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Brainstorming for 2025
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Alchemy
"Guide" in the title
Beautifully illustrated
Mental health
Subversive
Team Luigi
Bucket List (books you want to read before you die, books about things you want to do before you die, etc.)
Asian authors
Author you enjoyed reading in 2024
-AI [Artificial Intelligence] (Positive, Negative, Neutral, or Nonfiction)-Octopus/Squid/Sushi
-Food/Foodies (inc. Cozy Mystery centered on Food/Baking/Catering etc.)
-Crafting Mystery (soft crafts: knitting, sewing, embroidery, scrapbooking +; or hard crafts: woodworking, birdhouses, cabinetry +)
-Mountain Climbing/Mountains
-Climate Change Fiction (Current or Predictive)
-Apocalypse (Pre-, During-, Post)
-Predictive Science Fiction.
FashionFiction about a historical figure
Magic
Nature writing
Book you bought for its cover
Playing games
Book by a writer you've always been afraid to read...
I was on the lookout for this because it is one of the biggest helps for my reading year every year. I was just talking to a friend last night about how hard it is to pick your next read and how this helps me pull at least one book off the shelf every month. (I am going to figure out how to invite some friends to this with whom I am have this same discussion.)I like most of the ideas on the list. I might suggest Climate Change and include Fiction or Nonfiction because I have a lot of Nonfiction concentrated readers in my circle.
The ideas I have so far I will list here and will edit later as I think of some more
*Stretch Yourself (a topic or genre that is outside your comfort zone -- I was recently recommended a book about physics, for example)
*Money Money Money (since the New Year is always the time to think about the budget, but could be anything related including Terry Pratchett)
*Here's to your Health (mental or physical, nonfiction or fiction, something with a strong thread about health)
*Longest TBR (either the book on the TBR shelf the longest period of time or the longest one on your shelf)
*Legally Speaking (fiction or nonfiction, strong thread about the law somehow -- as a lawyer I have a lot of these on TBR)
*Y Oh Y (either the Author's name -- first or last -- starts with Y or a word in the title other than "You" that starts with Y)
*Musically Inclined (strong thread involving music somehow)
Team Luigi"Please explain this one. I tried Googling it and saw one comment about Team Luigi is not about losing, but other than recognizing it as a Mario Brothers reference, it doesn't mean anything to me
I picked my 12 from the list I saw on another post here in Genreland.1. Gothic
2. Dragons
3. Fantasy
4. Gothic Classic
5. Horror
6. Medieval Times
7. Classic Mystery
8. A book you dread
9. Trains
10. Science Fiction
11. Eco-Thriller
12. Shipwrecks.
Hope this helps.
My choices for 20251. Gothic
2. Dragons
3. Fantasy
4. Gothic Classic
5. Horror
6. Medieval Times
7. Classic Mystery
8. A book you dread
9. Trains
10. Science Fiction
11. Eco-Thriller
12. Shipwrecks
I don't have a lot of ideas this time, but here are a few. Feel free to toss out any repeats or anything, this is just off the top of my head.-Outer Space (fiction or non)
-Dogs
-Puzzles or a puzzle (either in the title, cover pic, or as part of the story)
-Pop Culture
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I'm going to go ahead and declare Snakes for January. I'll keep this thread open until late Friday night (US Mountain) and then continue the process for the remaining months of 2025.
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Please explain this one. I tried Googling it and saw one comment about Team Luigi is not about losing, but other than recognizing it as a Mario Brothers reference, it doesn't mean anyt..."
It's a veiled reference to a certain person who was arrested recently. ;-)
I considered that but couldn't figure out how books related. Maybe all the reasons American health care sucks?
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The themes are open to interpretation, of course, so you could go several different directions. Nonfiction about the horrors of healthcare in America...fiction with a relatable villain...stories of folk heroes...
Okay, I'm finally closing this thread. Upvoting thread will be up soonish. :-)
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The name of the game is still GenreLand, but over the years we've morphed a bit and now we tend to assign prompts or themes to each month of the game. The "rules" of the game are for each player to read something fitting the monthly assignment, or to instead play their wildcard for the year and read whatever they like, and report back to the group how it went. Do we keep score? Uh, no, not really. We're just here to talk books and have fun.
But we do need some fresh prompts for the coming year! So use this thread to share your ideas for prompts you would like to see. Ideally, they are concepts that can be summarized in one to two words or at most a short phrase. I'll start by listing some below, and I hope you will follow suit.
After awhile (I will post a deadline before I lock this post), I will start a thread for a sort of semifinals round where each of you can upvote a certain number (depending on how many there are in total) of the suggestions. Then sometime before the end of the year we will do a final picks round. (The format will be determined by the level of participation.)
This is an open group, so please invite your bookish friends to play. As reading challenges go, this is pretty laid-back and low-pressure. And even if you are new here, do not hesitate to jump in with suggestions! We would love to hear from you!