Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

November 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]

4. World Quality Day: Read a book with a GR rating of 4 or higher, and with 1000 plus ratings - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - 1pt

5. Children's Day: Read a middle grade book - The Silver Chair - 1pt

6. Dio De los Muertos: Read a book set in Mexico and/or written by an author with Mexican Heritage - Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 1pt

8. World Television Day: Read a book that's been adapted for TV or Film - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - 1pt

9. International Men’s Day: Read a book by a male author - The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis - 1pt

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors - Prince Caspian - 1pt

Total Points: 6 pts

November Categories
Total Points: 9

1. Month: Nov 11, 2014 The Color of the Season 1 pt
2. Letter of the Month: The Night She Disappeared 1 pt
3. Month in Numbers: 8 letters Mary Jane 1 pt
4. World Quality Day: 4.26 rating 23,000+ reviews/ratings The Guncle 1 pt
5. Children's Day: The List of Things That Will Not Change 2 pts GRCA Nominee for Middle School
7. Black Friday: 69% black 1 pt
9. International Men’s Day: Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune 1 pt
10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: from one of How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny 1 pt

November Categories: Total Points: 5

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) One by One (2 pt)

4. World Quality Day: Read a book with a GR rating of 4 or higher, and with 1000 plus ratings One True Loves (1 pt)

8. World Television Day: Read a book that's been adapted for TV or Film The Shell Seekers (1 pt)

9. International Men’s Day: Read a book by a male author Looking Good Dead (1 pt)

November Categories

✔1. Month: Read a book released in November (any year) Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight 11/12 1pt

✔3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) Yearbook 11/1 1pt

✔4. World Quality Day: Read a book with a GR rating of 4 or higher, and with 1000 plus ratings Sunflower Sisters 11/9 1pt

✔7. Black Friday: Read a book with a black cover (50%) The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear 11/17 1pt

✔9. International Men’s Day: Read a book by a male author How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America 11/2 1pt

✔10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors The Twelve Jays of Christmas 11/7 1pt

Total: 6 pts

November Categories - 8 Pts (read too many new books - no '20 nominees/winners - hope these will be winners in 2021!)

1. Month: Read a book released in November (any year) - Miss Benson's Beetle

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with N - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) - The Art of Theft (+ subtitle - "The Lady Sherlock Series)

4. World Quality Day: Read a book with a GR rating of 4 or higher, and with 1000 plus ratings - Kindred

7. Black Friday: Read a book with a black cover (50%) - For Your Own Good

8. World Television Day: Read a book that's been adapted for TV or Film - Rock Paper Scissors

9. International Men’s Day: Read a book by a male author - We Begin at the End

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors - A Slow Fire Burning

November Categories finished



4. World Quality Day: Read a book with a GR rating of 4 or higher, and with 1000 plus ratings- An Ember In the Ashes- Sabaa Tahir*


6. Dio De los Muertos: Read a book set in Mexico and/or written by an author with Mexican Heritage- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Book 1- Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Robert Hack*

7. Black Friday: Read a book with a black cover (50%)- The Low, Low Woods- Carmen Maria Machado*

8. World Television Day: Read a book that's been adapted for TV or Film- No Fear Shakespeare King Lear*

9. International Men’s Day: Read a book by a male author- The World Played Chess- Robert Dugoni*

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors- Before She Was Helen- Caroline Cooney*

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with N - Norse Mythology - [1pt]

9. International Men’s Day: Read a book by a male author - Ai Yori Aoshi Vol. 1 - {1pt}

Total November Points- 5 points

4. World Quality Day: Read a book with a GR rating of 4 or higher, and with 1000 plus ratings- The Yellow Wife- Finished 11/18 2 points

7. Black Friday: Read a book with a black cover (50%)-For Your Own Good - Finished 11/15 1 point

9. International Men’s Day: Read a book by a male authorThe Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy - Finished 11/8 1 point

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors -False Witness - Finished 11/23 1 point

1. Month: read a book released in November - A Promised Land by Barack Obama (2 pts)

8. World TV Day: read a book that’s been adapted for TV or film - One of Us is Next by Karen McManus (2 pts)

Total: 4 pts

Total Points: 12


1. Month: Read a book released in November (any year):
●Temptation +1

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with N:
●Natural Twenty +1

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count):
●Reckless +1

4. World Quality Day: Read a book with a GR rating of 4 or higher, and with 1000 plus ratings:
●Pick Me +1

5. Children's Day: Read a middle grade book:
●From the Desk of Zoe Washington +2

6. Dio De los Muertos: Read a book set in Mexico and/or written by an author with Mexican Heritage:
●The Hollow Ones +2

7. Black Friday: Read a book with a black cover (50%):
●Unhallowed +1

9. International Men’s Day: Read a book by a male author:
●Survivor Song +2

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors:
●The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal +1

Total Points 4 points

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with N. Now, Then, and Everywhen - 1pt

4. World Quality Day: Read a book with a GR rating of 4 or higher, and with 1000 plus ratings. The Beantown Girls - 1pt

6. Dio De los Muertos: Read a book set in Mexico and/or written by an author with Mexican Heritage. The Sound of Gravel - 1pt

7. Black Friday: Read a book with a black cover (50%). The Four Winds - 1pt

Total Points: 11
✔ 1. Month: Read 11/15 The Hush, Sara Foster +1

✔ 2. Letter of the Month: Read 11/12 The Kindest Lie, Nancy Johnson +1

✔ 3. Month in Numbers:Read 11/18 Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century, Peter Graham +1

✔ 4. World Quality Day:Read 11/8 We Are Not Like Them, Christine Pride & Jo Piazza +1

✔ 5. Children's Day:Read 11/24 When Stars Are Scattered, Victoria Jamieson, +2GR

✔ 6. Dio De los Muertos: Read 11/21 Velvet Was the Night, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, +1

✔ 7. Black Friday: Read 11/6 , Kristin Hannah +1

✔ 9. International Men’s Day: Read 11/23 New York, My Village: A Novel, Uwem Akpan +1

✔ 10. National Novel Writing Month: The Pull of the Stars, Read 11/19 Emma Donoghue, +2GR

Progress- 7/10
Points- 8

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with N
News of the World- 1 point

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count)
No Filter- 2 point

4. World Quality Day: Read a book with a GR rating of 4 or higher, and with 1000 plus ratings
Eternal- 1 point

7. Black Friday: Read a book with a black cover (50%)
- 1 points

8. World Television Day: Read a book that's been adapted for TV or Film
Ruin and Rising- 1 point

9. International Men’s Day: Read a book by a male author Under the Whispering Door- 1 point

10. National Novel Writing Month - NaNoWriMo: Read a book from one of your favourite authors The Night She Disappeared- 1 point