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2025 Nominations Are Underway!
The entire Around the Year challenge list is generated by the group members. We enjoyed the process so much in the past nine years that we are creating another list for 2025.
We have already chosen some prompts and aim to have a completed list by sometime in September or October. Everyone is very welcome to participate, whether this is your first or tenth year. We did select 2 prompts in a pre-poll based on the most popular books of our recent Readathon.
Find all the info here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/.... Feel free to use our Wild Discussion thread to suggest ideas, ask questions, share opinions, etc. related to next year's prompts. - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Summer Challenge Ends August 31
Our summer challenge has twelve prompts in total, divided into four for each month of summer. For each prompt there is a choice of three tasks. Some are easy, some are more difficult - it’s your choice which you want to complete. You only need to complete one task per prompt to finish the challenge. You can choose to complete all twelve prompts, or if you prefer a shorter challenge you can just complete one month’s prompts.
If you have completed the challenge in any of the ways mentioned above, you can post your result at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/....
The Prize!
For each month you complete you will earn one entry into a draw to be held at the end of the challenge. The winner of the draw will be invited to create one prompt to be included in the 2025 ATY Reading List
Find all the details here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Monthly Discussions & Questions
This year we will continue a separate discussion thread for each month. The August Reading Discussion is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The August question is found here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
If you haven't already told us your favorite books for July, you can post them here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
**You can still add to the Best Books thread for any months of 2023 so that members will have more options for the 2024 prompt using that list**
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Useful Links
You can find the 52 topics of the 2024 reading challenge here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/....
** A printable checklist and Instagram template are found in Msg 2 of that thread** Don't forget to use the hashtags #aroundtheyearin52books and #aty2024 when you post!
The mods will post announcements in this thread, so we encourage you to follow it!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
If you have questions about how the group works or... anything, really, feel free to post it in this thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
In our Reading Discussions folder, you can find links to the current month's discussion thread, as well as Best Books threads for each month: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
If you're looking for discussion about individual prompts for 2024, check out the Weekly Topics folder: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
If you want to create a plan for yourself and track your reading, you can create a thread in this folder:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
Finally, you can check out other book-related discussions (and start your own!) in this folder: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
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2024 Community Spreadsheet - NOTE: LOCATION HAS CHANGED!
The information and link are here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Use this throughout the year to track your completed books. Remember to go under the correct tab for your first name to reserve your space.
We are in good shape as a group with 55% of the challenge completed.
Most completed prompts -
1. Title ends in A, T, or Y
2. Connected to something read in 2023
9. Fewer than 2024 ratings on GR
15. A book whose author's name contains J, Q, X, or Z
Least completed prompts -
22. A book with an author from an African country
39. 2 books with similar covers, book 2
48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt
Prompt of the month -
34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs
According to the 1932 Disney movie, their names are Dopey, Doc, Bashful, Sneezy, Happy, Grumpy, and Sleepy. For many suggestions, see this thread:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Can you believe we are already here? Use this thread to discuss books you loved in July, books you read or are planning on reading in August, and anything else bookish you want to chat about!
The God of the Woods was my best book of July! If you loved Long Bright River, you'll adore this one, I think.
I read Margo's Got Money Troubles, and it would work PERFECTLY for the modern media prompt. OnlyFans and TikTok play a huge role.
Tracy wrote: "Hi Emily. The details for the Shakespeare prompt (#1 on the list) are still not showing up on the mobile app. I've sent you another version in a Goodreads private message. I'm hoping this one works..."Hey Tracy, I didn't receive your message, if you sent it already!
THOUGHTS AND IDEAS FROM THE SUGGESTIONS THREAD1. A book connected to one of the phrases attributed to Shakespeare
" These can be found on many sites, but this one seems the most complete and concise to me. It gives a VERY brief description of what the phrase means, and the Play>Act>Scene where it can be found. If you are aware of a better one, please let us know!
https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explor...
Here are the phrases:
• We have seen better days
• Too much of a good thing
• Neither rhyme nor reason
• I have not slept a wink
• Cruel to be kind
• The clothes make the man
• In my heart of hearts
• Own flesh and blood
• He hath eaten me out of house and home
• A dish fit for the Gods
• It’s Greek to me
• Sterner stuff
• The be-all and end-all
• Jealousy is the green-eyed monster
• What’s done is done
• Something wicked this way comes
• Foregone conclusion
• Wear my heart upon my sleeve
• All that glitters isn’t gold
• A blinking idiot
• The world is my oyster
• Short shrift
• A tower of strength
• Star-crossed lovers
• Wild-goose chase
• Break the ice
• Brave new world
• Melted into thin air"
2. A book connected to mushrooms
This could be a book featuring mushrooms, having a mushroom on the cover or in the title, a cookbook using mushrooms, a book with a character who does shrooms, a more abstract creative connection to the name of a mushroom, a book about nuclear bombs (mushroom clouds), a romance book involving a man…
Listopia of mushroom/fungi books: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Listopia of mushroom horror: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Listopia of mushroom fiction: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Listopia of mushrooming guides: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
Fun mushroom names: Poison Pie, Terracotta Hedgehog, Weeping Widow, Stinking Parachute, Devil’s Stinkhorn, Liberty Cap, The Sickener, The Flirt, Old Man of the Woods, Fairy Inkcap, Destroying Angel, Caesar's Mushroom, Charcoal Burner, Ink Cap, Field Mushroom, Puffball, Lion's Mane, Giraffe Spots, Hawk Wings, Slippery Jack, Wine Cup
3. A book related to National DNA Day
National DNA Day is April 25, 2025
(https://www.calendarr.com/united-stat...)
This could include a variety of genres, etc.
Any science-related book regarding DNA:
(1) KIS—the word “April” in the title, a book with a character named April, a book set in the month of April
(2) it’s discovery
(3) it’s usefulness in investigations/solving crimes
(4) our ability to map biological relations (23 and Me, etc.)
(5) Any book regarding genetically caused diseases/afflictions or a character dealing with one:
Cleveland Clinic--https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health...
(6) A book written by an author suffering from a genetically caused disease/affliction
4. A book that comforts you
This could be a go to author or genre, a re-read or a book you find soothing
5. A book with a lock or keyhole on the cover
Two example listopias:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
7. A book related to blood, sweat, or tears
(BIO option a book related to two or three of the words).
Helpful listopias
The word blood, sweat or tears in the title https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Best Non-fiction War Books https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/824
Best Heart Pounding Books https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Fantastic Future Warfare novels. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... (there are some books on this list that don't belong)
Working Up a Sweat: Female Athletes in Romance Novels https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
Popsugar 2023 #33 - A Book About an Athlete/Sport https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Books that Made You Cry! https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
8. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines
I thought this would be a fun prompt to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Back to the Future.
Possible titles I came across:
1. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
2. OutlanderDiana Gabaldon
3. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
4. A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
5. 11/22/63 by Stephen King
6. The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
7. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
8. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
9. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
10. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
9. A book about or involving modern media
Would be open to fiction and non-fiction, to social media, podcasts, TikTok & Co., but also historical books dealing with media that was new/modern at the time (e.g. a historical novel where the emerging technology of photography or home TV plays a role). It could even refer to a Shakespeare play written by an AI if that's your fancy.
I think we've had social media and podcasts prompts as well as multimedia prompts in the past (or was that Popsugar? Or prompts that didn't make it in?), but I don't think we've had this particular one
10. A book with an occupation in the title
The Judge's List
The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild
A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories
Doctor Sleep
The Fishermen
11. A book about breaking up or breaking down
It could be a romantic break up, or a band breaking up, corporation breaking up, a country or an empire breaking up. Disaster/societal collapse/breakdown. Mental break down. Characters stranded caused by a breakdown.
Some break-up/down books off the top of my head:
Someone Else's Shoes (both relationship and mental breakdowns)
The Fifth Season (environmental breakdown)
The Wake-Up Call (hotel is falling apart and there's a scene in a broken down car)
The Husbands (well she stuffs the husbands back into the attic to get rid of them but close enough)
Some lists:
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
13. A book set in a country bordering the Caribbean Sea
Basically Mexico, central America, Cuba, all the Lesser Antilles, and the top part of South America
Map of Caribbean Sea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbe...
Possible listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
14. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time
People can choose how long the lapse has been
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 Thursday, August 1 and results will be posted in the morning of Monday, August 5 (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 connected to one of the phrases attributed to Shakespeare
2. A book connected to mushrooms
3. A book related to National DNA Day
4. A book that comforts you
5. A book with a lock or keyhole on the cover
6. A book with a tv or film adaptation
7. A book related to blood, sweat, or tears
8. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines
9. A book about or involving modern media
10. A book with an occupation in the title
11. A book about breaking up or breaking down
12. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years
13. A book set in a country bordering the Caribbean Sea
14. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time
15. A book involving an island
Feel free to discuss the prompts below, but please remember to be respectful to the other group members.
VOTE HERE: https://forms.gle/9qcPVkzSGS4EY4k2A
You can see the first post for the final list. Sorry about that y'all!
DONE sorry I had to step away from my computer!
2 spots remaining
Oh good I was hoping someone would!
5 spots remaining!
John, a BIO option is a "Bring It On" option - a way of making a broad prompt more challenging or specific. We also have KIS options ("Keep It Simple") as a way to make harder prompts easier. Both of these are just suggestions as to the way prompts could be used more creatively.
Wow I completely missed that one, thanks Marie.
10 spots remaining
That worked, Brittany!
Tracy, I've got the full list from the first post, no need to repost it as it's already been seconded.
I'm going to second the DNA prompt
