2019 Group Read Calendar

[Lynn, Moderator]

2019 Calendar


January

Winner - Mystery & Thriller: The Outsider

Winner - Picture Book: I Am Enough

Additional Nominee Read - Fantasy: The Shape of Water

Additional Nominee Read - Best of the Best: Little Fires Everywhere


February

Winner - Historical Fiction: The Great Alone

Series Read: After You After You (Me Before You #2)
Note: As the group has already read book #1 we will not be reading that again. Book #1 Discussion - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Additional Nominee Read - Young Adult: Sadie

Additional Nominee Read - Memoir & Autobiography: Becoming


March

Winner - Fiction: Still Me (Me Before You #3)

Series Read: Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass #5)
Note: As the group has already read book #1, #2, #3 and #4, we will not be reading them again this year.
Book #1 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book #2 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book #3 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book #4 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Additional Nominee Read - Horror: Baby Teeth

Additional Nominee Read - Non Fiction: The Library Book

April

Winner - Romance: The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient #1)

Winner - Science & Technology: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

Series Read: Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass #6)

Additional Nominee Read - Mystery & Thriller: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle


May

Winner - YA Fantasy: Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7)

Series Read: Vicious (Villains #1)

Additional Nominee Read - Historical Fiction: Where the Crawdads Sing

Additional Nominee Read - Picture Book: A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo


June

Winner - Science Fiction: Vengeful (Villains #2)

Winner - Graphic Novel & Comic Books: Herding Cats (Sarah's Scribbles #3)

Series Read: The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, #2 )
Note: As the group has already read book #1 we will not be reading it again.
Book #1: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Additional Nominee Read - Fiction: An American Marriage


July

Winner - Middle Grade: The Burning Maze (The Trials of Apollo #3)

Winner - Food & Cookbooks: Cravings: Hungry for More

Series Read: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Creekwood #1)

Additional Nominee Read - History & Biography: Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History


August

Winner - Young Adult: Leah on the Offbeat (Creekwood #2)

Winner - Non Fiction: I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Additional Nominee Read - Science Fiction: We had a tie!
Vox and Red Clocks

Additional Nominee Read - Debut Author: The Tattooist of Auschwitz


September

Winner - Fantasy: Circe

Winner - Poetry: The Witch Doesn't Burn In This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic #2)

Additional Nominee Read - Middle Grade: City of Ghosts

Additional Nominee Read - Science & Technology: She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity


October

Winner - Horror: Elevation

Winner - Humour: The Last Black Unicorn

Additiona Nominee Read - YA Fantasy: The Cruel Prince

Additional Nominee Read - Graphic Novel & Comics: The Prince and the Dressmaker


November

Winner - Debut Author: Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha #1)

Winner - Memoir & Autobiography: Educated

Additional Nominee Read - Romance: The Wedding Date

Additional Nominee Read - Food & Cookbooks: A Literary Tea Party: Blends and Treats for Alice, Bilbo, Dorothy, Jo, and Book Lovers Everywhere


December

Winner - The Best of the Best: The Hate U Give

Winner - History & Biography: The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

Additional Nominee Read - Poetry: The Poet X

Additional Nominee Read - Humour: Calypso

[Kristie, Moderator]

Oh yay! Schedule is posted! Thanks, Lynn. :)

[Savanes, Moderator]

So exciting!

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

I swear.... this coming year... I will read again!
Stephen King & a fantasy book should set me up for a good start.

Side note: Has SK ever lost when nominated on Goodreads? I think if he published his grocery list, it might win best horror novel....

[Deborah]

ally ¯\(ツ)/¯ wrote: "I swear.... this coming year... I will read again!
Stephen King & a fantasy book should set me up for a good start.

Side note: Has SK ever lost when nominated on Goodreads? I think if he published..."

Yes, He didn't win the Best of the Best this year and Full Dark, No Stars lost in the mystery/thriller category to The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest in 2010. Could be others, I didn't check every category for every year.

[Deborah]

Stephen King does win a lot. My husband was complaining that he couldn't find Ready Player One in best of the best, so I looked it up for him and had to tell him, sorry it came in second to a Stephen King book that year. He understood, but still argued that Stephen King shouldn't be in the Science Fiction category. I just shrugged and said, well it had time travel.

[Savanes, Moderator]

Deborah wrote: "I just shrugged and said, well it had time travel."

Hahaha

[Kristie, Moderator]

Actually, I like that they put SK in sci-fi or mystery/thriller sometimes. I think his work often gets labeled as horror even when it isn't.

He also had his other book, Flight or Fright, nominated this year, but lost to himself in horror. lol

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Deborah wrote: "ally ¯\(ツ)/¯ wrote: "I swear.... this coming year... I will read again!
Stephen King & a fantasy book should set me up for a good start.

Side note: Has SK ever lost when nominated on Goodreads? I ..."

Thanks Deborah! Its nice to know others do stand a chance! Haha :)

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Kristie wrote: "Actually, I like that they put SK in sci-fi or mystery/thriller sometimes. I think his work often gets labeled as horror even when it isn't.

He also had his other book, Flight or Fright, nominate..."

I imagine losing to yourself is easier to accept. :P

[Kristie, Moderator]

ally ¯\(ツ)/¯ wrote: "I imagine losing to yourself is easier to accept. :P"

I would think so! lol I was a bit disappointed that he had multiple entries in the category. I see that every so often with different authors (Rick Riordan comes to mind) and I always feel like they should have chosen one book to include.

[Vicki Willis]

Agreed... Just to spread it around at least!

Hey ally! Haven't seen you around in a while!

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Vicki Willis wrote: "Agreed... Just to spread it around at least!

Hey ally! Haven't seen you around in a while!"

Hi Vicki! I have (sadly) not been reading. Hopefully that changes.

I feel better about this years GRCA winners than last year. There are 7 actual winners I want to read, and quite a few nominees =)

[Lynn, Moderator]

Will be nice to have you back with us ally ..... hopefully! :)

[Persephone6]

Super excited! There are quite a few I want to read :)

[Courtney]

Ohh so excited. I can now start my calendar!!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Hi all! I just wanted to let everyone know that we are reading Children of Blood and Bone as a group in November and it is currently on sale for Audible members for $6.95 for anyone that is interested.