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Scoring Example

Here's an example of how it will look when reported:

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
#15 spot - 15 points
664 pages - 6 points
HF - 5 point
Date added: Jan 1, 2014: 15 pts
Total - 41 points


Scoring Primer:
Initial points is the spot on your list.

Bonuses for:
Historical Fiction
# of pages
Summer Task
How long it's been on your TBR

Any questions you have make sure to post them in the Rules.

Good luck everyone!

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Scoring info from the Rules post:

SCORING / HOW IT WORKS:
1) At time of sign-up, each participant will select the books from their 'To-Read' list on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ. Any variation of a To-Read shelf will count, including Wishlist. Example, I have a shelf called Nonfiction which are nonfiction books I haven't read yet but want to.

Books will be ordered from 50-1 (if you are not doing the 3 months, adjust when starting later), and their placement will determine their point value. Examples: A book in the #1 place will receive 1 point when done, a book in the #25 spot will receive 25 points, etc.

Tip: Order books that you are most likely to read in the higher value spots to earn higher scores. :)


NOTE: If you are a slow reader, and don't want to list 50 books, you can have a shorter list. However, if you start with 20 books, you can only play with 20 books for the whole challenge (Also, you will want to still start your list at spot 50 if you are playing for points)

2) Bonus Tasks for 50 points each: After you have read at least 5 books on your list, once a month, you can read a book from one of the mods TBR lists. Each month you need to pick a different mod, so if you chose to read one each month, you will have read one from each of the mods.

Choose a book from one of the moderators TBR lists ( Becky, JoLene, Gretchen, or Jasmine) that you have not read, and read it.


Becky's TBR

JoLene’s TBR

Gretchen’s TBR

Jasmine’s TBR

**Note: Most of the moderators have multiple TBR lists. However, I have only included one for each mod on this list, but you can read a book from any of their TBR lists so long as it is labeled some form of "want to read" or "to be read".

**Bonus book choices do not need to be chosen ahead of time and these can be changed at any time. ONLY the list of books from your own To-Read list need to be selected by the deadlines. **

***You may not give yourself a shelf score for a bonus book even if it is on your own TBR shelf.***

3) Summer theme bonuses: You can claim 5 point bonus for each of the following. You can only claim each bonus once during the challenge. Only one summer bonus can be claimed per book.
a. Read a book set in summer.
b. Read a book where the main character takes a trip.
c. Read a book with a summer scene on the cover.
d. Read a book set in a different country than where you live.
e. Read a book where one of the author's initials is in the word SUMMER.
f. Read a book that is set at the beach, on a boat, or on an island.

4) There are several opportunities to earn Bonus Points. Bonus points will be awarded PER BOOK READ when task points are awarded. Partial task points and/or bonus points (page count, HF point, etc) will NOT be awarded if the task is unfinished. Bonus points can only be claimed when reporting the book score (so make sure to check your postings).

4a) Book Length Bonus:
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

4b) Historical Fiction Bonus = 5 point
WE WILL NOT AWARD HF POINTS IF IT IS NOT REPORTED.

The definition of historical fiction that our group uses is a work published at least 50 years after at least half of the events in the work. Historical fantasy, alternate history and magical realism books are not considered historical fiction for the challenge.
If the book has a dual story-line than 50% of the action needs to take place in the historical setting.

4c) You can claim 2 points for each year that the book has been on your TBR. You should use the "Date Added" field on your bookshelf and you may need to add the field to your bookshelf view. The bonus is as follows, if the "Date Added" is before:
June 1, 2023: 2 points
June 1, 2022: 4 points
June 1, 2021: 6 points
June 1, 2020: 8 points
June 1, 2019: 10 points
June 1, 2018 and beyond: 15 points

Thanks Becky. I had a score post I made when I first made the challenge, but it was buried somewhat so I'm going to go ahead and delete it so no one gets confused.

Jasmine wrote: "Thanks Becky. I had a score post I made when I first made the challenge, but it was buried somewhat so I'm going to go ahead and delete it so no one gets confused."

Oh, sorry, Jasmine! I looked but I didn't see one (though I didn't dig much either, TBH) and so I thought I'd post it and "help". :S

It is helpful! Now its at the top.

First book completed! :D

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall
#45 spot - 45 points
208 pages - 2 points
HF - N/A (Nonfiction)
Date added: 3/6/2023 - 2 pts
Total - 49 points

Centennial by James A. Michener
#50 spot - 50 points (Exception Book - 34% June 1)
909 pages - 8 points
HF - 5 points
Date added: July 6, 2013 - 15 points
TOTAL - 78 points

Kate's Progress by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
#36=36 points
256 pages=2 points
Date added: 11/14/2013=15 pointa
Bonus d: 5 points
Total: 58 points

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
#50 - 50 pts
483pp - 4pts
Date Added : 6/8/16 - 15 pts
HF - 5 pts

Total points: 74 points

My Dark Vanessaby Kate Elizabeth Russell
#50= 50 points
373 pgs= 4 points
Added: 12/26/2019= 8 points
Bonus E= 5points

Book Total= 67 points
Challenge Total= 67 points

Palestine: A Socialist Introduction by Sumaya Awad & Brian Bean
#48 - 48pts
250p - 2pts
TBR 9 July 2021 - 4pts
Bonus C - 5pts
Total - 59pts

Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos by Lucy Knisley
#40 Spot - 40 pts
248 pgs - 2 pts
Added 2/17/19 - 10 pts
Book total - 52 pts

The Dangerous Ladies Affair by Marcia Muller
#21 Spot - 21 pts
256 pgs - 2 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 1/14/17 - 15 pts
Book total - 43 pts

The Cape Doctor by E.J. Levy
#50 Spot - 50 pts
352 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 7/29/22 - 2 pts
Book total - 61 pts

Post total - 156 pts
Challenge total - 156 pts

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
#48 spot - 48 points
432 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Date added: January 20, 2024 - 0 points
TOTAL - 57 points
CUMULATIVE TOTAL - 135 points

Butcher's Crossing by John Williams
#46 spot - 46 points
299 pages - 2 points
HF - 5 points
Date added - June 21, 2020 - 6 points
TOTAL - 59 points
CUMULATIVE TOTAL - 194 points

Hour Of The Hunter by J. A. Jance
#48=48 points
416 pages=4 points
On TBR since 3/14/2013=15 points
Book total=67 points

Challenge total=125 points

The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie (DNF @ 67%)
#50 spot - 50 points
345 of 515 pages - 4 points
HF - N/A (Fantasy)
Date added: 10/20/2008 - 15 pts
Total - 69 points

The Pelican Brief by John Grisham
#42 spot - 42 points
400 pages - 4 points
HF - N/A (Thriller)
Date added: 7/29/2008 - 15 pts
Total - 61 points

Previous point total: 49

Challenge Total: 179

Fallen Land by Taylor Brown
#47 spot - 47 points
288 pages - 2 points
HF - 5 points
Date added - May 31, 2021 - 6 points
TOTAL - 60 points
CUMULATIVE TOTAL - 254 points

Walk the Vanished Earth by Erin Swan
#39=39 points
384 pgs=4 points
Date added Aug 7, 2022=2 points
Bonus B=5 points

Book Total= 50 points
Challenge Total= 117 points

Pet by Catherine Chidgey
#50 spot - 50 points
352 pages - 4 points
Date added: Jun 26, 2023: 0 pts
Book Total - 54 points

Challenge total: 54 points

West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
#50= 50 points
HF = 5 points
Date added 1/21= 6 points
383 pages = 4points
Bonus e 5 points
Book Total 70 points

Guilt by Degrees by Marcia Clark

#47=47 points
448 pages=4 points
On TBR since 11/23/2012=15 points
Bonus e= 5 points
Book total=71 points
Challenge total=196 points

Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon
#49 - 49 pts
Date Added: 8/17 - 15 pts
490pp - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Book Total: 73 points

Challenge Total: 147 points

Cost of Living: Essays by Emily Maloney
#49 spot - 49 pts
Date Added: 5/31/24 - 0 pts
240 pages - 2 pts
HF - N/A (Nonfiction) - 0 pts
Book Total: 51 points

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
#40 spot - 40 pts
Date Added: 10/20/2010 - 15 pts
213 pages - 2 pts
HF - N/A (YA) - 0 pts
Book Total: 57 points

Previous Total: 179

Challenge Total: 287

Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire
#40 - 40pts
356p - 4pts
Bonus E - 5pts
Total - 49pts

Menewood by Nicola Griffith
#50 - 50pts
720p - 6pts
TBR March 2023 - 2pts
HF bonus - 5pts
Total - 63pts

Challenge total - 171pts

Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly - Exception Read
#50 Spot - 50 points
551 pages - 6 points
HF - 5 points
Date added: November 21, 2011 - 15 points
Bonus E - Author Initial Summer: Mary - 5 points
Book Total - 81 points


CHALLENGE TOTAL - 81 points
TOTAL BOOKS READ - 1

Wild Chamber by Christopher Fowler
#33 Spot - 33 pts
416 pgs - 4 pts
Added 6/24/18 - 10 pts
Book total - 47 pts

Riviera Gold by Laurie R. King
#47 Spot - 47 pts
336 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 1/11/20 - 8 pts
Bonus A - Set in Summer - 5 pts
Book total - 69 pts

Post total - 116 pts
Previous total - 156 pts
Challenge total - 272 pts

The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey
#36 spot - 36 points
350 pages - 4 points
Date added: Dec, 2022: 2 pts
Book Total - 42 points

Challenge total: 96 points

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
#31=31 points
338 pgs=4 points
Bonus D=5 points

Book Total= 40 points
Challenge Total= 157 points
Total Books Read- 3

Queen of America by Luis Alberto Urrea
#45 spot - 45 points
497 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Date added - May 29, 2016 - 15 points
Bonus (e) - 5 points
TOTAL - 74 points
CUMULATIVE TOTAL - 328 points

Murder In Thrall by Anne Cleeland finished 6/17/2024
#35=35 points
288 pages=2 points
On TBR since 2/6/2014= 15 points
Book total=52 points
Challenge total=248 points

The Informationist by Taylor Stevens
#45=45 points
307 pages=4 points
On TBR since 3/14/2014=15 points
Bonus b=5 points
Book total=69 points
Challenge total=317 points

The House on Biscayne Bay by Chanel Cleeton
#28 spot - 28 points
336 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Date added - October 25, 2023 - 0 points
Bonus (f)- 5 points
TOTAL - 42 points
CUMULATIVE TOTAL - 370 points

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
#49 - 49pts
370p - 4pts
Bonus B - 5pts
Total 58pts

Challenge total - 229pts

Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
#39 spot - 39 points
254 pages - 2 points
Summer challenge b. Read a book where the main character takes a trip - 5 points
Book Total - 46 points

Challenge total: 142 points

Don’t Forget to Write by Sara Goodman Confino
#44= 44 points
334 pages= 4 points
Date added 5/24= 0 pts
HF 5 points
Bonus A set in summer 5 pts
Book Total = 58 points

Challenge Total 128 pts

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin
#42 spot - 42 points
480 pages - 4 points
HF - 0 points
Date added - March 5, 2024 - 0 points
TOTAL - 46 points
CUMULATIVE TOTAL - 416 points

Murder at Beechwood by Alyssa Maxwell
#32=32 points
304 pages=4 points
On TBR since 8/30/2015=15 points
Bonus a=5 points
Book total=56 points
Challenge total=373 points

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
#46- 46pts
Dated Added: 6/23/18 - 10 pts
303pp - 4 pts
Bonus F - 5 pts
Book Total - 65 pts

Challenge Total - 212pts

Ruff Justiceby Laurien Berenson
#33-+33 pts
376 pp +4
Bonus-0
Book total 37
Date read: 6/19/24

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
#49= 49 pts
HF 5 pts
380 pages=4 pts
Book Total 58 pts

Challenge Total = 186 points

Misrule by Heather Walter
#47=47 points
454 pgs=4 points


Book Total= 51 points
Challenge Total= 208 points
Total Books Read- 4

The Beautiful Strangers by Camille Di Maio
#45 Spot - 45 pts
320 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Added 1/12/19 - 10 pts
Bonus C - Summer Scene on Cover - 5 pts

Book total - 69 pts

Death at the Chateau Bremont by M.L. Longworth
#32 Spot - 32 pts
320 pgs - 4 pts
Added 6/24/18 - 10 pts
Book total - 46 pts

Post total - 115 pts
Previous total - 272 pts
Challenge total - 387 pts

The Case of the Left-Handed Lady #2 Enola Holmes by Nancy Springer
#48 spot - 48 points
234 pages - 2 points
Date added: March 16, 2024 - 0 points
Bonus D: Set in different country - England - 5 points
Book Total - 55 points

CHALLENGE TOTAL - 136 points
TOTAL BOOKS READ - 2

The Storyteller's Secret by Sejal Badani
#48= 48 pts
391 Pages= 4 points
Date added 8/2018 = 10 Pts
HF = 5 pts
Bonus B = 5 points
Book Total = 72 pts

Challenge Total 258

The Ivy by Lauren Kunze
#44=44 points
On TBR since 3/14/2013=15 points
312 pages=4 points
Book total=63 points
Challenge total=436 points

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides
#27 spot - 27 points
432 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 points
Date added - May 4, 2024 - 0 points
TOTAL - 36 points
CUMULATIVE TOTAL - 452 points

The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse
#50=50 points
605 pages=6 points
On TBR since 8/2019=8 points
HF-5 points
Book total=69 points
Challenge total=505 points

Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
BONUS BOOK (Gretchen’s TBR) - 50 points
226 pages - 2 points
HF - 5 points
TOTAL - 57 points
CUMULATIVE TOTAL - 509 points

Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
#42= 42 points
400 pgs= 4 points
Date added 4/3/21= 6 points
Book Total= 52 points

The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
#9=9 points
320 pgs=4 points
Book Total= 12 points

Challenge Total= 272 points
Total Books Read- 6

South Toward Home: Travels in Southern Literature by Margaret Eby
#25 spot - 25 points
240 pages - 2 points
HF - 0 points
Date added - January 4, 2018 - 15 points
TOTAL - 40 points
CUMULATIVE TOTAL - 551 points

Pocket Apocalypse by Seanan McGuire
#39 - 39pts
368p - 4pts
Bonus C - 5pts
Total - 48pts

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
#33 - 33pts
476p - 4pts
TBR May 2021 - 6pts
Total - 43pts

Challenge total - 320pts

Bethlehem Road by Anne Perry
#47 - 47 pts
Date Added 8/17 -15pts
309pp -4pts
HF -5pts
Total: 71pts

Challenge Total: 283pp