2023 Upvoting Thread

[Stina]

Goodreads is being extra glitchy tonight. I'm going to try posting in a new folder and see if that helps.

[Stina]

Here are the collected topics/themes/genres/prompts that y'all suggested. I have not counted them. I may have combined very similar ones or done a bit of condensing of concept, but I don't think I missed any. If I did, I humbly apologize.

Please assemble your dream reading year by choosing 12 of them and posting your list in this thread. If you like, you can suggest specific months for any or all of your choices. This upvoting process is open to all GenreLand members. Even if you didn't suggest any topics. Even if you just now joined. Welcome! The more the merrier!

Please be sure to choose only 12. Only the first 12 in your post here will be counted. If you change your mind, you may edit your post up until the deadline, which is 10 PM Mountain Time on Saturday, December 24, 2022. Within a few days of the deadline, I will get back to you on how we will deal with any ties that may need to be broken.

- Year of the Rabbit/Bunnies!
- Genetics/Genealogy
- Escape
- Art
- Ancient Civilization
- Older than yourself
- Five words in the title
- Title that starts with W
- A pronoun in the title
- ? or ! in the title
- A relative in the title
- Alliteration in the title
- Animal in title, but not about an animal
- Recipes included
- Set in the 1980s
- By or about someone who died in 2022
- About a musician
- Meant to read last year
- Outer Space
- Sequels
- Armchair Travel
- Ghosts
- Espionage
- Second Chance
- Owned before 2022
- Science fiction with Asian author or setting
- Science fiction with African author or setting
- Cozy fantasy
- New-to-you genre
- Scandinavian fiction
- Longest on TBR
- Newest on TBR (prior to 1/1/23)
- 23rd book on TBR
- Classics published before 1/1/2001
- Cover in your preferred color
- Cover is a C20 painting
- Wooden Ships
- Splendid Trousers!
- John Updike
- Norman Mailer
- Thomas Pynchon
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Shakespeare-adjacent
- 3+ books by the same author
- An issue you care about
- Criminal protagonist
- You are the hero!
- A favourite book from childhood you haven't re-read since
- A book shorter than 230 pages
- A book that makes you hungry
- A book that makes you sleepy
- A book that wakes you up!
- Recommended by someone from a different generation

[Cheryl]

This is a great list -- hard to choose just 12

My choices are
*Title that starts with W
*23rd book in TBR
*Ghosts
*Meant to read last year
*Year of the Rabbit
*Older than yourself
*Relative in the title
*Second Chance
*Newest in TBR
*Makes you hungry
*Pronoun in title
*Splendid trousers

[Jacqie]

Armchair Travel
About a musician
Year of the Rabbit/Bunnies!
Ancient Civilization
Five words in the title
Title that starts with W
Science fiction with Asian author or setting
Makes you hungry
Meant to read last year
Outer Space
A book shorter than 230 pages
Cover in your preferred color

[Amy]

Here are my top 12! That was hard!


- Year of the Rabbit/Bunnies!
- Art
- Ancient Civilization
- Older than yourself
- Recipes included
- Set in the 1980s
- About a musician
- Armchair Travel
- Ghosts
- Cozy fantasy
- Classics published before 1/1/2001
- Criminal protagonist

[Stina]

Here are my 12:
Year of the Rabbit/Bunnies!
Genetics/Genealogy
Art
Ancient Civilization
Title that starts with W
Recipes included
By or about someone who died in 2022
Meant to read last year (I suggest for January, while it's still fresh in our minds.)
Armchair Travel
Ghosts
Second Chance
Criminal protagonist

[Cobwebs-Iced-Across-SpaceTime]

Outer Space
Ghosts
Genetics/Genealogy
Older than myself
Science Fiction: Asian
Science Fiction: African
Scandinavian Fiction
Set in 1980's
John Updike
Sequels
Issues I care about
3/same author

[Stina]

Voting is closed now, but I can tell at a glance that "Meant to read last year" and "Year of the the Rabbit/Bunnies!" both made the cut. I am setting those as January and February, respectively, and I will update you soon on the rest.

Thank you for all of your suggestions and votes!