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Where does this book fit?
Bhavna wrote: "Keen to read Pachinko. Where would it fit?"I am using Pachinko for “A Book Being Read by a Stranger in a Public Place.” I don’t live where there’s a place to find people reading in public so decided to base this prompt on a book featured on the Subway Book Review Instagram account, and Pachinko was featured on January 25.
Jordan wrote: "I need a home for Then She Was Gone. I've already filled the death/grief prompt. Thoughts?!"If you can't find a better prompt for it, you could go for "A book published in 2018"
Where can I use Killing Pablo? Can I use it for a problem facing the society?
Lucy wrote: "Does anyone have any suggestions for where My Name Is Lucy Barton could fit?"It's been turned into a play, actually.
Hi all! I'm reading Finnegans Wake for my book club. I know there is a song called Finnegan's Wake but I have already read my book where the title is a song lyric.
Any recommendations on which prompt this could fulfill?
Fannie wrote: "Any suggestions for The Rosie Project ?"The only one I can think of immediately is - A book set in a country that fascinates you (Australia)
Candice wrote: "Hi all! I'm reading Finnegans Wake for my book club. I know there is a song called Finnegan's Wake but I have already read my book where the title is a song lyric.
Any recommendatio..."
This is a book with characters who are twins.
A man called Ove would also fit the death or grief prompt.
Reading Bleak House for a different purpose - where can I fit it in?!
Rhian wrote: "Reading Bleak House for a different purpose - where can I fit it in?!"I read it last year for the '800+ pages' prompt, so it definitely fits into a previous year's prompt.
Besides that, like most Dickens, 'death and grief' seems fair. Possibly 'a book made into a movie you've already seen' if you've watched the BBC miniseries, and of course, if England fascinates you, there's that prompt. Also, on googling it, it would appear that it has been adapted into stage plays (though, obviously, only quite loosely, or it would be a LONG play).
I wouldn't be surprised if it's also a song lyric or mentioned in another book, but I don't have personal proof of those.
Hi! Does anyone have any ideas on where to fit “State of Wonder” or “The Magician’s Assistant” both by Ann Patchett? I already used the meant to read in 2017 prompt. Darn! Thanks!
Bhavna wrote: "Where can I use Killing Pablo? Can I use it for a problem facing the society?"You could use it for micro history or true crime.
Rhian wrote: "Reading Bleak House for a different purpose - where can I fit it in?!"This is a little late, but Bleak House is one of the books mentioned in Marisha Pessl's Special Topics in Calamity Physics. I've got it in my book list under that heading.
Where can I use Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi?
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That was an excellent book, a 5 star read, and I recommend it, but it doesn't really fit very well into any of our other categories. (I've found this year's list of categories to be quite frustrating in that way!) Possibly author of a different ethnicity? or tied to your ancestry? A HUGE reach but you could say "about death or grief" because the title is a word for a funeral (the book itself is not really about death or grief, although both things do happen in the book), check and see if any celebrity book clubs had it featured, or did it win any GR award? there are siblings but I don't remember any twins in the book. It is peripherally about problems facing society today, so you could use it for that, too.
Bhavna wrote: "Where can I use Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi?"It was included in Simon Mayo's Radio 2 book club: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/artic...
Does Code Name Verity fit any of the prompts?
Bhavna wrote: "Keen to read Pachinko. Where would it fit?"Just finished it, great book. I used it for Set in a Country that fascinates you. You could also use it for Meant to read in 2017, Recommended by someone else in the PS Challenge and other categories already suggested.
Hello All,Just started Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney. For anyone that has read this, could it be used for the Villain/Antihero or Mental Health prompt? Thanks!
Jenna.. you could maybe use it for the Mental Health prompt. Otherwise.. a book published in 2018. I'd also recommend it.. so you could use it for that prompt as well.
I'm currently working on reading Beneath a Scarlet Sky, The Immortalists, and Lies My Mother Never Told Me: A Memoir.I can't seem to place them with a prompt. Does anyone have ideas about where they might fit?
Aly wrote: "I'm currently working on reading Beneath a Scarlet Sky, The Immortalists, and Lies My Mother Never Told Me: A Memoir.I can't seem to place them with..."
I've read The Immortalists and counted it for the book about death/grief prompt, and it was published this year.
I haven't read the other two but some ideas for Beneath a Scarlet Sky are favorite color (if your fave color is red/scarlet), country that fascinates you (if Germany does), a book with alliteration in the title (scarlet sky) or a book you meant to read in 2017.
For Lies My Mother Never Told Me, you could use if for a book about mental health, or again a book you meant to read in 2017.
For all three, you could probably find a prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 challenges as well.
Christina wrote: "Aly wrote: "I'm currently working on reading Beneath a Scarlet Sky, The Immortalists, and Lies My Mother Never Told Me: A Memoir.I can't seem to pla..."
Thanks for the help, Christina!
Do you think I could use Beneath a Scarlet Sky for the ancestry one? My grandpa is a first generation American from Italy and my nana is from Germany, grew up during WWII in northern Germany. One of her uncles got roped into the war. We weren't directly involved, but I imagine my family had to have been affected being from two Axis countries.
You're welcome! And what a history! In my opinion, yes, I would absolutely count Beneath a Scarlet Sky under the ancestry prompt. And since you're doing the advanced prompts, as a fellow participant in the reading challenge I recommend The Immortalists. :)
I am reading The Immortalists now too, I was going to use it for #32 a book from a celebrity book club. It was the January pick from Emma Roberts' book club Belletrist. I may use it for the book about death/grief instead since I have been struggling with that one. Plus, Reese Witherspoon just added Something in the Water as her book clubs June pick and that sounds like a fun summer read.
Emma wrote: "I am reading The Immortalists now too, I was going to use it for #32 a book from a celebrity book club. It was the January pick from Emma Roberts' book club Belletrist. I may use it..."I was planning on reading Love in the Time of Cholera for the celebrity one as it was a Oprah Book Club book, but this might work, too!
Has anyone read Trickster's Choice? Do you know where that could fit in? Thanks!
Has anyone ever read The Ballroom by Anna Hope? I bought it recently and wondered if it would fit into any of the categories?
All the Light We Cannot See-death and grief
2017 challenge- book with a person with a disability (blind)
2017 challenge- a book set during wartime
2016 challenge- a book set in Europe
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ancestry or from a country that interests you, possibly
AF wrote: "All the Light We Cannot See-death and grief
2017 challenge- book with a person with a disability (blind)
2017 challenge- a book set during wartime
2016 challenge- a book set in Eur..."
ah, thank you AF! I have already done the death/grief prompt and the 2017 one but I can definitely use it for 2016 one.
Rachel wrote: "Has anyone read Trickster's Choice? Do you know where that could fit in? Thanks!"A book with characters who are twins. Aly and Alan are twins, although I don't recall Alan being in the book much. Other than that, I don't think it fits many other prompts except meant to read in 2017, favorite prompt from a previous year, and borrowed or given as a gift.
Lucy wrote: "Has anyone ever read The Ballroom by Anna Hope? I bought it recently and wondered if it would fit into any of the categories?"I've read it, at a push you could use it for mental health although by today's standards they were fine when they went into the asylum. The author is from Manchester is that is at all local to you and it was a Richard & Judy choice if your celebrity book club prompt is still free.
Hi! Where could I fit Around the World in 80 days by Jules Verne? Thank you
Well, as far as I recall a rather large part of the book is set at sea.
Sofia wrote: "Hi! Where could I fit Around the World in 80 days by Jules Verne? Thank you"It's been made into several films if you've seen one of them?
It has also been made into a play
I've just got Children of Blood and Bone from the library but can't remember what I put it on hold for. I already fulfilled the author of a different ethnicity and I have something else on hold for the 2018 book so I am a bit confused.
Would New York 2140 count for "set at sea"? It's set in the future and the sea levels have risen enough to flood New York.
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Does anyone have any ideas for Kushiel's Avatar by Jacqueline Carey. The only ones I can think of are The next book in a series you've started or A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist, both of which I've fulfilled with other books.Thanks in advance. :)
Does anyone have any ideas for Kushiel's Avatar by Jacqueline Carey. The only ones I can think of are The next book in a series you've started or A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist, both of which I've fulfilled with other books.Thanks in advance. :)
Sarah wrote: "I've just got Children of Blood and Bone from the library but can't remember what I put it on hold for. I already fulfilled the author of a different ethnicity and I have somethin..."
I would work for a book you borrowed.
Sarah wrote: "Sofia wrote: "Hi! Where could I fit Around the World in 80 days by Jules Verne? Thank you"
It's been made into several films if you've seen one of them?
It has also been made into a play"
Thanks, Monkiecat. I've already done the country that fascinates you prompt but not the death one so that's perfect.
Does anyone know if Every Note Played counts for anything? I'm so excited to read it and it would be super cool if it went towards a prompt!
There must be a song lyric with 'every note played'
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All I can think of is potentially "author of different ethnicity". I would absolutely recommend it, though, if you wanted to use it for "recommended by another Popsugarer"!