Christian Fiction Bloggers discussion

And all those pink covers are Christian fiction....

Okay, sounds great. Changing 3 of a Kind to Christian Fiction also.

Tracker post.

Section One

1. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Reader: Monique
Pages: 179
Points: 3

FINISHED 8/20/19

2. Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Reader: Andrea
Pages: 672
Points: 8


3. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Reader: Monique
Pages: 358
Points: 5


4. A Woman’s Place by Lynn Austin
Reader: Andrea
Pages: 446
Points: 5


5. The Broad Highway by Jeffery Farnol
Reader: Hannah
Pages: 518
Points: 6


6. Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Reader: Hannah
Pages: 672
Points: 8


Subtotal: 35
Bonus: 5
Section One Total Points (once read and posted): 40

Section Two

Three of a Kind: Same Genre: Christian Fiction
1.
Reader:
Pages:
2.
Reader:
Pages:
3.
Reader:
Pages:

Four of a Kind: Same Genre: Christian Fiction
1. Ours for a Season by Kim Vogel Sawyer
Reader: Andrea
Pages: 352
2. Courting Miss Amsel by Kim Vogel Sawyer
Reader: Hannah
Pages: 352
3. Where Hope Prevails by Janette Oke
Reader: Monique
Pages: 336
4. Shattered by Dani Pettrey
Reader: Monique
Pages: 369

Points: 16

Full House: (author's first or last name has either 2 consonants and 3 vowels OR 3 consonants and 2 vowels)
1.
Reader:
Pages:

Small Straight: 1,2,3,4 (page count or publication date includes the number)
1. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Reader: Monique
Pages: 261
2. Beyond the Moon by Catherine Taylor
Reader: Monique
Pages: 496
3. Nightbooks by J.A. White
Reader: Monique
Pages: 320
4.
Reader:
Pages:

Points: 11

Large Straight: 1,2,3,4,5
1. Les Miserable by Victor Hugo
Reader: Abigail
Pages: 1,232
Publication Year: 1862
2.
Reader:
Pages:
3.
Reader:
Pages:
4.
Reader:
Pages:
5.
Reader:
Pages:

Points: 12

YAHTZEE
1. average GR rating of 4 stars or higher
The Words Between Us by Erin Bartels
Reader: Andrea
Pages: 384
Rating: 4.70
2. a teammate or mod rated 5 stars
Reader:
Pages:
Teammate or mod:
3. title begins with a Y, A, H, T, Z, or E
You Belong with Me by Tari Faris
Reader: Andrea
Pages: 368
4. red cover
Freedom by Faith Potts
Reader: Abigail
Pages:
5. white or black cover
Vanishing Point by Lisa Harris
Reader: Hannah
Pages: 320

Points: 11?

Chance (freebie)
1.
Reader: Andrea
Pages:
2.
Reader: Hannah
Pages:
3.
Reader: Abigail
Pages:
4.
Reader: Monique
Pages:
5.
Reader: Maria
Pages:

Section Two Total Points (once read and posted): 50

Total Points for All Sections: 90

While I would love to have doorstoppers for all categories, it’s also worth considering that if we read shorter novels we might stand a chance of completing twice, so I’m not going to be hugely militant about page length 😉

Let's vote on the straights.

Small Straight

Option one: 1,2,3,4

Option two: 2,3,4,5

Option three: 3,4,5,6

Which do you like best?

I just thought of something. Aside from reaching 27 points in section #1 for the bonus points, it doesn’t really matter how many pages we read per book, as long as each book is over 100 pages, because we can earn an unlimited amount of points in this challenge. How quickly we finish the tasks is more important... Because each time we finish all of the tasks, we start all of the tasks over, the more times we complete all of the challenge tasks, the more bonus points we’ll get from section #1, and in general. I really like this, no pressure, every page counts. :)

Sorry for the scattered messages. I’m multitasking and just now having dinner.

True. It'd be great to get as many points as possible in the first round, to set the bar, so to speak. But speed is nearly as important as number of pages. I think we'll do just fine.

Do you have an idea of where you want some of those other books you mentioned, in section two?

The Small Strait requires us to read 4 books and the Large Straight requires 5 books....

I’d love my “The Witch of Blackbird Pond” read to work for Option #1 of the Small Straight, if the sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4. :)

“When Hope Prevails” and “Shattered will work for the Christian fiction genre. :)

I’d love to read “Beyond the Moon” for the second task of the Small Straight, and “Nightbooks” for the third task in the Small Straight, with a 1, 2, 3, 4 sequence. :)

My primary reading goals right now include finishing my books for the N.E.W.T.s challenge, finishing book series I’ve already started, and reading books to review that were sent to me by publishers. 🙂

I hope you all are having a nice day/night! 🙂

We have 62 days to read 33 books, if I’m counting right. So as a team we need to complete a book roughly every other day to finish once and every day to finish twice. If each player completes 2-3 books per week, this is going to be easy!

Monique, we'll do the small straight as 1,2,3,4 and those books will get plugged in as soon as I switch tabs.

Hannah wrote: "Monique, Secret Garden and Witch of Blackbird Pond are some longtime top favorites of mine! "

I look forward to discussing our thoughts on these books once I’ve finished reading them! 🙂 They are books I’ve wanted to read for a really long time.

Thanks, Andrea! I can’t wait to get started reading tonight! 🙂

I'm plugging When Hope Prevails and Shattered into the Four of a Kind, so that category is fully planned now.

Sounds good! 🙂

All right. My tracker post on this page (page two) has been updated to add in those books of Monique's.

Monique wrote: "Thanks, Andrea! I can’t wait to get started reading tonight! 🙂"

Me too!

I’d like to read “Book Girl: A Journey Through the Treasures and Transforming Power of a Reading Life” by Sarah Clarkson next month for the Full House task, because the author’s first name (Sarah) has 3 consonants and 2 vowels. 🙂

Okay, whoa. Let's wait a bit for the three of us with picking books. We still need to hear from Abigail and Maria and let them pick some categories. We have plenty to keep us busy these next few days to allow them a chance to speak up.

Love the enthusiasm, though! We're going to need that in spades through this challenge. :)

I agree, Andrea. Good points. 🙂

I’m halfway through “Bridge to Terabithia” so far, and I’m not loving it... I’ll be finishing it this morning.

It’s not just a happy story, is it? I recently saw the movie version and watched the behind-the-scenes. The book was written (view spoiler)[to help the author figure out how to help her son cope with losing his best friend at a relatively young age. (hide spoiler)]

I'm trying to get a huge jump on Wives and Daughters today. Nothing like starting with a doorstopper. Haha! My next read should seem short even if it isn't.

Hooray, Monique, for posting the first review of the game!

Woohoo! We're off to a great start!

My laptop broke so I haven't been online the part week but I am trying to ship things from my kindle so I am going to work on this starting tomorrow.

So sorry about the computer, Abigail! When you get a chance, please let us know which categories you'd like for your next three or four books. We have a tracker near the top of this page which has the books we've already planned jotted into the form and the open ones being available.

All right, just to check the section that only has one book needed it can be done once only, right? I'm wondering if historical fiction is one of the genres picked or no?

And I was looking through and want sure what categories/sections still need done/picked? Formatting for GR is odd on my kindle. Sorry for all of the questions!

Oh, and if historical fiction is able to be picked I'm reading Les Miserables for school, if that will fit with a category.

I really hate that I keep asking things but will Freedom by Faith Potts work for the red cover?

I believe “Freedom” would work for the red cover task, with red stripes covering a lot of the cover. 🙂

Thank you, Monique! (I don't know how to post covers in comments, so double thanks.)

Les Misérables would work great for the 1st task of the Large Straight. 🙂

My pleasure, Abigail. I am very sorry about your laptop dying, and feel free to ask any questions you’d like. 🙂

Great! ☺ Sorry to be joining late!

Abigail wrote: "Oh, and if historical fiction is able to be picked I'm reading Les Miserables for school, if that will fit with a category."

Abigail, what's the published date for Les Miz? I think that will work well for one of the straights, perhaps the Large Straight.

No worries, Abigail. 🙂

Abigail wrote: "I really hate that I keep asking things but will Freedom by Faith Potts work for the red cover?"

How many pages does Freedom have? I've marked it down for red cover.

Les Miz was published in 1862. I'm unsure of how many pages Freedom has, hmm, I have an ARC, I'll check.

Okay, so Les Miz definitely works for the straights. I'll mark it for Large Straight, number 1.

Thanks for checking on the page count of Freedom.

Here's what we have left to fill for this first round:

Three of a Kind (same genre: Christian Fiction)
1. Abigail
2. Abigail
3.

Full House
author's first or last name has either 2 consonants and 3 vowels OR 3 consonants and 2 vowels
1.

Small Straight
(number found in either the page count or publication date)
#4

Large Straight
(number found in either the page count or publication date)
#2 Hannah
#3
#4
#5

Yahtzee
2. teammate or moderator rated the book 5 stars

Chance
Each of us gets one book for the chance.

My ARC doesn't say but I'll message Faith in the morning.

Thanks! How many pages is your edition of Les Miz?

I'll update points in message #53 as soon as I know Abigail's books' page counts.

My edition is 1230 since a couple of pages are missing . . . Kinda funny, I guess. LOL!

Okay, thanks! I don't think the missing pages will matter much in the grand scheme of things. Happy reading on that doorstopper!

Hannah wrote: "Hooray, Monique, for posting the first review of the game!"

Thank you, Hannah (sorry for the delayed reaction). 🙂 I hope to have another book review post done tomorrow.