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2018 Challenge - General
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Where does this book fit?
My library just acquired Quests for Glory and I'm dying to read it. Any ideas where it would go? (I've already read something for the next book in the series prompt so that one's out.)
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Nadine wrote: "Perhaps the author is local or of a different ethnicity than you?"I am pretty sure the author is American so not local to me (English) but different ethnicity will work. In fact, I think that's the same prompt that I used the first book in the series for last year. Silly me!
How can I use Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine? Which prompt will it fit?
Bhavna wrote: "How can I use Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine? Which prompt will it fit?"Mental health or, at a stretch, animal in title (from Lord of the Rings - oliphants/mumakil are the big elephant things - I've seen other participants use fantasy creatures so it should be fine).
Cendaquenta wrote: "Bhavna wrote: "How can I use Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine? Which prompt will it fit?"Mental health or, at a stretch, animal in title (from Lord of the Rings - oliphants/mumakil are the big..."
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I just started reading Big Little Lies but I am not sure where it fits. I know that one of the characters has twin sons so maybe #30 A book with characters who are twins, but I wondered if anyone has other ideas.Thanks!
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Hi all.. The book The Magdalen Girls by V.S. Alexander, can I use that for the prompt a novel based on a real person? The author doesn't use specific names of real people in the book, but the experiences of the characters are based on what happened to the women in the magdalene laundries.
Bhavna wrote: "How can I use Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine? Which prompt will it fit?"It can also be used for 32. A book from a celebrity book club (Reese Witherspoon).
Crumb wrote: "Floor wrote: "Crumb wrote: "I'm doing a buddy read starting on the 1st of January.. and I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on where Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah..."I am a biologist. A firefly is absolutely an animal! So, yes, this book would fit in that category.
Hello, All. Could someone please tell me where The Women in the Castle fits in? My book club is reading it. Thanks in advance.
Aimee Dars wrote: "Bhavna wrote: "How can I use Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine? Which prompt will it fit?"It can also be used for 32. A book from a celebrity book club (Reese Witherspoon)."
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Any ideas for where to slate Gun Love? I've currently put it in for "a book published in 2018" but any other prompt options would be great to know!
Naina wrote: "Any ideas for where to slate Gun Love? I've currently put it in for "a book published in 2018" but any other prompt options would be great to know!"This is a real stretch, but if you count backwards lyrics, Kiss had a hit in the 70s with Love Gun.
Carol wrote: "Hello, All. Could someone please tell me where The Women in the Castle fits in? My book club is reading it. Thanks in advance."Since it mentions Adolf Hitler in the description, I'd think you could use it as a novel based on a real person. It could also be a country that fascinates you.
Naina wrote: "Any ideas for where to slate Gun Love? I've currently put it in for "a book published in 2018" but any other prompt options would be great to know!"This would fit in as a problem facing society today.
Tania wrote: "Carol wrote: "Hello, All. Could someone please tell me where The Women in the Castle fits in? My book club is reading it. Thanks in advance."Since it mentions Adolf Hitler in the ..."
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I would say A man called Ove works for a book about grief.
Tania wrote: "Carol wrote: "Hello, All. Could someone please tell me where The Women in the Castle fits in? My book club is reading it. Thanks in advance."Since it mentions Adolf Hitler in the ..."
Since I'm reading The Invention of Wings for a novel based on a read person and
At the Water's Edge for a country that fascinates me, do any of you think that The Women in the Castle would fit as a book with an ugly cover?
Or would those other two fit somewhere else?
Thanks again.
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Well, "ugly cover" is completely, 100% subjective. If you think it's ugly, then it counts as "ugly."
Mike wrote: Tania wrote:
Thank you both for those ideas -- I've already read books for those categories!
Melanie wrote: "Does A Man Called Ove fit in anywhere this year? I already have something for "recommended"."There's also a movie version that you rent/buy/check out from your library and watch before reading the book.
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Lucy wrote: "Anyone have any suggestions about where Never Let Me Go could fit?"I was going to use it for #14 a book by an author of a different ethnicity than me, but then I read something else for that prompt.
Hey, I’m currently reading Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser and Hamlet by William Shakespeare and I’m wondering where those can fit in the challenge. (I already used Macbeth for play/musical)
Kaiori17 wrote: "Hey, I’m currently reading Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser and Hamlet by William Shakespeare and I’m wondering where those can fit in the challenge. (I already used Macbeth for play/musical)"Maybe a book about death or grief for Hamlet? I'm not familiar with Sister Carrie.
Kaiori17 wrote: "Hey, I’m currently reading Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser and Hamlet by William Shakespeare and I’m wondering where those can fit in the challenge. (I already used Macbeth for play/musical)"You could use Hamlet for mental health. He definitely shows characteristics of both depression and mania.
Can anyone help me figure out where Trigger Warning would go?It's a collection of spooky/bizarre short stores by Neil Gaiman
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Jennifer wrote: "Can anyone help me figure out where Trigger Warning would go?It's a collection of spooky/bizarre short stores by Neil Gaiman"
Past Goodreads Choice Awards winner! It won the Fantasy category in 2015!
Cendaquenta wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Can anyone help me figure out where Trigger Warning would go?It's a collection of spooky/bizarre short stores by Neil Gaiman"
Past Goodreads Choice Awards winner! It won the Fant..."
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Hi which prompt can I use for The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain? Thanks
Bhavna wrote: "Hi which prompt can I use for The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain? Thanks"Maybe #39, "a book involving a bookstore or library", since the main character is a bookseller.
If your favourite colour is red, you could use it for #21, or if France interests you, #7.
Cendaquenta wrote: "Bhavna wrote: "Hi which prompt can I use for The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain? Thanks"Maybe #39, "a book involving a bookstore or library", since the main character is a bookseller.
If your fa..."
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I want to read The Three-Body Problem but I'm not sure if it will fit anywhere. There is definitely stuff happening on another planet, but I don't know if it could fit a book set on another planet because it sounds mostly like stuff is happening on Earth. Any ideas?
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Possible categories:
- country that fascinates you (most of the book takes place in China)
- Different ethnicity (if you're not Chinese)
- Two authors (if you read a translated version, and count the translator as a second author)
- Celebrity book club (Mark Zuckerberg apparently leads a book club!)
- Cyberpunk (this one is a stretch, a big part of the pot involves people logging into a computer game that creates a simulated world, in which they interact with each other - the punk part is the stretch, it's not terribly "punky " - the gamers ARE a secret society, so there's covert action, at least)
- recommended by another Popsugar participant - I recommend this book!!!
Nadine wrote: "Three Body is all set on Earth, so I don't think it qualifies for "another planet." Yes, there are aliens, but the action is all on Earth.Possible categories:
- country that fascinates you (most..."
Awesome - thank you!!
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It's a very strange and dense book, and it really made an impression on me, I hope you like it too!! I still need to read the third book in the series.
Hi, in December I marked down The Secret Life of Bees for my 2018 challenge, but now I can't remember for which prompt it was supposed to be...I'll read it anyway but this is bothering me, any insight?
ila wrote: "Hi, in December I marked down The Secret Life of Bees for my 2018 challenge, but now I can't remember for which prompt it was supposed to be...I'll read it anyway but this is bothe..."
Also works for death/grief, or a book made into a movie you've already seen
Do you have ideas for where 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster might fit? I´m thinking maybe some celebrity book club read it?
Nadine wrote: "Three Body is all set on Earth, so I don't think it qualifies for "another planet." Yes, there are aliens, but the action is all on Earth.Possible categories:
- country that fascinates you (most..."
I'd never heard of this book until now but it sounded so intriguing I just added it to my library hold list!
Sarah wrote: "Animal in the title maybe?"thank you Sarah, it should have been pretty easy to spot it but I honestly couldn’t lol
on the prompt it goes
Where can I use The Lost City of Z by David Grann?
Bhavna wrote: "Where can I use The Lost City of Z by David Grann?"There's a movie based on it, so maybe prompt #1 if you go and watch that first, or Advanced #8 (a microhistory).
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