Historical Fictionistas discussion

The following are my selections for the Bingo Challenge:


B1* - HF set in Asia - The Last Chinese Chef
B2 - Adapted to Movie - Winter's Tale
B3 - Mythology - Circe
B4 - Modern Classic - The Beautiful and the Damned
B5 - Published Between 2010 to 2020 - Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression

I1 - Written Year You Were Born - All the King's Men
I2 - Religion - Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
I3* - HF Written by a Female Author - Mean Spirit
I4 - Set Anywhere Included in the Louisiana Purchase - Painted Horses
I5 - POC Author - Paradise

N1 - Banned or Challenged Book - The Grapes of Wrath
N2 - Gold Rush - Ladies of the Goldfield Stock Exchange
N3 - FREE - Wallace Stegner and the American West
N4 - Encryption or Code-Breaking - Code Name Hélène
N5* - Award Winner - The Round House

G1 - Set in a Caribbean Country - In the Name of Salome
G2 - Library Book - Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest
G3 - Asian author - The Sympathizer
G4* - Historical Non-Fiction/ Biography - Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
G5 - Oldest Book on TBR - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

O1 - Set in Egypt, Africa, or Middle East - My Name Is Red
O2* - HF by an Author New to You - Leonora in the Morning Light
O3 - Read a book in translation - Island Beneath the Sea
O4 - Book Over 500 Pages - Ship of Fools
O5 - Book Less Than 300 Pages - Knight's Gambit

Looks great, Lorna! Enjoy Circe - it's wonderful. :D

Thank you, Becky. I am so looking forward to this challenge, it should move a lot of books from my TBR list!

Same!

The following are my selections for the Bingo Challenge:


B1* - HF set in Asia - The Last Chinese Chef = 1
B2 - Adapted to Movie - Winter's Tale = 2
B3 - Mythology - Circe = 3
B4 - Modern Classic - The Beautiful and the Damned = 4
B5 - Published Between 2010 to 2020 - Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression = 5

I1 - Written Year You Were Born - All the King's Men = 1
I2 - Religion - Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth = 2
I3* - HF Written by a Female Author - Mean Spirit = 3
I4 - Set Anywhere Included in the Louisiana Purchase - Painted Horses = 4
I5 - POC Author - Paradise = 5

N1 - Banned or Challenged Book - The Grapes of Wrath = 1
N2 - Gold Rush - Ladies of the Goldfield Stock Exchange = 2
N3 - FREE - Wallace Stegner and the American West = 3
N4 - Encryption or Code-Breaking - Code Name Hélène
N5* - Award Winner - The Round House = 5

G1 - Set in a Caribbean Country - In the Name of Salome = 1
G2 - Library Book - Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest = 2
G3 - Asian author - The Sympathizer = 3
G4* - Historical Non-Fiction/ Biography - Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 = 4
G5 - Oldest Book on TBR - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest = 5

O1 - Set in Egypt, Africa, or Middle East - My Name Is Red = 1
O2* - HF by an Author New to You - Leonora in the Morning Light = 2
O3 - Read a book in translation - Island Beneath the Sea
O4 - Book Over 500 Pages - Ship of Fools = 4
O5 - Book Less Than 300 Pages - Knight's Gambit = 5

Scoring Rules:
1) The number associated with the letter is the score for that book. So, if I read the book associated with B1, my score for that book would be 1 point. Reading the I3 task would be 3 points, and my total would be 4 points. Etc. Feel free to arrange your card so that you maximize points!

2) Bingo bonuses:
- Complete 5 tasks in any order = 1 bonus point.
Example: B2, I1, N3, G2, O5
- Complete all of one letter = 2 bonus points.
Example: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5
- Complete all of one number = 3 bonus points.
Example: B1, I1, N1, G1, O1
- Complete a "diagonal" bingo = 4 bonus points.
Example: B1, I2, N3, G4, O5
- Complete the word Bingo = 5 bonus points.
Example: B1, I1, N3, G4, O2
- Complete all of the Standard tasks = 10 bonus points.
Example: B1, I3, N5, G4, O2
- Complete your entire card = 50 bonus points.

3) Bingo bonus points would be added to the task scores as completed. There are no limits to the number of Bingo combinations you can get. For instance, if you finish all the B tasks, you would earn 1 bonus point for completing 5 tasks, AND you'd get a 3 point bonus for the letter bingo, plus all of the individual book scores. If you then read I1N1G1O1, you get another bingo, worth 4 points. One more book, would be another 1 point bingo.

Scoring as of April 26, 2021:


B1* - The Last Chinese Chef = 1
B4 - The Beautiful and the Damned = 4
B5 - Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression = 5
I5 - Paradise = 5
N5* - The Round House = 5

Points = 20 points
Bonus points (complete 5 tasks in any order) = 1 point

TOTAL: 21 points

G2 - Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest = 2
G4* - Spain in our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 = 4
G5 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest = 5
O1 - My Name Is Red = 1
O4 - Ship of Fools = 4

Points = 16 points
Bonus points (complete 5 tasks in any order) = 1 point

TOTAL: 17 points

CUMULATIVE POINTS: 38 points

Scoring as of May 10, 2021:

B1* - The Last Chinese Chef = 1
I3* - Mean Spirit = 3
N5* - The Round House = 5
G4* - Spain in our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 = 4
O2* - Leonora in the Morning Light = 2

Points: 15 points
Bonus Points (complete 5 tasks in any order) = 1 point
Complete all of the Standard tasks = 10 bonus points (B1, I3, N5, G4, O2)
Complete the word BINGO (B1, I3, N5, G4, O2) = 5 points
TOTAL: 31 points

CUMULATIIVE POINTS: 69 points

Scoring as of May 13, 2021:

O1 - My Name is Red = 1
O2* - Leonora in the Morning Light = 2
O3 - Island Beneath the Sea - 3
O4 - Ship of Fools = 4
O5 - Knight's Gambit = 5

Points: 15 points
Bonus Points (Complete all of one letter) = 2 bonus points

TOTAL: 17 points

CUMULATIIVE POINTS: 86 points

Scoring as of May 27, 2021


G1 - In the Name of Salome = 1
G2 - Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest = 2
G3 - The Sympathizer = 3
G4* - Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 = 4
G5 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest = 5

Points: 15 points
Bonus Points (Complete all of one letter) = 2 bonus points

TOTAL: 17 points

CUMULATIIVE POINTS: 103 points

Scoring as of June 5, 2021


B1* - The Last Chinese Chef = 1
B2 - Winter's Tale = 2
B3 - Circe = 3
B4 - The Beautiful and the Damned = 4
B5 - Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression = 5

Points: 15 points
Bonus Points (Complete all of one letter) = 2 bonus points

TOTAL: 17 points

CUMULATIIVE POINTS: 120 points

Scoring as of June 22, 2021


I1 = All The King's Men = 1
I2 - Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth = 2
I3* - Mean Spirit = 3
I4 - Painted Horses = 4
I5 - Paradise = 5

Points: 15 points
Bonus Points (Complete all of one letter) = 2 bonus points

TOTAL: 17 points

CUMULATIIVE POINTS: 137 points

I am thinking that I will start this scoring all over as I have completed the BINGO card! And thank you Becky for giving me the opportunity to find books that have been sitting on my shelves for way too many years.

B1* - HF set in Asia - The Last Chinese Chef = 1
B2 - Adapted to Movie - Winter's Tale = 2
B3 - Mythology - Circe = 3
B4 - Modern Classic - The Beautiful and the Damned = 4
B5 - Published Between 2010 to 2020 - Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression = 5

I1 - Written Year You Were Born - All the King's Men = 1
I2 - Religion - Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth = 2
I3* - HF Written by a Female Author - Mean Spirit = 3
I4 - Set Anywhere Included in the Louisiana Purchase - Painted Horses = 4
I5 - POC Author - Paradise = 5

N1 - Banned or Challenged Book - The Grapes of Wrath = 1
N2 - Gold Rush - Ladies of the Goldfield Stock Exchange = 2
N3 - FREE - Wallace Stegner and the American West = 3
N4 - Encryption or Code-Breaking - Code Name Hélène
N5* - Award Winner - The Round House = 5

G1 - Set in a Caribbean Country - In the Name of Salome = 1
G2 - Library Book - Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest = 2
G3 - Asian author - The Sympathizer = 3
G4* - Historical Non-Fiction/ Biography - Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 = 4
G5 - Oldest Book on TBR - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest = 5

O1 - Set in Egypt, Africa, or Middle East - My Name Is Red = 1
O2* - HF by an Author New to You - Leonora in the Morning Light = 2
O3 - Read a book in translation - Island Beneath the Sea
O4 - Book Over 500 Pages - Ship of Fools = 4
O5 - Book Less Than 300 Pages - Knight's Gambit = 5

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B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 = 15 points

I1, I2, I3, I4, I5 = 15 points

N1, N2, N3, N4, N5 = 15 points

G1, G2, G3, G4, G5 = 15 points

O1, O2, O3, O4, O5 = 15 points

Total Points: 75 points

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- Complete all of the Standard tasks = 10 bonus points.
Example: B1, I3, N5, G4, O2

- Complete your entire card = 50 bonus points.

Total Points: 135 points

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- Complete 5 tasks in any order = 1 bonus point.
Example: B2, I1, N3, G2, O5
- Complete all of one letter = 2 bonus points.
Example: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5
- Complete all of one number = 3 bonus points.
Example: B1, I1, N1, G1, O1
- Complete a "diagonal" bingo = 4 bonus points.
Example: B1, I2, N3, G4, O5
- Complete the word Bingo = 5 bonus points.
Example: B1, I1, N3, G4, O2

Total Points: 150 points

Lorna wrote: "I am thinking that I will start this scoring all over as I have completed the BINGO card, thank you Becky for giving me the opportunity to find books that have been sitting on my shelves for way to..."

Lorna; Congratulations on completing your Bingo Challenge!