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Nov 01, 2018 01:59PM
Last year the list was released on November 2nd. We don't know when this year's will be released, but I expect it will be soon 😊
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Sara wrote: "Last year the list was released on November 2nd. We don't know when this year's will be released, but I expect it will be soon 😊"Oh, I could have sworn it was November 1 so I've been checking all day! Hopefully tomorrow then.
Rachel, I'm basing my answer on when all the discussion threads were opened last year. I remember jumping on it right away so I can only assume it was the 2nd 😁
Sara wrote: "Rachel, I'm basing my answer on when all the discussion threads were opened last year. I remember jumping on it right away so I can only assume it was the 2nd 😁"I noticed it like 20-30 minutes after it was released went straight in here and you were already setting up folders :-) So excited to see the new list.
Did they ask for suggestion again this year or??? It's always fun to see if some of your own suggestions made it on to the list.
Anabell wrote: "Did they ask for suggestion again this year or??? It's always fun to see if some of your own suggestions made it on to the list."Yes, we did send them a collection of suggestions from the group. Nadine, the spreadsheet queen, assembled them and put some sort of order to it :) Hopefully we will see a few prompts that came from us :)
Question: is there an "ideas" thread from last year? I went looking for one the other day - was curious to see what prompts of the 2018 challenge, if any, were from here - but couldn't find it.
Cendaquenta wrote: "Question: is there an "ideas" thread from last year? I went looking for one the other day - was curious to see what prompts of the 2018 challenge, if any, were from here - but couldn't find it."You can find it here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Glad to see I'm not the only one constantly refreshing and checking for next year's list. Also realise that by posting this comment I will have unjustifiably got every ones hopes up that an actual update has arrived!
That is true David! I am checking on my phone from work and when I saw that there were new comment, I thought great the list is out!
I had a dream last night that the new list was announced. Haha I'm obsessed. I can't remember what any of my dream prompts were now though.
This is like waiting for exam results when you know you did the prep...….Guess we will soon see if it was what we hoped or if we misunderstood the question we thought we nailed (that would be lots of romance for me).
Ellie wrote: "I had a dream last night that the new list was announced. Haha I'm obsessed. I can't remember what any of my dream prompts were now though."If your dreams are anything like mine they were probably like, "Read the same book to 20 three year olds" or "Read a book while making a perfect omelette" and then you were wondering what you'd gotten yourself into. :-D
We're all just sitting here like:
They are getting so much traffic on their webpage from all of us going in there to see if it has been released :-)
Cendaquenta wrote: "We're all just sitting here like:"
@Cendaquenta
Thanks for that image! It captures my feeling so perfectly! :D
I know I've been checking a lot throughout the day. I thought for sure it would have been out yesterday or today. The ATY 2019 challenge is out so I've been using my down time to fill that challenge in. I like the prompts so that may end up being my main challenge and this one 2nd.
@Kerry What is the ATY challenge? And where can I find the prompts? I'm going crazy waiting for the Popsugar prompts lol.
Steph wrote: "@Kerry What is the ATY challenge? And where can I find the prompts? I'm going crazy waiting for the Popsugar prompts lol."It's Around The Year and has 52 prompts with one for every week. I found this one after committing to this one. I did crossover about half of my read books but still have 18 prompts left. I have 2 left to read for this year's pop sugar challenge then will devote the rest of the year to ATY. Thank you for posting the link Mie.
Mie, I've spent the past 3 hours filling my prompts LOL
I'm dying here! Refreshing my browser every 15 minutes!!!! Ready for next year! Thanks for the ATY link - I'll focus on that instead since I finished already this year. Whoop!
Jenn wrote: "I'm dying here! Refreshing my browser every 15 minutes!!!! Ready for next year! Thanks for the ATY link - I'll focus on that instead since I finished already this year. Whoop!"I really like the prompts and am going to try to fill at least 75% of the prompts with classics and non fiction/historic.
I wish they would at least tell us when to expect the new list. I'm doing the ATY challenge too, but I didn't want to start plugging in books to the list until I see PopSugar's list too.
I actually really like the prompts for ATY, too, and I have now selected possible books for all of them, woohoo.This years Popsugar challenge better be worth waiting for! 😉
Rachel wrote: "I wish they would at least tell us when to expect the new list. I'm doing the ATY challenge too, but I didn't want to start plugging in books to the list until I see PopSugar's list too."I thought one year (possibly 2016) the list was released November 7, so fingers crossed, it's in the next couple days.
Mie wrote: "I actually really like the prompts for ATY, too, and I have now selected possible books for all of them, woohoo.This years Popsugar challenge better be worth waiting for! 😉"
I've done the same! I have all my prompts filled except for 4, 2 of which go together. I'm anxious to get started. I still want to see pop sugar's prompts as this was the one that got me back into reading again.
I am working on my ATY list too but trying to slow down and spread it out, only doing two or three a day. I love the planning process and don’t want it to end too quickly!
I think I might join ATY for next year, the list is really interesting.
I PM'd Popsugar on facebook yesterday and asked if they know the release date of the 2019 reading challenge but they haven't answered me...I'll update if they do!In the meantime I'm google searching Popsugar reading challenge 2019 at least once a day...anxiously awaiting the prompts too!
I've already planned my ATY & A-Z 2019 Reads so just twiddling my thumbs and reading for now!
Mie wrote: "I actually really like the prompts for ATY, too, and I have now selected possible books for all of them, woohoo.This years Popsugar challenge better be worth waiting for! 😉"
The ATY prompts are selected by members of the group. People suggest prompts and then members of the group vote on them in a series of polls (16 of them this year).
Clare wrote: "Ooh what is the A-Z reads?"It's a challenge that can be done multiple ways but the idea is that each letter of the alphabet is a prompt. :)
You could do it by authors' first name, authors' last name, book title, name of an object on the cover etc.
In 2019 I'm planning on doing it with name of objects on the book cover so for example...
A-Arrow-I'll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios
B-Bleachers-Like It Never Happened by Emily Adrian
C-Car-Last Year's Mistake by Gina Ciocca
D-Domino-The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
I might actually do the ATY challenge instead of the Popsugar one next year. I'll wait for the Popsugar prompts until I make my final decision, but ATY's prompts are really nice.
I have already checked out the ATY challenge, too, but I still would like to wait for the PS challenge. This year I have tried to do both, but I am running out of time, so I've been prioritizing the PS Challenge (two books left after my current one) and then I'll see if I manage to squeeze in the 15 or so that are still left in the ATY.For next year, I'd prefer to do the PS Challenge and maybe pledge a few categories from the ATY, but not necessarily all.
Conny wrote: "I have already checked out the ATY challenge, too, but I still would like to wait for the PS challenge. This year I have tried to do both, but I am running out of time, so I've been prioritizing th..."Conny, I tried to do both as well and still have 17 prompts left to go on ATY. I have one left for this challenge. My goal is to do both again next year but the ATY has me more interested now.
Kerry wrote: "Conny, I tried to do both as well and still have 17 prompts left to go on ATY. I have one left for this challenge. My goal is to do both again next year but the ATY has me more interested now. "Looks like we're pretty much dead even with the challenges, you and me^^
I never tried two prompt-based challenges in a year before, and it is a bit much, seeing as I also read some books that do not fit any of the prompts. My reading goal of 100 books per year is ambitious enough as it is :D
I am eagerly waiting the popsugar list but may consider the ATY challenge as well. I went through the popsugar challenge twice this year (though poetry, audio books and graphic novels featured much more heavily 2nd time around). Bit unsure on the AYT though as feels restrictive. Not ure I want to have to work through book prompts in a particular order.
David wrote: "I am eagerly waiting the popsugar list but may consider the ATY challenge as well. I went through the popsugar challenge twice this year (though poetry, audio books and graphic novels featured much..."You don't have to do ATY in order. I wouldn't be signing up for it if that was the case as I am very much a mood reader.
David wrote: "I am eagerly waiting the popsugar list but may consider the ATY challenge as well. I went through the popsugar challenge twice this year (though poetry, audio books and graphic novels featured much..."Lots of those of us who do ATY do not do the prompts in order. I juggle several challenges... and to make that manageable, I may count a book in several challenges which doesn't work if you are trying to read in order.
I love how much crossover there is between this group and ATY! That is definitely my favorite because I like that the group chooses the prompts but I too am eagerly awaiting 2019's PS announcement.
I wrote to Book Riot on Twitter over the weekend and just got a reply today that the prompts for Read Harder 2019 will be posted mid-December.
Mercedes wrote: "Conny wrote: "Kerry wrote: "Conny, I tried to do both as well and still have 17 prompts left to go on ATY. I have one left for this challenge. My goal is to do both again next year but the ATY has ..."I'm going to check that one out as well. Thanks!
I do the Pop Sugar Challenge. This year I added the ATY challenge after I finished Pop Sugar, but I counted the same book in both challenges if it fit prompts in both. For example, The Heirs fit PS prompt on Grief/Mourning, and ATY prompt on Earth element (tree on cover). I just went through my 'read' books from January 1 and fit them into the ATY prompts wherever I could. I found I only needed 3 more to finish that challenge, and I had books either on loan from library or in my ebook library that fit. I have read all but one ATY prompt and I have the book for that. Last year after I finished Pop Sugar, I went through my 'read' list of books for the year and figured out how many had titles fitting the A-Z challenge. There were only 4 letters not covered, which I managed before year end. I'm going to do the same this year, but maybe using author last names rather than titles.
My approach is to just read whatever I want without a lot of planning. Of course, some planning is always needed for certain prompts. But even there this year, I happened upon books that intrigued me and they just happened to fit those more challenging prompts. I'm going to approach 2019 the same way.
Mercedes wrote: "Hayjay315 wrote: "I wrote to Book Riot on Twitter over the weekend and just got a reply today that the prompts for Read Harder 2019 will be posted mid-December."I think that's about when this yea..."
They've been pretty consistent the past few years. If I remember correctly, it's always been December 15. That's why I wish PopSugar would give us a specific (or even approximate) date. At least that way we'd have an idea of when to expect it.
Raquel wrote: "Ellie wrote: "I had a dream last night that the new list was announced. Haha I'm obsessed. I can't remember what any of my dream prompts were now though."If your dreams are anything like mine the..."
I know, right? It was out by this time last year. You would think they are Apple releasing a new iPhone.
I'm seriously considering the the ATY challenge in 2019. I went through and figured out that I can fill nearly every category with books I already own, and that would be a fun way to work on my already owned TBR. (Book published in 2019 is an obvious exception, but if I use on of my Kindle First Read picks for next year it would still fill the spirit of doing the challenge that way.)
I think I'm going to to AYT, too. But I think Popsugar will be my priority, since I don't love some of the AYT prompts. And I'm going to try and double count books for both challenges since I typically read 52 books a year. I hope PS puts out the challenge soon, I'm itching to start planning for it!
Well, it appears Popsugar's lassitude has driven me into the arms of AtY - I guess I'll see many of you over on their message board!I'll still do Popsugar when it comes out - I was already considering doing two challenges anyway. It'll be a fun extra level to try and cross-pollinate between the lists!
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