Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

November 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]

November Categories (so far)

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)

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

Total: 5 points

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

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) - Educated - 1pt

5. Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night: Read a book with fire or fireworks on the cover - Farenheit 451 - 1pt

7. Students Day: Read a book where a character is a student (can be part time / full time, school, evening class, apprentice etc) - The Turn of the Key - 2pts

8. Armistice Day: Read a book where a character is serving, or has served in the forces - The Great Gatsby - 1pt

9. St Andrews Day: Read a book with blue and white on the cover - The Monogram Murders - 1pt

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors - Find Me - 2pts

TOTAL: 10pts

November Challenge 2020 done
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1. Month: Read a book released in November (any year)- The Five Orange Pips- Arthur Conan Doyle*
2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with N- The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories- Ruskin Bond*

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count)- My Old Man- Ernest Hemingway *
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1KOT...
4. Aviation History Month: Read a book with something that flies (man-made) on the cover or a character in the book flies- The Little Match Seller- Hans Chrisitan Andersen*
5. Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night: Read a book with fire or fireworks on the cover- Crash and Burn- Lisa Gardner *
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.- Homecoming- Cynthia Voigt*

7. Students Day: Read a book where a character is a student (can be part time / full time, school, evening class, apprentice etc)- The Saucy Boy- Hans Christian Anderson*
8. Armistice Day: Read a book where a character is serving, or has served in the forces-501 Most Notorious Crimes- Paul Donnelley*

9. St Andrews Day: Read a book with blue and white on the cover- How to Treat a Lady- Karen Hawkins*

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors- Little Claus and Big Claus- Hans Christian Andersen*, A Scandal in Bohemia- Arthur Conan Doyle*

10 points total

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

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with N The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura - 1 point

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 - 1 point

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 (audiobook cover) by Larry A. Winters - 1 point

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 - 1 point

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 by Benedict Wells - 1 point

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 - 1 point

9. St Andrews Day: Read a book with blue and white on the cover A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum (GR 2019 nominee) - 2 points

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors The Shortest Day by Colm Tóibín - 1 point

November Categories

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

✔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

✔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 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

Total: 6pts

November Reporting
Total Points: 6

3. Month in Numbers: book has 8 words in the title A Guide to the Birds of East Africa 1 pt
4. Aviation History Month: airplanes on cover 1 pt
5. Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night: fire on the cover 1 pt
7. Students Day: Lucy is a 7th grader attending public school for the first time The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 1 pt
8. Armistice Day: MC was in the Women's Land Army during WWI The Victory Garden 1 pt
9. St Andrews Day: blue & white cover 1 pt

Monthly Challenge: 1st to 30th November

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

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

November Categories

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

✔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

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

✔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

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

Total = 5 points

Total points: 4

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with N
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik - 1 pt

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

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

Total=15 Pts
(GR Books read 5=10 Pts + 5 Books=5 Pts)

1. Month: Novemer: In the Dream House, by Carmen Maria Machado, +2GR

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

3. Month in Numbers: Pachinko, Min Jin Lee +1

4. Aviation History Month: Read a book with something that flies: TheOnly Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11, Garrett M. Graff +2GR

5. Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night: A Burning by Megha Majumdar , Megha Majumdar, +1

6. Thanksgiving Day: Read a book where a typical item of Thanksgiving Dinner. Punkinheads, Rainbow Rowell, +2GR

7. Students Day: Read a book where a character is a student: The Turn of the Key, Ruth Ware, +2GR

8. Armistice Day: Strong Ending from Combat to Comedy, Mary Louise Parker, +1

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

10. National Novel Writing Month: Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson +1

1. Month. Read a book released in November (any year): A Thief In Time by Cidney Swanson (1 pt)

6. Thanksgiving Day. Read a book where a typical item of thanksgiving dinner is found in the title, cover, or text: Wanderers by Chuck Wendig (2 pts) [in chapter 78 they celebrate thanksgiving by having an apocalyptic thanksgiving feast with turkey and mashed potatoes]

10. National Novel Writing Month. Read a book from one of your favorite authors: Cress by Marissa Meyer (1 pt)

Total: 4 pts

All above reported