Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

May 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]

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May 2020 Challenge
May Categories

1. Month: Read a book released in May (any year) –The Viscountess Bequest- Sophy Hester*
2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with M- Machabees, books 1 and 2, A Modest Proposal- Jonathan Swift*



3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 3 letters or 3 words in the title (subtitle can count)- - Lady Audley’s Secret- ME Braddon*
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/8954/8...


4. May Day - Read a book with rhyming words in the title - Hailstones and halibut bones- Mary O’Neill*

5. Lei Day - Read a book with flowers on the cover- Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)- Mindy Kaling*

6. Star Ways Day: Read a book tagged on Goodreads as Science Fiction - Cloak of Deception- James Luceno*

7. Tourism Day - Read a book that is set outside the country you live- Private Life Under Socialism- Yunxiang Yan*

8. Brothers and Sisters Day - Read a book with an MC that has siblings- Japanese Fairy Tales- Yei Ozaki, trans.*
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4018/4...
9. Free Comic Book Day - Read a comic, graphic novel or manga- Avatar the Last Airbender: The Promise Part 1- Gene Luen Yang*

10. Share A Story Month: Read anything you like- Lights Out- Ted Koppel*

Progress: 9/10, Points: 17

1. Month: Read a book released in May (any year) Red, White & Royal Blue 2 points

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

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 3 letters or 3 words in the title (subtitle can count) An Invisible Client 1 point

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

5. Lei Day - Read a book with flowers on the cover 2 points

6. Star Ways Day: Read a book tagged on Goodreads as Science Fiction Recursion 2 points

7. Tourism Day - Read a book that is set outside the country you live The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper 2 points

8. Brothers and Sisters Day - Read a book with an MC that has siblings My Sister, the Serial Killer 2 points

9. Free Comic Book Day - Read a comic, graphic novel or manga Book Love 2 points

10. Share A Story Month: Read anything you like Ninth House 2 points

✔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

✔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

Total: 9pts

May Reporting
Total Points: 11

1. Month: May 1, 2003 The Wee Free Men 1 pt
2. Letter of the Month: Murphy's Law 1 pt
3. Month in Numbers: This Tender Land 2 pts GRCA Historical Fiction Nominee
5. Lei Day - flowers on the cover 1 pt
6. Star Ways Day: Science Fiction The City We Became 1 pt
7. Tourism Day - Nova Scotia The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism 1 pt
8. Brothers and Sisters Day - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 1 pt
10. Share A Story Month: Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster 2 pt GRCA History & Biography Nominee

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

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)

Total: 6 Points

Finished with 8!

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) - The Mars Room 1pt

✔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

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

Total: 6 points

Total: 9 pts

1. Released in May The Farm
3. Three words The Perfect Couple
5. Flowers on cover Kill Me Softly
6. Science Fiction Recursion GRCA
7. Tourism day The Silent House
8. Bro and Sis Day The Boy from the Woods
10. Choice Fleishman Is in TroubleGRCA