Emily’s Comments (group member since Jan 04, 2017)

Emily’s comments from the Around the Year in 52 Books group.

I'll second the character list/family tree!

Suggestions are open for Poll 12!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Wild Cards: Your team will earn a Wild Card for every 30 hours of audio listened or 2000 pages of print book read!

Results are posted for Poll 11!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

The next round of suggestions will open around 2:30pm UK (9:30 EST).

Another definitive round of results!

Note: The winner of the Summer Reading Challenge prize has been contacted. Their choice of prompt will be posted with the Poll 12 results.

Top:
A book with a character who appears in more than one book
A book where all or part of the action takes place in a library, a museum, a school, or another public building
A book with a window on the cover

Bottom:
A book with the name of a planet or their moons in the title
A book with a title that contains a pun, a dad joke, or other word play
A book exploring personal or cultural identity

Polarizing:
A book title that contains the name of a professional sports team

The next round of suggestions will open around 2:30pm UK (9:30 EST).

Results will be a bit delayed this morning, just a head's up.

Results will be a bit delayed this morning, just a head's up!

Saving my spot here to come back to - hoping this read-a-thon gets me reading!

1. What is your availability this week, and how many books do you anticipate reading during the Read-a-Thon?
- Next to no books anticipated, given my current reading habits haha. You can put me down for 1-3.

2. Which time zone do you live in?
- Central

3. Can you commit to checking in with your team frequently during the read-a-thon?
- Can do!

4. Are you interested in being a team leader for your group? (i.e. keeping track of team totals, needed tasks, updating spreadsheet, etc. -- We aim to have two captains per team so you can share the responsibility.)
- Only if I can have a partner captain!

Yes, I've just added the tab to the spreadsheet. The week has gotten away from me!

Voting is open for Poll 11! Catch up on the discussion and vote here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Updated lol

Copy and pasting with a toddler who is suddenly interested in a laptop made it a bit challenging yesterday.

CLOSED

THOUGHTS AND IDEAS FROM THE SUGGESTIONS THREAD

1. A book title that contains the name of a professional sports team
for example (and these are only examples):

NHL
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands (Anaheim Ducks)
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and the American Justice System (Carolina Hurricanes)
The Senator's Wife (Ottawa Senators)

PWHL
The Siren (Kiera Cass) (New York Sirens)
The Poetry of Robert Frost (Minnesota Frost
How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority (Ottawa Charge)

NFL
When we Were Vikings (Minnesota Vikings
The Raven (Poe) (Baltimore Ravens)
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache) (Kansas City Chiefs)

CFL
A Lion Among Men (Wicked #3) (BC Lions)
The Red and the Black (Stendhal) (Ottawa Redblacks)
The Argonauts (Nelson) (Toronto Argonauts)
There is a lot of cowboy romance searching under "roughrider" (Saskatchewan roughriders)

NBA
Practical Magic (Orlando Magic)
Jazz (Toni Morrison) (Utah Jazz)
The Pelican Brief (New Orleans Pelicans)
The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Charlotte Hornets)

WNBA
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Atlanta Dream)
Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty (Hillary Clinton) (New York Liberty)
Onyx Storm (Seattle Storm)
The Fever Code (Maze Runner) (Indiana Fever)
Honestly the WNBA has the best team names for books

MLB
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (NY Yankees)
Red, White and Royal Blue (Cincinnati Reds or Kansas City Royals)
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (Malcom Gladwell) (San Francisco Giants)
There are so many fiction and non-fiction books under "pirates" (Pittsburgh Pirates)

Soccer
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (L.A. Galaxy)
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake (Real Madrid)
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States (Manchester United)
The Villa (Aston Villa)
The Paper Palace (Heller) (Crystal Palace)

Rugby
Clan of the Cave Bear (Bristol Bears)
The Maltese Falcon (New Castle Falcons)
Rebel Angels (Melbourne Rebels)
Force of Nature (Aaron Falk, #2) (Western Force)

Cricket
The Lightning Thief (Leinster Lightning)
Diamonds are Forever (Northern Diamonds)
Heart Bones (Colleen Hoover) (Auckland Hearts)
The Fault in Our Stars (Melbourne Stars)

2. A book with twins, doppelgängers, or mistaken identity
Listopias:
Best Books about Twins - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
Twins and Dopplegangers - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Mistaken Identities - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

3. A book with a rebel
This is any level of rebellion-- against parents, school, religion, society, class, government, etc You want to read a book about teen-agers fighting- this is it. For those who want a US 250 prompt, this is it. Want to read about artists who rebelled against the traditional like Van Gogh, Basquit, Stravinsky or punk rockers- this is it. Maybe there's a book about the guy who created Rebel Yell bourbon. Or this is your push to read Les Miserables.

There's even a genre of called transgressive literature: (there's also transgressive manga): https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

4. A book with a trial
Lots of options in literary fiction, mystery/crime fiction, non-fiction, true crime, etc.

The Fraud
The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses
A Time to Kill
Snow Falling on Cedars
The Body in Question

7. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2025 or 2026
2025 Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

8. A book with the name of a planet or their moons in the title
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, obviously - but also the dwarf planets Pluto, Eris, Haumea, Makemake, Gonggong, Quaoar, Sedna, Ceres, and Orcus
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...

9. A book where all or part of the action takes place in a library, a museum, a school, or another public building
Set in libraries: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/th...
Set in libraries or bookstores:https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
Set in hospitals: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Set in schools/universities: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
Set in courtrooms: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Set in prisons: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Set in museums: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Examples of public buildings:
City Halls/Town Halls
Courthouses
Schools and universities
Libraries
Museums and Art Galleries
Theaters
Police or Fire Stations
Post Offices
Embassies/Consulates
Prisons/Correctional Facilities
Military Bases
Hospitals and other public healthcare facilities

10. A book about wildlife or nature conservation
This could be about conservation globally, by country or region, locally, or just around your own home.
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
https://mountainandprairie.com/10-con...
https://www.gviusa.com/blog/smb-15-of...
https://www.jamesborrell.com/another-...
https://www.google.com/search?q=a+boo...

11. A book with a title that contains a pun, a dad joke, or other word play
Some examples:
The Handshake: A Gripping History
Butts: A Backstory
Virgin: The Untouched History
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why Commas Really Do Make a Difference
Bored of the Rings
We’ll Always Have Parrots
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
These Boots are Made for Stalking
Are You There Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea


The Importance of Being Earnest

Some lists:
52 Book Club 2025: #1 - A Pun In The Title
Titlemania I: Puns in Titles
Titles that play on earlier titles and sayings
If Dad Jokes Were Titles
Punny Romance Titles

Some other lists:
https://naperlib.bibliocommons.com/v2...
https://tacoma.bibliocommons.com/v2/l...
https://bookshop.org/lists/my-list-of...
https://www.thereviewgeek.com/10books...

13. A book related to medical science or health
This could involve health practitioners, patients, research, biology, healthy habits, public health, etc. Nonfiction, fiction, memoirs, or even cookbooks.

Medical
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/medical
Health
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/health
Listopias
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...

Health lists
https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag?id...

14. A book with a window on the cover
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
https://fictionophile.com/2016/05/05/...

15. A book related to baking
Could be setting, title, storyline or cover

It's now time to get ready to vote for our next set of prompts! The thread will be open for at least 24 hours before the poll gets posted. This is a good opportunity to ask any question you may have regarding the prompts, do some research, or ask for recommendations.

Voting will open in the morning of Sunday, August 31 and results will be posted in the morning of Thursday, September 4 (CST time).

How it works:
- When the voting opens, follow the link to the mini-poll that will be added at the end of this post
- You have a total of 8 votes this poll to spread across your favorite and least favorite prompts (you can also use less than 8 votes)
- You can find examples of acceptable voting practices on the Introduction thread.
- 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

We are asking people to include their Goodreads profile address when they vote. To find this, just go to your own profile and then copy the URL/web address. If for some reason you can't link to your Goodreads profile, please post your full Goodreads name with enough identifiable information that we'll be able to access your profile.

Poll Prompts:
1. A book title that contains the name of a professional sports team
2. A book with twins, doppelgängers, or mistaken identity
3. A book with a rebel
4. A book with a trial
5. A book with a character who appears in more than one book
6. A book with a character who is searching for knowledge, love, courage or a way home
7. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2025 or 2026
8. A book with the name of a planet or their moons in the title
9. A book where all or part of the action takes place in a library, a museum, a school, or another public building
10. A book about wildlife or nature conservation
11. A book with a title that contains a pun, a dad joke, or other word play
12. A book exploring personal or cultural identity
13. A book related to medical science or health
14. A book with a window on the cover
15. A book related to baking

Feel free to discuss the prompts below, but please remember to be respectful to the other group members.

Vote here: https://forms.gle/zTSbd3VK5gu8jWGd9

Got all these

1 spot remaining and my toddler is getting wily!

Thanks NancyJ. Feel free to post additional links in a new post so I don't miss it.

2 spots remaining

I'll second the personal or cultural identity

Done!