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Breanne, it looks like Linda seconded it right before you. Feel free to suggest or second something else.
Hey y'all, please keep this thread limited to suggestions and ideas for the voting thread! It's a bit difficult to track what is a suggestion/second with people talking on the side. Thank you!
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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 royalty
2. A book whose cover, title, or author’s name relates to SANDWICHES
3. A book by a Generation Y (Millennial) writer
4. A book involving a fork in the road or a life changing decision
5. A book related to something you loved, learned about, or longed for early in your life
6. A book with an alliterative title
7. A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list
8. A book with a city skyline on the cover
9. A book featuring a circus, amusement park, or fair
10. A book with an ensemble cast
11. A book about the “civil rights” or “human rights” of a group with which you are less familiar
12. A mystery or true crime book
13. A book shelved as literary fiction
14. A book with a title that is only a name or nickname
15. A book with a reflection on the cover
To Be Seconded:
- A book involving fashion
- A book where at least one character is trapped or stranded
- A book with opposites in the title or on the cover
- A book celebrating its 25th Anniversary
In the past, we’ve done a poll that only had Close Call prompts. Last year, however, most of the Close Calls eventually made it in, so we didn’t have a need for a poll for them.
Hi all! As a reminder, this thread is for mod announcements only! I recommend you follow this thread to get a notification every time we open a new poll, but please keep all questions and comments to the other threads in this folder!
The close call was SOOOOOOO close. Like... one upvote would have made the difference. So I hope it will get resubmitted in a later round.
POLL 2BOTTOM
A book suggested to you by an AI model (ChatGPT and Co.) based on any prompt you give to it
A book with dungeons, donjons, or in high dudgeon
A book related to "The Great Gatsby"
CLOSE CALL
A book that fits prompt no. 25 of a previous year's ATY challenge
NO DESIGNATION
A book title or author’s first or last name starting with J
A book published in a quarter-century year (e.g. 1925, 1950, 1975, 2000, 2025)
A book with an East-West connection
A book with a primarily red, green or blue cover
A book with a negation in the title
A book where the word “ten” is in the author’s name or title
A book where science or technology has gone wrong
A book set before 1900
A book involving the pursuit of happiness
Results are posted for Poll 2!https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The next round of suggestions will open around 11 am CDT on Saturday, July 13.
Happy results day!Top:
A book whose title has ten or fewer letters
A book by an author with a common noun in their name
Bottom:
A book suggested to you by an AI model (ChatGPT and Co.) based on any prompt you give to it
A book with dungeons, donjons, or in high dudgeon
A book related to "The Great Gatsby"
Close Call:
A book that fits prompt no. 25 of a previous year's ATY challenge
The next round of suggestions will open around 11 am CDT on Saturday, July 13.
I read two good books with purple covers last month! 
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(Margo's cover looks pink on my computer, it's definitely purple in real life.)
I’m working for my husband’s firm, a bit from home, but mostly from the office. Problem is that my daughter is still in her daycare that was closer to my old job, so my commute to drop her off is longer. She switches August 1st so things will ease up!
Starting a new job mid-June has thrown my entire existence off track lol. Still trying to find balance and a routine, and my commute has gotten much longer, which is a blessing (more audiobook time) and a curse (less print book time).I'm currently one book behind on ATY, but I only have 23% to go for my current read for the Sea prompt. The bad news is that nearly all of my ATY books for July are books that I'd like to (or must) read in print.
My book club has our annual beach trip at the end of the month and I'm hoping to just sit and read for four days straight. It will be glorious.
Here's my plan:
There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak (a book related to sea) - currently 77% through
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (a book related to land)
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy (a book related to air)
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty (a book set near the Mediterranean)
The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty (side read)
The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty (going for the gold)
All of those are in print - the first three because they are either ARCs, new releases, or I just want to read in print, and the last three because my library doesn't have the audio.
I'm also currently listening to Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver as a (very long) side read.
Pamela wrote: "Totally unrelated to the topic, but the poll this week is really pretty and peaceful. Thank you Emily or whoever made it!"Hahaha thank you! That's the vibes I needed this week.
Voting is open for Poll 2! Results will be posted on Friday, July 12, so get your vote in before then.https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I just got an ARC of Blake Crouch’s new book that’s coming out in October and I am THRILLED. He’s a must-read for me.
