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IDEA: I think this would make a great listopia topic for all Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ users. If there isn't one there already, I can help set it up. I would want to do it ASAP. If we have accurate lists of qualifying authors we can post them in the comments of the listopia. I would start with a list of the highest level awards first. The UK members of our group can help determine which addition awards to include - and put them in the comments section.
Is anyone else interested in working on this? Do we have any UK members in the group who are Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ librarians?



I read Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf last year for a New-to-you author prompt and I loved her writing.
I'm going to use the list of "short perfect novels."
Michelle wrote: "not thrilled. I still don't understand the geometric shapes prompt... "
That's partly my problem with the geometric one, as well.
I did just pick this up at the British Museum Feminine Power exhibition, which looks geometric to me, if I don't read it beforehand.
That's partly my problem with the geometric one, as well.
I did just pick this up at the British Museum Feminine Power exhibition, which looks geometric to me, if I don't read it beforehand.

Tracy wrote: "For those of you who may not follow the Wild Discussion, @Thomas suggested having a prompt that honored Queen Elizabeth II. The idea that had the most traction was something like "A book by an author honored by Queen Elizabeth II", meaning that she knighted, damed (is that the term?) or bestowed one of the other honors on them (CBE, OBE, etc.). This is the best list of these authors that I could find: ...
I would be happy to suggest this prompt, but I wanted to leave it open for any members who are part of the UK or any part of the Commonwealth to do it if they would like."
Good thinking. As a Londoner, I'm happy to propose it if someone will second, and vice versa.
I would be happy to suggest this prompt, but I wanted to leave it open for any members who are part of the UK or any part of the Commonwealth to do it if they would like."
Good thinking. As a Londoner, I'm happy to propose it if someone will second, and vice versa.

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Hmm. I wonder if a Maine Coon would count as an unusually large version of a cat.
Or something like a Great Dane for an unusually large dog.
Or something like a Great Dane for an unusually large dog.

In case you're still here, are those awards listed in order of importance?"
I think MBE is lowest and dame/knight is definitely highest.



MBE
OBE
CBE
knight or dame
Peerage
Companion of honour ( which only a certain number of living people can hold)

Thank you for the reminder.


Michelle, I think this one should be fairly straight-forward. You can use it in a number of different ways:
- as a title prompt, find a book with a shape in the title: circle, square, pentagon, sphere, cone, heart, ring, planet, pyramid, etc.
- as a cover prompt, find a cover that contains a circle, square, rectangle, stop sign (octagon), planet (sphere), pyramic, ball, wheel, etc.
- as a content/genre prompt, we also stated it could cover a "closed circle mystery" or "love triangle"
- as a setting prompt, it could be located near an obelisk (like the Washington Monument), or the Great Pyramids in Egypt, or the Louvre, or on a farm with a grain silo, on a spaceship, etc.
There are many ways to fulfill it, so I'm thinking it should be (relatively) easy and a way to accommodate multiple genres and preferences. There is a new listopia for these, but I created on in advance to help with ideas. It is found here:
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Tracy, @Thomas - this is a great idea! (But understand my "pick rate" this year is quite low.. ;>) I've checked out the list and have read or have on hand a number of these authors already.

I added a book with a basketball on the cover since that's a circle/sphere, if that's what you mean!

Some ideas that go beyond title or cover - National Book Critics Circle Award, Publishing Triangle Award, Publishing Triangle 100 Best Lesbian and Gay Novels, Clarke Award (logo is triangle inside a circle), Golden Kite Award, Newbury Award (the winner receives a circular bronze medal), books published by Washington Square Press or Hanover Square Press or Sphere.

Yes, correct! We designed the prompt in the wild discussion to be very flexible.

Yes, that works. Thanks for adding it!

I created the Tropical prompt, and I have many on the same shelf so I'll do what I can. I don't know if it's possible to merge lists.

Some ideas that go beyond title or cover - National Book Critics Circle Award, Publishing Triangle Award..."
Thanks this is very helpful. I love the idea of using this prompt to fit in more award winning books!

MBE
OBE
CBE
knight or dame
Peerage
Companion of honour ( which only a certain number of living people can hold)"
Oh, I'm still confused by the honors. I copied over portions of the article on the listopia if you'd like to add to it. Some of the honors listed in the article might have been given before Queen Elizabeth's reign though.
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A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter - They all have alternative definitions. So anything someone is haunted by could be a spectre? An any Christian book about living a Spirit filled life technically also counts?
A novella - some prizes given to novellas have a word count limit. We didn't put one on it. So everyone gets to decide for themselves what is a short story and what is a novella?
A book with a tropical setting - Originally, I thought this was going to be set between the tropic of cancer and capricorn. Now, everyone gets to decide on "tropical"?
A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story - I really don't understand this prompt at all. I thought someone said dragons don't count, but there are books on the listopia with dragons in them. This is a prompt where it could have been helpful if people had put the animal in the comment part.
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Yes, definitely

Personally I'm going to do the tropical setting within the tropics lines because it's more thematic that way.
> An any Christian book about living a Spirit filled life technically also counts?
I think that's a stretch, but if someone else wants to use it that's up to them.

I agree. There's a difference between "A book with a tropical setting" and "A book set in a tropical region of the world." Tropical setting implies rainforests and jungles. Set in a tropical region means a country within a specific region, even if the book is set in a city or something like that.
Now I'm confused about this prompt.

According to Book Riot: "Novellas are short novels, from 17,500 or 20,000 words usually up to about 40,000 words, or about 100�200 pages."

Of course it's up to the person completing the challenge, but I think Christian books could count, but more specifically books with the main topic as the Holy Spirit (if someone wanted to go the Christian lit route).
For example, something like Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community by Dietrich Bonhoeffer might be a bit of a stretch because the focus is Christian community and the "spirit" part is implied, but How to Be Filled with the Holy Spirit by Tozer would fit the prompt better since the focus of the book is the reader's understanding of the Holy Spirit.
Since it's one of those "related to" prompts, I think it's open to creative interpretation more than some of the other prompts on the list.

Novellas are short novels, from 17,500 or 20,000 words usually up to about 40,000 words, or about 100�200 pages.
So less than 200 pages would work?"
Thank you, Shannon

That makes sense. Thank you, Roxana


A couple of questions here:
- can dinosaurs work for the unusually large version of an animal, as many are extra la..."
Stacy I looked up novellas online and there is no specific page range given. Publishers go by word-count. It's longer than a typical short story, but shorter than a novel. 100-200 is a good range, give or take 25 or 50 pages.
I plan to look at the novella list to see which books are already on my to-read list.
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A book relate..."
I'm sticking with the geographic definition of tropics.


I have not looked at the list but the earth and possibly the moon are circles or spheres and the moon could also be a crescent.

Circles, spheres, crescents

A book relate..."
I found latitudes for all my books on the other listopia, and our listopia looks similar.


I agree. T..."
The new listopias all show the short versions of the prompts, that's all. The mods will add the details when they can. Two readathons started today. All the information is on the Voting thread.
Keep calm and carry on

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