Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

Monthly Challenge: 1st to 31st May
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!

May Categories

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

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with M

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

4. May Day - Read a book with rhyming words in the title

5. Lei Day - Read a book with flowers on the cover

6. Star Ways Day: Read a book tagged on Goodreads as Science Fiction

7. Tourism Day - Read a book that is set outside the country you live

8. Brothers and Sisters Day - Read a book with an MC that has siblings

9. Free Comic Book Day - Read a comic, graphic novel or manga

10. Share A Story Month: Read anything you like

May Categories

1. Month: Read a book released in May (any year) - The Burning Maze (2018)

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with M - Sparrow (Mary Cecilia Jackson), Bird Box (Josh Malerman), or Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 3 letters or 3 words in the title (subtitle can count) - The Family Upstairs, Trouble in Mudbug, Little Creeping Things

4. May Day - Read a book with rhyming words in the title -

5. Lei Day - Read a book with flowers on the cover - The New Husband (Sitting Murder, What You Wish For)

6. Star Ways Day: Read a book tagged on Goodreads as Science Fiction - The Hobbit, Bird Box

7. Tourism Day - Read a book that is set outside the country you live - The Family Upstairs, The Chestnut Man, Pachinko, or Paris Never Leaves You

8. Brothers and Sisters Day - Read a book with an MC that has siblings -

9. Free Comic Book Day - Read a comic, graphic novel or manga -

10. Share A Story Month: Read anything you like - The Hobbit or Invisible Women

May Possibilities
Total Points: 11

✔ 1. Month: May 1, 2003 Read a book released in May (any year) The Wee Free Men 1 pt

✔ 2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with M Murphy's Law 1 pt

✔ 3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 3 letters or 3 words in the title (subtitle can count) This Tender Land 2 pts GRCA Historical Fiction Nominee

4. May Day - Read a book with rhyming words in the title

✔ 5. Lei Day - Read a book with flowers on the cover 1 pt

✔ 6. Star Ways Day: Read a book tagged on Goodreads as Science Fiction The City We Became 1 pt

✔ 7. Tourism Day - Read a book that is set outside the country you The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism Nova Scotia 1 pt

✔ 8. Brothers and Sisters Day - Read a book with an MC that has siblings The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 1 pt

9. Free Comic Book Day - Read a comic, graphic novel or manga Wonderstruck or Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations

✔ 10. Share A Story Month: Read anything you like Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster 2 pt GRCA History & Biography Nominee

May Categories
9 points

1. Month: Read a book released in May (any year)
The Farm

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with M

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

4. May Day - Read a book with rhyming words in the title

5. Lei Day - Read a book with flowers on the cover


6. Star Ways Day: Read a book tagged on Goodreads as Science Fiction
Recursion GRCA

7. Tourism Day - Read a book that is set outside the country you live
The Silent House

8. Brothers and Sisters Day - Read a book with an MC that has siblings
The Boy from the Woods

9. Free Comic Book Day - Read a comic, graphic novel or manga

10. Share A Story Month: Read anything you like
GRCA

May Categories

✔1. Month: Read a book released in May (any year) - The Mars Room 1pt

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with M

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

4. May Day - Read a book with rhyming words in the title

✔5. Lei Day - Read a book with flowers on the cover Moloka'i 1pt

✔6. Star Ways Day: Read a book tagged on Goodreads as Science Fiction - Dune Dune 1pt

✔7. Tourism Day - Read a book that is set outside the country you live Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 1pt

8. Brothers and Sisters Day - Read a book with an MC that has siblings

9. Free Comic Book Day - Read a comic, graphic novel or manga

✔10. Share A Story Month: Read anything you like - Ninth House 2pts

Total: 6 points

May Categories

✔1. Month: Read a book released in May (any year) Shakespeare for Squirrels 5/26 1pt

✔2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with M Murder on Pleasant Avenue 5/3 1pt

✔3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 3 letters or 3 words in the title (subtitle can count) The Secret Garden 5/1 1 pt

4. May Day - Read a book with rhyming words in the title

✔5. Lei Day - Read a book with flowers on the cover The Greatest Love Story Ever Told 5/28 1pt

✔6. Star Ways Day: Read a book tagged on Goodreads as Science Fiction Rage 5/18 1pt

✔7. Tourism Day - Read a book that is set outside the country you live Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster 5/1 1pt

✔8. Brothers and Sisters Day - Read a book with an MC that has siblings The Wishsong of Shannara 5/10 1pt

✔9. Free Comic Book Day - Read a comic, graphic novel or manga Dark Wraith of Shannara 5/20 1pt

✔10. Share A Story Month: Read anything you like The Trial of Lizzie Borden 5/6 1pt

May Categories

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

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with M The Giver of Stars (2 pts)

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 3 letters or 3 words in the title (subtitle can count) This Tender Land(2 pts)

4. May Day - Read a book with rhyming words in the title

5. Lei Day - Read a book with flowers on the cover The Ten Thousand Doors of January (1 pt)

6. Star Ways Day: Read a book tagged on Goodreads as Science Fiction

7. Tourism Day - Read a book that is set outside the country you live
The Memory Police (1 pt)

8. Brothers and Sisters Day - Read a book with an MC that has siblings Nothing to See Here (1 pt)

9. Free Comic Book Day - Read a comic, graphic novel or manga Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations(2 pts)

10. Share A Story Month: The Overstory (1 pt)

May Categories

Progress: 5 out of 10

1. Month: Read a book released in May (any year) The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (May 2019) - Finished on May 2, 2020 (2pts)

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with M - Monsters at Dusk By Kyle Massa - Finished on May 6, 2020 (1pt)

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 3 letters or 3 words in the title (subtitle can count) - Please See Us - Finished on May 19, 2020 (1pt)

4. May Day - Read a book with rhyming words in the title

5. Lei Day - Read a book with flowers on the cover
(1pt)

6. Star Ways Day: Read a book tagged on Goodreads as Science Fiction - One Word Kill (2pts)

7. Tourism Day - Read a book that is set outside the country you live - The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz (England) (1pt)

8. Brothers and Sisters Day - Read a book with an MC that has siblings

9. Free Comic Book Day - Read a comic, graphic novel or manga - Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft -Finished on May 2, 2020 (1pt)

10. Share A Story Month: Read anything you like - City of Margins - Finished on May 5, 2020 (1pt)

1. Month: Read a book released in May (any year)-The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with M-Mansfield Park

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

4. May Day - Read a book with rhyming words in the title

5. Lei Day - Read a book with flowers on the cover

6. Star Ways Day: Read a book tagged on Goodreads as Science Fiction-1984

7. Tourism Day - Read a book that is set outside the country you live

8. Brothers and Sisters Day - Read a book with an MC that has siblings

9. Free Comic Book Day - Read a comic, graphic novel or manga

10. Share A Story Month: Read anything you like-The Heretic's Daughter

Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club
May (2020) Monthly Challenge
Monthly Challenge: 1st to 31st May

Progress: 8 out of 10

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!

May Categories

1. Month: Read a book released in May (any year)
Again, but Better by Christine Riccio - ***** - 5/11/2020 - 373 Pages

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with M
Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass by Mariko Tamaki - ***** - 5/31/2020 - 196 Pages

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 3 letters or 3 words in the title (subtitle can count)
Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - **** - 5/1/2020 - 385 Pages

4. May Day - Read a book with rhyming words in the title

5. Lei Day - Read a book with flowers on the cover
Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life by Hector Garcia Puigcerver - *** - 5/29/2020 - 194 Pages

6. Star Ways Day: Read a book tagged on Goodreads as Science Fiction

7. Tourism Day - Read a book that is set outside the country you live
Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 1: The Night of the Nasty Nostril Nuggets: Color Edition by Dav Pilkey - ***** - 5/7/2020 - 176 Pages

8. Brothers and Sisters Day - Read a book with an MC that has siblings
Heartstone by Elle Katharine White - **** - 5/8/2020 - 352 Pages

9. Free Comic Book Day - Read a comic, graphic novel or manga
R.O.D. Read or Dream 3 by Hideyuki Kurata - ***** - 5/12/2020 - 208 Pages

10. Share A Story Month: Read anything you like:
Whiskey Sour by J.A. Konrath - ***** - 5/3/2020 - 292 Pages

May Categories

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

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with M

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

4. May Day - Read a book with rhyming words in the title

5. Lei Day - Read a book with flowers on the cover-Writers & Lovers- Finished

6. Star Ways Day: Read a book tagged on Goodreads as Science Fiction

7. Tourism Day - Read a book that is set outside the country you live -The Girl with the Louding Voice

8. Brothers and Sisters Day - Read a book with an MC that has siblings-Between Sisters Finished

9. Free Comic Book Day - Read a comic, graphic novel or manga

10. Share A Story Month: Read anything you like- The Institute- Finished

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