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April Reporting Thread


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

April Categories (5 pts)

4. Maunday Thursday (Christian observance of the first Lord's Supper): Read a book with food on the cover Double or Muffin (1 pt)

5. Greenery Day: Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover OR a mostly green cover (50%) The Survivors (1 pt)

6. Zoo Lovers Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover A Children's Bible (1 pt)

10. World Wish Day: Read what you wish! Such a Fun Age (2 PTS)

April Categories (9 Points)

1. Month: Read a book released in April (any year) by Paul Auster (published April, 1987) (1 point)

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A by Ann Lambert (1 point)

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 5 letters or 5 words in the title (subtitle can count) by Chris Whitaker (1 point)

4. Maunday Thursday (Christian observance of the first Lord's Supper): Read a book with food on the cover

5. Greenery Day: Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover OR a mostly green cover (50%) (Temperance Brennan, #16) by Kathy Reichs (1 point)

6. Zoo Lovers Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover (Sonchai Jitpleecheep #1) by John Burdett (cobra on the cover) (1 point)

7. Read a Road Map Day: Read a book with the MC travels to a different location (city, state / county, or country) by Flynn Berry (MC travels from Belfast to Dublin) (1 point)

8. Star Trek First Contact Day: Read a book with a GR main page tag of Science Fiction

9. Scrabble Day: Read a book with the letters S C R A B B L E in the title and/or author The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson (1 point)

10. World Wish Day: Read what you wish! by Sue Monk Kidd (2 points) (GR 2020 Historical Fiction nominee)

April Categories

✔1. Month: Read a book released in April (any year) Everybody Fights: So Why Not Get Better at It? 4/26 1pt

✔3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 5 letters or 5 words in the title (subtitle can count) The Dragon and The Djinn 4/6 1pt

✔4. Maunday Thursday (Christian observance of the first Lord's Supper): Read a book with food on the cover 4/2 1pt

✔5. Greenery Day: Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover OR a mostly green cover (50%) 4/11 1pt

✔7. Read a Road Map Day: Read a book with the MC travels to a different location (city, state / county, or country) Voyager 4/13 1pt

✔9. Scrabble Day: Read a book with the letters S C R A B B L E in the title and/or author Overground Railroad: The Green Book Roots of Black Travel in America 4/14 2pts (Goodreads 2020 nominee in History & Biography)

✔10. World Wish Day: Read what you wish! Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting 4/1 1pt

Total: 8pts

Total Points for April =20

1. Month: READ 4/4, I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf, Grant Snider +2GR

2. Letter of the Month, A: Read 4/5, The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life, Alex Trebek +2GR

3. Month in Numbers: READ 4/27, The Book of Lost Names, Kristin Harmel +2GR

4. Maunday Thursday, Food on Cover: READ 4/17, , Sami Tamimi +2GR

5. Greenery Day: READ 4/29, , Jess Lourey, +2GR

6. Zoo Lovers Day: READ 4/14, , Samantha Irby +2GR

7. Read a Road Map Day: READ 4/12, The Adventurer's Son, Roman Dial +2GR

8. Star Trek First Contact Day, Science Fiction: READ 4/26, Lakewood, Megan Giddings +2GR

9. Scrabble Day: READ 4/16, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, V.E. Schwab +2GR

10. World Wish Day: READ 4/3, The Midnight Library, Matt Haig +2GR

April Points - 6 points

1. Month: Read a book released in April (any year)- Slingshot - Finished 4/30 1 point

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 5 letters or 5 words in the title (subtitle can count) - They Wish They Were Us Finished 4/23 1 point

5. Greenery Day: Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover OR a mostly green cover (50%) - Every Heart a Doorway- Finished 4/6 1 point

7. Read a Road Map Day: Read a book with the MC travels to a different location (city, state / county, or country) - Wild Rain - Finished 4/7 1 point

8. Star Trek First Contact Day: Read a book with a GR main page tag of Science Fiction - Into the Drowning Deep - Finished 4/26 1 point

10. World Wish Day: Read what you wish! The Brit - Finished - 4/4 - 1 point

April Categories
Total Points: 11

1. Month: April 21, 2020 The Book of Longings (2 pts - GCA: Best Historical Fiction Nominee)
2. Letter of the Month: Airs Above the Ground (1 pt)
3. Month in Numbers: 5 words in the title The Last Garden in England (1 pt)
4. Maunday Thursday: food on cover (1 pt)
6. Zoo Lovers Day: animal on the cover (1 pt)
7. Read a Road Map Day: Daughters of the Lake (1 pt)
9. Scrabble Day: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab The InviSBLE Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SChwaB (2 pts - GCA: Best Fantasy Nominee)
10. World Wish Day: The Vanishing Half (2 pts - GCA: Best Historical Fiction Winner)

1. Month: Read a book released in April - Eating the Alphabet - 1
2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the author starting with A - The Earth and I by Frank Asch - 1
3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 5 words in the title - The Leprechaun Under the Bed - 1
4. Maunday Thursday: Read a book with food on the cover - Little Green Peas: A Big Book of Colors - 1
5. Greenery Dat: Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover - Bunny’s Easter Egg - 1
6. Zoo Lovers Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover - The Same But Different Too - 1
10. World Wish Day: Read what you wish! - Blue on Blue - 1
April total: 7 points
Yearly total to date: 28

April Categories- finished


2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A- Little Women and Other Christmas Stories- Louisa May Alcott*


4. Maunday Thursday (Christian observance of the first Lord's Supper): Read a book with food on the cover- Sweet Potato Soul (reread)*


7. Read a Road Map Day: Read a book with the MC travels to a different location (city, state / county, or country)- The world According to Garp- John Irving*

8. Star Trek First Contact Day: Read a book with a GR main page tag of Science Fiction- The Time Machine- HG Wells*
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10. World Wish Day: Read what you wish!- - The Torrents of Spring- Ivan Turgenev *

Total Points: 17

1. Month: Read a book released in April (any year):
I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf (+2)

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A:
The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life (+2)

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 5 letters or 5 words in the title (subtitle can count):
When No One is Watching (+2)

4. Maunday Thursday (Christian observance of the first Lord's Supper): Read a book with food on the cover:
The Proposal (+1)

5. Greenery Day: Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover OR a mostly green cover (50%):
The Sun Down Motel (+2)

6. Zoo Lovers Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover:
Most Eligible Billionaire (+1)

7. Read a Road Map Day: Read a book with the MC travels to a different location (city, state / county, or country):
The House in the Cerulean Sea (+2)

8. Star Trek First Contact Day: Read a book with a GR main page tag of Science Fiction:
Ring Shout (+2)

9. Scrabble Day: Read a book with the letters S C R A B B L E in the title and/or author:
Silver Borne (+1)

10. World Wish Day: Read what you wish!:
Before the Ever After (+2)

Progress- 6/10
Points: 7

1. Month: Read a book released in April (any year)
The Lost Village- 1 point

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles- 1 point

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 5 letters or 5 words in the title (subtitle can count)
The Year of the Witching- 2 points

5. Greenery Day: Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover OR a mostly green cover (50%)
- 1 point

7. Read a Road Map Day: Read a book with the MC travels to a different location (city, state / county, or country)
Educated-1 point

8. Star Trek First Contact Day: Read a book with a GR main page tag of Science Fiction
A Desolation Called Peace- 1 point

1. Month: Read a book released in April (any year) - Anxious People - 2pts

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 5 letters or 5 words in the title (subtitle can count) - House of Earth and Blood - 2pts

5. Greenery Day: Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover OR a mostly green cover (50%) - - 1pt

6. Zoo Lovers Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover - - 1pt

10. World Wish Day: Read what you wish! - House of Many Ways - 1pt

Total: 7 pts

3. Month in numbers: You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria (2 pts)

5. Greenery day: Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (1 pt)

7. Read a road map day: Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner (2 pts)

8. Star Trek day: The First Sister by Linden A Lewis (2 pts)

Total: 7 pts

Kristine wrote: "Total Points for April =20

1. Month: READ 4/4, I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf, Grant Snider +2GR

2. Letter of the Month, A: Read 4/5, [book:The Answer Is…: Reflections on My ..."

Well done, full marks!

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