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Pam wrote: "The listopia for the opposites has the wrong wording for the prompt. It looks like it was copied from the other listopia."Oops I was rushing! Will fix now.
I think the way the prompt is worded leaves it open to interpretation. If it was worded "two books where one has a word and the other book has its opposite in the title" that would be much more limiting, but here, I think you can use a book with the pair within the title, or two books with one word each.
POLL 4 - MULTIWEEKCLOSE CALL
3 weeks: Three books by authors from three different continents
NO DESIGNATION
2 Weeks: A book related to a beginning and a book related to an end
3 Weeks: A book relating to Blood, A book relating to Sweat, and A book relating to Tears
2 Weeks: Two books with sequential numbers in the title
4 Weeks: A book connected to Northeast, A book connected to Southeast, A book connected to Northwest, & A book connected to Southwest
2 Weeks: Two books related to high and low
2 Weeks: Two books featuring complementary colors
3 Weeks: Three books by authors from 3 different European countries
2 Weeks: One book that asks a question and one book that offers a solution
3 Weeks: A book relating to "up", A book relating to "down", & A book relating to "sideways"
2 Weeks: A book that matches the season/month that you read it during, and a book that is opposite the season/month that you read it in
2 Weeks: A book that is short (less than 250 pages) & A book that is long (greater than 450 pages)
2 weeks: Lost and found: One book featuring themes of loss and another "found"
Results are posted for Poll 4!https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The next round of suggestions will open around 1 pm CDT on Thursday, July 25. I will be traveling, so I plan on posting it when we get back in the car after lunch. Should be around this time but it may be flexible. Watch this thread for the announcement that it is live.
And here's our multiweek prompts!Top:
2 Weeks: Two books with a connection from different genres
2 Weeks: Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles
These will be present on the final list as such:
Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 1
Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 2
Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 1
Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 2
Bottom:
We do not include bottoms in the multi-week poll
Close Call:
3 weeks: Three books by authors from three different continents
The next round of suggestions will open around 1 pm CDT on Thursday, July 25. I will be traveling, so I plan on posting it when we get back in the car after lunch. Should be around this time but it may be flexible. Watch this thread for the announcement that it is live.
Delayed results today, mostly because I haven’t had a chance to get to my computer! Should be posted before noon!
Just a head's up: All three of the mods are traveling this week (we clearly didn't time our vacations well!). We will still be running the polls on schedule, but there may be a delay in questions answered, timing of threads being posted, etc. Please bear with us! And be nice to each other, since we won't be in the threads as much lol(If you have any issues, as always, it's easier to DM one of us and we can help you out.)
Know My Name is one of the best memoirs I've ever read! I want this prompt to win just so you have an excuse to read it lol
My highest rated, currently, of the books that have already been published, is Fourth Wing lol. I plan on getting to that this year so we would see what lands at the top after that.
I'll have to dig in the archives a bit, but I'll work on it and add them to the top post so everyone can look ahead and get ideas!Edit: They are all posted!
Each mod (me, Jackie, and Robin) picked 5 prompts we wanted to include! I think we are all of the same mind that the hyper-specific ones would likely not be the best prompts for this list.
Yes! They will not be assigned weeks. It will be more of a side challenge.
I know we technically have a 2016 prompt on the main list already, but that one is a bit more open (you have 52 choices!) whereas this one will be one single prompt everyone reads. I'm excited to see what makes it!I left the numbers from the original list here... if that's too confusing, let me know and I'll change it back to 1-15.
It is now time to vote for our ANNIVERSARY LIST: Throwing it back to 2016!For more information about this special Anniversary List, see this thread.
Voting will open in the morning of Sunday, July 21 and results will be posted in the morning of Friday, July 26 (CDT 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.
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.
As this is an ANNIVERSARY LIST poll, only ONE prompt will make the final list. Use your votes wisely!
Poll Prompts:
5. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name
6. The highest rated on your TBR
9. A book that was mentioned in another book
11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge
14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How)
15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago)
22. The first book in a new to you series
27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion)
28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir
35. An award winning book
38. A book about an anti hero
41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction)
43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night
45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have
50. A book originally written in a language other than English
VOTE HERE: https://forms.gle/9egAiuUeyER63BuJA
Feel free to use this thread to ask questions or discuss the process as a whole! We will have individual voting threads for each week for you to discuss specific prompts there!
THE ANNIVERSARY LIST2016: A book originally written in a language other than English
2017: A book whose title doesn't contain the letter "E"
2018: An author's debut book
2019: A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
2020: A book with an emotion in the title
2021: A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
2022: A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
2023: A book whose author has published more than 7 books
2024: A book that has been on your TBR for over a year
2025: A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family
Hey everyone!The mods have a SURPRISE CHALLENGE for you! This year, in honor of our 10th year of our reading challenge, we are tacking on an extra 10 prompts - one from each year of our reading list.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
This is an extra challenge - a side quest if you will. We will still have our traditional 52 prompt challenge, but this is an extra bonus for anyone who wants to play along and celebrate our anniversary.
Each week, the mods will post a poll featuring 15 prompts from each year's reading challenge. The poll (and voting thread) will go live on Sunday, and the results will be revealed on Friday, with the next year's poll going up the following Sunday.
These polls will overlay with the regular polling schedule - they are two separate things happening at the same time! We are not adjusting the regular polling schedule!
ONE PROMPT will win from each poll. This will be the prompt that gets the highest number of net votes (up votes - down votes).
HOW ARE THE PROMPTS CHOSEN?
Each mod (me, Jackie, and Robin) picked 5 prompts we wanted to include!
THE SCHEDULE:
Sunday, July 21: 2016 Voting Thread Opens
Friday, July 26: 2016 Results Posted
Sunday, July 28: 2017 Voting Thread Opens
Friday, August 2: 2017 Results Posted
Sunday, August 4: 2018 Voting Thread Opens
Friday, August 9: 2018 Results Posted
Sunday, August 11: 2019 Voting Thread Opens
Friday, August 16: 2019 Results Posted
Sunday, August 18: 2020 Voting Thread Opens
Friday, August 23: 2020 Results Posted
Sunday, August 25: 2021 Voting Thread Opens
Friday, August 30: 2021 Results Posted
Sunday, September 1: 2022 Voting Thread Opens
Friday, September 6: 2022 Results Posted
Sunday, September 8: 2023 Voting Thread Opens
Friday, September 13: 2023 Results Posted
Sunday, September 15: 2024 Voting Thread Opens
Friday, September 19: 2024 Results Posted
WHAT ABOUT 2025?
Well... we will cross that bridge when we get to it, but the mods have a few ideas up their sleeve.
WHAT LISTS ARE WE CHOOSING FROM?
You can find the previous lists with all 52 prompts in these archived posts:
2016 List
2017 List
2018 List
2019 List
2020 List
2021 List
2022 List
2023 List
2024 List
Follow the announcements thread for more info on when these go live, and enjoy the voting!
