Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

August 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]

August Categories: Total Points: 6

1. Month: Read a book released in August (any year) Once There Were Wolves (1 pt)

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A You Had Me at Hola (2 pts)

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 6 letters or 6 words in the title (subtitle can count) The Last Thing He Told Me (1 pt)

10. Just Because Day: Read a book of your own choice The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read(2 pt)

1. Month: Read a book released in August (any year) - The Shadow of What Was Lost - 1pt

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A - The Maidens by Alex Michaelides - 1pt

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 6 letters or 6 words in the title (subtitle can count) - An Echo of Things to Come - 1pt

4. Friday the 13th: Read a book with a main page Horror Goodreads tag - A Deadly Education - 2pts

5. International Youth Day: Read a book with a main page Young Adult Goodreads tag - The Secret Life of Bees - 1pt

7. Beach Day: Read a book with a beach setting - Every Vow You Break - 1pt

10. Just Because Day: Read a book of your own choice - The Light of All That Falls - 1pt

Total Points: 8 pts

August Reporting Thread - 7 points

1. Month: Read a book released in August (any year) The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny -1 point

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

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 6 letters or 6 words in the title (subtitle can count) The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson - 1 point

4. Friday the 13th: Read a book with a main page Horror Goodreads tag Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 2 points (GR 2020 winner for Horror)

5. International Youth Day: Read a book with a main page Young Adult Goodreads tag

6. World Elephant Day: Read a book with an elephant on the cover

7. Beach Day: Read a book with a beach setting Beyond the Horizon by Eoin Lane - 1 point

8. Women's Equality Day: Read a book that has been shelved on Goodreads with a feminism tag - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman - 1 point

9. St Stephen's Day (Hungary): Read a book with a character called Stephen or by an author called Stephen or set in Hungary or about a King

10. Just Because Day: Read a book of your own choice The Cellist by Daniel Silva - 1 point

Putting August to Bed!!!

August Categories
Total Points: 8

1. Month: August 1, 2020 Cleo McDougal Regrets Nothing 1 pt
2. Letter of the Month: title starting with A Arsenic and Adobo 1 pt
3. Month in Numbers: 6 words in the title The Last Thing He Told Me 1 pt
4. Friday the 13th: Mexican Gothic 2 pts GRCA winner for Horror
8. Women's Equality Day: Goodreads with a feminism tag - The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear 1 pt
10. Just Because Day: The Space Between Worlds 2 pts GRCA nominee for Science Fiction

August Categories

✔1. Month: Read a book released in August (any year) Paper & Blood 8/21 1 pt

✔2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A Murder Most Fowl by Donna Andrews 8/12 1pt

✔3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 6 letters or 6 words in the title (subtitle can count) Written in My Own Heart's Blood 8/7 1pt

✔4. Friday the 13th: Read a book with a main page Horror Goodreads tag The Phantom of the Opera 8/16 1pt

✔5. International Youth Day: Read a book with a main page Young Adult Goodreads tag Their Eyes Were Watching God 8/23 1pt

✔7. Beach Day: Read a book with a beach setting The House in the Cerulean Sea 8/10 2pts

✔8. Women's Equality Day: Read a book that has been shelved on Goodreads with a feminism tag The Bell Jar 8/17 1 pt

✔10. Just Because Day: Read a book of your own choice The Adventurer's Son 8/2 2pts

Total: 10pts

August Categories that are read

1. Month: Read a book released in August (any year)- The Bartender’s Tale- Ivan Doig*

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood- Fred Rogers*

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 6 letters or 6 words in the title (subtitle can count)- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- JK Rowling*




9. St Stephen's Day (Hungary): Read a book with a character called Stephen or by an author called Stephen or set in Hungary or about a King- Magic’s Price- Mercedes Lackey*

10. Just Because Day: Read a book of your own choice- The Everything Kids’ Cookbook- Sandra K Nissenberg*

TOTAL POINTS: 11


1. Month: Read a book released in August (any year):
●Be Fairy Game by Meghan Maslow (+1)

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A:
●All Tied Up by Reese Morrison (+1)

4. Friday the 13th: Read a book with a main page Horror Goodreads tag:
●A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (+2)

5. International Youth Day: Read a book with a main page Young Adult Goodreads tag:
●The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty (+2)

6. World Elephant Day: Read a book with an elephant on the cover:
●The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate (+2)

7. Beach Day: Read a book with a beach setting:
●Bats at the Beach by Brian Lies (+1)

9. St Stephen's Day (Hungary): Read a book with a character called Stephen or by an author called Stephen or set in Hungary or about a King:
●Billy Summers by Stephen King (+1)

10. Just Because Day: Read a book of your own choice:
●Face Offs & Cheap Shots by Eden Finley (+1)

August Total - 6 points

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A - A Night to Surrender - Finished 8/13 1 point

4. Friday the 13th: Read a book with a main page Horror Goodreads tag - A Dowry of Blood - Finished 8/5 1 Point

5. International Youth Day: Read a book with a main page Young Adult Goodreads tag- Last Night at the Telegraph Club - Finished 8/15 1 point

7. Beach Day: Read a book with a beach setting- What Happens in Paradise - Finished 8/21- 1 point

8. Women's Equality Day: Read a book that has been shelved on Goodreads with a feminism tag - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... - Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am - Finished 8/28 - 1 point

10. Just Because Day: Read a book of your own choice - The Midnight Library-Finished 8/4 - 1 Point

Total Monthly Points= 10

√ 1. Month: READ 8/17, The Husbands, Chandler Baker +1

√ 2. Letter of the Month: Read 8/5, All the Little Hopes, Leah Weiss +1

√ 3. Month in Numbers: Read 8/20, The Last Story of Mina Lee, Nancy Jooyoun Kim, +2GR

√ 5. International Youth Day: Read 8/26, Magma, Thora Hortlefsdottir, +1

√ 7. Beach Day: Read 8/24, , Emily Henry +2GR

√ 8. Women's Equality Day: Read 8/26, , Nadia Murad +1

√ 10. Just Because Day: Read 8/24, The Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich +2GR

Progress- 7/10
Points- 7 points

1. Month: Read a book released in August (any year)
The Liar Next Door- 1 point

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A
Lake Silence by Anne Bishop- 1 point

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 6 letters or 6 words in the title (subtitle can count)
The Girl in the Striped Dress- 1 point

5. International Youth Day: Read a book with a main page Young Adult Goodreads tag
As Good As Dead- 1 point

7. Beach Day: Read a book with a beach setting
Malibu Rising- 1 point

8. Women's Equality Day: Read a book that has been shelved on Goodreads with a feminism tag - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women- 1 point

10. Just Because Day: Read a book of your own choice
Indelible- 1 point

I'm a little late to report! But better late than never! =)
Total - 10 points!
8/10 categories!

1. Month: Read a book released in August (any year) - Home Fire - 1 pt

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with A - We Were Never Here - 1pt

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 6 letters or 6 words in the title (subtitle can count) - Bury Your Dead - 1 pt

4. Friday the 13th: Read a book with a main page Horror Goodreads tag - The Other Black Girl - 1 pt

5. International Youth Day: Read a book with a main page Young Adult Goodreads tag - The House in the Cerulean Sea - 2pts

7. Beach Day: Read a book with a beach setting - 28 Summers - 1 pt

8. Women's Equality Day: Read a book that has been shelved on Goodreads with a feminism tag - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... - Untamed - 2pts

10. Just Because Day: Read a book of your own choice - The Vanishing Season - 1 pt

August total points: 8 pts
5/10 categories

1. Month: read a book released in August - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center (1 pt)

2. Letter of the month: read a book with the title or author’s name starts with an A - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (2 pts)

5. International youth day: read a young adult book - The Wicked King by Holly Black (1 pt)

8. Women’s equality day: read a book with a feminism tag on Goodreads - Break Your Glass Slippers by Amanda Lovelace (2 pts)

10. Just because day: read a book of your choice - The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black (2 pts)

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