The Reading Challenge Group discussion

I fell short of my challenge last year, so here's hoping a do a bit better going forth. My twins are getting older all the time, so it's getting easier to find time to read. :)

I'm not going to list every book I read on this thread, just the ones that pertain to the challenges. Books in {} brackets mean I intend to read them for a particular challenge (to help myself plan ahead). I will also keep a points tally.

So here we go!

YTD Points: 25
General books: 4
Shorties: 3
Group Read Book:
Buddy Read Book:
Genre Challenge: 15
Mini-challenge: 3
Multi-book mini-challenge:
Chunkster:

POINT SYSTEM GUIDELINE

Read a general book: 1 point per book
Read a "shortie" (short story, poem, play): 0.5 points per
Read a group read book: 5 points per book
Read a buddy read book: 5 points per book you read with a buddy
Read a book for the genre challenge: 3 points per book
Read a book for a mini-challenge: 3 points per book
Complete a multi-book mini-challenge: 10 extra points
Bonus** - read a "chunkster" (500 pages or more): 5 points per book

Year-long Mini-challenges:
Award Winners:
Pulitzer
{The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay}
{Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies}
{The Complete Maus}
{A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812}

National Book Award
{The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl}
{Mating}
{Sophie's Choice}
{Then We Came to the End}
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks}

Man Booker Prize
{Schindler's List}

Orange Prize
{Bel Canto}

Goodreads Choice
{The Ocean at the End of the Lane}
{Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking}
{The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School}
{1Q84}
{Bossypants}
{The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks}
{The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty}

Nebula Award
{The Yiddish Policemen's Union}
{Speaker for the Dead}
The Forever War}

Locus Award
{The Ocean at the End of the Lane}
{The Sleeper and the Spindle}
{Redshirts}
{The Night Circus}
{The Graveyard Book}
{The Yiddish Policemen's Union}
{The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World}
{Speaker for the Dead}
{The Forever War}

Hugo
{Redshirts}
{The Graveyard Book}
{The Yiddish Policemen's Union}
{Speaker for the Dead}
{The Forever War}
{Starship Troopers}
{The Sword in the Stone}
{The Knife of Never Letting Go}

Governor General's Award
{The Sisters Brothers}
{A Complicated Kindness}

Giller Prize
{A Good House}
{Alias Grace}


String Theory Mini-challenge
Dark Places --> {Ripper} = both books deal with a group of amateurs who try to solve murders.

JANUARY

January Points Total:
General books:
Shorties:
Group Read Book:
Buddy Read Book:
Genre Challenge: 6
Mini-challenge:
Multi-book mini-challenge:
Chunkster:

January Challenge:
G- Historical Fiction: As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley
NF- History: Call The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth
W- South American Lit:

FEBRUARY

February Points Total: 6
General books:
Shorties:
Group Read Book:
Buddy Read Book:
Genre Challenge: 6
Mini-challenge: 3
Dark Places
Multi-book mini-challenge:
Chunkster:

February Challenge:
G- Romance & Chick-Lit: Maids of Misfortune by M. Louisa Locke, Graveyard Shift by Angela Roquet
NF- Sociology/Relationships/Family:
W- Middle Eastern Lit

MARCH

March Points Total: 3
General books: 3
Pocket Full of Posies
For the Birds
Psychopomp
Shorties:
Group Read Book:
Buddy Read Book:
Genre Challenge:
Mini-challenge:
Multi-book mini-challenge:
Chunkster:

March Challenge
G- Contemporary and Literary Merit:
NF- Autobiography/Memoir:
W- Sub-Saharran African Lit:

APRIL

April Points Total: 4
General books: 1
Station Eleven
Shorties: 3
Planetary, Vol. 1: All Over the World and Other Stories
Hark! A Vagrant
Planetary, Vol. 2: The Fourth Man
Group Read Book:
Buddy Read Book:
Genre Challenge:
Mini-challenge:
Multi-book mini-challenge:
Chunkster:

April Challenge
G- Poetry and Plays
NF- Arts/Hobby/Skill related
W- Southeast Asian Lit

MAY

May Points Total: 3
General books:
Shorties:
Group Read Book:
Buddy Read Book:
Genre Challenge: 3
Mini-challenge:
Multi-book mini-challenge:
Chunkster:

May Challenge
G- Fantasy (including Utopian): Rise of the Dragons
NF- Health/Wellness/Self-Improvement
W- Central America/Mexico & Caribbean Lit:

JUNE

June Points Total:
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Buddy Read Book:
Genre Challenge:
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Multi-book mini-challenge:
Chunkster:

June Challenge
G- Minority Studies/LGBT
NF- Biography
W- Western European Lit

JULY

July Points Total:
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Group Read Book:
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Genre Challenge:
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Multi-book mini-challenge:
Chunkster:

July Challenge
G- Manga/Graphic Novels &/OR Humor
NF - Nature/Animals
W- North African Lit

AUGUST

August Points Total:
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Group Read Book:
Buddy Read Book:
Genre Challenge:
Mini-challenge:
Multi-book mini-challenge:
Chunkster:

August Challenge
G- Mysteries (Crime/Cozy/Espionage)
NF - True story/True crime/Current Events
W- Lit of South Asia/Indian sub-continent

SEPTEMBER

September Points Total:
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Buddy Read Book:
Genre Challenge:
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Multi-book mini-challenge:
Chunkster:

September Challenge
G- Science-Fiction (including Dystopian)
NF- Science/Math/Technology
W- North American Lit

OCTOBER

October Points Total:
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Group Read Book:
Buddy Read Book:
Genre Challenge:
Mini-challenge:
Multi-book mini-challenge:
Chunkster:

October Challenge
G- Horror/Thriller &/OR Short Story Collections
NF- Psychology
W- Eastern European Lit

NOVEMBER

November Points Total:
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Group Read Book:
Buddy Read Book:
Genre Challenge:
Mini-challenge:
Multi-book mini-challenge:
Chunkster:

November Challenge:
G- Adventure &/OR Travel
NF - Travel/Food/Essays
W- Oceania/Australian Lit

DECEMBER

December Points Total:
General books:
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Group Read Book:
Buddy Read Book:
Genre Challenge:
Mini-challenge:
Multi-book mini-challenge:
Chunkster:

December Challenge
G- Children's Lit &/OR Traditional Lit
NF - Religion/Spirituality/Philosophy
W- East Asian Lit