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April 2012 TBR Challenge - Report Points Here
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins#20 spot - 20 points
374 pages - 4 points
Review - 5 points
Link to review: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27...
Total - 29 points
No Mark Upon Her by Deborah Crombie#20 spot - 20 pts
384 pgs - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total 29 pts
The Haunting of Maddie Clare - by Simone St. James# 4 spot - 4pts
330 pgs - 4pts
Review - 5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total 13 pts
The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The History of the Wartime Codebreaking Centre by the Men and Women Who Were There by Sinclair McKay#20 spot - 20 points
368 pages - 4 points
Total - 24 points
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
#18 = 18
320 pages = 4
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total = 27
The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan
#20 = 20
HF = 1
221 pages = 2
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 28
Mod
I don't like my face to face bookclub book either.
My F2F book is #19 and I've heard it's not very good and long
Mine is called "The Super Sad True Love Story". I theoretically need to have it finished by tomorrow. It's about this middle age guy who meets this Asian girl on a business trip to Rome and he thinks he is in love with her so he tries to woo her but isn't all that successful. It's set in a world where no one reads books but the main character still does. The world replied heavily on this things called apprait(sp?). They are like highly advanced Ipads.
Mine is "The Sisters" and I have had it on my to read list for awhile, but as I understand it should be really good. 6 sisters in the 30's with widely held political views. One even becomes rumored to have had a fling with Hitler. But I'm told it's just not written better than a history book. History is not boring, just the writing.
I hate when books you want to read turn out disappointing.
by Carol Goodman#10 slot - 10 pts
355 pages - 4 pts
review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67...
19 pts
I'm not going to claim the 1 pt for HF, although this book tells 2 stories, one takes place around 1928 and the parallel story is present day. But I don't think that the primary focus of this story is the HF part, so I don't think it'll really qualify. If someone else has another opinion I'll gladly consider it (insert cheeky grin)
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks#17 slot - 17 points
308 pages - 4 points
HF - 1 point
review - 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total - 27 points
Challenge Total - 56 points
A Long Shadow by Charles Todd#20 slot - 20 points
HF - 1 point
341 pages - 4 points
review - 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total - 30 points
Challenge Total - 30 points
How about reading through the night. Luckily I'm on vacation this week so I have more time.
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse#19 spot - 19 points
515 pages - 6 points
Total this book - 25 points
Challenge total - 49 points
I'm on vacation this week as well, and there are grandparents around to watch the kids!
Some Girls: My Life in a Harem by Jillian Lauren#20 spot = 20 pts
352 pgs = 4 pts
Review = 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Post total = 29 pts
Challenge total = 29 pts
The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy#19 - 19 pts
256 pages - 1 pt
Review - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... - 5 pts
Total: 25 points
The Book of Madness and Cures#16 = 16
336 pages = 4
HF = 1
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 25
Challenge total = 53
By the Light of the Silvery Moon by Tricia Goyer#5 - 5pts
320 pgs - 4pts
HF - 1pt
Review: 5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Total: 15pts
Challenge Total = 28
Catching FireSuzanne Collins
#19 - 19 pts.
391 pgs. - 4 pts.
Review - 5 pts.
Link to Review:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Total - 28 pts.
Challenge Total - 84 pts.
The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley#17 spot - 17 points
408 pages - 4 points (Note: the most popular edition does not list # of pages. I read what was probably the second most popular edition, and that was the page count for it.)
Total this book: 21 points
Challenge total: 70 points
The Winter Sea
by Susanna Kearsley. # 20 spot - 20 points
HF - 1 points
527 pages - 6 points
Task total - 27 points
Challenge total - 27 points
A Burial at Sea by Charles Finch#18 spot - 18 pts
HF - 1 pt
320 pgs - 4 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book total 28 pts
Challenge total 57 pts
Mod
Butterflycager, The Labyrinth would count as HF, so I've added your point. You're at 50.
I'll update the rest of the scores tomorrow. :)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire#20 spot - 20 pts
734 pages - 6 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total: 31 pts
Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster
#11 spot - 11 pts
288 pages - 2 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total: 18 pts
Challenge Total: 49 points
Anonymous Rex / Casual Rex#19 slot - 19 points
322 pages - 4 points
Review - 5 points
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total: 28 Pts
Challenge Total: 58
Mod
#20 - 20 pts
336 pages = 4 pts
Review = 5 pts
2.5 stars --> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total=29 pts
Room by Emma Donoghue #13 - 13 pts.
321 pages - 4 pts.
Review - 5 pts.
review link http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total - 22 pts.
Challenge Total - 106 pts.
Forgotten Country#11 = 11 pts.
352 pgs. = 4 pts.
HF = 1 pt.
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 pts.
Total = 21 pts.
Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh#19 = 19pts.
328 pgs. = 4pts.
Review - 5pts
Review link= http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total: 28 pts.
Every Secret Thing by Emma Cole#18 spot - 18 points
406 pages - 4 points
HF - 1 point
Total this book: 23 points
Challenge total: 94 points
Lost December: A Novel# 1 - 1pt
346 pgs - 4pts
Review - 5pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Total: 10pts
Challenge Total: 38pts
Graffiti Moon#10 spot - 10 pts
264 pages - 2 pts
Review - 5 pts
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total: 17 pts
Challenge Total: 66 points
Countdown#16 - 16
400 pages - 4 pts
HF - 1
Review - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... - 5
total - 26 points
Challenge total = 52
I reordered my list. Here's my updated order:20 - Forge HF
19 - The King's Speech
18 - The Surrender of Miss Fairbourne HF
17 - Nefertiti HF
16 - Countdown HF
15 - Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth
14 - The False Princess
13 - I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President
12 - The Glassblower of Murano HF
11 - Howl's Moving Castle
10 - Luncheon of the Boating Party HF
9 - Flygirl HF
8 - The Tsarina's Daughter HF
7 - Jane HF
6 - The Book of the Maidservant HF
5 - Just Jane: A Daughter of England Caught in the Struggle of the American Revolution HF
4 - Elizabeth I HF
3 - Rasputin's Daughter HF
2 - One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd HF
1 - Undead and Unwed
Jackie's TBR: Ithaka
Becky's TBR: Mistress of Rome
Review from The Winter Sea first reported in post #27www.goodreads.com/review/show/154860826
+ 5 points
Challenge total - 32 points
The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama#18 - 18 points
HF - 1 point
Pages - 211 - 2 points
Review - www.goodreads.com/review/show/117254839 - 5 points
Task total - 26 points
Challenge total - 58 points
Death: A Life
#14 = 14
250 pages = 2
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task Total = 21
Challenge Total = 49
Learn Me Good by John Pearson#18 spot = 18
Pages - 210 = 2
Review = 5
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Task total = 25
Challenge total = 78
Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman#16 spot - 16 points
544 pages - 6 points
HF - 1 point
Total this book: 23 points
Challenge total: 117 points
Rachel wrote: "I reordered my list. Here's my updated order:20 - Forge HF
19 - The King's Speech
18 - The Surrender of Miss Fairbourne HF
17 - Nefertiti HF
16 - Countdown HF
15 - Molly Brown: Unraveling th..."
Can we do this now?
Abdication: A Novel#14 = 14 pts.
372 = 4 pts.
HF = 1 pt.
Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... = 5 pts.
Total = 24 pts.
Challenge total = 45 pts.
Diane wrote: "Can we do this now? "Definitely pretty sure we can't do this. "There will be ONE opportunity to re-arrange your unread book list on April 15th. Aside from this date, book lists cannot be changed after April 1st."
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The Rules:
April TBR Challenge
** Sign ups: Participants must sign up and provide their book list before 12:00am EST April 1st, 2012. Only those who have signed up and posted their lists by March 31st 11:59pm EST will be able to participate in this challenge.
** There will be ONE opportunity to re-arrange your unread book list on April 15th. Aside from this date, book lists cannot be changed after April 1st. Choose wisely! ;)
** All points must be reported by 11:59pm EST on April 30, 2012 to be counted.
RULES:
1) Books must be at least 200 pages long.
2) The first book used for the challenge should be started on or after April 1st.
3) Audiobooks are accepted.
4) Re-reads are NOT permitted for this challenge.
5) There is no genre requirement for this challenge, except the 100 point Bonus task, which must be HF.
6) ALL page counts, regardless of edition or version read, will be determined by the most popular edition of the book on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ.
SCORING / HOW IT WORKS:
1) At time of sign-up, each participant will select 20 books from their own To-Read list on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ. Any variation of a To-Read shelf will count, including Wishlist. There is NO genre requirement for these books.
Books will be ordered from 1-20, 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 #20 spot will receive 20 points, etc.
Tip: Order books that you are most likely to read in the higher value spots to earn higher scores. :)
2) Bonus Task: Choose one HF book from EACH of Jackie and Becky's TBR lists that you have not read, and read both books.
To earn this bonus, at least 5 of your OWN books must be completed, and one HF book from each of Jackie and Becky's TBRs must be completed. Once ALL 7 books are read, 100 points will be awarded.
You can read in any order you like, but points will not be awarded until all 5 of your own books and both bonus HF books are completed.
**Bonus book choices do not need to be chosen by April 1 and these can be changed at any time. ONLY the list of 20 books from your own To-Read list need to be selected by April 1. **
Jackie's To-Read shelf:
To Read
My To-Read shelves:
To Read (Owned to read)
Wishlist (Books I don't yet own but want to read)
To Read - Nook (Have on my Nook to Read)
Books I want to read in 2012
To Read Soon (Priority)
3) Partial points will NOT be awarded for partially read books.
4) 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
5) You will receive 1 additional bonus point for every HF book read. Please be sure to list that the book is HF to make sure that the additional points are counted. WE WILL NOT AWARD HF POINTS IF IT IS NOT REPORTED.
6) Review point: Write and link to your review of the books you read for an additional 5 points.
7) NEW! Featured Author Bonus points: If you read the current Featured Author group read selection, and participate in the discussion, an additional 20 points will be awarded.
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 - 1 point
Review - 5 points
Link to review: http//
Total - 27 points