Where Does This Book Fit? the 2023 edition

[LESLIE J (mrsj_readsbooks)]

Heartstopper 4? I’ve found prompts for the first 3 but having trouble with this one.

[Bea]

LESLIE wrote: "Heartstopper 4? I’ve found prompts for the first 3 but having trouble with this one."

Obviously 6
Maybe: 10 (cover suggests this one)
Maybe: 15 (not lyric but title of song)
Maybe: 17?
Maybe: 18? Most LGBTQ books have been banned
20
22
And then there are 1, 19, 29, 36

[Liz]

Does anyone know what prompt could Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman fill?

[Nadine in NY]

Liz wrote: "Does anyone know what prompt could Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman fill?"


There are some fantastical characters in here, including an angel, so you could perhaps use it for "mythical creatures."

The story centers on Door and what happened to her family, so you could say it's loosely "about a family."

And at least some editions of this book include a map of the London Underground.

[Jo]

does Hopeless by Colleen Hoover fit any prompts?

[Devon]

I need to find prompts for A Sight for Sore Eyes by Ruth Rendell, and Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke. Any suggestions?

[Kristin]

I just finished Once There Were Wolves….. where would this fit?

[Erica]

Anything by Colleen Hoover counts for booktok!

[Nadine in NY]

Devon wrote: "I need to find prompts for A Sight for Sore Eyes by Ruth Rendell, and Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke. Any suggestions?"


Bluebird Bluebird could be alliteration or color in the title

Sight for Sore Eyes could also be alliteration

[Kat]

Help! I have to read Agatha Christie's Five Little Pigs for a book club. I'd love to slot it somewhere for this challenge. Any ideas whether it fits any prompts?

[Heather L]

Kat wrote: "Help! I have to read Agatha Christie's Five Little Pigs for a book club. I'd love to slot it somewhere for this challenge. Any ideas whether it fits any prompts?"

Oh, boy — that’s a tough one. Have you gone through the personal prompts (birthday, initials, meant to read)? Would a friend like it? Did you buy it secondhand or from an Indy shop? Other than that, the only prompts I can think of are a book about a family or a past prompt about the seven deadly sins (multiple sins come into play in this book).

[Brandon]

Kat wrote: "Help! I have to read Agatha Christie's Five Little Pigs for a book club. I'd love to slot it somewhere for this challenge. Any ideas whether it fits any prompts?"

My library has all of the Agatha Christie novels in black hardcovers with just the title and author in gold on the front, so you could use a book with just text on the cover for the prompt. Five Little Pigs might also be a song lyric, as many of her titles are based on nursery rhymes that people have made into songs.

[Mel]

I've been struggling with where to slot in Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. Any ideas for what prompt (or prompts) it might fit well into?

[Nadine in NY]

Mel wrote: "I've been struggling with where to slot in Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. Any ideas for what prompt (or prompts) it might fit well into?"


It must be on BookTok! It's also alliteration in the title. And VERY LOOSELY could fit the previous category of "LitRPG" (as well as many other previous categories of course - there's ALWAYS a previous category that works).

[Heather L]

Mel wrote: "I've been struggling with where to slot in Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. Any ideas for what prompt (or prompts) it might fit well into?"

I’ve seen it mentioned on BookTube numerous times, so I’m sure it’s also on #BookTok.

[Jen W.]

Mel wrote: "I've been struggling with where to slot in Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. Any ideas for what prompt (or prompts) it might fit well into?"

I used it for the BookTok prompt. It could fit the song lyric prompt as well - while the title is a quote from Shakespeare, that quote is sung in one of the songs (Take a Break) from the musical Hamilton.

[Mel]

Jen wrote: "Mel wrote: "I've been struggling with where to slot in Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. Any ideas for what prompt (or prompts) it might fit well into?"

I used it for the BookT..."
Those are both great suggestions, thank you!

[Doni]

Mel wrote: "I've been struggling with where to slot in Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. Any ideas for what prompt (or prompts) it might fit well into?"

I used it for set in the decade I was born in (the '80's)

[Medini]

Where does Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi fit??

[Debbie]

lady moon wrote: "The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

(does it fit a book about a divorce by any chance?)"

This could fit in the celebrity book club one. It was in Barack Obama's annual roundup of his favorite books for 2022. https://bookriot.com/barack-obamas-fa...

[Debbie]

Riikka wrote: "Also:
Parable of the Sower & Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
Victories Greater than Death by Charlie Jane Anders?"

I tried to read The Parable of the Sower a few times and couldn't get into it. But then I read it last year in graphic novel form, since the graphic novel edition specifically won a Hugo. That did the trick. It you're interested in reading the graphic novel for it, it could be a past prompt.

[Debbie]

Dea wrote: "Where could these fit, aside from a BookTok recommendation (all six)? Because I can't read all six for the same prompt!

I am judging a reading quiz bowl, and these are my six remaining books. Gott..."

I read Firekeeper's Daughter last year as a book with two languages. There's a prompt for that too. Also, the sport category that someone else mentioned above.

The Girls I've Been sounds from the description to be good for a queer lead - it sounds like she's at least bi, if not a lesbian - and there may be a love triangle there with her ex, based on the description, but I haven't read it.

Those all sound like great titles!

[Lisa]

I just read The Body
I'm not sure where to put it in the challenge? Any advice

[Joanna]

Debbie wrote: "lady moon wrote: "The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

(does it fit a book about a divorce by any chance?)"

This could fit in the celebrity book club one. It was in Barack Obama's annua..."

It was also the Read With Jenna pick for January 2022.

[Ron]

Would the Percy Jackson books fit with the mythical creatures and the retelling of a classic prompts?

[Nadine in NY]

Ron wrote: "Would the Percy Jackson books fit with the mythical creatures and the retelling of a classic prompts?"


They definitely fit "mythical creatures." I think the "retelling of a classic" is a much weaker fit; Riordan takes many established characters and back stories from classic myth, but he's not retelling a particular story here.

[Ron]

Nadine wrote: They definitely fit "mythical creatures." I think the "retelling of a classic" is a much weaker fit; Riordan takes many established characters and back stories from classic myth, but he's not retelling a particular story here.

Okay cool. Thanks.

[Mel]

Any suggestions for where Wuthering Heights might fit?

[Britany]

a book you should've read in HS.

[LeahS]

Mel wrote: "Any suggestions for where Wuthering Heights might fit?"

Book with a love triangle/ song lyric - Kate Bush.

[Nadine in NY]

Mel wrote: "Any suggestions for where Wuthering Heights might fit?"



Definitely a love triangle. It's one of the original love triangles!! (And, as Leah points out, also song lyrics!)

[Patsy]

Could anyone help me place the Poppy War trilogy? (spoiler-free please as I am only on the first book but LOVING it so far)

[Robin H-R]

Kincso901 wrote: "Hey!

I have a few book I would like to read, but cannot find a prompt.
(Wanted to read in 2022, best friend would like, etc are already used)

Sharp Objects
[book:Brave New World|..."

We read "A Farewell to Arms" in high school.

[Courtney]

Hi! I've been slacking about assigning books to prompts, but mostly I read what I want and then slot them in if they fit. To that end!

Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt
Sharks in the Time of Saviors, Kawai Strong Washburn
A Deadly Education, Naomi Novik
Catherine House, Elisabeth Thomas
The Once and Future Witches, Alix E. Harrow
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music, Dave Grohl (not a celebrity memoir, I already have one of those)

Thank you!

[Nadine in NY]

Courtney wrote: "Hi! I've been slacking about assigning books to prompts, but mostly I read what I want and then slot them in if they fit. To that end!

Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt
Sharks in the Time of Saviors, Kawai Strong Washburn
A Deadly Education, Naomi Novik
Catherine House, Elisabeth Thomas
The Once and Future Witches, Alix E. Harrow
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music, Dave Grohl..."


They all fit categories, the question is whether they fit categories you still need to fill!!

Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt - BookTok, debut, family, friends recommended ...

Sharks in the Time of Saviors, Kawai Strong Washburn - BookTok (again), family (again), celebrity book club, debut novel (again), and I haven't read it but I think there are mythical creatures?

A Deadly Education, Naomi Novik - booktok, mythical creatures, previous category

Catherine House, Elisabeth Thomas - booktok (basically they are all going to have been mentioned on booktok), previous category, queer lead

The Once and Future Witches, Alix E. Harrow - booktok (again) and maybe historical fiction?

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music - booktok again, and yes it's a celebrity memoir, and maybe your friends would like it.

[Ron]

I haven't been satisfied with my reads because 1.) I have a lot of fiction and 2.) many of the prompts seem to be geared towards fiction which is unfortunate, especially as a nonfiction reader.

So I'm trying to dig deep for nonfiction books that could fit.

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These are the ones I'm currently struggling with (the ones in bold are ones I'm really trying to find):

1.) Mythical creatures

2.) Forbidden romance

3.) Retelling of a classic

4.) Song lyric in the title

5.) Love triangle

6.) Written during NaNoWrMo

7.) Based on a Popular Movie


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The fat lead and historical fiction are ones I most likely won't do.

[Heather L]

For song lyric in title, maybe you could find a memoir by a musician/song writer, such as Coal Miner's Daughter by Loretta Lynn or Wouldn't it Be Nice: My Own Story by Brian Wilson? I’m sure there are plenty of such memoirs that have a song lyric in the title.

[LeahS]

Also [book:This Boy part of a trilogy of Beatle lyric titles of autobiography by this former British politician. Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon.

Mythical creatures: The Greek Myths. This book might also work for 're-telling of a classic'.

For 'based on a popular movie', I'm planning to read We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Legend and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Film.

Both love triangle and forbidden romance would lend themselves to history books/biography e.g. Death and the Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I and the Dark Scandal That Rocked the Throne; a book about Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson; a book about George IV and Mrs Fitzherbert.

[Ron]

Thanks Heather & Leah. I appreciate not only the titles, but the directions/concepts which could lead me towards other book suggestions within those ideas.

[Bea]

Ron, I am wondering if a book about a search for Big Foot or Yeti would fit mystical creatures. And forbidden romance? What about a book about a gay man...maybe a biography of Harvey Milk?

Monsters Among Us: An Exploration of Otherworldly Bigfoots, Wolfmen, Portals, Phantoms, and Odd Phenomena
In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch
Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death

[Ron]

Bea wrote: "Ron, I am wondering if a book about a search for Big Foot or Yeti would fit mystical creatures. And forbidden romance? What about a book about a gay man...maybe a biography of Harvey Milk?"

Oh, I hadn't considered going the route with LGBTQ+ people/couples. That's certainly a possibility.

I think Big Foot or Yeti would work. I'm wondering if ghosts or aliens/ufos would fit for that as well.

[Bea]

And, Ron, don't give up on some of the fiction.

For Historical Fiction, it is set in a specific time of history. Couldn't you read something non-fiction that would fit..like the Roaring 20s or the Gold Rush? I read a non-fiction book about the Chicago World's Fair that I think would have fit.

For fat lead, how about a biography about a fat comedian, if there are such. Or a book about the issues of being fat? (I have no suggestions for these, just brainstorming.)

[K.L.]

Ron wrote: "I'm wondering if ghosts or aliens/ufos would fit for that as well.."

It kind of depends on how you are defining the term "mythical." If you're going with the dictionary definition, which is "occurring in or characteristic of myths or folk tales," then aliens and UFOs would be a bit of a stretch. If you're defining it as "fictitious" or "imaginary," then they should be fine.

Ghosts would definitely work, however, since they appear in folklore all over the world.

[K.L.]

Bea wrote: "For fat lead, how about a biography about a fat comedian, if there are such. Or a book about the issues of being fat? (I have no suggestions for these, just brainstorming.)"

Biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs would be a great option for this prompt. You might also check out books on body positivity.

[Bea]

K.L. wrote: "You might also check out books on body positivity. "

Thanks, K.L. That was the idea that I couldn't quite reach this morning.

[Ron]

Wow, thanks so much for the many suggestions and ideas. It's certainly a matter of knowing where to look.

I'll definitely go the ghost route then most likely.

[Heather L]

Bea wrote: "For fat lead, how about a biography about a fat comedian, if there are such. Or a book about the issues of being fat? (I have no suggestions for these, just brainstorming.)..."

I should think a book about John Candy, John Belushi or the comedy duo of Abbott and Costello would work for that.

[Heather L]

Ron wrote: "Wow, thanks so much for the many suggestions and ideas. It's certainly a matter of knowing where to look.

I'll definitely go the ghost route then most likely."

One I can think of is Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death by Deborah Blum. She has many other books that might interest you as well.

[Lori]

Ron: If you like the idea of reading LGBTQ+ non-fiction for the forbidden romance prompt, perhaps consider one of Jill Liddington's books about Anne Lister. Her Nature's Domain: Anne Lister and the Landscape of Desire is more of an overview of Lister's life and how she navigated British society to live according to her own desires. The other two: Female Fortune: The Anne Lister Diaries, 1833–36: Land, Gender and Authority: New Edition and As Good as a Marriage: The Anne Lister Diaries 1836–38 are deep dives into Lister's diaries.

[Ron]

Thanks, Lori. I'll look into those :)