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20.2 Read a HF book by an author with more than 15 letters in their nameChangeling byPhilippa Gregory
256 pages - 2 pts
HF - 1 pt
review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total: 28 pts
Challenge total: 90 pts
15.3 Any NF1776 by David McCullough - 15 points
386 pages - 4 points
www.goodreads.com/review/show/78584967 - 5 points
Task total - 24 points
Challenge total - 419 points
Mod
Cheryl 461
LemonLinda 419
ButterflyCager 417
Diane 301
JenC 276
Holly 275
Kristine 246
Christina 214
Melissa 192
KristiJ 167
Ashley 151
HollyP 134
Victoria 108
Margaret 90
Jolene 85
Christy 80
Sarah Loudog 29
Kathy 28
DonnaR 23
LadyW 20
Jayme 19
Maude 10
Task 20.4 - HF male author
Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer
384 pages = 4 bonus
HF = 1
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 30
Challenge total = 306
20.3 Read a HF book you intended to read for a previous challenge and didn't get to.The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos by Margaret Mascarenhas
384 pgs. = 4 pts.
HF = 1 pt.
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 pts.
Total = 30 pts.
Challenge total = 331 pts.
25.4 Read two HF books One in a country you have lived in or visited and one in a country you have never been to.The Lost Artist by Gail Lukasik Southern Illinois, I live in Illinois
300 pgs. = 2 pts.
HF = 1 pt.
Review = 5 pts. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
The Queen's Vow: A Novel Of Isabella Of Castile by C.W. Gortner
400 pgs. = 4 pts.
HF = 2 pts.
review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 pts.
Total = 43 pts.
Challenge total = 374 pts,
It's been awhile since I did one of these, so I'm forgetting- can I declare two books for the same challenge (like, two books that are set in New York?)10.1 Read a book set in New York City
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
448 pages – 4 points
10.2 Read a book with an alliterative title
Out of Oz by Gregory Maguire
568 pages- 6 points
15.5 Read a book outside of your normal reading habits
1984 by George Orwell (science fiction)
326 – 4 points
Challenge points: 35
Page points: 14
TOTAL: 49
Unfortunately I've read a few historical fiction novels as well but none of them fit the challenge criteria. :/
25.4 Read two HF books: One in a country you've lived in or visited, and one in a country you've never been to.Read The Snow Child. USA Alaskcan territory
389 pgs = 4 pts
HF = 1 pt
Fugitive Pieces Poland, Greece, Canada
304 pgs = 4 pts
HF = 1 pt
Task points & challenge total: 35 pts
15.1 Read a book by an author whose last name can be made from the letters in "Summer Challenge".Read A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane
282 pgs = 2 pts
Task total: 17 pts
Challenge total: 52 pts
10.3 In honor of The Avengers - read 2 graphic novels.The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel
208 pages - 2 pts
HF - 1 pt
Amulet, Vol. 2: The Stonekeeper's Curse
224 pages - 2 pts
Task total: 15 pts
Challenge total - 105 pts
25.1 Read a book about D=DayBlackout by Connie Willis
512 pgs. = 6 pts.
HF = 1 pt.
Review = 5 pts. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total = 37 pts.
Challenge total = 411 pts.
Mod
Cheryl 461
LemonLinda 419
ButterflyCager 417
Diane 368
JenC 306
Holly 275
Kristine 246
Christina 214
Melissa 192
KristiJ 167
Ashley 151
HollyP 134
Victoria 108
Margaret 105
Jolene 85
Christy 80
Ellen 52
Alexandra 49
Sarah Loudog 29
Kathy 28
DonnaR 23
LadyW 20
Jayme 19
Maude 10
*edited scoreboard because I forgot to sort it. Oops!
Alexandra - No, you can only use each task and each book one time.
Diane, for Task 25.4 you listed The Lost Artist and All Woman and Springtime, but you claimed All Woman and Springtime for task 20.4 in message 26. Are you switching the book to 25.4? Let me know. :)
Fixed 25.4 Should be correct now, sorry Becky.
Mod
No problem. I've got it, though the HF point is one, not two. :) Your total is 411.
Mod
Cheryl 461
LemonLinda 419
ButterflyCager 417
Diane 411
JenC 306
Holly 275
Kristine 246
Christina 214
Melissa 192
KristiJ 167
Ashley 151
HollyP 134
Victoria 108
Margaret 105
Jolene 85
Christy 80
Ellen 52
Alexandra 49
Sarah Loudog 29
Kathy 28
DonnaR 23
LadyW 20
Jayme 19
Maude 10
50.2 LemonLinda's Task: Choose one of your friends from this group. Then go into their TBR section. Select one HF that is 600 pages or over OR select 2 HFs that are a minimum of 300 pages each. When posting for points, please note from which friend your choice was selected. I selected two books from Holly (W.)'s TBR list.
These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner
384pgs=>4pts
HF=>1pt
Reviewed=>5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy
320pgs=>4pts
HF=>1pt
Reviewed=>5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Points=>70pts
Challenge Total=>284pts
25.3 Read a HF book with more than 500 pages.A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
528 pages: 6 points
HF: 1 point
task total: 32 points
15.3 Read a non-fiction book on any topic.
The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed
662 pages: 6 points
Task total: 21 points
CHALLENGE TOTAL: 102
10.4 Read a book whose title contains the title of another book.Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli is the sequel to Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (hope this is allowed!)
288 pages: 2 points
Task total: 12
Challenge total: 114
20.2 Read a HF book by an author with more than 15 letters in their name. (Example: Sena Jeter Naslund)Equal of the Sun by Anita Amirrezvani
Adding Review Pts: 5
http://bippityboppitybook.blogspot.co...
15.1 Read a book by an author whose last name can be made from the letters in "Summer Challenge". Example: Stanislaw LEM)
A Land More Kind Than Home: A Novel by Wiley Cash
Task Pts: 15
Review Pts: 5
http://bippityboppitybook.blogspot.co...
Pg Bonus: 4 (320 pgs)
Total: 24
100.1 Maude's Task: Choose 3 HF books at least 300 pages or more, each set in a different country and continent. Please explain why you chose your picked countries and continents. Also, tell us something about the countries you did not know.
Excluded Countries: USA, Canada, England, Wales, Ireland, or Scotland.
A Hundred Flowers: A Novel by Gail Tsukiyama (China/Asia)
Picked because I wanted to read more books in this setting. Learned: The Hundred Flowers Campaign was a program in Communist China to encourage citizens to be express opinions of their gov’t-then used it to punish the people who were critical of the communist regime by sending them to hard labor camps.
HF Pts: 1
Pg Bonus: 4 (304 pgs)
The Queen's Vow: A Novel Of Isabella Of Castile by C.W. Gortner (Spain/Europe)
Picked because I hadn’t read much on Isabel and it was sent to me for review. Did not know that Castile allowed women to rule while Aragon practiced Salic law so female offspring of Isabel/Fernando could not rule in Aragon in her own right.
HF Pts: 1
Review Pts: 5
http://bippityboppitybook.blogspot.co...
Pg Bonus: 4 (400 pgs)
The Book of Night Women by Marlon James (Jamaica/N. America)
Picked because I was interested in reading a book about slavery outside of the US. Learned there were over a dozen slave revolts on the island in the 18th century.
HF Pts: 1
Pg Bonus: 4 (432)pgs
Task Total: 120
Cumulative Total: 283
Task 25.3 - HF 500+ pg
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
602 pages = 6 bonus
HF = 1
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 37
Challenge total = 343
20.3 Read a HF book you intended to read for any previous challenge (was part of the April challenge)Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
604 pages - 6 pts
HF - 1 pt
review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total - 32 pts
Challenge total - 137 pts
25.3 Read a book more than 500 pagesRise to Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution
25 points
512 pages - 4 points
HF - 1 point
Review:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
4 more points
Total: 34 points
20.1 Read a HF book published in the year you joined goodreads. The Long Song by Andrea Levy 2010
313 pgs. = 4 pts.
HF = 1 pt.
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 pts.
Total = 30 pts.
Challenge total 441 pts.
50.2 LemonLinda's Task: Choose one friend from HF and read a HF from their TBR section. I chose Butterflycager.Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
1006pgs: 10pts
HF: 1pt
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... : 5pts
Total: 66pts
Challenge Total: 146pts
10.1 Read a book set in NYC.Read Murphy's Law: 10 points
HF: 1 point
256 pages: 2 points
Review: 4 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total points: 17
25.2 Read a HF rated 5 stars by someone on your friends list.Katherine by: Anya Seton
500 pgs - 4 points
HF - 1 point
Review - 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/117188066
Total - 35 points
Challenge Total - 55 points
20.2 Read HF by an author with more than 15 letters in their name. Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
294pgs: 2pts
HF: 1pt
Review: 5pts http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total: 28pts
Challenge Total: 174pts
I need to do a little switcheroo after finishing a book I wanted to use for a HF task and discovering it's not HF (hate it when that happens!). My most recent points total is 343. So the first switch will subtract 20 points for a total of 323.I used The Secret History of the Pink Carnation for 10.4 and want to move it to task 50.2:
Task 50.2 - Southpaw285's TBR list:
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig
428 pages = 4 bonus
HF = 1
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
The Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig
464 pages = 4 bonus
HF = 1
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 70
New total = 393
Now for the replacement book for 10.4 that turned out to not be HF:
The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova has the title: Swan by Frances Mayes
565 pages = 5 bonus
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 20
Challenge total = 413
Hope that's as clear as mud!
Mud isn't that clear :)
50.1 Diane's Task: In honor of July 4th, read two HF books at least 300 pages each. 1) About the quest for personal freedom or fulfillment of a personal goal; and 2) Covering a war or battle that the United States was engaged in.The Secrets of Mary Bowser by Lois Leveen
HF: 1
Pg Bonus: 4 (496 pgs)
The Tory Widow by Christine Blevins
HF: 1
Pg Bonus: 4 (432 pgs)
Task Total: 60
Cumulative Total: 343
50.1 Diane’s TaskRead two HF books at least 300 pages each.
1) About the quest for personal freedom or fulfillment of a personal goal.
A Bride Opens Shop in El Dorado, California
HF = 1
Pages (320) = 2
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
2) Covering a war or battle (Concord- Revolutionary War) that the United States was engaged in.
The Bastard
HF = 1
Pages (528) = 6
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 70
Challenge total = 350
Mod
Cheryl 461
Diane 441
LemonLinda 419
ButterflyCager 417
JenC 414
Holly 347
HollyP 343
Christina 284
Kristine 246
Melissa 192
Christy 174
KristiJ 167
Victoria 163
Ashley 151
Margaret 137
Alexandra 114
Jolene 85
LadyW 55
Ellen 52
Sarah Loudog 29
Kathy 28
DonnaR 23
Jayme 19
Maude 10
Notes:
- Holly, 320 pages for "A Bride Opens..." would be 4 bonus, not 2. I also think you counted your overall total wrong. Can you verify? I have you at 347.
- Victoria, the Review bonus is 5 points each, not 4, and "Rise To Rebellion" would have a 6 point page bonus. I have your total for that task as 37. Overall score 163.
- JenC., Got your changes, but "The Swan Thieves" should have a 6 point page bonus, not 5. Total is 21 for that task. Overall score 414.
15.1 Read a book by an author whose last name can be made from the letters in "Summer Challenge".Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Pages: 335 - 4 points
HF: 1 point
Task total- 20 points
15.2 Read a book written by more than one author.
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Pages: 451 - 4 points
Task total: 19
Challenge total: 153
Becky, you are correct on my total of 347.
10.2 Alliterative titleLast Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy by Peter Canellos
Task points - 10
416 pages - 4 points
www.goodreads.com/review/show/361808705 - 5 points
Task total - 19 points
Challenge total - 438 points
25.4 Read 2 HF books: 1) in a country you've lived in, 2) in a country you've never been to.1)The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr (USA)
752pgs: 8pts
HF: 1pt
2) Men of Bronze by Scott Oden (Egypt)
483pgs: 4pts
HF: 1pt
Total: 39pts
Challenge Total: 213pts
Task 100.1 (2/3 finished)
I'm going to post these as I read them to be sure they work and I don't have to try to shift them at the last minute.
The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner Set on the continent of Europe, in Spain and Belgium. I chose this because I knew almost nothing about Spanish royal history. I learned that Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife, had a sister who is the main character of the book.
368 pages = 4 bonus
HF = 1
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood set on the continent of North America in the country of Canada. I chose this book because I've read no HF set in mid 19th century Canada that I can recall. I was unaware of Canada's discontent with the US just before the Civil War, if the author's portrayal of attitudes is accurate.
636 pages (most popular edition is in German) = 6 bonus
HF = 1
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
No points being claimed at this time.
Task 15.3 - Any Nonfiction book
Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
214 pages = 2 bonus
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 22
Challenge total = 436
15.1 Read a book by an author whose last name can be made from the letters in "Summer Challenge"Mozart's Last Aria by Matt Rees
336 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total 25 pts
15.3 Read a non-fiction book
Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference by Joanne F. Oppenheim
288 pgs - 2 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total - 22 pts
20.3 Read a HF book you intended for a previous challenge but didn't get to.
A Game of Lies by Rebecca Cantrell
320 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 1 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total - 30 pts
Challenge total - 538 pts
10.4 Read a book whose title contains the title of another book.The Pact by Jodi Picoult which is the same as The Pact by Sampson Davis
469 pages - 4 points
Task total - 14
Challenge total - 167
15.5 Read a book outside of your normal reading habits.Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James (Romance... I guess, I don't really read this kind of book ever. But wanted to see if it lived up to the hype.)
514pgs: 6pts
Review: 5 pts http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total: 26pts
Challenge Total: 239pts
15.5 Read a book outside your comfort zone The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell.
Task +15
HF +1
Bonus+ 4 (498pp)
Review +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total:25
Grand Total: 44
100.3 Maude's task - 3 HFs - all different countries and different continentsReason for choosing all - they were all books that I already owned.
100 task points
The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama - learned more about Japanese civilian life during WWII and specifically about the fire bombings and also learned about the prominence of the sumo wrestlers
416 pages - 4 pts
HF- 1 pt
www.goodreads.com/review/show/113060034 - 5 pts
Lion in the Valley by Elizabeth Peters - learned about the archeological digs done around the turn of the 20th c.
370 pages - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
www.goodreads.com/review/show/359443968 - 5 pts
Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay - learned more about life under the Stalinist regime in post WWII Soviet Union
459 pages - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
www.goodreads.com/review/show/120485916 - 5 pts
Task total - 130 points
Challenge total - 568
20.1 Published the year you joined Goodreads (2010)Whispers from the Ashes by Patricia Hester
HF = 1
417 pages = 4
Review – 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 30
Challenge total = 377
10.1 Read a book set in New York City.Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
345 pages = 4 points
10.2 Read a book with an alliterative title.
Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates
323 pages = 4 points
50.2 LemonLinda's Task
From Luckngrace's TBR, I chose Cashelmara by Susan Howatch
720 pages = 6 points
HF = 1 point
Task points this post: 70
Page points this post: 14
HF points this post: 1
Total points this post: 85
Total challenge points: 502
25.2 HF set in Country visited and country not visitedThe Red Queen by Philippa Gregory Visited England
382pp - 4 points
HF - 1 point
www.goodreads.com/review/show/91127650 - 5 points
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander Not visited Russia
229 pages - 2 points
HF - 1 point
www.goodreads.com/review/show/117852019 - 5 points
Task total - 43 points
Challenge total - 611 points
Task 20.2 - Author 15+ letters in name
Doc by Mary Doria Russell
394 pages = 4 bonus
HF = 1
Reveiw = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 30
Challenge total = 466
100.1 Maude's Task:1) The Iliad: - ancient Turkey - I wanted to read this because I am doing a history course and this story is so old, it was calling my name
466 pages - 4 pts.
HF - 1 pt
review - 5 pts.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
2) The Queen's Vow: A Novel Of Isabella Of Castile - Spain - did not realize the Jews were expelled from Spain
400 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
3) The Secret River - Australia - I learned that prisoners where sent to Australia as part of their sentence.
334 pts - 2 pts
HF - 1 pt
review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total - 128 pts
Challenge total - 265 pts
15.2 Read a book written by more than one author.The Tainted Relic: An Historical Mystery by The Medieval Murderers
502 pages=>6pts
HF=>1pt
Reviewed=>5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Total=>22pts
Challenge Total=>306pts
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The Island by Heather Graham
377 pgs - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
The Island by Elin Hilderbrand
416 pgs - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total 33 pts
20.5 Read a HF set in an ancient civilization
Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn
370 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total - 30 pts
50.1 In honor of July 4th, read two HF
1) About the quest for personal freedom or fulfillment of a personal goal:
A Company of SwansEva Ibbotson
384 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
2) Covering a war or battle that the US was engaged in:
Wings: A Novel of World War II Flygirls by Karl Friedrich
304 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total - 70 pts
Challenge total - 461 pts