Historical Fictionistas discussion

Nell wrote: "JoLene wrote: "JenC. wrote: "I'm guessing by the correction for Diane's points that even if the book's main page lists HF, if it is not HF by the 50yr definition we can't claim a point? Just check..."

Thanks Nell. I thought I had read that somewhere.

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
372 pages - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Titles: 4 words, 1 pt
Tasks, 2 narrators, 1 pt
Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
TBR 2 pts

14 pts,
challenge total 28 pts

In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff
Genre - HF +1 pt
Locale - NY +1 pt
Title - 4 or more words +1
Cover - Winter scene (snow and ice) +1
Cover - Mythical creature (angel) +1
400 pgs +4 pts
Review +5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book total - 14 pts
Challenge total - 120 pts

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
263pgs: 2pts
Time: 1700s: 1pt
Genre: HF, Thriller: 2pts
January Events: Tolkein: Quest for the ultimate scent: 1pt
Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... : 5pts
TBR: 2pts
Total: 13pts

Challenge Total: 50pts

*Total adjusted per message 82. Thanks Margaret for catching that!!

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
205 pages (+2)
TBR Dec. 26, 2010 (+2)
Review (+5): http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Setting - Time periods: 1920s, 1950s, 2000s (+3)
Genre: nonfiction (+1)
Title: 4+ words, punctuation mark (+2)
Cover: primarily white, food (+2)
January: New Year's resolution (healthy eating), politics (+2)
Total = 18

Challenge total = 99

Experiment in Murder: A Capital Crimes Novel
368 pages-4 points
Time period: 2000's=1 point
Genre: Thriller= 1 point
Location CA= 1 point
Total for the book= 7 points
Challenge total: 32 points

The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch
448 pages - 4pts
Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... - 5pts
Genres: Historical Fiction; Thriller - 2pts
Punctuation Mark ('): 1 pt
"Hobbit" Task featuring a quest: (Jakob and Simon are searching for a murderer) - 1pt

Book Total: 13 pts
Total for Challenge: 60 pts

by Megan MCCafferty

290pp +2
Time period +1
Genres-Young Adult +1
Book Cover-something from a farm-egg +1
Random-Goodreads Author-Megan McCafferty +1
Multiple narrators-+1(2 narrators)
Politics+1 (government laws for preggin and laws on Surrogacy)
Review +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book Total:13
Grand Total: 26

The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds


CATEGORIES
Setting Tim Period: 2000s +1
Setting Locale - Scotland +1
Title: 4 or more words +1
Read a book that is part of a series with 3+ books: +1
Goodreads author +1

Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... +5
TBR list - added 12-13-12 +2
Page length - 288 +2

Book total: 14
Challenge Total: 58

Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
713 pages (+6)
TBR May 28, 2011 (+2)
Review (+5): http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Genre: Thriller, Historical Fiction (+2)
Title: Punctuation mark (+1)
Cover: primarily white (+1)
Random: multiple narrators (+1)
January: quest, woman pioneer in field(physics)(+2)
Total = 20

Challenge total = 119

Face the Winter Naked by Bonnie Turner
+1 Historical Fiction
+1 Four word title - Face the Winter Naked
+1 Read a book with multiple narrators Daniel and LaDaisy
+1 Goodreads author - by Bonnie Turner
+2 200-300 pages - Kindle Edition, 286 pages
+1 Daniel, the main character keeps flashing back to WWI (1920s)
+1 Read a book featuring politics – the book talks a lot about the politics of the time... Mostly about Roosevelt’s and Hoover’s politics and how it affects the men who have no work
+1 Daniel left home looking for himself – that was a quest
+5 Review of book
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

14 points
112 points total for challenge

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Margaret,
I linked my review for post 52"

Jayne according to your review, you started this book before Jan 1st therefore it does not qualify.

The Diviners by Libba Bray
Time - 1920's +1 pt
Genre - YA, HF +2 pts
Locale - NY +1 pt
Random - GR Author +1pt
578 pgs +6 pts
TBR(10/10/12) +2 pts
Review +5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book total - 18 pts
Challenge total - 138 pts

I will be away for a couple days, will update the scoreboard either Sunday night or Monday afternoon.

Diane I have added your HF for #37
JenC #105 should be 19 pts not 18
Jayne pls see #112 regarding #52
Lori I have you at 59 pts, there is a cover up now for the book you questioned.

This score keeping is sure doing a number on my tbr pile, lol

Margaret wrote: "JenC #105 should be 19 pts not 18
"

Got it - thank you!

New Challenge total = 120

Margaret wrote: "I will be away for a couple days, will update the scoreboard either Sunday night or Monday afternoon.

Diane I have added your HF for #37
JenC #105 should be 19 pts not 18
Jayne pls see #112 regard..."

I know it is a little thing, but my naME is not Jayne. It's Jay me=Jamie. It's bad enough ppl think I am a boy.

PS Margaret - you're doing and EXCELLENT job! Thank you so much for volunteering to keep score - I can only imagine how hard it must be keeping up with all the minutae!

Oops sorry Jayme, I have 'me' everywhere else. I know the feeling, my name is Margaret not Marg

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (translation from Spanish)
HF = 1
Romance = 1
Pages (487) = 4
Title (4 or more words) = 1
1950s = 1
Multiple narrators - 1
Quest = 1
Releated to NY resolution (read quality books- love of books) = 1
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5
Total – 16

Challenge Total = 109

The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights by H. H. Dalai Lama

272 pgs +2
2000's +1
non-fiction +1
resolution - being more understanding and compassionate =1
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... =5

Total +10
Challenge total +132 pts.

Margaret, I think I should have 60 pts not 59.
I've copied and pasted the four books I have posted below.

Ireland + 18 pts
The Hobbit + 14 pts
The Royal Perfects + 13 pts
The Snow Child + 15 pts
Total 60 pts

Post 24
Ireland by Frank Delaney
6 points 501 to 750 pages
5 points post a review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
1 point Setting-1950's
1 point Genre-Historical Fiction
1 point Goodreads Author-Frank Delaney
1 point Quest-The storytellers quest was to tell the story of Ireland from home to home and person to person. He walked the entirety of Ireland in order to do so never having a home of his own. And Ronan's quests was to follow the footsteps of the storyteller, to find him!
1 point Read a book featuring politics--the political unrest/rebellions in Ireland
2 points On TBR list-October 5, 2012
Total: 18 points

Post 41
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
4 pts - 351 pages
1 pt - Classic
1 pt - part of a series containing more than 3 books
1 pt -Bilbo's quest
5 pts for a review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
2 points - on TBR Oct 06, 2011
Total 14 points

Post 46
The Royal Perfects by Jeremy Neeley
6 Pts - 586 pages (There is no number of pages listed on the link to this book. 586 is the number of pages shown on my Nook. Please let me know if this is not acceptable.)
5 Pts - posted a review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
1 pt - Noble Title (Royal)
1 pt - Title only
Total points – 13

Post 79
The Snow Child byEowyn Ivey
+1 point- 1920's (spanned from 1918-1924)
Book Cover
+1 pt -Depicts a winter scene
+1 pt- Primarily white cover
Random Tasks
+1 pt -Read a book by a Goodreads author
Extras
+5 points for a reviewhttp://www.goodreads.com/review...
+2 points for reading something from your TBR
Added TBR list 9/08/12
+4 pts-301 to 500 pages
Total 15pts

The House At Riverton

+6 - 501 to 750 pages
+1 - 1920s (1918-1924)
+1 - Historical Fiction
+1 - 4 or more words in the main title
+1 – Grace’s quest was to tell her grandson what had happened at Riverton House and the secret she had kept for so many years.
+2 – TBR list Sep 08, 2012
+5 – Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Total = 17 point
Challenge Total = 77 points

Stigma

+ 5 pts - Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
+1 - mostly white cover
+4 - 301 to 500 pages
+1 - Thriller
+1 - Setting US-CA
+1 - Goodreads Author Philip Hawley Jr.
+1 - Quest: Framed for multiple murders, Luke, must use all of his former military training to stay alive long enough to identity the true villain.

Total 14 pts
Challenge total 91 pts

State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy√
2000s +1
Goodreads author +1
Genre: Romance +1
Title: Four words +1
Cover: Food +1
Part of a series (1 of 6) +1
Politics (President negotiates Middle East peace plan) +1
Jane Austen characters: +1
Thomas (Mansfield Park)
Henry (Emma & Sense and Sensibility)
336 pgs +4
TBR +2
Review +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total = 19 pts

Challenge total - 31 pts

A Caribbean Mystery


General Tasks
Genre: Classic +1
Genre: Thriller +1

Series with 3 or more books (Miss Marple #10) +1
Jane Austen task: Jane Bennet in P&P - Jane Marple in ACM +1

Extras
Page length 224 +2
Review: +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
TBR 6/7/12 +2

Book Total: 13
Challenge Total: 71

Evermore by Alyson Noel
301 pages (+4)
TBR March 13, 2011 (+2)
Review (+5): http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Setting - Time period: 2000s (+1)
Genre: Young Adult, Romance (+2)
Setting - Locale: US-CA (+1)
Random: series, GR author (+2)
Total = 17

Challenge total = 137

Amen, L.A. by Cherie Bennett
Time - 2000's +1 pt
Genre - YA +1 pt
Locale - California +1 pt
Title - Punctuation +1 pt
Random - GR Author +1 pt
272 pgs +2 pts
TBR (10/17/11) +2 pts
Review +5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book total - 14 pts
Challenge total - 152 pts

The Boy in the Snow byM.J. McGrath
+1 In the Current times (2000s)
+1 More than four words in the title
+1 Cover depicts a winter scene

+1 Quest – Edie was on a quest to discover who was causing all the murder and mayhem
+1 Goodreads author- M. J. McGrath
+4 301 to 500 pages – 384 Hardback Edition
+2 Reading a book from my TBR list – added Nov 16, 2012
+5 Review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

16 points total for book
127 points total for challenge

The Master and Margarita
360 pages=4 points
Classic=1 point
4 or more words in title=1 point
Total=6 points
Challenge total=37 points

Ravishing the Heiress by Sherry Thomas
+1 By a Goodreads Author - Sherry Thomas
+2 Historical Fiction and Romance
+2 200-300 pages - 285 pages
+5 Review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
+1 The male main character’s name is George & The “other woman”, Isabella both have a name found in a Jane Austen book.

11 points
138 points total for challenge

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
387 pages +4
+1 Romance
+1 US-NY setting (at the end)
+5 for my angry rant of a review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Total: 11 points
Challenge total: 50 points

Marti wrote: "+2 The male main character’s name is George & The “other woman”, Isabella both have a name found in a Jane Austen book."

Marti, The way the scoring works for these challenges, you'd only get one point for the task, not per match for the same book.

Becky wrote: "Marti wrote: "+2 The male main character’s name is George & The “other woman”, Isabella both have a name found in a Jane Austen book."

Marti, The way the scoring works for these challenges, you'd ..."

Thanks Becky, I will rescore Ravishing the Heiress!

Whiter Than Snow by Sandra Dallas
+1 Snow on the cover

+1 Set in the 1920s
+1 Setting: Colorado
+1 Multiple Narrators
+1 Quest to find the children missing and buried by the avalanche
+1 Historical Fiction
+1 One of the children highlighted was named Jane
+4 301-500 pages – 304 pages
+2 TBR list since Sep 11, 2011
+5 Review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

18 points
156 points total for the challenge

Trinity by Leon Uris

912 pages - 8 points
TBR - 9/12/12 - 2 points
Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/413867108 - 5pts
HF - 1 point
Jan. event - politics - 1 point

Task total - 17 points
Challenge total - 60 points

The House of Velvet and Glass by Katherine Howe
Genre - HF +1 pt
Title - 4 or more words +1 pt
418 pgs +4 pts
TBR (8/11/12) +2 pts
Review +5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book total - 13 pts
Challenge total - 165 pts

444 pages=4 points
Genre-HF=1 point
Time Period 1700's=1 point
Goodreads author=1 point

Total= 7 points
Challenge total= 44 points

Updated scoreboard
-just a little reminder, when posting your books could you please list your points in the same order as the Categories (thanks, just makes a little easier for me)

165 pts Cheryl
157 pts Marti*
137 pts JenC
133 pts Diane
109 pts Holly
85 pts Lori*
71 pts Rebecca
68 pts Christina
60 pts KristiJ
60 pts LemonLinda
52 pts Linda*
51 pts HollyP
50 pts Becky
50 pts Christy*
31 pts Nell
29 pts Raissa
27 pts Kristine
26 pts Margaret
13 pts Jayme
13 pts Ashley

Marti - #128 for cover pts, I need the cover of the most popular cover posted when claiming points. #135 HF points were claimed twice
Lori - re #121, on #46 the title only pt was not awarded since there is a cover shown
Lori #122 - the link for review does not show a review
Linda - my points do not match yours. I have gone back and doubled checked and feel mine are correct, if you could do that do and confirm
Christy - post #130, it appears you started this book before Jan 1st and therefore does not qualify

The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn
384 pages (+4)
TBR Dec. 9, 2011 (+2)
Review (+5): http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance (+2)
Title: 4+ words (+1)
Random: GR Author, multiple narrators (+2)
Total = 16

Challenge total = 153

Margaret wrote: "Updated scoreboard
-just a little reminder, when posting your books could you please list your points in the same order as the Categories (thanks, just makes a little easier for me)

Thanks for helping me Margaret - I have added the covers and subtracted my extra point... so I am at 156 points...

Keeping track of all of this is hard - especially with newbies like me - Thank you!

The Lady Most Willing...: A Novel in Three Parts by Julia Quinn
+4 301-500 pages – 384 pages
+1 Romance
+1 Scotland
+1 four or more words in the title
+1 Punctuation in title ...
+1 Goodreads Authors by Julia Quinn & Eloisa James & Connie Brockway
+1 Multiple Narrators
+1 Quest – Taran was on a quest to have his nephews marry heiress and nothing was going to stop him including kidnapping.
+1 name found in a Jane Austen book (John and Robert)
+5 review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

17 total
173 points total for challenge

Margaret wrote: "Updated scoreboard
-just a little reminder, when posting your books could you please list your points in the same order as the Categories (thanks, just makes a little easier for me)

165 pts Chery..."

My mistake, I didn't realize that I had started it that early. Thanks for catching it and for all you are doing!!

Hi, Margaret,
Regarding, Post #122 (review link)
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I had posted the review as a message. My review is in the correct place now.
Sorry!!

Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
432 pages (+4)
TBR Oct. 31, 2012 (+2)
Review (+5): http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Genre: Historical Fiction (+1)
Cover: mythical creature (angel) (+1)
Random: GR author, multiple narrators (+2)
January: quest, Jane Austen character name (Thomas from Mansfield Park) (+2)
Total = 17


Challenge total = 170

Margaret wrote: "Updated scoreboard
-just a little reminder, when posting your books could you please list your points in the same order as the Categories (thanks, just makes a little easier for me)

165 pts Chery..."

I agree with your scoring. I lost track of one of my books. Thanks for checking it for me.

Linda B.

Thirty Rooms to Hide In: Insanity, Addiction, and Rock 'n' Roll in the Shadow of the Mayo Clinic by Luke Longstreet Sullivan.

320 pgs. +4
non=fiction +1
1950's and 2000's +2
Cover = 4 or more words +1
TBR 10/12 +2
Review =5

Total +15
Challenge total +148 pts.

480 pages=4 points
Goodreads Author=1 point
Total- 5 points


448 pages=4 points
Goodreads Author=1 point
Genre: Historical Fiction=1 point
Setting: New York=1 point
Punctuation mark= 1 point
Book Total 8 points

Challenge Total=65 points[book:The Shoemaker's Wife|13127599

Blind Goddess by Anne Holt
Random - Published in year ending in "3" (1993) +1 pt
Part of series - +1 pt
343 pgs +2 pts
Review +5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book total - 9 pts
Challenge total - 174 pts

Above All Things by Tanis Rideout

357 pgs +4
1920's +1
HF +1
Cover winter scene Snow +1
TBR 10/21 +2
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... +5

Total +14
Challenge total 162 pts.





























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The Grapes of Wrath
Classic
Young Adult
U.S. CA
4 or more words
farm equipment/crops
Quest
Pages 455 ...4 pts
This task 10 pts

Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project
4 words in title
non fiction
quest
politics
Date add Dec. 7, 2012 2 points
Pages 396...4 points
This task 10 points


The Anatomy of Ghosts
1700
HF
Thriller
4 words in title
Pages 469....4 pts
This task 8 points

Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
non fiction
Pages 320... 4 pts
This task 5 points

Total points 60