Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

February Reporting Thread

- Please keep this thread for reporting. Any questions or comments should be directed to the challenge details thread
- Keep your reporting to one thread, once you've completed all of your books for the month
- Only list completed tasks and books
- To make it easier for collating points, please make a note if the books are from the Goodreads winners and nominees list

- Example of how to post
[task description] - [book title] - [how many points]

Yay! Actually finished this up!

Month: Released in February - Killer Collective (2019)

Letter of the Month: F- What have you done Author: Farrell, Matthew

Month in Numbers: Book with 8 letters - Dopesick (Goodreads nominee)

LGBT Month: LGBT main character - Sadie (Goodreads nominee)

Black Histiry Month: written by person of color - Hate You Give (Goodreads nominee)

Go Green Week: Green cover - Burying the Honeysuckle Girls

Number Day: Number in the title - The 7th Cannon

Boy Scouts Day: Male main character: Killers of the Flower Moon

Valentines Day: Romance - Matchmaking for Beginners

Love Your Pet Day: Animal on the cover - The Nightingale (Goodreads nominee)

Well done Esti :)

starred books are read (*)
February Challenge

1) Month: Westward the Tide - Louis L’Amour*

2) Letter of the Month: F –Maurice- E.M. Forster*

3) Month in Numbers: 8 – Time Bomb-Jonathan Kellerman

4) LGBT History Month (UK): The Song of Achilles

5) Black History Month: Becoming-Michelle Obama*

6) Go Green Week: Crazy Rich Asians- Kevin Kwan

7) Number Day: Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury

8) Boy Scouts Day: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo- Stieg Larsson*

9) Valentines Day: The Queen’s Fool- Philippa Gregory*

10) Love You Pet Day: Familiar Escape-Garoline Burnes

Hayley - Is that you finished for the month?
I'd appreciate if only completed tasks and their books were listed.

Also, please remember:
- To make it easier for collating points, please make a note if the books are from the Goodreads winners and nominees list

I am finished...

I read 2 books for the challenge and they were both on the GR award list.

#1 The Great Alone -2pts
#9 All Your Perfects -2pts

for a total of 4 pts

(Is this how you want it Lynn?)

I finished 6 books.

February Categories:
✓1) Month: Read a book released in February (any year) Kindred

✓3) Month in Numbers: 8 - Read a book with 8 letters or 8 words in the title (subtitle does count) Who She Is

✓5) Black History Month: Read a book written by a Person of Color or as a main character Becoming (Goodreads nominee)

✓6) Go Green Week: Read a book with a green cover The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women (probably not enough green, but tineye says it's 93.3%)

✓8) Boy Scouts Day: Read a book with a male main character The Mysterious Affair at Styles

✓10) Love You Pet Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover or as a main character The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Total points: 7

Kristie wrote: "I finished 6 books. None were Goodreads Choice Awards nominees for 2018."

Erm, Becoming was .....

Oh! Oops. 🤦🏼‍♀️ Lol I’ll edit that when I’m back at my computer.

I finished, but not with books of this years award list

I will try...

February Categories
✔️1) Month: Read a book released in February (any year)
De erfgename Ellen de Vriend 304 p. 22 february 2019 1 star

Published February 2018 by Karakter Zeeland

✔️2) Letter of the Month: F - Read a book with the title or author starting with F

Fatherland Robert Harris 25 february 2019 400 p. 4 stars

✔️3) Month in Numbers: 8 - Read a book with 8 letters or 8 words in the title (subtitle does count)

Koudvuur Cilla Börjlind 362 p. 12 february 2019 3 stars

✔️4) LGBT History Month (UK): Read a book by an LGBT main character
The Baby Lisa Drakeford 256 p. 4 february 2019 3 stars

✔️5) Black History Month: Read a book written by a Person of Color or as a main character
My Sister, the Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite 226 p. 16 february 4 stars

✔️6) Go Green Week: Read a book with a green cover
N or M? Agatha Christie 26 february 2019 3 stars 191 o.
Most read ed. 304 p.

✔️7) Number Day: Read a book with a number in the title
11/22/63 Stephen King 849 p. 9 february 2019 5 stars

✔️8) Boy Scouts Day: Read a book with a male main character
De levens van Jan Six Geert Mak 446 p. 23 february 2019 4 stars

✔️9) Valentines Day: Read a romance (obvious I know!)
Niemand zeggen Karen Rose 416 p. 24 february 2019 3 stars


✔️10) Love You Pet Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover or as a main character

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon 226 p. 14 february 2019 4 stars

1) Month: Read a book released in February (any year) The Great Alone 2/15/19 (Goodreads Nominee)

2) Letter of the Month: F - Read a book with the title or author starting with F Fascism: A Warning 2/21/19 (Goodreads Nominee)

3) Month in Numbers: 8 - Read a book with 8 letters or 8 words in the title (subtitle does count) Smuggler 2/4/19

4) LGBT History Month (UK): Read a book by an LGBT main character Hearts of Emerald Bay 2/17/19

5) Black History Month: Read a book written by a Person of Color or as a main character Becoming 2/28/19 (Goodreads Nominee)

6) Go Green Week: Read a book with a green cover Verity 2/25/19

7) Number Day: Read a book with a number in the title The Fourth Monkey 2/16/19

8) Boy Scouts Day: Read a book with a male main character Saving Paradise 2/12/19

9) Valentines Day: Read a romance (obvious I know!) The Wedding Date 2/8/19 (Goodreads Nominee)

10) Love You Pet Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover or as a main character Love at First Bark 2/5/19

Total Points for Month: 14

#5-Brown Girl in the Ring 1pt
#6-The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit 1pt
#7-Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions 1pt
#8-Vigilance 1pt
#9-The Tattooist of Auschwitz 2pt

Total points: 6

Well done to all ..... I finally got around to recording all the points :)

I also participated and here's what I read.

Release Month: A Princess in Theory - 2pts
Letter of Month: From Lukov with Love - 2pts
Month in Numbers: Beartown - 1pt
LBQT: I Was Born for This - 2pts
POC: The Kiss Quotient - 2pts
Green Cover: Saga, Vol. 7 - 1pt
Number in Title: 25 to Love! - 1pt
Male MC: Summer Lessons - 1pt
Romance: Roomies - 2pts
Animal on Cover: Saga, Vol. 8 - 2pts

Total: 16 pts

February Categories
1) Month: Read a book released in February (any year)
Death at Daisy's Folly

2) Letter of the Month: F - Read a book with the title or author starting with F
The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth

3) Month in Numbers: 8 - Read a book with 8 letters or 8 words in the title (subtitle does count)

4) LGBT History Month (UK): Read a book by an LGBT main character

5) Black History Month: Read a book written by a Person of Color or as a main character

6) Go Green Week: Read a book with a green cover
Little Fires Everywhere

7) Number Day: Read a book with a number in the title
700 Sundays

8) Boy Scouts Day: Read a book with a male main character
Joe Ledger: Special Ops

9) Valentines Day: Read a romance (obvious I know!)
Me Before You

10) Love Your Pet Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover or as a main character
The Last Continent