 330
Kiri 305
Luckngrace 207
Cheryl 127
LemonLinda 112
Christy 98
Nikki 94
JenC 92
DianeWhitney 91
April 82
Rachel 79
Djrmel 68
Jayme 66
Holly P 59
Becky 42
Lisa 41
Christina 37
Ladywallingford 37
Carla 36
JenniferB 32
Susan 31
Margaret 25
Shannon 21
Danielle 17
Babs 16
Amy 16
Gayle 11
Jessica 8
Chana 7
Brittany 6


Notes:
- Shay, I added a point for Paranormal for The Night Circus
- Diane Whitney, I don't consider "riptide" to be a weather word, but I did allow for the Epistolary point.
- Diane, "bitter" doesn't count as a weather word. Cold would count, but as bitter is just describing something else, it doesn't really count. Sorry.
- Carla, the words you made out of Dracula aren't valid as you reused the "D". So I took off a point for that one.
- Kiri, can you explain the "ruler" on The Nine Lives of Chloe King? Also, what are your Random and September points for? They are in your total but not listed in your breakdown.

Thanks for participating everyone... :D