Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

July 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]

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Done 7/19 🎉
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1. ❤️:heart:
- Romance novel - DONE

2. 😂 :laughing:
- Smiling emoji on cover - DONE

3. 🥳 :partying_face:
- Book about success in running - DONE

4. 😱 :scream:
- Book about WWI - DONE

5. 🤔 :thinking:
- Book about mindset- DONE

6. 😭 :sob:
- Book about the difficulty after WWII in Austria - DONE

7. ⭐ :star:
- Written by a movie/TV star - DONE

8. 🐶 :dog:
- Dog in title - DONE

9. 🕰️:clock:
- Book about milliseconds on Wall Street - DONE

10. 🎵 :musical_note:
- Book on message transmission via the first transatlantic cable - DONE

3. 🥳 :partying_face: If the Shoe Fits -1
5. 🤔 :thinking One to Watch -1
6. 😭 :sob: Salt to the Sea -1
10. 🎵 :musical_note: Instructions for Dancing -2

Total=5

July World Emoji Day (Total = 7 pts)

1. ❤️:heart: I Capture the Castle (girl falls in love with sister's fiance) (1 pt)
2. 😂 :laughing: Priestdaddy (humor genre) (1 pt)
3. 🥳 :partying_face:
4. 😱 :scream: The Paris Apartment (psychological thriller) (1 pt)
5. 🤔 :thinking: Redhead by the Side of the Road (a controlled, predictable life can blind us to other possibilities....something to think about!) (1 pt)
6. 😭 :sob:
7. ⭐ :star: Hook, Line, and Sinker (movie stars abound in this romance) (1 pt)
8. 🐶 :dog:
9. 🕰️:clock: The Crow Trap (the clock is ticking as Inspector Vera tries to figure out who the murderer is!) (1 pt)
10. 🎵 :musical_note: Snapper (lots of bird-song, as this is a book written by an ornithologist) (1 pt)

July World Emoji Day

✔1. ❤️:heart: A Court of Mist and Fury 7/11 1pt
✔2. 😂 :laughing: Happy-Go-Lucky 7/8 1pt
✔4. 😱 :scream: Haunted Franklin Castle 7/17 1pt
✔5. 🤔 :thinking: A Dangerous Collaboration 7/6 1pt
✔6. 😭 :sob: The Book Thief 7/1 1pt
✔7. ⭐ :star: Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery 7/25 1pt
✔8. 🐶 :dog: 7/2 1pt
✔10. 🎵 :musical_note: I'm Possible: A Story of Survival, a Tuba, and the Small Miracle of a Big Dream 7/27 1pt

Total: 8pts

July World Emoji Day
Total Points: 6

1. ❤️:heart: PMG - Romance The Homewreckers 1 pt
3. 🥳 :partying face: sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll Sister Stardust 1 pt
4. 😱 :scream: MPG - mystery/thriller The Paris Apartment 1 pt
5. 🤔 :thinking: - racism in America in the 1950s The Street 1 pt
6. 😭 :sob: 85 year old lady finds friendship later in life The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett 1 pt
8. 🐶 :dog: dog in title To Dance with the White Dog 1 pt

1. ❤️:heart: A Court of Wings and Ruin 1 pt
2. 😂 :laughing: Moving Pictures 1 pt
4. 😱 :scream: The Final Girl Support Group 2 pt
6. 😭 :sob: The Song of Achilles 1 pt
7. ⭐ :star: Truth of the Divine 1 pt

Total: 6 pts

1. ❤️:heart: Heart-Shaped Box 1 pt
2. 😂 :laughing:Keep Moving: And Other Truths About Living Well Longer 1pt
3. 🥳 :partying_face: Scaredy Squirrel Has a Birthday Party 1pt
4. 😱 :scream:A Midsummer Night's Scream 1pt
5. 🤔 :thinking:Green Lights 1pt
6. 😭 :sob:Crying Laughing 1pt
7. ⭐ :star:Number the Stars 1pt
8. 🐶 :dog:Deadly Dog Days 1pt
9. 🕰️:clock:The Boy with the Cuckooclock Heart 1pt
10. 🎵 :musical_note: The Violin Conspiracy 1pt

Total : 10 pts

Lynn, this month looks so fun. Great Idea 😊

July World Emoji Day
Total Points=+9

1. ❤️:heart: 7/29 The Beekeeper of Aleppo, Christy Lefteri, (Heartbreaking and also Heartwarming tale of 2 Syrian Refugees) +1
2. 😂 :laughing: Read 7/31 Broken, Jenny Lawson (Winner GR: Humor) +2GR
4. 😱 :scream: Read 7/7 The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, (Horror), +1
5. 🤔 :thinking: Read 7/12 Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls, Kathleen Hale, (Non Fiction, Crime), +1
6. 😭 :sob: Read 7/10 The Stationery Shop, Marjan Kamali, (Historical Fiction, Romance, Iran), +1
8. 🐶 :dog: Read 7/18 Lessons in Chemistry, (Dog 🐾 MC in the book), +1
9. 🕰️:clock: Read 7/2 Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi, (Epic Historical Fiction), +1
10. 🎵 :musical_note: Read 7/25 Sister Stardust, Jane Green +1

July Total - 9 points

1. ❤️:heart:The Rogue Not Taken Finished 7/29 1 point
2. 😂 :laughing:Beach Read - Finished 7/14 2 points
3. 🥳 :partying_face:Malibu Rising - Finished 7/13 2 points
4. 😱 :scream:Lovely Bad Things- Finished 7/19 1 point
5. 🤔 :thinking:Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1 - Finished 7/29 1 point
7. ⭐ :star:The House Across the Lake- Finished 7/25 1 point
10. 🎵 :musical_note:Happy & You Know It- Finished 7/3 1 point

done- 4/10
July 2022 Challenge
• Connect each of the following emojis to your chosen books. For example:
1. :heart: - A book with a heart on the cover or in the title or a romance book etc

1. ❤️:heart: (this books shows you how to lead your heart with your head)- What to Say When You Talk to Your Self- Shad Helmstetter, Ph.D.*
2. 😂 :laughing: Broken (in the best possible way)- Jenny Lawson*
5. 🤔 :thinking: The Essential Dalai Lama- by The Dalai Lama*
6. 😭 :sob: - The Sky Beyond the Storm- Sabaa Tahir*

July 2022 Challenge
Total: 12

1. ❤️:heart: Starfish - GR Nominee, 2pts

3. 🥳 :partying_face: The Night She Disappeared - 1 pt

4. 😱 :scream: The Lioness - 1 pt

5. 🤔 :thinking: Great Circle - GR Nominee, 2pts

7. ⭐ :star: Carrie Soto Is Back - 1 pt

8. 🐶 :dog: Apples Never Fall - GR Nominee, 2pts

9. 🕰️:clock: The Janus Stone - 1 pt

10. 🎵 :musical_note: The Violin Conspiracy - 1 pt

Progress- 9/10
Points- 9

1. ❤️:heart:
Reminders of Him - Romance MPG- 1point

2. 😂 :laughing:
Lessons in Chemistry - Humor MPG- 1 point

4. 😱 :scream:
Before I Go to Sleep - Psychological thriller MPG- 1 point

5. 🤔 :thinking:
The Perfect Weapon: How the Cyber Arms Race Set the World Afire- thought provoking- 1 point

6. 😭 :sob:
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy- A memoir about Sue's journey through grief- 1 point

7. ⭐ :star:
The Woman with the Blue Star- Star in title- 1 point

8. 🐶 :dog:
Stay- Dog on cover and in the book- 1 point


9. 🕰️:clock:
Clockwork Angel- title- 1 point

10. 🎵 :musical_note:
A Song Unheard - The cover has a picture of a violin, the protagonists are violinist- 1 point

4. 😱 :scream: Three Act Tragedy (Thriller MPG) - 1 pt
7. ⭐ :star: Where the Forest Meets the Stars (star in the title) - 1pt
9. 🕰️:clock: The Starless Sea (time travel) - 1pt

Total points - 3 pts

Recorded to here

Sorry I’m late!

1. ❤️ Heart: The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas (2 pts)
4. 😱 Scream: As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson (2 pts)
5. 🤔 Thinking: The Answer Is… by Alex Trebek (1 pt)
9. ⏰ Clock: Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune (2 pts)
10. 🎶 Music: Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (1 pt)

Total: 8 pts

Reported to here