Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

July Reporting Thread


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- 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

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

July Categories: Total points in July: (6)

1. Month: Read a book released in July (any year) Blacktop Wasteland (2 pts)

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with J With Our Blessing (1 pt)

4. Summer Holidays: Read a book set in a different continent to where you live, excluding the countries USA and UK Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl (2 pts)

10. Simplicity Day: Read whatever you like, simple! The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (1pt)

July categories: Total Points = 5

1. Month: Read a book released in July (any year) The Bone Code by Kathy Reichs (July 2021) (1 point)

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

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 4 letters or 4 words in the title (subtitle can count) Buried in a Bog by Sheila Connolly (1 point)

4. Summer Holidays: Read a book set in a different continent to where you live, excluding the countries USA and UK Death Is Hard Work by Khaled Khalifa (Syria, continent of Asia) (1 point)

5. Clean Beaches Week: Read a book with a beach scene on the cover

6. Bastille Day: Read a book set in France The Sorbonne Affair by Mark Pryor (1 point)

7. Moon Day: Read a book with a moon on the cover

8. Gorgeous Grandma Day: Read a book with a female MC over the age of 60

9. Amelia Earhart Day: Read a book with an airplane on the cover or an MC that works in the world of aviation

10. Simplicity Day: Read whatever you like, simple You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe (1 point)

1. Month: Read a book released in July (any year) - Dark Matter - 1pt

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with J - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - 1pt

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 4 letters or 4 words in the title (subtitle can count) - Burn - 1pt

4. Summer Holidays: Read a book set in a different continent to where you live, excluding the countries USA and UK - The Stationery Shop of Tehran (Asia) - 1pt

6. Bastille Day: Read a book set in France - The Elegance of the Hedgehog - 1pt

7. Moon Day: Read a book with a moon on the cover - by Kelly Barnhill - 1pt

8. Gorgeous Grandma Day: Read a book with a female MC over the age of 60 - Elizabeth Is Missing - 1pt

Total Points: 7 pts

1. Read a book released in July (any year) - Say What? - 1
3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 4 words in the title - A House for Squirrel - 1
5. Clean Beaches Week: Read a book with a beach scene on the cover - How to Meet a Mermaid - 1
7. Moon Day: Read a book with a moon on the cover - The Night Gardener - 1
9. Amelia Earhart Day: Read a book with an airplane on the cover - Hidden Wonders! - 1
10. Simplicity Day: Read whatever you like, simple! - Wild Symphony - 2
July total: 7 points
2021 total to date: 42 points

July Categories - Total Points: 9 pts

1. Month: Read a book released in July (any year) - Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir - GR nominee, 2 pts!

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with J - The Guilt Trip - 1 pt

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 4 letters or 4 words in the title (subtitle can count) - Where They Found Her - 1 pt

4. Summer Holidays: Read a book set in a different continent to where you live, excluding the countries USA and UK - Beartown - 1 pt

5. Clean Beaches Week: Read a book with a beach scene on the cover - Summer of '79: A Summer of '69 Story - 1 pt


8. Gorgeous Grandma Day: Read a book with a female MC over the age of 60 - The Secret Keeper - 1 pt

9. Amelia Earhart Day: Read a book with an airplane on the cover or an MC that works in the world of aviation - Falling - 1 pt (maybe a nominee for 2021!)

10. Simplicity Day: Read whatever you like, simple! - When the Stars Go Dark - 1 pt (also, maybe a nominee for 2021!!)

July Categories
Total Points: 7

1. Month: July 16, 2018 Witchnapped in Westerham (1 pt)
2. Letter of the Month: title starting with J Jamaica Inn (1pt)
3. Month in Numbers: 4 words in the title Lights on the Sea (1 pt)
4. Summer Holidays: Ukraine The Last Green Valley ( 1 pt)
5. Clean Beaches Week: (1 pt)
9. Amelia Earhart Day: MC that works in the world of aviation The Calculating Stars 7/9 (1 pt)
10. Simplicity Day: A Betting Woman: A Novel of Madame Moustache 7/6 (1 pt)

July Categories

✔1. Month: Read a book released in July (any year) The Hollywood Spy 7/29 1pt

✔2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with J Unfinished 7/24 1pt

✔3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 4 letters or 4 words in the title (subtitle can count) Racing to the Finish: My Story 7/10 1pt

✔4. Summer Holidays: Read a book set in a different continent to where you live, excluding the countries USA and UK Castle Shade 7/24 1pt

✔5. Clean Beaches Week: Read a book with a beach scene on the cover 7/5 1 pt

✔7. Moon Day: Read a book with a moon on the cover 7/16 1pt

✔8. Gorgeous Grandma Day: Read a book with a female MC over the age of 60 The Beauty of Living Twice 7/8 1pt

✔9. Amelia Earhart Day: Read a book with an airplane on the cover or an MC that works in the world of aviation Rock Force: The American Paratroopers Who Took Back Corregidor and Exacted MacArthur's Revenge on Japan 7/20 1pt

✔10. Simplicity Day: Read whatever you like, simple! A Breath of Snow and Ashes 7/11 1pt

Total: 9pts

July Report 4 Points Total

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 4 letters or 4 words in the title (subtitle can count) - In an Absent Dream- Finished 7/29 1 Point

4. Summer Holidays: Read a book set in a different continent to where you live, excluding the countries USA and UK - The Undertaking of Lily Chen - Finished 7/8- 1 point

6. Bastille Day: Read a book set in France- The Chanel Sisters- Finished 7/21 1 point

10. Simplicity Day: Read whatever you like, simple- A Crooked Tree Finished 7/16 - 1 point

July= 14 Points

√ 1. Month: Read 7/18 One to Watch, Kate Stayman-London +2GR

√ 2. Letter of the Month: Read 7/17 The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, Alka Joshi +1

√ 3. Month in Numbers: Read 7/16 And Now She's Gone, Rachel Howzell Hall +2GR

√ 4. Summer Holidays: Read a book set in a different continent to where you live: Read 7/15 The Silence of the White City, Eva Garcia Saenz (Europe: Set in Spain) +1

√ 5. Clean Beaches Week: Read 7/30 , Megan Goldin +2GR

√ 6. Bastille Day: Read a book set in France: Read 7/19 Sisters of the Resistance, Christine Wells +1

√ 7. Moon Day: READ 7/28 , Constance Sayers, +1

√ 8. Gorgeous Grandma Day: Read 7/31 My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, Fredrik Backman, +1

√ 9. Amelia Earhart Day: READ 7/25 Kristin Harmel, +1

√ 10. Simplicity Day: READ 7/27 The Beauty in Breaking, Michelle Harper +2GR

read all but one category:

1. Month: Read a book released in July (any year) – Letters for Emily- Camron Wright*
2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with J- Journey to Topaz- Yoshiko Uchida*
3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 4 letters or 4 words in the title (subtitle can count)- The Unofficial Narnia Cookbook- Dinah Bucholz *

4. Summer Holidays: Read a book set in a different continent to where you live, excluding the countries USA and UK – The Book of Mormon- Anonymous*


6. Bastille Day: Read a book set in France – Mad- Guy de Maupassant*
7. Moon Day: Read a book with a moon on the cover- Goodnight, Moon*

8. Gorgeous Grandma Day: Read a book with a female MC over the age of 60- City of Girls- Elizabeth Gilbert*
9. Amelia Earhart Day: Read a book with an airplane on the cover or an MC that works in the world of aviation- Unbroken- Laura Hillenbrand*

10. Simplicity Day: Read whatever you like, simple!- The Biggest Loser Quick and Easy Cookbook- Devin Alexander*

Total Points: 13


1. Month: Read a book released in July (any year):
●Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi (+2)

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with J:
●The Cool Bean by Jory John (+2)

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 4 letters or 4 words in the title (subtitle can count):
●Thorn in His Side by Helen Juliet (+1)

4. Summer Holidays: Read a book set in a different continent to where you live, excluding the countries USA and UK:
●Throwing Hearts by N.R. Walker (+1)

5. Clean Beaches Week: Read a book with a beach scene on the cover:
●A Summer Fling by Sarah Madison (+1)

6. Bastille Day: Read a book set in France:
●A Wolf's Résistance by T.J. Nichols (+1)

7. Moon Day: Read a book with a moon on the cover:
●Taking a Chance by Liam Kingsley (+1)

8. Gorgeous Grandma Day: Read a book with a female MC over the age of 60:
●Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman (+1)

9. Amelia Earhart Day: Read a book with an airplane on the cover or an MC that works in the world of aviation:
●The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper (+2)

10. Simplicity Day: Read whatever you like, simple!:
●When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa James (+1)

Doubled my number from last month LOL

6. Bastille Day: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (2 pts)

10. Simplicity Day: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (2 pts)

Total: 4 pts

Progress- 8/10
Points- 10

1. Month: Read a book released in July (any year)
The Housemaid- 1 point

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with J
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls- 1 point

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 4 letters or 4 words in the title (subtitle can count)
A Faint Cold Fear- 1 point

4. Summer Holidays: Read a book set in a different continent to where you live, excluding the countries USA and UK
The City of Brass- 1 point

5. Clean Beaches Week: Read a book with a beach scene on the cover
Beach Read- 2 points

6. Bastille Day: Read a book set in France
The Nightingale- 1 point

9. Amelia Earhart Day: Read a book with an airplane on the cover or an MC that works in the world of aviation
- 1 point

10. Simplicity Day: Read whatever you like, simple!
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue- 2 points

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