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Celeste's 2023 ATY Prompt List
01-13-2023 Edit:Clarity edits to make items more readable.
11-28-2022 Edit:
Changed "GoodReads" to "Goodreads".
Thank you to the librarians and individuals creating and amending entries for webcomics that actively fit the criteria and manual standards for books that are webcomics.
Previously debatable entries are deleted from the public's view if the reader hadn't already catalogued that not-a-book. Overall, this issue has nearly collapsed in on itself as interested readers like myself will never be able to see those deleted entries. Of the 89 entries left for me to search [on Nov. 28, 2022] that do have the author "NOT A BOOK", most have been correctly organized with "NOT A BOOK" as an additional author to the original author.
Added additional links.
11-04-2022:
I am frustrated by the efforts of Goodreads Librarians who actively delete authors from their own books. While Goodreads Librarians do a whole lot of good for the platform by adding to it, I am disappointed that they are willing to tear down and destroy the copyrighted material of others. If you want to add "NOT A BOOK" as an author, fine, do it. But do not delete the original author from the book's page as you have essentially deleted some of their hard-earned life's work from their author's profile.
It upsets me and other comic book lovers. It is not just the web comic that is unabashedly eliminated but it's the poetry chapbook and non-ISBN reading material. We don't all have money to buy ISBNs.
This purging is almost as bad as school libraries getting censored for keeping old classics and new LGBTQIA+ material on their shelves.
I can't speak for most, not for anyone else really, but I am upset and I have been struggling on how to get a voice out there about an issue on this platform that I started noticing in Summer 2022.
It is hypocritical to give out a Goodreads Book of the Year Award (I know it is just a popularity award but even that should give you a sense of how powerful the web comic has become! It has a future!) to a webcomic that got noticed and became a book when you throw out the format it came from.
CELESTE.
P.S. Please feel free to comment. Whether you're a ball of frustration about this like me or you are a Goodreads Librarian who understands the entanglements of Goodreads and know there is a bigger picture for all of this.
I know this is such a small miniscule issue concerning the world but what can I do as an overly-opinionated personality that is often a bit too enthusiastic and overbearing. What can I do?
Links -
https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...
https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...
https://www.reddit.com/r/goodreads/co...
https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/webc...
1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or YDead Wrong is set on the outskirts of Amish country in Texas, USA.
Location: Texas, USA
Dead Wrong by Vannetta Chapman
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date completed: March 12th
Review: I finally finished a book!!! It was on Apple Books, so I only had to read one bit per day which made it much more relaxing. Certainly, a cozy mystery. I gave 4 stars for the ambience it gave me. If I were basing it off story and writing mechanics, the former would be 3.5-4 stars and the latter would be 3 stars. I am not the best writer but there were strange mistakes even I noticed and even slightly hindered my reading. Still the setting descriptions and introductions of the main characters were great. For other readers, the pacing may seem a bit slow however I think it matches with the idea and general character that this murder and its ensuing investigation takes place at an Amish Bed & Breakfast.
2. A book by an author you read in 2022Ilsa Madden-Mills was an author I previously read in 2022. I hope to finish the second book of her duology "Game Changers" for this challenge.
Not My Match ~ currently reading
2022 Reading Challenge: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challe...
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn't make the 2023 listI never understand the ATY categories "close call", "no designation" and "polarization" when I try to do this prompt since a lot of them are part of the ATY challenge. So confusing! All I can trust is "bottom".
Poetry Announcement Post
Below Zero ~ currently reading
List: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
"Bottom" Options (view spoiler)
4. A book with an interracial relationshiphttps://www.goodreads.com/genres/inte...
Yaoi: https://www.anime-planet.com/users/An...
5. A book with 4 or more colors on the coverAnnouncement Post
Gender Queer: A Memoir ~ currently reading
7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the titleWhat Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 1 ~ to read
WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHY, WHERE
8. An author's debut bookThe Mysterious Affair at Styles is Agatha Christie's debut book and was published in October of 1920.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date completed: June 25th
Review: Lovely series. A nice start.
10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"Personalities:
Scary - https://www.goodreads.com/genres/scary
Sporty - https://www.goodreads.com/genres/sporty
Baby - https://www.goodreads.com/genres/baby
Ginger - https://www.goodreads.com/genres/ginger
Posh - https://www.goodreads.com/genres/posh
11. A book about a person/character with a disabilityThe Seasonal Reading Challenge: Winter 2022 - Task 15.8 matches perfectly with this prompt. Hopefully, I will finish Blind Reader Wanted by Georgia Le Carre on time for Winter 2022 aka by February 28, 2023.
Blind Reader Wanted ~ currently reading
12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunniesGenres:
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/birds
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/bees
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/rabbits
13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the coverAnnouncement Post
The Republic of Plato ~ currently reading
14. A book with a con, deception, or fakeA book filled with multiple deceptions and fakes trying to con readers and our two main characters into questioning everything they've learned throughout the book.
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date completed: June 8th
Review: This was my first Agatha Christie book and it did not disappoint! I was interested and hooked almost from the beginning. The first couple paragraphs parallel my life, and I'm sure others, right now so well when they discuss money and their lack of. I like that Agatha Christie's stories can spirit one to a place of decadent riches and yet grasp human aspects that are true for all sorts of people.
15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1야화첩 1/Painter of the Night by Byeonduck is set in the Joseon period between 1392-1897 A.D.
야화첩 1 ~ currently reading
16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2
17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3
20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travelI'm confused about whether this is supposed to be a cover with a form of transportation on it or an actual route like a road.
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby seems like an interesting book and it fits the prompt. It is a possibility. I found it while looking at Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke which also fits the prompt.
Razorblade Tears ~ to read
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
21. A book by an Asian diaspora authorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...
https://guides.lib.uconn.edu/asianame...
22. A book with a faceless person on the coverI met Holly Ash at a convention and was pleasantly convinced to buy the first book of her recently finished duology.
Cleansing Rain by Holly Ash
23. A book with a body of water in the title
24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or SpyThe presence of soldiers is throughout this book as I am reading the version that has "The 10 Little Soldiers" nursery rhyme. There are two characters that really are soldiers in this story. The conventional General John Gordon MacArthur, who retired to supposed splendor after WWI, and the cold-hearted mercenary/"soldier of fortune" Philip Lombard.
Profession: Soldier
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date completed: June 9th
Review: This story was filled with heartless people. Only a few were sympathetic but still as Mr. Owen likes to remind us, they had killed and/or were a catalyst to death for the unfortunate persons that they came into contact with. Amazingly devious in plan and in killing methods, I had found certain parts of the story perplexing and other parts that ring true to this day.
25. A book with a tropical settingPoetry Announcement Post
Antes Que Isla Es Volcán / Before Island Is Volcano
27. A book by an author from continental EuropeContinental Europe (strict):
(view spoiler)
Continental Europe continued (loose definition):
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30. A book related to a chess piece
31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.comA favorite author of mine is Herge, creator of the Tintin series.
Possible authors:
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32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literaturehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of...
Montevideo, Uruguay
Popular locations:
Baghdad, Iraq (view spoiler)
Barcelona, Spain (view spoiler)
Bucheon, South Korea
Dublin, Ireland (view spoiler)
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (view spoiler)
Gothenburg, Sweden (view spoiler) (view spoiler)
Granada, Spain (view spoiler)
Jakarta, Indonesia
Lahore, Pakistan
Manchester, England, United Kingdom (view spoiler)
Melbourne, Australia (view spoiler)
Milan, Italy (view spoiler)
Prague, Czech Republic (view spoiler)
Quebec City, Canada (view spoiler) (view spoiler)
Reykjavik, Iceland (view spoiler)
Seattle, United States (view spoiler)
Wroclaw, Poland (view spoiler)
33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923(view spoiler)
https://www.babycenter.com/baby-names...
34. A novellaDefined as a long short story or a short novel, novellas have been classified as 17,500 to 40,000 words. The Awakening is a "Did-not-finish" for me but only because I got distracted and not because it was a bad read.
The Awakening ~ currently reading
Other novellas of choice:
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35. A book with a school subject in the titleAnnouncement Post
School subject: History and Global History
Smashing the Liquor Machine: A Global History of Prohibition ~currently reading
36. A book that has been translated from another languagemanga/manhwa
Kikasete yo, Ai no Kotoba o by Sei Takenaka is a possibility as it would also satisfy a EHRTBM challenge I am working on until March 31.
37. A book with the theme of returning homePossibly オリンピア・キュクロス 1/Olympia Kyklos? I would have to read and make sure the theme of returning home is evident, but I think it should work.
38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover
39. A westernSet in the New Mexico area starting in the year 1851.
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date completed: September 22nd
Review: TBD
40. A book with a full name in the titleAnnouncement Post
Four Texts on Socrates: Euthyphro/Apology/Crito/Aristophanes' Clouds ~ currently reading
41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” listshttps://apps.npr.org/best-books/about... (view spoiler)
42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter
43. A book that involves a murder#19 & #43 Prompt Announcement
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
My rating: 3 out of 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐
Date completed: October 4
Review: My favorite characters were Roger Ackroyd and, secondly, the doctor. The story had me almost until the end. Like Agatha Christie, I am getting fed up Hercule Poirot's incredible confidence. Am I slightly jealous? Yes.
But the reason why this is 3 stars instead of 4 is because I just couldn't get into it. I couldn't pay attention. Perhaps I was too busy. I may read it again at a later date,
44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontalPoetry Announcement Post
CAConrad has the perfect book for this prompt.
A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon: New (Soma)tics by CAConrad
45. A book whose author has published more than 7 booksKikasete yo, Ai no Kotoba o by Sei Takenaka is a possibility as it would also satisfy a EHRTBM challenge I am working on until March 31.
47. A book related to a geometric shapeI once saw a diamond-shaped book.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the storyI think this prompt screams Clifford the Big Red Dog.
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Unprompted Books
Prompt has information = ℹ️
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Prompt is completed with notes = 📓
1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y 📓
2. A book by an author you read in 2022 📚
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list 📚
4. A book with an interracial relationship ℹ️
5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover 📚
6. A book where books are important ℹ️
7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title 📚
8. An author's debut book 📓
9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W ℹ️
10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities" ℹ️
11. A book about a person/character with a disability 📚
12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies ℹ️
13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover 📚
14. A book with a con, deception, or fake 📓
15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1 📚
16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2
17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3
18. A book related to science ℹ️
19. A book related to the arts 📚
20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel 📚
21. A book by an Asian diaspora author ℹ️
22. A book with a faceless person on the cover 📚
23. A book with a body of water in the title
24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy 📓
25. A book with a tropical setting 📚
26. A book related to pride ℹ️
27. A book by an author from continental Europe ℹ️
28. A book that is dark ℹ️
29. A book that is light ℹ️
30. A book related to a chess piece
31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com ℹ️
32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature ℹ️
33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923 ℹ️
34. A novella 📚
35. A book with a school subject in the title 📚
36. A book that has been translated from another language ℹ️
37. A book with the theme of returning home ℹ️
38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover
39. A western 📓
40. A book with a full name in the title 📚
41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists ℹ️
42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter
43. A book that involves a murder 📓
44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal 📚
45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books ℹ️
46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe ℹ️
47. A book related to a geometric shape ℹ️
48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story ℹ️
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49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023 ℹ️
50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt ℹ️
51. A book published in 2023 📚
52. A book with an unusual or surprising title ℹ️