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Who: A person with magical abilities (Sookie) +8
What: has a family secret revealed (old love) +4
When: that happens during the roaring 20’s +2
Where: at a castle +10
Why: because of love +4
Story Points: 28
Who: Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
295 pgs = +2
What, Why:
Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole
304 pgs = +4
HF = +5
Review = + 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
When: The Diviners by Libba Bray
578 pgs = +6
Where: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
835 pgs = +8 pts
Review = +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Bonus Points: 35
Post Total: 63 points
If you have achieved one of the "Bingo" bonuses, you can just add that to the end of the post like this.
Questions Bingo using When: +25
Who: Someone who is adopted (Juliet) +10What: A family secret is revealed (who she really is) +4
When: During the Renaissance (flash backs to the original Juliet) +10
Where: In a foreign country (Italy) +6
Why: Fate (fighting a curse/finding love) +6
Story Points: 36 points
Who, What, When, Where, Why: Juliet by Anne Fortier
Bingo Bonus: 7a) Self Contained (+10)
447 pages: +4 Page Bonus
Post Total: 50 pts.
Challenge Total: 50 pts.
Who: An older man (Anse) +2What: Gets married (Anse re-marries at the end of the book) +8
When: During the Roaring 20's +2
Where: In a real country (the US) +2
Why: Because of illness (Anse's wife Addy dies of a serious illness at the beginning of the book) +8
Story total: 22 points
Who, What, When Where, Why all from As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Bingo Bonus-self contained: +10
267 pages +2
Review +5
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Post total: 39 points
Trapped by Kevin HearneWhat +10: An environmental disaster occurs (Norse God Loki destroys the homeland of Thunder God Perun) while searching for
Who +8: A Person with magical abilities (Atticus, the Iron Druid)
Why +10: Because of a misunderstanding (insane Loki wanted to kill Thor himself)
causing Atticus and Granuille to hide out in
Where +8 A Forest or Park (at the base of Mount Olympus)
When +2: during the one year (Atticus needs to bind Granuille to the Earth so she may become a Druid)
Story Total: 38 pts
Bingo Bonuses- Self-Contained: 10 pts
320 pages: 4pts
Post Total: 52 pts
The RacketeerWho: An Older man +2
What: A shady deal is made +4
When: 21st century +2
Where: In a foreign country +6
Why: Greed +2
Story total: 16
Bingo Bonus: Self-Contained: Use 1 book to create a story - answer all 5 questions: +10
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +5
Page bonus 340 pages - +4
Total: 35
Who: A member of high society (Mrs. Dalloway)+6What: A Special Meal is Served +2
When: Roaring 20's +2
Where: At a party +2
Why: Craziness (PTSD because of war experiences leads to a suicide)+8
Story Pts= 20
Who, what, where, when, why: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
216 pgs= +2
Review= +5
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Bingo Bonue: Self-contained +10
Story Total= 37 pts
Challenge Total= 37 pts
Who: A Teenaged Girl (Snow Flower) +2What: A Family Secret is Revealed (the family has lost all of its money because of the father's opium use) +4
When: Spanning a person's life +4
Where: In a foreign country (China) +6
Why: Misunderstanding (Lily stops being friends with her "old same" because of a misunderstanding) + 10
Story Pts= 26 pts
Who, what, where, when, why: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
269 pgs= 2 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Bingo Bonus: Self-contained= 10 pts
Story Total= 48 pts
Challenge Total= 85 pts
Who: A soldier (several) +6What: An environmental disaster (forest fire caused by cannon fire kills many wounded soldiers) +10
When: During a war (Civil War: Shiloh) +6
Where: In a forest (a lot of the battle happens in the trees) + 8
Why: Pride (on both sides) +6
Story Pts= 36 pts
Who, what, where, when why: A Blaze of Glory by Jeff Shaara
435 pgs= 4 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Bingo Bonus: Self-contained= 10 pts
Story Total= 60 pts
Challenge Total= 145 pts
Who: A person with medical training (Niclas, a doctor) +8What: An ocean voyage is taken (Agnes travels to America) +10
When: During the fall (October) +10
Where: In a small town (Fjallbacka, Sweden) +2
Why: Illness (Stig) +8
The Stonecutter by Camilla Läckberg
565 pgs - 6 pts
Review - 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Story - 38 pts
Book - 11 pts
Self contained bonus - 10 pts
Post total - 59 pts
Challenge total - 59 pts
Who: A person with Magical Abilities (Dan Torrence)+8What: Some one is Frightened (Abra) +8
When: 21st century +2
Where: In a small town (Frazier, NH)+2
Why:Magic (The Shining) +6
Story Points: 26 Points
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
Page Bonus: 531 Pages- 6 Points
Review: 5 Points
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Self Contained Bonus-10 Points
Total: 47 Points
Challenge Total: 47 Points
The Listerdale Mystery And Eleven Other StoriesAgatha ChristieWho: An artist +10
What: Someone gets married +8
When: During 1 weekend +10
Where: In a foreign country +6
Why: misunderstanding +10
score = 44
review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +5
Page bonus: 224 pages +2
Self-Contained: Use 1 book to create a story - answer all 5 questions: +10
total score = 61
Challenge total = 96
Who: A family (multiple large religious families - A Conspiracy of Faith) +2What: makes a shady deal (Ampliatus & Exomnius join together to steal water from the Empire - Pompeii)+4
When: during the Great Depression (1934 - Heirs and Graces) +4
Where: across three countries (India, France, England - A Question of Honor) +8
Why : because of greed (Gilda plots for her husbands inheritance - Murder in Chelsea) +2
Story - +20 pts
A Conspiracy of Faith by Jussi Adler-Olsen
504 pgs - 6 pts
Review - 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book total - 11 pts
Pompeii by Robert Harris
304 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book total - 14 pts
Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen
304 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book total - 14 pts
A Question of Honor by Charles Todd
320 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book total - 14 pts
Murder in Chelsea by Victoria Thompson
296 pgs - 2 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book total - 12 pts
Book totals - 65 pts
One Answer Bonus - 10 pts
Post total - 95 pts
Challenge total - 154 pts
The Queen's LadyWho: A king or queen (Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn)=10 points
What: an ocean voyage (Honor must travel from England to Holland to escape arrest)=10 points
When: Renaissance (1300-1600) the whole book takes place during the reign of Henry VIII=10 points
Where: a castle or chateaux (Honor lives in various palaces as a lady-in-waiting)=10 points
Why: court intrigue (Henry VIII and his divorce from Catherine of Aragon so he can marry Anne Boleyn)=10 points
Page Bonus: 500 pages =4 points
HF=5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Review=5 points
Bingo bonus--self-contained =10 points
Total=74 points
Who: A King and Queen (Charles II and Catherine of Braganza) +10What: Had a medical incident (apoplexy) +8
When: Spanning a person's life (Nell Gwynn's) +4
Where: In a castle (Windsor Castle) +10
Why: Because of court intrigue (political maneuvering among Charles II's many mistresses and their sponsors) +10
Story total 42 points
Who, what, when, where and why all from The Darling Strumpet
Bingo Bonus - self contained +10
HF +5
376 pages +4
Review +5
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Post total: 66 points
Challenge total: 105 points
Bingo Bonus - Self Contained/ All 1 book +10 Chateau d'Eternite
Who: A Soldier - Quentus +6
What: Someone travels back in time - Russ +6
When: Ancient Rome +6
Where: Chateau - The Chateau d'Eternite in Nimes +10
Why: love - Russ and Quentus +4
Bonus
200 pages: +2
Historical Fiction: +5
Review: +5
My Review
Story Points: 32 points
Bonus Points: 22 points
Total Points: 54 Points
Who: A teenage girl (Mauve, 17, Murder in Chelsea - Post 14) +2What: is frightened (Samuel, a kidnapped victim, A Conspiracy of Faith, Post 14) +8
When : in 2368 (22nd Century or beyond - The World Inside) +8
Where: in England (in a real country - Heirs and Graces, Post 14) +2
Why : because of a pandemic (Spanish influenza, A Question of Honor, Post 14) +10
Story - 30 pts
Book - The World Inside by Robert Silverberg
223 pgs - 2 pts
Review - 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book total - 7 pts
One Answer Bonus - 10 pts
Post total - 47 pts
Challenge total - 201 pts
Who: Someone Who is Adopted (Eli was adopted by Iroquois Indians and sister Laura by a minister)+10What: A medical incident (Mary contracts pneumonia after the fire in the hospital and exposure) +10
When: During a war (Revolutionary War) +6
Where: In a real country (U.S.) +2
Why: Hostility (between U.S. and Great Britain) +8
Story Pts= 36 pts
Who, what, when, where, and why: The Hand of Providence by Ron Carter
640 pgs= 6 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Bingo Bonus (Self-contained) +10
Story Total= 62 pts
Challenge Total= 207 pts
Who : A woman who doesn't have to work for a living: (Francessa's husband is a successful businessman. +6What: remodel a store to open a bookstore +2
Where: A real country: France +2
When: 21 Century (takes place from 2004-2006) +2
Why: Jealousy (Three people are attacked because someone is jealous because of the success of the bookstore, a character gets assassinated) +4
Story Pts: 16
Who, what, when, where, why :A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cossé
424pp +4
Review +5
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Bingo Bonus: Self contained +10
Story Total: 35
Challenge Total: 35
Who: Someone with a noble title (King George III) +8What: An ocean voyage taken (between U.S. and France) +10
When: During one year (1777-1778)+2
Where: In at least 3 countries (U.S., Hong Kong, China) + 8
Why: Court Intrigue +10
Story Pts= 38 pts
Who: The World Turned Upside Down by Ron Carter
514 pgs= 6 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book Total=16 pts
What: The Impending Storm by Ron Carter
540 pgs= 6 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book Total= 16 pts
When: A Cold Bleak Hill by Ron Carter
557 pgs= 6 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book Total= 16 pts
Where: Letters in the Jade Dragon Box by Gale Sears
296 pgs= 2 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book Total= 12 pts.
Why: Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
544 pgs= 6 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book Total= 16 pts
Bingo Bonus (One Answer Book) +10 pts
Story Total= 124 pts
Challenge Total= 331 pts
Devil's Food Cake Murder by Joanne FlukeWho: A person involved in the food industry +4
What: someone is frightened +8
When: 21st century +2
Where: In a church +10
Why: Jealousy +4
Story pts: 28
Bonuses
Page bonus = 322pg +4
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +5
Self-Contained:+10
Story total:47
Challenge total: 143
Who: A person with medical training (8) [Gaston]What: An ocean voyage is taken (10) [from Panama to England, among many others since they are buccaneers and sail frequently]
When: During one year (2) [about 70% of the action takes place during 1670]
Where: In at least 3 countries (8) [Tortuga and the Haiti belonging to the French, Hispaniola and Panama belonging to the Spanish, and Jamaica and England belonging to the British Empire]
Why: because of craziness (8) [Gaston and Will's madness/mental illness]
Story Points: 36 points
Who, What, When, Where, Why: Wolves by W.A. Hoffman
628 pages: +6
HF: +5
review: +5
(https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
Bingo Bonus (7a): +10
Story Total: 62 points
Challenge Total: 62 points
Who: A person with a noble title (8) [Sir Oliver de Vannes, English knight of nobility]What: Someone travels back in time (6) [the Professor, Andre, Kate, Chris]
When: Dual time periods (4) [1999/1357]
Where: In a castle or chateaux (10) [Castelgard, La Roque]
Why: misunderstanding (10) [that the professor knows the location of the secret passage and is holding out the information from de Vannes and the Archpriest]
Story Points: 38 points
Who, What, When, Where, Why: Timeline by Michael Crichton
489 pages: +4
HF: +5 (post 35; the first 160 pages is in the present but once they get to 1357, 90%-vast majority- of the action occurs in the past)
review: +5
(https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
Bingo Bonus (7a): +10
Story Total: 62 points
Challenge Total: 124 points
Who: A teenage girl (Melissa, Megan, Amber, Shannan are all teenagers during their biographies)2 points416 pages=4 points
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Review=5 points
What: A couple falls in love (Ellen & Roy)The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe2 points
341 pages=4 points
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Review=5 points
When: 21st century If You Were Here 2 points
384 pages=4 points
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Review=5 points
Where: In a real country The Dog Stars (although set in "future" time, the story takes place in Colorado, USA) 2 points
320 pages=4 points
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Review=5 points
Why: lust (Helen & Tobias have an affair) The House of Tides 2 points
400 pages= 4 points
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Review=5 points
Bingo bonus (using 5 different books for 1 story)=10 points
Story total=65 points
Challenge total=139 points
Who: A teen-age girl (Marie) +2What: A work of art is created (Sculpture of Marie) +6
When: Spanning a person's life (Charles and Jeanne) +4
Where: In a real country (France) +2
Why: Lust (the men around them) +2
Total: 16 pts
Who, What, Where, Why: The Painted Girls
336 pgs: 4 pts
HF: 5 pts
Review: 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book Total: 14 pts
When: Black Venus
368 pgs: 4 pts
HF: 5 pts
Review: 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book Total: 14 pts
Post Total: 44 pts
Challenge Total: 94 pts
Who: A person with Magical abilities (Avry) +8What: A medical Incident (Prince caught the plague) +8
When: During the fall (Travel through the kingdom during the fall) +10
Where: In a fantasy world (Kazan) +4
Why: Pandemic (Plague) +10
Total: 40
Who, What, When, Where, Why: Touch of Power
390 pgs: 4 pts
Bingo Bonus (Self Contained): 10 pts
Post Total: 54 pts
Challenge Total: 148 pts
Who: A person with a noble title (The Countess of Errol) +8What: Takes an ocean voyage (The exiled king and his Jacobite supporters sail from France to Scotland) +10
When: In dual time periods (Present and 1708) +4
Where: In a castle (Slains) +10
Why: Because of love (Sophia ans John) +4
Story Total: 36
Who, What, When, Where and Why all from The Winter Sea
Bingo Bonus: self contained +10
HF +5
527 pages +6
Review +5
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Post Total: 62 points
Challenge Total: 167 points
Who: A person with a noble title (Lady Georgiana, Heirs and Graces, post 14) +8What: remodels her home (a historic home is renovated, The House on Tradd Street) +2
When: in 1982 (A is for Alibi)
Where: in an apartment ( 1000 floor building, The World Inside, post 18) +4
Why: because of craziness (kidnapper is a sociopath, A Conspiracy of Faith, post 14) +8
Story - 30 pts
Books
A is for Alibiby Sue Grafton
320 pgs - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The House on Tradd Street by Karen White
329 pgs - 4 pts
(Previously reviewed)
Book totals - 13 pts
One Answer Bingo - 10 pts
Post total - 53 pts
Challenge total - 254 pts
Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline WinspearWho: A person with medical training +8
What: A medical incident +8
When: During a war (WWI) +6
Where: In a real country +2
Why: hostility +8
Total: 32
HF +5
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +5
Page bonus: 384pg +4
7a) Self-Contained: +10
Story total: 56
Challenge total: 199
Rooftoppers by Katherine RundellWho: a musician +10
What: person is frightened +8
Where: a real country (France) +6
Why: love +4
Total 28
HF +5
Page bonus +2 (278pp)
Story total = 35
Challenge total = 35
The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher MorleyWho: An Older man +2(above 50) The main character Mr. Mifflin is above 50.
What: Tatiana is frightened +8(One of the characters gets frightened when someone breaks into the bookshop.
When: During one year +2(1917)
Where: A real country +2(US)
Why: Love +4 (Tatiana has a romance)
Page bonus: 253pp +2
Bingo bonus: Self contained +10
Review + 5
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Story Total: 35
Grand Total: 70
Who: A Person with a noble title (Ivanhoe)+8IvanhoeWhat: Someone is frightened (Mary)+8 A Cold Bleak Hill
When: During one year (1787) +2
Where: In 3 countries (U.S., France, England)+8 The Impending Storm
Why: Pride +6
Story Points=34
Who, What, Where books already counted for bonus
When: Prelude to Glory Vol. 8 A More Perfect Unionby Ron Carter
560 pgs= 6 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book total bonus=16 pts
Why: Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
345 pgs= 4 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book Total= 14 pts
One Answer Bonus: +10 pts
Story Total= 74 pts
Challenge Total= 405 pts
Candy Apple Dead by Sammi CarterWho: A person involved in the food industry +4
What: Someone is frightened +8
When: During the fall +10
Where: In a small town +2
Why:Greed +2
Total: 26
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +5
Page bonus: 222 pages +2
7a) Self-Contained: +10
Story total: 43
Challenge total: 244
Who: A person with a noble title (Lady Julia Beaufort-Stuart +8What: Is frightened (she has been captured as a spy by the Nazis) +8
When: During a war (WWII) +6
Where: In a foreign country (France) +6
Why: Hostility (war) +8
All from Code Name Verity
Story total 36 points
Bingo Bonus - self contained +10
HF +5
447 pages +4
Post total: 55 points
Challenge total: 222 points
Who: Someone who is adopted (Ashline, Wildefire) +10What: has a medical incident (Lt Wade suffers an injury, A Question of Honor, post 18) +8
When: during a war (WWII, Rose Under Fire) +6
Where: in a hospital (Carl must interview a witness in ICU, A Conspiracy of Faith, post 18) +6
Why: because of stupidity (Amanda continues an affair with a married man, Astor Place Vintage: A Novel
Story - 32 pts
Books:
Wildefire by Karsten Knight
393 pgs - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book total - 9 pts
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
368 pgs - pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book total - 14 pts
Astor Place Vintage: A Novel by Stephanie Lehmann
396 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book total - 14 pts
Book totals - 37 pts
One Answer Bonus - 10 pts
Post total - 79 pts
Challenge total - 333 pts
Who: A King (Henry VIII) +10What: crowns a new queen (Anne Boleyn) +10
When: in Elizabethan England (1533) +6
Where: in a castle (various) +10
Why: because of court intrigue +10
Story +46
Book +16
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
664 pgs - 6 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Self Contained Bonus +10
Post total - 72 pts
Challenge total - 405 pts
Book 2:Notorious Pleasures: A Maiden Lane NovelWho: Nobility - Lord Reading/Lady Batten +8
What: Family secret revealed - *spoiler!* +4
When: Within 1 year - A few weeks +2
Where: N/A
Why: Love - Hero and Griffin falling in love +4
Bonus
200-300 Pages: +2
Historical Fiction: +5
Story Points: 18 Points
Bonus Points: 7 Points
Total for Book: 25 Points
Total Points: 79 Points
and...Book 3:Naked in Death
Who:N/A
What:Someone is frightened - Multiple murders +8
When:Future/22nd C +8
Where:Real Country - USA +2
Why:Craziness/Illness/Hostility - The Murderer(s) has/have a pretty awful reason and he/she/they (not giving it away!) is clearly insane and very hostile to women too. +8
Bonus
200-300 pages: +2
Review: +5 My Review
Story Points: 26 Points
Bonus Points: 7 Points
Total for book: 33 Points
Total Points: 112
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook ShinWho: a family (mother, father, three sons, two daughters) +2
What: a graduation: the eldest son graduated high school +6
Where: In a foreign country (Korea) +6
When: Spanning 50 years (the main character got married at 20 and she disappeared at 70) +8
Why: illness (cancer) +8
237pp +2
Review +5
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Self contained +10
Book Points: 47
Grand Total: 117
Who: An artist (10) [Michelangelo, among many others]What: A work of art is created (6) [pick any Michelangelo artwork: David, Sistine Chapel ceiling/wall, Bacchus, any of the numerous Pietas, etc.]
When: During the Renaissance (10) [Michelangelo's works span between 1491 and 1564]
Where: In a church (10) [Vatican, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's, etc.]
Why: pride (6) [Michelangelo takes tremendous pride in his art]
Who, What, When, Where, Why: The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone
776 pages: +8
HF: +5
review: +5
(https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
Bingo Bonus (7a): +10
Story Total: 70 points
Challenge Total: 194 points
10 POINT Row Bingo Bonus (7d): +25
Challenge Total: 219
Who: A teenage girl (2) [Annie & Eliza]What: A couple falls in love (2) [Annie & Eliza]
When: During the 1980s (8)
Where: In an apartment building (4) [Takes place in NYC so lots of apartment buildings but a big chunk of the story takes place in one specific building which brings them all the drama and grief]
Why: hostility (8) [due to homophobia]
Who, What, When, Where, Why: Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
233 pages: +2
review: +5
(https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
Bingo Bonus (7a): +10
Story Total: 41 points
Challenge Total: 260 points
Who: A student (4) [Will, other will, Tiny, Jane, etc.]What: A shady deal is made (4) [obtaining (view spoiler) fake IDs]
When: 21st century (2)
Where: In a real country (2) [the US]
Why: jealousy (4) [lots of it, almost from every character at some point but it especially seemed to be M's driving force in creation of the drama]
Who, What, When, Where, Why: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
304 pages: +4
review: +5
(https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
Bingo Bonus (7a): +10
Story Total: 35 points
Challenge Total: 295 points
4 POINT Row Bingo Bonus (7d): +25
Challenge Total: 320 points
Who: A person with medical training +8What: A couple falls in love +2
Where: In a hospital+6
Why: Pride +6
When: During the fall +10
Story total w/o bonuses: 32
Who: Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +5
Pages bonus: 302 pages +4
What: Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +5
Pages bonus: 345pgs +4
Where: Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich
Why: Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith
When: Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith
Bonuses:
Points Bingo: Find all of answers in one point category (row) (+2 row): +25
7c) Question Bingo: Find all the answers to one question word (column) (why ) : +25
Story total: 100
Challenge total: 344
Who: A person with magical abilities (Rory is able to dispatch ghosts with a single touch, The Madness Underneath) =8What: celecbrates a milestone birthday (Uncle Josiah turns 70, The Birthday Scandal) +4
When: in ancient Rome (79 AD, Pompeii, post 14) +6
Where: in a forest/park (the main setting is a boarding school set on the edge of a national forest, Wildefire, post 36) +8
Why: because of fate (TB brought Dr Pike together with pianist/composer McVain to finish Pike's requiem, A White Wind Blew) +6
Story: 32 pts
Books:
The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson
296 pgs - 2 pts
Review - 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book total - 7 pts
The Birthday Scandal by Leigh Michaels
376 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book total - 14 pts
A White Wind Blew by James Markert
400 pts - pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book total - 14 pts
Book totals - 35 pts
One Answer Bonus - 10 pts
Post total - 77 pts
Challenge total - 482 pts
Who: An artist (10) [Boyd was an artist before becoming a secret agent, he uses his art talents as a cover for reconnaissance, in sketching plans, buildings, city street maps, etc. during reconnaissance, and he goes undercover as an artist in Mexico for an 8 month mission]What: A medical incident (8) [Can't even count how many times Sin and Boyd had been patched up due to bullet wounds, stab wounds, concussions, bruising, electrocution, torture, seizures, broken bones, etc.]
When: 21st century (2) [2020-ish]
Where: In at least 3 countries (8) [US, France, Spain, Morocco, Mexico]
Why: craziness (8) [Sin blacks out and goes on murderous rampages; both Sin and Boyd suffer from PTSD]
Who, What, When, Where, Why: Evenfall by Santino Hassell
1427 pages: +10
review: +5
(https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
Bingo Bonus (7a): +10
Story Total: 61 points
Challenge Total: 381 points
8 POINT Row Bingo Bonus (7d): +25
WHAT Question Bingo Bonus (7c): +25
Challenge Total: 431 points
Who: A Student (Josie) +4What: Someone is Frightened (Kids at school) +8
When: 22nd Century and Beyond (Allegiant) +8
Where: In a school (nineteen Minutes) +4
Why: Hostility (Peter) +8
Total: 32
Who, What, Where, Why: Nineteen Minutes
440 pgs: 4 pts
When: Allegiant
526 pgs: 6 pts
Post Total: 42 pts
Challenge Total: 190 pts
Who: A Teenage Girl (Tris) +2What: Couple falls in love (Charlotte and Eddie) +2
When: During a war (Tolon invades) +4
Where: In a Restaurant or Bar (Bohemian cafes) +8
Why: Illness (Charles and Jeanne) +8
Total: 24
Who: Allegiant (Already Claimed)
What: Midnight in Austenland
277 pgs: 2 pts
When: Scent of Magic
414 pgs: 4 pts
Where, Why: Black Venus (Already Claimed)
Post Total: 30 pts
Challenge Total: 220 pts
Who: A Student (Jethro Creighton) +4 What: A shady deal is made (Between characters in Venetia) +4
When: During Elizabethan times (1590's) + 6
Where: In a forest or park +8
Why: Hostility + 8
Story Total= 30 pts
Who: Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
224 pages= 2 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book total bonus= 12 pts
What: Venetia by Georgette Heyer
364 pgs= 4 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book total bonus= 14 pts
When: The Reavers by George Macdonald Fraser
288 pgs= 2 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book total bonus= 12 pts
Where: By the Dawn's Early Light by Ron Carter
608 pgs= 6 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book Total Bonus= 16 pts
Why: Letters in the Jade Dragon Box by Gale Sears
(book bonus already counted)
One Answer Bonus= +10 pts
Story Total= 94 pts
Challenge Total=499 pts
Who: A servant (Benson, The Birthday Scandal, post 45) +4What: serves a holiday meal (Christmas dinner, Miss Dimple Suspects) +2
When: in dual time periods (1907 and 2007, Astor Place Vintage: A Novel, post 36) +4
Where: in Africa (Kenya, A Spear of Summer Grass) +10
Why: because of lust (Kinsey sleeps with suspect Charlie, A is for Alibi, post 29) +2
Story 22 pts
Books:
Miss Dimple Suspects by Mignon F. Ballard
260 pgs - 2 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book total - 12 pts
A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn
370 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book total - 14 pts
Book totals - 26 pts
One Answer Bonus - 10 pts
Post total - 58 pts
Challenga total - 540 pts
Who: A member of high society +6When: Spanning a person's life +4
Where: In a restaurant/bar +8
Why: craziness +8
What: Someone gets married +8
Story total w/o bonuses: 34
Who: The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Page bonus: 531pg +6
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... +5
HF: +5
When: The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Where: Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith
Why: Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich
What: Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich
7c) Question Bingo: Find all the answers to one question word (column) (who ) : +25
Story total: 75
Challenge total: 419
Historical Fictionistas
Books mentioned in this topic
The Scarlet Pimpernel (other topics)Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (other topics)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (other topics)
Letters in the Jade Dragon Box (other topics)
Across Five Aprils (other topics)
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Reminder of the bonus scoring:
7) Bingo Bonuses:
7a) Self-Contained: Use 1 book to create a story - answer all 5 questions: +10
7b) One Answer Book: Use 5 different books to create a story – 1 book for each answer: +10
7c) Question Bingo: Find all the answers to one question word (column): +25
7d) Points Bingo: Find all of answers in one point category (row): +25
8) There are several opportunities to earn Book related Bonus Points. Bonus points will be awarded PER BOOK READ when story points are awarded. Partial story points and/or bonus points (page count, HF point, etc) will NOT be awarded if the story is unfinished. Bonus points can only be claimed when story points are claimed (so make sure to check your postings). You can only claim the book bonus points once per book.
8a) Book Length Bonus:
Bonus points will be awarded based on the length of each book read, as follows:
200 to 300 pages = 2 bonus points
301 to 500 pages = 4 bonus points
501 to 750 pages = 6 bonus points
751 to 1,000 pages = 8 bonus points
1,000+ = 10 bonus points
8b) Historical Fiction Bonus = 5 point
The definition of historical fiction that our group uses is a work published at least 50 years after at least half of the events in the work. We will accept historical fantasy, alternate history and magical realism for the purposes of this challenge because I know many are trying to finish your HFU goals.
WE WILL NOT AWARD HF POINTS IF IT IS NOT REPORTED.
8c) Review Bonus = 5 points
In order to receive these points:
- You MUST link to the review in the scoring thread. If it is not directly linked, points will not be awarded. To link to your review, click on the view hyperlink on your bookshelf and copy the URL that is displayed in the address bar.
- It MUST be a new review. Points will not be awarded for a review written before the challenge start date.
- If writing a review after reporting points for a book, please link to the review in a NEW COMMENT, state the title the review is for, and refer to the comment number containing your original points for the book. Do not edit posts to add your review link as I will not be going back to check for them.
- A valid review should consist of at least 3 sentences and contain what you specifically liked or disliked about the book.