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Winter Challenge 2020 Scoring
Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley18th century-10 points
414 pages- 4 points
Bonus d- 5 points
Total- 19 points
The Irish Princess by Elizabeth Chadwick - 4 Stars12th Century - 10 Points
400 pages - 4 Points
Total = 14 Points
16th CenturyThe Secret Brideby Diane Haeger
10 points
Bonus +5
f. set in Europe-England
Book length+4 (404pp)
Book Total: 19
Grand Total: 19
Last Christmas in Paris: A Novel of World War I by Hazel Gaynor 20th century-10 points
368 pages- 4 points
Bonus f- 5 points
Total- 19 points
Overall total- 38
Brigid of Kildare by Heather Terrell - 1 Star5th Century - 10 Points
256 pg - 2 Points
Book Total = 12 Points
Challenge Total = 26 Points
The Winter Journey by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles19th Century=10 points
Bonus A-set in winter-5 points
627 pages-6 points
Book total=21 points
Challenge total-21 points
The Glenister Papers by Tracy Grant19th century = 10pts
Bonus f set in Europe = 5pts
500pgs = 4pts
Book total = 19pts
Challenge total = 19pts
Templar Silks by Elizabeth ChadwickTemplar Silks by Elizabeth Chadwick
10th Century-10 points
410 pages- 4 points
Bonus h: 5 points
Total: 19 points
Love and Death Among the Cheetahs by Rhys Bowen20th Century - 10 pts
304 pages 4 points
Bonus G 5 points
total 19 points
Overall Total 38 points
I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon20th century= 10 points
333 pages= 4 points
Bonus F 5 points
Book total 19 points
It Begins In Betrayal by Iona Whishaw20th Century = 10 points
354 pages = 4 points
Bonus C = 5 points
Book total = 19 points
Challenge total = 38 points
Long Spoon Lane by Anne Perry19th Century: 10 pts
323 pgs: 4 pts
Book Total: 14 pts
The Lark's Lament by Alan Gordon
13th Century: 10 pts
274 pgs: 2 pts
Bonus F: 5 pts
Book Total: 17 pts
The Deepest Grave by Jeri Westerson
14th Century: 10 pts
224 pgs: 2 pts
Bonus C: 5 pts
Book Total: 17 pts
Challenge Total: 48
Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History by Katy Tur finished 12/11/201921st century=10 points
308 pages=2 points
Bonus c--one of author's initials in word WINTER=5 points
Book total=17 points
Challenge total=38 points
On the Edge of Sunrise by Cynthia Ripley Miller 5th century-10 points
p306- 4 points
total- 14 points
Overall total- 52 points
Murder at Kensington Palace by Andrea Penrose19th Century - 10 pts
355 pages 4 points
Bonus f 5 points
total 19 points
Overall Total 57 points
Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron20th century-10 points
275 pages-2 points
Bonus d-read a book set in North America (North Carolina)-5 points
Book total-17 points
Challenge total-55 points
Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season by Stewart O'Nan and Stephen King21st century - 10pts
Bonus: Set in North America - 5pts
Pages: 445 - 4pts
Total: 19 points
Overall total: 19 points
Crossby James Patterson20th century-+10
Bonus- set in North America +5
Pages: 377 +2
Total Points: 17
Grand Total: 36
Viking: The Green Land by Katie Aiken Ritter10th century- 10 points
464 Pages- 4 points
Bonus C- 5 points
Total-19 points
Overall Total- 71 points
A Burnable Book by Bruce Holsinger14th century - 10pts
Bonus: Set in Europe - 5pts
Pages: 464 - 4pts
Total: 19 points
Overall total: 38 points
City of Dreams: A Novel of Nieuw Amsterdam and Early Manhattan by Beverly Swerling17th Century = 10 points
Bonus d = 5 points
592 pages= 6 points
Book total = 21 points
Challenge total= 40 points
The Lion of Justice by Jean Plaidy11th century- 10 points
285 pages- 2 points
Total- 12 points
Overall Total- 83 points
The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani17th century- 10 points
368 pages- 4 points
bonus h- 5 points
Total- 19 points
Overall Total- 102 points
Mod
19th Century- 10 points
453 pages - 4 points
Bonus D - 5 points
Total: 19 points
Mod
20th Century - 10 points
355 pages- 4 points
Bonus C- 5 points
Total -19 points
Challenge Total: 38
A Time For Tea: Travels Through China and India in Search of Tea by Jason Goodwin17th Century-10 points
287 pages- 2 points
Bonus H- 5 points
Total: 17 points
My Lord John by Georgette Heyer15th Century-10 points
468 pages-4 points
Bonus F-5 points
Total: 19 points
Challenge Total: 36 points
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness16th Century-10 points
594 Pages-6 points
Total:16 points
Challenge Total: 52 points
The Winter Crown by Elizabeth Chadwick12th century- 10 points
496 pages- 4 points
bonus b- 5 points
Total- 19 points
Overall total- 121 points
If You Could See What I See by Cathy Lamb21st century = 10pts
448pgs = 4pts
bonus d = 5pts
Book total = 19pts
Challenge total = 57pts
The Third Nero by Lindsey Davis1st Century - 10 pts
321 pgs - 4 pts
Book total - 14 pts
Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale by Donna Jo Napoli
10th Century - 10 pts
304 pgs - 4 pts
Book total - 14 pts
Post total - 28 pts
Challenge total - 28 pts
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks17th century: 10 pts
308 pgs: 4 pts
Bonus: Book set in Europe 5 pts
Post total: 19 points
Challenge total: 33 points
Mod
16th Century -10 points
524 pages- 6 points
Bonus F- 5 points
Total -21 points
Challenge Total: 59 points
The Secret River by Kate Grenville 19th Century 10 points
334 pages 4 points
Bonus I - 5 points
Book total 19 points
Challenge total 59 points
Semper Fidelis by Ruth Downie2nd Century- 10 points
327 pages- 4 points
Total- 14 points
Challenge Total- 135 points
The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott20th Century-10 points
306 pages- 4 points
Bonus D-5 points
Total: 19 points
Total Challenge: 71
Death of an Eye by Dana StabenowBCE-10 points
254 pages-2 points
Bonus G-5 points
Total: 17 points
Total Challenge: 88
Mod
MONICA 135
WANDA 88
MAUREEN 59
JASMINE 59
KATHLEEN 57
ALICE 57
LINDA 55
LINDSEY 48
ASHLEY 38
JAYME 36
JENNIFER 33
CHERYL 28
JEMIMA 26
Home for Erring and Outcast Girls by Julie Kibler21st Century-10 points
343 pages- 4 points
Bonus D: 5 points
Total 19
Challenge Total 76
Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution by Patrick K O'Donnell18th century - 10pts
Pages: 463 - 4pts
Total: 14 points
Overall total: 52 points
Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon18th Century 10 points
Pages 301 4 points
Total 14
Challenge total 90
Midsummer's Eve by Philippa Carr19th century- 10 points
pages 334- 5 points
Bonus I- 5 points
Total- 19 points
Challenge total- 154 points
Medicis Daughter by Sophie Perinot16th Century = 10pts
587 pages = 6pts
Book total = 16pts
Challenge total = 73pts
Brigid of Kildare by Heather Terrell5th Century 10 points
238 pages 2 points
bonus C 5 points
Book total 17 points
Challenge total 76 points
Venus in Copper by Lindsey Davis1st Century: 10 Points
277 Pages: 2 Points
Total Points: 12
Total Challenge Points: 100
The Marsh King's Daughter by Elizabeth Chadwick13th century- 10 points
408 pages- 4 points
Total- 14 points
Challenge total- 168 points
by Edith Pargeter13th Century: 10 Points
304 Pages: 4 Points
Bonus C: 5 Points
Total:19 Points
Challenge Total: 119
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Here's an example of how it will look when reported:
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
20th Century-10 points
343 pages- 4 points
Bonus I: 5 points
Total: 19 points