January (2022) Monthly Challenge

[Lynn, Moderator]

Monthly Challenge: 1st to 31st January
Only books read during the challenge period are allowed.

Guidelines:
- Read ONE book for each category (10 books in total).
- You don't have to read all ten categories, just read whatever you are able.
- Any genres are acceptable.
- Any book length is acceptable.

For the competitive (optional)
- At the end of each month, document your finished books in the reporting thread
- 1pt for each book completed, 2pts for any book that is on the 2021 Goodreads winners and nominees list
- Each month's totals will be collated and the member with the most points at the end of the year will have bragging rights.

January Categories - New Year's Resolutions

1. Lose Weight - Read a book under 200pgs

2. Eat Healthy - Read a book with a type of food on the cover or in the title

3. Social Media Detox - Read a book set in the past (80s or earlier)

4. Travel - Read a book set in a different country to where you live

5. New Hobby - Read a book outside of your favourite genre

6. Find Love - Read a book with a GR main page tag of romance

7. Dry January - Read a book with a drink on the cover or in the title

8. Learn more about .... - Read a non-fiction book

9. Read more - Read a book with a book on the cover or the word in the title or has a GR main page tag of 'Books about Books'

10. Join a club - Read any book nominated for the GCA this year https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Jayme]

January Categories - New Year's Resolutions
Total Points: 11

✔ 1. Lose Weight - Read a book under 200pgs Lawns into Meadows: Growing a Regenerative Landscape read 1/16 ( 1 pt)

2. Eat Healthy - Read a book with a type of food on the cover or in the title

✔ 3. Social Media Detox - Read a book set in the past (80s or earlier) 1123-1174 The Pillars of the Earth read 1/12 (1 pt)

✔ 4. Travel - Read a book set in a different country to where you live - France Band of Sisters read 1/22 (1 pt)

✔ 5. New Hobby - Read a book outside of your favourite genre memoir Broken Horses read 1/13 (2 pts) GCA nominee for memoir/autobiography

✔ 6. Find Love - Read a book with a GR main page tag of romance It Ends with Us read 1/5 (1pt)

✔ 7. Dry January - Read a book with a drink on the cover or in the title read 1/19 (1 pt)

✔ 8. Learn more about .... - Read a non-fiction book A Mindfulness Guide for Survival read 12/8 (1 pt)

✔ 9. Read more - Read a book with a book on the cover or the word in the title or has a GR main page tag of 'Books about Books'
read 12/3 (1 pt)

✔ 10. Join a club - Read any book nominated for the GCA this year https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... Bewilderment read 1/25 (2 pts) GCA nominee for fiction

[Jayme]

Love the categories, Lynn.

[Kristie, Moderator]

January Categories - New Year's Resolutions

√ 1. Lose Weight - Read a book under 200pgs
In Love & Pajamas 128p

2. Eat Healthy - Read a book with a type of food on the cover or in the title

√ 3. Social Media Detox - Read a book set in the past (80s or earlier)
The Last House on the Street (set mostly in 1965)

√ 4. Travel - Read a book set in a different country to where you live
The Christie Affair (set in London)

5. New Hobby - Read a book outside of your favourite genre

√ 6. Find Love - Read a book with a GR main page tag of romance
Josh and Gemma Make a Baby

7. Dry January - Read a book with a drink on the cover or in the title

8. Learn more about .... - Read a non-fiction book

9. Read more - Read a book with a book on the cover or the word in the title or has a GR main page tag of 'Books about Books'

10. Join a club - Read any book nominated for the GCA this year

Total: 4

[Kristie, Moderator]

Jayme wrote: "Love the categories, Lynn."

Me too! :)

[Jessica]

1. Lose Weight - Read a book under 200pgs

2. Eat Healthy - Read a book with a type of food on the cover or in the title

3. Social Media Detox - Read a book set in the past (80s or earlier)

4. Travel - Read a book set in a different country to where you live

5. New Hobby - Read a book outside of your favorite genre

6. Find Love - Read a book with a GR main page tag of romance

7. Dry January - Read a book with a drink on the cover or in the title

8. Learn more about .... - Read a non-fiction book

9. Read more - Read a book with a book on the cover or the word in the title or has a GR main page tag of 'Books about Books'

10. Join a club - Read any book nominated for the GCA this year

[Kaitlin]

I too love these categories, this challenge will be so much fun. I am so excited! Great job Lynn, thank you for everything you do.

[M]

I agree, I'm excited for these categories!

[Elle]

January Categories - New Year's Resolutions

1. Lose Weight - Read a book under 200 pgs

2. Eat Healthy - Read a book with a type of food on the cover or in the title

3. Social Media Detox - Read a book set in the past (80s or earlier)

4. Travel - Read a book set in a different country to where you live

5. New Hobby - Read a book outside of your favourite genre

6. Find Love - Read a book with a GR main page tag of romance

7. Dry January - Read a book with a drink on the cover or in the title

8. Learn more about .... - Read a non-fiction book

9. Read more - Read a book with a book on the cover or the word in the title or has a GR main page tag of 'Books about Books'

10. Join a club - Read any book nominated for the GCA this year

[Theresa]

January Categories - New Year's Resolutions

✔1. Lose Weight - Read a book under 200pgs The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 1/1 1pt

2. Eat Healthy - Read a book with a type of food on the cover or in the title

✔3. Social Media Detox - Read a book set in the past (80s or earlier) The Queen's Gambit 1/1 1pt

✔4. Travel - Read a book set in a different country to where you live The Stranger 1/5 1pt

✔5. New Hobby - Read a book outside of your favourite genre The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2021) 1/10 2pts

✔6. Find Love - Read a book with a GR main page tag of romance The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 1/4 1pt

✔7. Dry January - Read a book with a drink on the cover or in the title The Guncle Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2021) 1/31 2pts

✔8. Learn more about .... - Read a non-fiction book Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty Goodreads Choice Award for History & Biography (2021) 1/7 2pts

✔9. Read more - Read a book with a book on the cover or the word in the title or has a GR main page tag of 'Books about Books' Cloud Cuckoo Land Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2021) 1/28 2pts

✔10. Join a club - Read any book nominated for the GCA this year Under the Whispering Door Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2021) 1/2 2pts

[Gunit Kaur]

1. Lose Weight - Read a book under 200pgs
Animal Farm

2. Eat Healthy - Read a book with a type of food on the cover or in the title
Apples Never Fall

3. Social Media Detox - Read a book set in the past (80s or earlier)
Beyond the Wire

4. Travel - Read a book set in a different country to where you live
The Push

5. New Hobby - Read a book outside of your favorite genre
The Psychology of Money

6. Find Love - Read a book with a GR main page tag of romance
One Last Stop

7. Dry January - Read a book with a drink on the cover or in the title
Drinking: A Love Story

8. Learn more about .... - Read a non-fiction book
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

9. Read more - Read a book with a book on the cover or the word in the title or has a GR main page tag of 'Books about Books'
The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare

10. Join a club - Read any book nominated for the GCA this year https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Project Hail Mary

[Heather]

January Categories - New Year's Resolutions

1. Lose Weight - Read a book under 200pgs The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating (1 pt)

2. Eat Healthy - Read a book with a type of food on the cover or in the title Comfort Me with Apples (2 pts)

3. Social Media Detox - Read a book set in the past (80s or earlier)A Letter of Mary (1 pt)

4. Travel - Read a book set in a different country to where you live [book:The Beekeeper's Apprentice (1 pt)

5. New Hobby - Read a book outside of your favourite genre The House in the Cerulean Sea (2 pts)

6. Find Love - Read a book with a GR main page tag of romance Seven Days in June (2 pts)

7. Dry January - Read a book with a drink on the cover or in the title

8. Learn more about .... - Read a non-fiction book Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know (2 pts)

9. Read more - Read a book with a book on the cover or the word in the title or has a GR main page tag of 'Books about Books'

10. Join a club - Read any book nominated for the GCA this year https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... Project Hail Mary (2 pts)

[Melissa]

January Categories - New Year's Resolutions

1. Lose Weight - Read a book under 200pgs

2. Eat Healthy - Read a book with a type of food on the cover or in the title

3. Social Media Detox - Read a book set in the past (80s or earlier)

4. Travel - Read a book set in a different country to where you live

5. New Hobby - Read a book outside of your favourite genre - The Taking of Jake Livingston - Finished 1/29 2 points

6. Find Love - Read a book with a GR main page tag of romance - Redeeming Love - Finished 1/2 1 point

7. Dry January - Read a book with a drink on the cover or in the title

8. Learn more about .... - Read a non-fiction book -Summary: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F by Mark Manson: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life Key Ideas in 1 Hour or Less

9. Read more - Read a book with a book on the cover or the word in the title or has a GR main page tag of 'Books about Books' - The Plot - Finished 1/31 2 points

10. Join a club - Read any book nominated for the GCA this year https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/.. -

[Nike]

January Categories - New Year's Resolutions

1. Lose Weight - Read a book under 200pgs A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

2. Eat Healthy - Read a book with a type of food on the cover or in the title

3. Social Media Detox - Read a book set in the past (80s or earlier) Gertrude by Hermann Hesse

4. Travel - Read a book set in a different country to where you live The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa set in Japan.

5. New Hobby - Read a book outside of your favourite genre

6. Find Love - Read a book with a GR main page tag of romance

7. Dry January - Read a book with a drink on the cover or in the title

8. Learn more about .... - Read a non-fiction book

9. Read more - Read a book with a book on the cover or the word in the title or has a GR main page tag of 'Books about Books'

10. Join a club - Read any book nominated for the GCA this year https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Krissy]

KRISSY'S SPOT

✓1. Lose Weight - Read a book under 200pgs:
●Where's My Joey? by Wendy Monica Winter (+2)
●1\05 ★★★★


✓2. Eat Healthy - Read a book with a type of food on the cover or in the title:
●Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente (+2)
●1\03 ★


✓3. Social Media Detox - Read a book set in the past (80s or earlier):
●His Perfect Bride by Merry Farmer (+1)
●1/31 ★★


✓4. Travel - Read a book set in a different country to where you live:
●The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by K.J. Charles (+1)
●1/01 ★★★★★


✓5. New Hobby - Read a book outside of your favourite genre:
●The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket (+1)
●1\25 ★★★


✓6. Find Love - Read a book with a GR main page tag of romance:
●Roommate Arrangement by Saxon James (+1)
●1/25 ★★★★★


✓7. Dry January - Read a book with a drink on the cover or in the title:
●Cackle by Rachel Harrison (+2)
●1\05 ★


✓8. Learn more about .... - Read a non-fiction book:
●How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived by Leslie Jordan (+2)
●1\18 ★★★★


✓9. Read more - Read a book with a book on the cover or the word in the title or has a GR main page tag of 'Books about Books':
●Takeover by Anna Zabo (+1)
●1\13 ★★★★


✓10. Join a club - Read any book nominated for the GCA this year:
●The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz (+2)
●1\10 ★★

[Prajakta]

January Categories - New Year's Resolutions
Total points - 6

1. Lose Weight - Read a book under 200pgs Eyes that Kiss in the Corners

2. Eat Healthy - Read a book with a type of food on the cover or in the title Crying in H Mart

3. Social Media Detox - Read a book set in the past (80s or earlier)

4. Travel - Read a book set in a different country to where you live

5. New Hobby - Read a book outside of your favourite genre

6. Find Love - Read a book with a GR main page tag of romance

7. Dry January - Read a book with a drink on the cover or in the title

8. Learn more about .... - Read a non-fiction book The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

9. Read more - Read a book with a book on the cover or the word in the title or has a GR main page tag of 'Books about Books'

10. Join a club - Read any book nominated for the GCA this year https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... Broken by Jenny Lawson

[Anusha]

1. Lose Weight - Read a book under 200pgs

2. Eat Healthy - Read a book with a type of food on the cover or in the title - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

3. Social Media Detox - Read a book set in the past (80s or earlier) - Malibu Rising

4. Travel - Read a book set in a different country to where you live - Ghachar Ghochar

5. New Hobby - Read a book outside of your favourite genre

6. Find Love - Read a book with a GR main page tag of romance - In a Holidaze

7. Dry January - Read a book with a drink on the cover or in the title

8. Learn more about .... - Read a non-fiction book

9. Read more - Read a book with a book on the cover or the word in the title or has a GR main page tag of 'Books about Books' - The Reading List

10. Join a club - Read any book nominated for the GCA this year https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - Project Hail Mary

[Caraina]

January Categories - New Year's Resolutions
Total Points: 11

1. Lose Weight - Read a book under 200pgs
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome 1/12/22 (1 pt)

2. Eat Healthy - Read a book with a type of food on the cover or in the title

3. Social Media Detox - Read a book set in the past (80s or earlier)
The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray 1/6/22 (1 pt)


4. Travel - Read a book set in a different country to where you live
Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy 1/25/22 (1 pt)

5. New Hobby - Read a book outside of your favourite genre
Bewilderment by Richard Powers 1/24/22 (2 pts)

6. Find Love - Read a book with a GR main page tag of romance
Majesty by Katharine McGee 1/17/22 (1 pt)

7. Dry January - Read a book with a drink on the cover or in the title

8. Learn more about .... - Read a non-fiction book
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 1/28/22 (1 pt)

9. Read more - Read a book with a book on the cover or the word in the title or has a GR main page tag of 'Books about Books'
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict 1/17/22 (2 pts)

10. Join a club - Read any book nominated for the GCA this year https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr 1/11/22 (2 pts)

[Kristine]

1. Lose Weight - Read a book under 200 Pts: Read 1/28 Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light: Essays, GR+2

2. Eat Healthy - Read a book with a type of food on the cover or in the title: Read 1/27 Comfort Me With Apples, GR+2

3. Social Media Detox - Read a book set in the past (80s or earlier): Read 1/14 Her Hidden Genius +1

4. Travel - Read a book set in a different country to where you live: Read 1/25 Violeta +1

5. New Hobby - Read a book outside of your favourite genre: Poetry: Read 1/26 The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country, GR+2

6. Find Love - Read a book with a GR main page tag of romance: Read 1/17 No Land to Light On: A Novel, +1

7. Dry January - Read a book with a drink on the cover or in the title:

8. Learn more about .... - Read a non-fiction book: Read 1/22 Justice on the Brink: The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months That Transformed the Supreme Court, +1

9. Read more - Read a book with a book on the cover or the word in the title or has a GR main page tag of 'Books about Books':

10. Join a club - Read any book nominated for the GCA this year https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Suzanne]

Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club
January (2022) Monthly Challenge
Monthly Challenge: 1st to 31st January

Progress: 10 out of 10

Only books read during the challenge period are allowed.

Guidelines:
- Read ONE book for each category (10 books in total).
- You don't have to read all ten categories, just read whatever you are able.
- Any genres are acceptable.
- Any book length is acceptable.

For the competitive (optional)
- At the end of each month, document your finished books in the reporting thread
- 1pt for each book completed, 2pts for any book that is on the 2021 Goodreads winners and nominees list
- Each month's totals will be collated and the member with the most points at the end of the year will have bragging rights.

January Categories - New Year's Resolutions

1. Lose Weight - Read a book under 200pgs
X vs. Y: A Culture War, a Love Story by Eve Epstein - **** - 1/18/2022 - 191 Pages

2. Eat Healthy - Read a book with a type of food on the cover or in the title
Gimme Some Sugar by Molly Harper - ***** - 1/10/2022 - 304 Pages

3. Social Media Detox - Read a book set in the past (80s or earlier)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid - ***** - 1/24/2022 - 389 Pages

4. Travel - Read a book set in a different country to where you live
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - * - 1/6/2022 - 928 Pages

5. New Hobby - Read a book outside of your favourite genre
Neuromancer by William Gibson - *** - 1/13/2022 - 271 Pages

6. Find Love - Read a book with a GR main page tag of romance
Firelight by Kristen Callihan - ***** - 1/8/2022 - 372 Pages

7. Dry January - Read a book with a drink on the cover or in the title
Coffee And Kung Fu by Karen Brichoux - **** - 1/28/2022 - 243 Pages

8. Learn more about .... - Read a non-fiction book
Betty and Friends: My Life at the Zoo by Betty White - ***** - 1/20/2022 - 304 Pages

9. Read more - Read a book with a book on the cover or the word in the title or has a GR main page tag of 'Books about Books'
Color Me Murder by Krista Davis - **** - 1/6/2022 - 289 Pages - Book on cover

10. Join a club - Read any book nominated for the GCA this year:
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave - ***** - 3/1/2022 - 320 Pages

[Karen]

January Categories - New Year's Resolutions

1. Lose Weight - Read a book under 200pgs

2. Eat Healthy - Read a book with a type of food on the cover or in the title

3. Social Media Detox - Read a book set in the past (80s or earlier)

4. Travel - Read a book set in a different country to where you live-The Reading List

5. New Hobby - Read a book outside of your favourite genre

6. Find Love - Read a book with a GR main page tag of romance

7. Dry January - Read a book with a drink on the cover or in the title

8. Learn more about .... - Read a non-fiction book-If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

9. Read more - Read a book with a book on the cover or the word in the title or has a GR main page tag of 'Books about Books'

10. Join a club - Read any book nominated for the GCA this year https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Kristine]

Lynn, would this count toward a drink in the title? since it used the word Water and we drink it? Thanks for your help.

[Nike]

I can't get the prompt 10 link to work so I can't find a list of nominated books. Can anyone help me and give me link that works? Thank you =)

[Lynn, Moderator]

Kristine wrote: "Lynn, would this count toward a drink in the title? since it used the word Water and we drink it? Thanks for your help."

Yes that counts

[Lynn, Moderator]

Nike wrote: "I can't get the prompt 10 link to work so I can't find a list of nominated books. Can anyone help me and give me link that works? Thank you =)"

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Nike]

Lynn wrote: "Nike wrote: "I can't get the prompt 10 link to work so I can't find a list of nominated books. Can anyone help me and give me link that works? Thank you =)"

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/22..."

Thank you! =)

[Cammy]

1. Lose weight-Read a book under 200 pages= The Alchemist 1pt

2. Eat healthy-Read a book with a type of food on the cover or in the title= Hello, Sunshine. 1pt

3. Social media detox-Read a book set in the past(80s or earlier)= Brat an 80’s story ( GCA) 2pts

4. Travel-Read a book set in a different country to where you live= A Slow Burning Fire (GCA) 2pts

5. New hobby-Read a book outside of your favorite genre= I Hope This Finds You Well (GCA) 2pts

6. Find love-Read a book with a GR main page tag of romance= People We Meet on Vacation (GCA) 2pts

7. Dry January- Read a book with a drink on the cover or in the title= Sorry Not Sorry 1pt

8. Learn more about…..-Read a nonfiction book= Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement (GCA) 2pts

9. Read more-Read a book With a book on the cover or the word in the title or has AGR main page tag of ‘books about books’ = The Plot (GCA) 2pts

10. Join a club-Read any book nominated for the GCA this year= Daughter of The Deep (GCA) 2pts


https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Kristine]

Lynn wrote: "Kristine wrote: "Lynn, would this count toward a drink in the title? since it used the word Water and we drink it? Thanks for your help."

Yes that counts"
Thanks, Lynn