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Challenge #12 - August/September

Tasks and Rules

Do NOT delete any posts from this thread. It throws off the scoring spreadsheet.

If you got approval for a book, please list the message number in the questions thread for reference.


Use this thread to report your points for the Challenge #12.

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

15.3 Founding Fathers: : In honor of Mayflower Day (Sept 16) and Constitution Day (Sept 17), read a HF book set during the colonial times or during the revolutionary war.
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
316 pages - 4 points
HF = 5 points
Review - 5 points
Link to review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total - 29 points


To write a review, you either write the review when you say that you are finished with the book OR if you want to wait until later, go to your "read" books shelf. On the right side of your list of books, click "edit" -- this will give you review box.

To link to your review, click on the view hyperlink on your bookshelf and copy the URL that is displayed in the address bar.

NOTE: I will no longer accept a review that is the first comment of a book. If you are having issues, please PM me.

Post the cover and the title link if it is a task cover challenge.

Cheryl will be doing the scoring for this round!!!

Rounds of applause and my gratitude :-D

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20.1 Check-mate: Read a HF book which has the name of a chess piece in the title.

The Shadow Queen: A Novel of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor by Rebecca Dean
448 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task total - 34 pts
Challenge total - 34 pts

50.1 How do you like your history? HF/non-fiction book about same figure/event

The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry
482 pgs= 4 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book total= 14 points

The Templars The Secret History Revealed by Barbara Frale
232 pages= 2 pts
Review= 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book total= 7 pts
Task total= 71 pts
Challenge total= 71 pts

5.1 Back to School
MC attends Grade 6 - 12

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Sempel

MC is in Grade 8

Task = 5 points
330 pages = 4 bonus points

Task total = 9
Challenge total = 9

15.1 Weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen.
Railroad Schemes The main characters are robbers.

288 pages=2 points
HF=5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Review=5 points

Task total=27 points
Challenge total=27 points

10.1 It's All About You (Cover that represents you)

The Once and Future King by T.H. White


I read the version with the scene on the front of it from the movie "Camelot" where Guinevere sings "The Lusty Month of May" (the month I was born in).

639 pages= 6 points
HF= 5 points
Review= 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book/Task Total= 26 points
Challenge Total= 97 points

Task 20.3 Women's equality day. Astor Place Vintage: A Novel. The book deals with a young woman in 1907 working for equality for women in the workplace and in society.
396 pages=4 points
HF=5 points
" http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Review=5 points

Task total=34 points

Challenge total=61 points

10.3 Hispanic Heritage Month
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
458 pages= 4 points
HF= 5 points
Review= 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task total=24 points
Challenge Total= 121 points

25.3 Cult of the New: Read 2 HF books newly published in 2013

The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
416 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 14 pts

His Majesty's Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal
334 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 14 pts

Task total - 53 pts
Challenge total - 87 pts

15.2 Summer Storms

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

"Karen" is on the list of North Atlantic Hurricanes

Task points = 15
Page points = 2 (294 pages)

Task total = 17
Challenge total = 26

15.2 Summer Storms (Author's name in the list of future Northern Atlantic Hurricanes)..."Michael" is in 2018.

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier Clay by Michael Chabon

636 pages= 6 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task Total= 31 pts
Challenge Total= 152 pts

15.1 Weigh Anchor and Hoist the Mizzen (set on a ship/pirates/robbers)

The Dark Frigate by Charles Boardman Hawes

264 pgs= 2 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task Total= 27 pts
Challenge Total= 179 pts

5.3 Frankenstein's Birthday (horror or gothic book)

The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale

336 pgs= 4 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task Total= 19 pts
Challenge Total= 198 pts

5.1 Back to School: Read a book where the main characters attend middle or high school.

The Girl is Trouble by Kathryn Miller Haines
336 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task total - 19 pts
Challenge total - 106 pts

20.1 Checkmate (chess piece in the title)

Esther the Queen by Heather B. Moore
217 pgs= 2 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task Total=32 pts
Challenge Total= 230 pts

25.3 Cult of the New. Read 2 HF books published in 2013.

The Light in the Ruins
309 pages=4 points
HF=5 points
www.goodreads.com/review/show/684269166
Review=5 Points

Astor Place Vintage: A Novel
396 pages=4 points
HF=5 points

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Review=5 points

Task total=53 points

Challenge total=114 points

10.1 It's All About You: Read a book which has a cover that represents you.

I was born in February under the sign of Aquarius and my daughter went to school in San Diego, where this novel takes place.


Aquarius Descending by Martha C. Lawrence
296 pgs - 2 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task total - 17 pts
Challenge total - 123 pts

5.3 Frankenstien’s Birthday: In honor of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley’s birthday (Aug 30), read a book with the genre of horror or gothic on the book’s main page (at least 10 users)

The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernan
385 pages - 4 pts

Task & Challenge Total - 9 points

5.1 Back to School: Read a book where the main characters attend middle school or high school (grade 6-12).

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

576 pages - 6 pts

Task Total - 11 points
Challenge Total - 20 points

Here is the current status on the scoreboard for this challenge, and there has only been one issue of concern! (Thanks for your care in your entries and not making my job very difficult!)

Updated through post: 25
DATE 17-Aug
Participant Score

Cheryl 230
CherylA 123
Linda 114
*Diane 43
Shannon 26
Ashley 20
Cyn 9


*Diane Post - 15: Addition incorrect (+10 points)

5.1 Back to school. Read a book where the main characters attend middle school or high school.
The Innocent One of the main characters, Julie Getty, is a 14-year old who attends a Gifted and Talented high school.
422 pages=4 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Review=5 points
Task total=14 points
Challenge total=128 points

25.3 Cult of the New (2 HF published in 2013)

When Jesus Wept by Bodie & Brock Thoene
304 pgs= 4 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Claudia Wife of Pontius Pilate by Diana Wallis Taylor
336 pgs= 4 pts
HF=5 pts
Review= 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...


Task total= 53 pts
Challenge Total= 283 pts

15.2 Summer Storms. Author's name in the list of future North Atlantic Hurricanes. "Bill" in 2015.Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
315 pages=4 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Review=5 points
Task total=24 points
Challenge total=152 points

10.2 Lighting the Way (Coastline City...Boston, MA)

Our Sacred Honor by Ron Carter
604 pgs= 6 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task Total= 26 pts
Challenge Total= 309 pts

15.1 Weigh anchor & Hoist the mizzen: Read a book set on a ship.

Crossing on the Paris by Dana Gynther
336 pg - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task total - 29 pts
Challenge total - 152 pts

5.1 Back to School (main characters attend middle/high school)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
213 pgs= 2 pts
Review= 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task Total= 12 pts
Challenge Total= 321 pts

10.3 Hispanic Heritage Month: Read a book by an author who has Hispanic heritage.

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
487 pgs - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task total - 19 pts
Challenge total - 171 pts

50.2 Book Loving Friends (2 HF books from a friend(s) shelves which they have rated a 4 or a 5)

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
(friend on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, McKenna Phipps)

786 pgs= 8 pts
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Times that Try Men's Souls by Ron Carter
(friend on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, Scott Carey)

556 pgs= 6 points
HF= 5 pts
Review= 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task Total= 84 pts
Challenge Total= 405 pts

5.2 Picture Books (graphic novel)

Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together by Bryan Lee O'Malley
205 pgs= 2 pts
Review= 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task Total= 12 pts
Challenge Total= 417 pts

5.1 Back To School When It Happens by Susan Colasanti

Task +5
Bonus +2 (310pp)
Review +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book Total: 12
Grand Total: 12

25.2 We Were Here First: Read a book which features a character that is considered an indigenous people.

White Heat by M.J. McGrath
368 pgs - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task total - 34 pts
Challenge total - 205 pts

5.2 Picture Books: read a Graphic Novel.

Unterzakhn by Leela Corman
208 pgs - 2 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task total - 17 pts
Challenge total - 222 pts

15.3 Founding Fathers: Read a HF set during the colonial times or during the revolutionary war.

April Morning by Howard Fast
208 pgs - 2 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task total - 27 pts
Challenge total - 249 pts

25.1 Fun with Homonyms: Read 2 books which have homonyms in the title

I'll Be Seeing You by Suzanne Palmieri-Hayes
313 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 14 pts

The Bee Balm Murders by Cynthia Riggs
304 pgs - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total - 9 pts

Task total - 48 pts
Challenge total - 297 pts

20.1 Check-mate: Read a HF book which has the name of a chess piece in the title, sub-title or series name: King, Queen, Bishop, Rook, Knight, Pawn

320 pages - 4 pts
HF - 1 pt
Review - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... - 5 points

Book Total - 30 points
Challenge Total - 50 points

@Ashley, you did not include the link to the title on post 43. I was just about to update the points totals. Could you fix that right away? Otherwise, this book will not be included in the points total until next time.

Hi to all Challenge Readers! Here is the updated challenge totals through today. (Sorry, Ashley, your last post will show up with the next update.)P.S. There were no issues with any of the posts at all this time! Thanks so much for making the job so simple. Half-way through the challenge!

Cheryl 417
CherylA 302
Linda 152
Diane 43
Shannon 26
Ashley 20
Cyn 18
Jayme 12

Task 10.2 Lighting the way. Read a book with a lighthouse on the cover. The Edge of the Earth
288 pages=4 points
HF=5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Review=5 points
Task total=24 points

Challenge total=176

15.3 Founding Fathers(Set in the Revolutionary War)

To Decide Our Destiny by Ron Carter
498 pgs= 4 pts.
HF= 5 pts.
Review= 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task Total= 29 pts
Challenge Total= 446 pts

5.3 Frankenstein's Birthday. Read a book with the genre of horror or gothic on the book's man page.

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
441 pgs - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task total - 14 pts
Challenge total - 311 pts.

25.2 We Were Here First (Indigenous People stories from South and Central America)

Tales from Silver Lands by Charles J. Finger
207 pgs= 2 pts.
Review= 5 pts.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task Total= 32 pts.
Challenge Total= 478 pts

20.3 Woman's Equality Day: Read a HF book which has a woman who is fighting for a cause.

One Glorious Ambition: The Compassionate Crusade of Dorothea Dix by Jane Kirkpatrick
400 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task total - 34 pts
Challenge total - 345 pts

20.3 Women's Equality Day: Woman fighting for a cause

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
235 pgs= 2 pts
ReView=5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task total= 27 pts
CHALLENGE TOTAL= 505 pts

This is my first post for this challenge.

15.2 Summer Storms: Read a book whose author's first name is found on the list of future
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
256 pages - 2 points
HF - 5 points
Task total - 22 points

100.1 Banned Books: Read 4 books found on a list of banned or challenged books.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
#7 on Banned Books Listopia
Originally published 1953 - A classic published more than 50 years ago
238 pages - 2 points

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
#57 on Banned Books Listopia
Published in 2009 - Published in the 21st century
391 pages - 4 points

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
#2 on Banned Books Listopia
310 pages - 4 points

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
#1 on Banned Books Listopia
324 pages - 4 points

Task Total - 114 points

Challenge total - 136 points

With about a week and a half to go, here is the current status for the Reading Challenge:

Cheryl 505
CherylA 350*
Linda 174*
Sue 136
Ashley 54
Diane 43
Shannon 26
Cyn 18
Jayme 12

*CherylA: You shorted yourself 5 pts in your addition.
*Linda: Post 46 288 pgs= 2 pts, not 4 pts.

I will try to update the score totals on Monday when there is one week left of the challenge. Happy reading!

20.2 Supporting our Authors: Read a HF book by an author who qualified for our Featured Author Group Read.

Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
470 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Task total - 34 pts
Challenge total - 379 pts

Cheryl - I've double and tripled checked my point and keep coming up with 345 for the last update. Do you happen to know where the extra 5 pts came in?

5.1 Back to School
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
328 pages = +4 pts
Review = + 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Total = 14

10.1 It’s all about you!
I take ballroom dancing lessons with my husband
by Rhys Bowen
320 pages = +4
HF = +5
Review = +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 24

10.2 Lighting the Way!
The capital of RUNA is Vancouver (BC), and a lot of the action takes place there
Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead
448 pages = +4 pts
Review = +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Total = 19 pts

15.1 Weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen!
Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy by L.A. Meyer
320 = +4 pts
HF = +5
Review = +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Total = 29

15.2. Summer Storms: Whitney
Testing Kate by Whitney Gaskell
336 pages = +4
Review = + 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Total = 24 pts

50.2 Book-loving Friends:
Ashley W rated a 5:
Cane River by Lalita Tademy
552 pages = 6 pts
HF = +5 pts
Review = +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Kirsten rated 4 stars
A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen
320 pages = +4
HF = +5 pts
Review = +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Total: 80 pts

Challenge total: 190 pts