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Theme Book Of the Month - Tradition
The theme for December is tradition. This could be the retelling of a traditional tale, the exploration of a lesser-known tradition, or the celebration of a well-loved tradition. Perhaps it is a character working in a heritage tradition, or even about the creation of new traditions!
Nominations will be open until 27 October, UK evening
***Please pay special attention to the Rules and Guidelines listed below.***
Rules and Guidelines
1. Books nominated after the deadline will not be included in the polls. Sorry.
2. Each person is limited to nominating ONE book per category.
3. Please use the add book/author tool located at the top of the comment box when nominating a book. (Please make your nomination clear because side conversations do happen and we don't want to accidentally miss a nomination)
4. Please add the Goodreads synopsis for the book you nominate; you should also include an explanation of how it fits the theme for the month.
5. Books that were read as a past BOM will not be considered for the poll. (link to the sheet under the spoiler (view spoiler))
6. Books that are #2 or higher in a series will only be considered if all earlier books in the series have been a past BOM.
7. Books must be published at the time of nomination.
8. If your book is successful in being picked as the BOM you are expected to actively participate in the discussion. This will include writing a set of DQs as well as engaging in conversations.
The BOM nominations are for our members to nominate a book they are truly interested in and have no affiliation with. Promotional activity is NOT permitted and nominations that the Moderators perceive to be promotional will be deleted without warning
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Please nominate an Adult Fiction or a Non Fiction book that you would like to read in the month of December 2024.Nominations will be open until 27 October, UK evening
***Please pay special attention to the Rules and Guidelines listed below.***
Rules and Guidelines
1. Books nominated after the deadline will not be included in the polls. Sorry.
2. Each person is limited to nominating ONE book per category.
3. Please use the add book/author tool located at the top of the comment box when nominating a book. (Please make your nomination clear because side conversations do happen and we don't want to accidentally miss a nomination)
4. Please add the Goodreads synopsis for the book you nominate; optionally you can include a reason why we should read your nomination.
5. Books that were read as a past BOM will not be considered for the poll. (link to the sheet under the spoiler (view spoiler))
6. Books that are #2 or higher in a series will only be considered if all earlier books in the series have been a past BOM.
7. Books must be published at the time of nomination.
8. If your book is successful in being picked as the BOM you are expected to actively participate in the discussion. This will include writing a set of DQs as well as engaging in conversations.
Also, please be aware of your nomination's genre and list them in the appropriate BOM category.
Genres that DO NOT go here:
Young Adult
Middle Grade / Children's
Erotica
The BOM nominations are for our members to nominate a book they are truly interested in and have no affiliation with. Promotional activity is NOT permitted and nominations that the Moderators perceive to be promotional will be deleted without warning
Sep 29, 2024 09:04AM
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Sep 29, 2024 08:56AM
Participation VerifiedJudith https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Angie https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Insiyah https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Catherine https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Sep 29, 2024 08:56AM
Chapter Breakdown
Date Chapters %age MPDQs
2 Oct I - Chapter Two 21% Catherine
3 Oct III - Chapter Four 41% Judith
4 Oct V - Chapter Six 66% Jenny
5 Oct VII - Chapter Eight 82% Insiyah
6 Oct IX - Afterword 100% Cat
Guidance for DQ setters
Aim for a reasonable number of questions: 4 - 5 is typical. Please don't post too many - any more than 7 gets unwieldy!
Use consecutive numbering of the DQs for your days. So, for example, if Day One is posted as questions 1-4, Day Two should start at number 5 etc.
Don't worry too much about your questions: you aren't being tested on how clever your questions are!
Hints and tips:
- Is there a quote that jumped out at you? Use that in a question.
- What about the characters - do they generate strong feelings? No feelings? - either way, we can explore that!
- What about that plot twist?!
- Explore the writing style: is there an unusual structure being used? what's the tone of voice like? or the point of view?
Want more information about how NBRC runs their Book of the Month discussions? Check out the information here
Sep 29, 2024 08:56AM
A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all:
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she’ll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering “expats” from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible—for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time.
She is tasked with working as a “bridge”: living with, assisting, and monitoring the expat known as “1847” or Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin’s doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic, so he’s a little disoriented to be living with an unmarried woman who regularly shows her calves, surrounded by outlandish concepts such as “washing machines,” “Spotify,” and “the collapse of the British Empire.” But with an appetite for discovery, a seven-a-day cigarette habit, and the support of a charming and chaotic cast of fellow expats, he soon adjusts.
Over the next year, what the bridge initially thought would be, at best, a horrifically uncomfortable roommate dynamic, evolves into something much deeper. By the time the true shape of the Ministry’s project comes to light, the bridge has fallen haphazardly, fervently in love, with consequences she never could have imagined. Forced to confront the choices that brought them together, the bridge must finally reckon with how—and whether she believes—what she does next can change the future.
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nominator: Catherine
Participation VerifiedMelindam https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Judith https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Insiyah https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Sammy https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Judy https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Christina T https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Melissa https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Marie UK https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Preeti https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Angie https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Catherine https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Ashley https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Randomised ListJam is guaranteed as nominator
There were 13 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
Painting
Commute
Noisy
Sorting (extra entry)
Broken
Cage
Roof
Tax
Bill
Commute (extra entry)
Sorting
Disaster
Meal
Timestamp: 2024-10-15 08:22:49 UTC
VolunteersJudith - nominator - guaranteed (Jam)
E (Disaster)
Catherine (Sorting)
Catherine (Sorthing) - extra entry
Insiyah (Cage)
Tina (Broken)
Christina (Commute)
Melissa (Jam)
Cat (Roof)
Teddie (Jam)
Lexi (Jam)
Ashley (Bill)
Angie (Tax)
Apoorv (Bill)
Jenny (Tax)
Lousie (Noisy)
Keely (Roof)
Kaley (Meal)
Judy (Commute)
Megan (Broken)
Melindam (Painting)
Christina (Commute) - extra entry
Chapter Breakdown
Date Chapters %ages MPDQs
16 Oct Now - Now 19% Judith (Jam)
last line "...reach out and touch her."
17 Oct Then - Now 38% Melindam (Painting)
first line "Can't the girl find..."
last line "shitshow of a strategy"
18 Oct Then - Then 58% Christina (Commute)
first line "Marcus changes completely..."
last line "...serious chat about your future"
19 Oct Now - Then 79% Louise (Noisy)
first line "It's just a sprained ankle..."
last line "Don't contact me again."
20 Oct Now - end Catherine (Sorting)
first line "Marcus's nose is bleeding..."
Guidance for DQ setters
Aim for a reasonable number of questions: 4 - 5 is typical. Please don't post too many - any more than 7 gets unwieldy!
Use consecutive numbering of the DQs for your days. So, for example, if Day One is posted as questions 1-4, Day Two should start at number 5 etc.
Don't worry too much about your questions: you aren't being tested on how clever your questions are!
Hints and tips:
- Is there a quote that jumped out at you? Use that in a question.
- What about the characters - do they generate strong feelings? No feelings? - either way, we can explore that!
- What about that plot twist?!
- Explore the writing style: is there an unusual structure being used? what's the tone of voice like? or the point of view?
Want more information about how NBRC runs their Book of the Month discussions? Check out the information here
Addie and her sister are about to embark on an epic road trip to a friend's wedding in the north of Scotland. The playlist is all planned and the snacks are packed.
But, not long after setting off, a car slams into the back of theirs. The driver is none other than Addie's ex, Dylan, who she's avoided since their traumatic break-up two years earlier.
Dylan and his best mate are heading to the wedding too, and they've totalled their car, so Addie has no choice but to offer them a ride. The car is soon jam-packed full of luggage and secrets, and with three hundred miles ahead of them, Dylan and Addie can't avoid confronting the very messy history of their relationship...
Will they make it to the wedding on time? And, more importantly... is this really the end of the road for Addie and Dylan?
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nominator: Judith
official page count: 400
How to Participate:The Audiobook Challenge is designed to not only help you to read your audiobooks, but to also find out about other great audiobooks from other challenge participants!
Though you may pop in/out at any time, the Audiobook Challenge will run on a monthly basis so you are able to see progress being made.
There are no minimum page requirements, and you can read abridged or unabridged audiobooks!
1. At the beginning of the month, post :
a: How many audiobooks in total you want to read for the month
b: How many audiobooks in the monthly category you want to read
c: Post the audiobooks (as you decide on them) by linking them to Goodreads in your post
2. During the month, read the audiobooks that you can AND update your post with your reviews. (You can do this after each book or wait until the end of the month.)
3. At the end of the month, update your post and with:
a: What books you read
b: Link(s) to your review(s) - note: can only be linked to Goodreads and not an external site
c: How many audiobooks you have read for this challenge this year
Then start a new post for the next month!
FORMAT YOU CAN COPY AND PASTE:
Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read:
Audiobooks in monthly category to read:
Books in category:
FINISHED
End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year:
Audiobooks in monthly category read:
MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):
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EXAMPLE : (under spoiler)(view spoiler)
~ Monthly Audiobook Challenge ~
Each month we will have a different theme of audiobook for you to listen to.
Read one, two, three, or thirty. Up to you! Just post at the start of the month which books you will read in the category, update through the month and post a link to your Goodreads review (no links to external sites).
Let's find some great audiobooks together!
Duration: Monthly
October 2024 Theme:
◈Finish the series
Books that are #3 or higher in a series you have already started
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Feed Your Readers, the NetGalley Challenge
Duration: Monthly
How to Participate:
The NetGalley Challenge is designed to not only get you to read your NetGalley books, but to also advertise your reviews for others to see because after all, that's what NetGalley is all about.
Though you may pop in/out at any time, the NetGalley Challenge will run on a monthly basis so you are able to see progress being made.
1. At the beginning of the month, post any/all of the following:
a: How many books on your NetGalley shelf
b: What books are on your NG shelf
c: What your Netgalley feedback ratio is
2. During the month, read the NetGalley books that you can AND update your post with your reviews. (You can do this after each book or wait until the end of the month.)
3. At the end of the month, update your post and with:
a: What books you read
b: Link(s) to your review(s)**
c: Your updated shelf count
d: Your updated books to read
e: Your updated ratio
Then start a new post for the next month!
**When linking your reviews, please link only to the book(s) here at GoodReads. At this time, linking to a personal blog is not allowed. Thank you!
Sep 16, 2024 12:02PM
breakdown posted! feel free to horse-trade dates
September UpdateCongrats to those on track with 67% or above to goal!
Name % Progress to goal
Gwen|| Bookish Blondie 125%
✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ 113%
Marla 113%
Gabby 112%
Sophie 110%
Cordelia 108%
Karen ♐ 104%
MelanieJoy 100%
Patty 100%
KelB 97%
Sammy 95%
Sophie (mod) 93%
Kellie 93%
Melindam 91%
Keli 90%
Angie ☯ 89%
Janis 89%
Vicki Willis 85%
Joyce 84%
Christina 83%
Jim 81%
♞ Pat 79%
Elena 79%
Cat 77%
Keely 76%
Karen ⊰✿ 75%
Rachel D. 75%
Jessica 73%
Lexi 73%
Cindy 72%
Jessica (Goldenfurpro) 72%
Jillypenny 71%
Jenner 69%
Jenny 67%
Laurie B 67%
The other Sandy 67%
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Judy 64%
Kamaria 64%
Charlie 60%
Rocsana 57%
Annalisa 53%
Eldarwen 53%
Tricia 50%
Insiyah 48%
Maritza 48%
Trisha 48%
Cass☀️ 46%
LittleRedRidingHood 43%
Melanie 34%
Pandamunky 33%
Elia 28%
Roe 28%
Chrissie 27%
Linda C 27%
Carmen 23%
LaurLa 23%
Michael 23%
Yasmine 20%
Kim 14%
CiCi 13%
Amanda 13%
Jenn 12%
Heather 9%
Jamila 6%
Beth (Jasonverlander) 4%
Sheri 4%
Karolyn 3%
Sarah (addtomytbr) 2%
