Emily’s Comments (group member since Jan 04, 2017)

Emily’s comments from the Around the Year in 52 Books group.

I love to plan my books ahead, but June has already taken me for a loop... I've finished 3/4 of the June prompts already, and none of them with books I planned. I had fallen behind in April and May, so it's nice to be back ahead a bit, but now I know I'll eventually want to read the books I planned (as side reads, I guess).

I have a few prompts planned in July (my hardest month, with the land/sea/air prompts and the Mediterranean prompt - all have limited books on my TBR) and in August, but we will see how it shakes out.

Thomas, that prompt tends to do better at the end of the voting process when people have an idea of what prompts didn't make it in. It hasn't made it in the pre-poll the last couple of years, but then made it in later.

We will need to think about the "published in 2025" prompt since that one always gets in on the pre-poll but won't be an option on the pre-poll this year.

Beth, for the translated book, we are looking for you to have read a book in a language that it was not first published in. Naomi Novik publishes in English, so unless you read the German version of it, you will need to find another book for that prompt. Sorry about the confusion!

Otherwise, checked through here.

(As a reminder, we would likely take out the "In honor of..." for all final list prompts, so the prompt would just read "A book with hotels, hubris, or humor".)

You only need to use the first and last initials, so you can count TJR for that prompt! And yes, I'd say if the movie has a release date (even if that date hasn't passed), you're ok. Nothing that doesn't have a release date though.

Whew Ciara, I can see why books like this would be difficult for you! What an experience.

Irene, that's a very cool fact!!

Yes definitely Bec, as long as it has the description that tells us what it's about.

And yes LeahS, we would count it.

Tracy, I'd personally be more likely to vote for either the alliterative title OR the alliterative author, but not with it combined like that. It's a bit too long as it's worded.

May was the busiest month ever for me, and I still managed to read a lot of books and squeeze in the last of the May prompts before the calendar rolled to June.

Also, it's only June 4 and I've already thrown my plans out of the window so... tbd on how well I follow this.

23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett - Husbands & Lovers
24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple) - The Suite Spot
25. A book involving a crime other than a murder - The Berry Pickers
26. A book by an author known by their initials - Vengeful

Also have these books on deck:
Book Club - Skye Falling
Book of the Month Club - either Margo's Got Money Troubles or Jackpot Summer

Pride reads checked out from the library:
They Both Die at the End/The First to Die at the End
People Collide
The Emperor and the Endless Palace
Decent People
The Thirty Names of Night
Body Grammar
My husband picked these from the GR Pride blog post lol. I obviously won't read all of these, so if you have suggestions on which to prioritize, that would help!

Yes, I'd say that since she is a pretty well-known author and it's her memoir, it would count, since it is a book about a writer!

Sorry!! I think it was a Google Sheets issue that has now been resolved.

Sounds like we would accept it, but can you link the book so we can read the description?

Yes, the multiweek poll will continue to be in week 4!

and YES, it's our 10th year! Isn't that crazy! I think this is my 8th time doing the polling process (and 4th or 5th as mod).

If anyone has any ideas on how to celebrate (outside of prompts related to the number 10), let me know!

Hm! That's strange! It must have been a Google Sheets thing -- I didn't change anything in the document.

Haha I meant that *I* am not quite ready! It's a big undertaking but I'm excited to see where the list goes this year.

Not quite ready, but here we gooooo

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