Historical Fictionistas discussion

Our annual centuries challenge is back. This challenge will focus on reading through the centuries! Participation is just for fun. Participants will attempt to read a book set in each century, spanning from BCE to the 21st century. This challenge will be held from December 1st to February 28th.

RULES:
1) Books must be at least 200 pages long. Eligibility for this is determined by the most popular edition on Goodreads. If the most popular edition is 197 pages, it will not count, even if the edition read is 215 pages.

2) The first book used for the challenge should be started on or after December 1st.

3) Audiobooks are accepted. Page numbers are determined by most popular edition on GoodReads.

4) The book should be historical fiction or nonfiction. Fantasy or like genres will not fulfill the timeline requirements. The 20th and 21st-century books can be exceptions.

5) Participates can join at any time during the challenge.


SCORING / HOW IT WORKS:
1) Upon sign-up, each participant will post an empty list of each century spanning from the BCE to the 21st Century, This list will be filled in as participants read novels to fulfill each century requirement. (Books do not have to be read in any type of chronological order).

2) Each book that fulfills a century will be counted as 10 points. You can only read one book for each century. Books can be nonfiction or fiction.

3) Winter theme bonuses: You can claim 5 point bonus for each of the following. You can only claim each bonus once during the challenge. You may only claim one bonus per book.
a. Read a book set in winter.
b. Read a book with a winter scene on the cover.
c. Read a book where one of the author's initials is in the word WINTER.
d. Read a book set in North America.
e. Read a book set in South America.
f. Read a book set in Europe.
g. Read a book set in Africa.
h. Read a book set in Asia.
I. Read a book set in Australia.
j. Read a book set during a pandemic

4) 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


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

A Light Between Oceans
20th Century-10 points
343 pages- 4 points
Bonus I: 5 points
Total: 19 points

Jasmine; Thanks for setting up this Challenge!

Jasmine, I have a question about reporting. Do we report our books one at a time in the scoring thread? Or would you like us to add them in the same post?

You can do either. The one thing I ask is you not edit your score thread to add new books. I keep track of everything in a tracker and will normally post a score up to a message point so if you go back and edit something I already counted I may miss that.

Jasmine; Would it be ok to add titles to our book lists before reading them? That would make it easier for me to remember what titles I'm reading for each era & Bonus points. Of course I wouldn't post to the Scoring Thread until the book is Finished.

Yes that’s fine. I’m doing the same to help keep track of things.

Jasmine wrote: "Yes that’s fine. I’m doing the same to help keep track of things."

Thanks, Jasmine!

Can you use books that are set in two different centuries?

Yes. You just can’t count it for both centuries..

I just discovered this! Wish I had known. Hope to catch the next challenge!

Nancy wrote: "I just discovered this! Wish I had known. Hope to catch the next challenge!"

There is still this month if you want to participate and if not this is one challenge we do every year.