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[2024] Reading List Introduction, Schedule, & Rules
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As always, our first rule is the Golden Rule. We expect all group members to treat each other with respect and dignity. Let’s remember that we’re all doing the challenge differently and for different reasons, so avoid judging others’ choices or suggestions.
Voting Rules
- Each person may only suggest or second one topic per poll.
- Each person may only vote once in each poll. The survey site allows us to identify people who vote multiple times and duplicate votes will be excluded. Surveys that we receive without links to Goodreads profiles will also be excluded.
- Prompts that are in the bottom of any poll cannot be resubmitted in later polls unless substantially reworked.
- Prompts that are submitted in 3 polls and do not make it to the final list cannot be resubmitted in later polls unless substantially reworked.
Multi-Week Polls
- We will have one dedicated poll for multi-week prompts.
- Multi-week prompts are NOT allowed to be submitted in any other poll.
- We will cap the amount of weeks used by multi-week prompts at 6 weeks total. This could be filled by a combination of three 2-week prompts, a 4-week prompt and a 2-week prompt, or two 3-week prompts.
This is not a requirement to meet, however. If the winning prompts are a 2-week and a 3-week, putting us at a total of 5, we will allow that to stand. We will just restrict the total weeks used to 6 maximum.
Pre-Poll
- We will have one pre-poll with a few prompts that make it on to the list frequently.
- Unless one of these is expressly in the bottom votes, they may all be renominated for the list if they do not make it in during the pre-poll.
- This poll will occur before the formal voting process begins.
When Voting
We are asking people to include their Goodreads profile address when they vote. To find this, just go to your own profile and then copy the URL/web address. If for some reason you can't link to your Goodreads profile, please post your full Goodreads name with enough identifiable information that we'll be able to access your profile. We’ve introduced this for two reasons:
1. On a few occasions in each poll, people have used more than the allotted number of votes, either because they aren’t familiar with the rules or just by mistake. When this happens our only option is to disregard the vote as we can’t identify the voter to ask them to resubmit. By asking for your profile address we’ll be able to message you and ask you to vote again if you’ve accidentally used more than the allotted number of votes.
2. Unfortunately a very small number of people have voted more than once per poll and so we are asking for this information to prevent duplicate votes.
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This post will be updated after each mini-poll as topics are confirmed. Please note this is not the final reading order, that will be decided after all 52 prompts have been selected.
LIST PROGRESS: 50/52 Prompts Selected
TITLE
A book with a number in the title
A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y
A book with a single word title
A book with a title containing 6+ words
A book with a pronoun in the title
A book with a sound-related word in the title
A book with a two-word title beginning with THE
COVER
Two books with similar covers: Book 1
Two books with similar covers: Book 2
A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple)
A book with a botanical cover
A book with wings on the cover
THEME/GENRE
A book that is not a novel
A book with a touch of magic
A history or historical fiction book
A book that is part of a series
A science or science fiction book
A book involving a crime other than a murder
A cozy mystery
SETTING
A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world
A book with a chilling atmosphere
A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea
CHARACTER
A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color
A book with a senior citizen character
A book featuring a character in education
AUTHOR & PUBLISHING
A book published in 2024
A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX)
A book by an author known by their initials
A book by an author from an African country
A book by an Edgar Award-winning author
A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand
GOODREADS & RECOMMENDATIONS
A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads
AWARDS, CHALLENGES, & LISTS
A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list
A book that has been on your TBR for over a year
A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list
A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024
OTHER
A book connected to something you read in 2023
A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs"
A book related to night
A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs
A book related to land
A book related to sea
A book related to air
A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett
A second book that fits your favorite prompt
A book related to “Going for the Gold”
A book involving intelligence
A book with an X connection
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You can find a link to this schedule here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ncbW...
*The number of polls we have will depend on the amount of prompts voted in during each poll. It could be less than 20 or more than 20.
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The first round of suggestions will open around 8 am CST on Saturday, July 1.
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The next round of suggestions will open tomorrow (Friday, July 7) around noon CST.
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The next round of suggestions will open around 10 am CST on Thursday, July 13.
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Read the discussion and cast your vote here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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The next round of suggestions will go live around noon CST on Wednesday, July 19.
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The next round of suggestions will go live around 6 pm CST on Tuesday, July 25.
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The next round of suggestions will open around 8am CST on Monday July 31, 2023.
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The next round of suggestions will open around noon on Sunday, August 6th!
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(Apologies for opening it a bit early... the baby is off schedule so I'm taking advantage of the nap lol)
When does voting for Poll 7 start? I apologize if this is a repeat question, but I can’t seem to find the link for Poll 7. Thanks!
@Ann: Here the link for Poll 7 Voting:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Voting is open through tomorrow (Thursday)
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For future reference, this thread is for mod posts only!
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The next round of suggestions will open around noon CST on Saturday, August 12.
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The next round of suggestions will open around 3:30 pm CST on Thursday, August 24.
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The next round of suggestions will open around 6 pm CST on Wednesday, August 30.
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The next round of suggestions will open around 3:30 CDT on Tuesday, September 5.
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The next round of suggestions will open around 7:30 am CST on Monday, September 11.
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The next round of suggestions will open around 8 am CST on Sunday, September 17.
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Suggestions for Poll 15 will open around 2 pm CST on Saturday, September 23.
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The next round of suggestions will open around 8 am CST on Friday, September 29.
The entire Around the Year challenge list is generated by the group members. We enjoyed the process so much in the past eight years that we are creating another list for 2024.
The process will start on July 1 and we aim to have a completed list by sometime in September or October. Everyone is very welcome to participate, whether this is your first or ninth year.
How it will work:
The topics will be chosen through a series of mini-polls. For each mini-poll there will be a suggestion thread where you can propose a topic. A suggestion needs to be seconded by one other person before it’s included in the poll. Once the required number of suggestions have been seconded the thread will close for new suggestions. There will be a break of around 24 hours between the suggestions thread closing and the poll opening for voting. This is to allow people to discuss the options before voting opens.
The mods will create a poll for members to choose their favorite suggestions. Each member has eight votes, which you can use to vote for your “top” and/or “bottom” choices. (See below for an example.) Polls will stay open for three days, and the mods will announce the results shortly after. The number of winning suggestions from each poll may vary depending on the distribution of votes.
Then a new suggestion thread will open and we’ll repeat the process until we have chosen 50 topics for the 2024 list (two topics will be chosen by winners of two reading competitions within the group).
How to participate:
*If you want to suggest a topic you can do so whenever a new suggestion thread opens. You don’t have to suggest a topic in order to participate in the poll.
*When a new poll is posted follow the link to the survey site and vote for your favorite and/or least favorite prompts.
*Look out for the results and the opening of a new suggestion thread.
*The topics chosen for the 2024 list will be posted in this thread and the topics that were suggested but not chosen will be posted on a separate thread (to be linked here later).
Voting Process
You have eight votes in total which you can use to vote for your top and bottom choices. You can use less than eight votes if you wish.
For example:
Voter 1
Top: Suggestions 1, 4, 7, 9
Bottom: Suggestions 2, 10, 11, 12
Total: 8 votes
Voter 2
Top: Suggestions 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14
Bottom: None
Total: 8 votes
Voter 3
Top: Suggestions 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 14
Bottom: Suggestions 3, 10
Total: 8 votes
Voter 4
Top: Suggestions 1, 6
Bottom: Suggestion 12
Total: 3 votes