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Fourevver wrote: "Does it count if the book is not set in the Southern Hemisphere but only the author is from the Southern Hemisphere?..."
I think "set in the southern hemisphere" means the book is set in the southern hemisphere, and the author can be from anywhere. I guess this was a good category for us, a lot of us are confused about what exactly is south of the equator!
Fourevver wrote: "Does it count if the book is not set in the Southern Hemisphere but only the author is from the Southern Hemisphere?..."I saw that one but didn't have time to investigate, thanks for pointing it out. Books should definitely be at least partially set in the southern hemisphere.
For the binary prompt:https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
In the notes I put what I was pairing the book with and the opposites I was using.
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Emily, if you click on where it says the number of people who voted for the book, it will show you who voted for the book and what their notes are.
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Emily wrote: "Is there a way we can see the notes people write?"Also, if you go to the bottom of the list where it shows everyone who voted on the list.....if you click on someone's name you will see just their list and the note they added to each book.
I started one for "place or time you wouldn't want to live":https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn’t win: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...Please remember to add the prompt you are using in the notes
Laura wrote: "I think it’s a good goal to stick to books that you’ve read and recommend or those that you reasonably plan on reading in the near future. There’s some prompts that I think a longer list would be..."
Any chance you could update links on this post Laura? I’ve been using it to see which lists still need to be made.
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I think I remember some people commenting within the polls. So please be sure to comment here if you create a list.
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If you type in "ATY 2020" then all 21 lists show up.
Started one for geometric covers. Duplicates are OK on this one as it's the edition that matters.https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Emily wrote: "Lesser known books: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1..."I can't remember, is there a general number about what constitutes lesser known?
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I don't think we'd settled on a number of reviews, it was each member's interpretation to consider it lesser-known. That being said it's entirely possible that a book that was added to our first listopia becomes relatively well-known in the meantime, so we might need to take it off it (I haven't checked if that was the case though).
I think under 1000 reviews was thrown out somewhere, at some point, but I would imagine the number really depends on the individual. Because I read SO many obscure books I'm really trying to restrict myself to the ones under 100 (or even under 50) reviews. For those who typically read only popular books, and go with a less well known book by a popular author, the number of reviews might actually be very high (just not as high as the author's other books).
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Just curious....how are people choosing what to add to the lists for Historical Fiction and Mystery and Classics? There are like multiple billions of options for those prompts! Are you doing favorites that you would recommend or books that you're considering as options or what?
For Classics, I added books I’m considering as options.For mystery, I added books from the mystery genre that i have read and loved and I think should get more attention. Personally, I read a lot of mysteries, so I know I will fill this category effortlessly.
For history/historical fiction ... that one is so broad I didn’t touch it. I will easily fill the category next year, but I don’t know yet what I’ll read.
For all of those, so far I've just added books I'm considering as options. (Though I did vote up The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks when I saw it was already on the history list, because that's a book that should get as much attention as possible!)I might add a few of my very top recommendations for history/mystery later, if I figure out what those should be, but I don't really see much point in adding recommendations of classics since it's all about what people have already meant to read.
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I'll also probably add books I loved that I think should get more attention, like Nadine mentioned.
Thanks for the feedback everybody.I added some books I love to the mystery list. I purposely did ones that fit as "a book in which a mystery is central to the plot" rather than books from the mystery genre just to give people ideas of other ways to do the prompt.
I am probably going to do a genre book, though, because that's not a type of book I read very often and I want to challenge myself. (Plus my wife loves mystery/thrillers and has recently given me some recommendations).
I'm always looking for mysteries that are not British or American -- to help my around the world challenge. So if anyone has a good international mystery they love, please include it. Thanks everyone.
Lizzy wrote: "I'm always looking for mysteries that are not British or American -- to help my around the world challenge. So if anyone has a good international mystery they love, please include it. Thanks everyone."I really like the Perveen Mistry (OMG Mistry mystery, I just noticed that) series that takes place in India. It's loosely based on one of the first female lawyers in India. I can add the first one to the list.
@Lizzy, there are a few on the list already that I added. The Borrowed is Hong Kong, Chalk Circle Man is France, and of course The Dry is Australia. There is also Smaller and Smaller Circles (Philippines).I have quite a few on my TBR that are Asian (mostly Japanese) but since I haven’t read them yet, I can’t really recommend any, but they all have good ratings.
I really appreciate this listopias... just want I was hoping for. Emily, ir you're responsible, thanks! Does anyone have an idea about the "score" number reading that's beside the books?
Lizzy wrote: "I'm always looking for mysteries that are not British or American -- to help my around the world challenge. So if anyone has a good international mystery they love, please include it. Thanks everyone."Fred Vargas (French, female). I've read her Three Evangelists trilogy and it was pretty good.
Perry - Listopias are like popularity contests. The first book you vote for gets the most points. Each person who votes for that book increases its points. The idea is that the best books should bubble up to the top.
Nadine wrote: "Perry - Listopias are like popularity contests. The first book you vote for gets the most points. Each person who votes for that book increases its points. The idea is that the best books should bu..."Thanks Nadine!
Lizzy, check out The Devotion of Suspect X for Japan, and the Inspector Montalbano series that starts with The Shape of Water for Sicily.
Thank you Chrissy, dalex, Nadine, Milena! Just what I was looking for...they’ve been added to my TBR.
Lizzy wrote: "I'm always looking for mysteries that are not British or American -- to help my around the world challenge. So if anyone has a good international mystery they love, please include it. Thanks everyone."You can also try The Dinner by Herman Koch. He's Dutch.
Another good one was The Boy in the Suitcase. It takes place mostly in Denmark and a little bit in Lithuania. I will add it to the list.
Thank you Fourevver and Milena -- they have been added to my TBR!
Is it possible that the post with the master list of all the listopias could be pinned near the top of one of the threads? Either here on the announcements perhaps. I can’t easily bookmark on my device and remember which thread it is in and scrolling to find the post is a a bit of a pain.
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The master list is in the first post of this thread. Once the weekly threads are set up (after we finish making the list and create the order), we will put the links to the listopias in the weekly threads as well!
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Does it count if the book is not set in the Southern Hemisphere but only the author is from the Southern Hemisphere?
Because the first book in the Roderick Alleyn series by Ngaio Marsh: A Man Lay Dead is on the list, but is not set in New Zealand, but in England. There are only four books in this series that take place in New Zealand, the first of which is the 5th in the series: Vintage Murder. Ngaio Marsh is from New Zealand, though.