Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

GoodReads Choice Award Winner and Nominees

28/20

Read in 2019
1. The Outsider
2. Red Rising
3. The Woman in the Window
4. Us Against You
5. The Great Alone
6. Then She Was Gone
7. All Your Perfects
8. Sadie
9. The Chalk Man
10. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
11. Baby Teeth
12. Nine Perfect Strangers
13. All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row
14. The Cabin at the End of the World
15. Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
16. Vox
17. Red Clocks
18. Bring Me Back
19. The Last Time I Lied
20. Elevation
21. A Court of Mist and Fury

Read in 2018

New Releases

33/20

1. The Forgotten Hours
2. The Perfect Alibi
3. Hide and Seek
4. The Guy Who Died Twice
5. Last of the Magpies
6. Run Away
7. The Last House Guest
8. The Women
9. I'll Never Tell
10. She's So Cold: Murder, Accusations and the System that Devasted a Family
11. The Dead Girl in 2A
12. I Know Who You Are
13. Thin Air
14. Good Girl, Bad Girl
15. The Arrangement
16. Never Tell
17. Beneath the Attic
18. Orcas Everywhere: The Mystery and History of Killer Whales
19. The Hiding Place
20. Date Night
21. The Silent Patient
22. This Tender Land
23. The Better Sister
24. The Shape of Night
25. Never Have I Ever
26. The Night Fire
27. Cemetery Road
28. Essential Oils for Beginners: A Guide to What They Are & How to Use Them
29. Good Girls Lie
30. Bob Marley in Comics!
31. Twisted Twenty-Six
32. The Grace Year
33. The Institute

New to Me Authors

47/20

1. Carter Wilson
2. Pierce Brown
3. A.J. Finn
4. Ashley Farley
5. Katrin Schumann
6. Lisa Jewell
7. Zoe Lea
8. J.A. Schneider
9. Courtney Summers
10. C.J. Tudor
11. Heather Morris
12. Zoje Stage
13. Ruth Cowen
14. Taylor Adams
15. Paul Tremblay
16. Beth Macy
17. Stacy Green
18. Tim Wynne-Jones
19. J.D. Trafford
20. Donald E McInnis
21. Lisa Thompson
22. Edward Lee
23. Alice Feeney
24. Christina Dalcher
25. Lisa Gray
26. Michael Robotham
27. Robyn Harding
28. Yaa Gyasi
29. Leni Zumas
30. Mark Leiren-Young
31. Sarah J. Maas
32. Samantha Hayes
33. Alex Michaelides
34. Greg Rucka
35. Alafair Burke
36. William Kent Krueger
37. Sarah Pekkanen
38. Cormac McCarthy
39. Joshilyn Jackson
40. Ethan Hawke
41. Caroline Eriksson
42. Kac Young
43. Meredith Russo
44. Sophie Blitman
45. Kim Liggett
46. Dan Simmons
47. Steve Murphy

TBR Clean Up

I will choose 5 books that were added to my TBR in each of the following years.

21/20

2014
1. The Safe Man: A Ghost Story ****
2. Mulholland Dive ****
3. Saving Ben ***
4. Embryo ****
5. Angle of Investigation *****
6. Found

2015
1. All Good Deeds ****
2. Monstrosity ****
3. The Road ****
4.
5.

2016
1. The 4th Man ****
2. Red Rising ****
3. Right Behind You *****
4. Homegoing *****
5. The Secret Life of Souls ***
6. The Missing **
7. If I Was Your Girl

2017
1. Mister Tender's Girl ****
2. The Handmaid's Tale ****
3. Little Boy Lost ****
4. Triptych *****
5. I Know A Secret *****

NetGalley

23/20

1. Mister Tender's Girl
2. If He Wakes
3. The Perfect Alibi
4. Hide and Seek
5. Last of the Magpies
6. The Last House Guest
7. The Women
8. I'll Never Tell
9. She's So Cold: Murder, Accusations and the System that Devasted a Family
10. The Dead Girl in 2A
11. Big Sky
12. Good Girl, Bad Girl
13. The Arrangement
14. Beneath the Attic
15. Orcas Everywhere: The Mystery and History of Killer Whales
16. Date Night
17. Stumptown, Vol. 1: The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo
18. This Tender Land
19. The Shape of Night
20. Essential Oils for Beginners: A Guide to What They Are & How to Use Them
21. Good Girls Lie
22. Bob Marley in Comics!
23. Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar, the World's Most Wanted Criminal

1st Quarter Challenge 2019
Duration: January 1, 2019-March 31, 2019

8/8 Complete

1. Read a book published in 2018 (or the most recent published book on your TBR) Mister Tender's Girl

2. Read the 12th book on your TBR shelf Saving Ben

3. Read a debut author or an author's debut book. The Woman in the Window

4. Read a book outside your comfort zone (new genre, book with opposing views, etc.) Red Rising

5. Read a book set nearby where you live (country, state, town, etc.) The Safe Man: A Ghost Story

6. Read a book to help complete a challenge from last year. If He Wakes

7. Read a book nominated in previous Goodreads Choice Awards or a book that has won a literary award The Outsider

8. Catch up on a selection or read a book you have been meaning to read for a long time The 4th Man

That’s a good idea

I like your TBR cleanup. I need that!

Thanks Judy!

Yes, I got the idea from the other group we are in, Kristie. You did really well on it!

Thanks! Yes, I added my four oldest to my reading list for this coming year. They are from 2012! But, I think I may add a few from each year like you did.

2nd Quarter Challenge
Duration: April 1 - June 30

5/8 Complete

1. Read a book published at least 19 years ago
The Handmaid's Tale

2. Read the 2nd book on your TBR shelf
Evil Cries

3. Read a new to you author.
Paul Tremblay

4. Read the top rated book on your TBR
Homegoing

5. Read the lowest rated book on your TBR
Bottomland: A Novel Based on the Murder of Rosa Mary Dean in Franklin, Tennessee

6. Read a book with Red on the cover


7. Read a book recommended to you by a friend or family member
Run Away

8. Catch up on a Bookworm Bitches selection or read a book you have been meaning to read for a long time
All Good Deeds (on list since 2015!)

3rd Quarter Challenge
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2019

Completed: 5/8

1. Read the 6th oldest book on your TBR List

2. Go to Random.org and type in the amount of books you have on your TBR List. Then read the book that matches the random number it gave you.
The Hiding Place

3. Read a book published in the last 6 years
Vox

4. Sort your books by ratings and read a book in the top 10.
Homegoing

5. Read a book in the 10 lowest rated books on your TBR list
Beneath the Attic

6. Read a book with the authors surname starting with a W

7. Sort your books by position and read the 158th book on the list

8. Catch up on a Bookworm Bitches selection or read a book you have been meaning to read for a long time.
Monstrosity

4th Quarter Challenge

Completed 1/8

1. Read the 15th oldest book on your TBR List

2. Go to Random.org and type in the amount of books you have on your TBR List. Then read the book that matches the random number it gave you.

3. Read a book published before you were born.

4. Sort your books by ratings and read a book in the top 10.
This Tender Land 4.47 rating

5. Read a book in the 10 lowest rated books on your TBR list

6. Read a book with the authors surname starting with a L

7. Sort your books by position and read the 42nd book on the list

8. Catch up on a Bookworm Bitches selection or read a book you have been meaning to read for a long time.