[2020] Keep it Simple (KIS) or Bring it on (BIO) Group Collab List

[°~Amy~°]

Anabell wrote: "For the prompt ''To celebrate the Leap Year, a book that can be read in a day''. I have no idea if it will be considered a BIO or not. But read it on the 29th of February ;-)"

I am hoping that the mods will arrange the list so that the leap day prompt will fall the week of Leap Day. :-)

[Avery]

°~Amy~° wrote: "Anabell wrote: "For the prompt ''To celebrate the Leap Year, a book that can be read in a day''. I have no idea if it will be considered a BIO or not. But read it on the 29th of February ;-)"

I am..."

Also, Maximilian Hell was born on May 15, 1720, so maybe that prompt during that week!

[ladymurmur]

dalex wrote: "ladymurmur wrote: "I'm looking to understand the second BIO option here. Why would a nomination for a major award = a lesser known book? I'd think that would have the opposite effect... or is that ..."

Ahhh. I see what you mean. That could indeed present a challenge. Thank you for explaining.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Author's name pronunciation:

BIO - An author who is the same nationality and/or ethnicity as you

Title does not contain ATY:

KIS - Don't include The, A, or An at the beginning of a title
BIO - Choose a title longer than 3 words

A place in the title:

BIO - Include only places you've visited
BIO - Include only places you've never visited
KIS - Include references to place (room, shop, house, etc.) rather than specific names

[dalex]

A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019

KIS - The next book in a series you read in 2019
KIS - A book by an author you read in 2019
KIS - A book with a cover that is similar (image, styling, font) to a book you read in 2019

BIO - A book that has the same time period, location, and/or theme as a book you read in 2019
BIO - A book about the same person or subject as was featured in a book you read in 2019 (ie White Houses by Amy Bloom and Eleanor and Hick by Susan Quinn - Eleanor Roosevelt & Lorena Hickok)
BIO - A book with the exact same title as a book you read in 2019 (ie Arcadia by Iain Pears and Arcadia by Lauren Groff)

[°~Amy~°]

Emily wrote: "Author's name pronunciation:

BIO - An author who is the same nationality and/or ethnicity as you

Title does not contain ATY:

KIS - Don't include The, A, or An at the beginning of a title
BIO - C..."

Great ideas! Just one question: would NOT including The, A, or An at the beginning of a title be a KIS or a BIO? I would think including them would make the prompt easier, and would therefore be a KIS. Not including THE, A or An would make it harder, so a BIO? Maybe I've got it twisted in my brain! lol

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

No, because the prompt says “does NOT include A, T, or Y” so leaving out The, A, or An would make it an easier prompt to fulfill.

[Kristina]

For "A book with a place name in the title":

BIO - a book with a title that is only the name of a place.

ex:
Manhattan Beach
Galápagos

as opposed to:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Lioness of Morocco

[Liz]

Amy & Emily, I’m confused. Aren’t you both saying the same thing? 😂 I think the wording in your first post about it, Emily, should say the KIS option is to have the words in the title. Using “The,” “A,” or “An” in the title makes it an easier prompt - KIS.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I guess what I meant there is that if you ignore the "the", "A", or "an", then it makes the prompt easier.

For example, if I were counting the articles, I wouldn't be able to read The Golden Hour because "The" has a T in it. If I am not counting the articles, I would be able to read it because I'm not counting "The" as part of the title, and there is no A, T, or Y in the rest of the title.

My wording should have been:

- KIS: When looking at titles, ignore "The", "A", or "An" at the beginning of the title

[Liz]

Ahhh, that makes sense now. :)

[°~Amy~°]

Emily wrote: "I guess what I meant there is that if you ignore the "the", "A", or "an", then it makes the prompt easier.

For example, if I were counting the articles, I wouldn't be able to read [book:The Golden..."

I guess I am still having a braincramp about it but I will list it as you suggested :-)

[Avery]

A place in the title
KIS: Include fictional places or fantasy locations

A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019
KIS: a book related to a news, magazine, or research article you read in 2019
KIS: a book you read good reviews about in 2019
KIS: a book you started in 2019 but didn't finish
BIO: a book that was referenced in another book you read in 2019

[°~Amy~°]

List is updated as of today, Oct 4, 2019 @ 8:48 am

[°~Amy~°]

I added the winners of the 16th mini poll. Any ideas for these three?

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

For silhouette:

BIO - Use traditional definition (black/dark item against a white/light background)
BIO - Limit to only silhouettes of people

400-600 pages

BIO - Restrict to 550-600
KIS - Include acknowledgements/appendix etc. in the page count

[Avery]

Witches
KIS - a book with a character who is a witch, fortune teller, wizard, warlock, or sorcerer
KIS - a book about witchcraft or magic
KIS - a book about Halloween

Page Count
BIO - a book with 420 or 520 pages in honor of 2020

Silhouette
KIS - a book with shadows of people or objects on the cover
BIO - only use a book with the “cutting portrait” on the cover

[°~Amy~°]

The list is updated with your ideas and with the winner of the close calls poll, an lgbtq+ character or author :)

[°~Amy~°]

Updated with our FOUR winners this week...

A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards

A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people

A book by an author you've only read once before

A fantasy book

[Marin]

LGBTQ+:
BIO - choose a book that has won an LGBTQ award (e.g., Lambda Literary Award, Stonewall Award)

2019 GR Choice:
BIO - restrict your choices to the winners

Collaboration:
BIO - read a book with two or more authors' names on the cover
KIS - include graphic novels, audio books, translations, anthologies

Author you've only read once:
BIO - choose an author whose book you didn't particularly like

Fantasy book:
BIO - restrict it to high/epic fantasy
KIS - choose any book with a fantasy tag

[Pam]

Author you've only read once before:
BIO - 1) An author read before 2020; 2) Book that is a stand-alone, not part of a series

[Avery]

Collaboration:
BIO - a book with an author and a ghost writer
KIS - a book with an author and an illustrator
KIS - a book of poems, essays, short stories, etc. that are by different authors
KIS - a book with a foreward by a different person than the main author

Author You've Only Read Once:
KIS - the second book in a series

Fantasy
KIS - a speculative fiction or magical realism book

[Rachel]

BIO for an author you've read only once: A book in a different genre from the one you read previously by that author

[Christy]

Like some other people, I think I'm going to fit the list into a more general personal BIO challenge: the Christy 2020 20/20 challenge! It will be:
-books from at least 20 different countries
-at least 20 ownvoices books
-at least 20 nonfiction books
-at least 20 books from the 1001 books to read before you die list

I don't read 80 books in a year, so it's fine if a book hits multiple categories, but it's time for me to get serious about diversifying my reading and broadening my horizons! Anybody else interested in this sort of overlay onto the challenge?

[Pam]

Prior year ATY Prompt:
BIO- 1) select 1 (or several) specific prompts before Jan 1; 2) prompt that is different than the other 51 prompts; 3) prompt from a year you didn’t participate in the challenge; 4) randomly select a number from 1-52 and only use that prompt # from any of the years or a specific year (randomly select the year too)!

[°~Amy~°]

The KIS/BIO list has been updated as of Oct 26, 2019

As soon as the full AtY 2020 challenge prompt order is posted, I will reorder the prompts here to match. :)

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

They were posted on Tuesday! Check out the 2020 Plans folder for the final list!

[°~Amy~°]

Emily wrote: "They were posted on Tuesday! Check out the 2020 Plans folder for the final list!"

Well then I have a lot of work to do! lol

[°~Amy~°]

Well that was a lot easier than last year! The KIS/BIO list has been aligned with the 2020 AtY Challenge list. Time to start planning!

I'm not sure if the mods want to pin this list to the top of the 2020 Reading Plans board as was done in 2019? I assume you can move it there from here without my having to repost it? If I do need to repost, just let me know. :-)

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I can move it, Amy!

[°~Amy~°]

Emily wrote: "I can move it, Amy!"

Thanks Emily!

[Lin]

Christy wrote: "Like some other people, I think I'm going to fit the list into a more general personal BIO challenge: the Christy 2020 20/20 challenge! It will be:
-books from at least 20 different countries
-at l..."

Christy, I’m doing something similar.
*12 books from different countries
*10 books from US states that I didn’t read in 2019 (I read about 24)
*10 books from the 1001 list
*10 ABE authors that I have not previously read.

The books can overlap the categories with the ATY challenge.

Happy Reading in 2020
Linda

[Bana AZ]

Without meaning to, I chose books for the first five prompts (or the January prompts for those reading in order) that all had the letter "C" as the beginning of one of the words in their title.

I might do this as a BIO option for my whole ATY list, to have a common starting letter for each "month's" prompts.

For February it's "L". For March, I haven't filled it all out yet but it's either "N", "A" or the colon ":"

My 2020 list.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

That's a cool twist, Ana, and a great way to narrow down prompts for your challenge.

[Cheryl A.]

I am going to challenge myself with the BIO of Alphabet (repeat for second 26 prompts) I am sort of using KIS as I will pick books that also fit prompts from my other three reading challenges (all books would fit for my 2020 GR reading challenge of 250 books read!)

[Bana AZ]

Emily wrote: "That's a cool twist, Ana, and a great way to narrow down prompts for your challenge."

Oh yes. Even though it's a BIO, it actually makes it easier for me to choose since too many choices makes me feel anxious. Plus it looks neat for the titles to have something in common when they're all listed together.

[Steven]

I'm trying to knock out books from my TBR this year, which happen to be mostly books from the 1001 list, or other similar lists. I like the idea of different countries. I might try to incorporate that too.

[Jackie]

Ana A wrote: "Without meaning to, I chose books for the first five prompts (or the January prompts for those reading in order) that all had the letter "C" as the beginning of one of the words in their title.

I ..."

I like that idea, Ana.