Historical Fictionistas discussion

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*B1 - HF Set in Asia
Singapore Sapphire completed 4/13/21
B2 - Less than 300 pages
Murder Underground completed 5/11/21
B3 - POC Author
A Death in Harlem completed 5/8/21
B4 - Romance
Bringing Down the Duke completed 5/19/21
B5 - Book w/name in title
Olivia Twist completed 4/15/21


I1 - LGBTQ+/Non Binary MC
Last Night at the Telegraph Club completed 5/29/21
I2 - Dress to Impress Cover
A Fine Imitation completed 6/11/21
*I3 - HF Written by a female author
The Spies of Shilling Lane completed 4/9/21
I4 - Indigenious people
Moon of the Crusted Snow completed 6/9/21
I5 - All the Single Ladies
The Right Sort of Man completed 6/6/21


N1 - Coming of Age
The Saturday Night Ghost Club completed 5/28/21
N2 - Encryption/Code-Breaking
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II completed 5/31/21
N3 - FREE - Library Book (cause it was free!)
Medicus completed 4/4/21
N4 - Graphic Novel
Dancing at the Pity Party completed 4/4/21
*N5 - Award Winner
The Last Watchman of Old Cairo - National Jewish Award for Fiction completed 6/19/21


G1 - Written in verse
Audacity completed 5/14/21
G2 - Novel about a real Historical figure
Learning to See completed 4/20/21
G3 - Author's First Book
Fortune Favors the Dead completed 5/2/21
*G4 - Historical NonFiction/Biography
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin completed 6/16/21
G5 - NonFiction Historical Mystery
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes completed 6/20/21


01 - Favorite Genre (Historical Mystery)
The Queen's Accomplice completed 4/26/21
*O2 - HF by a new to you author
The Third Daughter completed 6/5/21
O3 - Light or Humorous
Gone Gull completed 4/29/21
O4 - Set in Russia/USSR
The Lost Crown completed 6/15/21
O5 - Oldest book from TBR
The Last Days of Dogtown completed 6/18/21 - Added to TBR 10/7/10

N3 - FREE - Library Book
Medicus by Ruth Downie
Completed 4/4/21
+3 pts

N4 - Graphic Novel
Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder
Completed 4/4/21
+4 pts

I3 - HF Written by a female author
The Spies of Shilling Lane by Jennifer Ryan
Completed 4/9/21
+3 pts

B1 - HF Set in Asia
Singapore Sapphire by A.M. Stuart
Completed 4/13/21
+1 pt

B5 - Book with a name in the title
Olivia Twist by Lorie Langdon
Completed 4/15/21
+5 pts

Task points - 16 pts
Bonus - Complete 5 tasks - 1 pt
Challenge total - 17 pts

G2 - Novel about a real historical figure
Learning to See by Elise Hooper
Completed 4/20/21
+2 pts

01 - Favorite Genre (Historical Mystery)
The Queen's Accomplice by Susan Elia MacNeal
Completed 4/26/21
+1 pt

03 - Light or Humorous
Gone Gull by Donna Andrews
Completed 4/29/21
+ 3 pts

G3 - Author's 1st Book
Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood
Completed 5/2/21
+ 3 pts

B3 - POC Author
A Death in Harlem by Karla F.C. Holloway
Completed 5/8/21
+ 3 pts

Task points - 12 pts
Bonus - Complete 5 tasks - 1 pt
Bonus - Complete all of one number (3) - 3 pts
Bonus - BINGO - B3 (5/8), I3 (4/9), N3 (4/4), G3 (5/2), O3 (4/29) - 5 pts
Post total - 21 pts
Previous total - 17 pts
Challenge total - 38 pts

B2 - Less than 300 pages
Murder Underground by Mavis Doriel Hay 286 pgs
Completed 5/11/21
+2 pt

G1 - Written in Verse
Audacity by Melanie Crowder
Completed 5/14/21
+1 pt

B4 - Romance
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
Completed 5/19/21
+4 pts

N1 - Coming of Age
The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson
Completed 5/28/21
+1 pt

I1 - LGBTQ+ Main Character
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Completed 5/29/21
+1 pt

Task points - 9 pts
Bonus - Compete 5 tasks - 1 pt
Bonus - Complete all of one number (1) - 3 pts
Bonus - BINGO - B1 (4/13), I1 (5/29), N1 (5/28), G1 (5/14), O1 (4/26) - 5 pts
Bonus - Complete all of one letter (B) - B1 (4/13), B2 (5/11), B3 (5/8), B4 (5/19), B5 (4/15) - 2 pts
Post total - 20 pts
Previous total - 38 pts
Challenge total - 58 pts

N2 - Encrypton/Code Breaking
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II by Liza Mundy
Completed 5/31/21
+2 pts

02 - HF by a New to You Author
The Third Daughter by Talia Carner
Completed 6/5/21
+2 pts

I5 - All the Single Ladies
The Right Sort of Man by Allison Montclair
Completed 6/6/21
+5 pts

I4 - Indigenous People
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
Completed 6/9/11
+4 pts

I2 - Dress to Impress
A Fine Imitation by Amber Brock

Completed 6/11/21
+2 pts

Task points - 15 pts
Bonus - Complete 5 tasks - 1 pt
Bonus - Complete all of one number (2) - 3 pts
Bonus - BINGO (B2, I2, N2, G2, O2) - 5 pts
Bonus - Diagonal BINGO - (B5, I4, N3, G2, O1) - 4 pts
Bonus - Complete all of one letter (I) - 2 pts
Post total - 30 pts
Previous total - 58 pts
Challenge total - 88 pts

O4 - Set in Russia/USSR
The Lost Crown by Sarah Miller
Completed 6/15/21
+4 pts

G4 - Historical NF/Biography
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
Completed 6/16/21
+4 pts

O5 - Oldest Book from TBR
The Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamant
Completed 6/18/21
+5 pts

N5 - Award Winner
The Last Watchman of Old Cairo by Michael David Lukas
National Jewish Award for Fiction
Completed 6/19/21
+5 pts

G5 - NF Historical Mystery
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca
Completed 6/20/21
+5 pts

Task points - 23 pts
Bonus - Complete 5 tasks - 1 pt
Bonus - Complete all of one number (4) - 3 pts
Bonus - Complete all of one number (5) - 3 pts
Bonus - BINGO (B4, I4, N4, G4, O4) - 5 pts
Bonus - BINGO (B5, I5, N5, G5, O5) - 5 pts
Bonus - Diagonal BINGO (B1, I2, N3, G4, O5) - 4 pts
Bonus - Complete all of one letter (N) - 2 pts
Bonus - Complete all of one letter (G) - 2 pts
Bonus - Complete all of one letter (O) - 2 pts
Bonus - Complete standard tasks - 10 pts
Bonus - Blackout - 50 pts
Post total - 110 pts
Previous total - 88 pts
Challenge total - 198 pts