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message 1: by Lynn, Moderator (new)

Lynn | 4465 comments Mod
Monthly Challenge: 1st to 30th November
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!

November Categories

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

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

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count)

4. Aviation History Month: Read a book with something that flies (man-made) on the cover or a character in the book flies

5. Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night: Read a book with fire or fireworks on the cover

6. Thanksgiving Day: Read a book where a typical item of Thanksgiving Dinner (Turkey, Pumpkin, Cranberry etc) is found on either title, cover or in the text of the book.

7. Students Day: Read a book where a character is a student (can be part time / full time, school, evening class, apprentice etc)

8. Armistice Day: Read a book where a character is serving, or has served in the forces

9. St Andrews Day: Read a book with blue and white on the cover

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors


message 2: by Jayme (last edited Nov 29, 2020 09:23PM) (new)

Jayme November Possibilities
Total Points: 6

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

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

✔ 3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) A Guide to the Birds of East Africa read 11/23 (1 pt)

✔ 4. Aviation History Month: Read a book with something that flies (man-made) on the cover or a character in the book flies Along the Broken Bay by Flora J. Solomon airplanes

✔ 5. Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night: Read a book with fire or fireworks on the cover Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty read 11/22 (1 pt)

6. Thanksgiving Day: Read a book where a typical item of Thanksgiving Dinner (Turkey, Pumpkin, Cranberry etc) is found on either title, cover or in the text of the book.

✔ 7. Students Day: Read a book where a character is a student (can be part time / full time, school, evening class, apprentice etc) The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl Lucy is a 7th grader attending publice school for the first time read 11/11 (1 pt)

✔ 8. Armistice Day: Read a book where a character is serving, or has served in the forces The Victory Garden read 11/24 (1 pt) MC was in the Women's Land Army during WWI

✔ 9. St Andrews Day: Read a book with blue and white on the cover A Trick of the Light (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #7) by Louise Penny read 11/19 (1 pt)

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors


message 3: by Kristie, Moderator (last edited Dec 01, 2020 11:05AM) (new)

Kristie | 6819 comments Mod
November Categories

√ 1. Month: Read a book released in November (any year) Shadow Sands

√ 2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with N The Naughty List

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count)

4. Aviation History Month: Read a book with something that flies (man-made) on the cover or a character in the book flies (Exit, Pursued by a Bear - not taking points for it, but the girl in the air is called a flyer in cheerleading and she is "flying" on the cover so I had to comment. lol)

5. Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night: Read a book with fire or fireworks on the cover

√ 6. Thanksgiving Day: Read a book where a typical item of Thanksgiving Dinner (Turkey, Pumpkin, Cranberry etc) is found on either title, cover or in the text of the book. How to Bake the Perfect Pecan Pie

√ 7. Students Day: Read a book where a character is a student (can be part time / full time, school, evening class, apprentice etc) I Hunt Killers

8. Armistice Day: Read a book where a character is serving, or has served in the forces

√ 9. St Andrews Day: Read a book with blue and white on the cover The List, The Upside of Stress

√ 10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors Buy a Bullet, The Intern (Dean Koontz:Nameless #1) - In the Heart of the Fire)

Total Points: 6


message 4: by Heather (last edited Nov 04, 2020 08:05AM) (new)

Heather | 119 comments November Categories

1. Month: Read a book released in November (any year) Moonflower Murders(1 pt)

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with N Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope(1 pt)

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (1 pt)

4. Aviation History Month: Read a book with something that flies (man-made) on the cover or a character in the book flies Hope Rides Again (2 pmts)

5. Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night: Read a book with fire or fireworks on the coverLittle Fires Everywhere (1 pt)

6. Thanksgiving Day: Read a book where a typical item of Thanksgiving Dinner (Turkey, Pumpkin, Cranberry etc) is found on either title, cover or in the text of the book. Cranberry Thanksgiving (1 pt)

7. Students Day: Read a book where a character is a student (can be part time / full time, school, evening class, apprentice etc) The Stranger Diaries (1 pt)

8. Armistice Day: Read a book where a character is serving, or has served in the forces

9. St Andrews Day: Read a book with blue and white on the coverThe Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World (2 pts)

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors Peace Talks (1 pt)


message 5: by Joshua (last edited Nov 20, 2020 06:03PM) (new)

Joshua Bennett | 2 comments PROGRESS: 7/10 | 10 points

1. Book Released in November
Ready Player Two (1pt)
2. Book starting with N
Normal People
(2pts) Finished 17th Nov
3. Book with 8 letters in title
Educated
(1pt) Finished 12th Nov
4. Aviation History Month
?? Recommendations Please ??
5. Book with fire on cover
Farenheit 451
(1pt) Finished 8th Nov
6. Thanksgiving Day
Still Life (1pt)
7. Book with a student
The Turn of the Key
(2pts)
8. Armistice Day
The Great Gatsby
(1pt) Finished 19th Nov
9. Book with Blue and White on the cover
The Monogram Murders
(1pt) Finished 3rd Nov
10. Book by a favourite author
Find Me
(2pts) Finished 5th Nov
Ready Player Two (Ready Player One, #2) by Ernest Cline Normal People by Sally Rooney Educated by Tara Westover Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #1) by Louise Penny The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Monogram Murders (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #1) by Sophie Hannah Find Me (Call Me By Your Name, #2) by André Aciman


message 6: by Gunit Kaur (last edited Nov 13, 2020 11:15PM) (new)

Gunit Kaur Kalada | 160 comments 1. Month: Read a book released in November (any year) The Cipher

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with N No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality or A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) Nine Elms

4. Aviation History Month: Read a book with something that flies (man-made) on the cover or a character in the book flies IC 814 Hijacked by Anil Jaggia or Countdown 1945 The Extraordinary Story of the 116 Days that Changed the World by Chris Wallace

5. Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night: Read a book with fire or fireworks on the cover Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

6. Thanksgiving Day: Read a book where a typical item of Thanksgiving Dinner (Turkey, Pumpkin, Cranberry etc) is found on either title, cover or in the text of the book. Still Life or The Harrowing

7. Students Day: Read a book where a character is a student (can be part time / full time, school, evening class, apprentice etc) We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence

8. Armistice Day: Read a book where a character is serving, or has served in the forces Patriot Games

9. St Andrews Day: Read a book with blue and white on the cover When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole or American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favorite authors Stone Cold


message 7: by Gunit Kaur (new)

Gunit Kaur Kalada | 160 comments Hey Lynn,
Would IC 814 Hijacked work for aviation history month?


message 8: by Lynn, Moderator (new)

Lynn | 4465 comments Mod
I think they are standing on a plane????? If so, then yes that would work


message 9: by Gunit Kaur (new)

Gunit Kaur Kalada | 160 comments you mean on the cover? I think so... it's the real story of the hijacking of a plane basically...


message 10: by Kathy (last edited Nov 26, 2020 06:49AM) (new)

Kathy | 36 comments November Categories

1. Month: Read a book released in November (any year) Man's 4th Best Hospital by Samuel Shem (published Nov 2019)

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with N The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count)Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs by Wallace Stegner

4. Aviation History Month: Read a book with something that flies (man-made) on the cover or a character in the book flies

5. Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night: Read a book with fire or fireworks on the cover Informant by Larry A. Winters

6. Thanksgiving Day: Read a book where a typical item of Thanksgiving Dinner (Turkey, Pumpkin, Cranberry etc) is found on either title, cover or in the text of the book. The Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman Capote

7. Students Day: Read a book where a character is a student (can be part time / full time, school, evening class, apprentice etc) The End of Loneliness

8. Armistice Day: Read a book where a character is serving, or has served in the forces From the Land of the Moon by Milena Agus

9. St Andrews Day: Read a book with blue and white on the cover A Woman Is No Man (GR 2019 nominee)

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors The Shortest Day by Colm Tóibín

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message 11: by Connie (new)

Connie Anne Kikta | 13 comments Monthly Challenge: 1st to 30th November
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!

November Categories

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

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

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count)

4. Aviation History Month: Read a book with something that flies (man-made) on the cover or a character in the book flies

5. Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night: Read a book with fire or fireworks on the cover

6. Thanksgiving Day: Read a book where a typical item of Thanksgiving Dinner (Turkey, Pumpkin, Cranberry etc) is found on either title, cover or in the text of the book.

7. Students Day: Read a book where a character is a student (can be part time / full time, school, evening class, apprentice etc)

8. Armistice Day: Read a book where a character is serving, or has served in the forces

9. St Andrews Day: Read a book with blue and white on the cover

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors

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message 12: by Theresa (last edited Nov 24, 2020 08:04PM) (new)

Theresa | 115 comments November Categories

✔1. Month: Read a book released in November (any year) Fortune and Glory 11/24 1pt

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

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count)

✔4. Aviation History Month: Read a book with something that flies (man-made) on the cover or a character in the book flies All the Light We Cannot See 11/23 1pt

5. Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night: Read a book with fire or fireworks on the cover

6. Thanksgiving Day: Read a book where a typical item of Thanksgiving Dinner (Turkey, Pumpkin, Cranberry etc) is found on either title, cover or in the text of the book.

✔7. Students Day: Read a book where a character is a student (can be part time / full time, school, evening class, apprentice etc) These Happy Golden Years 11/4 1pt

✔8. Armistice Day: Read a book where a character is serving, or has served in the forces All Things Wise and Wonderful 11/19 1pt

✔9. St Andrews Day: Read a book with blue and white on the cover The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack 11/21 1pt

✔10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors The Gift of the Magpie: A Meg Langslow Mystery 11/3 1pt


message 13: by Melissa (last edited Nov 28, 2020 09:52AM) (new)

Melissa Mccabe | 61 comments November Categories

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

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

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count)

4. Aviation History Month: Read a book with something that flies (man-made) on the cover or a character in the book flies- When We Were Young & Brave

5. Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night: Read a book with fire or fireworks on the cover

6. Thanksgiving Day: Read a book where a typical item of Thanksgiving Dinner (Turkey, Pumpkin, Cranberry etc) is found on either title, cover or in the text of the book.

7. Students Day: Read a book where a character is a student (can be part time / full time, school, evening class, apprentice etc)-Rebel- Finished

8. Armistice Day: Read a book where a character is serving, or has served in the forces

9. St Andrews Day: Read a book with blue and white on the cover-Playing Nice-Finished

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors-Heart Bones-Finished

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message 14: by Michelle (last edited Dec 01, 2020 12:05AM) (new)

Michelle (mich2689) | 164 comments November Categories

Total= 5

✔1. Month: Read a book released in November (any year) Little Weirds

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with N Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope

✔3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

4. Aviation History Month: Read a book with something that flies (man-made) on the cover or a character in the book flies The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

✔5. Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night: Read a book with fire or fireworks on the cover A Burning

6. Thanksgiving Day: Read a book where a typical item of Thanksgiving Dinner (Turkey, Pumpkin, Cranberry etc) is found on either title, cover or in the text of the book.

✔7. Students Day: Read a book where a character is a student (can be part time / full time, school, evening class, apprentice etc) Transcendent Kingdom

8. Armistice Day: Read a book where a character is serving, or has served in the forces

✔9. St Andrews Day: Read a book with blue and white on the cover Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors A Deadly Education


message 15: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne (esmerelda1) | 50 comments Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club
November (2020) Monthly Challenge
Monthly Challenge:
1st to 30th November

Progress: 0 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!

November Categories

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

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

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count)

4. Aviation History Month: Read a book with something that flies (man-made) on the cover or a character in the book flies

5. Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night: Read a book with fire or fireworks on the cover

6. Thanksgiving Day: Read a book where a typical item of Thanksgiving Dinner (Turkey, Pumpkin, Cranberry etc) is found on either title, cover or in the text of the book.

7. Students Day: Read a book where a character is a student (can be part time / full time, school, evening class, apprentice etc)

8. Armistice Day: Read a book where a character is serving, or has served in the forces

9. St Andrews Day: Read a book with blue and white on the cover

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors


message 16: by Dana (new)

Dana | 51 comments 1. Month: Read a book released in November (any year)

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

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count)

4. Aviation History Month: Read a book with something that flies (man-made) on the cover or a character in the book flies

5. Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night: Read a book with fire or fireworks on the cover

6. Thanksgiving Day: Read a book where a typical item of Thanksgiving Dinner (Turkey, Pumpkin, Cranberry etc) is found on either title, cover or in the text of the book.

7. Students Day: Read a book where a character is a student (can be part time / full time, school, evening class, apprentice etc)

8. Armistice Day: Read a book where a character is serving, or has served in the forces

9. St Andrews Day: Read a book with blue and white on the cover

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors


message 17: by Jenny (new)

Jenny (jennysalgado) | 51 comments Notes on Silencing By Lacy Crawford for my November challenge.


message 18: by Kristine (last edited Dec 01, 2020 09:39AM) (new)

Kristine  | 238 comments November Categories

1. Month: Read a book released in November (any year): READ 11/15In the Dream House, by Carmen Maria Machado, +2GR

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with N, READ: 11/4 The Jane Austen Society, Natalie Jenner +1

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) :READ: 11/09Pachinko, Min Jin Lee +1

4. Aviation History Month: Read a book with something that flies (man-made) on the cover or a character in the book flies: READ: 11/6The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11, Garrett M. Graff +2GR

5. Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night: Read a book with fire or fireworks on the cover: READ: 11/5 A Burning by Megha Majumdar , Megha Majumdar, +1

6. Thanksgiving Day: Read a book where a typical item of Thanksgiving Dinner (Turkey, Pumpkin, Cranberry etc) is found on either title, cover or in the text of the book. READ: 11/30Pumpkinheads, Rainbow Rowell, +2GR

7. Students Day: Read a book where a character is a student (can be part time / full time, school, evening class, apprentice etc): READ: 11/25The Turn of the Key, Ruth Ware, +2GR

8. Armistice Day: Read a book where a character is serving, or has served in the forces: Strong Ending from Combat to Comedy, Mary Louise Parker, +1

9. St Andrews Day: Read a book with blue and white on the cover: READ11/11The Moment of Lift How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates, by Melinda Gates +2GR

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authorsREAD: 11/18Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson +1


message 19: by Zoe (last edited Nov 23, 2020 11:56PM) (new)

Zoe | 5 comments 1. Month: Read a book released in November (any year)
Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other - Finished 23 Nov √

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with N The Kingdoms - Finished 23 Nov √

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count)
Carmilla - Finished 6 Nov √

4. Aviation History Month: Read a book with something that flies (man-made) on the cover or a character in the book flies

5. Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night: Read a book with fire or fireworks on the cover

6. Thanksgiving Day: Read a book where a typical item of Thanksgiving Dinner (Turkey, Pumpkin, Cranberry etc) is found on either title, cover or in the text of the book.

7. Students Day: Read a book where a character is a student (can be part time / full time, school, evening class, apprentice etc)

8. Armistice Day: Read a book where a character is serving, or has served in the forces
A Month in the Country - Finished 13 Nov √

9. St Andrews Day: Read a book with blue and white on the cover
Things in Jars by Jess Kidd - Finished 16 Nov √

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors
A Very British Murder - Finished 12 Nov √


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