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[Alicia]

I finally got it!! All 20 done, I'm so happy I could cry.

That dog was so evil! I was just googling famous UK books at the end.

[Traci]

Alicia wrote: "I finally got it!! All 20 done, I'm so happy I could cry.

That dog was so evil! I was just googling famous UK books at the end."

I just came here to say I got the dog one and saw your comment. Seriously, I still don't understand the dog part.

[Kathryn]

Alicia wrote: "I finally got it!! All 20 done, I'm so happy I could cry.

That dog was so evil! I was just googling famous UK books at the end."

Well done, Alicia! That dog was really quite misleading!! I just woke up, so can’t think about it just yet, but will keep googling ideas for the telescope when I’m properly awake and get a chance!

[Kathryn]

Traci wrote: "Alicia wrote: "I finally got it!! All 20 done, I'm so happy I could cry.

That dog was so evil! I was just googling famous UK books at the end."

I just came here to say I got the dog one and saw ..."

For the dog - (view spoiler)[the Queen of Britain owns corgis!! But I don’t think the book itself has anything to do with the Queen, so that’s what threw me! (hide spoiler)]

[Traci]

Kathryn wrote: "Traci wrote: "Alicia wrote: "I finally got it!! All 20 done, I'm so happy I could cry.

That dog was so evil! I was just googling famous UK books at the end."

I just came here to say I got the do..."

Ah, got it. Thanks!

[Kathryn]

And I finally worked the telescope out!! The irony is that I'd not heard of this book, but I had heard of (view spoiler)[the first book in the series and when I was trying to think of another word for telescope, all I could think of was that first book in the series, and even though the noun in that title is nothing like telescope, I tried it anyway and then couldn't think of anything else when it didn't work! (hide spoiler)]

[Aimee]

Kathryn wrote: "And I finally worked the telescope out!! The irony is that I'd not heard of this book, but I had heard of [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[In the UK the first book is called Northern Lights not Golden Compass, so that wouldn't have helped anyway! Glad you got it in the end. (hide spoiler)]

[Kathryn]

Aimee wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "And I finally worked the telescope out!! The irony is that I'd not heard of this book, but I had heard of [spoilers removed]"

[spoilers removed]"

How funny! It was (view spoiler)[The Golden Compass I was thinking of, but it must be because I'm familiar with the DVD or possibly from mention of it here on GR, because when I checked it on my library's website here in Australia, it is listed as "Northern Lights (= Golden Compass)"! So it should be Northern Lights that I know it as, as well! I should have checked it out here on GR, anyway, and looked at the series list, and then I might have worked it out sooner! (hide spoiler)]

[Alicia]

NYT released their 100 Notable Books of 2020. Lots of great ideas for the 2021 challenge!

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...

[Thomas]

I have acheived gender parity 25/25 ( two gender unknown)

[Alicia]

Congrats! I know you were working hard on that

[Nadine in NY]

Alicia wrote: "NYT released their 100 Notable Books of 2020. Lots of great ideas for the 2021 challenge!

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2......"


The titles The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir and The Beauty of Your Face right next to each other seem like a sort of not-so-subtle threat to "break your face"!!

[Alicia]

Haha well there were times this year where I wanted to break someone’s face....but then I read a book instead =)

I found some great books I hadn’t heard of that fit with our immigration prompt as well as new BIPOC authors.

[Thomas]

Alicia wrote: "Haha well there were times this year where I wanted to break someone’s face....but then I read a book instead =)

I found some great books I hadn’t heard of that fit with our immigration prompt as ..."

I am cheating a bit on Immigration and readign Hannibal

[Pam]

Alicia wrote: "NYT released their 100 Notable Books of 2020. Lots of great ideas for the 2021 challenge!

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2......"

Thanks for sharing this list! I found 22 non-fiction books that look interesting!

[Thomas]

Anyone else not waiting till January 1st? I'm wondering whether to start early but make sure I finish it in a year from that date

[[deleted user]]

hey! i have been gone for a few weeks but i'm back now. anything excited happened recently? i'm about to try and catch up on the 2021 reading threads so wish me luck 😊

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Welcome back annie! We are in the middle of a Read-a-Thon if you wanted to join in!

[Nancy]

I never start challenges early, other than timing it so I'll finish a book on or after Jan 1.

[Kathy]

That's what I do, Nancy. I use the next weeks until New Year's reading whatever I'd like.

[Nancy]

I usually read holiday books in the week or so leading up to Christmas, but this year I'm starting early. I have a list of Christmas rom-coms and heartwarming stories all ready to go!

[Alicia]

I’m also in a rom com state of mind for the rest of the year. Plus some cozy, hallmark-esque mysteries.

[[deleted user]]

Emily wrote: "Welcome back annie! We are in the middle of a Read-a-Thon if you wanted to join in!"

thanks emily! i'll check it out. i failed the last one spectacularly but maybe now that i know what i'm getting into this time it won't go so badly haha

[[deleted user]]

i just read & loved Mistletoe and Mr. Right if anyone is looking for a christmasy romcom rec 😊

[Alicia]

annie wrote: "i just read & loved Mistletoe and Mr. Right if anyone is looking for a christmasy romcom rec 😊"

Oooh do we need to read Moose Springs #1, The Tourist Attraction?

[[deleted user]]

Alicia wrote: "Oooh do we need to read Moose Springs #1, The Tourist Attraction?"

nope! they're standalones. just set in the same town. you get introduced to the characters in the first book and the town but if you don't want to read the first one, it should still make sense. (i mean, i'm a stickler for reading in order so it'd bug me but that's just a personal thing!)

[[deleted user]]

i also set up the aty challenge on the story graph! (hope the mods don't mind, i didn't think to check beforehand sorry! if you want any changes made, just let me know).

so if any of use that site, you can track your reading challenge here: https://beta.thestorygraph.com/readin...

if you want an example of how it works, here's the popsugar for 2020: https://beta.thestorygraph.com/readin.... you can see what everyone on the whole site has read for each prompt so it's great for getting ideas (like our listopias). you can see every book you read that year that fits each prompt on your personal challenge page (so if you like to juggle, it's a great visual tool to moving books around). it also tells you stats (how % you have to go) and it's just a fantastic site & tracking tool if you're into organisation 😊

[Ellie]

I joined StoryGraph to try out the challenge part of it. Overall I'm not a fan of the layout and I wish I hadn't imported my GR data as all the covers are wrong (it's chosen a "cover to be revealed" image for one of my current reads, really?) and the numbers are out and it's all bothering me. So I'm just going to not look at it, but I'll add in my challenge reads if others are using it.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Hey everyone, this is great discussion! But since this Wild Discussion was set up to be focused on creating the 2021 ATY List, and the process is complete, we are going to close this thread.

If you'd like to continue the discussion, please move to our monthly Reading Discussions!

(annie, I'd love if you'd post that message in the monthly discussions thread so that people who weren't following the 2021 process but may want to hop on that challenge in January could see it!)