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Mini-Challenge #4 - January 2012: Scoring Thread
The Unusual Suspects
Pages: 290 (2pts)
Genre: Fantasy (1pt)
Themes: Quest, Humor (2pt)
Secret Society (1pt)
Total Book:6
Anne of Green Gables
Pages: 464 (4pts)
Setting Time Period: 1900's (1pt)
Genre: Historical Fiction (1pt)
Themes: New Beginings, Overcoming adversity, Humor (3pts)
Titile: Proper Name, Contains Color (2pts)
Book Cover: One Person (1pt)
Total Book points:12
Total Challenge Points: 30
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
453 pages (+4)
Genre: fantasy (+1)
Themes: new beginnings, overcoming adversity, quest (+3)
Cover: bridge, one person (+2)
Random: secret society (+1)
Book total = 11
Challenge total = 111
How It All Began by Penelope Lively240 pgs = 2 pts.
Overcoming adversity and new beginnings = 2 pts.
A bridge = 1 pt.
England = 1 pt.
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 pts.
Total = 11 pts.
Challenge total = 276 pts.
Fall of Giants
HF = 1
1900s = 1
Social & Political awareness, Overcoming adversity = 3
Locale (England, Germany, France) = 3
985 Pages = 8
Reviewed = 5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 21
Challenge total = 132
394 pages = 4 points
genre: fantasy = 1 point
Theme: overcoming adversity, awareness = 2 points
Cover: 1 person = 1 point
Extras: review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 points
Book total = 13 points
Challenge total thus far = 41 points
The Dovekeepers
by Alice HoffmanPages=>504=>6pts
Time Period=>Ancient=>1pt
Genre=>Historical Fiction=>1pt
Themes=>Overcoming Adversity, New Beginnings, Quest=>3pts
Title=>Contains a profession. The women were dovekeepers in exchange they earned communal rations as payment for their work. =>1pt
Cover=>1 person=>1pt
Random Task=>Secret Society=> Shirah was a member of the kadesha, a secret society of women who belonged to the temple priests. They possessed secret knowledge, spells and potions passed on from mother to daughter.=>1pt
Locale=>Middle East=>1pt
Reviewed=>5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total=>20pts
Challenge Total =>68 pts
336 pages= 4 points
--Setting Time Period--
Ancient = 1 point
--Genre--
Historical Fiction = 1point
--Themes/Features--
New Beginnings = 1 point
Overcoming adversity = 1 point
Awareness (social or political issue) = 1 point
--Title--
Contains a color = 1 point
--Book Cover--
Only one person = 1point
--Locale--
Middle East = 1 point
Total = 12 points
Challenge total = 45 points
The Observations by Jane Harris406 pgs. = 4 pts.
1800's = 1 pt.
HF = 1 pt.
Overcoming adversity and humor = 2 pts.
only 1 person = 1 pt.
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 pts.
Total = 14 pts.
Challenge total = 290 pts.
by Kami Garcia and Margaret StohlBonus +6 (503pp)
Genre: Fantasy +1
Themes : Overcoming adversity,(Mortal boy, caster girl wanting to be together) Quest(finding Lena and the Great Barrier) +2
Random: Secret Society (Demons and Casters) +1
Extras: Review +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total : 15
Grand Total: 93
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
206 pages (+2)
Setting: 1900s (+1)
Genre: nonfiction (+1)
Themes: overcoming adversity, new beginnings, awareness, quest, humor (+5)
Book total = 9
Challenge total = 120
The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey NiffeneggerPages: 501-750; (546) = 6
Setting time period: 1900's = 1
Genre: Science Fiction = 1
Review = 5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total = 13
Challenge total = 87
The Shopkeeper by James D. Best
Pages: 240 = 2pt
Setting Time Period: 1800s = 1pt
Genre: Historical Fiction = 1pt
Theme: Overcoming Adversity and New Beginnings = 2pt
Title: Profession = 1pt
Book Cover: Only One Person = 1pt
Review: = 5pt: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total = 13pt
Challenge Total = 68pt
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl by Stacey O'Brien
Pages: 230 = 2 points
Non-fiction = 1
Overcoming Adversity and New Beginnings = 2 points
Proper Name = 1 point
Review = 5 points http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total = 11 points
Challenge Total = 25 points
by Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie272 pages: 2 pts.
Genre-Non-fiction: 1 pt.
Themes/Features- Political Awareness: 1 pt.
Review: 5 pts.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total: 9 pts.
Challenge total: 51 pts.
by Anne Osterlund247 pages - 2pts
Genre - Historical fiction 1pt
Title - Proper Name, One Word Title 2pts
Cover - Only One Person 1pt
Review - 5pts http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total: 11
The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
326 pages - 4pts
Theme/Features - New Beginnings 1pt
Locale - Middle East 1pt
Review - 5pts http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total: 11
by W.J. May238 pages - 2pts
Genre - Fantasy 1pt
Book Cover - One Person 1pt
Locale - England 1pt
Random - Secret Society 1 pt
Review - 5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total: 11
Challenge Total: 39
In the Still of the Night by Jill Churchill
Setting - 1900's 1 pt
Genre - HF 1 pt
Theme - Overcoming adversity 1 pt
272 pgs - 2 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total 10 pts
Challenge total 158 pts
Mod
I've got about 3/4 of the points updated... I'll finish tomorrow. Too tired now. *yawn* LOL
Me? I only read *counts on her fingers* eight books this month.
Mod
The Color Purple
by Alice WalkerPages: 301-500 (304) = 4
Setting time: 1900"s = 1
Genre: HF = 1
Theme: New beginnings; Overcoming Adversity = 2
Title: Contains a color (Purple) = 1
Review: 5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total = 14
Challenge total = 101
The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred288 pages - 2
Genre; NF - 1
Themes; Awareness, New Beginnings - 2
Total=5
Tribute451 pages - 4
Themes; New Beginnings, Overcoming Adversity, Quest - 3
Title; 1 word title - 1
Total=8
Island Beneath the Sea457 pages - 4
Genre; HF - 1
Themes; Awareness, Overcoming Adversity, Quest, New Beginnings - 4
Book Cover; Person - 1
Total - 10
Challenge total = 83
The Chalk Girl by Carol O'Connell384 pgs. = 4 pts.
Crime/Police = 1 pt.
Quest and awareness = 2 pts.
Review = http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = pts.
Total = 12 pts.
Blue Asylum288 pgs. = 2 pts.
1800's = 1 pt.
HF = 1 pt.
Overcoming adversity and Awareness = 2 pts.
Blue in title = 1 pt.
Cover = one person = 1 pt.
Review = http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 pts.
Total = 13 pts.
Challenge total = 315 pts.
Cleopatra: A Life
HF = 1
Ancient time = 1
Social, political awareness, overcoming adversity, quest = 4
Title – proper name = 1
384 pages = 2
Cover (one person) = 1
Review = 5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task – 15
Challenge = 147
The Alienist by Caleb Carr498pgs: 4pts
HF/Crime: 2pts
Overcoming adversity/Awareness(political corruption & child prostitution)/Quest: 3pts
Profession(Alienist- early psychologist): 1pt
Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... 5pts
Total: 15pts
Challenge Total: 39pts
A Bride Most Begrudging by Deeanne Gist347 pages-4
HF-1
New beginnings, overcoming adversity-2
only 1 person-1
setting England-1
Review-5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total: 14
Challenge total: 218 points
Mod
334 pages 4 points
1900s 1
Nonfiction 1
New Beginnings 1
Overcoming adversity 1
Quest (for interview with JKR) 1
Humor 1
Proper name 1
England 1
Reviewed 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Recommended by HF member (Allison) 2
Total: 19 points
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
499 pages 4
Crime 1 (book is about thieves & con artists)
Fantasy 1
New Beginnings 1
Overcoming adversity 1
Quest 1
Humor 1
Proper name (Locke Lamora)
Reviewed 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
total: 16
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson208 pages 2
1900s 1
Overcoming adversity 1
Awareness 1
Humor 1
One word title 1
one person on cover 1
Reviewed 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total 13
Grand total: 78
Lilah
by Marek HalterPages=>272=>2pts
Time Period=>Ancient=>1pt
Genre=>Historical Fiction=>1pt
Themes=>Overcoming Adversity, Quest, Awareness=>3pts
Title=>proper name, one word=>2pts
Book cover=>1 person=>1pt
Locale=>Middle East=>1pt
Reviewed=>5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total=>16pts
Challenge Total=>84pts
Mod
Scoreboard:
Diane 313
LucknGrace 220
Cheryl 158
Holly 147
JenC 120
April 101
Jayme 93
Rachel 89
Christina 84
Becky 78
LemonLinda 76
Nancy 64
Robin 58
Rebecca 55
Djrmel 53
Melissa 51
Sarah (Loudog) 49
ToniS 45
Gayle 43
Lisa 40
Christy 39
Nikki 37
HollyP 32
Kiri 31
Chakara 29
Margaret 29
Diana 28
Jennbunny 25
Jessica 14
Susan 13
Ellen 12
Southpaw 10
Notes:
Chakara & Luckngrace: No HF points for Anne of Green Gables (or Anne of Avonlea) - it was contemporary when published from what I can tell.
Diane: "Title - Orchid = 1 pt." What category is this point for?
Diane: The Healing - your post counted Quest 2x
Djrmel: I have your total as 53 - let me know if you see errors?
Gayle: Ape House 306 pages = 4 points
Holly: Awareness can only count once, even if there are different types
Luckngrace - 300 pgs = 2 points (Jihad)
Luckngrace : Need review links for pts 11/22/63 & The Shunning to count those points
Nikki: Got Msg 52. ;)
Rachel: 500+ pgs = 6 points each for Genghis & Area 51/ Total here is the corrected one.
Rachel: A Free Man of Color total = 12 points
I read for enjoyment and although I think certain things can be either or.one way to define historical fiction
another way to define historical fiction
Mod
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie625 pages - 6pts
Genre: Non-fiction - 1pt
Themes: New Beginnings & Awareness - 2pts
Title: Proper Name - 1pt
Book Cover: 1 person - 1pt
Locale: England, France, Germany - 3pts
Total: 14pts
Challenge Total: 54 pts
Nightshade by Maryrose Wood (w/ the Duchess of Northumberland)
Genre | Historical Fiction, Fantasy +2
Themes/Features | Quest +1
Title | Proper Name, One Word Title +2
Book Cover | Only one person +1
Locale | England +1
Pages | 279 +2
Total | 9 pts
Total for Challenge | 23 pts
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I will review this later so should I make a new post claiming those points and linking to my review or edit this one? I'm assuming to make a new one, but just in case, I thought I'd ask. : )
849 pages - 4 pts
1900's - 1 pt
fantasy, crime, SF, HF - 4 pts
quest, new beginning, overcoming adversity and political issue - 4 pts
all numbers - 1 pt
14 pts.
Challenge total 45 pts.
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
364 pages (+4)
Setting: 1900s (+1)
Genre: HF, crime/police (+2)
Themes: overcoming adversity, humor (+2)
Title: profession (+1)
Random: invention/inventor (+1)
Locale: England (+1)
Book total = 12
Challenge total = 132
All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy 302 pages - +4
Time - 1900s - +1
Theme - New beginnings, Overcoming adversity, Quest - +3
Review - www.goodreads.com/book/show/469571.Al... +5
Task total - 13
Challenge Total - 87
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
pages - 550 - +6
Time - 1900s - +1
Genre - crime - +1
Themes - new beginnings, overcoming adversity - +2
Cover - statue - +1
Random - a secret society - +1
Review - www.goodreads.com/book/show/29044.The... +5
Task Total - 17 points
Challenge total - 104 points
Review link for 11/22/63:http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...Review link for The Shunning: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Hope we're square now. Thanks.
Becky wrote: "Whew... finally done! ;)Scoreboard:
Diane 313
LucknGrace 220
Cheryl 158
Holly 147
JenC 120
April 101
Jayme 93
Rachel 89
Christina 84
Becky 78
LemonLinda 76
Nancy 64
Robin 58
Rebecca 55
Djrmel 5..."
Orchid is for color
The Crown by [book:The Crown|1090079448 pgs. = 4 pts.
HF = 1 pt.
Quest and awareness (political) = 2 pts.
England = 1 pt.
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 pts.
Total = 13 pts.
Challenge total = 326 pts.
Mod
OK - I wasn't sure if it might be a proper name.
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Luck - got them, thanks. :)
by Anne Clinard BarnhillHistorical Fiction +1
Proper Name +1
England +1
Reviewed: +5
http://bippityboppitybook.blogspot.co...
Pg Bonus: 4 (448 pgs)
Total: 12
by Brenda Rickman VantreaseHistorical Fiction +1
Overcoming Adversity +1
Profession (seller) +1
Cross +1
England +1
Pg Bonus: 4 (419 gs)
Total: 9
by Gary JenningsHistorical Fiction +1
Overcoming Adversity +1/Quest +1
Pg Bonus: 8 (768 pgs)
Total: 11
Cumulative Total: 64
The Dream by Harry Bernstein272 pgs. =s 2 pts.
Time Period 1900's =s 1 pt.
Genre NF =s 1 pt.
Themes - Overcoming adversity, New Beginnings, Quest, Awareness =s 4 pts.
Locale England =s 1 pt.
Book Total =s 9 pts.
Challenge Total =s 73 pts.
252 pages = 2 points
genre: Historical fiction = 1 point
Theme: overcoming adversity, quest = 2 points
Random: secret society (Sisters of Albion) = 1 point
Locale: England = 1 point
Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 points
Total book points = 12 points
Challenge points thus far = 55 points
The Dress Lodger
HF = 1
1800s = 1
291 pages = 4
Social awareness – 1
Overcoming adversity = 1
Locale (England) = 1
Review = 5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Total = 14
Challenge total = 161
"Sword of Avalon" by Marion Zimmerman Bradley and Diana L. PaxsonBonus +4 (416pp)
Genre-HF, Fantasy +2
Themes-New Beginnings,(establishment of a new temple) Overcoming Adversary(flee from home)+2
Title-Proper Name(Avalon) +1
Locale-England(named something else but still part of England)-1
Extras-Review-5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total: 15
Grand Total: 108
Princess for Hire by Lindsey Leavitt
Themes - New beginnings, Humor 2 pts
Locale - Middle East (visit) 1 pt
240 pgs - 2 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65...
Book total 10 pts
Challenge total 168 pts
by Simon Garfield356 pages: 4 pts.
Genre-Non-fiction: 1 pt.
Locale-England, France, Germany: 3 pts.
Review: 5 pts.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total: 13 pts.
Challenge Total: 64 pts.
This is my last book for the month and since I got 64 points and this was my first challenge, I don't think I did too bad. . .Way to go everyone else for all their reading this month too!!
A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
Setting - 1800's 1 pt
Genre - HF 1 pt
Locale - England 1 pt
320 pgs - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total 12 pts
Challenge total 180 pts
Btw, my total score was reported as 58 but should have been 68.
The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister by Nonna Bannister
Pages: 300 = 2 pt
Setting Time Period: 1900s = 1 pt
Genre: Non-Fiction = 1 pt
Themes: New Beginnings, Overcoming Adversity, Awareness = 3 pt
Cover: Only One Person = 1 pt
Locale: Germany = 1 pt
Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 pt
Book Total = 14 pt
Challenge Total = 82 pt
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Potsdam Station by David Downing
Setting - 1900's 1 pt
Genre - HF 1 pt
Themes - Overcoming adversity, quest 2 pts
Title - Proper Name 1 pt
Random - Secret society (NKVD) 1 pt
Locale - Germany 1 pt
304 pgs - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total 16 pts
Challenge total 148 pts