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BIO:
- Use only female authors
- Use only LGBTQIA+ authors
- Use only books you already own
- Use only nonfiction books
KIS:
- Use only picture books
A book published in 2022
BIO:
- Limit it to an author's debut book
KIS:
- Use a previously published book that has a new edition out in 2022
A book posted in the 2021 or 2022 ATY Best Book of the Month threads
BIO:
- Limit it to only books picked during your birthday month
KIS:
A book with a language or nationality in the title
BIO:
- Read the book in the same language as is mentioned in the title
KIS:
- Allow for the use of cultural denominators and language groups (e.g. Celtic, Indian, Manchurian, Nordic) as well as homographs (e.g. Romance as a language family)
A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
BIO:
- Restrict your choices to only ones with a connection in the origin of the phrase, i. e., be related to maps/mapmaking, ancient/Medieval explorers, or uncharted territory
KIS:
- Include books where a character has traits associated with the Lunar Year of the Dragon
A book with a time-related word in the title
BIO:
- Limit it to just books with the word "time" in the title
- Restrict your choices to only books with an actual time of day in the title (e.g. 2 o' clock, midnight, noon, etc)
KIS:
A book published at least 10 years ago
BIO:
- Read a book published exactly 10 years ago, in 2012
KIS:
A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
BIO:
- Read a book where both the title AND author's name include all five vowels
- Read a book where the title/author's name contain A, E, I, O, U, and Y as well!
KIS:
- Allow Y to sub in for one of the other vowels
A book with an image of a source of light on the cover
BIO:
- Read a book where the light source is the focal point of the cover art, like:
KIS:
- Include depictions of light where the source is out of the frame (beams of light, sky with sunrise colors, etc)
- Include the moon or other reflected light, or shadows that would imply a source of light
A book connected to a book you read in 2021
BIO:
KIS:
A book where the main character is a female detective or police officer
BIO:
KIS:
- Include non-professionals who solve a mystery, as in many cozy mysteries
3 books set on three different continents
BIO:
- Do not use books set in the US or UK
- Do not use Europe or North America
- Use books written by authors from/on the continent, not just set there
- Limit the books to only books set entirely on the continent (no traveling off of it)
- Connect the three books through theme, genre, or time period:
Immigrant/Refugee experience
Royalty
All #ownvoices / indigenous perspective
Travel
Social justice
Environmental
Single genre (mystery, romance, etc.)
All by the same author! (I'm sure it's possible!)
Power/Corruption/Politics
Folk stories or mythology
Retellings of European stories set in other continents
Hero stories or epics
KIS:
- Consider fictional worlds as "continents"
2 books with the same word in the title
BIO:
- Use a random word generator to pick a word to use
- Require the word to be in the same place in the title (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl on the Train)
- Use two books with the same title
KIS:
- Allow for articles and pronouns to count
2 books related to flora and fauna
BIO:
- Use two books that have both flora AND fauna in them
KIS:
Actually if I was goign to diversify I should try reading all male authros. Both my challenge this year and my Popsugar last year were incredibly female dominated. My current TBR has no men at all
Thomas wrote: "Actually if I was goign to diversify I should try reading all male authros. Both my challenge this year and my Popsugar last year were incredibly female dominated. My current TBR has no men at all"I've had this same thought before! :-D The genres I most enjoy reading tend to be dominated by female authors.
Another overall BIO option for the list would be to read only non-fiction. BIO for published in 2022 - An authors debut book.
BIO for language in the title - read the book in the same language as is mentioned in the title
A possible BIO for the Dragons prompt: the connection must lie in the origin of the phrase, i. e., be related to maps/mapmaking, ancient/Medieval explorers, or unchartered territory.KIS for the language/nationality prompt: include cultural denominators and language groups (e.g. Celtic, Indian, Manchurian, Nordic) as well as homographs (e.g. Romance as a language family, which of course actually has nothing to do with the romance genre)
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KIS Here Be Dragons: include books where a character has traits assosciated with the year of the dragon.
KIS: source of light on cover: include depictions of light where the source is out of the frame (beams of light, sky with sunrise colors, etc)
another KIS for source of light would be to include the moon or other reflected light, or shadows that would imply a source of light
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Some BIO ideas!For the time-related word:
- Read a book with the word "time" in the title
- Read a book with an actual time of day in the title (e.g. 2 o' clock, midnight, noon, etc)
For the book published at least 10 years ago:
- Read a book published exactly 10 years ago, in 2012
5 vowels:
- Read a book where both the title AND author's name include all five vowels
- Read a book where the title/author's name contain A, E, I, O, U, and Y as well!
Image of light on cover:
- Read a book where the light source is the focal point of the cover art, like:
BIO for 3 continents - written by authors from/on the continent, not just set thereETA - and even more challenging, written from an indigenous perspective, rather than a colonial or outsider one.
Another BIO could be the book takes place entirely on the continent, as many have multiple settings.
A KIS for continents could be set on three different made up continents
BIO for:Flora and Fauna- both books contain flora AND fauna
3 continents:
- specific genre or theme (e.g. history, travel, SciFi, poetry, mythology, graphic novel, war, etc.) So many options!
- set or written in the same time period or during the same event (e.g. WWII)
BIO three continents theme ideas (copied over my post from the Poll 4 Results discussion):Immigrant/Refugee experience
Royalty
All #ownvoices / indigenous perspective
Travel
Social justice
Environmental
Single genre (mystery, romance, etc.)
All by the same author! (I'm sure it's possible!)
Power/Corruption/Politics
Folk stories or mythology
Retellings of European stories set in other continents
Hero stories or epics
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For 3 ContinentsBIO -
Limit to translated books
Limit to authors who grew up in (or now live in) the culture they're writing about.
Limit to countries you haven't read about before
Themes
Travel - Read books in which characters travel within the continent.
Culture - Limit to stories that reflect the culture of the country
History - civil wars, colonial history, or all involved in WWII
Communism - all countries that were or are primary
Social issues, diversity, role of women
KIS
Allow a continent/country to be represented by immigrant experience stories set elsewhere
A book published at least 10 years agoBIO:
Read a book published at least 100 years ago
Read a book published in the 1920's or 1820's
A book where the main character is a female detective or police officerBIO
This was inspired by the first female FBI agent, so
- read a book about the first female FBI agent _____ (or one of the women from the first cohort)
- read a book about a female FBI agent
- read a book about Kate Warne, the first female detective at Pinkertons.
5 vowels:KIS: Read a book with all 5 vowels in the combined title and author's name
Set in 1900-1950BIO: Not about a war :)
Ooh I like that BIO. I almost wish the cutoff was 1940 instead, since there are SO many WWII books.
Another BIO for 1900-1950:A contemporary book of its time (e.g. both set in and written during the time period)
BIO options for the 1900-1950 prompt Read a book from a decade that is underrepresented on your "read" shelf.
Read a book from the earliest decade in the time period.
Read a classic that was written and set during this period.
Read a classic of a genre/sub-genre that originated during this period, such as a noir mystery, Maltese Falcon 1929.
Read a non-fiction book based on classified information that could not have been written until now (some espionage, code-breaking books, especially involving women).
Read a book that was not set in Europe or your home country.
Pick a time period, country, or historical event you haven't read much about before (e.g. 1920's, Korea v Japan, Spanish Civil War).
Pick a theme: Social changes, art, film, lost generation, great depression, social change, resistance, unions, etc.
Women in non-traditional gender roles, books based on de-classified WWII records on women in code-breaking and espionage
For those reading 7 continents, make this one of your extra continent books.
Rural/Small town prompt:BIO:
Read a classic or literary novel
Read a book with a rural setting
KIS:
Read a cozy mystery or romance
Read a book set in a rural area, small town, or suburban area.
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Here are the terms we use on this page:
KIS: The "Keep It Simple" option is for times when you feel a topic is just too difficult to find a good book for. For topics you might want to make a tad bit easier on yourself, go for these options. You've probably got a couple of good choices on your bookshelf already!
BIO: The "Bring It On" option is for when you really, really want to challenge yourself. These might require more research, which can be a lot of fun, when you are in the mood. You might have to go hunt down a book, you might have to steal one from a friend (don't do that, friends get cranky when you steal their books but you might have to ask nicely to borrow a book), or you might have to visit your library to find something to fit.....basically, BIO is meant to make things a bit more challenging then just grabbing the next book off the top of your tbr pile.
Other Interpretations: While we have our BIO and KIS options, there may be different ways of looking at the prompt that don't change the challenge of it, but do open it up in a way we might not have interpreted otherwise. Those suggestions go here.
Please drop a comment and let us know how you plan on interpreting the prompts! We will incorporate these suggestions in our weekly threads!