Historical Fictionistas discussion

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!

Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini
#40 spot - 40
594 pages - 6
HF - 5
Summer Task - d. different country - 560
TBR 1/10/20 - 4
Total = 60

The Magnolia Palace-Fiona Davis
#2 Spot- 2 points
340 pages-4 points
HF-5 points
Date Added-7/8/2021-0 points
Total=11 points

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
#33 - 33pts
400p - 4pts
TBR 21 Dec 2016 - 10pts
Bonus A: Set in summer - 5pts
Total - 52pts

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World, Vol. 6: The Name of the Pharaoh by Kazuki Takahashi
#45 - 45pts
208p - 2pts
TBR 7 May 2014 - 15pts
Total - 62pts

Challenge Total - 114pts

The Fallen Princess-Sarah Woodbury
#50 Spot- 50 points
350 pages-4 points
HF-5 points
Date Added-7/8/2021-0 points
Total=59 points

Total Points to Date: 70

The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
#43 Spot - 43
323 Pages - 4
Date Added - 10/16/19 - 4
Total - 51

Total Points to Date = 111

The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
#49=49 points
HF=5 points
487 pages=4 points
On TBR since 1/12/2013=15 points
Bonus b--the main character takes a trip (several actually) 5 points
Book total=78 points

Challenge total=78 points

A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie
# 23 - 23
259 pages= 2
Date added 3/1/21 - 2
Bonus b the main character goes on vacation - 5
Book total= 32

Challenge total = 143 points

#27 - The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
27 points

Challenge Total: 27 points

Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter
#24 spot - 24 points
264 pages - 2 points
HF - 0 points
Date added - September 28, 2020 - 2 points

Total: 28 points

The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
# 44 - 44
530 pages- 6
Date added 7/19/19 - 4
Historical Fiction - 5
Bonus C: Summer cover - 5
Book total = 64

Challenge total = 207 points

#8 - Bluebird, Bluebird
8 points

Previous total: 27
New total: 35

The Splendour Falls by Susanna Kearsley
#49: 49 pts
367pp: 4pts
Date Added 12/17: 8 pts
Bonus B- MC takes a trip: 5 pts
Total: 66pts

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World, Vol. 7: Through The Last Door Kazuki Takahashi
#44 - 44pts
224p - 2pts
TBR 7 May 2014 - 15pts
Total - 61pts

Redemption Song by Craig Schaefer
#50 - 50pts
380p - 4pts
TBR 2022 - 0pts
Total - 54pts

Challenge Total - 229pts

Death of a Winter Shaker-Deborah Woodworth
#47- 47 points
213 pages- 2 points
HF- 5 Points
TBR-11/2/2020- 4 Points

Total Points for Book-58

Total Points-128

Executive Privilege by Philip Margolin
#48 on list=48 points
348 pages=5 points
On TBR since 3/14/2013=15 points
Bonus e--One of author's initials in word SUMMER=5 points
Book total=72 points

Challenge total=150 points

The Rebels of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd
#50 spot - 50 points
863 pages - 8 points
HF - 5 points
Date added - March 23, 2014 - 15 points
Bonus D - a different country - 5 points

Total: 83 points
Cumulative Total: 111 points

Paris Without Her: A Memoir by Gregory Curtis
# 34 - 34
256 pages- 2
Date added 5/30/21 - 2
Book total = 38

Challenge total = 245 points

Sea of Memories by Fiona Valpy
#48= 48 points
HF 5 points
273 pages = 2 points
Date added 8/18 = 6 points
Bonus C 5 points
Book Total 66 points

Challenge Total 66 points

The Hanged Man: The Mystery in fin-de-si�cle Paris by Gary Inbinder
# 50 - 50
Historical Fiction - 5
236 pages- 2
Date added 11/29/17- 8
Book total = 65

Challenge total = 310 points

A Pillar of Iron: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Taylor Caldwell
#50=50 points
HF=5 points
792 pages=8 points
On TBR since 5/14/208=8 points
Bonus d-takes place in a country other than mine=5 points
Book total=76 poins

Challenge total=226 points

The Wayward Moon-Janice Weizman
#49- 49 Points
HF- 5 Points
Page Count-314 Points-4 Points
Bonus B-b. Read a book where the main character takes a trip.- 5 Points
TBR-May2, 2022- No Points
Book Total-63 Points

Challenge Total- 191 Points

Three from Galilee: The Young Man from Nazareth-Marjorie Holmes
#21- 21Points
HF-5 Points
Page Count-230 Pages- 2 Points
Bonus E- Read a book where one of the author's initials is in the word SUMMER.- 5 Points
TBR-June 2022- No Points
Book Total- 33 Points
Challenge Total- 224 Points

A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett
#47=47 points
HF=5 points
On TBR since 3/14/2013=15 points
596 pages=6 points
Book total=73 points

Challenge total=299 points

Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt
#35: 35 points
292pp: 2 pts
Date Added: 8/17: 8 pts
Total Points: 45pts

Challenge Total: 111 points

The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
#11= 11 points
HF= 5 points
260 pgs= 2 points
TBR= 0 points

Book Total= 18 points
Challenge Total= 18 points

Gloryland by Shelton Johnson
# 48 - 48
256 pages- 2
Date added - 3/29/19 - 6
Historical Fiction - 5
Bonus E Summer initials - 5
Book total = 66
Challenge total = 376 points

The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin by Kip Wilson
#48 - 48 pts
416 pgs - 4 pts
HF - 5 pts
Book total - 57 pts

How the Finch Stole Christmas! by Donna Andrews
#26 - 26 pts
278 pgs - 2 pts
Added 12/8/17 - 8 pts
Book total - 36 pts

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
#5 - 5 pts
355 pgs - 4 pts
Book total - 9 pts

Post total - 102 pts
Challenge total - 102 pts

Bonus Book

This book is from Jolene's List

The Crown in the Heather-N. Gemini Sasson
Bonus Book- 50 Points
F- 5 Points
298 pages- 2 Points

Book total-57 Points

Total Challenge Points= 281

Bonus Book
This book is from Jasmine's Want to read list

The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel
376 pages - 4
Historical Fiction - 5
Book total = 59
Challenge total = 435 points

The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
#49 spot - 49 points
964 pages - 8 points
HF - 5 points
Date added - March 3, 2014 - 15 points

Total: points - 77 points
Cumulative points - 188 points

The Coming of the Wolf-Elizabeth Chadwick
#12-12 Points
272 Pages- 2 Points
HF- 5 Points
Bonus D; Read a book set in a different country than where you live.- 5 Points
Date Added-NA
Book Total= 24 Points
Total Challenge= 305 Points

Abuse of Power by Michael Savage
#46 on list=46 points
352 pages=4 points
On TBR since 3/14/2018=8 points
Book total=58 points

Challenge total=357 points

#4 - I Have Something to Tell You
4 points

Previous total: 35
New total: 39

I am KILLING this challenge! :P

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
#50 spot - 50 points
876 pages - 8 points
Summer challenge b) - 5 points

Book total: 63 points
Challenge total: 63 points

Becky wrote: "#4 - I Have Something to Tell You
4 points

Previous total: 35
New total: 39

I am KILLING this challenge! :P"

Go Becky go! Bahahaha

Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
#47 - 47pts
435p - 4pts
TBR 10 Aug 2021 - 0pts
Total - 51pts

Challenge Total - 280pts

Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
#42 spot - 42 points
369 pages - 4 points
HF - 0 points
Date added - March 9, 2015 - 15 points

Total: points - 61 points
Cumulative points - 249 points

I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson
# 47 - 47
234 pages- 2
Date added - 6/26/2019 - 6
Book total = 55

The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists by Tracy Walder
# 38 - 38
272 pages- 2
Book total = 40
Challenge total = 530 points

Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
#3 spot - 3 points
256 pages - 2 points
HF - 0 points
Date added - October 29, 2021 - 0 points

Total points - 5 points
Cumulative points - 254 points

The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes
#45=45 points
HF=5 points
391 pages=4 points
On TBR since 8/27/2019=4 points
Book total=58 points

Challenge total=415 points

The Council of Twelve-Oliver Pötzsch
#45-45 Points
512 Pages- 4 Points
HF- 5 Points
Date Added-NA
Book Total= 54 Points

Total Challenge= 359 Points

The Outlaw Knight #2 FitzWarin by Elizabeth Chadwick
#50 spot - 50 points
576 pages - 6 points
HF - 5 points
Date added: June 1, 2022: 0 points
Bonus E: author initial in SUMMER: 5 Points

Book total - 66 points
Challenge total - 66 points
Books read - 1

Julia's Chocolates by Cathy Lamb
#40 : 40 pts
383pp: 4 pts
Dated Added: 6/29/17: 8 pts
Book Total: 52 pts

Challenge Total: 163 pts

Ashton Hall by Lauren Belfer
#47= 47 points
HF = 5 points
Date added 2/22
Page Total 418 = 4 points
Bonus A 5 points
Book total 61 points

Challenge Total 127 points

Ashley Marie wrote: "Go Becky go! Bahahaha"

Thanks Ashley!! :P I'ma goin'!!

#30 - The Murmur of Bees
30 points

Previous total: 39
New total: 69

DNF: Reporting but not scoring:
#28 - You Exist Too Much
0 points

Previous total: 69
New total: 69

Violeta by Isabel Allende
BONUS BOOK (Jasmine's TBR) - 50 points
336 pages - 4 points
HF - 5 points

Total points - 59 points
Cumulative points - 313 points

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
# 12 - 12
299 pages- 2
Book total = 14
Challenge total = 544 points

The Bronzed Beasts by Roshani Chokshi
#23= 23 points
HF= 5 points
385 pgs= 4 points
TBR August 2020=2 points
Summer Bonus B= 5 points

Book Total= 39 points
Challenge Total= 47 points