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[2023] Poll 4 Voting - MULTIWEEK
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1. 3 Weeks: A book related to a Warner Brothers film, related to a Disney film, and related to a BBC film
1. A book related to a Warner Brothers film,
2. A book related to a Disney film
3. A book related related to a BBC film
Examples
A book made into a film: Maybe Baby : BBC Film
A book by written by a movie actor: The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe: Peg, Disney’s Lady and the Tramp
A book with a similar name to a movie: Finding Cinderella : Disney’s Cinderella
A book with a similar theme to a movie: Or A Case of Cat and Mouse : WB's Tom and Jerry (involves a cat and a mouse)
Non-fiction books about film or the studios themselves
Links:
WB animated Films: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
WB movies based on books: https://warnerbros.fandom.com/wiki/Ca...
WB films 2010-2019: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
WB films 2020-current: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
WB all years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_o...
WB Horror: https://www.warnerbros.com/news/artic...
Disney animated films: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Disney Films (all): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Books turned into Disney movies: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
BBC FIlms:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilm/films/
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?co...
BBC Films adapted from books:
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
Great Expectations Jane Eyre
The Men Who Stare at Goats
The Sense of an Ending
We Need to Talk About Kevin
A Long Way Down
Brideshead Revisited
3. 4 Weeks: Four books connected to each other through publication date (week 1), cover color (week 2), country setting (week 3), and title starting letter (week 4)
week 1 - published in the same year as the last book you read
week 2 - same color cover as the book from week 1
week 3 - set in same country as book 2
week 4 - title starts with same letter as book 3
I started week 1 as connected to ""the last book you read"" which will allow it to connect to a previous book without having a ""free choice"" book for week 1.
Example:
The last book you read: Upgrade (published 2022)
Book for Week 1: Book Lovers (published 2022 and blue cover)
Book for Week 2: Malibu Rising (blue cover and set in USA)
Book for Week 3: Last Summer at the Golden Hotel (set in USA and starts with L)
Book for Week 4: Libertie (starts with L)
4. 2 Weeks: Read a duology, or two books from a larger series
Listopia of Duologies: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
5. 2 Weeks: Two books from two different genres, that are connected in some way
Examples:
*A romance novel with a woman in STEM (The Love Hypothesis), and a non-fiction book with a woman in STEM? (Lab Girl)
*A fantasy book set in early 1900s New York City (The Golem and the Jinni) and a mystery/detective novel set in early 1900's New York City (book:Murphy's Law)
*A fiction book about trees (Greenwood or Overstory) and a non-fiction book about trees (Finding the Mother Tree)
8. 2 Weeks: A book set in the city, and a book set in the country
This could be one book set in a city or metropolis, or densely populated area, and one set in the country or a remote island, mountain or planet, or other sparsely populated area
One or both books might show both city and country life
11. 3 Weeks: A book written in first person POV, second person POV, and third person POV
1) A book written in the 1st-person narrative
2) A book written in the 2nd-person narrative
3) A book written in the 3rd-person narrative
Definitions:
1st-person – 1st-person narrative uses pronouns such as “I”, “Us”, “Our”, “Ourselves”. It may be narrated by a 1st-person protagonist or other focal characters, 1st-person re-teller, or 1st-person witness or peripheral. Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre is a great example of a narrator telling her own story.
2nd-person – 2nd-person narrative uses the pronoun “You” to address the readers. The narrator describes what “you” do, which makes the reader a character in the story. Novels in 2nd-person are comparatively rare when in contrast to the 1st-person narratives (“I”) or 3rd-person (he/she) that are more commonly found in literature. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin are examples of a story told in the 2nd-person narrative.
3rd-person – 3rd-person narratives refer to all characters with 3rd-person pronouns like “He”, “She”, or “They”, and never 11st- or 2nd-person pronouns. Traditionally, 3rd-person narration is the most used narrative mode in literature. It does not require that the narrator's existence be explained or developed as a particular character, as would be the case with a 1st-person narrator.
A book written in the 1st-person narrative
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
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https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
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A book written in the 2nd-person narrative
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
A book written in the 3rd-person narrative
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
12. 3 Weeks: Three books related to Eros, Filios, Agape
Often translated to sexual love, brotherly love, and religious love. In The Ship Who Searched, they were defined as love involving the body, love involving the mind, and love involving the soul
13. 3 Weeks: Three different books written by the same author in 3 different genres
Eg. Nora Roberts writes romance, crime and distopia. So there pseudonyms would count
Authors who write in several genres: Stephen King, Anne Rice, Philip Roth, Jacqueline Woodson, Emma Donoghue, Margaret Atwood
14. 4 Weeks: Four books connected to each other through setting (week 1), author commonality (week 2), theme (week 3), and character commonality (week 4)
#1 A book set in the same location and/or time period as your last read
#2 A book by an author who shares a commonality with the author from #1 (gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, residence, religion, etc.)
#3 A book that shares a theme with Book #2 (power, war, family, friendships, identity, hope, etc.)
#4 A book with a character who shares a commonality with a character from #3 (gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, residence, religion, etc.)
15. 2 Weeks: Two books related to lost and found
Up to reader to interpret if they are in the title or if its a theme
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You will still get 8 votes to use between up and down votes like previous weeks. However, the mods have put a cap on the number of total weeks able to be used by a multiweek prompt to 6 total weeks. Thus, if the top two prompts are a 2-week and a 3-week prompt, we would cap the winner there.
This cap will not impact your voting abilities, but it may be something to consider when voting.
There will be no bottom results for this poll, as this is our only multiweek prompt and we do not want to limit anyone's ability to rework these prompts into single-week prompts.
I'd love to know what's meant by one light, one dark
Whatever you like, Thomas! I didn’t suggest it, but I’d think light could mean a short book (light weight), a “light” topic (fun, easy, happy), light colored cover, an actual light on the cover, light in the title, a book about lighthouses, something related to the sun, God/heaven/purity (paired with a book about the Devil/evil).
Where dark can me, a dark subject (trauma, murder, etc), dark genre (horror, dark academia), dark cover, dark in the title.
Then if you want to bio it it could be same author with a light or dark element, same genre, etc.
Thomas, I second dark/light. My thinking was…Dark:
Genre-such as dark noir, dark fantasy, true crime, horror
Topics- war, slavery, plague/disease
Cover-black, mid night blue, night time
Light:
Genre- up lit, beach reads, humor (there are probably more, it is not a genre I read much)
Theme- family, friends
Cover- bright colors, daytime
Physical- short not a door stop
I was not going to vote for light and dark, but now I'm thinking it might be the most versatile of the prompts. And it could even work for those who love non-fiction.
Prompt # 8 Two books: One set in the city, one set in the country
The settings can be ancient, past, present, real or fantasy.
Read one book set in a city, metropolis or densely populated area.
Read one book set in the country, a sparsely populated place, or a remote area such as a mountain, island, colony or planet.
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A "CITY" can be any size city you like. I attached some links to some of the larger ones.
A "COUNTRY" setting should be a place that is not close to the city, and has much fewer people. You can pick a rural book or shoot for a place that is more isolated, remote, hard to reach, and interesting.
Isolated Locations: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Escape books: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Hidden locations: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
We could use some examples of fantasy/sci-fi books with isolated areas, and some with cities.
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Great books about great cities
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles - New York City
The Slap - Melbourne
Looking for Alibrandi - Sydney
Tales of the City SanFrancisco - gay pride history
Norwegian Wood - Tokyo
Corridor: 12 Short Stories - Singapore
Istanbul: Memories and the City - Istanbul
The Black Book - Istanbul
Great Expectations - London
Capital - London
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
A Moveable Feast - Paris
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - Dublin
Midnight's Children - Mumbai
Paris: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/paris
Tokyo: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/tokyo
New York City: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/new-...
New York: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/new-...
London: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/london
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The Magic Mountain - Alps
A House for Mr Biswas - Trinidad
Sadly, I think it'll be an all downvote week for me. None of them jump out as prompts I'm excited about, but there are a bunch that I really don't want to see make it. I feel like a couple have been ones that we've had recently, so I'll be downvoting those as too repetitive.
Jillian Light is also goodness, kindness, empathy, love, angels, saints, giving, innocence
Dark could also be evil, dystopian, conspiracies, greed, coercion, torture, Darth Vader
I will be downvoting the four week options because if any of those get in the three week prompts are automatically out. I will also downvote the three POV as I think second person will be hard for me. I will upvote different centuries my other three are still up for grabs
Thomas wrote: "I'd love to know what's meant by one light, one dark"I was trying to think of a opposites prompt that would be fairly open to interpretation when I thought of light and dark. I tend to read mysteries so for light I might read a cozy mystery and for dark read a thriller which are different tones for books. But it could also be covers where one is light color and the other dark color. Maybe good versus evil or humor and drama.
I guess light and dark has joined my up list
As of right now I'm thinking I'll only upvote the movie prompt. As I mentioned in another thread, I'm not keen on multiweek prompts in general but this one seems fun. There are several others I could live with, but I don't actively want them either. The only other one I'm strongly considering is Eros, Felipe, Agape. I love that concept but I'm worried it will be hard to find something, especially for agape.The two scavenger hunt prompts are both downvotes for me. I kind of like the concept but don't love them taking up so many weeks, and I can also see myself treating them as mostly freebies. I'd rather have my book choices connected to the prompt than to other books, if that makes sense.
Thomas wrote: "I guess light and dark has joined my up list"Mine too :)
I don’t dislike the scavenger prompts in general but I’m struggling with how limited the first book seems. I tend to have several books going at once and never know which one I’ll finish first. Plus, there is always the library loan that suddenly becomes available. I cannot really plan to match book one based on the last book I read.Perhaps, I not understanding it correctly. It sounds great if you are a planner and really hard if you randomly read books or are reliant on the library’s availability.
Jillian wrote: "I don’t dislike the scavenger prompts in general but I’m struggling with how limited the first book seems. I tend to have several books going at once and never know which one I’ll finish first. Plu..."You could randomly pick a book to be your first book and then plan it from there regardless of if that is actually the last book you read. For example you could say, book 1 is going to relate to week 3's book (whatever that happens to be). That way it doesn't matter if it's read in order or not.
I like the idea of the scavenger hunts - but with 2 very similar just different by the things we are hunting on - I find it hard to choose one to vote for. As such I don't think either will be in any votes.
For people dreaming about a trip, Here is Time Out's top 10 best cities - 2022Do you have any favorite books for these location?
Time Out's top 10 best cities - 2022
1. Edinburgh, Scotland
2. Chicago, USA
3. Medellín, Colombia
4. Glasgow, Scotland - Shuggie Bain, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
5. Amsterdam, Netherlands
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
6. Prague, Czech Republic
7. Marrakech, Morocco
8. Berlin, Germany
9. Montreal, Canada
10. Copenhagen, Denmark
Lots of good suggestions :) I like that someone broke the 6-week suggestion down to 2 x 4 :) I'll be voting for both :)Down votes for me are 11 (because of the 2nd person POV) and 12
I'm also downvoting the one with the 2nd person POV, this was a prompt I did this year for another challenge and I found there was a very limited choice of books to pick from. I love Nora Roberts and Margaret Atwood, but I think having to read 3 books in different genres by one of these authors is a very narrow prompt. I would've voted for it if it was 2 genre's by one of the same author as that gives a much wider choice.
I read loads of series so I'll be upvoting prompt 4.
I also read a lot of historical fiction and non-historical fantasy so I'll be upvoting prompt 2. It could also work if you read a true crime book about Jack the Ripper, a book from current time, then either a book set in the future or ancient past eg Ancient Greece or Ancient Egypt. I think it could lead to some interesting picks for the 3rd option.
There's a few prompts in here that I would have voted for single week prompts (like a book related to a Disney film, a book related to lost and found) but that I don't particularly like as multi-week prompts. There's also a few I would have voted for if they were shorter (e.g. a 3 week scavenger hunt; reading two books by the same author instead of three). I think I'll have 3 upvotes this time:
2. three books set in different centuries
4. duology or two books in a series
5. two books from different genres
It's a real big ask to expect people to read 3 books by an author they're not a massive fan of. The only author I've read several books from this year is Ali Hazelwood and they were all very quick romance reads.I like the three types of love one, and two genres.
So many great suggestions! I love multi-week prompts.I'm disappointed the movie one includes the BBC instead of Studio Ghibli, as was discussed in the Wild thread. I love Studio Ghibli and immediately thought of about a dozen books that would fit.
I think the only prompts I dislike enough to downvote are POV (because 2nd person POV is very hard) and three genres/one author (because I rarely read multiple books by the same author in a year and the different genres feel very limited).
For the scavenger hunt one, you can be a bit flexible based on a book availability. Set up your list of connected books and then read them as they become available, even though the prompt technically says "A book set in the same location and/or time period as your last read." I just wanted to keep it less random than "a book with the same location as some other book you've read this year."
I hope the two scavenger hunt ones don't cancel each other out. I'd been working on a scavenger hunt prompt since we first began voting so I went ahead and suggested it even though someone else had already suggested another one.
dalex wrote: "I'm disappointed the movie one includes the BBC instead of Studio Ghibli, as was discussed in the Wild thread. I love Studio Ghibli and immedi..."I'd like to see Studio Ghibli suggested as a single week prompt if the film one doesn't get it.
awww I'm sorry to see the movie studio prompt was changed to include BBC instead of Ghibli. I feel like we've had a BBC-related prompt before (or maybe it just gets suggested a lot?). I am such a Ghibli fan I was GIDDY at the idea of reading a related book, and I really liked the symmetry of three big movie studios that are primarily associated with kid's films. Now the prompt feels shapeless.
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I'm disappointed the movie one includes the BBC instead of Studio Ghibli, as was discussed in the Wild thread. I love Studio Ghibli and immedi..."
I suggested the other scavenger hunt type one, but I think I like yours better dalex lol. I'll probably upvote both and see what happens. I do think they are different enough (the one I suggested is much more traditional with setting, cover, etc, whereas yours is a bit more of a challenge in a good way).
Nadine in NY wrote: "awww I'm sorry to see the movie studio prompt was changed to include BBC instead of Ghibli. I feel like we've had a BBC-related prompt before (or maybe it just gets suggested a lot?). I am such a G..."The BBc one was suggested and fialed last year so if we have had it before it 2020 or earlier. I would love to know what this studio Gibley thing is
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I love Nora Roberts..."
I agree, 2nd person is kind of an attention-getting device that is currently a bit trendy but really there are very few books that use it.
Thomas wrote: "I would love to know what this studio Gibley thing is."Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation company founded by Hayao Miyazaki. It's basically the Japanese version of Walt Disney. The films are utterly brilliant. I could watch My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away over and over all day long.
A friend is a curator for the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco and had an opportunity to work with Miyazaki on a project. I was so jealous!
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Another interesting idea that I think will be hard for a lot of people, there are relatively few authors who write multiple genres.
Emily wrote: "I suggested the other scavenger hunt type one, but I think I like yours better dalex lol."Haha! I hope one of them makes it into the poll. I like both options.
I would have loved to see studio chizu. They do all of mamoru hasoda movies. Like wolf children and belle (just watched. So amazing!)Or just a random studio like bones, madhouse, a-1, or toei.
Mandy wrote: "I would have loved to see studio chizu. They do all of mamoru hasoda movies. Like wolf children and belle (just watched. So amazing!)."Love Belle!!!
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Or just a random studio like bones, madhouse, a-1, or toei."
The thing is, although I do know Studio Ghibli, all the other ones you just mentioned are names I have never heard of! There are probably more of us, not sure if it is age, or the type of films that interest me. I would still be fine with having a prompt like that and figuring out what fits, but many voters just pass by or downvote anything they can't immediately slot something into in their minds.
Robin P wrote: "The thing is, although I do know Studio Ghibli, all the other ones you just mentioned are names I have never heard of! "Maybe a less specific prompt, like a book related to an animated film? That would satisfy the Ghibli fans and the Disney fans and hopefully everyone else could figure out something to make it work.
dalex wrote: "Thomas wrote: "I would love to know what this studio Gibley thing is."Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation company founded by Hayao Miyazaki. It's basically the Japanese version of Walt Disney. ..."
Thank you for the explanation. Unfrotuantely I rarely watch froeign films, not because I'm prejudiced just because I'm not good with reading subtitles
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I agree on that. I'm not enough of an animated fan to know which studio did what (except maybe sometime Studio Ghibli since I'm willing to watch theirs) and I don't care enough to research it but I like the overall idea of the prompt.
https://www.bustle.com/p/13-bestselli...Other authors who write in more than one genre
Kim Harrison
bookriot.com
https://bookriot.com › multi-genre...
8 Talented Multi-Genre Writers of Comics | Book Riot
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But knowing how people hate non-fiction it's been broadened so you could read book about circuses like Water for Elephants and a horror book like Something Wicked This Way Comes. Or a sci fi book about a country in the mountains with a childrens classic like Heidi.
The options are endless so there's really no listopia until you've decided what it is you want to the link to be. I see one book as a freebie- you can pick anything but then you have to find something to match it.
I’m not a fan of multi week prompts so I don’t t really want a total of 6 weeks to be multi prompts. I have a possible 5 up and 10 down. I just have to figure out how to narrow my votes down.
NancyJ wrote: "For people dreaming about a trip, Here is Time Out's top 10 best cities - 2022Do you have any favorite books for these location?
Time Out's top 10 best cities - 2022
1. Edinburgh, Scotland
2. Ch..."
Montreal:
The Favourite Game
Barney's Version
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Lullabies for Little Criminals
The Tin Flute
The Fat Woman Next Door Is Pregnant
Thomas wrote: "dalex wrote: "Thomas wrote: "I would love to know what this studio Gibley thing is."Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation company founded by Hayao Miyazaki. It's basically the Japanese version of..."
Since they are animated, it's easy to dub them into another language. Many of the Ghilbli films have been released in English, some with star-studded casts. Ponyo is probably the one with the most big names, including Tina Fey, Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchett, Betty White, Lily Tomlin, Chloris Leachman, and Matt Damon. Howl's Moving Castle features Christian Bale as Howl, Billy Crystal as his fire demon, Jean Simmons as Sophie (the main protagonist), and Lauren Bacall as the wicked witch. Totoro has Elle & Dakota Fanning as the young sisters.
Yikes.. I really want to vote one way or the other an almost all of these!I love the scavenger prompts but I'm not sure whether to upvote both or just choose one. I'm also liking light/dark, 3 different centuries and 2 different genres connected.
Downvotes will include hope/faith/love (I am not religious and would prefer not to have a prompt inspired by bible verse), duology or series (I just don't read them in general), 3 POVs (like the concept but as others said 2nd person is too difficult), 3 genres by same author (ditto).
I want to vote on all the others as well (mostly downvotes if I'm honest!) but these are the ones I'm feeling most strongly about.
I will be upvoting the scavenger hunt prompts. Duology was on Popsugar this year and is hard to find because often authors seem to decide it's a trilogy after all and bang, there goes your duology plan.I was also hoping for Studio Ghibli to be part of the film prompt (might still upvote that one, though) and absolutely support the idea of submitting that one as a single prompt in the next poll!
Pamela wrote: "Anyone have any questions on #5? I thought of it cause I'm a historical fiction reader who also reads non-fiction and I often read a historical fiction on something, like [book:The Lost Apothecary|..."I think, this one has the perfect balance and is one of my 2 for sure up votes.
re: 15. 2 Weeks: Two books related to lost and foundUp to reader to interpret if they are in the title or if its a theme
Reading options could include (just a starter list):
LOST:
Missing person (found or not)
Lost fortune
Lost time (early death, due to accident, illness, etc.)
Getting lost in the wilderness
Losing a job
Losing a relationship (orphaned, love relationship breakup, friendship)
Losing a home
Losing faith (Thanks R.E.M. for that ear worm — 'Losing My Religion')
Weight loss
Losing your hair (aging story?)
Losing your memory
Losing a competition of some sort (sports, war, spelling bee, game show, etc.)
Any titles including Lost, Lose, Losing, etc.
FOUND:
Finding a person (use together with Lost person, Stanley & Livingstone)
Finding yourself (or Coming-of-age story)
Finding gold (Gold Rush story)
Finding a mythical place or creature (Fountain of Youth, Atlantis, Camelot, unicorn, dragon, mermaid)
Finding your reason for living, your purpose in life, your passion
Founding a company
Founding a town
Story about a 'foundling' (abandoned baby)
Character who works in a foundry (cast metal worker or company that designs/distributes type fonts)
Found family (family of choice, finding birth family if adopted)
Finding treasure
Finding a solution of some sort (researcher, MacGyver type character a.k.a. problem solver in a crisis)
Any titles including Found, Finding, Founder, Foundling, etc.
LOST & FOUND
any combination of the above
SOME of the Listopias that might help (I only searched the words in the "Any Titles with" suggested words, so there are plenty more searches to do):
Books with Lost or Found in the Title: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Lost and Found: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
Widowers - a Man Who Loves Can Love Again: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
Recovering from Grief and Loss: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
A Book About a Found Family: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Books about American Founding — non-fiction: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
Best Books for Startup Founders: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Young Adult Road Trip Novels: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
Nadine in NY wrote: "awww I'm sorry to see the movie studio prompt was changed to include BBC instead of Ghibli. I feel like we've had a BBC-related prompt before (or maybe it just gets suggested a lot?). I am such a G..."I clearly am labeling myself as a non-movie person, but could someone tell me what is Ghibli? I have never heard the term. That said, since I don't like movie related prompts anyway, that will be a definite down vote.
dalex wrote: "Mandy wrote: "I would have loved to see studio chizu. They do all of mamoru hasoda movies. Like wolf children and belle (just watched. So amazing!)."Love Belle!!!"
me too! it was epically gorgeous! and the music! I'm going to have to buy it for myself.
Conny wrote: "I will be upvoting the scavenger hunt prompts. Duology was on Popsugar this year and is hard to find because often authors seem to decide it's a trilogy after all and bang, there goes your duology ..."Conny, the Duology prompt ended with "or two books from a larger series", so don't let the unplanned trilogy stop you!
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1. 3 Weeks: A book related to a Warner Brothers film, related to a Disney film, and related to a BBC film
2. 3 Weeks: Three books, each of which is set in a different century
3. 4 Weeks: Four books connected to each other through publication date (week 1), cover color (week 2), country setting (week 3), and title starting letter (week 4)
4. 2 Weeks: Read a duology, or two books from a larger series
5. 2 Weeks: Two books from two different genres, that are connected in some way
6. 4 Weeks: Four books, with each one related to one of the seasons
7. 2 Weeks: A book that is dark, and a book that is light
8. 2 Weeks: A book set in the city, and a book set in the country
9. 3 Weeks: Three books about Hope, Faith, and Love/Charity
10. 2 Weeks: Two books with words that are opposites in the titles
11. 3 Weeks: A book written in first person POV, second person POV, and third person POV
12. 3 Weeks: Three books related to Eros, Filios, Agape
13. 3 Weeks: Three different books written by the same author in 3 different genres
14. 4 Weeks: Four books connected to each other through setting (week 1), author commonality (week 2), theme (week 3), and character commonality (week 4)
15. 2 Weeks: Two books related to lost and found
Feel free to discuss the prompts below, but please remember to be respectful to the other group members.
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