[2018] Suggestions for 1st Mini-Poll

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

The entire Around the Year challenge list is generated by the group members. We enjoyed the process so much in the past two years that we are creating another list for 2018.

How it will work:
The topics for the 2018 RC list will be determined through around 13 mini-polls. Each user will vote for their favorite 4 topics in each mini-poll, which will then add up to the 52 topics (13 polls x 4 topics/poll=52 weekly topics). Suggestions for each poll will be opened until 15-20 suggestions are received+seconded. Then a poll will be opened for voting for one week so you can select your 4 favorite suggestions. This timeframe allows for a completed list in October-November.

Rules:
- One suggestion per poll per user OR one "seconded" per user (we're trying a new way, so it can change during the process)
- Suggestions close after 20 total seconded suggestions
- The number of seconded suggestions can vary and will be announced in the topic
- If the categories are not enough balanced at some point, the mods will add rules to encourage variety

A link to the poll will be posted in a new thread as soon as 20 suggestions are received.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

For right now, we will be doing "new suggestion" polls for half of the entries. So every other poll will be devoted to new suggestions.

We assess how it is going as the process progresses and adjust as needed.

[Silvia]

The first suggestion :)
A book set in a circus

[Charity]

A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)

[Anastasia]

A game changer
For example a book that changed a genre Frankenstein
A person who changed the world
Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
An author that changed how we see the world or society
The Book of Negroes
Toni Morrison

[Clare]

Read a book that at least one of the ATY mods has rated 5 stars

[°~Amy~°]

Have a family member or a friend pick a book off your tbr shelf for you (the less they know about books, the better!)

This can be using your entire tbr or a small selection of books that you take to them to have one choice picked. Wouldn't this be fun with a 4 year old doing the picking? :-)

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

I second the suggestion for a book set in a circus. sounds fun, and there's surprisingly a lot of them.

[Lieke]

A book about (someone) dead

[Nadja]

A book published in a year you haven't read from yet.

[sort your read shelf by date pub and search for gaps :) ]

https://www.goodreads.com/list/best_o... (1980-2017 by year)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/38 (1800- now by decade)

Or search for a spefic year in the lists.

[KM]

Following on Nadja's above suggestion - A book first published in the year you were born

[Francesca]

A book with a pronoun in the title.

[Brandyn]

A book written in second person
ie: All the Truth That's in Me

[Peter]

A book written in first person perspective.

[Peter]

oh I missed the above suggestion....page hadn't reloaded when I submitted.

Just a clarification though.... Did you really mean second person perspective (books written from the reader's perspective using the pronoun "you" describing the actions that you the reader are "doing"; think choose your own adventure books). Or did you mean first person perspective (with the narrator using the pronouns "I" and "me" as that seems to be the way the example book is written based on the title)? If that is the case could the mods count my suggestion as a second.

[Brandyn]

I meant second person using the pronoun "you". The book I suggested was the first one I'd ever read written that way and I loved it. So our suggestions are different, but similar;)

Goodreads has a list for second person books. I've only read the one in my comment above, but several others are on my TBR.

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

[Nikki]

Kiki wrote: "Following on Nadja's above suggestion - A book first published in the year you were born"

I second this!

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

I hesitate to suggest this since I'm afraid it will be difficult to find books but:

A book that mentions its own title in the contents.

[Michelle]

A book about mental illness

[Kelly]

Second a book about mental illness

[Zaz]

So far:
A book set in a circus
A book first published in the year you were born
A book about mental illness

[Katie]

Kelly wrote: "Second a book about mental illness"

Kelly, you can either make a new suggestion OR second someone else's suggestion. Please indicate whether you'd like to keep your suggestion of a book set in a foreign country or keep your seconding of a book about mental illness.

[Kelly]

Oh that's more difficult cause you don't know what will come up... ok sorry for the confusion. Guess just ignore my second entry

[Kelly]

Or keep the second for book about mental illness both are fine with me. Whatever is easier

[Katie]

They're equally easy. You get to choose. Just tell us which you prefer to keep. :)

[Kelly]

Just delete the suggestion about book in foreign country

[Alex]

Read a Book Set in Africa
Read a Book Set in South America

Reasoning: Most Book at least that I know of are set in Europe, Asia, or North America. This could broaden our horizons!

[Katie]

Kelly wrote: "Just delete the suggestion about book in foreign country"

Done. Thanks!

[MissLemon]

Not sure how to word this succinctly but a book by an author that writes under at least two different names ( e.g J.K. Rowling also writes as Robert Galbraith, )books written under either name would count)

[Jill]

Charity wrote: "A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)"

I second this suggestion.

[Jill]

A book by an author whose Christian name and Surname start with the same letter eg. Bill Bryson Chris Carter

[Rosemary]

Jill wrote: "A book by an author whose Christian name and Surname start with the same letter eg. Bill Bryson Chris Carter"

I second this one

[Nicole]

Clare wrote: "Read a book that at least one of the ATY mods has rated 5 stars"

I second this suggestion.

[J]

Anastasia wrote: "A game changer"

I'll second Anastasia's Game Changer suggestion. This one could make for a good topic discussion thread since we'd get to talk about why a book is a game changer and what effects it had.

[Sarah]

A book from television series that was made into books.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...) This link has a ton of shows that were made into books!

[Hélène]

I second Nadja's suggestion : a book published in a year you haven't read from yet.

[Marie]

I'll second Brandyn's suggestion - a book written in second person.

I don't think I've ever read anything written that way, I'm intrigued.

[Vanessa]

A book with Arthurian legend

[D.L.]

Amy wrote: "Have a family member or a friend pick a book off your tbr shelf for you (the less they know about books, the better!)

This can be using your entire tbr or a small selection of books that you take..."

I second this!

[Zaz]

List moved to the last post

[Kristi]

A book published posthumously.

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...

[Ira]

A book that intimidates/ scares you

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Zaz, you missed mine ;)

A book that mentions its own title in the contents.

[Zaz]

Oh my. I added it Laura :)

[Samantha]

I second Alex's: A book set in Africa or South America

[Pam]

A derivative book (based on or derived from an existing book)

[Samantha]

I second the Book Published Posthumously suggestion

[Tia]

Vanessa wrote: "A book with Arthurian legend"

I will second this suggestion.

[Hilde]

I second Katie's: A book with a time of day in the title.

[Kelly]

Laura wrote: "I hesitate to suggest this since I'm afraid it will be difficult to find books but:

A book that mentions its own title in the contents."

I second Laura's!!! I love it. Two books I have read/am reading this year have mentioned their titles- Behind Closed Doors and Look Behind You. The second book has a big focus on it and would be good in a discussion.