Hooked on Books discussion

Check-in your completed books here

Completed Book requirements:
Theme week: (example: Family Dinners)
Book:
Author:
Pages:
Date Read:
Rating:
Justification:
Book Points:
Team Total points:


Challenge rules:
*No graphic novels, poetry or cookbooks allowed.
*Follow your own time zone. If you finish the book between the theme dates in your time zone, it counts.
*You must be able to justify how your book fits the theme. Example: If the theme is cats, then your book can have a cat on the cover, a cat in the book, can be all about cats, etc. If you can justify it, then it will work. Let's keep this easy and you may be creative with your links to the themes.
Standard Rules Apply

Themes
Nov 1-7 Sci-fi/comedy
Nov 8-14 Hawaii
Nov 15-21 Family
Nov 22-30 Alien


*Theme Start & End times are based on your time zone. So each theme will end at midnight in the time zone that you live in.*


Book Points



Poll
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...



Buddy Read Bonus (New rules)

✨Tier one: Buddy read with one friend
Minimum 300 pages
1 point = doesn't fit the theme
2 points - does fit the theme

✨Tier Two: Buddy read with 2 or more friends
Minimum 300 pages
3 points = doesn't fit the theme
5 points = does fit the theme

✨Tier Three: Read the Formal Buddy Read led by a HOB Mod.
6 points = doesn't fit the theme
10 points = fits the theme


Read the Formal Buddy Read here
OR
Request an Informal one here




This month I am going to do something a little different. I am going to give bonuses for several challenges.
✨ 2 bonus points if your book is used in this challenge and any of the challenges in the list below

The Name Game
Titan Monster Roundup
Christmas Trivia Game
HOB Monster Hunt
Autumn Readathon (not just a readathon)
November HOB Partner Pick

Completion Post

Theme week: Sci-Fi/Comedy
Book: I Have Some Questions for You: A Novel
Author:Rebecca Makkai
Pages: 448 +3
Date Read: 11/01
Rating: 3⭐
Justification: comedy in text
43% working as a comedy writer.
Book Points: 3
+2 book used in Christmas Trivia

Team Total points: 5

Completion Post

Theme week: Sci-Fi/Comedy
Book: Glory in Death
Author:J.D. Robb
Pages: 320 +3
Date Read: 11/02
Rating: 4.5⭐
Justification: comedy in text
91% recurring bit part in a comedy.
Book Points: 3
+2 book used in Autumn Read-a-thon

Team Total points: 10

Theme: Sci-Fi/Comedy
Book: In the Summertime by Maeve Haran
Date: 1/11 3★
Pages: 368
Justification: rom com
Book Points: 3

Team Total: 13

Completion Post

Theme week: Sci-Fi/Comedy
Book: A Kiss at Midnight
Author:Eloisa James
Pages: 374 +3
Date Read: 11/05
Rating: 4.5⭐
Justification: comedy in text
88% I love a good comedy.”.
Book Points: 3
+2 book used in Autumn Read-a-thon

Team Total points: 15

Theme: Sci-Fi/Comedy
Book: Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
Date: 3/11 5★
Pages: 288
Justification: mpg humour, comedy & scifi
Book Points: 1

Theme: Sci-Fi/Comedy
Book: Bird Box by Josh Malerman
Date: 6/11 3.5★
Pages: 293
Justification: mpg scifi
Book Points: 1

Theme: Sci-Fi/Comedy
Book: Nation by Terry Pratchett
Date: 7/11 4★
Pages: 410
Justification: mpg humour
Bonus for Titan Monster Roundup
Book Points: 5

Team Total: 22

Theme: Hawaii
Book: Two Feet, Four Paws by Spud Talbot-Ponsonby
Date: 9/11 3★
Pages: 320
Justification: beach on cover
Bonus for Titan Monster Roundup
Book Points: 5

Team Total: 27

Theme: Hawaii
Book: The Bed and Breakfast on the Beach by Kat French
Date: 11/11 3★
Pages: 336
Justification: set on the beach on an island
Book Points: 3

Theme: Hawaii
Book: The Pyramid of Mud by Andrea Camilleri
Date: 11/11 2★
Pages: 272
Justification: set on an island
Bonus for Titan Monster Roundup
Book Points: 3

Team Total: 33

Theme: Family
Book: I Woke Up Dead at the Mall by Judy Sheehan
Date: 16/11 2★
Pages: 278
Justification: MC spends most of her time trying to save what's left of her family
Bonus for Titan Monster Roundup
Points: 3

Team total: 36

Theme: Family
Book: The Heron's Cry by Ann Cleeves
Date: 17/11 3.5★
Pages: 382
Justification: family is a major reason in the murders
Points: 3

Theme: Family
Book: A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh
Date: 17/11 3★
Pages: 214
Justification: "Mr. Benningden the family solicitor" p.95
Points: 1

Team total: 40

Theme: Family
Book: It's Not Only Rock 'N' Roll by Jenny Boyd,Holly George-Warren
Date: 18/11 3★
Pages: 322
Justification: the author's family is part of this tale
Points: 3

Theme: Family
Book: Dragonfall by L.R. Lam
Date: 19/11 1★
Pages: 432
Justification: the MC's families are the reason they came together
Points: 3

Team total: 46

Theme: Family
Book: The Village Green Bookshop by Rachael Lucas
Date: 20/11 3★
Pages: 343
Justification: "the family who owned it had fallen victim to death duties" p.21
Points: 3

Theme: Family
Book: Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
Date: 21/11 5★
Pages: 378
Justification: "all my family are y Celyns" p.120
Points: 3

Team total: 52

Theme: Alien
Book: The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
Date: 23/11 3★
Pages: 519
Justification: "or perhaps a killer alien robot" p.31
Points: 5
Bonus points: 4
HOB Monster Hunt
Titan Monster Roundup

Theme: Alien
Book: Giving up the Ghost by Helen Chappell
Date: 23/11 1★
Pages: 256
Justification: "Did he really impregnate a UFO alien to have a Bigfoot baby?" p.157
Points: 1

Team total: 62

Theme: Alien
Book: The Literary Ghost: Great Contemporary Ghost Stories by Larry Dark
Date: 26/11 3★
Pages: 364
Justification: "mobile ghost-face of a defeated alien" p.265
Points: 3
Bonus points: 2
Titan Monster Roundup

Team total: 67

Theme: Alien
Book: The Forbidden Territory of a Terrifying Woman
Date: 11/29/2023
Justification: Page 24 - "She turned a slow pirouette with a feeling of having just landed, like an ALIEN, a foreigner to the planet."
Points: 1

Team Total: 68