Historical Fictionistas discussion

I'm giving up on trying to put things in order for more bonus points and I probably won't get through as many books as I've identified, so just posting...

B1 - HF Set in Asia - Murder in Old Bombay = 1
B2 - Oldest Book on TBR - The Girl Who Was on Fire: Your Favorite Authors on Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games Trilogy = 2
B3 - Titular Woman with her Own Identity - The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax = 3
B4 - Set on an island - A Meditation on Murder = 4
B5 - Religion - Tempest in the Tea Room

I1 - Animal on the cover - The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal = 1
I2 - Set during wartime - The Secret Stealers
I3 - HF by Female Author - Crouchback = 3
I4 - LGBTQ+ or Non-binary MC - Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis = 4
I5 - Over 500 pages - The Count of Monte Cristo

N1 - Light or humorous - The Big Over Easy
N2 - Fantasy or historical fantasy - The Kingdom of Back
N3 - FREE - Battle of Brothers = 3
N4 - Travel/Journey/Hero Quest - Dreamers of the Day
N5 - Award Winner - In Farleigh Field = 5

G1 - Historical mystery/thriller/suspense (genre/subgenre) - The Last Passenger = 1
G2 - Alternate History - 1636: The Atlantic Encounter
G3 - Novel about a real historical figure - The First Mrs. Rothschild = 3
G4 - HF non-fiction or biography - Home: A Memoir of My Early Years = 4
G5 - First Person narration - Maid of Secrets = 5

O1 - New Release - Band of Sisters = 1
O2 - HF by a new to you author - No Choice But Freedom: A Novel of Treachery and Triumph in Colonial America = 2
O3 - Published between 2010-2020 - The Lady's Maid: A Novel = 3
O4 - POC Author - Overground Railroad: The Green Book Roots of Black Travel in America
O5 - Library Book - Never Borrow a Baronet = 5

Task points: 75

Bonus points: 103

Total points: 178

You've selected a lot of interesting books for your prompts! :)

Oooh The Count of Monte Cristo is amazing! Enjoy!

I participate in The Seasonal Reading Challenge
so I tried to find things that would work for both at the same time.
SRC's Spring Challenge is March - May while HF's is April - June, so I had already found some of these and now have two reasons to read them.

Thanks for encouragement on The Count of Monte Cristo. I've had a paper copy on my shelf for several years but keep putting it off. Maybe this time will be the charm.
(SRC has a task for a book published more than 100 years ago, so it fit there as well as being 500+ pages)

I keep borrowing books from the library and the ones I own get pushed back.

Week 1 (April 1-7)

G4 - Home: A Memoir of My Early Years (finished April 3rd) - memoir published in 2008, covers years 1935 - 1962 so counts as historical, Standard task, 4 points,
G5 - Maid of Secrets (finished April 4th) - 1st person narrator, 5 points
O3 - The Lady's Maid: A Novel (finished April 5th) - first published in 2012, 3 points
B1 - Murder in Old Bombay: A Mystery (finished April 7th) - set in 1892 India, Standard task, 1 point

13 Task Points, no bonus points

Week 2 (April 8-14)

I3 - Crouchback - HF by Female Author, Standard task, 3 points - Finished 4/10

B2 - The Girl Who Was on Fire: Your Favorite Authors on Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games Trilogy - Oldest book on TBR, 2 points - Finished 4/11

G1 - The Last Passenger - Historical mystery (genre), 1 point - Finished 4/11

6 Task points
Total tasks completed = 7, so 1 bonus point for first five (G4, G5, O3, B1, I3)

Week 3 (April 15-21)

G3 - The First Mrs. Rothschild - Novel about real historical person, 3 points - finished 4/15

O5 - Never Borrow a Baronet - Library book, 5 points - finished 4/17

N3 - Battle of Brothers - Free Space, 3 points - finished 4/18

O2 - No Choice But Freedom: A Novel of Treachery and Triumph in Colonial America - HF by a new to me author, 2 points - finished 4/18

B3 - The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax - Titular woman with her own identity, 3 points - finished 4/18

N5 - In Farleigh Field - Award winner (Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel 2017), 5 points - finished 4/19

21 Task points
19 Bonus points:
1 for completing 5 books (B2, B1, G3, O5, N3)
5 for miscellaneous BINGO (B1, I3, N3, G4, O3)
3 for all of one number ((B3, I3, N3, O3, G3)
10 for completing all Standard Tasks (B1, I3, N5, G4, O2)

Week 4 (April 22 - 28)

B4 - A Meditation on Murder - Set on an island, 4 points - finished 4/22

I1 - The Lady and the Panda: the True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal - animal on cover, 1 point - finished 4/24


O1 - Band of Sisters - New Release (published March 2021), 1 point - finished 4/25

I4 - Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis - LGBTQ+ or non-binary main character, 4 points - finished 4/25

10 Task points
1 Bonus point for completing 5 books (O2, N3, B5, B4, I1)

Week 5 (April 29 - May 5)

B5 – Tempest in the Tea Room – Religion, 5 points - finished 4/29
N2 – The Kingdom of Back - Fantasy, 2 points – finished 4/30
I2 – The Secret Stealers – Set during wartime, 2 points - finished 5/2
O4 – Overground Railroad: The Green Book Roots of Black Travel in America – POC author, 4 points - finished 5/2

13 Task points
9 Bonus points:
1 for any 5 tasks (O1, I4, B5, N2, I2)
4 for Diagonal BINGO (B1, I2, N3, G4, O5)
2 for all one letter (B1, B2, B3, B4, B5)
2 for all one letter (O1, O2, O3, O4, O5)

Week 6 (May 6-12)

N1 The Big Over Easy - Humor, 1 point - finished 5/8

1 Task point
3 bonus points - completed all one number (B1, I1, N1, G1, O1)

Week 7 (May 13-19)

I5 - The Count of Monte Cristo - over 500 pages, 5 points - finished 5/19

5 Task points
5 Bonus points:
3 for all one number (B5, I5, N5, G5, O5)
2 for all one letter (I1, I2, I3, I4, I5)

G2 - 1636: The Atlantic Encounter - Alternate History, 2 points - finished 6/4

2 Task points
9 Bonus points:
2 for all one letter (G1, G2, G3, G4, G5)
3 for all one number (B2, I2, N2, G2, O2)
4 for diagonal BINGO (B5, I4, N3, G2,O1)

N4 - Dreamers of the Day - Travel, 4 points - finished 6/12

4 Task points
56 Bonus points
1 for five tasks completed (O4, N1, I5, G2, N4)
2 for all one letter (N1, N2, N3, N4, N5)
3 for all one number (B4, I4, N4, O4, G4)
50 for completing card