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

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

Bec, the mods were talking about how decisive our group has been this year with the bottom votes. There seems to be a consensus every poll - the bottoms have been getting big numbers lol. I'm not sure if it's the quality of prompt or the mix of voters or what, but the bottom votes have been very clear this year.

Thanks Andrea! How fun to see all As (even if we didn't have the pencils for it lol)

I just added the 2 available pencils to History, since we've finished that one as well!

The pencils had the same criteria as last read-a-thon, but we had less members per team. I made 6 teams thinking we would have an influx of people joining late (as we typically do), but we didn't have as many this time around. Definitely made it harder to qualify for pencils with less people reading/listening.

Ah, Angela, I added him because he appears on multiple lists I found of Irish authors. How annoying!

I added One Dark Window as the EGOT prompt!

If y'all are also doing the individual challenge, don't forget to post your completion today!

We do already have “set in nature” and “alternative timelines” - both of which could skew science/sci-fi.

This was a pretty definitive poll. There was at least 20 net votes difference between the tops and the next closest prompts.

(will updated the threads and spreadsheets and such later on after breakfast)

Results are posted for Poll 14!

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

The next round of suggestions will open around noon on Monday, September 23.

And a note: Our close calls poll will replace Poll 16. We will *not* have suggestions that week, but rather, we will be using our close calls list (and a select few others with high net votes to get to 15 prompts). That list will be posted on the day suggestions would have opened for Poll 16.

Another round of results for Poll 14!

Top
A book set in the winter
A book that involves digging up the past
A book by an Irish author

Bottom
A book related to LIVE, LAUGH, or LOVE
A book that is the source for one of the quotes from https://www.literaryclock.com/
A book with a character who struggles with fame or notoriety
A book on a Modern Mrs Darcy Book List
A book or author that has been controversial

Polarizing
A book related to mushrooms, moss, or meadows
A book relating to the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman, or the Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz

The next round of suggestions will open around noon on Monday, September 23.

And a note: Our close calls poll will replace Poll 16. We will *not* have suggestions that week, but rather, we will be using our close calls list (and a select few others with high net votes to get to 15 prompts). That list will be posted on the day suggestions would have opened for Poll 16.

Absolutely go with the translated prompt!

I think I'd rather us be a C student across the board than having As and Fs, so I'd say if you're picking books, aim for either Literature or Art so we can get those to C level.

Yes, audiobooks count as books, though I don't know if it would meet the 100 minute requirement? It doesn't have a length on the main page.

POLL 11


BOTTOM
A book related to hotels, haughtiness, hotheads, humour, or Fawlty Towers
A book involving a politician or an election
A play, screenplay, or poetry book
A book with a cover that you judged poorly
A book by an author who shares a last name with a famous non-writer

CLOSE CALL
A book that is an Audie award winner or nominee (read in any format)
A book based on the theme of one of six Las Vegas hotels: Luxor, Excalibur, The Flamingo, MGM Grand, Circus Circus, and Treasure Island

POLARIZING
A book related to space travel, the goddess Artemis, or one of her spheres of influence
A book that plays with perceptions of reality

NO DESIGNATION
A book about breaking up or breaking down
A book recommended by an Independent Bookseller
A book involving the pursuit of happiness

POLL 10


BOTTOM
A book related to a Stephen King book
A party book
A book involving twins

CLOSE CALL
A microhistory

POLARIZING
A short story collection

NO DESIGNATION
A book with a “Y” connection
A book with an "Alice" connection
A book containing a trial
A book inspired by mythology, legend, folklore, or fairytale
A book featuring a protagonist who is in mid-life
A book that focuses on a journey
A book set in an isolated, unpopulated, or very rural locale
A book about a rivalry

Thanks, dalex. Yes, the mods decided that by the time the polls are done, having another poll for the 2025 prompt would have been too much, and we wanted to keep the 2025 prompt in the same spirit as the other years' so we wanted to use a prompt from the existing list.

So yes, you would just read that prompt twice in 2025!

Results have been posted for the final (voted in) prompt on our Anniversary List!

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

And our final prompt on our anniversary list is...

12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year

We will announce the 2025 prompt when the final list is posted! I'll give you a hint though.

The prompts in the top five net votes (with a couple ties) currently are:

A book whose title has ten or fewer letters
A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list
A mystery or true crime book
A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time
A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family
A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals

(Obviously, the final prompt could be none of these if a prompt in a current or future poll outranks these, but I wanted to give y'all an idea of what may make it)

And as someone who is firmly millennial, I associate it with older generations (Boomers, mainly) who have the wall decor and throw pillows in their homes that say "Live Laugh Love" and "A home is where the heart is" and other phrases like that.

So less about positivity and more about home decor lol