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 2020 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.

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. Taylor Swift's Birthday: Below is a list of (some) Taylor Swift songs. Read a book with any of the words highlighted in bold in the title:
Lover, You Need to Calm Down, Look What You Made Me Do, Bad Blood, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, I Knew You Were Trouble, Love Story, Blank Space, You Belong With Me, Shake It Off, Cardigan, Willow

7. Green Monday: Read a book with a green cover (50%, you can check with http://labs.tineye.com/color/)

8. Card Playing Day: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: Heart, Diamond, Spade, Club, King, Queen, Jack, Ace, Joker (plurals are allowed)

9. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year

10. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that you've been meaning to read all year

December Categories


√ 1. Month: Read a book released in December (any year)
Darkness Falls (pub Dec 7th, 2021)

√ 2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D
Keep Moving by Dick Van Dyke

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

√ 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.
A Study in Scarlet Women

√ 5. Festive Season: Read a book set during the festival season or with a red and/or green cover
The Maid
83.7%

6. Taylor Swift's Birthday: Below is a list of (some) Taylor Swift songs. Read a book with any of the words highlighted in bold in the title:
Lover, Down, Look, Blood, Never, Trouble, Story, Space, Belong, Shake, Cardigan, Willow

√ 7. Green Monday: Read a book with a green cover (50%, you can check with http://labs.tineye.com/color/)
In a Holidaze GCA
91%

√ 8. Card Playing Day: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: Heart, Diamond, Spade, Club, King, Queen, Jack, Ace, Joker (plurals are allowed)
The Thursday Murder Club

9. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year
The Road Trip (romance 2021)

√10. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that you've been meaning to read all year
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

Total: 9 points

December Categories
Total Points: 9

1. Month: Read a book released in December (any year) December 1, 2021 Flying on the Inside: A Memoir of Trauma and Recovery

✔ 2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life read 12/8 (2 pts) GRCA nominee nonfiction

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

✔ 4. Winter (December, January, February): Read a book with all of the letters W I N T E R The Things We Wish Were True in the title and/or author's name. The Things We Wish Were True read 12/30 (1 pt)

✔ 5. Festive Season: Read a book set during the festival season or with a red and/or green cover The Holiday Swap read 12/21 (1pt)

6. Taylor Swift's Birthday: Below is a list of (some) Taylor Swift songs. Read a book with any of the words highlighted in bold in the title:
Lover, You Need to Calm Down, Look What You Made Me Do, Bad Blood, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, I Knew You Were Trouble, Love Story, Blank Space, You Belong With Me, Shake It Off, Cardigan, Willow

✔ 7. Green Monday: Read a book with a green cover (50%, you can check with http://labs.tineye.com/color/) 53% green read 12/11 ( 1 pt)

✔ 8. Card Playing Day: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: Heart, Diamond, Spade, Club, King, Queen, Jack, Ace, Joker (plurals are allowed) Gift of Diamondsread 12/27 (1 pt)

✔ 9. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year The Rose Code 2021 historical fiction read 12/20 (1 pt)

󴏚. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that you've been meaning to read all year The Lost Apothecary read 12/14 (1 pt)

1. Month: Read a book released in December (any year)
Heartstopper: Volume Four
2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D
Donut Fall in Love
3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count)
Bluebird
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.
People We Meet on Vacation
5. Festive Season: Read a book set during the festival season or with a red and/or green cover
The Heart Principle
6. Taylor Swift's Birthday: Below is a list of (some) Taylor Swift songs. Read a book with any of the words highlighted in bold in the title:
Lover, You Need to Calm Down, Look What You Made Me Do, Bad Blood, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, I Knew You Were Trouble, Love Story, Blank Space, You Belong With Me, Shake It Off, Cardigan, Willow
Fantasy Lover
7. Green Monday: Read a book with a green cover (50%, you can check with http://labs.tineye.com/color/)
In a Holidaze
8. Card Playing Day: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: Heart, Diamond, Spade, Club, King, Queen, Jack, Ace, Joker (plurals are allowed)
The Witch's Heart
9. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year
The Love Hypothesis
10. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that you've been meaning to read all year
These Violent Delights

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 On Living (1 pt)

6. Taylor Swift's Birthday: Below is a list of (some) Taylor Swift songs. Read a book with any of the words highlighted in bold in the title:
Lover, You Need to Calm Down, Look What You Made Me Do, Bad Blood, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, I Knew You Were Trouble, Love Story, Blank Space, You Belong With Me, Shake It Off, Cardigan, Willow

7. Green Monday: Read a book with a green cover (50%, you can check with http://labs.tineye.com/color/)

8. Card Playing Day: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: Heart, Diamond, Spade, Club, King, Queen, Jack, Ace, Joker (plurals are allowed)

9. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year Apples Never Fall (2 pts)

10. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that you've been meaning to read all year We Begin at the End (2 pts)

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

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D
The Promise by Damon Galgut or Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

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 Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear

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


6. Taylor Swift's Birthday: Below is a list of (some) Taylor Swift songs. Read a book with any of the words highlighted in bold in the title:
Lover, You Need to Calm Down, Look What You Made Me Do, Bad Blood, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, I Knew You Were Trouble, Love Story, Blank Space, You Belong With Me, Shake It Off, Cardigan, Willow
Never Let Me Go or In Cold Blood

7. Green Monday: Read a book with a green cover (50%, you can check with http://labs.tineye.com/color/)


8. Card Playing Day: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: Heart, Diamond, Spade, Club, King, Queen, Jack, Ace, Joker (plurals are allowed)
Inkheart

9. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year
The Kingdom of Copper

10. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that you've been meaning to read all year
The Dictionary of Lost Words or Six of Crows

1. Month: Read a book released in December (any year) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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

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

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 Year of the Witching

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

6. Taylor Swift's Birthday: Below is a list of (some) Taylor Swift songs. Read a book with any of the words highlighted in bold in the title:
Lover, You Need to Calm Down, Look What You Made Me Do, Bad Blood, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, I Knew You Were Trouble, Love Story, Blank Space, You Belong With Me, Shake It Off, Cardigan, Willow Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

7. Green Monday: Read a book with a green cover (50%, you can check with http://labs.tineye.com/color/)

8. Card Playing Day: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: Heart, Diamond, Spade, Club, King, Queen, Jack, Ace, Joker (plurals are allowed) Inkheart

9. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year Ariadne

10. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that you've been meaning to read all year The Testaments

December Categories

✔1. Month: Read a book released in December (any year) The Churchill Sisters: The Extraordinary Lives of Winston and Clementine's Daughters 12/27 1pt

✔2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough 12/11 2pts (Goodreads Choice Award for Science & Technology (2020))

✔3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone 12/16 1pt

✔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. Around the World in Eighty Days 12/20 1pt

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

✔6. Taylor Swift's Birthday: Below is a list of (some) Taylor Swift songs. Read a book with any of the words highlighted in bold in the title: Brat: An '80s Story 12/4 1pt

7. Green Monday: Read a book with a green cover

8. Card Playing Day: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: Heart, Diamond, Spade, Club, King, Queen, Jack, Ace, Joker (plurals are allowed)

✔9. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive 12/8 2pts (Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Humor (2020))

✔10. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that you've been meaning to read all year Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All 12/20 2pts (Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science & Technology (2020))

December

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 Rancher's 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 - Claiming the Rancher's Heir Finished 1 point

6. Taylor Swift's Birthday: Below is a list of (some) Taylor Swift songs. Read a book with any of the words highlighted in bold in the title:
Lover, You Need to Calm Down, Look What You Made Me Do, Bad Blood, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, I Knew You Were Trouble, Love Story, Blank Space, You Belong With Me, Shake It Off, Cardigan, Willow

7. Green Monday: Read a book with a green cover (50%, you can check with http://labs.tineye.com/color/)

8. Card Playing Day: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: Heart, Diamond, Spade, Club, King, Queen, Jack, Ace, Joker (plurals are allowed)

9. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year - The Hate You Give - Finished 2 points

10. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that you've been meaning to read all year- Maybe We Will - Finished 12/19 1 point

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

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 Last House on Needless Street

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

6. Taylor Swift's Birthday: Below is a list of (some) Taylor Swift songs. Read a book with any of the words highlighted in bold in the title:
Lover, You Need to Calm Down, Look What You Made Me Do, Bad Blood, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, I Knew You Were Trouble, Love Story, Blank Space, You Belong With Me, Shake It Off, Cardigan, Willow - The Space Between Worlds

7. Green Monday: Read a book with a green cover (50%, you can check with http://labs.tineye.com/color/)

8. Card Playing Day: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: Heart, Diamond, Spade, Club, King, Queen, Jack, Ace, Joker (plurals are allowed)

9. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year - Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

10. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that you've been meaning to read all year

KRISSY'S SPOT


1. Month: Read a book released in December (any year): (+1)
●Dear Daddy, Please Praise Me by Luna David, 12/14 ★★★★


2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D: (+1)
●Daddy by K.M. Neuhold, 12/28 ★★★


3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count): (+1)
●Snuggled by Charity Parkerson, 12/21 ★★★★


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: (+2)
●The Wives by Tarryn Fisher, 12/31 ★★


5. Festive Season: Read a book set during the festival season or with a red and/or green cover: (+1)
●Blame It on the Mistletoe by Eli Easton, 12/07 ★★★★★


6. Taylor Swift's Birthday: Below is a list of (some) Taylor Swift songs. Read a book with any of the words highlighted in bold in the title: (+1)
●Subtle Blood by K.J. Charles, 12/24 ★★★★★


7. Green Monday: Read a book with a green cover:

8. Card Playing Day: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: Heart, Diamond, Spade, Club, King, Queen, Jack, Ace, Joker (plurals are allowed):

9. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year: (+2)
●The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo, 12/29 ★


10. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that you've been meaning to read all year: (+1)
●Candy Caning by L.A. Witt, 12/31 ★★★

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D - de Bono's Thinking Course

Hi Lynn -
For #9 Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has been nominated for the awards from any year - Can we read a book from the 2021 books that were just nominated?

Yes

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. Dragonfly in Amber

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. Winter Garden

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

6. Taylor Swift's Birthday: Below is a list of (some) Taylor Swift songs. Read a book with any of the words highlighted in bold in the title:
Lover, You Need to Calm Down, Look What You Made Me Do, Bad Blood, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, I Knew You Were Trouble, Love Story, Blank Space, You Belong With Me, Shake It Off, Cardigan, Willow. Don't Look for Me

7. Green Monday: Read a book with a green cover (50%, you can check with http://labs.tineye.com/color/). Home Before Dark

8. Card Playing Day: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: Heart, Diamond, Spade, Club, King, Queen, Jack, Ace, Joker (plurals are allowed). In the Heart of the Fire

9. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year. Malibu Rising

10. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that you've been meaning to read all year. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

1. Month: Read a book released in December (any year): Bright Burning Things, Lisa Harding, +1

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D: The Ballerinas, Rachel Kapelke-Dale, +1

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. Taylor Swift's Birthday: Below is a list of (some) Taylor Swift songs. Read a book with any of the words highlighted in bold in the title:
Lover, You Need to Calm Down, Look What You Made Me Do, Bad Blood, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, I Knew You Were Trouble, Love Story, Blank Space, You Belong With Me, Shake It Off, Cardigan, Willow

7. Green Monday: Read a book with a green cover (50%, you can check with http://labs.tineye.com/color/)

8. Card Playing Day: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: Heart, Diamond, Spade, Club, King, Queen, Jack, Ace, Joker (plurals are allowed)

9. Choice Awards Winners Announced: Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year

10. Tick Tock Day: Read a book that you've been meaning to read all year: