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Scoring Example

Here's an example of how it will look when reported:

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
#15 spot - 15 points
664 pages - 6 points
HF - 5 point
Date added: Jan 1, 2014: 10 pts
Total - 36 points



Scoring Primer:
Initial points is the spot on your list.

Bonuses for:
Historical Fiction
# of pages
Summer Task
How long it's been on your TBR

The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
#40 spot: 40 pts
485 pgs: 4 pts
HF: 5 pts
Summer Task (e. Read a book where one of the author's initials is in the word SUMMER): 5 pts

Book Total: 54

Detroit: An American Autopsy - Charlie LeDuff

#23 on list = 23 pts
Pages: 304 = 4 pts
Years on TBR list: 5 = 10 pts

Book Total = 37 pts
Challenge Total = 37 pts

The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton

#50 on list=50 points
485 pages= 4 points
HF=5 points
Bonus a--over 50% of the book revolves around an event that occurred during the summer of 1862-5 points
Book total =64 points
Challenge total=64 points

Nicholas and Alexandraby Robert K Massie
50 slot. 50
To in Summer. 5
640 pages. 6
In another country

Total 66

Saddled with Death by Irene Sauman
Slot 29. 29
HF. 5
252 pages. 2
2017 TBR 4

Total. 40

The Duke's Gambit by Tracy Grant
#50 = 50 pts
476pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Added before June 2018 = 2pts
Bonus d - set in a different country from where I live = 5pts
Book total = 66pts

Tides of Honour by Genevieve Graham
#46 = 46pts
432 pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 55pts

Challenge total = 121pts

My total 106

Death & Judgment - Donna Leon

#50 on list = 50 pts
Pages: 326 = 4 pts

Book Total = 54 pts
Challenge Total = 91 pts

1. The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley (Finished June 2nd)
#50 Spot = 50 Points
700 Pages = 6 Points
HF = YES = 5 Points
Summer Bonus b) TRIP = 5 Points
No date added bonus
BOOK TOTAL = 66 POINTS

2. Bell of the Desert by Alan Gold (Finished June 4th)
# 26 Spot = 26 Points
464 Pages = 4 Points
HF = YES = 5 Points
Summer Bonus c) SUMMER SCENE = 5 Points
NO date added bonus
BOOK TOTAL = 40 POINTS

3. Problem at Pollensa Bay by Agatha Christie (Finished June 5th)
#25 Spot = 25 Points
227 Pages = 2 Points
HF = NO
No date added Bonus
BOOK TOTAL = 27 POINTS

CHALLENGE TOTAL = 133 POINTS

The Blindfold by Siri Hustvedt
#50 spot - 50 points
221 pages - 2 points

Book Total - 52 points
Challenge Total - 52 points

The Lodger by Marie Lowndes
#36 -36 pts
306pp: 4 pts
Total: 40 pts

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland
#48 spot - 48 points
400 pages - 4 points
e. Read a book where one of the author's initials is in the word SUMMER - 5 points

Book total - 57 points
Challenge total - 57 points

The Alice Network - Kate Quinn

#49 on list = 49 pts
Pages: 532 = 6 pts
HF = 5 pts
Foreign Country = 5 pts

Book Total = 65 pts
Challenge Total = 156 pts

And I Darken by Kiersten White
#48 on list - 48 points
Pages: 475 - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Years on TBR: 3 - 6 points
Bonus: Foreign Country - 5 points

Book Total - 68 points
Challenge Total - 68 points

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
#50 50 points
HF 5 points
912 pages 8 points
Book Total 63 points

Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

#40 on the list=40 points
391 pages-4 points
Added to TBR 2/2017=4 points

Book total=48 points

Challenge total=112 points

The Witches of St. Petersburg - Imogen Edwards-Jones
#43 on list = 43 points
Different Country = 5 points
440 pages = 4 points
Historical Fiction = 5 points
Total = 57 points

Woman 99 - Greer Macallister
#24 on list = 24 points
368 pages = 4 points
Historical Fiction = 5 points
Total = 33 points

Challenge Total = 90 points

The Sugarless Plum: A Ballerina's Triumph Over Diabetes by Zippora Karz
#43 43 pts
TBR 1/12: 15 pts
359pp: 4 pts
Book Total: 62pts

Challenge Total: 102pts

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
#49 = 49 pts
238 pgs = 2 pts
TBR 9-30-2012 = 15 pts
STB (d) - foreign country = 5 pts

Book Total: 71 pts


Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
#48 = 48 pts
382 pgs = 4 pts
TBR 10-1-2012 = 15 pts
STB (e) author's inital = 5 pts

Book Total: 72


Challenge Total: 143

A Death of No Importance: A Novel
#14 = 14 pts
320 pgs = 4 pts
HF = 5 pts

Book Total: 23 pts

Challenge Total: 166 pts

White Rose, Black Forest by Eoin Dempsey
#42 Spot - 42 pts
270 pgs - 2 pts
HF - 5 pts
Book total - 49 pts

The Steel Wave by Jeff Shaara
#50 Spot - 50 pts
493 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Book total - 59 pts

The Hangman's Daughter
by Oliver Pötzsch
#28 Spot - 28 pts
435 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 5/15/16 - 6 pts
Book total - 43 pts

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
#40 Spot - 40 pts
513 pgs - 6 pts
(Exception book - started 5/30, completed 6/11)
HF - 5 pts
Added 7/15/17 - 2 pts
Bonus B - MC takes a trip - 5 pts
Book total - 58 pts

Post total - 209 pts
Challenge total - 209 pts

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
#32 spot: 32 pts
666 pg: 6 pts
Date Added, Dec. 28, 2014: 8 pts
Book Total: 46 pts

Darcy and Anne by Judith Brocklehurst
#46 spot: 46 pts
208 pg: 2 pts
Summer task B (MC takes a trip): 5 pts
Date Added, May 27, 2014: 10 pts
HF: 5 pts
Book Total: 68 pts

Challenge Total: 168

Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear


#44 on list=44 points
336 pages=4 points
Book total=53 points
Bonus 3 (set in a country different than mine)=5 points
Challenge total=165 points

Secret Daughter
#50 = 50 pts
346 pgs. = 4 pts
TBR 9-30-2012 = 15 pts
STB (c) summer scene =5 pts

Book Total: 74 pts

Challenge Total: 240 pts

A Burnable Book by Bruce Holsinger
#50 spot - 50 points
464 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Date added: Feb 6, 2014: 10 points
Summer theme bonus d: set in different country than where you live: 5 points

Book Total: 74 points
Challenge Total: 74 points

(PREVIOUS POINTS = 133)

The Shadow Sister by Lucinda Riley
Spot #44 = 44 Points
Pages = 513 = 6 Points
HF = YES = 5 Points
TBR Bonus = No
BOOK TOTAL = 55 POINTS

The Princess Must Die by Everly Frost and Jaymin Eve
Spot #49 = 49 Points
Pages = 320 = 4 Points
HF = No
Summer Theme Bonus e) Author's Name = 5 Points
TBR Bonus = No
BOOK TOTAL = 58

CHALLENGE TOTAL = 246 POINTS

Mistress of the Ritz by Melanie Benjamin
#47 = 47pts
384pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Bonus E - author's name has a letter in the word summer = 5pts
Book total = 61pts

The One from the Other by Philip Kerr
#39 = 39pts
384pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 48pts

The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor
#42 = 42pts
322pgs = 4pts
Bonus B - character takes a trip = 5pts
Date Added - before June 2018 = 2pts
Book total = 53pts

At the Mountain's Edge by Genevieve Graham
#45 = 45pts
368pgs = 4pts
HF = 5pts
Book total = 54pts

Challenge total = 337pts

The wind in the willows by Kenneth Graham

Spot 48. 48

2012 TBR. 15

Cover summer 5

224 pages 2

Challenge total 176

Wind in the willows 70, previous total 106
Challenge total 176

Me without You by Kelly Rimmer

Position. 36
TBR 2017. 4

344 pages. 4

Book total 44


Challenge total. 176 + 44 = 220.

I don’t know why but the app deletes my numbers for individual scores do not all that I submit shows?!

Tightrope by Amanda Quick
#40 on list = 40 points
309 pages = 4 points
HF= 5 points
Book Total 49 points

Challenge Total= 112 points

Chill of Fear
#35 = 35 pts
338 pgs. = 4 pts
TBR 1-7-2013 = 15 pts
STB (b) takes a trip = 5 pts

Book Total: 59 pts

Challenge Total: 299

Hide and Seek by James Patterson
#40 40 pts
TBR 5/17: 4pts
489pp: 4pts
Book Total: 48pts

Challenge Total: 150 pts

Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
#49 spot - 49 points
369 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 points

Book total: 58 points
Challenge total: 110 points

Figures in a Landscape - Paul Theroux

#48 on list = 48 pts
Pages: 416 = 4 pts

Book Total = 52 pts
Challenge Total = 208 pts

Perfect Scoundrels
#26 = 26 pts
349 pgs. = 4 pts
TBR 11-22-13 = 10 pts

Book Total: 40 pts.
Challenge Total: 339 pts

Previous Points = 246

Scales of Justice by Ngaio Marsh
#46 Spot = 46 Points
264 Pages = 2 Points
TBR Bonus = NO
Book Total = 48 Points


Venetia by Georgette Heyer
#38 Spot = 38 Points
384 Pages = 4 Points
TBR Bonus = NO
Book Total = 42

Challenge Total = 336 Points

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
#17 spot - 17 points
369 pages - 4 points
c. Read a book with a summer scene on the cover - 5 points

Book total: 26 points
Challenge total: 83 point

Laura wrote: "Detroit: An American Autopsy - Charlie LeDuff

#28 on list = 28 pts
Pages: 304 = 4 pts
Years on TBR list: 5 = 10 pts

Book Total = 42 pts
Challenge Total = 42 pts"

This is 23rd on your list. It will be adjusted in your score, just want you to be aware.

Margaret wrote: "Nicholas and Alexandraby Robert K Massie
50 slot. 50
To in Summer. 5
640 pages. 6
In another country

Total 66"

Hi Margaret,
Whic bonus are you claiming? It looks like you are saying it is set in another country, but then you also say To in summer. Not sure which bonus you want since you can only claim one per book.

Set in another country.

Sorry it’s initials in summer

SCORES UP TO POST #42

DONNA 339
KATHLEEN 337
JEMIMA 336
MARGARET 215 (-5)
CHERYL 209
LAURA 208 (-5)
LINDSEY 168
LINDA 165
CHRIS 150
MAUREEN 112
VALERIE 110
GRETCHEN 90
ERICA 83
PEGGY 74
ASHLEY 68
JASMINE 0
JAYME 0
JUNE 0
SHANNON 0
VICTORIA 0

Margaret wrote: "Sorry it’s initials in summer"

Okay. I'll mark it as initials in summer. Thanks for clarifying.

Crowned and Dangerous by Rhys Bowen
#14 spot: 14 pts
307 pgs: 4 pts
HF: 5 pts
Date Added, July 3, 2016: 4 pts
Summer Bonus (d. Read a book set in a different country than where you live.): 5 pts
Book Total: 32 pts

The Abbot's Tale by Conn Iggulden
#36 spot: 36 pts
HF: 5 pts
480 pgs: 4 pts
Book Total: 45 pts

Challenge Total: 245

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
#43=43 pts
359 pgs= 4 pts
Summer Bonus Author's Initials= 5 pts

Total: 52 points

(Previous points - 68)

Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
#48 on list - 48 points
Pages: 475 - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Years on TBR: 4 - 8 points
Bonus: MC takes a trip - 5 points

Book Total - 70 points
Challenge Total - 138 points

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
#34 34pts
TBR 10/17 : 2pts
302pp: 4pts
Bonus a- set in summer: 5pts
Book Total: 45

Challenge Total: 195pts