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Centuries Winter Challenge 2018 Scoring Thread
Completion:The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
20th Century - 10 pts.
520 pages - 6 pts.
Bonus F - 5 pts
Total: 21 points
1) 20th CenturyLetters from Skyeby Jessica Brockmole
set in world war I and WWII +10
290pp +2
Bonus set in Europe +5
HF +5
Book Total: 22
2) 21st Century
Gone by Michael Grant +10
560pp +6
Bonus: set in North America +5
Book Total: 21
Grand Total: 43
18th centuryThe Gods Will Have Blood by Anatole France
Completed 06/01/18
18th century: 10 pts
254 pages: 2 pts
Set in Europe: 5 pts
Total points: 17
20th century Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen
Completed 02/01/18
20th century: 10 pts
304 pages: 4 pts
Author’s initial in “winter”: 5 pts
Points this post: 19
Total points to date: 36
19th CenturyDeath and Mr. Pickwick by Stephen Jarvis
19th century: 10 points
816 pages: 8 points
Bonus F set in Europe (set in England): 5 points
Task points: 23
Challenge points: 23
21st Century - 10 pointsHardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich
360 pages - 4 points
Bonus C (letter E): 5 points
Total: 19 points
20th Century - 10 points
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
393 pages - 4 points
Total: 14 points
19th Century-10 points
Lincoln in the Bardo
363 pages- 4 points
Bonus A (winter): 5 points
Total: 19 points
11th century - 10 puts
Out of the Dawn Light by Alys Clare
213 pages - 2 puts
Bonus F (Europe) - 5 puts
Total: 17 pts
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey20th Century- 10 points
386 pages- 4 points
Bonus A (winter) 5
Total 19 points
Mod
21st Century-10 points
344 pages- 4 points
Bonus C: 5 points
Total: 19 points
1) Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space by Margot Lee Shetterly20th Century- 10 points
240 pages- 2 points
Bonus North America- 5 points
Finished 1/5 Total: 17 points
2) The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish
17th Century- 10 points
576 pages- 6 points
Bonus Winter Initial- 5 points
Finished 1/19 Total: 21 points
3) The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones
13th Century (technically 12th-14th, but I guess I'll count it toward this one)- 10 points
534 pages- 6 points
Bonus Europe- 5 points
Finished 1/24 Total: 21 points
4) Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
18th Century (18th-21st)- 10 points
300 pages- 2 points
Bonus Africa- 5 points
Finished 1/29 Total: 17 points
5) Joan of Arc by Mark Twain
15th Century- 10 points
452 pages- 4 points
Bonus set in winter- 5 points
Finished 2/1 Total: 19 points
6) Imperial Woman by Pearl S. Buck
19th Century- 10 points
384 pages- 4 points
Bonus Asia- 5 points
Finished 2/8 Total: 19 points
Total points: 114
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate20th century- 10 points
352 pgs- 4 points
Bonus (winter)- 5 points
Total 19 points
The Sister Queens by Sophie Perinot
13th century- 10 points
503 pages- 6 points
bonus set in Europe- 5 points
Total 21 points
The Vengeance of Mothers by Jim Fergus
19th century- 10 points
368 pages- 4 points
set in North America 5 points
Total-19 points
House of Rejoicing by Libbie Hawker
BCE- 10points
369 pages- 4 points
set in Africa- 5 points
Total- 19 points
Grand Total- 78 points
Mrs. Lincoln's Rival by Jennifer Chiaverini19th Century: 10 pts
Bonus (N. America): 5 pts
432 pg: 4 pts
Total: 19 pts
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters19th Century - 10 pts
Bonus - author's name begins W (in winter) - 5 pts
592 pages - 6 pts
Total points: 21
Nowhere Is a Place byBernice L. McFadden19th Century - 10 pts
304 pages - 4 pts
Tot: 14 pts
Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
BCE - 10 pts
296 pages - 2 points
Bonus G (Africa) - 5 pnts
Total: 17 pnts
Where the River Bends by Elissa Matthews
20th Century - 10 pts
294 page - 2 pts
bonus D - North America - 5 points
Total: 17 pts
The Koala of Death by Betty Webb
21st Century - 10 pts
250 pages - 2 pts
Bonus C (W in Winter) - 5 points
Total: 17 pts
21st centuryThe Dry by Jane Harper
21st century - 10 points
352 pages - 4 points
Bonus I - set in Australia - 5 points
Task points: 19
Challenge points: 42
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles20th Century: 10 pts
Bonus (Author's Initials): 5 pts
462 pgs: 4 pts
Book Total: 19 pts
Challenge Total: 38
Ramses: The Battle of Kadesh by Christian JacqBCE: 10 pts
377 pp: 4pts
Bonus G (Africa): 5 pts
Total: 19 pts
1. The Secret Life of Mrs. London by Rebecca Rosenberg20th century - 10 points
348 pages - 4 points
Bonus C (R in WINTER) - 5 points
Total: 19 points
2. Paris by the Book by Liam Callanan
21st Century - 10 points
368 pages - 4 points
Bonus F - 5 points
Total 19 points
Challenge total:
38 points
The First Man in RomeColleen McCullough 10 points 1154 p. 10 points
Total: 20 points
19 th century : Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders by Kate Griffin
10 points
368 p.: 4 points
Set in Europe: 5 points
Total: 19 points
16 th century
The Tudor Vendetta
C.W. Gortner. 10 points
352 p. 4 points
Winter scene on cover 5 points
= 19 points
18 th century
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Emmuska Orczy 10 points
204 p. 2 points
12 points
Total:70 points
Bonus (5pts)a. Read a book set in winter.
b. Read a book with a winter scene on the cover.
c. Read a book where one of the author's initials is in the word WINTER
d. Read a book set in North America.
e. Read a book set in South America.
f. Read a book set in Europe
g. Read a book set in Africa.
h. Read a book set in Asia.
I. Read a book set in Australia.
Book Length Bonus:
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
Cleopatra: Daughter of the Nile by Colin Falconer
BCE - 10 pts
406 p - 4 pts
bonus g - 5 pts
Total - 19 pts
Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland by Susan Fraser King
11th c - 10 pts
337 p - 4 pts
bonus f - 5 pts
Total 19 pts
Highland Surrender by Tracy Brogan
16th c - 10 pts
363 p - 4 pts
bonus c - 5 pts
Total 19 pts
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan
20th c - 10 pts
516 p - 6 pts
bonus a - 5 pts
Total 21 pts
Total 78 pts
Defiance: The Life and Choices of Lady Anne Barnard by Stephen Taylor 18th Century 10
384 pages 4
Europe. 5
Book total 19
Challenge total 38
No Name by Wilkie CollinsCompleted 14/01/18
19th Century: 10 pts
748 pages: 6 pts
Total this post: 16
Total points to date: 52
The Fisherman's Bride: The Untold Story of the Wife of Simon Peter1st century - 10 pts
240 pgs - 2 pts
12 points total
Total combined so far - 90 puts
Commedia della Morte by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro18th Century-10 points
Set in Europe-5 points
429 pages=4 points
Book total=19 points
Challenge total=19 points
Salammbô by Gustave FlaubertBCE = 10 points
Bonus g set in Africa = 5 points
Bonus length 282 pages = 2 points
Total = 17 points
The Temptation of St. Antony by Gustave Flaubert
3rd Century = 10 points
Bonus length 304 pages = 4 points
Total: 14 points
Merlin by Robert de Boron
4th century = 10 points
Bonus length 231 pages = 2 points
Total: 12 points
Yvain, or The Knight with the Lion by Chrétien de Troyes
6th Century = 10 points
Bonus c author's initials is in the word WINTER = 5 points
Bonus length 224 pages = 2 points
Total: 17 points
Hernani by Victor Hugo
16th century = 10 points
Bonus length 200 pages = 2 points
Total = 12
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
17th Century = 10 points
Bonus length 335 pages = 4 points
Total = 14 points
Les Chouans, which I wasn't able to put the link "add book" by Honoré de Balzac
Here's the book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Sorry for this...
18th century = 10 points
Bonus f. set in Europe = 5 points
Bonus length 400 pages = 4 points
Total = 19
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
19th century = 10 points
Bonus length 679 pages = 6 points
Total = 16
Le Rapport Gabriel by Jean d'Ormesson
20th century = 10 points
Bonus length 430 pages = 4 points
Total = 14 points
Total up to now = 135 points
The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker9th Century 10 points
448 pages 4 points
Total 14 Points
Grand Total for Challenge 52 Points
Mod
18th Century-10 points
235 pages- 2 points
Bonus D: 5 points
Total: 17 points
Challenge Total: 36
Stormbird by Conn Iggulden (1/21/18)15th Century: 10 pts
482 pgs: 4 pts
Bonus F: 5 pts
Total: 19 pts
Challenge Total: 57
Blood Orange by Susan Wittig Albert21st Century: 10 points
Bonus: One of the author's initials is in the word WINTER 5 points
311 pages=4 points
Book total=19 points
Challenge total=38 points
Shadows in Bronze by Lindsey Davis1st century: 10 points
366 pages: 4 points
Total this post: 14
Total points to date: 66
Mod
RENEE 90
MONICA 78
CLAIRE 70
ELISSA 69
LOUISE 66
GABRIELLE 65
LINDSEY 57
CHRIS (dog picture) 56
MAUREEN 52
JAYME 43
SHANNON 42
MARGARET 38
RACHELNYC 38
LINDA 38
KAYDEE 37
JASMINE 36
RACHEL 34
CHRIS (reading picture) 19
The Empress of Bright Moon by Weina Dai Randel7th Century = 10pts
368 pages = 4pts
Bonus D - set in Asia = 5pts
Book total = 19pts
A Journeyman to Grief by Maureen Jennings
19th Century = 10pts
413 pages = 4pts
Bonus H - set in North America = 5pts
Book total = 19pts
All the Colours of Darkness by Peter Robinson
21st Century = 10pts
407 pages = 4pts
Bonus C - one of authors initials in the word WINTER = 5pts
Book total = 19pts
Challenge total = 57pts
The Moon in the Palace by Weina Dai Randel7th Century 10pts
395 pages 4 pts
Bonus h 5 pts
total 19 pts
Challenge total 71
18th Century - 10pts
Africa bonus - 5pts
322 pages - 4pts
Book total: 19
Challenge total: 57 points
Mod
BCE-10 points
343 pages- 4 points
Bonus F: 5 points
Total: 19 points
Challenge Total: 55
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles20th C: 10pts
Book length: 462pp: 6pts
Bonus C: 5 pts
Book Total: 21pts
Challenge Total: 40 pts
Birds of Prey by Wilbur Smith17th Century - 10 pts.
Set in Africa - 5 pts.
560 pages - 6 pts
Total: 21 pts.
I, Mona Lisa by Jeanne Kalogridis15th century- 10 points
515 pages- 6 points
total- 16 points
Daughter of Sand and Stone by Libbie Hawker
3rd century- 10 points
set in Asia- 5pts
332 pages- 4 points
Total 19 points
The Viper Amulet: The Sequel to Rubies of the Viper by Martha Marks
1st Century - 10 points
405 pages- 4 points
total- 14 points
Persona Non Grata by Ruth Downie
2nd century- 10 points
348 pages- 4 points
total- 14 points
The Serpent Queen by Jean Plaidy
16th century-10 points
404 pages- 4 points
total-14 points
The Moon in the Palace by Weina Dai Randel
7th century- 10 points
395 pages- 4 points
total- 14 points
Grand Total- 169 points
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks 17th Century (1665) - 10 pts
306 pgs - 4 pts
Bonus D - Set in North America - 5 pts
Book total - 19 pts
Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman
19th Century (1853-1890) - 10 pts
464 pgs - 4 pts
Book total - 14 pts
Post total - 33 pts
Challenge total - 33 pts
I, Eliza Hamilton by Susan Holloway Scott18th Century: 10 pts
444 pgs: 4 pts
Book Total: 14 pts
Challenge Total: 71
I Am Livia by Phyllis T. SmithBCE=10 points
391 pages=4 points
Book total=14 pages
Challenge total=52 points
CompletionBook: Fire in the East by Harry Sidebottom
Date read: 2/2
3rd Century - 10 points
432 pages - 4 points
Set in Asia - 5 points
Total 19 points
Challenge total: 110
My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira19th C: 10 pts
364 pages : 4 pts
Bonus D: 5 pts
Total: 19 pts
Challenge Total: 59 pts
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks17th Century 10 points
306 pages 4 pts
Bonus D
Book total 19
Home going by Gyasi Yaa322 pages 4pts
Bonus G 5 pts
18 th century 10 pts
Total challenge 109
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The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
20th Century-10 points
343 pages- 4 points
Bonus I: 5 points
Total: 19 points