Emily’s Comments (group member since Jan 04, 2017)

Emily’s comments from the Around the Year in 52 Books group.

This year is ATY's 10th anniversary, and what better way to celebrate than to throw it back to our very first reading list?

The 2016 List: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
ATY Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

What are you reading for this prompt, and how does it fit?

Narnia. Oz. Hogwarts. Mordor.

This week, we are traveling to a fictional location in our reading. That could be a book set in a fantasy world, or it can be a contemporary novel set in a made up town. As long as you can't actually visit the location, the choice is yours!

GR Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Reddit: Super Creative and Original Worlds: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comm...
Wikipedia: List of Fictional Universes in Literature: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

ATY Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

What are you reading for this prompt, and how does it fit?

I haven’t started looking for June’s books yet, but that one was on my radar!

I’m also (very slowly) reading The Fox Wife. I’m really enjoying it more than I expected.

Marie, the 2024 list will be coming out in November - hopefully they will have at least one of your priority reads on it!

I will wait for the ToB shortlist to come out before deciding on this one - there's always a few from ToB that make it on NPR's list so it's an easy crossover!

It's no secret that we love NPR's "Books We Love" lists! We've had this prompt on our reading challenge multiple times, and readers love it for its variety and the fact that it's easily searchable. You can try out different categories or sort for books you know you'll love. There's something for everyone!

NPR Books We Love Lists: https://apps.npr.org/best-books/#view...
ATY Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

What are you reading for this prompt, and what year is it from?

I'll start one in January to be placed below the monthly thread.

Can attest that The Broken Girls is haunting - and was my favorite by the author!

Yes, I sent them a big list of genres, and asked which one they wanted to read at least once, which ones they wanted to read more than once, and which ones they did not want to read. All my polling in this group has come in handy haha! So the repeats are prompts that people wanted to read more than once.

January - Fantasy
February - Historical Fiction by a BIPOC author
March - Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
April - Science Fiction
May - Mystery/Thriller
June - Realistic/Contemporary Fiction featuring LGBTQIA+ themes
July - Romance/Rom Com
August - Historical Fiction
September - Fantasy
October - Mystery/Thriller
November - Memoir/Autobiography
December - Romance/Rom Com

We pick our genres ahead of time, then each member gets assigned a month (we do a poll to see who wants what), and the person that is assigned the month picks a book within that genre. Some of us who don't want to shoulder the entire burden will offer 3-4 options to the group and let them pick which they want to read. It's a fun process!

I have April (science fiction) and June (the LGBTQIA+ pick).

Oh I just bought Doppelganger for my Secret Santa in book club... I think she's going to like it, and hearing a positive review from you confirms!

We all have those books that have stuck with us for years. Maybe it's something you read as a teenager that you can't stop thinking about. Maybe it's a new release that's been "haunting" your Instagram. Or maybe... you just really want to read a ghost story.

Whichever definition you choose to use for "haunting", this week is sure to be spooky!

Spooky Book Lists: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/sp...
The Most Disturbing Horror Novels I've Ever Read: https://www.whatisquinnreading.com/bl...
Popular Ghost Story Books Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
15 Horror Novels You Can Read in One Day: https://www.whatisquinnreading.com/bl...
Books You Can't Stop Thinking About Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
9 Books We Can't Stop Thinking About: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/9-bo...

ATY Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

What are you reading for this prompt, and how does it fit?

That's always the conundrum lol. Trying to finish my 2024 list before I start planning 2025 so that doesn't happen to me!

The monthly discussions are what we all make of it... feel free to discuss any and all topics there!

I've got 8 books to pick up from the library today for me to skim through before making my final choice (or, let's be real, picking my top 3-4 and polling the group to make them pick lol).

Thanks for your help!

For our 20th prompt of the year, we are paying homage to the game 20 Questions. The classic game Twenty Questions (also known as Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral) is a game of deductive questioning in a quest to uncover a mystery word.

This week we are looking for book with a vegetable (or any form of plant), animal, or mineral in the title.

ATY Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

What are you reading for this prompt, and how does it fit?

Welcome!

POLL 18


BOTTOM
A book with any connection to a song
A book connected in some way to a game show
A book that involves migration
A book written by an author who is at least 65 years old at time of publication

CLOSE CALL
A book with yellow on the cover

POLARIZING
A book that fits three other prompts on this list

NO DESIGNATION
A book with a lucky or unlucky symbol on the cover
A book at least 25 years old
A book with a Y connection
A book with illustrations
A book with a character who works in law enforcement
A book with a protagonist who is a different gender than the author
A book involving science

At this point, I've usually decided to go with the GR Choice Award prompt and move on, but I'll probably wait to see what the awards offer, and see the ToB shortlist before deciding on a prompt. I have 59 that I voted for that didn't make the list, so plenty to choose from.

My goal for this prompt is to not read an author I read in 2024. So any author I read December 2023 or before is fair game. Just went through my TBR and I have 34 options lol

Ah yes! When I started moving around the rows to rearrange the prompts into list order, it broke the formula. I'll fix it now, thanks!