Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

GoodReads Choice Award Winner and Nominees

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TBR Clean Up (borrowing from Vicki Willis...thanks!)

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

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2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge
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1. A book becoming a movie in 2019
2. A book that makes you nostalgic
3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction)
4. A book you think should be turned into a movie
5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads
6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover
7. A reread of a favorite book
8. A book about a hobby
9. A book you meant to read in 2018
10. A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title
√ 11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover Freak N Gorgeous
12. A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore
13. A book published posthumously
14. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie
15. A retelling of a classic
16. A book with a question in the title
17. A book set on college or university campus
18. A book about someone with a superpower
√ 19. A book told from multiple POVs: An Anonymous Girl
20. A book set in space
21. A book by two female authors
22. A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title
√ 23. A book set in Scandinavia: Girl in the Spider's Web
√ 24. A book that takes place in a single day: Right Behind You
√ 25. A debut novel: Catering to Nobody
26. A book that's published in 2019
27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature
28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire
29. A book with LOVE in the title
√ 30. A book featuring an amateur detective: Unsub
√ 31. A book about a family: Family Trust
32. A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America
√ 33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title: Dark of the Moon
34. A book that includes a wedding
√ 35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter Let Me Go
36. A ghost story
√ 37. A book with a two-word title: Chasing Fire
38. A novel based on a true story
39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge

2019 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

41. A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book
42. A "choose-your-own-adventure" book
43. An "own voices" book
44. Read a book during the season it is set in
45. A LitRPG book
46. A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters
47. Two books that share the same title
48. Two books that share the same title
49. A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom
√ 50. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent: World Without End

ATY Challenge
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1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy
2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, What, Where, When, Why)
√ 3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y : Family Trust (Kathy Wang)
√ 4. A book with a criminal character (i.e. assassin, pirate, thief, robber, scoundrel etc): Let Me Go

5. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare
6. A book with a dual timeline
7. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1
8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2

9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (romance/erotica, crime/mystery, religious/inspirational, science fiction/fantasy or horror)
10. A book featuring an historical figure
11. A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject)
12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer

13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list
√ 14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term : Dark of the Moon
15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country
√ 16. A book told from multiple perspectives: An Anonymous Girl
17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia)

√ 18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements : Unsub
√ 19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR: Chasing Fire
20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country
21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes

22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover
√ 23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old: World Without End
24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New
25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed

26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue
27. A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list
28. A book related to something cold (i.e. theme, title, author, cover, etc.)
29. A book published before 1950
30. A book featuring an elderly character

31. A children’s classic you’ve never read
32. A book with more than 500 pages
33. A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet
34. A book with a person's name in the title

35. A psychological thriller
36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list
√ 37. A book set in a school or university: Freak-N-Gorgeous
38. A book not written in traditional novel format (poetry, essay, epistolary, graphic novel, etc)

39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life
40. A book you stumbled upon
41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards
42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character
√ 43. A book related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) [fiction or nonfiction]: Girl in the Spider's Web (Technology)

44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed (same topic, same era, book appeared in the show/movie, etc.)
45. A multi-generational saga
46. A book with a (mostly) black cover
√ 47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.): Catering to Nobody

48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year
49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country
50. A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual)
51. A book published in 2019
52. A book with a weird or intriguing title

A-Z Challenge

Book Alphabet Challenge

A - An Anonymous Girl (1.3.19)
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Author Alphabet Challenge
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50 States
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Alabama - AL
Alaska - AK
Arizona - AZ
Arkansas - AR
California - CA
Colorado - CO: Catering to Nobody
Connecticut - CT
Delaware - DE
Florida - FL
Georgia - GA
Hawaii - HI
Idaho - ID
Illinois - IL
Indiana - IN
Iowa - IA
Kansas - KS
Kentucky - KY
Louisiana - LA
Maine - ME
Maryland - MD
Massachusetts - MA
Michigan - MI
Minnesota - MN
Mississippi - MS
Missouri - MO
Montana - MT
Nebraska - NE
Nevada - NV
New Hampshire - NH
New Jersey - NJ
New Mexico - NM
New York - NY: An Anonymous Girl (1.3.19)
North Carolina - NC
North Dakota - ND
Ohio - OH
Oklahoma - OK
Oregon - OR Let Me Go (1.1.19)
Pennsylvania - PA
Rhode Island - RI
South Carolina - SC
South Dakota - SD
Tennessee - TN
Texas - TX
Utah - UT
Vermont - VT
Virginia - VA
Washington - WA
West Virginia - WV
Wisconsin - WI
Wyoming - WY

Series Progress:
I'd like to make progress in 10 series previously started

1. Bill Hodges Trilogy
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25 Netgalley Reads:

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Wow! Those are some great goals! What is the ATY challenge mean and where it is from?

Vicki Willis wrote: "Wow! Those are some great goals! What is the ATY challenge mean and where it is from?"

Thanks...lofty, but who knows? The ATY Challenge is from the group Around the Year, and it is just my second time attempting it, but seems to be a nice group of people and a good challenge. :)