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Challenge #5: Report Points Here
Task 20.2 In honor of New Year’s pick a book in which one of the characters is given a new beginning or a second chanceThe Shadowy Horses
Pages: 368 = 4 pts
Total points: 24 pts
25.3 Read an HF book by an author who uses one or more pseudonyms Read: The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters
Pages: 327 pgs - 4 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total points: 30 pts
Grand total: 30 pts
Super bonus: 100 Point Task - Support our HF group authors by reading one of their books. Read: Crestmont by Holly Weiss
Pages: 340 - 4 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total: 105 pts
Grand total: 105 pts
25.4 Read and HR for Valentine's DayRead: Captiveby Heather Graham
Pages: 464 - 4pts
HR: 1 pt
Total: 30 pts
Grand total: 30 pts
50.1 Jen C's Task- Read any book that has been nominated for or won any literary award. The Shadow of the Wind
468 pages - 4 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total: 55 pts
Grand Total: 55 pts
5.2 Set in a country I'd like to visitDeath in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer
Set in England
Pages: 274 - 2
Total: 7
Grand Total: 7
25.4 In honor of Valentine’s Day read a historical romance Love in the Afternoon
332 pages = 4 pts
HF = 1 pt
Total = 30 pts
Grand total = 30
10.1 Read any author's first bookThe Luxe by Anna Godbersen
433 pp = 4 points
HF - 1 point
Total = 15
Grand Total = 120
25.3 Author has pseudonyms: Rebelby Bernard Cornwell aka Susannah Kells464 pages = 4 pts
hf = 1 pt
total = 30 pts
grand total = 74 pts
25.4 In honor of Valentine’s Day read a historical romance Knight of Passion
416 pages= 4 bonus pts
HF= 1 pt
Total= 30 pts
Grand total= 30 pts
5.2 Book set in country most like to visit.Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland
352p--4 pts
HF: 1 pt
Scotland
5.2 Read a book set in the country you would like to visitWild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
544 pp. = 6 points
HF = 0
Total = 11 - points
Grand Total = 131 points
100: Support our HF group authors by reading one of their books.Read: Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
Pages: 480 pgs- 4 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total points: 105 pts
Grand total: 105 pts
Task 20.2 - New Year - New beginning or second chance
Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber
Two couples get a second chance / new beginning at love when Mrs. Miracle steps in. I gave this 2 stars, but seriously considered a 1 star rating. This book was so not my style. Not a great way to start the challenge!
336 pages = 4 page points
Total points = 20
Grand total = 20
Janie wrote: "Jen - shouldn't that be 24 points - 20 plus 4...."Thanks Janie! That's what I get for posting with a screaming 17mo old at my feet.....
20.2 In honor of New Year’s pick a book in which one of the characters is given a new beginning or a second chance
The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss
Accused of treason and drowning in whiskey for the last few years after his heroic years fighting in the American Revolution, Captain Ethan Saunders is given a second chance at a few things...
525 pages - 6 pts
HF bonus - 1 pt
Total Task Points: 27 pts
25.3 Read an HF book by an author who uses one or more pseudonymsRead: The Tale of Holly How
Pages: 320 pgs- 4 pts
HF: 1 pt
Susan Wittig Albert also writes as Robin Paige.
Total points: 30 pts
Grand total: 54 pts
Super Bonus: 100 Point Task - Support our HF group authors by reading one of their books. These are the authors that qualify for the task:
Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
544 pages: 6pts
HF Bonus: 1 pt
Total Task Points: 107 pts
Luckngrace, Your total is 209, not 194:Captive - 30pts
Rain Fall - 14pts
Rebel - 35pts
Crestmont - 105pts
Mockingjay - 25 pts
TOTAL = 209 points
Super Bonus: 100 Point Task - Support our HF group authors by reading one of their books. The Heretic Queenby Michelle Moran 383 pages
100 + 4 + 1 = 105 points
Luckngrace wrote: "20.3 Most popular 2010: Mockingjaypages: 398 = 4
hf = 1
total = 25
grand total = 194"
Luckngrace, I hope you enjoyed Mockingjay. I read it for the last challenge and I thought it was great. However, I don't believe it can be counted as HF. Forgive me if I'm speaking out of place, Maude, but that just struck me as a little odd. :)
5.1 - written by two or more authorsRead: The Good That Men Do: Star Trek Enterprise by Michael A. Martin & Angdy MArgalis
Pages: 464 pgs - 4 pts
HF: 0 pt
Total points: 9 pts
Grand total: 9 pts
Luckngrace, Amy is right. I looked up Mockinjay and realize it is not historical fiction. I do try and keep up with what is and isn't but I "assumed" it was. Thank you, Amy, for bringing it to my attention. I am sure it was an oversight on both our parts.
20.2 In honor of New Year’s pick a book in which one of the characters is given a new beginning or a second chanceRead: The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman by Nancy Marie Brown
Pages: 323 pgs - 4 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total points: 25 pts
Grand total: 34 pts
Special Note: Because this book is only partially based in fact and the extrapolations done by the author to "flesh out" the persona of the characters portrayed I've given it an HF point.
50.3 Read any book with a color word in the title - example: One Thousand White Women, The Color Purple, The Red Tent, etc. (LemonLinda's Task)Read: Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Pages: 752 pgs - 8 pts (I think i got the most popular version)
HF: 1 pt
Total points: 59 pts
Grand total: 93 pts
10.1 Read any author's first bookRead: The Traitor's Wife by Susan Higginbotham
Pages 499- 4 pts
HF 1 pg
Total points 15 pts
Grand total 15 pts
50.1 Jen C's Task- Read any book that has been nominated for or won any literary award. Read: Room (Nominated for the Booker Prize)
Pages: 321 - 4 points
Total points: 54
Grand total: 108
Maude wrote: "Luckngrace, Your total is 209, not 194:Captive - 30pts
Rain Fall - 14pts
Rebel - 35pts
Crestmont - 105pts
Mockingjay - 25 pts
TOTAL = 209 points"
Sorry, Maude, I can read great but I just can't "figure" as my husband used to say. Thanks for catching my mistakes.
Amy wrote: "Luckngrace wrote: "20.3 Most popular 2010: Mockingjaypages: 398 = 4
hf = 1
total = 25
grand total = 194"
Luckngrace, I hope you enjoyed Mockingjay. I read it ..."
I wasn't sure either, but is dystopia/post-apocalyptic or historical fantasy counted? If Maude says no, I'll abide.
The Official rule re books is this: Books must be HF if SPECIFIED HF. If no specification is made, the book can be ANY genre (but at least 200 pages).
100: Support our HF group authors by reading one of their books.Read: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
Pages: 470 pgs- 4 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total points: 105 pts
Grand total: 105 pts
UPDATED SCOREBOARD:Luckingrace - 260
KristiJ - 134
LemonLinda - 131
Lindsay - 105
Gayle - 105
Brittany - 105
Diane - 59
Marleen - 55
ToniS - 54
Janie - 40
Evelina - 35
Kiri - 34
Rachel - 30
Jamie - 30
Jackie - 30
Shannon - 29
JenC - 24
100 Point Task: Support our HF group authors by reading one of their books. Read: Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
Pages: 470 pgs - 4 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total points: 105 pts
Grand total: 135 pts
Maude, I'm 108. 54 was just for the latest task I posted. Unless something didn't count for some reason.
Am I supposed to be the Jamie with the 30 points?
Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Am I supposed to be the Jamie with the 30 points?"I had 30 points on the board at that point, actually.
OK - I AM GOING TO TRY THIS AGAIN!Luckingrace - 260
Jamie - 135
KristiJ - 134
LemonLinda - 131
ToniS - 108
Lindsay - 105
Gayle - 105
Brittany - 105
EvelinaC - 94
Kiri - 93
Diane - 59
Marleen - 55
Janie - 40
Rachel - 30
Jackie - 30
Shannon - 29
JenC - 24
Emily - 15
Any problems/mistakes I know I will hear about them!! I actually have no idea what happened originally. When I get a minute I will go back and see what I did or didn't do and will fix anything else in the AM.
Jayme, As far as I can tell, you have NO points. Does this agree with you?
Maude wrote: "Jayme, As far as I can tell, you have NO points. Does this agree with you?"She accidentally reported them in the other Challenge #5 thread. See message 109- http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...
25.1 Read one of the 5 HF books that have been on your to-read list the longest.At Swim, Two Boys
And am I glad I finally read it. I am stil reeling....
Pages: 576 -6 pts
HF: 1pt
Total: 32 pts.
Grand Total: 55+32= 87 pts
Maude that is incorrect. I completed a task. Task 25.1 I read Pride and Prejudice. Look at post 109. That was my first post. Then on post 124 you said Apologies for not reading my own rules :P I meant to change it, but I copied and pasted Becky's previous rules. Okay so Jayme's book will count and if your book adhere's to the rules Jen C then I will count it as well. So I should also have 30 points.
50.1 Jen C's Task- Read any book that has been nominated for or won any literary award.Read: Watership Down
Pages: 478 Points: 4
HF: 0 pts
Total points: 54
Grand Total: 54 points
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HF Point
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24.4 In honor of Valentine’s Day read a historical romance
Read: Outlander
Pages: 853 pgs- 8 pts
HF: 1 pt
Total points: 33 pts
Grand total: 120 pts
Please keep this thread for Points discussion only. Any other posts should be posted to the Challenge Thread
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Participants may join at any time during the challenge. All points must be reported by 11:59pm EST on February 28, 2011 to be counted.
Tasks can be completed in any order and it is not required to complete all regular tasks before doing the bonus tasks.
RULES:
1) Books must be Historical Fiction if specified as HF. If no specification is made, the book can be ANY genre.
2) 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.
3) Books less than 1/2 finished may be counted for the challenge at the beginning, but ALL books must be completed and points recorded by 11:59p EST on February 28, 2011 for points to be counted as completed for the task.
4) Re-reads and audiobooks are accepted unless specified otherwise in the task. (Audiobook page counts will be determined by the most popular edition on Goodreads.)
SCORING:
5) Task categories are assigned a point value, and points are awarded when all parts of the task are completed. Partial points will NOT be awarded for partially completed tasks.
6) 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
Bonus points will be awarded PER BOOK READ. Task points are awarded ONE TIME once the task is complete.
7) Page length used to determine task bonus points is determined by THE MOST POPULAR EDITION OF THE BOOK ON GOODREADS -- NOT the edition you actually read.This is a change from the previous rules in an attempt to make the scoring more fair across the board, as there can be very large page variations between editions. To determine the most popular edition on Goodreads, simply do a title/author search - the first result that matches your book is the most popular edition on GR.
8) As this challenge contains both HF and other genre books, you will receive 1 additional bonus point for every HF book read, whether the task requires HF or not. Please be sure to list that the book is HF to make sure that the additional points are counted.
WE WILL NOT AWARD HF POINTS IF IT IS NOT REPORTED UNLESS WE ARE POSITIVE THE BOOK IS HF. In other words, we aren't going to research the book for you. It is your responsibility to report your scores accurately, we will merely verify and record them.
9) HAVE FUN!!!
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CHALLENGE #5 TASK LIST
Any Genre:
5 Points Each Task
5.1 In the spirit of friendship read a book written by two or more authors
5.2 Read a book set in the country you would most like to visit
10 Points Each Task
10.1 Read any author's first book
10.2 Read an Oprah selection from any year in honor of Oprah's last year on TV. Please tell us what year you chose (the list goes back to 1997 and can be found here: http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/C... )
10.3 Find your Chinese astrological sign and read a book published in one of the years under your sign: http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/z...
Please tell us what your sign is and the publication date of the book you chose.
20 Points Each Task
20.1 Go to the HF Group polls thread and read 2 books from any month or different months. Please tell us what month & year the books were nominated.
http://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/22...
20.2 In honor of New Year’s pick a book in which one of the characters is given a new beginning or a second chance
20.3 Read one book of GR’s Most Popular Books Published In 2010 List. http://www.goodreads.com/book/popular...
Historical Fiction:
25 Points Each Task
25.1 Read one of the 5 HF books that have been on your to-read list the longest. To find these books go to your to-read book shelf and click on date added. Pick one of the first 5 HF books on your list.
25.2 Read a HF book in which a historical figure meets an untimely end
25.3 Read an HF book by an author who uses one or more pseudonyms
25.4 In honor of Valentine’s Day read a historical romance
Bonus: 50 Points Each Task
50.1 Jen C's Task- Read any book that has been nominated for or won any literary award.
50.2 Evelina C's Task- Read any book that is set in a country that is primarily at 60 degrees N. latitude or above. Use this link to help you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60th_par...
50.3 LemonLinda's Task - Read any book with a color word in the title - example: One Thousand White Women, The Color Purple, The Red Tent, etc.
Super Bonus: 100 Point Task
Support our HF group authors by reading one of their books. These are the authors that qualify for the task:
Steve Anderson
Heikki Hietala
Debra Denson
Joyce Elson Moore
Johanna Moran
Michelle Moran
Priya Parmar
Kate Quinn
Zina Rohan
M.G. Scarsbrook
Holly Weiss
Stephanie Dray
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Prizes
We're going to try something new this round...
1st Prize Winner- can choose between choosing 5 tasks for the Mini-Challenge in March or choosing the group read for April/May (that means no nominations for April/May)
2nd & 3rd Prize Winners- design bonus tasks for Challenge #6