Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

Monthly Challenge: 1st to 30th April
Only books read during the challenge period are allowed.

Guidelines:
- Read ONE book for each category (10 books in total).
- You don't have to read all ten categories, just read whatever you are able.
- Any genres are acceptable.
- Any book length is acceptable.

For the competitive (optional)
- At the end of each month, document your finished books in the reporting thread
- 1pt for each book completed, 2pts for any book that is on the current Goodreads winners and nominees list
- Each month's totals will be collated and the member with the most points at the end of the year will have bragging rights ...... and we may be able to award a (small) prize!

April Categories

1) Month: Read a book released in April (any year)

2) Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A

3) Month in Numbers: Read a book with 5 letters or 5 words in the title (subtitle can count)

4) London Marathon: Read a book set in the same location as any 2019 marathon http://www.marathonrunnersdiary.com/

5) Maunday Thursday (Christian observance of the first Lord's Supper): Read a book with food on the cover

6) Find A Rainbow Day: Read a book with a colourful cover (minimum 3 colours)

7) St Georges Day (According to legend, he was a soldier who killed a dragon and saved a princess): Read a fantasy

8) National Siblings Day: Read a book where the MC has a sibling

9) Look up the Sky Day: Read a book with an item on the cover that you'd find in the sky (sun, stars, bird, plane etc)

10) National Library Week: Browse your shelves and read anything you like

Please use the comments below to ask any questions / discuss ideas for books.
If you want a planning space to come back to I will list the link below so you can come back to it each time.

Participants planning:
Kristie
Vicki
Susanne
Theresa
Anna
Claire

I'll join. :)

April Categories

✓1) Month: Read a book released in April (any year) The Mother-in-Law

✓2) Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A A Week in Winter

3) Month in Numbers: Read a book with 5 letters or 5 words in the title (subtitle can count)

4) London Marathon: Read a book set in the same location as any 2019 marathon http://www.marathonrunnersdiary.com/

5) Maunday Thursday (Christian observance of the first Lord's Supper): Read a book with food on the cover

✓6) Find A Rainbow Day: Read a book with a colourful cover (minimum 3 colours) The Thirteenth Tale

✓7) St Georges Day (According to legend, he was a soldier who killed a dragon and saved a princess): Read a fantasy Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

8) National Siblings Day: Read a book where the MC has a sibling

✓9) Look up the Sky Day: Read a book with an item on the cover that you'd find in the sky (sun, stars, bird, plane etc) Whisper Me This (butterflies)

✓10) National Library Week: Browse your shelves and read anything you like Dark Matter

April Categories

Total so far: 8 points

1) Month: Read a book released in April (any year)
Last of the Magpies April 2019

2) Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

3) Month in Numbers: Read a book with 5 letters or 5 words in the title (subtitle can count)

4) London Marathon: Read a book set in the same location as any 2019 marathon
The Guy Who Died Twice BOSTON, MA

5) Maunday Thursday (Christian observance of the first Lord's Supper): Read a book with food on the cover

6) Find A Rainbow Day: Read a book with a colorful cover (minimum 3 colors)
GRCA

7) St Georges Day (According to legend, he was a soldier who killed a dragon and saved a princess): Read a fantasy

8) National Siblings Day: Read a book where the MC has a sibling
All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row GRCA

9) Look up the Sky Day: Read a book with an item on the cover that you'd find in the sky (sun, stars, bird, plane etc)

10) National Library Week: Browse your shelves and read anything you like
No Exit

April Categories

1) Month: Read a book released in April (any year) A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership 4/30/19 ✔️ GRCA 2 Pts

2) Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A All Your Perfects 4/17/19 ✔️
GRCA 2 Pts.
3) Month in Numbers: Read a book with 5 letters or 5 words in the title (subtitle can count) Fruit of the Drunken Tree 4/29/19 ✔️ GRCA 2 Pts.

4) London Marathon: Read a book set in the same location as any 2019 marathon http://www.marathonrunnersdiary.com/ Ruby Red Book takes place in London. 4/10/19 ✔️ 1 Pt.

5) Maunday Thursday (Christian observance of the first Lord's Supper): Read a book with food on the cover Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder 4/28/19 ✔️ 1 Pt.

6) Find A Rainbow Day: Read a book with a colourful cover (minimum 3 colours) The Kiss Quotient 4/24/19 ✔️ GRCA 2 Pts.

7) St Georges Day (According to legend, he was a soldier who killed a dragon and saved a princess): Read a fantasy The Ocean at the End of the Lane 4/2/19 ✔️ GRCA 2 Pts.

8) National Siblings Day: Read a book where the MC has a sibling Gone Girl 4/2/19 ✔️ GRCA 2 Pts.

9) Look up the Sky Day: Read a book with an item on the cover that you'd find in the sky (sun, stars, bird, plane etc) The Turquoise Cross 4/12/19 ✔️ 1 Pt.

10) National Library Week: Browse your shelves and read anything you like The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle 4/20/19 ✔️ GRCA 2 Pts.

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April Categories

1) Month: Read a book released in April (any year)
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

2) Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A

3) Month in Numbers: Read a book with 5 letters or 5 words in the title (subtitle can count)
First: Sandra Day O'Connor

4) London Marathon: Read a book set in the same location as any 2019 marathon http://www.marathonrunnersdiary.com/
Brave New World Apr 11 (London)

5) Maunday Thursday (Christian observance of the first Lord's Supper): Read a book with food on the cover

6) Find A Rainbow Day: Read a book with a colourful cover (minimum 3 colours)
American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures

7) St Georges Day (According to legend, he was a soldier who killed a dragon and saved a princess): Read a fantasy
First King of Shannara

8) National Siblings Day: Read a book where the MC has a sibling
The Nightingale

9) Look up the Sky Day: Read a book with an item on the cover that you'd find in the sky (sun, stars, bird, plane etc)
Triple Jeopardy

10) National Library Week: Browse your shelves and read anything you like
Johnny and the Bomb

I'm definitely in!
8) National Siblings Day: Read a book where the MC has a sibling - "Catching Fire" S. Collins (Katniss and Prim)

Read ONE book for each category (10 books in total).
- You don't have to read all ten categories, just read whatever you are able.
- Any genres are acceptable.
- Any book length is acceptable.

For the competitive (optional)
- At the end of each month, document your finished books in the reporting thread
- 1pt for each book completed, 2pts for any book that is on the current Goodreads winners and nominees list
- Each month's totals will be collated and the member with the most points at the end of the year will have bragging rights ...... and we may be able to award a (small) prize!

April Categories

1) Month: Read a book released in April (any year)

2) Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A

3) Month in Numbers: Read a book with 5 letters or 5 words in the title (subtitle can count)

4) London Marathon: Read a book set in the same location as any 2019 marathon http://www.marathonrunnersdiary.com/

5) Maunday Thursday (Christian observance of the first Lord's Supper): Read a book with food on the cover

6) Find A Rainbow Day: Read a book with a colourful cover (minimum 3 colours)

7) St Georges Day (According to legend, he was a soldier who killed a dragon and saved a princess): Read a fantasy

8) National Siblings Day: Read a book where the MC has a sibling

9) Look up the Sky Day: Read a book with an item on the cover that you'd find in the sky (sun, stars, bird, plane etc)

10) National Library Week: Browse your shelves and read anything you like