Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

Monthly Challenge: 1st to 31st December
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!

December Categories

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

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

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

4. Winter (December, January, February): Read a book with all of the letters W I N T E R in the title and/or author's name.

5. Festive Season: Read a book set during the festival season or with a red and/or green cover

6. Dice Day: Read a book where ALL the numbers of the page count can be found on a die (1 to 6) e.g. 246 will work, 379 won't

7. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that was on your tbr this year that you've never got around to

8. Repeal Day: Read a book with any type of alcohol on the cover or included in the text of the book

9. Short Story Day: Read a book with 200 pages or less

10. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has won an award (any award, doesn't have to be GR)

I'm in.

Tasks:

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

√ 2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D My Kind of People by Lisa Duffy

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

4. Winter (December, January, February): Nominate a book with all of the letters W I N T E R in the title and/or author's name.

√ 5. Festive Season: Read a book set during the festival season or with a red and/or green cover I, Robot & My Kind of People


√ 6. Dice Day: Read a book where ALL the numbers of the page count can be found on a die (1 to 6) e.g. 246 will work, 379 won't Heartbreak Bay 336 pages

√ 7. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that was on your tbr this year that you've never got around to Her One Mistake

√ 8. Repeal Day: Read a book with any type of alcohol on the cover or included in the text of the book The Mistletoe Promise wine is mentioned several times and consumed in the story.

√ 9. Short Story Day: Read a book with 200 pages or less And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer 97pp

10. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has won an award (any award, doesn't have to be GR)

Total points: 6

December Categories
Total Points: 9

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

✔ 2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland read 12/2 (1pt)

✔ 3, Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) Piranesiread 12/28 ( 1pt)

✔ 4. Winter (December, January, February): Nominate a book with all of the letters W I N T E R in the title and/or author's name. Prodigal Son by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz Winter Cottage read 12/10 (1 pt)

✔ 5. Festive Season: Read a book set during the festival season or with a red and/or green cover The White Christmas Inn read 12/4 (1 pt)

✔ 6. Dice Day: Read a book where ALL the numbers of the page count can be found on a die (1 to 6) e.g. 246 will work, 379 won't Transcendent Kingdom 264 pages read 12/22 (1 pt)

✔ 7. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that was on your tbr this year that you've never got around to The Empire of Gold read 12/19 (1 pt)

8. Repeal Day: Read a book with any type of alcohol on the cover or included in the text of the book The Evening and the Morning ale and wine are drunk through out the book (It is the middle ages and there wasn't anything else to drink) read 12/8 (1 pt)

✔ 9. Short Story Day: Read a book with 200 pages or less The Deal of a Lifetime 65 pages read 12/3 ( 1 pt)

✔ 10. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has won an award (any award, doesn't have to be GR) The Eyre Affair ALA Alex Award & IAFA Crawford Award read 12/27 (1 pt)

December Categories

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

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

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

4. Winter (December, January, February): Read a book with all of the letters W I N T E R in the title and/or author's name. The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here (1pt)

5. Festive Season: Read a book set during the festival season or with a red and/or green cover

6. Dice Day: Read a book where ALL the numbers of the page count can be found on a die (1 to 6) e.g. 246 will work, 379 won't This Telling (1 pt)

7. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that was on your tbr this year that you've never got around to The Vanishing Half (1 pt)

8. Repeal Day: Read a book with any type of alcohol on the cover or included in the text of the book The Midnight Library (1 pt)

9. Short Story Day: Read a book with 200 pages or less Halfway to Free (1 pt)

10. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has won an award (any award, doesn't have to be GR) Girl, Woman, Other (2 pt)

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

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews

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

4. Winter (December, January, February): Read a book with all of the letters W I N T E R in the title and/or author's name. Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson (W - knew; I - him; N - Swanson; T - Peter; E - she; R - before)

5. Festive Season: Read a book set during the festival season or with a red and/or green cover by Brendan O'Carroll (title banner is in green as is back cover)

6. Dice Day: Read a book where ALL the numbers of the page count can be found on a die (1 to 6) e.g. 246 will work, 379 won't The Second Biggest Nothing by Colin Cotterill (254 pages)

7. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that was on your tbr this year that you've never got around to The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

8. Repeal Day: Read a book with any type of alcohol on the cover or included in the text of the book The Day is Dark by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (drinking and alcoholism are underlying themes in the book)

9. Short Story Day: Read a book with 200 pages or less The Tale of a Niggun by Elie Wiesel

10. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has won an award (any award, doesn't have to be GR) Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman (Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel - 2015)

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

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D Disappearing Earth

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

4. Winter (December, January, February): Read a book with all of the letters W I N T E R in the title and/or author's name. Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness

5. Festive Season: Read a book set during the festival season or with a red and/or green cover Magpie Murders

6. Dice Day: Read a book where ALL the numbers of the page count can be found on a die (1 to 6) e.g. 246 will work, 379 won't The Taken

7. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that was on your tbr this year that you've never got around to The Boy from the Woods

8. Repeal Day: Read a book with any type of alcohol on the cover or included in the text of the book Rebecca (Chapter 8, page 96)

9. Short Story Day: Read a book with 200 pages or less Animal Farm

10. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has won an award (any award, doesn't have to be GR) A Gentleman in Moscow

December Categories

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

✔2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D Death in Hyde Park 12/13 1pt

✔3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes 12/29 ipt

✔4. Winter (December, January, February): Read a book with all of the letters W I N T E R in the title and/or author's name. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper 12/16 2pts

✔5. Festive Season: Read a book set during the festival season or with a red and/or green cover A Redbird Christmas 12/29 1pt

✔6. Dice Day: Read a book where ALL the numbers of the page count can be found on a die (1 to 6) e.g. 246 will work, 379 won't The Queen of Nothing (321) 12/1 1pt

✔7. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that was on your tbr this year that you've never got around to Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II 12/8 2pts

✔8. Repeal Day: Read a book with any type of alcohol on the cover or included in the text of the book The Constant Rabbit 12/9 1pt

✔9. Short Story Day: Read a book with 200 pages or less The First Four Years 12/9 1pt

✔10. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has won an award (any award, doesn't have to be GR) Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: And Other Questions About Dead Bodies 12/10 2pts

Hope Everyone Has a Happy and Healthy Holiday Season!

1. Month: Read a book released in December (any year): READ 12/2Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx +1

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with DREAD 12/31 Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life and Work, Victoria Ortiz +1

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count):READ 12/11Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me, Andrienne Brodeur +2GR

4. Winter (December, January, February): Read a book with all of the letters W I N T E R in the title and/or author's name. READ 12/15Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession, Sarah Weinman +1

5. Festive Season: Read a book set during the festival season or with a red and/or green cover: READ 12/25 , Ivy Pochoda +1

6. Dice Day: Read a book where ALL the numbers of the page count can be found on a die (1 to 6) e.g. 246 will work, 379 won't:READ 12/3, PAGES 341 Anxious People, Fredrik Backman +1

7. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that was on your tbr this year that you've never got around to:READ 12/30 The Huntress, Kate Quinn +2GR

8. Repeal Day: Read a book with any type of alcohol on the cover or included in the text of the book:

9. Short Story Day: Read a book with 200 pages or less:READ 12/31This Telling, Cheryl Strayed +1

10. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has won an award (any award, doesn't have to be GR):READ 12/29Shuggie Bain (Booker Award, Fiction 2020): +1

Hey Lynn - Can the word Winter be in the title or do you have to make the word out of other words. long story short - Can I use Winter Cottage for #4? :)

Yes, that's totally fine :)

KRISSY'S SPOT


**COMPLETED**

✔1. . Month: Read a book released in December (any year):
Merry Measure
12/09 ★★★★


✔2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D:
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
12/22 ★★★


✔3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count):
Open Book
12/06 ★★★★


✔4. Winter (December, January, February): Read a book with all of the letters W I N T E R in the title and/or author's name:
An Affair in Winter
12/20 ★★★★


✔5. Festive Season: Read a book set during the festival season or with a red and/or green cover:
Black Tattoo
12/13 ★★★★


✔6. Dice Day: Read a book where ALL the numbers of the page count can be found on a die (1 to 6) e.g. 246 will work, 379 won't:
If It Bleeds, 436p
12/03 ★★★★


✔7. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that was on your tbr this year that you've never got around to:
Jon's Downright Ridiculous Shooting Case
12/11 ★★★


✔8. Repeal Day: Read a book with any type of alcohol on the cover or included in the text of the book:
How to American: An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents
12/10 ★★★


✔9. Short Story Day: Read a book with 200 pages or less:
Cosmic Christmas
12/16 ★


✔10. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has won an award (any award, doesn't have to be GR):
The Prisoner of Cell 25
12/04 ★★★★

December Categories

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

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D - White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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

4. Winter (December, January, February): Read a book with all of the letters W I N T E R in the title and/or author's name. Winter

5. Festive Season: Read a book set during the festival season or with a red and/or green cover In a Holidaze or Mr. Dickens and His Carol

6. Dice Day: Read a book where ALL the numbers of the page count can be found on a die (1 to 6) e.g. 246 will work, 379 won't Cress 552 pages

7. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that was on your tbr this year that you've never got around to Woven in Moonlight

8. Repeal Day: Read a book with any type of alcohol on the cover or included in the text of the book

9. Short Story Day: Read a book with 200 pages or less Valentino and Sagittarius: Two Novellas

10. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has won an award (any award, doesn't have to be GR) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Hi Lynn - for Short Story Day: Read a book with 200 pages or less -would you accept a novella or were you thinking novel?
Thanks

Anything that's less than 200 or less pages :)

Lynn wrote: "Anything that's less than 200 or less pages :)"

Thanks Lynn :)

Hey!!!
I'm reading Novella , ''Small town, big stories'' by Ruskin Bond(●'◡'●)

December Categories

1. Month: Read a book released in December (any year)-One Day in December-Finished

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

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

4. Winter (December, January, February): Read a book with all of the letters W I N T E R in the title and/or author's name.

5. Festive Season: Read a book set during the festival season or with a red and/or green cover - In a Holidaze-Finished

6. Dice Day: Read a book where ALL the numbers of the page count can be found on a die (1 to 6) e.g. 246 will work, 379 won't

7. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that was on your tbr this year that you've never got around to - The Vineyards of Champagne-Finished

8. Repeal Day: Read a book with any type of alcohol on the cover or included in the text of the book

9. Short Story Day: Read a book with 200 pages or less

10. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has won an award (any award, doesn't have to be GR)

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

Progress: 8 out of 10

Guidelines:
- Only books read during the challenge period are allowed.
- 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!

December Categories

1. Month: Read a book released in December (any year):
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 12/11/2020 - 870 Pages - Published Dec 1, 1993

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D:
Undead and Uneasy by MaryJanice Davidson - **** - 12/15/2020 - 272 Pages

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

4. Winter (December, January, February): Read a book with all of the letters W I N T E R in the title and/or author's name.

5. Festive Season: Read a book set during the festival season or with a red and/or green cover
The Christmas Pact by Vi Keeland - ***** - 12/3/2020 - 3 Pages

6. Dice Day: Read a book where ALL the numbers of the page count can be found on a die (1 to 6) e.g. 246 will work, 379 won't
Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews - ***** - 12/9/2020 - 512 Pages

7. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that was on your tbr this year that you've never got around to
The Autumnlands, Vol. 2: Woodland Creatures by Kurt Busiek - **** - 12/7/2020 - 184 Pages

8. Repeal Day: Read a book with any type of alcohol on the cover or included in the text of the book
Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan - ***** - 12/3/2020 - 336 Pages

9. Short Story Day: Read a book with 200 pages or less:
Mistress Christmas by Lorelei James - *** - 12/4/2020 - 126 Pages

10. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has won an award (any award, doesn't have to be GR):
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel - ***** - 12/16/2020 - 333 Pages

Hey Lynn - I have a question about books and points. I just finished a book for the December challenge that is on the 2020 Goodreads winner/nominees list. It is only worth though 1 pt because technically for this challenge we are only counting books from the 2019 list for 2 pts right?
If I had waited to read it for January 2021 it would have been worth 2 pts. correct.

Yes, that's correct

Lynn wrote: "Yes, that's correct"

Thanks, Lynn. Just wanted to make sure :)