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Theme Book Of the MonthEach month we have a themed BOM. December's theme is SHORTEST
Back in June we celebrated the longest day in the Northern hemisphere with LONG books. Now we celebrate the SHORTEST night in the Southern hemisphere with SHORT books!
Nominate your books on a short theme - novellas (at least 175 pages please, or a pair to around 350 pages if you like), or perhaps the main character has a short fuse or even is a little person - anyone fancy some Miles Vorkosigan?
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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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!
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~ 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 2023 Theme:
Audiobooks which are listed on GR with a rating of 4.2 or higher
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)
Signups for main teams is now closed. Anyone signing up after this post will go on the reserve list.
Thank you!
NBRC Mods
Marie-Anne wrote: "I signed up, but accidentally put in 5 books/week (looking at the 2-week challenge), while it should be 2/3 per week. I could not get back in to fix it. So sorry!Looking forward to participating i..."
We'll change it! Thank you for letting us know :)
Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Is there a link where we can check we signed up properly.. (that's code for sticky beaking who has signed up so we can check out the opposition, LOL) ."Here you are :) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team BRITPOP
• Cat (Captain)
• Danielle (Co-Captain)
• Andy
• Elen
• Marie
• Sarah
• VNerd
• Saar the Book Owl
• Lucy
• Dawn
• Alison
Challenge Status Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team JAZZ
• Judith (Captain)
• Lexi (Co-Captain)
• Michael (Co-Captain)
• Maritza
• Susan
• Patti
• Melanie
• Pacey1927
• Alisha
• Diane
Challenge Status Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team PUNK
• Jenny (Captain)
• Angie (Co-Captain)
• Kaley (Co-Captain)
• Carrie
• Tati
• Celia
• Sharon A.
• Stacey
• Rebecca
• Barbara
• Shy
Challenge Status Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team HIP HOP
• Vicky (Captain)
• Shelby (Co-Captain)
• Beth
• Jean
• Preeti
• Trisha
• Angela
• Anna
• Snowtulip
• Eni
Challenge Status Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team ROCK
• Louise (Captain)
• Karen (Co-Captain)
• Keely (Co-Captain)
• Lisa - Aussie Girl
• Vikki
• Elisabeth
• Zuza
• Silje
• Cats or Kylie
• Lucy
• Marie-Anne
• Fiona
• Bernadette
Challenge Status Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team COUNTRY
• Sammy (Captain)
• Snezana (Co-Captain)
• Sophie
• CB
• Elinor
• Melis
• Jhmingos
• SandyL
• Navi
• kat
• Keri
Challenge Status Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team HEAVY METAL
• Eldarwen (Captain)
• Melinda (Co-Captain)
• Kira
• Claire
• Cris
• Vi
• vian
• Stacie
• ⚚♆ Cynthia ♆⚚
Challenge Status Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team RAP
• Suzanne (Captain)
• Nanci (Co-Captain)
• Bobbi
• Annalisa
• Amanda
• Leslie Ann
• Janine
• Kari
• LaurLa
• Cordelia
• Lindsay♫SingerOfStories♫
Challenge Status Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team R&B
• Deanna (Captain)
• Teddie (Co-Captain)
• Apoorv (Co-Captain)
• Mary X
• Sana Zameer
• Donna
• Jackie
• Shan ~A~
• RachelG.
• Joyce
Challenge Status Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
