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Mini-Challenge #4 - January 2012: Scoring Thread
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
418 pages: 4 points
Genre: fantasy, 1 point
Themes: overcoming adversity, awareness, 2 points
Bk cover: only one person, 1 point
Reviewed: 5 points http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total: 13 points
Challenge Total: 37 points
Becky wrote: "Scoreboard: Diane 58
LucknGrace 46
Cheryl 39
Christina 32
Kiri 29
JenC 26
Nikki 24
April 22
Jayme 22
LemonLinda 19
Sarah (Loudog) 18
ToniS 15
Holly 14
Becky 13
Rachel 13
Chakara 12
Susan 11
Chris..."
Hi, Becky, I think you missed my post #9 for Accidents of Providence worth 11 points which brings me to 25.
Murder in Lascaux by Betsy Draine272 pgs. = 2
Time period = 1900's = 1 pt.
Genre HF = 1 pt.
Themes Awareness - political = 1 pt.
Secret society - Cathers = 1 pt.
Locale - France = 1 pt.
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 pts.
Total = 12 pts.
Challenge total = 70 pts.
The Chase by Clive Cussler404 pages-4pts
Set 1906-1
HF, crime-2
Quest to catch serial killer-1
Review-5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total-13
Challenge total-58
Mod
New Scoreboard:
Diane 70
LucknGrace 59
Cheryl 39
Jayme 33
Christina 32
Kiri 29
JenC 26
Holly 25
Nikki 24
April 22
LemonLinda 19
Sarah (Loudog) 18
ToniS 15
Becky 13
Rachel 13
Chakara 12
Susan 11
Christy 10
Tuesday Night Miracles: A Novel by Kris Radish
Pages: 512 = 6 points
Themes: Overcoming Adversity = 1
Themes: New Beginnings= 1
Random Tasks: # of pages contains 12 (512 pages) = 1
Reviewed = 5 (http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...)
Total = 14
**I hope I did this right....my first mini challenge.
Sarah
Time Period (ancient) = 1
HF = 1
Theme Overcoming adversity, New beginnings, Quest = 3
Title (proper name) = 1
Cover (only one person) = 1
Locale – Middle East = 1
Pages (400) = 4
Recommended by HF member = 2
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/7.... Message # 18
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 19
Challenge total = 44
The Shimmering Blond Sister by David Handler
Title - Color (Blond) 1 pt
256 pgs 2 pts
Review 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total 8 pts
Challenge total 56 pts
by Janet EvanovichBonus +4(400pp)
Themes-Humor, Quest(to find Vinnie)-2
Genre-Crime/Police Procedual-1
Review+5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Title-12
Grand Total: 45
Her Best Catch by Lindi Peterson204-2
Locale Georgia-1
Review-5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total-8
Challenge total-67
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
485 pages (+4)
Genre: Fantasy (+1)
Themes: new beginnings, overcoming adversity, quest (+3)
Cover: one person (+1)
Random: Secret society (+1)
Book total = 10
Challenge total = 36
Paradise Walk by Mary Malloy400 pgs. = 4 pts.
Genre = HF = 1 pt.
Themes = overcoming adversity and Quest = 2 pts.
Locale = England = 1 pt.
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 pts.
Total = 13 pts.
Challenge total = 83 pts.
Ape House by Sara Gruen
306 pages = 2 points
Theme: New beginnings, overcoming adversity, awareness and quest = 4 points
Book cover: one person = 1 point
Reveiw: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 points
Point total = 12 (if my review of the book counts)
Also, this book contained numerous crimes, so would it be possible to count an extra point there? It wasn't necessarily a traditional crime novel.
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Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin368 pages - 4 points
1800s +1
HF +1
Fantasy +1
New Beginnings +1
Overcoming adversity +1
Quest +1
Proper Name (Fevre Dream is the name of the boat) +1
Only one person on cover (Lying on the roof) +1
Reviewed: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total: 17 points
Challenge Total: 30 points
The Secret Life of Bees
302 pages = 4 points
Historical Fiction = 1
New Beginnings = 1
Quest = 1
Best Book of 2002 = 1
Book Total = 8 points
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
320 pages = 4 points
non fiction = 1 point
reviewed = 5 points
Book Total = 10 points
The Marlowe Conspiracy
424 pages = 4 points
Historical Fiction = 1 point
Title/Proper Name = 1 points
Cover/Contains only 1 person = 1 point
Locale/England = 1 point
reviewed = 5 points
book total = 13 points
Pawnee: The Greatest Town In America
240 pages = 2 points
Theme/Humor = 1 point
Cover/Only 1 person = 1 point
Book total = 4 points
Challenge Total = 35 points
362 pages - 4 pts
setting 1900's - 1 pt
fantasy - 1 pt
quest - 1 pt
title - Iron - 1 pt
profession King - 1 pt
cover - one person 1 pt
review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 15 pts.
Challenge total - 15 pts.
A Free Man of Color432 pages - 4
Time setting; 1800s - 1
Genre; HF, Crime - 2
Theme; Quest, Awareness, Adversity - 3
Book Cover; 1 man - 1
Random task; Secret Society (society of mistresses of the wealthy Creole gentlemen in New Orleans) - 1
Total - 10
Pope Joan448 pages - 4
Genre; HF - 1
Themes; New Beginnings, Overcoming adversity, Awareness - 3
Title; Proper name, Profession - 2
Book Cover; 1 person - 1
Total= 11
Challenge Total = 34
Breakdown438 pgs. = 4 pts.
Genre - Crime = 1 pt.
Awareness - political = 1 pt.
New Beginnings = 1 pt.
One Word Title = 1 pt.
Cover Bridge = 1 pt.
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 pts.
Total 14 pts.
Challenge total = 97 pts.
11/22/63by Stephen King960 pages-8
set in 1958-63 & 2011-1
genres: HF, SF, fantasy-3
themes: New beginning, overcoming adversity, political awareness, quest to stop Kennedy assassination-4
title: all #s-1
total: 22
Challenge total: 89
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
356 pages (+4)
Setting: 1900s (+1)
Genre: nonfiction (+1)
Themes: overcoming adversity, awareness (+2)
Title: proper name (+1)
Locale: middle east (+1)
Book total = 10
Challenge total = 46
The Snow Child
Time Period – 1900s = 1
Genre --Fantasy = 1
Cover (only one person) = 1
Themes – New Beginnings, Quest = 2
Pages (400) = 4
Reviewed = 5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total task = 14
Total challenge points = 58
The Winter Sea
Genre HF = 1
Cover (one person) = 1
Pages (527) = 6
Themes (overcoming adversity, quest and political awareness) = 3
Review = 5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 16
Challenge total = 74
The Rose of Sebastopol by Katharine McMahon
Setting - 1800's 1 pt
Genre - HF 1 pt
Theme - Quest 1 pt
Title - Proper name 1 pt
Locale - England 1 pt
405 pgs - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/work/edition...
Book total 14 pts
Challenge total 70 pts
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch260 pgs. = 2 pts.
NF = 1 pt.
Quest, overcoming adversity, new beginnings = 3 pts.
Title =Proper Name = Tolstoy = 1 pt.
Title = color = purple = 1 pt.
Review - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 pts.
Total = 13 pts.
Challenge total = 110 pts.
Don't Sing at the Table: Life Lessons from My Grandmothers202 pgs. = 2 pts.
1900's =s 1 pt.
NF =s 1 pt.
Overcoming Adversity, Humor, New Beginnings =s 3 pts.
Total =s 7 pts.
Total Challenge =s 7 pts
Twisted Creek by Jodi Thomas304 pages-4
Theme-police(DEA)-1
Proper name in title-1
Review-5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total: 11
Challenge total: 100
Bonus-+4(308)
Theme-Humor-1
Genre-Crime/police-1
Review +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Points:11
Grand Total: 56
The Orchid House320 pgs. = 4 pts.
1900's = 1 pt.
HF = 1 pt.
Overcoming adversity and Quest = 2 pts.
Title - Orchid = 1 pt.
Cover - 1 person
England = 1 pt.
Review = http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 pts.
Total = 16 pts,
Challenge total 126 pts.
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
320 pages (+4)
Setting: 1900s (+1)
Themes: overcoming adversity, new beginnings, humor (+3)
Title: proper name, color (+2)
Cover: one person (+1)
Book total = 11
Challenge total = 57
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
byLaura HillenbrandPages->473->4pts
Time Period->1900's->1pt
Genre->Non-Fiction->1pt
Themes->Overcoming Adversity (the war)->1pt
Quest(to survive)->1pt
New Beginnings(after the war)->1pt
Awareness(treatment of POW's)->1pt
Locale->Japan(prison camp)->1pt
Review->5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total->16pts
Challenge Total->48pts
High Mountain Winter by Ardath Mayhar228 pages-2
1800s-1
HF-1
New beginning, overcoming adversity-2
One person on cover-1
Review-5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total: 7
Challenge total: 112 points
FYI Becky you missed my points on message 52! =)
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
Pages: 484 = 4
Setting time period: Ancient (1/3 of book)= 1
Genre: Non-fiction = 1
Title: one word title = 1
Extra: Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total for book = 12
Challenge total = 34
The Phantom of the OperaPages (360) = 4
Quest, Overcoming adversity = 2
Task total = 6
Challenge total - 80
The Whisperer by Donato Carrisi432 pgs. = 4 pts.
Crime/Police = 1 pt.
Overcoming adversity and new beginnings = 2 pts.
review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 pts.
Total 12 pts.
Challenge total = 138 pts.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
387 pages - 4 points
1800s, 1900s - 2 points
HF and fantasy - 2 points
New beginnings, overcoming adversity and Quest - 3 points
Investion - the clock, the game itself - 1 point
England, Germany - 2 points
Reviewed - www.goodreads.com/review/show/207937653 - 5 points
Task total - 19 points
Challenge total - 38 points
Anything Goes by Jill Churchill
Setting - 1900's 1 pt
Genre - HF 1 pt
Themes - New beginnings 1 pt
272 pts - 2 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total 10 pts
Challenge total 80 pts
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
276 pages (+2)
Setting: 1900s (+1)
Themes: new beginnings, overcoming adversity, humor (+3)
Title: proper name (+1)
Cover: one person (+1)
Book total = 8
Challenge total = 65
The Bomber448 pgs. = 4 pts.
Crime/Police = 1 pt.
Themes: overcoming adversity, Awareness (social) = 2 pts.
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 pts.
Total = 12 pts.
Challange total = 150 pts.
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith672 pages: 6pts
Setting Time Period: 1900s - 1pt
Genre: Non-fiction - 1pt
Themes: New Beginnings, Awareness - 2pts
Title: Proper Name, Profession - 2pts
Book Cover: Only 1 person - 1pt
Locale: England - 1pt
Reviewed:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... - 5pts
Total - 19 pts
Challenge Total - 19pts
Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill470 pages - 4pts
Setting Time Period: 1800s - 1pt
Genre: Historical Fiction - 1pt
Themes: New Beginnings, Overcoming Adversity, Awareness - 3pts
Book Cover: Only 1 person - 1pt
Locale: England - 1pt
Total - 11 pts
Challenge Total - 30 pts
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman512 Pages: 6 pts.
Time Period: Ancient - 1 pt.
Genre: Historical Fiction - 1 pt.
Themes: New Beginnings, Overcoming Adversity, Awareness - 3 pts.
Book Cover:Only 1 person - 1 pt.
Book Title; One Word (The Dovekeepers) - 1 pt.
Locale:Middle East-1 pt.
Random Task: Book contains number 12 - 512 pages - 1 pt.
Review:http://www.goodreads.com/review/edit/...
Total - 20 pts.
Challenge Total - 27 pts.
[[book:The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers|428223] by Harry Bernstein324 Pages: 4 pts.
Time Period: 1900 - 1 pt.
Genre: Historical Fiction - 1 pt.
Themes: New Beginnings, Overcoming Adversity, Awareness, Humor - 4 pts.
Book Cover: Only 1 person - 1 pt.
Locale: England - 1 pt.
Total - 12 pts.
Challenge Total: 39 pts.
Wheel of Fortune By Susan HowatchPages: 1,184 - 10 pts.
Setting: 1900's - 1 pt.
Genre: Historical Fiction - 1 pt.
Themes/Features: New Beginnings - 1 pt.
Review: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10... - 5 pts.
Total: 18 pts.
Challenge total: 18 pts.
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?222 pages = 2 points
NonFiction = 1 point
Humor = 1 point
Only One Person = 1 point
Total = 5 points
The Minstrel's Tale
278 pages = 2 points
HF = 1 point
New Beginnings, Quest = 2 points
Type of Profession = 1 point
England, France = 2 points
reviewed = 5 points
Total = 13 points
Challenge Total = 48 points
A Good American
HF = 1
1900s = 1
400 pages = 4
Quest (search for home) = 1
New beginnings = 1
Social awareness = 1
Title (proper name) = 1
Review = 5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 15
Challenge Total = 95
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Setting Time Period: Future - 1 point
Genre: Science Fiction - 1 point
Themes: Quest, Overcoming Adversity - 2 points
Reviewed: +5
Bonus: 300-500 pages (374 pages) +4 points
Points for this book: 13
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Setting Time Period: Future - 1 point
Genre: Science Fiction - 1 point
Themes: New Beginnings, Quest, Overcoming Adversity - 3 points
Reviewed: +5
Bonus: 300-500 pages (391 pages) +4 points
Points for this book: 14
Book: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Setting Time Period: Future - 1 point
Genre: Science Fiction - 1 point
Themes: New Beginnings, Quest, Overcoming Adversity - 3 points
Title: one word - 1 points
Random tasks: Read a book about a secret society (district 13/rebels) ? - 1 point
Reviewed: +5
Bonus: 300-500 pages (390 pages) +4 points
Points for this book: 16
Book: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Setting Time Period: 1800s, 1900s - 2 points (I'm not sure if I can do this or not)
Genre: Fantasy - 1 points
Themes: New Beginnings, Quest, Overcoming diversity - 3 points
Setting: England, Germany - 2 points
Bonus: 300-500 pages (387 pages) +4 points
Points for this book:12
Total points: 58
Total Challenge points:
The Maid and the Queen by Nancy Goldstone304 pgs. = 4 pts.
non=fiction = 1 pt.
Overcoming adversity, awareness and Quest = 3 pts.
Type of profession = Queen = 1 pt.
Cover - cross and only one person = 2 pts.
France = 1 pt.
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 1 pt.
Total = 17 pts.
Challenge total = 167 pts.
Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
480 pages (+4)
Setting: 1800s, 1900s (+2)
Genre: nonfiction, crime (+2)
Themes: new beginnings, overcoming adversity, awareness (+3)
Title: one word (+1)
Random: inventor/invention (+1)
Locale: England, Germany (+2)
Book total = 15
Challenge total = 80
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I read Mean Lean Thirteen, Fearless Fourteen, and Finger Licking Fifteen. I don't know where my post when for Fearless Fourteen but again here it is.
"Fearless Fourteen" by Janet Evanowich
Bonus-4(310pp)
Themes-Humor-1
Genre-Crime/Police Procedual-1
Review+5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total: 11
Grand Total: 33