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Welcome back for our second round of suggestions!

Just a reminder that you can find a full list of prompts already on the 2021 list in the third post on this thread.

A little reminder of how things are done around here:

How it works:
- The topics for the 2020 reading challenge list will be determined by a series of mini-polls, the number of which depends on the number of prompts winning in each mini-polls
- Suggestions for each poll will be opened until 15 suggestions are received and “seconded�.
- The voting thread will open the day after suggestions go live. You can find the schedule here.
- The poll will be posted after the voting thread is opened for 24 hours, and will remain open for three full days.
- Each user has 8 votes to spread between their favorite (top) and least favorite (bottom) prompts
- The prompts with the more favorable votes (comparing top votes to bottom votes, and looking at the overall number of votes it received) will be added to the final list (between 2 and 5 depending on how the votes are spread)

Rules:
- Each member can only suggest OR second one prompt
- Suggestions close after 15 total seconded prompts

When suggesting and seconding, feel free to provide examples and descriptions that may help other members understand the prompt better. These descriptions and examples will be copied over to the voting thread for further discussion.

As always, please express any and all feedback (respectfully, of course), either here or in The Wild Discussion.


Moving on to Voting:
- title contains a negative
- day of the week or month in title
- book with a focus on the natural world
- related to a second chances
- A book related to one of the United Nations 2021 "International Year" themes
- fiction or nonfiction related to mental health
- two degrees of separation prompt
-author with same initials as you
- related to Don McLean's "American Pie"
-published before you were born
- animal on the cover
- contains illustrations but is not a graphic novel
- generation you don't belong to
- brain candy
- retelling of a classic by a BIPOC author

Available to be seconded:

- book with a long title (6+ words)
- from best book of month threads

SUGGESTIONS ARE CLOSED

I am stepping away from my computer for a little while, but will be back in a few hours to update the first post!

I would like to suggest:

A book related to one of the United Nations 2021 "International Year" themes (Peace & Trust, Creative Economy for Sustainable Development, Fruits & Vegetables, and Elimination of Child Labor).

A book whose title contains a negative (No, Not, Never, Nobody, Can't, Don't, etc.)

Note - If you read in other languages, equivalent negative words in any language count

I’ve been thinking about prompts that would be easy to fill with either fiction or nonfiction, and come up with:
A book with a focus on the natural world

This would include animals and plants, the oceans or atmosphere, the earth itself, the cosmos, the microbial world...

I'll keep track of things until you get back Emily!

Moving on to voting:
- title contains a negative
- day of the week or month in title
- book with a focus on the natural world
- related to a second chances
- A book related to one of the United Nations 2021 "International Year" themes
- fiction or nonfiction related to mental health
- two degrees of separation prompt
-author with same initials as you
- related to Don McLean's "American Pie"
-published before you were born
- animal on the cover
- contains illustrations but is not a graphic novel
- generation you don't belong to
- brain candy
- retelling of a classic by a BIPOC author

Available to be seconded:

- book with a long title (6+ words)
- from best book of month threads

Chrissy wrote: "I’ve been thinking about prompts that would be easy to fill with either fiction or nonfiction, and come up with:
A book with a focus on the natural world

This would include animals and plants, the..."

Sounds like that could include fiction likeWhere the Crawdads Sing or The Signature of All Things among others.

Robin wrote: "Chrissy wrote: "I’ve been thinking about prompts that would be easy to fill with either fiction or nonfiction, and come up with:
A book with a focus on the natural world

This would include animals..."

Yep, and I’d give my highest recommendation to The Overstory, but probably go with nonfiction myself.

A lot of people liked the "We Didn't Start the Fire" prompt this year.

How about.... "A book related to Don McLean's 'American Pie'"?

Here's a link to the lyrics:

The song contains many explicit and implied references to cultural concepts, especially musical. "(John) Lennon read a book on (Karl) Marx"; "the quartet (The Beatles) practiced in the park"; "the day the music died" (the plane crash of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper"). There are also biblical references in parts.

If anyone has ever been part of Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth, this prompt's for you especially.

A book with a day of the week or a month in the title.

How about a book related to a generation that you don’t belong to.

I second A book whose title contains a negative (No, Not, Never, Nobody, Can't, Don't, etc.)

Since so many things have been cancelled or postponed because of the virus (i.e. the Olympics), a prompt dealing with second chances. Could be a plot that involves a second chance (divorce, relocation, going home again, etc.), a book you failed to finish that you are giving a second chance, or one you are reading a second time, or an author you are reading for the second time.

I second "a title containing a negative" and "a book with a day of the week or a month in the title"

What about a book published before you were born?

I will second: "A book with a focus on the natural world"

I suggest a book containing illustrations that isn’t a graphic novel.

Oh I love so many of these already - I'm ready to vote! Negative, Natural world, second chances, 2021 international year, illustrations... I think I'll wait to see if others second some of these and if not I'll second one of them!

I second the second chances prompt suggestion.

A fiction or nonfiction book related to mental health. May is Mental Health Awareness Month & Saturday October 10 is World Mental Health Day. The book can be related to mental health in any way. Memoir, True Crime, Short Stories, the psychology behind something.

I am suggesting (and will explain below):

A book written by someone no more than two degrees of separation away from you

As a reminder, you are one degree away from everyone you know, two degrees away from everyone they know, and so on. If we consider everyone in this group to be one degree away from each other, it will follow that you are two degrees away from any author/writer whom any group member here has ever met, and can choose from all those authors for this prompt. And guess what, we have started a list to collect all those one-degree connections:

/topic/show/...

To sum up, for this prompt you could read a book by
- any author whom you have met personally or had a meaningful interaction with, e.g. on social media (must include a personal conversation/comment, not just the author clicking Like on a comment you made),
- any author whom someone you know has met (same conditions as above), or
- any author on the list above, comprising authors whom our fellow group members have met. Which is cool, because it features loads of international and indie authors but also a good deal of famous names.

You do not need to reach out to, or have met, any authors yourself to fulfill this prompt.

Example: I've met Austrian author Ursula Poznanski in person at a signing, and I've corresponded personally with Sharon Bolton on Facebook (by private message). So everyone in this group is, through me, two degrees of separation away from these two authors and could read anything by either one of them.

I suggest a book where the author has the same first and last initial as you.

I will second a book related to mental health.

I second A book related to one of the United Nations 2021 "International Year" themes

I will second the two degrees of separation one (loads of excellent suggestions all round).

Brandee wrote: "I second "a title containing a negative" and "a book with a day of the week or a month in the title""

Brandee you can only suggest or second *one* prompt per poll; since title containing a negative was already seconded, I used yours for a book w/ a day of the week or month in the title.

I'll second same first and last initial! Agreed with Ellie, there are already too many good suggestions!! I'm already thinking I'll only upvote this round!

Jackie wrote: "Brandee wrote: "I second "a title containing a negative" and "a book with a day of the week or a month in the title""

Brandee you can only suggest or second *one* prompt per poll; since title cont..."

so sorry. I didn't realize that. Thanks for letting me know :)

I will second the 2 degrees of separation prompt.

We will have to do a list (if this prompt wins) of any authors we all know or have spoken to so everyone has even more options.

Ok, I see I got beat out! I will take my vote back for now. lol

Kelly wrote: "I will second the 2 degrees of separation prompt.

We will have to do a list (if this prompt wins) of any authors we all know or have spoken to so everyone has even more options."

That one's already been seconded, so you are free to second or suggest something else.

People have already been compiling quite a sizeable list over in another thread which has been fascinating to look through.

I will second the American Pie prompt.

I would like to suggest a book with an animal on the cover. The book doesn't need to be about the animal, any animal on the cover will work. This could be a fiction or non-fiction read.

In the last year or so I've read and

Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ has a bunch of lists with different animals
Non-Fiction - Favorite Animal - /list/show/1...
Mostly Fiction, some Non-Fiction -Butterflies - /list/show/3...

I will second a book published before you were born.

If it makes the list, it will hopefully give me the push I need to read some of the older books on my TBR rather than reaching for the newest titles.

I second animal on the cover :)

11/15 spots claimed

Second the illustrations but not a graphic novel suggestion.

Joyce wrote: "I suggest a book containing illustrations that isn’t a graphic novel."

Would a hand drawn map be an illustration or does it need to be a picture?

I suggest a book with a long title (6+ words)

I suggest A book from our best of book of the month thread. There is a wide selection suggested.

I suggest� A retelling of a ‘classic� by a BIPOC author�

I second a book related to a generation that you don’t belong to

I suggest a book that you consider to be Brain Candy

Brain Candy is a book that is fun to read but not necessarily intellectually stimulating, also often referred to as "fluff" reads.

And not to be a downer, but Don McLean has recently lost some of his rewards and such due to a domestic violence situation against his wife. Not sure if that effects the suggestion or not.

°´Ê´¡³¾²â´Ê° wrote: "I suggest a book that you consider to be Brain Candy

Brain Candy is a book that is fun to read but not necessarily intellectually stimulating, also often referred to as "fluff" reads."

I'll second this

I second the Brain Candy suggestion!

I second a retelling of a classic by a BIPOC author! Love that suggestion.

AND THAT'S IT. Fifteen suggestions reached.

In my head a map is different to an illustration but I’m sure it’s open to interpretation. Sounds like you are planning already Linda!

Holy moly suggestions are in under 4 hours!! Wow! Voting thread coming soon.