Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

Monthly Challenge: 1st to 31st 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 2019 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 will 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. April Fools Day: Read a book with Humour as a main page tag on Goodreads

5. Name Yourself Day: Read a book with a name in the title

6. First Contact Day: Read a first book in a series

7. Find a Rainbow Day: Read a book with a colourful cover (minimum 3 colours - not white or black)

8. Hug an Auzzie Day: Read a book set in Australia or written by an Australian author

9. Pet Month: Read a book with an animal on the cover

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

April Showers
Total points: 10
✔ 1. Month: Read a book released in April (any year) Normal People April 16th 2019 2 pts GRCA Best Fiction Nominee

✔ 2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A Actress 1 pt

✔ 3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 5 letters or 5 words in the title (subtitle can count) A Piece of the World 1 pt

4. April Fools Day: Read a book with Humour as a main page tag on Goodreads

✔ 5. Name Yourself Day: Read a book with a name in the title Dear Edward 1 pt

✔ 6. First Contact Day: Read a first book in a series Murder in G Major - 1st book in The Gethsemane Brown Mysteries - 1 pt

✔ 7. Find a Rainbow Day: Read a book with a colourful cover (minimum 3 colours - not white or black) Gods of Jade and Shadow 2 pts GRCA: Best Fantasy Nominee

8. Hug an Auzzie Day: Read a book set in Australia or written by an Australian author

✔ 9. Pet Month: Read a book with an animal on the cover - bird on cover - belongs to the Animal Kingdom 1 pt

✔ 10. Library Week: Browse your shelves and read anything you like The Beekeeper of Aleppo 1 pt

April Categories

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

✓2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides GCA

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 5 letters or 5 words in the title (subtitle can count) The Book of Lost Friends

✓4. April Fools Day: Read a book with Humor as a main page tag on Goodreads Lethal Bayou Beauty

5. Name Yourself Day: Read a book with a name in the title Stalking Jack the Ripper or Sparrow?

✓6. First Contact Day: Read a first book in a series The Terrible Two

7. Find a Rainbow Day: Read a book with a colourful cover (minimum 3 colors - not white or black) The Giver of Stars

8. Hug an Auzzie Day: Read a book set in Australia or written by an Australian author

✓9. Pet Month: Read a book with an animal on the cover Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death GCA


✓10. Library Week: Browse your shelves and read anything you like The Forgotten Home Child

Total: 7 points

April Categories

9 pts

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

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. April Fools Day: Read a book with Humour as a main page tag on Goodreads
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death GRCA

5. Name Yourself Day: Read a book with a name in the title
Faithless

6. First Contact Day: Read a first book in a series
Triptych Will Trent #1

7. Find a Rainbow Day: Read a book with a colourful cover (minimum 3 colours - not white or black)


8. Hug an Auzzie Day: Read a book set in Australia or written by an Australian author

9. Pet Month: Read a book with an animal on the cover

10. Library Week: Browse your shelves and read anything you like
The Family Upstairs GRCA

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 Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter 4/19 1pt

✔3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 5 letters or 5 words in the title (subtitle can count) The Carving of Mount Rushmore Apr 6 1pt

4. April Fools Day: Read a book with Humour as a main page tag on Goodreads

5. Name Yourself Day: Read a book with a name in the title

✔6. First Contact Day: Read a first book in a series The Mysterious Affair at Styles 4/23 1pt

✔7. Find a Rainbow Day: Read a book with a colourful cover (minimum 3 colours - not white or black) 1pt

8. Hug an Auzzie Day: Read a book set in Australia or written by an Australian author

✔9. Pet Month: Read a book with an animal on the cover Apr 28 1pt

✔10. Library Week: Browse your shelves and read anything you like The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir Apr 3 1pt

Total Points: 7 points

✔1. Month: Read a book released in April (any year) Masked Prey

✔2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

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

4. April Fools Day: Read a book with Humour as a main page tag on Goodreads

✔5. Name Yourself Day: Read a book with a name in the title Oona Out of Order

✔6. First Contact Day: Read a first book in a series

✔7. Find a Rainbow Day: Read a book with a colourful cover (minimum 3 colours - not white or black) The Gravity of Us

8. Hug an Auzzie Day: Read a book set in Australia or written by an Australian author

✔9. Pet Month: Read a book with an animal on the cover Black Hills

✔10. Library Week: Browse your shelves and read anything you like The Eyes of Darkness

I'll give it a try!!

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. April Fools Day: Read a book with Humour as a main page tag on Goodreads

5. Name Yourself Day: Read a book with a name in the title

6. First Contact Day: Read a first book in a series

7. Find a Rainbow Day: Read a book with a colourful cover (minimum 3 colours - not white or black)

8. Hug an Auzzie Day: Read a book set in Australia or written by an Australian author

9. Pet Month: Read a book with an animal on the cover The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

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

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 - After Anna- Finished

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

4. April Fools Day: Read a book with Humour as a main page tag on Goodreads

5. Name Yourself Day: Read a book with a name in the title- Hannah's War- Finished

6. First Contact Day: Read a first book in a series- Virgin River- Finished

7. Find a Rainbow Day: Read a book with a colourful cover (minimum 3 colours - not white or black)

8. Hug an Auzzie Day: Read a book set in Australia or written by an Australian author

9. Pet Month: Read a book with an animal on the cover

10. Library Week: Browse your shelves and read anything you like- The Institute

✔ 1. Month: Read a book released in April (any year)
Meet Cute

✔ 2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A
The Course of Love by Alain de Botton

✔ 3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 5 letters or 5 words in the title (subtitle can count)
Red, White & Royal Blue

4. April Fools Day: Read a book with Humour as a main page tag on Goodreads
High Fidelity

✔5. Name Yourself Day: Read a book with a name in the title
Daisy Jones & The Six

6. First Contact Day: Read a first book in a series
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

✔ 7. Find a Rainbow Day: Read a book with a colourful cover (minimum 3 colours - not white or black)
The Stationery Shop

8. Hug an Auzzie Day: Read a book set in Australia or written by an Australian author
Big Little Lies

✔ 9. Pet Month: Read a book with an animal on the cover
El nervio óptico

✔ 10. Library Week: Browse your shelves and read anything you like
Things You Save in a Fire

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 A Woman Is No Man (2 pt)

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

4. April Fools Day: Read a book with Humour as a main page tag on Goodreads

5. Name Yourself Day: Read a book with a name in the title Queenie (2 pt)

6. First Contact Day: Read a first book in a series

7. Find a Rainbow Day: Read a book with a colourful cover (minimum 3 colours - not white or black) The Gifted School (2 pt)

8. Hug an Auzzie Day: Read a book set in Australia or written by an Australian author

9. Pet Month: Read a book with an animal on the cover Wow, No Thank You. (1 pt)

10. Library Week: Browse your shelves and read anything you like
If Snow Hadn't Fallen (1 pt)

Total: 7 points

April Categories

✔1. Month: Read a book released in April (any year) - The Overstory (April 2018) (1pt)

✔2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A - All the Names They Used for God

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

4. April Fools Day: Read a book with Humour as a main page tag on Goodreads

✔5. Name Yourself Day: Read a book with a name in the title - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Sheet Music for Flute with C.D (1pt)

✔6. First Contact Day: Read a first book in a series - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (1pt)

✔7. Find a Rainbow Day: Read a book with a colourful cover (minimum 3 colours - not white or black) - (1pt)

8. Hug an Auzzie Day: Read a book set in Australia or written by an Australian author

✔9. Pet Month: Read a book with an animal on the cover - The Heart of a Dog (1pt)

✔10. Library Week: Browse your shelves and read anything you like - Valentine (1pt)