[2023] Poll 3 Suggestions

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

It's time for our next round of suggestions!

Just a reminder that you can find a full list of prompts already on the 2023 list in the third post on a href=https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... this thread.

A little reminder of how things are done around here:

How it works:
- The topics for the 2023 reading challenge list will be determined by a series of mini-polls, the number of which depends on the number of prompts winning in each mini-polls
- Suggestions for each poll will be opened until 15 suggestions are received and “seconded”.
- The voting thread will open the day after suggestions go live. You can find the schedule here.
- The poll will be posted after the voting thread is opened for 24 hours, and will remain open for three full days.
- Each user has 8 votes to spread between their favorite (top) and least favorite (bottom) prompts
- 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)

Rules:
- Each member can only suggest OR second one prompt
- Suggestions close after 15 total seconded prompts

When suggesting and seconding, feel free to provide examples and descriptions that may help other members understand the prompt better. These descriptions and examples will be copied over to the voting thread for further discussion.

As always, please express any and all feedback (respectfully, of course), either here or in The Wild Discussion.


Moving on to Voting:
1. A book related to Hollywood
2. A book related to pride
3. A book with a full name in the title
4. A book with a two word title, one of which is The
5. A book involving power or politics
6. A book with a character who has a career or hobby that interests you
7. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover
8. A book with at least 500,000 ratings on Goodreads
9. A book by a Nobel Prize winner for literature
10. A book with a female or nonbinary main character who is an explorer/traveller
11. A book with a 2 and a 3 in the page count (123, 132, 213, 372, 932...)
12. A book with a child protagonist
13. A book to which you didn't have instant access
14. A book that is inspired by or pays homage to another story
15. A book related to a common phrase, saying, or idiom

Available to Second:

[Dubhease]

In honour of the 100th anniversary of the Hollywood sign, read:

"A book related to Hollywood"

This prompt should be broad enough to read non-fiction, either about an aspect of movie making, or a particular movie. Or a biography or autobiography of someone in Hollywood.

Examples of fiction set in Hollywood:

Hollywood Wives - Jackie Collins
The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy
L.A. Confidential - James Ellroy
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - Henry Farrell
Postcards From the Edge - Carrie Fisher
The Last Tycoon - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Blonde - Joyce Carol Oates
Mary, Mary - James Patterson
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
All the Stars in Heaven - Adriana Trigiani
The Day of the Locust - Nathanael West

[Jette]

A book to which you did not have instant access due to waiting on a release date, wanting to read it on vacation, a library hold, etc.

[Ellie]

A book related to pride

Pride and Prejudice Retellings: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
LGBT+ Pride: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Deadly Sin: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Lions: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
Rainbows: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

[Kat]

I'll second a book related to Hollywood.

[Irene]

A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover

(This would include the words being in the title, since it'd still be on the cover! If I should reword the prompt as "on the cover or title" then please advise!)

Edited again to add Listopias:
Moon/Stars on Cover: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Moon on Cover: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
Sun/Sunset on Cover: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Sun in the name: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Celestial Bodies in Title: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
Moon, Sun, and Stars in Title: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Jette wrote: "A book to which you did not have instant access due to waiting on a release date, wanting to read it on vacation, a library hold, etc."

Could this be phrased "a book you had to wait for"? just to make it shorter when voting.

[Nancy]

A book with a full name in the title.

There are tons of options for this but a couple of examples:

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
Eva Luna
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

[Pamela, Arciform Mod]

A book with a two word title, one of which is The

[Harini]

I will second a book related to pride

[Hilde]

A Nobel price winner

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lis...

[Tracy]

How about "A book with a character who has a career or hobby that interests you."

Some Listopias with suggestions (I'm sure there must be more out there also):

Fiction focused on Occupations or Hobbies: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...

Day in the Life Memoirs: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...

Jobs/Careers/Vocations: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

Romance with Heroes/Heroines that focus on their interests: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Crafty Cozy Mysteries: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...

[Tracy]

I can't 'second' since I just suggested, but I'm interested in 'Pride', 'book you had to wait for', 'book with a full name in the title', and 'sun, moon, or stars'.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Yes, lots of good ideas!

[Lindsey]

I'll second a book with a full name in the title.

[Jill]

I will second a two word title, one of which is THE

[NancyJ]

I'll suggest

A book involving power or politics.

[Tina]

a book with at least 500.000 ratings on Goodreads

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

NancyJ wrote: "I'll suggest

A book involving power or politics."

That seems like a good way to phrase it!

[Martha]

I'll second a book involving power or politics

[Dubhease]

Hilde wrote: "A Nobel price winner

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lis..."

Not to be pedantic, but wouldn't it be "A book by a Nobel prize winner" since Nobel prizes are usually given out for a body of work, and rarely for a specific book.

I do love the prompt, though. And since it doesn't say Nobel Prize in literature, you could read a book by a Peace prize winner or one of the science disciplines.

[NancyJ]

Thanks Robin and Martha! I'll have some links soon.

[RachelG.]

I will second A book with a character who has a career or hobby that interests you, especially since I am currently listening to a knitting cozy mystery.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

I will second sun, moon or stars on cover.

[Tracy]

RachelG. wrote: "I will second A book with a character who has a career or hobby that interests you, especially since I am currently listening to a knitting cozy mystery."

Oh good RachelG! I was happy to find listopias that covered this idea that included mysteries and romances as specific genres. I wouldn't have thought of those as being books that would include careers or hobbies (except of course for law enforcement/PI type careers in mysteries).

[Nancy]

Tina wrote: "a book with at least 500.000 ratings on Goodreads"

I assume this is British format and is 500,000 to us Americans....

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Just realized this thread should be titled Poll 3 Suggestions, rather than Round 3 Suggestions, so I just changed it. It is the same thread in case you have clicked out and come back.

[Nadine in NY]

Dubhease wrote: "Hilde wrote: "A Nobel price winner

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lis..."

Not to be pedantic, but wouldn't it be "A book by a Nobel prize winner" since Nobel pri..."


I think both terms work. It's not unusual to say something like "I'm reading Shakespeare" or "I'm reading Kafka." And of course you mean you're reading a book by that author.

[Thomas]

I second the prompt for half a million ratings on goodreads (howeevr it is written

[Irene]

I agree about rewording the Nobel Prize prompt because they are awarded to a person for their body of work and not the works themselves. Nadine is right about it still making sense, but I guess for the final list it would be more correct to say "A book by a Nobel Prize winner," especially for authors like Pres. Obama who won a non-Literature prize.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

And it could be a book that author wrote much earlier or later in their career than when they won the prize.

Hilde, if you are still on here, are you ok with changing the wording?

[Pamela, Arciform Mod]

Robin P wrote: "Just realized this thread should be titled Poll 3 Suggestions, rather than Round 3 Suggestions, so I just changed it. It is the same thread in case you have clicked out and come back."

Clearly that was delaying the nominating (sarcasm)..... we all knew what you meant!

[Nadine in NY]

Here's the Listopia for a half million ratings:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...

[Karen]

I second the Nobel Prize winner...

[NancyJ]

Robin - I know this is too much. I'll try to narrow it down some more.

A book involving power or politics:

Fiction or non-fiction about government politics, organization politics, politicians, political issues, leadership, or stories involving the use (or abuse) of power.

The book might involve a political issue, such a gun control, criminal justice, wealth-gap, abortion, black lives matter, feminism, the environment, immigration, mass shootings, or the Jan 6 attack on the US capital. The book could be set in a fantasy world, outer-space, a religious organization, corporation, school, royal court, or any government. Stories about how power is gained or wielded to control people, events or to get ahead (Machiavellianism, influence tactics, coalitions, types of power, use of force, scandals.)

Links/lists for Power/Politics:
Politics: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/poli...
Power: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Political biography: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Political thriller: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Political fantasy: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

Issues:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/femi...

More political fiction and romance:
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

I went ahead and put it as A book by a Nobel Prize winner, I hope that is ok, I think that will be clearer for voting. For some other prizes like Pulitzer, it is for a specific book, but not for Nobel.

[Juliet]

with that wording change we should probably also add Nobel Prize for Literature, because an awful lot of folks who have won the peace prize went on to write books and I dont think that was the intent here

[Miles]

A book with an explorer or adventurer or traveller who is female or non binary as a main character.

[Pamela, Arciform Mod]

I wish someone would second the delay one! I'm a library reader and the whims of the Hold Shelf govern my reading!

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Juliet Brown wrote: "with that wording change we should probably also add Nobel Prize for Literature, because an awful lot of folks who have won the peace prize went on to write books and I dont think that was the inte..."

I see what you mean, I'd like to hear from Hilde about her intent. I don't think it would be a big problem if someone read a book by a Peace Prize winner.

[Hilde]

Hi Robin, just saw this and I am fine with the rewording. Thanks to all for the input!

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Miles wrote: "A book with an explorer or adventurer or traveller who is female or non binary as a main character."

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue and The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy would definitely work for that.

[°~Amy~°]

A book with a 2 and a 3 in the page count (123, 132, 213, 372, 932...)

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Hilde wrote: "Hi Robin, just saw this and I am fine with the rewording. Thanks to all for the input!"

Great, I will adjust it.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Could we possibly reword the adventuring prompt to make it more concise?

A book with a female or nonbinary protagonist who is an explorer/traveller

(I feel like explorer, traveller, adventurer are all kind of the same, but I appreciate that explorer and traveller are different enough to include both, while adventurer is not much different from either of those other two. If that makes sense.)

I would be willing to second the rewording, but not the original.

[Hilde]

I initially thought of the literature price, but it does open it up more if all winners are included - which is a good point. I don’t have strong feelings either way, both is fine with me.

[Cassidy]

I'll second "A book with an explorer or adventurer or traveller who is female or non binary as a main character"

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Cassidy wrote: "I'll second "A book with an explorer or adventurer or traveller who is female or non binary as a main character""

Are you and Miles ok with the change Emily suggested? I'll put it for now as the original wording.

[Rosemary]

Nancy wrote: "Tina wrote: "a book with at least 500.000 ratings on Goodreads"

I assume this is British format and is 500,000 to us Americans...."

Some countries in Europe write it that way. Not Britain, we use a comma.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

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