Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

Monthly Challenge: 1st to 31st October
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!

October Categories

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

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

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

4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller

5. World Maths Day: Read a book with a number in the title

6. World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food

7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover

8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female character

9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story

10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to

I'm in! :)

October Categories:

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

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

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

√ 4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller The Survivors

√ 5. World Maths Day: Read a book with a number in the title Nine Elms

√ 6. World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor

√ 7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover Bird Box

8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female character

√ 9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

√ 10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to Get Your Sh*t Together

Total points: 6

October Categories
Total Points: 9

1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year) Oct 1, 2019 Drowning With Others read 10/27 (1 pt)

✔ 2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O The Overdue Life of Amy Byler read 10/29 (2 pts GRCA)

✔ 3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) Whereas read 10/30 (1 pt)

✔ 4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places read 10/14 (1 pt)

5. World Maths Day: Read a book with a number in the title

6. World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food

✔ 7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover bird on cover lots of fam animals read 10/31 (1 pt)

✔ 8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female characterInto the Tall, Tall Grass MC is a middle grade science geek read 10/16 (1 pt)

✔ 9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story Migrations Ennis has a beer on the beach with Franny page 113 read 10/4 (1pt)

✔ 10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to The Poet X read 10/17 (1 pt)

October Categories

1. Month: Read a book released in October, READ: 10\31 (any year) : Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators, Ronan Farrow, +2GR

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O:READ: 10/24The Switch, Beth O’Leary +1

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

4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller:READ: 10/27 Athena's Choice, by Adam Boostrom +1

5. World Maths Day: Read a book with a number in the title: READ: 10/6 101 Lasagnas & Other Layered Casseroles, +1

6. World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of Food:READ: 10/30Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir, Ruth Reichel, +2GR

7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover:READ: 10/30 , Frans De Waal +2GR

8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female character

9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story: READ: 9/2 A Life Worth Living, Louise Guy, +1

10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to: READ: 10/28 The Undocumented Americans, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, +1
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Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves looks really interesting to me, Kristine. Let us know what you think of it when you finish.

Kristie wrote: "Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves looks really interesting to me, Kristine. Let us know what you think of it when you finish."
I definitely will. I have been wanting to read that book for a while, so was excited it was an Oct. prompt.

1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year) The Searcher by Tana French. Released October, 2020

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) Beowulf by Seamus Heaney

4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller The Cask of Amontillado

5. World Maths Day: Read a book with a number in the title The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper (2019 GR winner)

6. World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food Babette's Feast

7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover A Borrowing of Bones (dog on the cover)

8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female character A Wild Winter Swan by Gregory Maguire- if we go with "unfashionable and socially isolated" definition of "geeky" then the teenage protagonist of this fits the description

9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story The Midnight Library (beer mentioned in the text several times)

10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to Murder by Other Means

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October Categories

1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year) The Jazz Man (1 pt)

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

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

4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller Eight Perfect Murders (1 pt)

5. World Maths Day: Read a book with a number in the title 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (2 pts)

6. World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food Skinnytaste Fast and Slow: Knockout Quick-Fix and Slow-Cooker Recipes for Real Life (1 pt)

7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories(1 pt)

8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female character

9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story Peace Talks 1pt

10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to American Dirt (1 pt)

1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year) Invisible Girl

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O One Day in September: The Full Story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and the Israeli Revenge Operation "Wrath of God" or Our Moon Has Blood Clots: The Exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) Run Away or Devoted

4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller Triptych

5. World Maths Day: Read a book with a number in the title The Power of Six

6. World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food


7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover
or

8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female character A Wrinkle in Time or The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story Home Before Dark

10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to Darkdawn

I was looking for a book in the Oktoberfest category when I found that the book, "The Nazi Officer's Wife" had turned up in my search results. I was uncertain why it turned up in the search results, when I realized that the author has the last name, 'Beer'...
Silly me... :D

Does the Beer mean in the Title or Author or the written text in the book, meaning referring to beer several times. Unsure about that.

Thanks for the help.

Text in the book, and you only need to find it once

Lynn wrote: "Text in the book, and you only need to find it once"

Lynn,
Thanks, that helps. Just started a book where the guys are drinking beer. That will work.

October Categories

✔1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year) The Devil and the Dark Water 10/28 1pt

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

✔3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria: The Sinking of the World's Most Glamorous Ship 10/1 1pt

✔4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller Dracula 10/17 1pt

5. World Maths Day: Read a book with a number in the title

6. World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food

✔7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover Howloween Murder 10/18 1pt

8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female character

✔9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story The Evening and the Morning 10/13 1pt

✔10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to A Question of Betrayal 10/1 1pt

October Categories

✔1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year) The Rules of Magic 1pt

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

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

✔4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller The Haunting of Hill House 1pt

✔5. World Maths Day: Read a book with a number in the title The Four Loves 1pt

6. World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food

✔7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover A Wild Sheep Chase 1pt

✔8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female character Scarlet 1pt

✔9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story Anxious People 1pt

✔10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to Mexican Gothic 1pt

Total: 9 points

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

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

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

4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller

5. World Maths Day: Read a book with a number in the title

6. World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food

7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover

8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female character

9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story

10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to

October Categories

Completed 2 out of 10 challenges

1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year) - The Haunting of Hill House (October, 1959)

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O - Old Bones

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

4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller - Doctor Sleep

5. World Maths Day: Read a book with a number in the title - The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper (Finished on October 12)

6. World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food

7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover

8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female character

9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story

10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to -Homeland Elegies (Finished on October 4)

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

Progress: 7 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!

October Categories

1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year):
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman - ***** - 10/11/2020 - 369 Pages

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton - ***** - 10/4/2020 - 192 Pages

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

4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller:
White Trash Zombie Apocalypse by Diana Rowland - ***** - 10/28/2020 - 320 Pages

5. World Maths Day: Read a book with a number in the title

6. World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food

7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover:
The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna - *** - 10/14/2020 - 135 Pages

8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female character:
The Language of Good-bye by Maribeth Fischer - **** - 10/9/2020 - 343 Pages

9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story
Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong - ***** - 10/13/2020 - 482 Pages

10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to:
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern - ***** - 10/2/2020 - 498 Pages

Hey Lynn,

World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food

Would the book Eat a Peach or Sprinkle with Murder do for this category?

Gunit Kaur Kalada wrote: "Hey Lynn,

World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food

Would the book Eat a Peach or Sprinkle with Murder do for this category?"

Those are both tagged as food on their main pages, so they should be fine.

yea... thanks Kristie

1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year)-What Happens in Paradise

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

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count)-Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating

4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller- The Cabin at the End of the World- Finished

5. World Maths Day: Read a book with a number in the title

6. World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food

7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover

8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female character -Let's Talk About Love-Finished

9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story

10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to-The Unhoneymooners- Finished

Kristie wrote: "Gunit Kaur Kalada wrote: "Hey Lynn,

World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food

Would the book Eat a Peach or Sprinkle with Murder do for this category?"

Tho..."

Whoops, sorry I've only just twigged that notifications are currently not working!

Thanks for picking that up Kristie

No worries, Lynn! It's a super hassle that notifications have been off so long.

No worries Lynn...

Has anyone read the book woman of troublesome creek? Can it be said that the main character cussy carter is a geek? I was thinking of this book for the Ada Lovelace Day category...

Gunit Kaur Kalada wrote: "Has anyone read the book woman of troublesome creek? Can it be said that the main character cussy carter is a geek? I was thinking of this book for the Ada Lovelace Day category..."

I've read it and if you go by the definition "an unfashionable or socially inept person" it would work. She is so isolated because of how people treat her that she finds it hard to socialize.
I think this is a Lynn or Kristie call.

From Wikipedia: Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.

geeky -
*unfashionable and socially inept.
*knowledgeable and obsessively interested in something, especially technology.
"a bunch of geeky techies"

I looked it up elsewhere and found this: Geek - “a digital-technology expert or enthusiast” and “a person who has excessive enthusiasm for and some expertise about a specialized subject or activity”

So, I'm not sure. It's really up to Lynn. Looking at what the day the task is for, the technology bit might be important and that wasn't part of her life. She was intelligent, bookish, and awkward, but not in conjunction with technology.

No I don't need the character to be involved with technology, just geekiness in general.

Are you saying the technology bit might be important because Ada Lovelace was a mathematician? Because a lot geeky characters don't associate with technology...
For example, consider Hermione Grainger from Harry Potter or Nina Hill from The Bookish Life of Nina Hill...

Well, let's wait for Lynn to confirm...

Ah, Just saw Lynn's reply... :)

Thanks Lynn... I think I will go for the book woman of troublesome creek... :)

Gunit Kaur Kalada wrote: "Are you saying the technology bit might be important because Ada Lovelace was a mathematician? Because a lot geeky characters don't associate with technology...
For example, consider Hermione Grain..."

I agree with this. I wouldn't have made the distinction either. Apparently, there is a difference between a nerd and a geek. I did not know that until now and would have just thought intelligent/bookish and awkward would have been the definition for both. According to my "research" Hermione and Nina would technically be nerds and not geeks. (I never thought I would be looking up something like this. lol)

As I would expect, Lynn is going with a more relaxed sense of the words and if they are nerdy, then they are geeky, which aligns more with my original thoughts. That makes it so much easier. This is a pretty laid back challenge, so Lynn tends to be easy on us. :)

haha... aren't we glad about that...

Hi Lynn - For the task: Read a book with the title or author starting with O do the words the, a, an etc count as first words? I'm think about reading the book The Overdue Life of Amy Byler for this task and want to make sure it works. Thanks!

That's fine Jayme

Lynn wrote: "That's fine Jayme"

Thanks, Lynn!!