Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

October 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]

October Categories

1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year) - The Body: A Guide for Occupants - 1 pt

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O - Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination - 1 pt

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) - Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself - 1pt

4. Halloween: Read a book with an orange cover (50%) - The Haunting of Hill House - 1pt

6. Columbus Day: Read a book set in the USA - Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency - 2pts

7. National (US) Coming Out Day: Read a book with an LGBTQIA+ MC - Me - 1pt

10. National (US) Book Month: Read a book of your own choice - In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown - 2pts

Total: 9pts

Completed

1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year) -- The Stand by Stephen King, pub Oct 1978, 10/27/19, 4/5*

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O -- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, 10/29/19, 3/5*

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) -- Empress of Rome: The Life of Livia by Matthew Dennison, 10/19/19, 2/5*

4. Halloween: Read a book with an orange cover (50%) -- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, 10/23/19, 4/5*

5. World Sight Day: Read a book with a blind / visually impaired MC -- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, 10/31/2019, 4/5*

6. Columbus Day: Read a book set in the USA --- Firestorm by Nevada Barr, 10/14/19, 5/5*

7. National (US) Coming Out Day: Read a book with an LGBTQIA+ MC --- To Play the Fool by Laurie R. King, 10/1/19, 3/5*

8. Mad Hatter Day: Read a book with a hat on the cover --- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming, 10/03/19, 4/5*

9. World Mental Health Day: Rook a book with mental health / mental illness listed as a genre its GR main page --- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, 10/28/19, 4/5*

10. National (US) Book Month: Read a book of your own choice -- The Invited by Jennifer McMahon, 10/8/19, 4/5*

1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year)
Elevation 2pt

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O
Of Sorrow and Such 1pt

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count)
Caraval 1pt

5. World Sight Day: Read a book with a blind / visually impaired MC
All the Light We Cannot See 2pt

6. Columbus Day: Read a book set in the USA
Daisy Jones & The Six 1pt

9. World Mental Health Day: Rook a book with mental health / mental illness listed as a genre its GR main page
My Year of Rest and Relaxation 2pt

10. 10. National (US) Book Month: Read a book of your own choice
The Shadowglass 1pt

Total points: 10

7 pts

1. published in Oct
The Shape of Night

3. 7 Letters
The Wife

4. Orange cover (it doesn't look that orange,but my copy has burnt oranges and such. If it isn't enough, just take off a point.)


6. Set in USA


7. LGBTQIA
GRCA

10. Choice