Historical Fictionistas discussion

What I Did For a Duke by Julie Anne Long
+4 301-500 pages – 371 pages
+1 Romance
+1 A noble title - Duke
+1 four or more words in the title
+1 part of a series < 3 books (Pennyroyal Green #5)
+1 multiple narrators
+5 points for a review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
14 points

Total for the challenge 249

Thank you for putting this challenge together and for counting the points! I had a great time!

Sharp Objects
Time 2000
Genre Thriller
Goodreads author Gillian Flynn
pages 272...2 pts

Total points 78

Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist by Thomas Levenson
TBR = 2
Non-fiction = 1
336 pages = 4
Title 4 words = 1
1700s = 1
Punctuation in title (colon) = 1
Quest = 1
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5
Total = 16

Daphne du Maurier by Margaret Forster
Non-fiction = 1
TBR (added 9/16/12) = 2
First published 1993 = 1
Set in 1920s and 1950s = 2
Related to NY resolution (broaden reading, read about authors) = 1
455 pages = 4
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5
Total = 16

FINAL Challenge total = 189

Final post for the mini challenge:



Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
312 pages (+4)
TBR Nov. 1, 2012 (+2)
Review (+5): http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Setting-time period: 2000s (+1)
Genre: Young Adult (+1)
Total = 13

Final Challenge total = 274

Hello all --- I am taking over doing the final tally from Margaret, BUT I am going out of town for the weekend. I will tally when I return at the beginning of next week.

Hope you join in for the Feb/Mar task based challenge!

I also wanted to say a BIG THANKS to Margaret being score-master. It is a huge help.

Sounds good JoLene - have a good trip! Great job Margaret! I'm looking forward to the feb/mar challenge!!!

When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan
301 to 500 pages = 4 bonus points
Non Fiction = 1 point
Location CA = 1 point
Title 4 or more words = 1 point
Book featuring politics = 1 point
Review = 5 points http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total = 13 points
Challenge = 103 points

The Sword in the Stone
301 to 500 pages = 4 bonus points
Classic = 1 point
4 or more words in the main title = 1 point
Read a book that is part of a series containing more than 3 books = 1 point (Once and Future King)
TBR list = 2 points 09/08/12
Review = 5 points http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total = 13 points
Challenge = 126 points

Killing Floor
501 to 750 pages = 6 bonus points
Thriller = 1 point
Primarily white cover (over 50 %) = 1 point
Read a book that is part of a series = 1 point
Review = 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total = 14 points
Challenge = 140 points

Snow by Orhan Pamuk
463 pages=>4pts
Depicts a winter scene=>1pt
Primarily white cover=>1pt
Read a book featuring politics: Ka travels to Kars to report on an election. Most of the politics in this book dealt with the separation of religion and state.=>1pt
Reviewed=>5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total=>12pts
Challenge Total=>108 pts

Dying for Justice by L. J. Sellers

+4 301 to 500 pages -Paperback - 312 pages
+1 Time Periods – 2000s
+1 Thriller
+1 Read a book that is part of a series more than 3 books – This is book number 5
+1 Read a book by a Goodreads author by L.J. Sellers
+5 points for a review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

13 points total

262 total points for the challenge.

I can't believe I finished this before the end of the challenge

Final scores will be up in a couple of days.

Where will the final scores be found?

Really enjoyed the mini challenge. thank you

I'm in the process of tallying, will be posted in this thread.

Great job to all the participants!
Here is the final tally -

JenC.* 273
Marti* 263
Cheryl 244
Diane* 242
Holly * 187
Lori* 131
LemonLinda* 124
Rebecca 116
Christina 108
Linda 85
Kristine 81
KristiJ 60
Nell 60
Margaret 53
HollyP 51
Becky 50
Christy 50
Sue 41
Ashley 39
Jayme 34
Raissa 29


JenC. * Post 198: No point for farm because the cover had a house --- nothing showed it was actually a farm
Marti* Post 111: 99+14 is 113, not 112 --- carries to end
Diane* Post 149/159 removed cover points and Post 162 - GR author is only 1 point (not 2)
Holly * Post 188 - Series must be more than 3 books, can only claim Austen event point, once per book (-2)
Lori* Post 208 totals 14 and when added to challenge total should be 117 (not 126)
LemonLinda* Post 199 - Archer series only lists 3 books on GR and Amazon so I can't give the extra point; review not linked but I found it

JenC. * Post 198: No point for farm because the cover had a house --- nothing showed it was actually a farm
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Ok, that's fine. I only knew it was a farmhouse because it was an important element in the book, but one couldn't know that looking the cover only. Thanks JoLene!

JoLene - not a problem. The series has 5 books planned but you would only know that from Archer's website. He has not yet published the third and has not written the other two, so technically there are only 3 in the series right now.

LemonLinda wrote: "JoLene - not a problem. The series has 5 books planned but you would only know that from Archer's website. He has not yet published the third and has not written the other two, so technically there..."

Yeah -- sometimes they are listed even if they aren't published yet --- but since they weren't I can't give it to you :-) As no one was within one point of each other, it wouldn't have made a difference in the standings. I need to get to that series :-D

JoLene, I really enjoyed the first one and have the audio of the second which I am planning to get into next month.