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Use this thread to discuss the prompts, your books, and what you plan on voting for!

Top Prompts (updated 6/15 9:11am CST):
A book with a road trip or long journey (12 votes)
A book with a main character who is an outsider (11 votes)
A book with a primarily red, green or blue cover (10 votes)
A biography or memoir (10 votes)
A book related to blood, sweat, or tears (10 votes)
A book with a main character that has a pet (9 votes)
A book involving a fork in the road or a life changing decision (9 votes)

Last summer I couldn’t think of any *fun* road trip books, though I had other travel books. Since then I picked up at least 3 of them, and plan to read them this summer.

Road trips -
Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson - road trip
She's Up to No Good by Sara Goodman Confino - road trip, negation
Summer of '69 - road trip , maybe revolt
Long Island - journey/road trip (wedding)

A book that plays with perceptions of reality -
It sounds so intriguing. I know I’ve read a few before but I’m drawing a blank. suggestions?

I recently read Our Infinite Fates, Don't Let the Forest In, and Water Moon, all of which I think would fit the bill for the perceptions of reality prompt. They all feature people who operate outside of (but near) the "real" world. Not complete fantasy, but the characters walk outside of the boundaries of "normal" within the normal world.

NancyJ wrote: "A book that plays with perceptions of reality -
It sounds so intriguing. I know I’ve read a few before but I’m drawing a blank. suggestions?"

Here are some of the listopias brought up in the discussion for this last year:
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For my rejects challenge this year, I ended up slotting in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - the narrator character describes things that are real to him (i.e. the fog pumped into the mental hospital) but aren't technically what's actually happening.

NancyJ wrote
A book that plays with perceptions of reality -
It sounds so intriguing. I know I’ve read a few before but I’m drawing a blank. suggestions?

All the Colours of the Dark would fit

Thanks everyone. I have a lot more possibilities and added a few to the listopias. I especially enjoyed Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

A book set during a revolution, revolt, or rebellion - I have a few possibilities set in America during the late 1960’s.

I think the Vietnam era fits this prompt. It was full of protests and rebellion. This title clinched it for me: Witness to the Revolution: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year America Lost Its Mind and Found Its Soul.

I have two books titled Summer of '69, Summer of '69. The Women sounds like it also fits (when she comes home).

Perceptions of reality applies to books with alternate timelines like The Husbands and Between You and Us.

Robin P wrote: "Perceptions of reality applies to books with alternate timelines like The Husbands and Between You and Us."

Thanks Robin. The husbands sounds fun. A lot of ATY members seemed to like it.

I initially skipped over the perceptions of reality prompt. But the conversation here caught my attention and has me intrigued. Then I saw a book on my TBR that looks like it might work, at least insofar that the summary mentions reality. Would it?

Beneath the Sugar Sky

And thinking some more, since I'm still not too sure I totally understand the prompt, but would A Midsummer Night’s Dream fit?

I hadn't considered doing this as I haven't quite gotten up the nerve to do a read-a-thon, but I just might this time because after looking at the list and wondering, "what the heck is a microhistory?" I now realize that it's one of my favorite non-fiction genres. I just didn't know it had a genre name, lol.

I found this list of Medical Microhistories and I've read almost all of the top 30 or so except one, which is sitting on my bookshelf!

This might be a good Readathon for those who aren't sure because there are no teams or goals. However much you read is fine.

Amy wrote: "I hadn't considered doing this as I haven't quite gotten up the nerve to do a read-a-thon, but I just might this time because after looking at the list and wondering, "what the heck is a microhisto..."

Nothing better than a good microhistory! I should read one...

I was thinking of reading Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection once I finish TJR's new book on audio and using it for the microhistory prompt!

I've opened the voting tab since it is Sunday for our Aussie friends. Happy read-a-thon y'all!

JennH wrote: "I initially skipped over the perceptions of reality prompt. But the conversation here caught my attention and has me intrigued. Then I saw a book on my TBR that looks like it might work, at least i..."

I think A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a perfect fit.

NancyJ wrote: "JennH wrote: "I initially skipped over the perceptions of reality prompt. But the conversation here caught my attention and has me intrigued. Then I saw a book on my TBR that looks like it might wo..."

Yay, thanks. I've been meaning to read this for a while. We'll see if I can get to it during the mini-thon.

Help! I'm reading a book about the Gemini Project-- Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story. Has spaceships, not planes and trains. And Gemini didn't go all the way to the moon, so not a long journey. And it's about technology gone right, not wrong.
Any ideas where to put it?

Pamela wrote: "Help! I'm reading a book about the Gemini Project-- Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story. Has spaceships, not planes and trains. And Gemini didn't go all the way to..."

How about “road trip or long journey�
It’s a very long journey!

I'm having the same issue with Atmosphere - I keep wanting to use it for the automobile prompt but spaceship doesn't fit haha!

I'm using it for long journey. It's a long journey, even if it isn't all the way to the moon!

Emily wrote: "I'm having the same issue with Atmosphere - I keep wanting to use it for the automobile prompt but spaceship doesn't fit haha!

I'm using it for long journey. It's a long journey, ..."

We could both rebel and put it in with the car and train!

This book keeps going "it's not as long a journey as Apollo will have..."

If it helps with your argument for using Atmosphere- space shuttles have a spaceplane component.

“A spaceplane is a vehicle that can fly and glide as an aircraft in Earth's atmosphere and function as a spacecraft in outer space.[1] To do so, spaceplanes must incorporate features of both aircraft and spacecraft�

Unless I am miss remembering they discuss this briefly in the book.

Also don’t they frequently practice flying in planes? I don’t know if it explicitly said planes but flight practice seemed to come up regularly.

Yes, you're right! I've gotten further into the book and I think it does fit well enough. Now I'm not sure if that's a prompt I want to vote for haha!

Ha ha! The conundrums with this read a thon are a nice problem to have. I like long journey better if that helps :)

I think you could also use it as a metaphorical long journey- it was a long process of getting to space.

I've been reading almost zilch this week. Partly been busy, but even when I'm not, I don't really feel like picking up books. Meh.

Jennifer W wrote: "I think you could also use it as a metaphorical long journey- it was a long process of getting to space.

I've been reading almost zilch this week. Partly been busy, but even when I'm not, I don't ..."

Me too! I have an hour left in my book but keep falling asleep. I have a really long drive on Saturday, so that should finish my audio book (is Saturday midnight the reading or reporting cutoff? Cause I won't be reporting till Sunday).

I'm reading Atmosphere too so this discussion is helpful! Guess we'll see if I finish it in time and then I'll figure out where to put it.

Is it a partial face if she’s wearing sunglasses? :)

There is a reflection in the sunglass lenses, so I may use it for reflection on cover as well.

I'll probably close the voting tab on Monday morning. Technically you have until you fall asleep Saturday night to finish books, so I want to give everyone Sunday to update the spreadsheet.

Updated the first post in this thread to reflect the top prompts!

Thanks for the update on the top prompts. I am a little surprised by the tops; not in a bad way but just not my expectations.

Samantha wrote: "Thanks for the update on the top prompts. I am a little surprised by the tops; not in a bad way but just not my expectations."

I think a lot of us haven’t logged all our votes yet, so it might change. The book I’m reading now fits at least 4 prompts, so I’ll decide at the end.

I haven’t even finished a book yet! I hope to today but not sure it fits any of the categories, which is pretty crazy. I’ll look at the categories again once I finish the book.

I'll be updating that top post periodically!

I've updated the top post. Though the read-a-thon is over, I'm leaving the voting spreadsheet open until Monday morning (CST) to give people time to input their final votes.

Looks like we will have a pretty decent selection for our pre-poll. Nothing I voted for made it which is always a little disappointing but I will forget all about by they time the poll comes out :)