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And our next prompt on our Anniversary List is...10. An author's debut book
Voting for the 2019 Anniversary List prompt will go live on Sunday!
I think I'm going to go up on three setting prompts. We don't have any setting prompts, and while they are my least favorite type of prompt, the three I'm going to vote for (underworld, fictional, and Olympic city) are all really doable. Went up on those three and down on five that are just less exciting for me.
Sorry, suggestions thread descriptions are updated now!
THOUGHTS AND IDEAS FROM THE SUGGESTIONS THREAD1. A book set wholly or partly in an underworld
This could include under the soil, under the sea, mythic underworlds, underground transport, the criminal underworld:
Myth, legend, fantasy. Examples: Girl, Goddess, Queen; The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea; Our Wives Under the Sea
Nature: fungi, animals living underground etc. : Underland: A Deep Time Journey; Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures; The Overstory; The Blue Wonder: Why the Sea Glows, Fish Sing, and Other Astonishing Insights from the Ocean
Transport: The Girl Who Reads on the Métro; The Hunt for Red October; I Am the Subway; The Taking of Pelham One Two Three; The Underground Railroad
Classics: Inferno; A Journey to the Centre of the Earth; 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea;The Kraken Wakes
Criminal underworld – many, many choices
2. A book with a character who wears a mask
Doctors, nurses, superheroes, autistic masking, masquerades, set during the pandemic, ski-masks, masked robbers, metaphorical masks, raccoons, etc.
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3. A vacation book
That could be a book about a vacation, a book you acquired while on vacation, or a book you read on vacation. Or it could take place in a location where you would like to go on vacation. Or maybe reading it just feels like a vacation from whatever is going on in your life at the time.
5. A book from a non-human point of view
Could be an animal, a mythical creature (vampire, zombie, mermaid, ghost, etc) or something like a tree
6. A book with ‘all’ or ‘nothing’ in the title
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
7. A book related to fashion or the fashion industry
Some suggestions:
--a designer:
---The Designer
---A Dress of Violet Taffeta
---By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
--a seamstress or dressmaker, tailor, bootmaker, milliner
--- The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
---A Thread of Madness
-a fashion icon
---Jackie and Me
--- Audrey Hepburn
-the fashion industry or related to
---The Devil Wears Prada
---Spindle City
-an item of fashion
---The Gown
---The Pink Suit
-fashion tragedies
---Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
-fashion in the title
---Mrs Boots
Lots of possibilites...be creative
8. A book connected to a place you’ve lived in
This could be by an author from that place, set in that place, featuring a character from that place, or connected to the place in some way through the character or author's name.
9. A book with a main character that has a pet
Harry Potter, Lessons in Chemistry, Just for the Summer, etc
10. A book with a character who is not heterosexual OR cis-gender
Ashley Herring Blake’s Bright Falls series: https://www.goodreads.com/series/3249...
Best Urban Fantasy with Gay/LBGTQ Characters: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Best YA Fiction with LGBTQ Themes/Characters: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
Best Fantasy Books with Gay Main Characters: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
Graphic Novels Featuring LGBTIQ+ Themes: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
Best “Dark” Gay Characters: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
Best LGBT Humor: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
12. A book with a friend or loved one's name on the cover
Could be in the title, the author, in a blurb!
13. A book where part of or all of the story is set in an Olympic host city
List of cities here: https://architectureofthegames.net/ol...
15. A book related in some way to parenting a child of any age
Parenting Listopias:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
It's now time to get ready to vote for our next set of prompts! The thread will be open for at least 24 hours before the poll gets posted. This is a good opportunity to ask any question you may have regarding the prompts, do some research, or ask for recommendations.Voting will open in the morning of Wednesday, August 7 and results will be posted in the morning of Sunday, August 11 (CST time).
How it works:
- When the voting opens, follow the link to the mini-poll that will be added at the end of this post
- You have a total of 8 votes this poll to spread across your favorite and least favorite prompts (you can also use less than 8 votes)
- You can find examples of acceptable voting practices on the Introduction thread.
- The prompts with the more favorable votes (comparing top votes to bottom votes, and looking at the overall number of votes it received) will be added to the final list
We are asking people to include their Goodreads profile address when they vote. To find this, just go to your own profile and then copy the URL/web address. If for some reason you can't link to your Goodreads profile, please post your full Goodreads name with enough identifiable information that we'll be able to access your profile.
Poll Prompts:
1. A book set wholly or partly in an underworld
2. A book with a character who wears a mask
3. A vacation book
4. A book of secrets, lies, or deception
5. A book from a non-human point of view
6. A book with ‘all’ or ‘nothing’ in the title
7. A book related to fashion or the fashion industry
8. A book connected to a place you’ve lived in
9. A book with a main character that has a pet
10. A book with a character who is not heterosexual OR cis-gender
11. A book set in a fictional location
12. A book with a friend or loved one's name on the cover
13. A book where part of or all of the story is set in an Olympic host city
14. A book involving serendipity
15. A book related in some way to parenting a child of any age
Feel free to discuss the prompts below, but please remember to be respectful to the other group members.
VOTE HERE: https://forms.gle/B5XJgSQ9bMaDzu8M8
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got it!
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Great catch, NancyJ! updated through 44
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I'm suggesting: "A book set in a fictional location"
sorry Pam, I've added it now
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Dubhease, does that mean that the entire book should have a non-human perspective? or that it features one (but could have other POVs from humans)? asking for wording clarification
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Lizzy, that was already seconded. Feel free to suggest or second something else.
