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Haha it's the easiest one!Not much reading done yesterday at home with my (still sick) toddler. I'll keep chugging along, though I have a busy day ahead with work and a dinner tonight.
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I'm jumping in the shower really quickly (poor morning planning on my part) but I'll catch up when I'm back in 10-15 mins!
Kelly, you can suggest or second something else!
Why did the live, laugh, love prompt make me laugh out loud lol. I'll second it!
Nike, can I reword it to be "A book with a theme of mushroom, moss, or meadow" OR "A book related to mushrooms, moss, or meadows"?
It's time for our next round of suggestions!Just a reminder that you can find a full list of prompts already on the 2025 list in the third post on this thread.
How Suggestions Work:
- The topics for the 2025 reading challenge list will be determined by a series of mini-polls, the number of which depends on the number of prompts winning in each mini-polls
- Suggestions for each poll will be opened until 15 suggestions are received and “seconded”.
- The voting thread will open the day after suggestions go live. You can find the schedule here.
Rules:
- Each member can only suggest OR second one prompt
- Suggestions close after 15 total seconded prompts
When suggesting and seconding, feel free to provide examples and descriptions that may help other members understand the prompt better. These descriptions and examples will be copied over to the voting thread for further discussion.
As always, please express any and all feedback (respectfully, of course), either here or in The Wild Discussion.
Moving on to Voting:
1. A book with ‘all’ or ‘nothing’ in the title
2. A book related to mushrooms, moss, or meadows
3. A book related to LIVE, LAUGH, or LOVE
4. A book set in the winter
5. A book that involves digging up the past
6. A book relating to the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman, or the Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz
7. A book that is the source for one of the quotes from https://www.literaryclock.com/
8. A book with a character who struggles with fame or notoriety
9. A book by a "local" author
10. A book by an Irish author
11. A book where science or technology has gone wrong
12. A book considered a classic
13. A book related to time
14. A book on a Modern Mrs. Darcy Book List
15. A book or author that has been controversial
To Be Seconded:
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(The things I'm doing instead of reading for the read-a-thon...)
Gail pointed out a conundrum with the translated prompt and the way it is written, so I wanted to give a moment to clarify what this prompt is (and isn't).For this prompt, the original book had to be written in any language other than the language we are reading it in by an Asian author.
I know this opens it up a bit, but in an effort to curtail the effects of imperialism and colonialism, I think it's important to recognize that some authors who identify as Asian often write in languages that are more western (namely, English or French, depending on who colonized them). These authors are still Asian authors and would fit the prompt, even if the language they originally wrote in was not (what we would think is) an Asian language.
So the goal of this prompt is to read a book that was not originally written in the language you are reading it in (hence, translated) and "from Asia" being a book written by an author from Asia.
Now seems like a good time to post a What Goes Where thread, where y'all can give input on which prompts we place where on the list. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
IDEASA science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman
- March for Women's History Month
A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting
- February (awards season)
- June (Tony awards)
A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y
A book with a serpentine element on the cover
- Year of the Snake - January 29th
A book published in 2025
- End of year
A book whose title has ten or fewer letters
- October, the 10th month
A book by an author with a common noun in their name
- March - the only month name that is also a noun (yes, it's also a verb, but still used as a noun)
A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list
- January, since this was the very START of the functioning ATY52
A mystery or true crime book
- October
Two books with a connection from different genres
- Straddling May and June (Connection: both used as women’s names, Different Genres: different seasons (Spring and Summer))
Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles
- Opposites Day January 25
A book with waves on the cover
- Summer
A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2024 or 2025
- End of year
A haunting book
- October
A book of secrets, lies, or deception
- April Fools Day
A book set in a fictional location
- March - March 4, 1881 — Sherlock Holmes gets his first (Watson-recorded) case, A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle
- May - May 4 — Alice goes down the rabbit hole (this is also the real Alice’s birthday), Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
- July - July 20, 1866 — The steamer Governor Higginson encounters a mysterious sea creature, one of a run of such encounters, Twenty Thousand Years Under the Sea, Jules Verne
- July - July 31, 1990 (or 1991, depending on who you trust) — Hagrid arrives to tell Harry Potter he’s a wizard, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K. Rowling
- September - September 9, 1958 — Where the portal takes you (at 11:58 am), 11/22/63, Stephen King
- September - September 29, 1935 — Josef attempts his first daring escape at the Charles Bridge, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon
A book by an author that uses 3 names
- March 3rd (3/3)
A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family
- November for Friendsgiving
A book title that could be a country song
- Summer
A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines
- Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day December 8th
A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time
A book about witches, goddesses, or nuns
- International Women's Day March 8
- summer solstice maybe
- May 1 = Beltane
- February - St. Brigid's Day. Said to be have been a Celtic abbess, but many think that Christianity adopted the festivals surrounding the Irish goddess Brigid.
A book with an animal, vegetable (plant), or mineral in the title
- Week 20 for 20 Questions
A book with a coastal setting
A book with a sunset vibes on the cover
- End of year (sunset of the year)
A book with a cover that has a building or cityscape
- Winter
A book with a character dealing with death
- Dia De Los Muertos Nov 1-2
- October
- Summer so as not too depressing lol
A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals
- October - October 4th is World Animal Day
- April - April 8th is National Zoo Day and
- August - August 31st is National Zoo Awareness Day
A book set in a manor, mansion, or estate
- October for haunted mansion
A book set primarily in nature
- Earth Day?
A book featuring adult friendships
- September - International Women's Friendship Month
- August - National Friendship Day
A book relating to fire
- May for Beltane
- November 5 Bonfire Night
A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song
- March in connection to when The Sound of Music came out
A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
- Beginning of list (2024 list released in November)
A translated novel from Asia
- Spring for cherry blossoms
- January 29th for Lunar New Year
- May for AAPI Month
A book set in the winter
- Winter, obviously
A book that involves digging up the past
- July: Feast day of Saint Phocas: The patron saint of gardeners and gravediggers, Saint Phocas's feast day is July 23.
- October: Feast day of Saint Callistus I: The patron saint of cemetery workers, Saint Callistus I was a pope and martyr, and his feast day is October 14
A book by an Irish author
- St. Patrick's Day
A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld
A book with a main character who is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, or a criminal
A prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list
A collection of short stories or novellas, essays, poetry, or a mix of various brief writings
- February for the shortest month
A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year
- End of Feb/Beginning of March for the ToB
A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years
A book with a weird or intriguing title
Hey y'all! Now seems like a good time to start the discussion of where we want to place all of the prompts! For those of us who read in order, this can have a big impact on how our year goes (says someone who is currently two books behind... eesh).But even if you're not reading in order, it still may be fun to see how creative we can get in placing our prompts within the list. I'll keep a running list of ideas in the messages below, and I'd love your input before we finalize the order!
We are at 37! And we will have a Read-a-thon winner prompt announced (likely with Poll 15's results as the Read-a-thon won't be finished by Poll 14's results). That puts us at 14 prompts left to vote on.I put "character dealing with death" in genre because that felt more like what the character is going through (plot) vs. who the character is (character).
Adult friendships, on the other hand, feel like more of a statement of who the characters are, which is why I put it in character.
But I'm making it up as I go, so I'm open to changing my mind lol
*whispers* we will also likely have a Close Calls poll that will run like our anniversary polls have run from Sunday-Friday in a week or two but shhhhhhh I didn't say anything lolol
Nadine, Re: NPR's lists...I think it's something people compromise on because 1) it features a huge variety of reads (not just one genre), 2) it gets updated annually, so we have even more books to choose from than we did back in 2023, and 3) it's a list prompt without having too many restrictions due to 1 and 2.
People who wouldn't typically vote in a list or award prompt may compromise on this one (as in, not downvote it) because it's seen as doable and keeps everyone from saying that there aren't enough list prompts!
I personally love it and use it regularly to decide books to read, so I'm glad to see it.
I can only speak for my experience as an American, but I know that it’s hard for translated books to get the marketing and publicity in America that English books do. I typically end up reading a couple translated books a year without trying, but I’m always excited for the push to look for new ones that the prompts provide. And I like that this one has the Asian specificity, as those are even more unlikely to make their way here into the popular books read.
Three of my four upvotes made it to the top - my best voting round so far!
Results are posted for Poll 13!https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The next round of suggestions will open around 8 am CDT on Tuesday, September 17.
