[2021] Poll 4 Voting

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

It's now time to get ready to vote for our fourth set of prompts! The thread will be open for at least 24 hours before the poll gets posted. This is a good opportunity to ask any question you may have regarding the prompts, do some research or ask for recommendations.

Voting will open on Monday, July 20 and results will be posted in the morning of Friday, July 24 (CST time).

How it works:
- When the voting opens, follow the link to the mini-poll that will be added at the end of this post
- You have a total of 8 votes this poll to spread across your favorite and least favorite prompts (you can also use less than 8 votes) - You can find examples of acceptable voting practices on the Introduction thread.
- The prompts with the more favorable votes (comparing top votes to bottom votes, and looking at the overall number of votes it received) will be added to the final list (between 2 and 5 depending on how the votes are spread)

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1. On a few occasions in each poll, people have used more than the allotted number of votes, either because they aren’t familiar with the rules or just by mistake. When this happens our only option is to disregard the vote as we can’t identify the voter to ask them to resubmit. By asking for your profile address we’ll be able to message you and ask you to vote again if you’ve accidentally used more than the allotted number of votes.

2. Unfortunately a very small number of people have voted more than once per poll and so we are asking for this information to prevent duplicate votes.

As a reminder: You have a total of 8 votes to use among your top and bottom votes. The mods have access to each individual vote, so we can see if you use more than 8 votes. If you use more than 8 votes in the poll, your vote will have to be deleted, so please make sure to follow the directions so your voice can be heard.

Possible Prompts:
1.) 3 weeks: 3 books related to two truths and a lie
2.) 3 weeks: 3 books linked by the saying Beauty, Brains, Brawn
3.) 3 weeks: 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future"
4.) 2 weeks: Then and Now - read a classic (>50 years old) and a recent release (<2 years old) with the same theme, topic, or setting
5.) 2 weeks - Read two books from very different genres
6.) 3 weeks: Animal, vegetable, mineral on cover or in title
7.) 3 weeks: one by an author you’ve never read, one by an author you’ve read once or twice, and one by an author you’ve read many times
8.) 2 weeks: Read one book by an author with 7 or fewer letters in their name and one book by an author with 14 or greater letters in their name
9.) 3 weeks: an author whose name starts or ends with A, an author whose name starts or ends with T, an author whose name starts or ends with Y
10.) 4 weeks: read a book linked to each of the four card suits (hearts, diamonds, spades, clubs)
11.) 2 weeks: Read a book about confinement and another about freedom
12. 3 weeks: three books from the same genre set in different countries
13.) 3 weeks: Pick a genre and read nominated books from three different years of the Goodreads Choice Awards
14.) 2 weeks: two books by authors who share a family relationship
15.) 4 weeks: 4 books related to the 4 seasons

Feel free to discuss the prompts below, but please remember to be respectful to the other group members.

VOTE HERE: https://www.surveymoz.com/s/1XVLIR/

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Discussion and examples from the suggestion thread:

1.) 3 books related to two truths and a lie
E.g. - 2 non-fictions and 1 fiction
- 2 real life places and 1 fantasy place

2.) Three books linked by the saying "Beauty, Brains, Brawn”

Beauty - a book by or about an artist, celebrity, model, influencer, or someone you find attractive; a book with the word 'beautiful', 'pretty', 'art', etc. in the title; a graphic novel, coffee table book, book with a beautiful cover, or book with illustrations; a book related to Beauty & The Beast or Sleeping Beauty; inner beauty

Brains - a book by or about a scientist, doctor, scholar, investigator, or teacher; a book with the word 'smart', 'brain', 'think', etc. in the title; a text book, book for school/work, puzzle book, brain candy book, book that teaches you something, or book that makes you think; a book about zombies

Brawn - a book by or about an athlete, firefighter or someone in the military; a book with the word 'power', 'fight', 'strong', etc. in the title; a physically large book or book with a hefty page count; a book about sports, war, superheros, inner strength, or the fight to win something

(Copied from Avery in the Wild Discussion)

3.) 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future"

- time period/genre of book (historical, contemporary, sci-fi)
- setting of book (place you lived in the past, place you live now, place you want to live in the future)
- character age/family status (child/teen/adult, single/engaged/married)
- topic (reminds you of your childhood, a hobby/job you have now, your dream job)
- the first book, a book published recently, and an Advanced Reader Copy all by the same author

11.) Read a book about confinement and another about freedom.

Confinement: Bye-bye 2020!
imprisonment, hospitalized, “stuck” in a bad relationship, place, or job.
The word is also used around pregnancy and childbirth (I’m not exactly sure when).

Freedom: Hello 2021! (hopefully)
escape from prison, slavery, war, bad relationship, situation,

5.) Read two books from very different genres.
eg A romance then a horror

10.) 4 weeks: read a book linked to each of the four card suits (hearts, diamonds, spades, clubs)

you could go with something on the cover or the title of course, or you could go more thematically. Like I might read 4 mysteries where there's a romantic side plot for hearts, the motive is greed for diamonds, the cause of death is stabbing for spades, and there's a group of conspirators for clubs.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

So many author prompts this round! We already have quite a few author/publishing prompts (3 out of the 8 prompts already on the list), so I'll be strategic in voting those in this round.

My initial thoughts:
- I love the Two Truths and a Lie, BBB, and Past Present Future prompts. Those are three I automatically want to upvote.
- I was initially intrigued by Now and Then, but we already have a prompt to read a 2021 release, so I would probably prefer if a classic was submitted in as a regular week prompt to counterbalance that one.
- The author ATY one also feels a lot like the one we have on the list already (well, the one on the list is WITHOUT ATY in it). That being said, I do think it's a unique prompt and it's another one I'd consider voting for in a regular poll (authors name either starts or ends with either an A, T, or Y)
- I really liked in the inside/outside prompt that didn't make it in, but the confinement/freedom prompt could be used in a similar way.
- I'm such a sucker for the GR Choice Awards that I may vote for that prompt as an excuse to dive into some of the books I've missed over the years.

I am not someone who likes to have the books tied together for multi-week prompts, so the looser based ones are definitely more my style. I'm really interested to see the way the voting goes this round!

[Chrissy]

Just pointing out that “Now and Then” doesn’t need a brand new release - I’d say that more than half my reads are from the past two years generally, and a 2-year span on “Now” allows for paperbacks, easy to find library books, and second hand!

[Jillian]

I’m planning on upvoting my two favorite ones. Then using my downvoted for the ones I’m the least interested in rather than upvoting some of the ones that I kinda like.

[Alicia]

I really the example for 4 card suits: "read 4 mysteries where there's a romantic side plot for hearts, the motive is greed for diamonds, the cause of death is stabbing for spades, and there's a group of conspirators for clubs."

This is definitely going to be an upvote for me.

I feel like I enjoy these prompt suggestions so much more than I have the single-week suggestions. This is the first week I'm going to use all my upvotes.

[Juliet]

I suspect the ‘three years of Goodreads Reader’s Choice Awards’ will be polarized. I dislike list prompts and hate the Goodreads Choice Awards in particular so its a hard no for me.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Juliet wrote: "I suspect the ‘three years of Goodreads Reader’s Choice Awards’ will be polarized. I dislike list prompts and hate the Goodreads Choice Awards in particular so its a hard no for me."

I don't prefer that either because I read a lot of classics and a lot of books that aren't bestsellers. Also in general, I don't like to look through multiple lists. The only way I know to see Goodreads Choice is to first pick a year, then look through each genre separately. I prefer a prompt where I can right away look at my own books or TBR and find something.

[°~Amy~°]

My upvotes will most likely be for author last name 7/14 prompt and the confinement/freedom suggestion. The rest will be downvotes.

I personally hope that we don't get more than 2 weeks of related prompts. My nightmare would be three 4 week prompts making the final list. Three whole months of these would not be fun for me at all.

[Kayleigh]

I like the sound of the past, present, future prompt because that can be as easy or hard as you want it to be.
I'd quite like to link the books in some way, maybe by theme, genre or just something like cover colour.

Not to sure of another prompt related to author names though, I feel the one is enough.

Also quite like the card suits idea, even though I have nothing in mind for it yet, some research may be required.

[Serendipity]

Given that we can have more than one winner I’ll probably downvote the 4 week prompts, mainly because I’d hate to see a quarter of our prompts de used by the end of this round. Given I’m not a fan of multi-week prompts I’m hoping for just one winner. Past, present and future would be an easy one for me or some of the two week prompts (classic and recent release). I’ll be most interested to see the fate of beauty, brains and brawn.

[Ellie]

I just don't feel like there are enough related authors for the family relationship prompt. Just because I can think of some doesn't mean I want to make myself read their books next year.

I am fussy about what classics I read so I don't really want to have to tie them to something. Then and now might have been fun without the qualifier that it has to be a classic...

But then that is close to past, present, future which I will be voting for, along with BBB.

Most of these ideas I'm fine with though. I doubt the mods will let us end up with months of them.

[Avery]

I really don’t think the mods would let in more than 2 or 3 multi-week prompts, based on nothing other than that’d be quite dramatic. I won’t be taking that into consideration when I vote.

[Edie]

I am not a fan of any multiple week prompt that is longer than 2 weeks, I will be down-voting both the 4 week prompts and a number of the 3 week prompts. There may be one or two 2 week prompts I can vote for, but I may be using down-votes for ALL my votes. I agree with Avery that there should be a limit to how many multiple week prompts are let in... one would be plenty for me.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

When we had the pre-poll, it was decided by a large majority that we would not be restricting it to only one winner.

That being said, as mods, have faith that we will not allow 12-15 of our weeks be multi-week prompts. One, I don't think we will have that many winners (especially given the divisiveness of multi-week prompts in general), and two, we know that the group would generally not want that.

But, saying that, we also don't want to put a max number of weeks that we will accept because if two 3-week prompts make a strong showing in the votes, we wouldn't want to dismiss one because we are limiting it to 4 or 5 weeks, if that makes sense.

In essence, what I'm saying is vote for the prompts you love, downvote the prompts you don't like, and trust the process because the voters and the mods will not allow multi-weeks to run wild on our final list lol.

[Steve]

Emily wrote: "So many author prompts this round! We already have quite a few author/publishing prompts (3 out of the 8 prompts already on the list), so I'll be strategic in voting those in this round.

My initi..."

I've been busy all day with yard work and unpacking that I literally just remembered it's nomination day so didn't get my indoors/outdoors pair in. Oh well.

[Alicia]

Steve wrote: "Emily wrote: "So many author prompts this round! We already have quite a few author/publishing prompts (3 out of the 8 prompts already on the list), so I'll be strategic in voting those in this rou..."

Hey Steve, I tried to nominate it for you. However, before I did the confinement or freedom one was nominated and seconded.

I think they end up being very similar. Confined in a house, in your mind, prison, etc. Versus freedom in space outside, freedom in letting go in your mind

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Emily wrote: "In essence, what I'm saying is vote for the prompts you love, downvote the prompts you don't like, and trust the process because the voters and the mods will not allow multi-weeks to run wild on our final list lol."

Well put Emily! We're not going to blindly add 20 weeks worth of prompts to the list in one fell swoop. Although, honestly, if the group voted up that many of the multiweek prompts, I personally would go into a state of shock, in spite of travel restrictions.

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

I'm personally very excited by the possibilities of two truths and a lie; especially going after books all on the same topic. Maybe 2 nonfiction books about a historical event written from differing perspectives, and then a fiction book set during that time period? Various serial killer books? So many creative options!

If Beauty Brains Brawn gets in, I will almost definitely make them all mysteries in which the villain relies on the trait of choice. So a beautiful woman kills off her rich sugar daddy, a clever murder that's almost impossible to solve, a crime involving brute strength etc.

Obv I like my 4 suits of cards suggestion. I generally like prompts that make me think about what approach I'm going to take. They're not as easy to search for, but I like that they make me think.

[Roxana]

I seem to be in the minority on this, but I really like the multi-book prompts! They often seem to me a little cleverer than the average single prompt, i enjoy the fun of seeing how otherwise disparate books can fit together (like through the BBB or card suits ideas), and I read way more than one book a week anyway, so for me, least, it isn’t like they’re really taking up that much of my reading/challenge experience that I’d rather was spent in some other way. 🤷🏻‍♀️ like, I could read three books that fit the idea of beauty, brains, and brawn, respectively, or I could read three books that fit three other solo prompts but might just as easily be the same books - that part of it doesn’t make a difference to me.

That being said, I’m less a fan of the Goodreads choice list prompt because, as so many others have said, I don’t usually love prompts where I have to choose from some specific finite list, and I feel like I’ve read most of the recent goodreads choice winners & nominees I cared about anyway. It just takes a little less creativity in filling that kind of prompt, which is half the fun for me. So I might downvote that one, but honestly, I think I’ll have more upvotes on this poll than I’ve had on the previous ones.

[Juliet]

Serendipity wrote: "Given that we can have more than one winner I’ll probably downvote the 4 week prompts, mainly because I’d hate to see a quarter of our prompts de used by the end of this round. Given I’m not a fan ..."

I think their are a LOT more than people realize there are. A lot of classic authors sure, but but also alot of current authors like Anne Hillerman and Anne Hillerman who have continued their parents work or Joe Hill who writes in the same genre as his father Stephen King. And that's without even starting to get into husband and wife authors who may write together or seperately

[Chelsey]

These are actually my favorite prompts so far. I actually don't hate any of them.

[Conny]

Roxana wrote: "I seem to be in the minority on this, but I really like the multi-book prompts! They often seem to me a little cleverer than the average single prompt ...
(...)
I’m less a fan of the Goodreads choice list prompt"

This. Absolutely.

The multi-week prompts are what sets this challenge apart from others in yet another way, and I feel they are in every bit as original as an equal number of individual prompts—perhaps even more so, because there are always a bunch of prompts which are more or less the same every year (Goodreads Choice, something POC, place you've never been, something initials-related). I've yet to see a multi-week prompt repeated.

[Ellie]

Juliet, in most cases of family authors I'm only interested in reading one of them or neither. I loved one of Joe Hill's books but like his father he writes quite chunky books, and that's a lot to ask of people who are not that into them. I wouldn't really want back-to-back chunky horror if I wanted to read in order.

Another pair is Nick Harkaway (been meaning to read for ages) and John le Carre, but I tried the latter once and just didn't get into it. So again, the prompt is going to make me read something I am not excited about.

I'm currently reading Hank Green's second book so I don't have anything left to pair with John Green... So I have thought about it when I say there aren't enough. I prefer a prompt with a lot of options.

[Conny]

Ellie wrote: "I loved one of Joe Hill's books but like his father he writes quite chunky books, and that's a lot to ask of people who are not that into them. I wouldn't really want back-to-back chunky horror if I wanted to read in order."

Lifelong King fan here, and I just wanted to remind everyone that King also gave us "Stand By Me," "The Shawshank Redemption," "Hearts in Atlantis," and "The Green Mile" – the first three being novellas and not even remotely horror ;)

In other news, Jonathan Kellerman and Faye Kellerman are husband and wife and both write thrillers.

[Ellie]

Conny wrote: "Lifelong King fan here, and I just wanted to remind everyone that King also gave us ..."

That's great if you want to read those books... I am just saying if I feel like a prompt is only giving me a handful of authors to read, I don't really want to vote it in, even if I do have one option. I hate being tied to a book all year, let alone two. :)

[Irene]

It's interesting that my favorite prompts are different from the ones you guys have mentioned above!

My favorites are:

#4. The 2-week Then and Now prompt - it sounds like it would be SO interesting to read books written so many years apart about the same topic, or set in the same place!! Like the ostracized single mom in The Scarlet Letter vs. a contemporary romance novel featuring a sought-after single mom.

#5. The 2-week very different genres prompt! I'd love to read a gritty horror novel then a YA romantic comedy back-to-back. It's seems short and sweet and very doable.

#12. The 3-week prompt about books of the same genre in different countries. It's a great opportunity to diversify our reading, and see cultural differences (like a ghost stories rooted in different traditions) or fantasy in a western European backdrop compared to an Asian-inspired one, then an African-inspired one, for example.

[Ellie]

Irene wrote: "It's interesting that my favorite prompts are different from the ones you guys have mentioned above! ..."

#5 is pretty much my usual reading pattern! I do like the 3 countries same genre one too.

[Chelsey]

I read so varied anyway that number 5 seems like freebies for me so i will probably downvote jt because i dont really want prompts that I can throw any book into. That defeats the challenge for me. I feel the same way about two truths and a lie because i tend to read a good mix of fiction and non fiction anyway.

[Conny]

Ellie wrote: "I am just saying if I feel like a prompt is only giving me a handful of authors to read, I don't really want to vote it in, even if I do have one option. I hate being tied to a book all year, let alone two."

Of course! Generally, I agree with you.
My reply was merely to point out specifically that even genre writers like King have usually something which does not correspond to their usual flavor, so even non-horror readers who shy away from big tomes would (in this specific example) find something to enjoy. It's personal for me when it comes to King, because so often I get these unbelieving stares from people who think all he writes is sick, scary stuff that takes weeks to finish ;) (usually people who don't even know that their adored summer coming-of-age film "Stand by Me" is also based on one of his novellas)

I am really liking a lot of the suggestions here. The only one that I will definitely downvote is the "very different genres" one, simply because I don't need a specific prompt to do that and it feels a bit of a waste :D

[Irene]

Chelsey wrote: "I read so varied anyway that number 5 seems like freebies for me so i will probably downvote jt because i dont really want prompts that I can throw any book into. That defeats the challenge for me...."

That's awesome that you read so many diverse books/authors!! I don't think I've ever had a year where I read 3 books of the same genre, set and written by authors in 3 different countries (I know #ownvoices isn't a part of the prompt, but I would only want to read authors from that country).

Well, correction: if "general fiction" and other large genre categories like YA count, then yes I have. But with this prompt I would try to do something a lot more specific genre-wise to get a better feel for comparisons. Like space westerns from America, Japan, and Russia off the top of the head since I have a friend doing that. Or post-colonial narratives, or post-war narratives of something like WW2.

[Irene]

Conny wrote: "Ellie wrote: "I am just saying if I feel like a prompt is only giving me a handful of authors to read, I don't really want to vote it in, even if I do have one option. I hate being tied to a book a..."

It's great that you already read a wide variety of genres!! I know a lot of people don't, and stick to a few similar genres (like people who never touch horror or anything remotely creepy, or people who wouldn't read rom-coms or chick lit if their lives depended on it). I guess I'm intrigued by the idea of completely opposite genres, maybe even read the same day if the books are short!

I naturally tend to read "similar" genre books together, like 2 romances one week, then a thriller and 2 mysteries the next, etc.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I do want to point out that for the 2 truths and a lie prompt, it doesn't necessarily have to be nonfiction/fiction. You could do two historical biographies (historical fiction about real people) followed by a historical fiction that doesn't feature any real people. Or two contemporary (realistic fiction) books and then a fantasy.

Just mentioning because I know we have a few members who aren't nonfiction readers.

[Conny]

Emily wrote: "I do want to point out that for the 2 truths and a lie prompt, it doesn't necessarily have to be nonfiction/fiction. You could do two historical biographies (historical fiction about real people) f..."

I think there are loads of options there, non-fiction or not. There are also many books with "truth" or "lie" or a variation thereof in the title, or "truth" could refer to a book focused on finding out the truth (like any detective novel ever) as opposed to a thriller or drama that is all about the main character(s) covering something up. I'm definitely stoked for that one and am hoping it will get in.

[Ellie]

I guess for two truths and a lie, you could come up with two truths and a lie about yourself and then find books to fit?
For me:
I have a dog (read a book about dogs)
I work in IT (read a book related to IT)
I am undead (read a book about vampires)

I would probably be lazy though and just do unrelated non-fiction/fiction.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

I also love the multi-prompts. As many of your interpretations show, many of them can be interpreted in ways that they are essentially single prompts (like Ellie's example for 2 truths/lie) but then the multi-prompt aspect just adds an additional layer. So in a way, it's a double challenge.

But don't worry, my personal preferences won't lead to 12 weeks of prompts ;)

[Avery]

Ellie wrote: "I guess for two truths and a lie, you could come up with two truths and a lie about yourself and then find books to fit?
For me:
I have a dog (read a book about dogs)
I work in IT (read a book rela..."

Yes! For anyone unfamiliar, Two Truths and a Lie is an ice-breaker game that is commonly played to get to know your coworkers/classmates/friends etc. You go around in a circle and each say 2 facts about yourself that are true and 1 fact that is false, and the rest of the group has to guess which is the lie.

You could totally interpret this any which way you prefer. You could do 2 books/genres/authors you know you'll like and 1 book which you are unsure of. The titles could have words related to truths and lies (honesty, laws, rules, facts, lying, cheating, affair). You could read three books about the same topic/subject but 2 are realistic fiction, and 1 is magical realism. If you're like me and slot books into the prompts after you read them, it could be 2 books that lived up to the hype and 1 book that was a let down in your eyes.

And agreed with some of your sentiments above, I like multi-weeks (and single prompts in general) that are open to interpretation and let you be creative how you fit books in!

[Kim]

Are the polls open yet?

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

The poll is open! https://www.surveymoz.com/s/1XVLIR/

[Stacey]

Yeah, 2-or 3- week prompts are pretty much my limit, although for the four seasons prompt, I’d be thrilled to read the rest of Ali Smith’s excellent seasonal series. I downvoted the two ATY/initials prompts and the family author connection because there just aren’t enough choices I find interesting for that one.

[Beth]

I don't really have strong feelings either way about most of these. I ended up voting for the 2 truths and a lie (I have tons of non-fic so this would be a nice way to slot a couple in), the author you've read never/once or twice/many times (I always have authors I plan to read more of but don't get to), and the GR choice awards (probably unpopular but I have a lot on my TBR).

I downvoted the seasons prompt for a couple of reasons - I haven't looked through my TBR but feel it might be difficult to find books that are specific to the spring and autumn seasons? For those reading in order it might also feel odd to be reading a summery book in the winter and vice versa, assuming the multi-week prompts will all be grouped together.

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Beth wrote: "I don't really have strong feelings either way about most of these. I ended up voting for the 2 truths and a lie (I have tons of non-fic so this would be a nice way to slot a couple in), the author..."

I feel like autumn would actually be very easy - lots of halloween/mystery options. And of course you wouldn't have to be very literal with it. Fall could mean a book where the character is starting a new school year or spring could be a book involving gardening or other spring activities.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

The multi-weeks don't have to be grouped together necessarily. I think they were spread across the year in 2018 and 2017. So when we were making the list, if the 4 seasons gets in, we would certainly spread it across the list. Whatever makes the most sense for the prompt!

[Rachel]

I voted for the 4 card suits and the 7-letter and 14-letter author names. Those were the two that immediately jumped out at me, and the only two I really felt strongly that I wanted. I probably would have also voted for BBB if it hadn't already been in my rejects challenge this year, and I'd considered Past, Present Future but decided I didn't want it that strongly.

I downvoted 2 Truths and a Lie and Then & Now. They were two that I immediately didn't care for. I also downvoted 2 very different genres since I do that anyway, and also the authors that I've read never, once or many times. It's also something that I end up doing anyway.

I also downvoted 4 seasons, which was partly because I'd already voted for another 4-week prompt and didn't really want two 4-week prompts, and also because I find certain seasons really hard to find books for. And my last downvote was for the 2 authors with a family relationship.

[Joan]

I up voted for three of them and down voted for five of them. The prompts were pretty good overall. I just down voted for five because I thought they would be harder to fill or felt like I've done them already but I don't think I'd mind whatever prompt makes it.

[Martha]

I voted for the 4-season books because topically the 4 seasons incorporate many different subjects ( i.e., spring - environment, new growth; summer - beach reads, travel; fall - mysteries, horror, Victorian classics, etc; winter - cosy reads, etc). I also up voted Past, Present, Future and same genre set in 3 different countries.

I think this poll is going to be all over the place.

[Alexx]

I have upvoted two books from very different genres, an author with 7 or less letters and an author with 14+ letters, author with a, t, y in their names, confinement and freedom, and the Goodreads choice one.

I downvoted two truths and a lie (because this is similar to what I chose for my binary opposites this year although I do like the prompt), an author I've never read, an author I've read once or twice and one I've read lots (because I don't have any authors I've read lots unless you count Jacqueline Wilson, Roald Dahl or JKR and I don't have much interest in reading them anymore), and the card suits (because it sounds complicated to me)

[Irene]

I'm almost worried nothing will pass since it seems like this is a really polarizing poll!

I downvoted 4, based on my personal goal of trying to read the books I own first before going out and buying any for the challenge!

- 2 truths and a lie, because I don't know what I'd read for them (none of the options I've heard seem easily doable for me). I would say I'd do the hype/letdown option, but it takes the fun out of planning books for the challenge if I add in random books retroactively
- Family relationship (I don't own any 2 related authors' books)
- The <7 letter name for the same reason (I don't own any)
- 4 card suits: downvoted because I surprised myself by upvoting the 4 seasons prompt, and I would not like to do two 4-week prompts

[Nicole]

I really like the different countries prompt. You can go as diverse as you want. Read books from countries close to your own or spread them over the world.
It might make you see differences or similarities that wouldn't otherwise catch your eye.

[Jillian]

Irene wrote: "I'm almost worried nothing will pass since it seems like this is a really polarizing poll!

I downvoted 4, based on my personal goal of trying to read the books I own first before going out and buy..."

The discussion is not always consistent with the way votes go. I don't think there has ever been a poll with no winners. If there are several that are a close call but no clear winner, I'm sure the mods with set something up like a tie breaker poll.