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June Reporting Thread

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[task description] - [book title] - [how many points]

Finished....

Progress- 10/10, Total Points- 17

1. Month: Read a book released in June (any year)
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller 2019 - The Whisper Man - 2 points

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with J
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction 2019 - She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey - 2 points

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 4 letters or 4 words in the title (subtitle can count)
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction 2019 - Red at the Bone -2 points

4. Summer (June July, August): Read a book with all of the letters S U M M E R in the title (subtitle can be included) and / or author's name.
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History & Biography 2019 - Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland - 2 points

5. Pride Month: Read a book with a LGBTQ+ MC
Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography 2019 - Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love - 2 points

6. Global Day of Parents: Read a book where the MC is a parent
Room - 1 point

7. Dare Day: Read a book that is out of your comfort zone
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction 2019 & My first historical fiction- The Huntress - 2 points

8. World Oceans Day: Read a book with the ocean / sea on the cover or something that you would find in/on the ocean (fish, boat etc)
Salt to the Sea - 1 point


9. Flag Day: Read a book with the colours from the flag of your country of residence
Orange, White & Green - To Kill a Motockingbird - 1 point


10. National Repeat Day: Re-read one of your favourite books or Read a book that has word repeated in the title (subtitle included)
Goodreads Choice Award for Science & Technology 2019 with the word "My" repeated twice - Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death - 2 points

June Reporting - won't get to the last book before July
Total Points - 12

1. Month: June 1, 2017 Standard Deviation 1 pt
2. Letter of the Month: The Resisters by Gish Jen 1 pt
3. Month in Numbers: Night Boat to Tangier 1 pt
5. Pride Month: This Is How You Lose the Time War 2 pts GRCA Science Fiction Nominee
6. Global Day of Parents: Thomas has 4 kids and 1 foster child The Night Watchman 1 pt
7. Dare Day: True Crime Genre - Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators 2 pts GRCA Nonfiction Nominee
8. World Oceans Day: shark 1 pt
9. Flag Day: red, white & blue 1 pt
10. National Repeat Day: "the"Where the Forest Meets the Stars 2 pts GRCA Fiction Nominee

June Reporting -Finished
Total Points=10 (No GR 2019 Books)
1. Month: June 2020 - The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett 6/1 -1Pt
2. Letter of Month: American Dirt, Jeanine Cummins 6/19 -1 Pt
3. Month in Numbers: The Opposite of Fate, Alison McGhee 6/14 -1Pt
4. Summer in Title: The Summer before the War, Helen Simonson 6/21 -1Pt
5. Pride Month: The Danish Girl, David Ebershoff 6/17 -1Pt
6. Global Day of Parents: Things My Son Needs to Know About the World, Fredrik Backman 6/10 -1Pt
7. Dare Day: Political Memoir: This Will be My Undoing, Morgan Jenkins 6/12 -1Pt
8. World Oceans Day: Everything My Mother Taught Me, Alice Hoffman 6/10 -1Pt
9. Flag Day: Sing to It, Amy Hempel 6/1 -1Pt
10. National Repeat Day: The Emperor of all Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee 6/27 -1Pt

June Categories

✔1. Month: Read a book released in June (any year) Riviera Gold 6/29 1pt

✔2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with J John Adams 6/12 1pt

✔3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 4 letters or 4 words in the title (subtitle can count) Mind Out of Time 6/12 1pt

✔4. Summer (June July, August): Read a book with all of the letters S U M M E R in the title (subtitle can be included) or author's name. Monstrous Regiment 6/5 1pt

✔6. Global Day of Parents: Read a book where the MC is a parent Thanks a Lot, Mr. Kibblewhite: My Story 6/10 1pt

✔9. Flag Day: Read a book with the colours from the flag of your country of residence 6/23 1pt

✔10. National Repeat Day: Re-read one of your favourite books or Read a book that has word repeated in the title (subtitle included) Farmer Boy 6/2 1pt

Total: 7pts

June 2020 Challenge
June Categories - done

1. Month: Read a book released in June (any year) - - Overcoming Gaslighting- - June Presley*
2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with J- Just Take My Heart-Mary Higgins Clark*

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 4 letters or 4 words in the title (subtitle can count)- - The Nag Hammadi Library- James M Robinson*


4. Summer (June July, August): Read a book with all of the letters S U M M E R in the title (subtitle can be included) and / or author's name.- No Fear Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream*


5. Pride Month: Read a book with a LGBTQ+ MC- Ash- Malinda Lo*

6. Global Day of Parents: Read a book where the MC is a parent- Innocent Witness- Leona Karr*

7. Dare Day: Read a book that is out of your comfort zone- - Southern Horrors: Lynch Law In All Its Phases- Ida B Wells-Barnett *
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8. World Oceans Day: Read a book with the ocean / sea on the cover or something that you would find in/on the ocean (fish, boat etc)- Milkman- Anna Burns*

9. Flag Day: Read a book with the colours from the flag of your country of residence
The Tiger Who Came to Tea- Judith Kerr*

10. National Repeat Day: Re-read one of your favourite books or Read a book that has word repeated in the title (subtitle included)- The Holy Bible *

June Categories

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with J The Henna Artist (1 pt)

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 4 letters or 4 words in the title (subtitle can count) The Giver of Stars(2 pts)

7. Dare Day: Read a book that is out of your comfort zone I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness (1 pt)

8. World Oceans Day: Read a book with the ocean / sea on the cover or something that you would find in/on the ocean (fish, boat etc) The Best We Could Do (1 pt)

9. Flag Day: Read a book with the colours from the flag of your country of residence The Ten Thousand Doors of January(2 pts)

10. National Repeat Day: Re-read one of your favourite books or Read a book that has word repeated in the title (subtitle included) Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed (2 pts)

Total: 9 points

June Categories

✔1. Month: Read a book released in June (any year) The Most Fun We Ever Had (1 pt)

✔3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 4 letters or 4 words in the title (subtitle can count) They Called Us Enemy (2 pts)

✔4. Summer (June July, August): Read a book with all of the letters S U M M E R in the title (subtitle can be included) and / or author's name. The Summer Wives (1 pt)

✔5. Pride Month: Read a book with a LGBTQ+ MC Under the Udala Trees (1 pt)

✔8. World Oceans Day: Read a book with the ocean / sea on the cover or something that you would find in/on the ocean (fish, boat etc) Fates and Furies (1 pt)

✔9. Flag Day: Read a book with the colours from the flag of your country of residence Deacon King Kong (1 pt)

✔10. National Repeat Day: Re-read one of your favourite books or Read a book that has word repeated in the title (subtitle included) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (1 pt)

Total: 8 points

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July Categories

1. Month: Read a book released in July (any year)- Routines- Dara Girard (Benton) https://daragirard.com/free-story/fre...*

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with J- A Christmas Courting- Jen Geigle Johnson (contributing author)*

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 4 letters or 4 words in the title (subtitle can count)- Poetry for Young People- Emily Dickinson*

4. Month Birthstone - Ruby: Read a book with a red cover- Henry VIII and His Chopping Block- Alan Macdonald*

5. Canada Day: Read a book set in Canada or written by a Canadian author- So You Think You Know Canada, Eh?- Marianne Jennings*

6. One Voice Day: Read a book with 1st Person Point of View- Mama Makes Up Her Mind- Bailey White*

7. Stay Out of the Sun Day: Read a book with Paranormal as a main page tag on Goodreads- Boundary Born- Melissa F Olson*

8. Yellow Pig Day: Read a book with a yellow cover or 17 letters in the title- I’m nobody! Who are you?- Emily Dickinson*

9. International Malala Day: Read a book where the MC is either a student or teacher in education- All Quiet on the Western Front- Erich Maria Remarque*

10. I Forget Day: Read a book that's been on your tbr longer than a year – Blindness- Jose Saramago*

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