07. A book that fits a prompt suggestion that didn't make the final list

[GailW]

I read Hidden in Plain Sight by Jeffrey Archer for the prompt "A book with a "heroic" character".

[Karen]

I read Behind Her Eyes, for the prompt " a book related to dreams." I used this prompt as basically a free pass, reading something I just wanted to read, and then choosing a prompt for it when I finished.

[Donna]

I chose Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America by Steve Almond for the prompt "A Food Item on the Cover". I loved everything about this book! My name is Donna and I am a Chocoholic. ; )

[Andrea]

The prompt that I selected was A book from the 2020 NPR Book Concierge.
It is a fantastic resource that encouraged me to read The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab.

[Hannah]

1. What prompt did you choose and why?
I chose "A book with an introverted protagonist." It was a prompt I voted for but ended up in the bottom of the poll, which is unusual for me, so I wanted to give it a try! I also had the perfect book in mind for it.

2. What book did you read for it?
I read Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon. It's a sci fi story about an old woman who chooses to remain behind on a formerly colonized planet that's since been abandoned because she's just so tired of dealing with people who don't take her seriously. She luxuriates in the freedom of being literally the only human being on this planet and is extremely disgruntled when (view spoiler)[aliens show up (hide spoiler)].

3. What other prompts did you consider?
If I hadn't read Remnant Population, I definitely would have chosen to read The Snow Child for the "second chance" prompt: I loved that idea and really wanted to use it to give a second chance to an author I had read before and not liked so much but felt was promising enough to give a second try.

[Suzanne]

1. What prompt did you choose and why?
A book where the author has the same first and last initial as you
I suggested this prompt.

2. What book did you read for it?
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

3. What other prompts did you consider?
I considered just about everything!

[NancyJ]

A book with a non-binary or trans character or author - I recommend
The Deep by Rivers Solomon. (I believe the author is non-binary, based on their picture, and the use of non-binary pronouns in the bio.)

Their newer book is: Sorrowland

added:

I just read a very positive review for: Detransition, Baby which sounds fascinating.

[NancyJ]

A book related to Shakespeare.
✅ Hamnet

A book related to a book.
✅Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

A book set in one of the 5 current communist countries (China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, Vietnam) –
✅The Sympathizer - Vietnam
✔Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China - China - tbr

A book featuring a prominent role for a mineral (cover, title, author’s name, or story) –
✅ All the Devils are Here by Louise Penny - Rare earth minerals, Neodymium.

A book you once started but didn't finish
✅Home
Finding Katarina M.
The Master and Margarita

A book about outer-space
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

A book featuring a ghost, vengeful spirit, or lost soul –
Home Before Dark, Night Tiger

A book with a non-binary or trans character or author. ✅The Deep by Rivers Solomon

A book related to one of the United Nations 2021 "International Year" themes. Elimination of Child Labor
✔The Night Tiger
✔Changeling

A book involving a rabbit - I suggest The Constant Rabbit

[NancyJ]

Marie wrote: "I chose "A book that concerns something or someone mentioned on the wikipedia page of your birthday".

I read Cinder by Marissa Meyer. The AbioCor self-contained ar..."

That's a good one!

I didn't even notice this prompt before. I found that I share a birthday with Kevin Bacon, and I thought of the game Six degrees of Kevin Bacon - or six degrees of separation. I'm reading short story books this month so I have a couple possibilities of books with loosely connected characters.

[Pamela, Arciform Mod]

Noone get mad, my tongue is a tiny bit in my cheek for this, although the more I think about it, not,

1. What prompt did you choose and why? A book featuring a theme of women overcoming systemic obstacles. I picked it laughing as it's a chic lit book of ageism and older women not being allowed to be themselves or seen as sexy, but really, it's a big issue and I'm upset!
2. What book did you read for it? Gray Hair Don't Care
3. What other prompts did you consider
I was planning to do z as I was going to read the Lenny Kravitz memoir but I really do hate memoirs, even if it's Lenny.

[Sarah]

1. What prompt did you choose and why?
A book with a major life altering event in the plot. I chose the prompt to fit the book!

2. What book did you read for it?
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

3. What other prompts did you consider?
I am using this as a freebie!

[Nancy]

Nancy wrote: "As of now, I picked the trapped together prompt, as that's one of my favorite tropes of late. And the book I slated is The Hunting Party. My other option is a book about books."

I'm going through the prompts and posting what I read, vs what I planned to read.

When Andy Weir's newest, Project Hail Mary came out, I knew I had to read it. And it nicely fit the prompt "A book about or set in outer space."

I do still plan to read The Hunting Party this year, as trapped together was a close call, and I am doing a close calls challenge.

[Jill]

What prompt did you choose and why?
A book that is older than your mom Poll 11. I wanted to read this book so found a prompt where it would fit. As this was first published in 1890, I thought it was older than anybody's mom

What other prompts did you consider?
I was originally going to read a book about a nun Poll 12

[Wendy]

I'm going with "a book related to nuns" and reading The Bell by Iris Murdoch. This was one of my top category picks during the voting, so I'm glad to be able to fit it in here!

Other categories I considered were:
- a book off the "500 great books by women" list (actually, The Bell works for this too!)
- featuring a ghost, vengeful spirit, or lost soul
- related to music
- related to the element Scandium
- one of the first 20 books on my TBR
- with an endangered animal on the cover

[Arunimaa]

I chose "A book related to a technological advancement." from the No Designation Category of Poll1.

I read The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lawrence


So, this book is all about the making of this really cool dating app which requires users to send in their spit sample and they are able to match you with people who genetically compatible with you i.e. your soulmate supposedly. There is a lot more scientific crazy stuff in it which I thought was pretty cool. It would be crazy if someday we actually have something like this.

[Stacey]

The book I chose, Eden Mine by the brilliant S.M. Hulse, could either fit the prompt 'a book related to the 21st chemical element Scandium', or the prompt related to a mineral. In either case, I love this woman's writing and was determined to read her latest novel this year no matter what. It was fantastic!

[Anne]

I chose the prompt 'A book with the letter Z on the cover' as I have
abook in I want to read.
I am going to read The Maiden's Tale by Margaret Frazer.
I could have chosen the prompt 'A book closely related to what you wanted to be as a kid' as I am currently reading a book about a vet that does not fit any ot the other prompts for 2021 which I have left to read.

[Evelyn]

1. What prompt did you choose and why?
A book related to mental health

2. What book did you read for it?
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

3. What other prompts did you consider?
A book originally written in a language you don't speak
A book with "Pantone’s 2021 Color of the Year" on the cover
A book related to a person featured in a Google doodle
A book from the Los Angeles Public Library Book List

[Dana]

1. What prompt did you choose and why?
I chose "A book related to Shakespeare" because I already read one that fits into this category.

2. What book did you read for it?
All's Well by Mona Awad.

3. What other prompts did you consider?
A winner or nominee from the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards
A book written from the point of view of a child
A book with a day of the week or a month in the title
A book that includes a recipe
A book with a house on the cover
Pick a genre and read nominated books from three different years of the Goodreads Choice Awards
Read a book linked to each of the four card suits (hearts, diamonds, spades, clubs)
4 books related to the 4 seasons
A book about outer space
etc

[Elizabeth]

1. A Book that includes a recipe - I read so many cozy mysteries.
2. Raspberry Danish Murder - Joanne Fluke
3. House on the cover, Shakespeare inspired, book in a language I don't speak.

[Pam]

I used the prompt "A book that is not a graphic novel but has illustrations" and read a children's non-fiction Who Was Napoleon?. I wanted to learn a little more about Napoleon and that time period since I'm currently reading The Count of Monte Cristo. I also needed a quick read since I'm behind in the challenge!

[NancyJ]

Is anyone working on a list of rejected prompts? If so, is there a place we can share and discuss our lists?

[NancyJ]

I couldn't find another spot for this.

REJECTED PROMPT CHALLENGE
Prompts that didn't make the 2021 list.
Bold - no overlaps with either round 1 or 2

1. A biography or biographical fiction: Lady Clementine
2. An alternate history book: His Majesty's Dragon,
3. A book written by or about a person with a physical disability. The Satapur Moonstone, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
4. A book about outer-space: All Systems Red
5. A book about or involving a team or organization: Selkies are a Girl's Best Friend,
6. A book with a wild animal on the cover or in the title:Once There Were Wolves
7. A book of fiction involving a real person or a non-fiction about a fictitious person or persona: The Aviator’s Wife.
8. A book where the protagonist adheres to a religion that is not your own. Interior Chinatown,
9. A book that fits a category from another challenge: (Global)
Into That Forest - Tasmania
10. A book with an animal on the cover - The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
11. A book related to Shakespeare: Hamnet by Maggie O'Connell
12. A book with a non-binary or trans character or author: The Deep by Rivers Solomon.
13. A book written by a Nobel Prize Winning author: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
14. A book featuring a prominent role for a mineral (cover, title, author’s name, or story): All the Devils are Here by Louise Penny - Rare earth minerals, Neodymium.
15. A book related to a book:
balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
The Book of Magic
16. A book related to mental health: A Madness So Discreet, Transcendent Kingdom, Dark Mother Earth, The Silent Patient, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.
17. A book originally written in a language you don't speak:
Dark Mother Earth, Drive your plow over the bodies of the Dead, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Island Beneath the Sea.
18. A book set in one of the 5 current communist countries (China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, Vietnam) –
The Sympathizer - Vietnam
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress -China
19. A book related to one of the United Nations 2021 themes- "International Year of Elimination of Child Labor:"
The Night Tiger, Changeling
20. A book related to a technological advancement: Oryx and Crake,Bewilderment They Both Die at the End.
21. A book written from the point of view of a child: And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer, She Who Became the Sun,
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
22. A book written by someone no more than two degrees of separation away from you: Kate's Courage
23. A book related to Don McLean's "American Pie" : Malibu Rising (era, music, fire)
24. A book that deals with second chances: The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, The Midnight Library
25, A book published before you were born: Mrs. Dalloway. Love of Life
26. A book related to a generation that you don’t belong to: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
27. A book nominated for a lesser known literary prize: Dark Mother Earth, Things We Lost in the Fire
28. A book that includes a recipe: A Long Petal of the Sea
29. A book featuring a theme of women overcoming systemic obstacles: She Who Became the Sun
30. A coming-of-age story: China Room, The Once and Future Witches, She Who Became the Sun, Henna Artist, Runaway,
31. A book written from a 1st person point of view: Lady Clementine
32. A book featuring a ghost, vengeful spirit, or lost soul –
Midnight Riot, The Night Tiger, Home Before Dark
33. Read a Novella: And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer, All Systems Red
34. A book you meant to read in 2020: The Satapur Moonstone, Mrs. Dalloway
35. A book related to money - Anxious People
36. A book that fills a "hole" in your typical reading habits:
A Wizard of Earthsea, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
37. A book that won an award for a genre you don’t often read: All Systems Red (Hugo Award, Nebula Award)
38. A book with a focus on the natural world: Once There Were Wolves, Migrations, Bewilderment
39. A book you once started but didn't finish:Home

After going through the spreadsheet, it's up to 75 prompts with overlaps.

[Jenni]

Optional Questions
1. What prompt did you choose and why?
I chose a close call prompt, "a book with a focus on the natural world" which fit a book club selection that I didn't read in 2019.

2. What book did you read for it?
I read The Crows of Beara by Julie Christine Johnson. It's set in Ireland and tells the story of Annie Crowe, a PR specialist hired to help a mining conglomerate "sell" its mining operation to the people of the Beara peninsula as bringing much needed jobs to the community, despite the fact that the mine will destroy the beautiful, natural environment there and endanger the red-billed chough, which has a habitat limited to the peninsula and which is already in a very precarious position environmentally.

3. What other prompts did you consider?
I considered "a book with a house on the cover" because The Smell of Other People's Houses has been on my eTBR stack for awhile and I was hoping to read it in 2021, but my library doesn't have it.

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