Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

October 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]

1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year) - Muse of Nightmares - 1pt

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O - Oona Out of Order - 2pt

4. Halloween: Read a book with something on the cover that you associate with Halloween e.g. witch, moon, cat, pumpkin etc - (moth) - 1pt

5. Chess Day: Read a book with the name of a chess piece in the title - king, rook, bishop, queen, knight, or pawn (can be plural or the root of a word) - The Wicked King - 1pt

6. World Food Day: Read a book with food on the cover or the MC works with food - - 1pt

7. Magic Day: Read a book with a GR main page tag of Magic - The Cruel Prince - 1pt

10. Checklist Day: Read any book from you tbr and 'check' it off your list! - The Queen of Nothing - 2pt

Total Points: 9pts

October Reads
Total Points: 4

2. Letter of the Month: Olympus, Texas 1 pt
4. Halloween: haunted house 1pt
6. World Food Day: scones on cover 1 pt
10. Checklist Day: Isn't It Bromantic? 1 pt

October Categories

✔1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year) The Lincoln Highway 10/18 1pt

✔2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O The Ordeal of the Haunted Room 10/9 1pt

✔3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) Persist 10/12 1pt

✔5. Chess Day: Read a book with the name of a chess piece in the title - king, rook, bishop, queen, knight, or pawn (can be plural or the root of a word) How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories 10/2 1pt

✔6. World Food Day: Read a book with food on the cover or the MC works with food Crying in H Mart 10/26 1pt

✔9. Back to the Future Day: Read a book set in the 1880s, 1950s, 1980s or 2010s The Paris Library 10/5 1pt

✔10. Checklist Day: Read any book from you tbr and 'check' it off your list! A Darker Reality 10/1 1 pt

Total: 7pts

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) - You Should See Me in a Crown (2pts)

Total 3 points

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) - The Need -Finished 10/7 1 point

4. Halloween: Read a book with something on the cover that you associate with Halloween e.g. witch, moon, cat, pumpkin etc-Dawn of the Dreadfuls-Finished 10/23 1 point

10. Checklist Day: Read any book from you tbr and 'check' it off your list! - The Final Girl Support Group- Finished 10/12 1 point

books read

October Categories



2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O- The One and Only Sparkella- Channing Tatum*

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count)- The Robe- Lloyd Douglas*

4. Halloween: Read a book with something on the cover that you associate with Halloween e.g. witch, moon, cat, pumpkin etc- Glory Road- Robert Heinlein*

6. World Food Day: Read a book with food on the cover or the MC works with food- The Well-Filled Tortilla Cookbook- Gloria Wise and Susanna Hoffman*
8. M&M Day: Read a book with at least two words in the title starting with M or the author's first and last name start with M- 9. Back to the Future Day: Read a book set in the 1880s, 1950s, 1980s or 2010s- Pocket RBG Wisdom- Ruth Baden Ginsburg*
10. Checklist Day: Read any book from you tbr and 'check' it off your list! – Pocket Michelle Obama Wisdom*

October Reads
TOTAL: 12 pts!

1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year) - The Things We Cannot Say

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O - Ordinary Grace

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) - The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

4. Halloween: Read a book with something on the cover that you associate with Halloween e.g. witch, moon, cat, pumpkin etc - The Year of the Witching - GR Nominee!

5. Chess Day: Read a book with the name of a chess piece in the title - king, rook, bishop, queen, knight, or pawn (can be plural or the root of a word) - Survive the Night

6. World Food Day: Read a book with food on the cover or the MC works with food - Hallowe'en Party

8. M&M Day: Read a book with at least two words in the title starting with M or the author's first and last name start with M - Meet Me in Monaco

9. Back to the Future Day: Read a book set in the 1880s, 1950s, 1980s or 2010s - One by One - GR Nominee!

10. Checklist Day: Read any book from you tbr and 'check' it off your list! - When No One is Watching - GR Nominee!

Total Points: 10


1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year):
●Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema +2

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O:
●Out on a Limb +1

4. Halloween: Read a book with something on the cover that you associate with Halloween e.g. witch, moon, cat, pumpkin etc:
●A Dragon's Sacred Mate +1

5. Chess Day: Read a book with the name of a chess piece in the title - king, rook, bishop, queen, knight, or pawn (can be plural or the root of a word):
●All the Queen's Men +1

6. World Food Day: Read a book with food on the cover or the MC works with food:
●Merry Cherry Christmas +1

7. Magic Day: Read a book with a GR main page tag of Magic:
●Dragon Actually +1

8. M&M Day: Read a book with at least two words in the title starting with M or the author's first and last name start with M:
●Murder in Christmas River +1

9. Back to the Future Day: Read a book set in the 1880s, 1950s, 1980s or 2010s:
●Nothing Special +1

10. Checklist Day: Read any book from you tbr and 'check' it off your list!:
●Change for You +1

Total points - 2 (tough month for reading as we were moving!)

1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year) - State of Terror (1 point)

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

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count)

4. Halloween: Read a book with something on the cover that you associate with Halloween e.g. witch, moon, cat, pumpkin etc

5. Chess Day: Read a book with the name of a chess piece in the title - king, rook, bishop, queen, knight, or pawn (can be plural or the root of a word)

6. World Food Day: Read a book with food on the cover or the MC works with food

7. Magic Day: Read a book with a GR main page tag of Magic

8. M&M Day: Read a book with at least two words in the title starting with M or the author's first and last name start with M - Mrs. March (1 point)

9. Back to the Future Day: Read a book set in the 1880s, 1950s, 1980s or 2010s

10. Checklist Day: Read any book from you tbr and 'check' it off your list!

Total points: 4 points

2. Letter of the month: read a book with a title or author that starts with an O - One of Us is Lying by Karen McNamus (1 point)

3. Month in numbers: read a book with seven letters or words in the title - Caraval by Stephanie Garber (1 point)

9. Back to the future Day: read a book sets back in the 1880s, 1950s, 1980s, or 2010s - The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi (2 points)

Total: 4 points

October Total= 7 Points

1. Month: Read 10/9, Bibliophile: Diverse Spines, Jamise Harper +1

2. Letter of the Month: Read 10/4, Yoko Ono, Ma Isabel Sanchez Vegara, +1

3. Month in Numbers: Read 10/31, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, Jason Reynolds +2GR

4. Halloween: Read 10/12, The Last House on Needless Street, Catriona Ward +1

8. M&M Day: Read 10/28, Dear Miss Metropolitan, Carolyn Ferrell, +1

10. Checklist Day: Read 10/7, After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made, Ben Rhodes. +1

October Total: 3 points

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) The Plot (1 pt)

4. Halloween: Read a book with something on the cover that you associate with Halloween e.g. witch, moon, cat, pumpkin etc Dead Simple (1 pt) (the dark, and the word DEAD) does that work?

10. Checklist Day: Read any book from you tbr and 'check' it off your list! A Place Like Home: Short Stories (1 pt)

Progress- 9/10
Points- 9

1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year)
The Perfect Daughter- 1 point

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O
One of Us Is Lying- 1 point

4. Halloween: Read a book with something on the cover that you associate with Halloween e.g. witch, moon, cat, pumpkin etc
- 1 point

5. Chess Day: Read a book with the name of a chess piece in the title - king, rook, bishop, queen, knight, or pawn (can be plural or the root of a word)
Red Queen- 1 point

6. World Food Day: Read a book with food on the cover or the MC works with food
- 1 point

7. Magic Day: Read a book with a GR main page tag of Magic
Siege and Storm- 1 point

8. M&M Day: Read a book with at least two words in the title starting with M or the author's first and last name start with M
Don't Get Close by Matt Miksa- 1 point

9. Back to the Future Day: Read a book set in the 1880s, 1950s, 1980s or 2010s
Where the Crawdads Sing- 1 point

10. Checklist Day: Read any book from you tbr and 'check' it off your list!
Undone- 1 point

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