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Regarding the use of wild card, I usually say I'm going to use a WC but then end up finding something that will fit. I've only done this challenge for a couple years, and haven't yet, but I won't feel bad if I have to use it for a type of book I really dislike - that's why it exists!
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I'm kinda horrified- I might go WC on the prompt I nominated! But I can't find anything I'm dying to read for it!
I didn't even know about the wild card until a few weeks ago.
LeahS - That’s the perfect idea, wrt the graphic novel version of a book you’ve read. I briefly looked at a Penguin Random House article with books with great last lines and found several that are sitting on my bookshelves. I didn’t read what the lines were but just saw the book titles. I don’t see this prompt as a problem for me but I don’t want to know the last line before I read the book!
dalex wrote: "Is it Tuesday yet?"If you’re serious Dalex in a few places like Australian yes
dalex wrote: "Is it Tuesday yet?"I agree, Dalex. I keep refreshing my feed in the hope we might see results earlier!
Apparently it’s Tuesday in Asia and Oceania
Jill wrote: "dalex wrote: "Is it Tuesday yet?"I agree, Dalex. I keep refreshing my feed in the hope we might see results earlier!"
Yeah, me too…
In the meantime, could someone tell me about that wild card rule? I had no idea and I can’t find anything about it anywhere. I guess, you can read any book and count it for whichever prompt you want (or can’t find a book that fits)?
Mie wrote: "Jill wrote: "dalex wrote: "Is it Tuesday yet?"I agree, Dalex. I keep refreshing my feed in the hope we might see results earlier!"
Yeah, me too…
In the meantime, could someone tell me about tha..."
If you don’t want to do a prompt you a replace with a book of your choice designated WC. The unwritten rule is you only use one but as I say only unwritten so you can use as many as you like
Ahhh, thanks, Thomas!Unwritten? No wonder I had a hard time looking for it, lol.
I usually get all the prompts with a stretch here and there, but good to know there’s a wild card option. I mean, in case I stretch it too thin…
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Emily wrote: "I know we had information about the wild card somewhere at some point... it must have gotten thrown out when we restructured the threads. I'll have to make a point to add it back in when we update ..."I believe in older years under the list of the 52 there was information about using a WC. Maybe it could be there again?
next year will be my first year, I did not know there was a wild card, I do other challenges and they don't allow wild cards, however one does allow for how we want to interpret it.
In the thread "The 52 Topics of the 2023 ATY Reading Challenge", Post 1:"If you can't complete the challenge, it's not a problem. If one topic is too far out of your comfort zone or too difficult to fulfill, you can use a "Wild Card" and read something else for this week (reader's choice or past suggestions)."
Now it’s Tuesday except in Britain and North America
dalex wrote: "Thomas wrote: "Mind you no way for a creative interpretation is also true of celebrity or media book club.” Yes, but there are thousands of book clubs with millions of book choices in every possi..."
@dalex, do you have a link to celebrity book club lists that you could share? I'm having such a rough time with it this year for another challenge because all I've found so far is Reese's Book Club, Oprah's, and Jenna Bush's (not sure if she's a celebrity?). I see more options when opening it up to celebrity recommendations that aren't strictly from a book club, or when media book clubs are included. I definitely haven't found thousands of options, and the three I mentioned seem very skewed towards specific genres (literary fiction, women's fiction, historical fiction, magical realism - Jenna's club explicitly says the picks are all modern literary fiction), with very few from others (like horror, epic fantasy, graphic novels, most sci-fi and romance subgenres, etc). Would appreciate any help with this!
Edit: if you know of any celebrity book clubs that mostly read fantasy then that would be amazing!
Irene wrote: "dalex wrote: "Thomas wrote: "Mind you no way for a creative interpretation is also true of celebrity or media book club.” Yes, but there are thousands of book clubs with millions of book choices ..."
Similar problems
Emily, did you get any votes this time without a name? I had a strange feeling that I submitted my ballot too soon as I was getting ready to go out of town. So I just voted to be on the safe side.
Thanks for your incredible grace and patience with us all year.
Irene wrote: "if you know of any celebrity book clubs that mostly read fantasy ..."It's defunct now, but Felicia Day had a book club focused on fantasy novels.
here's the GR group for it:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
And it looks like she has a new book club now, but maybe not focused exclusively on fantasy, I can't tell:
https://feliciaday.libsyn.com/geex-bo...
Jenny Lawson does a book club via her book shop, there's some fantasy on there: https://www.nowherebookshop.com/fanta...I don't know if she counts as a celebrity, but it's an interesting and varied list.
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So I just voted to be on the safe side..."
None without a name (it's a required response so you couldn't submit without putting a name), but the only vote I have from you is the one you just submitted.
Emily wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "Emily, did you get any votes this time without a name? I had a strange feeling that I submitted my ballot too soon as I was getting ready to go out of town. So I just voted to be o..."
Oh! You had me excited there
Almost all genres are represented in the Goodreads post about book clubs - historical fiction, world lit, classic lit, literary fiction, popular fiction, romance, mystery, sci-fi, fantasy, and nonfiction.https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2...
(I don’t remember right now if classic lit is actually on the Goodreads list or if I just remember that Oprah has included them in the past.)
Jimmy Fallon included Children of Blood and Bone. I don’t know if this list is up to date; there might be more.
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
There are few fantasy and sci-fi books on the Buzzfeed list and the Andrew Luck list.
https://bookshop.org/lists/buzzfeed-b...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
And I know I saw at least one sci-fi book (Vox) on the Richard and Judy list.
https://www.richardandjudy.co.uk/
This is just a quick answer. I could surely come up with a lot more when I have time.
Thanks all for the recommendations, I really appreciate it! I haven't had issues when I've included media book clubs (like the ones featured in the GR post, although there were still zero horror or epic fantasy books on that list) and recommendations by celebrities who don't have a book club, or book clubs that aren't headed by celebrities, so I guess it's specifically just "celebrity book clubs" that are too narrow for me, given the genres I like. Maybe I'm too fixated on the word "celebrity" since people like Andrew Luck and Jenny Lawson are not clear-cut celebrities to me (not many followers on social media or very famous). I think Felicia Day's defunct club might be my solution - thank you Nadine, Marie, and Dalex for the help and great lists!
Irene wrote: "Thanks all for the recommendations, I really appreciate it! I haven't had issues when I've included media book clubs (like the ones featured in the GR post, although there were still zero horror or..."Anyway it’s academic now unless you want it for the unsuccessful prompt suggestion
I've forgotten when the reading schedule will be done, is there someone who remembers?
Nike wrote: "I've forgotten when the reading schedule will be done, is there someone who remembers?"I think it’s already done
Thomas wrote: "Nike wrote: "I've forgotten when the reading schedule will be done, is there someone who remembers?"I think it’s already done"
Oh, where is it then? I was looking for it earlier and couldn't find it
Ok, I've found it!
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Nadine, I don't even think that's a stretch! There are definitely circles on the cover, including in the lower left corner! The cover in general seems pretty geometric."
LeahS wrote: "There are lots of squares on the cover too...."
Wow I'm glad I mentioned it!!! You're both right, there are definitely shapes on the cover, but i was so hung up on the fact that I did not choose this book specifically for the category that I felt like I was stretching things. The plot is about colors, not shapes, so it felt like the book didn't fit.
I just finished the book last night, by the way, and I LOVED it, it was so weird and unlike anything else I've read. Very dark and neo-noir, kind of like Ben H. Winters, set in a very believable alternate present in which Argentina won the Falkland Islands war and is now THE global superpower. (Don't believe the blurb, this book is not like Chabon or Mandel, those are such weird comparisons. I love Emily St John Mandel, I do not like Chabon at all, and the writing in this book is nothing like their styles.)