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HF Challenge #8 Scoring Thread
Task 100.1 - Alternatively, every GR book page has a section called "Readers Also Enjoyed". Search for a book you rated 4 or 5 stars and go to the "Readers Also Enjoyed" section (about the middle of the page on the right side) and read one of the suggested books. 1/5 Complete
I rated The Tale of Despereaux 4 stars, so I read the recommended book: The Invention of Hugo Cabret and also rated it 4 stars.
533 pages = 6 bonus
HF = 1
4 more to go!
50.1 - Murder in the Library:D. There is no rational explaination - Read a Paranormal HF
Twelve by Jasper Kent
480 pages - 4 pts
Challenge Total - 54 pts
Grand Total - 81 pts
5.3 Expand your vocabulary! Read a book with a word in the title you wouldn't use everyday speech.Wildflower Hill
542 pages = 6 pts.
HF = 1 pt.
Task = 5 pts.
Total = 12 pts.
Challenge Points: 51 pts.
15.3 Let's Take a Journey! Read an HF book that involves more than one country (Poland, Eastern Europe, France, England).22 Brittannia Road
323 pages = 4 pts
HF = 1 pt
Task = 15 pts
Total: 20 pts
Challenge Points: 62
10.3 - Let's Clean those Shelves! - Read a book you've put back on the shelf at least twice.Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo
321 pgs 4 pts
Task 10 pts
Task total 14 pts
Challenge total 91 pts
This was the third time I'd checked it out from the library ...apparently the third time IS the charm!
100 - Shay's Task: Read 5 books recommended by Goodreads.- Three (3) books must be historical fiction. Go to the Recommendations link (at the top of the GR page) and click on it. Read a book that's listed on your recommendations page.
The Little Bride by Anna Solomon
320 pge = 4 pts.
HF = 1 pt.
This Burns My Heart by Samuel Park
320 pgs. = 4 pts.
HF = 1 pt.
Total 10 pts.
Challenge total 99 pts.
3 more to go
5.3 Read a book with a word in the title that you wouldn't use in everyday speech.Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
368pgs: 4pts
HF: 1pt
Total: 10pts
Grand Total: 47pts
15.2 - Be brave! Discover a new author! Read an HF author you haven't read before by following this link: http://literature-map.com/. Put the name of your favorite HF author into the literature map, pick one of the authors that comes up and read one of their books.Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman
Page Count: 6 points (594 pages)
HF: 1 point
Total Book Points: 22 points
Total Challenge Points: 53 points
He died of natural causes - Read a HF where the main character is a medical practitioner of some kind
50 pts.
HF 1 pt
Page length 4 pts.
Total 55 pts.
10.3 - Let's Clean those Shelves! - You know that book you've been meaning to get to, but keep shoving it back because "someday" you'll read it? Well, that someday has come! Read a book you've put back on the shelf at least twice.
10 pts.
Length 2 pt
Total 12 pts.
Challenge total 67 pts
10.3 - Let's Clean those Shelves! - You know that book you've been meaning to get to, but keep shoving it back because "someday" you'll read it? Well, that someday has come! Read a book you've put back on the shelf at least twice.The Eden Hunter
320 pages - 4
HF - 1
Task total = 15
Challenge = 58
Gayle wrote: "
440 pages50.1` - C: Murder
Task points: 50
Page points: 4
Challenge points thus far: 54"
You missed a point for HF Gayle! Your total is really 55.
Lisa wrote: "50.1 - Murder in the Library:D. There is no rational explaination - Read a Paranormal HF
Twelve by Jasper Kent
480 pages - 4 pts
Challenge Total - 54 pts
Grand To..."
You missed a point for HF Lisa! Your task score is 55 & total is 82.
Updated Scoresheet:Luckngrace 107
Cheryl 91
Diane 89
Lisa 82
Chana 67
Maude 62
Rachel 58
Christina 57
Gayle 55
Shay 53
Nancy 51
Christy 47
Jen C 44
Ellen 25
Jennifer B 25
Diane W 20
Djrmel 20
Jayme 14
Please remember to use the book link when noting what book you read for each task. You can include the bookcover as well if you'd like, but having the title (at least as text) makes my job a LOT easier. Thanks!!
Diane - you will see your bonus points for the books read for task 100 show up when you complete them all.
10.1 - Happy Halloween! Read a scary story (you can determine your level of scariness)
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
This non-fiction account of one soldier's harrowing war story was horrifying.
Task: 10
473 pages: 4
Total: 14
50.1 - Murder in the Library:There is a dead body found in the library, the doors are locked and no one else has been around. What happened? C. Someone murdered him - Read a HF that centers around a murder
The Second Duchess by Elizabeth Loupas
This book is all about the alleged murder of the Duke's first wife.
Task: 50
HF bonus: 1
389 pages: 4
Total: 55 pts
15.2 New author from literature map: I searched Philippa Gregory and picked
The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier. I LOVE that map!task: 15
HF: 1
256p: 2
Total task: 18
Challenge total: 125 points
100 - Shay's Task: Read 5 books recommended by Goodreads. 1/5My Name is Mary Sutter - recommended from The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott
364 pages - 4
HF - 1
5.3- Expand Your Vocabulary! Read a book with a word in the title that you wouldn't use in everyday speech. (Examples: triptych, templar, amulet, bouganvillia, boogaloo, caliphate, caribee, corsair, cotillion, etc.)The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
501 pgs. 6 pts.
HF 1 pt.
Total 12 pts.
Challenge points 101
10.2 - October Awesomeness Awaits! - Read a book recommended by one of your favorite authors.
by Jennifer Crusie (recommended by Tess Gerritsen on the Fantastic Fiction Site)322 pages - 4 points
HF - 0 points
Total: 14 points
Challenge Total: 39 points
20.3 - Oh the Wonder of it All! Read a book with a setting that takes place at or near one of the new 7 wonders of the world:Colossuem, Italy
The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough
Page Count: 10 points (1076 pages)
HF: 1 point
Total Book Points: 31 points
Total Challenge Points: 84 points
15.2 - Be brave! Discover a new author Mapped Jacqueline Winspear (along with others) and kept coming up with C S Harris:
What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris
340 pgs 4 pts
Task 15 pts
*HF 1 pt
*Task total 20 pts
*Challenge total 111 pts
*Corrected
Cheryl wrote: "15.2 - Be brave! Discover a new author Mapped Jacqueline Winspear (along with others) and kept coming up with C S Harris:
What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris
340 pgs ..."
Add a point Cheryl! You get an extra one for the book being a HF.
50.1 - Murder in the Library:There is a dead body found in the library, the doors are locked and no one else has been around. What happened? C. Someone murdered him - Read a HF that centers around a murder
The Hangman's Daughter
448 pgs. 4 pts.
HF 1 pt.
Task total 55 pts.
Challenge total 156 pts.
50:1 D. There is no rational explaination - Read a Paranormal HFEntwined
480 pages - 4
HF - 1
Total - 55
Challenge total - 113
50.2 Big Fat Book: over 600 pages.The Woman in White by [author:Wilkie Collins|4012
678 pages-6
HF-1
Total-57
Challenge total-182
10.3 - Let's Clean those Shelves! - You know that book you've been meaning to get to, but keep shoving it back because "someday" you'll read it? Well, that someday has come! Read a book you've put back on the shelf at least twice.
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
Task: 10
372 pages: 4
Total Task: 14 pts
10.1 - Happy Halloween! Read a scary story (you can determine your level of scariness)The Stand by Stephen King
Page Count: 10 points: (1152 pages)
Total Book Points: 20 points
Total Challenge Points: 104 points
Rachel wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "15.2 - Be brave! Discover a new author Mapped Jacqueline Winspear (along with others) and kept coming up with C S Harris:
What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris..."
Thanks, Rachel! I always make at least one tally error.
Updated ScoresheetLuckngrace 182
Diane 156
Rachel 113
Cheryl 111
Shay 104
Kristi J 83
Lisa 82
Chana 67
Maude 62
Christina 57
Gayle 55
Nancy 51
Christy 47
Jen C 44
Jennifer B 39
Diane W 36
Ellen 25
Djrmel 20
Jayme 14
Task 100.1 - Alternatively, every GR book page has a section called "Readers Also Enjoyed". Search for a book you rated 4 or 5 stars and go to the "Readers Also Enjoyed" section (about the middle of the page on the right side) and read one of the suggested books. 2/5 Complete
I rated The Tale of Despereaux 4 stars, so I read the recommended book: The Invention of Hugo Cabret and also rated it 4 stars.
533 pages = 6 bonus
HF = 1
I rated The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America 4 stars, so I read the recommended book: Undaunted Courage and also rated it 4 stars.
592 pages = 6 bonus
3 more to go!
10.3 Read a book you've put back on the shelf at least twice. Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
985pgs: 8pts
HF: 1pt
Total: 19pts
Grand total: 66pts
10.2 Happy Halloween "Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux(360pp)Task +10
Bonus +4
Book Total: 14
Grand Total: 28
Task 15.4 - Gobble, Gobble! Happy Turkey Day! Based on Native Americans.
A Name of Her Own by Jane Kirkpatrick
400 pages = 4 bonus
HF = 1
Task total = 20
Challenge total = 64
Task 50.1Murder in the library.
He fell off the ladder reaching for an older book from the shelves. Read a HF book that was published before 2000.
Exodusby Leon Uris
Pages - 608 = 6 pts.
HF = 1 pt.
Task = 50 pts.
Task Total = 57 pts.
Challenge Total = 108 pts.
15.3 - Let's take a journey! Read an HF book about a journey that involves more than one country.22 Britannia Road by Amanda Hodgkinson
Poland, Hungary, Romania, France, England
336 Pgs 4 pts
HF 1 pt
Task 15 pts
Task total 20 pts
Challenge total 131 pts
50.2 - The weather is getting cooler and it is the perfect time to curl up with your favorite blanket, a warm beverage, foot warming cat/dog, and a nice loooong book. Choose and read one of the historical fiction titles from this list: Big Fat Books Worth The EffortI just finished #27 on this list The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver541 Pages => 6pts
HF => 1pt
Task => 50 pts
Challenge =>57pts
Challenge Total => 114 pts
10.2 - October Awesomeness Awaits! - Read a book recommended by one of your favorite authors.
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Recommended by Dennis Lehane.
Task: 10 pts
320 pages: 4pts
Task Total: 14 pts
10.2 - October Awesomeness Awaits! - Read a book recommended by one of your favorite authors.
352 pages
Recommended by Karen Harper on the following website: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/
task: 10 pts
352 pgs: 4 pts
HF: 1 pt
Task points: 15
Challenge points: 70
100 - Shay's Task: Read 5 books recommended by Goodreads.
by Maureen Johnson370 pgs. = 4 pts.
HF = 1 pt.
Total = 5 pts. (2 more to go)
100 - Shay's Task: Read 5 books recommended by Goodreads.2/5 - Kidnapped
288 pages = 2
HF = 1
50.2 Choose and read one of the historical fiction titles from this list: Big Fat Books Worth The Effort.
Sarum: The Novel of England
1056 pages = 10
HF = 1
Total = 62
Challenge total - 194
Task 100.1 - Alternatively, every GR book page has a section called "Readers Also Enjoyed". Search for a book you rated 4 or 5 stars and go to the "Readers Also Enjoyed" section (about the middle of the page on the right side) and read one of the suggested books. 3/5 Complete
I rated The Tale of Despereaux 4 stars, so I read the recommended book: The Invention of Hugo Cabret and also rated it 4 stars.
533 pages = 6 bonus
HF = 1
I rated The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America 4 stars, so I read the recommended book: Undaunted Courage and also rated it 4 stars.
592 pages = 6 bonus
I rated The Time Traveler's Wife 5 stars, so I read the recommended book: The Red Tent and also rated it 5 stars.
336 pages = 4 bonus
HF = 1
2 more to go!
15.3 - Let's take a journey! Read an HF book about a journey that involves more than one country.Road from the West by Rosanne E Lortz
Task pts: 15
Pg Bonus: 4 (360 pgs)
HF: 1
Total: 20
15.1 - Gobble, Gobble!! Happy Turkey Day! Read a book based on Colonial America, Pioneers or Native Americans.
The Pilgrim by Hugh Nissenson
Task pts: 15
Pg Bonus: 4 (400 pgs)
HF: 1
Total: 20
Cumulative Total: 40
15.1 Colonial America: Cast Two Shadows: The American Revolution in the South by Ann Rinaldi304 pages-4
HF-1
total-20
Challenge total-202
Diane Whitney wrote: "10.1 - Happy Halloween! Read a scary story (you can determine your level of scariness)The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by [auth..."
That book is totally creepy!!
5.3- Expand Your Vocabulary! Read a book with a word in the title that you wouldn't use in everyday speech. (Examples: triptych, templar, amulet, bouganvillia, boogaloo, caliphate, caribee, corsair, cotillion, etc.)
task points: 5
HF: 1
page count 320: 4 pts
Task total: 10 pts
Challenge points thus far: 80
Updated Scoreboard!Luckngrace 202
Rachel 194
Diane 156
Cheryl 131
Christina 114
Nancy 108
Shay 104
Kristi J 97
Lisa 82
Gayle 80
Chana 67
Christy 66
Jen C 64
Maude 62
Diane W 50
Holly P 40
Jennifer B 39
Jayme 28
Ellen 25
Djrmel 20
Welcome to the challenge Holly!
100 - Shay's Task: Read 5 books recommended by Goodreads.- Three (3) books must be historical fiction. Go to the Recommendations link (at the top of the GR page) and click on it. Read a book that's listed on your recommendations page.
Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings by Alison Weir
432 pgs. 4 pts.
HF 1 pt.
Total 5 pts.
one to go.
10.2 - October Awesomeness Awaits!Still Life by Louise Penny (recommended by Alan Bradley)
Page Bonus: 293 pgs - 2 pts
Task Total: 12 pts
Challenge Total: 12 pts
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50.1` - C: Murder
Task points: 50
Page points: 4
Challenge points thus far: 54