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All good Gloria! I know we have new people jumping in the suggestions thread every week!
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Yes Tracy.
3 spots available!
Gloria, you cannot suggest AND second something - only one action on the thread. Since we already have a children's book on the list, I'd recommend using your second here, but it's your call.Edit: Actually, that suggestion has already been seconded, so I'll count your suggestion.
5 spots remaining
I fully recognize it's early morning yet for our American friends lol
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I'll second the meet new books website
Done!
Haha I will count one as the suggestion and one as the second! Though they are slightly different - which wording do you prefer?
Tina, are you ok with how I worded your prompt in the first post of this thread?
Yes, please word your prompts as "a book that..." or something similar
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 relating to fire
2. A book with food as a major theme or plot device
3. A book related to butterflies or moths
4. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song
5. A book recommended to you on the website https://meetnewbooks.com/
6. A book published by an independent publisher
7. A book considered children's literature
8. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
9. A translated novel from Asia
10. A book with (at least) 25 chapters
11. A book with a character in disguise
12. A book with a theme of starting over
13. A children's book that is somehow related to a book you are reading this year
14. A book that includes a challenge to the health of the planet
15. A book with a competent main character
To Be Seconded:
- A book with a page count that ends in 5
(I've edited the first post to also include the summer reading challenge winner's prompt choice!)
Results are posted for Poll 12!https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The next round of suggestions will open around 7 am CDT on Wednesday, September 11.
*Note that Hurricane Francine is literally passing over my house tomorrow, so I may be a bit MIA in the next couple of days. If you need anything, reach out to Jackie or Robin!
Another round with lots of opinions!Top:
A book with a character dealing with death
A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals
Bottom:
A book that was a finalist, runner-up, or winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
A book with an antivillian
A book connected to the quote, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
A book by a Nobel Prize winner
A book that doesn't fit any of the other 51 prompts
Close Call:
A book that fits a suggestion that didn't make the final list
The next round of suggestions will open around 7 am CDT on Wednesday, September 11.
*Note that Hurricane Francine is literally passing over my house tomorrow, so I may be a bit MIA in the next couple of days. If you need anything, reach out to Jackie or Robin!
SUMMER READING CHALLENGE WINNER
Turid was our winner for the Summer Reading challenge, and she picked...
A book featuring adult friendships
Her rationale: My thought process was that a lot of books for children are about friendship, while books for adults tend to focus more on family and romantic relationships. So I would like to read more about adults being friends (or looking for friends, or struggling to find friends, or not seing the point of friendship at all, or growing apart from their childhood friends, etc).
I'd personally probably limit it to the genres shown on the main page for the book (so the top 3-5), but whatever you think is fine. No rules around what counts during this challenge!
Happy Sunday! Voting is open for our 2023 anniversary list prompt!https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
