Christian Fiction Bloggers discussion

Team Evening
Katrina
S.K.
Staci
Emily
Megan
Chat: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Please post your finished books similar to this:

Example:

Round 1:
Book finished:

Broker of Lies by Steven James
Date started: 4/12/23
Date finished: 4/14/23
Pages read during this challenge: 416 (all pages)
IT bonus - if so, how?
Yes, it works for the called WORD this round.
(EXAMPLE)
Called: KEY
Found in book's text:
"...I didn't have the key..." Page 8



🌟Reminder - only books started on/after April 10th are eligible for the IT bonus points.

Round 1:
Book finished:
The Gift of Faith by Kristen McKanagh

Date started: 4/9/23
Date finished: 4/10/23
Pages read during this challenge: 187 (62% of 301)
IT bonus - doesn't qualify

Round 1

Book: Hold on Tight by Robin Jones Gunn
Started: 4/10/23
Finished: 4/11/23
Pages Read During This Challenge: 153 (all)
IT Bonus: 9
How it fits: published September 1, 1998

Team Evening

________|_Books__|_Page__|_Bonus_|_Total
________|_Read__|_Points__|_Points_|_Points|

Staci____|___1___|___1___|___0___|___1___|
Megan___|___1___|___1___|___3___|___4___|
Katrina___|___0___|___0___|___0___|___0___|
S.K._____|___0___|___0___|___0___|___0___|
Emily____|___0___|___0___|___0___|___0___|

Team total: 5 points

Round 1:
Book finished:
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

Date started: 4/5/23
Date finished: 4/13/23
Pages read during this challenge: 197 (60% of 320)
IT bonus - doesn't qualify

Round 1

Book: Fruit Cake and Fear by Agatha Frost
Started: 4/9/23
Finished: 4/13/23
Pages Read During This Challenge: 254 (all)
IT Bonus: No

Round 1:
Book finished:
The Keys to Gramercy Park by Candice Sue Patterson

Date started: 4/10/23
Date finished: 4/13/23
Pages read during this challenge: 256
IT bonus - Word - Horse
"Horseflesh." in text at 71%

Round 1:

Book finished:
To Win a Prince by Toni Shiloh

Date started: 12/24/22
Date finished: 4/15/23
Pages read during this challenge: 155 (42% of 368)
IT bonus: Not eligible

Round 1:

Book finished:
Body of Evidence by Irene Hannon

Date started: 4/10/23
Date finished: 4/15/23
Pages read during this challenge: 360 (all)
IT bonus: Yes
It works for the called COVER this round.
Called: Table (Coroner/Autopsy table)

Round 1

Book: Royal by Danielle Steel
Started: 4/10/23
Finished: 4/13/23
Pages Read During This Challenge: 288 (all)
IT Bonus: Horse
How it fits: "She hated horses, which were his passion, as they were Charlotte's." (page 24)

Round 1

Book: Closer Than Ever by Robin Jones Gunn
Started: 4/11/23
Finished: 4/13/23
Pages Read During This Challenge: 152 (all)
IT Bonus: 9
How it fits: published February 1, 1999

Round 1:
Book finished:
The Finding of Miss Fairfield by Grace Hitchcock

Date started: 4/15/23
Date finished: 4/16/23
Pages read during this challenge: 286
IT bonus - Number - 9
Published August 29, 2022
Word - Horse
"I'm sure it would do the horse good..." 18%

Round 1:
Book finished:
When I Wasn't Looking by Jennifer Rodewald

Date started: 4/16/23
Date finished: 4/16/23
Pages read during this challenge: 308
IT bonus - doesn't qualify

Round 1:
Book finished:
Buttoned Up by Gabrielle Meyer

Date started: 4/18/23
Date finished: 4/19/23
Pages read during this challenge: 259
IT bonus - number "nine"
Print pages 259 (different than what shows on Goodreads)

Round 1:
Book finished:
The Pursuit of Miss Parish by Grace Hitchcock

Date started: 4/18/23
Date finished: 4/20/23
Pages read during this challenge: 255
IT bonus - Word - Horse
"...and leapt on their horses, riding away" 3%

Staci wrote: "Round 1:
Book finished:
The Keys to Gramercy Park by Candice Sue Patterson

Date started: 4/10/23
Date finished: 4/13/23
Pages read during this challen..."

It has to be exactly the word called (horse) or plural form (horses), but this book has 309 pages so it works for the called number. 😁

Melanie wrote: "Staci wrote: "Round 1:
Book finished:
The Keys to Gramercy Park by Candice Sue Patterson

Date started: 4/10/23
Date finished: 4/13/23
Pages read durin..."

Thank you! There may have been other references to "horse" or "horses". Glad the page count works!

Team Evening

________|_Books__|_Page__|_Bonus_|_Total
________|_Read__|_Points__|_Points_|_Points|

Staci____|___7___|___13___|___12___|___25___|
Megan___|___4___|___6___|___9___|___15___|
Katrina___|___2___|___4___|___3___|___7___|
S.K._____|___0___|___0___|___0___|___0___|
Emily____|___0___|___0___|___0___|___0___|

Team total: 47 points

(Please let me know if you see a mistake in update)

Round 1:
Book finished:
Courage in the Storm by Laurel Blount

Date started: 4/20/23
Date finished: 4/20/23
Pages read during this challenge: 336
IT bonus - Word - Horse
"Are you the person responsible for these horses?" in text at 35%

Team Evening

________|_Books__|_Page__|_Bonus_|_Total
________|_Read__|_Points__|_Points_|_Points|

Staci____|___8___|___16___|___15___|___31___|
Megan___|___4___|___6___|___9___|___15___|
Katrina___|___2___|___4___|___3___|___7___|
S.K._____|___0___|___0___|___0___|___0___|
Emily____|___0___|___0___|___0___|___0___|

Team total: 53 points

Round 1:
Book finished: Sole of Secrets: A Retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Date started: 4/11
Date finished: 4/19
Pages read during this challenge: 319
IT bonus - qualifies, 9 in the page number

Round 1:
Book finished: The Case for Christ

Date started: 4/11
Date finished: 4/20
Pages read during this challenge: 367
IT bonus - qualifies, 9 in publication date: Jan 1, 1998

Round 1:
Book finished: Dying of Politeness: A Memoir

Date started: 4/20
Date finished: 4/22
Pages read during this challenge: 288
IT bonus - qualifies, table on the cover

Round 1:
Book finished:
The Lady and the Gent by Rebecca Connolly

Date started: 4/21/23
Date finished: 4/22/23
Pages read during this challenge: 266
IT bonus - Word - Horse
"The streets were always teeming with horses and carriages.." in text on page 5.

Round 1:
Book finished:
Where Promises Remain by Heidi Chiavaroli

Date started: 4/21/23
Date finished: 4/23/23
Pages read during this challenge: 284
IT bonus - Word - Horse
"Hold your horses.." in text at 8%.

Round 1

Book: Take My Hand by Robin Jones Gunn
Started: 4/13/23
Finished: 4/16/23
Pages Read During This Challenge: 138 (all)
IT Bonus: 9
How it fits: published June 1, 1999

Round 1

Book: Animal Farm by George Orwell
Started: 4/18/23
Finished: 4/18/23
Pages Read During This Challenge: 154 (all)
IT Bonus: Horse
How it fits: "After the horses came Muriel, the white goat, and Benjamin the donkey." (5%)

Round 1

Book: The Scribbly Man by Terry Goodkind
Started: 4/18/23
Finished: 4/18/23
Pages Read During This Challenge: 160 (all)
IT Bonus: 9
How it fits: published April 4, 2019

Round 1

Book: Doctor Who: Beautiful Chaos by Gary Russell
Started: 4/18/23
Finished: 4/18/23
Pages Read During This Challenge: 256 (all)
IT Bonus: 9
How it fits: Published 2009

Round 1

Book: Doctor Who: Only Human by Gareth Roberts
Started: 4/18/23
Finished: 4/18/23
Pages Read During This Challenge: 253 (all)
IT Bonus: Horse
How it fits: "The Doctor whistled for his horse, which had been munching happiky on a patch of long grass." (page 181)

Round 1

Book: Arch-Conspirator by Veronica Roth
Started: 4/18/23
Finished: 4/20/23
Pages Read During This Challenge: 112 (all)
IT Bonus: no

Round 1

Book: Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C. by Kristiana Gregory
Started: 4/21/23
Finished: 4/21/23
Pages Read During This Challenge: 222 (all)
IT Bonus: 9
How it fits: published January 1, 1999

Round 1

Book: Departures: Two Rediscovered Stories of Christy Miller and Sierra Jensen by Robin Jones Gunn
Started: 4/16/23
Finished: 4/18/23
Pages Read During This Challenge: 208 (all)
IT Bonus: 9
How it fits: published October 1, 1999

Round 1

Book: Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton
Started: 4/22/23
Finished: 4/23/23
Pages Read During This Challenge: 288 (all)
IT Bonus: Horse
How it fits: "The horse had other ideas." (page 240)

Round 1

Book: Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear by Jinger Duggar Vuolo
Started: 4/21/23
Finished: 4/22/23
Pages Read During This Challenge: 240 (all)
IT Bonus: no

Round 1
Book: The Last Chance Cowboy by Jody Hedlund

Started: 4/10/23
Finished: 4/22/23
Pages Read During This Challenge: 352 (all)
IT Bonus: Yes
It works for the called WORD this round.
Called: Horse "Dylan McQuaid sighted down his rifle, following a horse and rider on the opposite ridge." Chapter 3 page 33

Round 1
Book: The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery by Amanda Cox

Started: 3/24/23
Finished: 4/22/23
Pages read during this Challenge: 207 (59% of 352)
IT Bonus: Not Eligible

Round 1
Book: Foremost by Jody Hedlund

Started: 4/17/23
Finished: 4/23/23
Pages read during this challenge: 271 (all)
IT Bonus: Yes
It works for the called NUMBER this round
Called: Nine - Published Sept 24, 2019

Team Evening

________|_Books__|_Page__|_Bonus_|_Total
________|_Read__|_Points__|_Points_|_Points|

Staci____|___10___|___20___|___21___|___41___|
Megan___|___14___|___22___|___33___|___55___|
Katrina___|___5___|___11___|___9___|___20__|
S.K._____|___0___|___0___|___0___|___0___|
Emily____|___3___|___8___|___9___|___17___|

Team total: 133 points

(Please let me know if you see a mistake in update)

Round 2:
Book finished:
The Long March Home by Marcus Brotherton & Tosca Lee

Date started: 4/23/23
Date finished: 4/26/23
Pages read during this challenge: 393
IT bonus - Word - Bridge
"I still think you ought to let Alfonso here drop you off at the bridge to wait for me." in text at page 354.

Round 2:
Book finished:
Double Indemnity by Robert Whitlow

Date started: 4/23/23
Date finished: 4/26/23
Pages read during this challenge: 448
IT bonus - Word - Bridge
"Liz crossed the wooden bridge and rang the door chime." in text at 31%.

Round 2:
Book finished: Enchanting the Heiress

Date started: 4/22
Date finished: 4/26
Pages read during this challenge: 352
IT bonus - it qualifies, Cover: Grass on the cover

Round 2:
Book finished:
The Swiss Nurse by Mario Escobar

Date started: 4/25/23
Date finished: 4/28/23
Pages read during this challenge: 36
IT bonus - Cover - Grass

Round 2:
Book finished:
In This Moment by Gabrielle Meyer

Date started: 4/27/23
Date finished: 4/30/23
Pages read during this challenge: 390
IT bonus - Word - Bridge
"Hundreds of Union soldiers were clamoring to cross the bridge.." on page 152.

Round 2:
Book finished:
Vengeance in the Mist by Robin Patchen

Date started: 4/27/23
Date finished: 4/30/23
Pages read during this challenge: 422
IT bonus - Cover - Grass

Round 2:
Book finished:
Always Watching by Lynette Eason

Date started: 2/22/23
Date finished: 4/30/23
Pages read during this challenge: 282 (84% of 336)
IT bonus - Not eligible

Round 2:
Book finished:
Drummer Boy at Bull Run by Gilbert Morris

Date started: 4/24/23
Date finished: 5/1/23
Pages read during this challenge: 186 (All)
IT Bonus - YES (only 3 points, but I did find all 3 IT Bonuses)
Number 19 - published Jan 9, 1995
Cover - Grass on cover
Word - Bridge
Chapter 2 - 10th paragraph: "They came to a small wooden bridge that spanned the creek and..."

Round 2:
Book finished:
Fostered by Tori Hope Petersen

Date started: 4/27/23
Date finished: 5/2/23
Pages read during this challenge: 168
IT bonus - N/A

Round 2:
Book finished: Songflight

Date started: 4/27
Date finished: 5/2
Pages read during this challenge: 442
IT bonus - qualifies, grass on the cover

Staci wrote: "Round 2:
Book finished:
The Swiss Nurse by Mario Escobar

Date started: 4/25/23
Date finished: 4/28/23
Pages read during this challenge: 36
IT bonus - Cover - Grass"

I believe the pages are supposed to be 368, so counting for that. :)