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A Foreign Affair by Caro Peacock

Setting - 1800's 1 pt
Genre - HF 1 pt
Themes - Overcoming adversity 1 pt
Cover - Only one person 1 pt
Random - Secret Society 1 pt
Locale - England, France 2 pts
331 pgs - 4 pts
Extras - Review 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book total 16 pts
Challenge total 16 pts

"Mean Lean Thirteen" by Janet Evanovich

Bonus-4(310pp)
Themes-Humor-1
Genre-Crime/Police Procedual-1
Review+5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total:11
Grand Total:11

Could we maybe hide reviews under a spoiler link?

I fixed it.

Thank you - I haven't gotten to that one yet and I was trying so hard not to read your review!!!

sorry....

The Alpine Winter by Mary Daheim

Title - Proper name (town of Alpine) 1 pt
Locale - Washington State 1 pt
272 pgs - 2 pts
Extras - Review 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book total 9 pts
Challenge total 25 pts

Accidents of Providence


Accidents of Providence by Stacia Brown
Genre – HF = 1
Awareness (political issue) = 1
Book cover (1 person) = 1
Random (272 pages) = 2
Locale (England) = 1
Reviewed = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total task points = 11
Total challenge points = 11

The Death Cure by James Dashner
325 Pages - 4 points
Setting: Future +1
Genre: Science Fiction +1
Themes: Overcoming Adversity +1/ Quest +1
Reviewed: +5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Total: 13 points

Cover:
Book: Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
Pages: 316
Genre: 3 pt - Fantasy, Science Fiction, Crime
Themes: 3 pt - New Beginnings, Overcoming adversity, Humor
Titles: 1 pt - Proper name
Cover: 1 pt - Only one person,
Reviewed?: 5 pt - here
Task points: 13
Page Bonus: 2
Total: 15
Total Challenge Points: 15

Book: Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan
Pages=>304=>4pts
Genre=>Non-Fiction=>1pt
Themes=>New Beginnings=>1pt
(starting a non profit for children of Nepal)
Overcoming adversity=>1pt
(child traffickers, climate, physical
limitations)
Awareness =>1pt
(child trafficking and Nepalese civil war)
Quest=>1pt
(find parents of children)
Humor=>1pt
(several funny travel accounts toilets, food, etc.)
Book cover=> only 1 person=>1pt
Review=>5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Total Points=>16pts

Task : Ancient -1pt

Genre: Historical Fiction-1pt

Theme: New Beginnings -1pt
Overcoming Adversity-1pt
Quest-1pt
Humor-1pt

Title: One word-1pt

Cover: 0pt

Random:# pages: 444-4pts
Best Of 2002-1pt

Locale:Middle East-1pt

Extra: Reviewed 5pt
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Total: 18POINTS!
I'm quite proud of myself

Sarah, please link to your review when you claim the extra points. :) Thanks!

Edit: Nevermind! I see you did and I didn't refresh my window. *removes foot from mouth*

Becky wrote: "Sarah, please link to your review when you claim the extra points. :) Thanks!

Edit: Nevermind! I see you did and I didn't refresh my window. *removes foot from mouth*"

Baha! now we both have a foot in mouth after my reccomendation fail lol

Mmm...foothistasthy! :P

Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn

388 pages = 4 points
Setting 1800s = 1 point
Genre: HF + Crime = 2 points
Theme: New Beginning = 1 point
Title: Proper name (Darjeeling) = 1 point
Cover: One person = 1 point
Reviewed = 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Total = 15 points

"Finger Licking Fifteen" by Janet Evanovich
Bonus-4(310pp)
Themes-Humor-1
Genre-Crime/Police Procedual-1
Review+5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

book Total: 11
Grand Total: 22

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows

Setting: 1900's = 1
Genre: Historical Fiction = 1
Themes: Overcoming Adversity and Humor = 2
Book cover: Only one person = 1
Locale: Islands owned by England occupied by Germany = 1
Reviewed = 5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Pages: 274 = 2

Book Total: 13
Grabd Total: 13

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
277 pages - 2
Time Frame: 1900s – 1
Genre: Non-fiction – 1
Themes: New Beginnings, Adversity, Humor – 3
Title: Proper Name – 1
Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... - 5
Book Total: 13 points

Pandora
344pgs- 4pts
Time Period: Ancient- 1pt
Genre: HF-1pt
Themes: New beginnings (in Antioch/as a vampire)- 1pt
Title: Proper Name, One Word Title- 2pts
Locale: Middle East- 1pt
Total: 10pts

Challenge total: 10pts

by Emma Cole

403 pgs = 4 pts.
Time Period 1900's = 1 pt.
Genre HF = 1 pt.
Themes: Awareness intelligence during World War II = 1 pt.
Cover 1 person = 1 pt.
Locale England = 1 pt.
Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
= 5 pts.

Total 14 pts.

Challenge total 14 pts.

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
308 pages (+4)
Genre: HF (+1)
Themes: Overcoming Adversity, new beginnings, awareness (+3)
Cover: one person (+1)
Locale: England (+1)
Book Total = 10

Challenge total = 10

by Candice Millard

339 pgs. = 4 pts.
Time period 1800's = 1 pt.
Genre NF = 1 pt.
Themes Awareness Political = 1 pt.
Contains a profession (President) = 1 pt.
Book cover only 1 person = 1 pt.
Book about an inventor = 1 pt.
review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
5 pts.

Total 15 pts.

Challenge total = 29 pts.

Cover:
Book: Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
Pages: 400
Setting: 3 pt - Ancient, 1800s, 1900s
Genre: 2 pt - Non-fiction, Crime
Themes: 4 pt - New Beginnings, Overcoming adversity, Awareness (social or political issue), Quest
Random Tasks: 1 pt - secret society
Reviewed?: ? pt - Not yet (pending)
Task points: 10
Page Bonus: 4
Total: 14

Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts
506 pages-6
Ancient time-1
HF, Fantasy-2
New Beginning, Overcome Adversity, Awareness, Quest-4
valley named Valley of Silence-1
Secret Society is Morrigan's Circle of 6, wear magical protective silver cross necklasses-1
Review-5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total-20

Edge of Apocalypse by Tim LaHaye
432 pages-4
Future-1
Overcoming adversity, Awareness, Quest (saving USA)-3
Review-5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total this post-13
Challenge total-33 points

234 pages- 2 points
Fantasy-1 point
Themes- Bew Beginnings, Quest, Humor 3 points
Contains a type of Profession- Detectives 1

review 5 points

Total book points: 12

The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton
336 pages (+4)
Setting: 1900s (+1)
Themes: new beginnings, overcoming adversity, awareness (+3)
Title: proper name (+1)
Book total = 9

Challenge total = 19

"Finger Licking Fifteen" by Janet Evanovich
Bonus-4(310pp)
Themes-Humor-1
Genre-Crime/Police Procedual-1
Review+5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book Total:11
Grand Total: 33

Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire

Pages: 200-300 = 2
Genre: Historical Fiction = 1
Themes: New Beginnings = 1
Reviewed = 5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book Total = 9

Challenge total = 22

April can you correct the link so that it goes directly to your review? The current link goes to the book page.

by Richard Rhodes

336 pgs. = 4 pts.
nonfiction = 1 pt.
1900's = 1 pt.
Overcoming adversity = 1 pt.
New Beginnings = 1 pt.
Proper name = 1 pt.
Cover - 1 person = 1 pt.
Read a book about an inventor = 1 pt.
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 pts.

Total 16 pts.

Challenge total = 45 pts.

Jackie wrote: "April can you correct the link so that it goes directly to your review? The current link goes to the book page."

I don't know what I'm going wrong.

April wrote: "Jackie wrote: "April can you correct the link so that it goes directly to your review? The current link goes to the book page."

I don't know what I'm going wrong."

When you go to the book page, click on the "My Review" header underneath the book details, it should take you to your direct review. That's the page you want to link to here.

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

The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick

555 pages - 6 points
HF - 1 point
Themes - overcoming adversity, new beginnings, quest - 3 points
Title - profession - Knight - 1 point
Cover - one person - 1 point
Locale - England, France - 2 points
Reviewed.- 5 points
www.goodreads.com/book/show/414641.Th...

task total - 19 points
Challenge total - 19 points

Restoration


Genre = HF = 1
Time Period (1900s) = 1
Theme (awareness of political implications of Germans in Italy WW11, new beginnings) = 2
Title (one word) = 1
Pages (320) = 4
Review = 5 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Total task points = 14
Total challenge points = 25

Swallow by H. Rider Haggard

236 pages-2
Time-1800s-1
Genre-HF-1
Theme-Overcoming adversity, quest(to save Swallow)-2
Title-Proper name is Swallow(girl's name), one word title-2
Review-5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Total this post-13
Challenge total-46 points

by Nicci French

416 pgs. = 4 pts.
1900's = 1 pt.
Crime/Police = 1 pt.
Title = color = 1 pt.
England = 1 pt.
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 pts.

Total = 13 pts.

Challenge Total = 58 pts.Blue Monday

Diane wrote: " by Richard Rhodes

336 pgs. = 4 pts.
nonfiction = 1 pt.
..."

I am reading the same book!! You should also get the Theme:new beginnings point because Hedy Lamarr made a new beginning in Hollywood after leaving Austria.

Christina wrote: "Diane wrote: " by Richard Rhodes

336 pgs. = 4 pts.
nonfi..."

Thanks and also 1 for proper name.

Hercule Poirot's Christmas

by Agatha Christie

336 pages: 2 pts
Setting 1900s: 1 pt
Crime/Police Procedural: 1 pt
Proper Name in title: 1 pt
Local England: 1 pt

Reviewed: 5 pts (this is more of a review than I usually do but it still may not cut it as a "real review" and I'm okay with that)
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Total: 11 points if review counts; otherwise 6

Chill Factor by Rachel Caine
337 pages: 4 points
Genre: Fantasy, 1 point
Features: Overcoming adversity, 1 point
Reviewed: 5 points http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total: 11 points



Double Cross by Carolyn Crane
26 pages: 4 points
Genre: fantasy, 1 point
Features: awareness, 1 point
Cover: only one person, 1 point
Random: secret society (in the world the book is set in), 1 point
Reviewed: 5 points http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book total: 13 points

Challenge total: 24 points

Jackie wrote: "April wrote: "Jackie wrote: "April can you correct the link so that it goes directly to your review? The current link goes to the book page."

I don't know what I'm going wrong."

When you go t..."

OK, corrected both books and then remembered to add pages bonus to Mirror Mirror.

SO everything should be fixed. Sorry!

Where Shadows Dance by C.S. Harris

Setting - 1800's 1 pt
Genre - HF 1 pt
Themes - Political awareness, Quest 2 pts
Locale - England 1 pt
342 pgs 4 pts
Review 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book total 14 pts
Challenge total 39 pts

The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
269 pages (+2)
Genre: fantasy (+1)
Themes: new beginnings, overcoming adversity, awareness (+3)
Cover: one person (+1)
Book total = 7

Challenge total = 26

Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
by Richard Rhodes

pages=>336=> 4 pts
genre=>nonfiction => 1 pt
time period=>1900's => 1 pt
Themes=>Overcoming adversity => 1 pt
=>new beginnings => 1 pt
Title=> contains proper name => 1 pt
Cover => 1 person => 1 pt
Read a book about an inventor => 1 pt
Review => 5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

This book=> 16 pts
Challenge total => 32pts

Murder on Sisters' Row by Victoria Thompson

Setting - 1800's 1 pt
Genre - HF 1 pt
292 pgs 2 pts
Review 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book total 9 pts
Challenge total 48 pts

Scoreboard:

Diane 58
LucknGrace 46
Cheryl 39
Christina 32
Kiri 29
JenC 26
Nikki 24
April 22
Jayme 22
LemonLinda 19
Sarah (Loudog) 18
ToniS 15
Holly 14
Becky 13
Rachel 13
Chakara 12
Susan 11
Christy 10

Oh, Jayme, you're at 22 not 33 - you reported Finger Lickin' Fifteen twice. Did you mean to report the next in the series, or did you forget that you'd already reported it?