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ANNOUNCING the theme for August 2025
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August 9th is National Book Lover's Day...so read a book that was one of your all-time past favorites.
I nominate Reading the continents ie read books from different continents. How many can you find from the different continents? How many different genres can you find books in from the continents. Australia/New Zealand Karly Lane, Tim Winton, Colleen McCullough, Ann Liang
North America Stephen King, Rachel Kushner
South America Mónica Ojeda, Mariana Enríquez, and Samanta Schweblin
Africa Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Europe George Orwell, Anne Frank
Asia Min Jin Lee, Ann Liang R.F. Kuang
Just as an example
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Can you please clarify, Carolyn.
Do you want books SET in different continents (does the continent the reader lives in count?) -OR- Do you want books written by authors from different continents? (your examples are all authors)
finding Authors from different continents that you haven't read before. I feel I get stuck sometimes with the same Authors and forget to broaden my horizons.
so it would work that you have to find Authors from every continent, the authors can either be living on that continent or from that continent, they can also be set on the continents. I know it is a broad challenge. I can make it a more in-depth plan if it is the chosen topic for August with ideas like for each continent read a book written on or about that continent and find a book written by an author from that continent or lives on that continent.
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See bold above .... is this what you want the challenge to say?
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Carolyn wrote: "so it would work that you have to find Authors from every continent, the authors can either be living on that continent or from that continent, they can also be set on the continents. I know it is ..."
In your second message you just talk about finding Authors from every continent. No mention of "never read before."
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Simpler is better, Carolyn. If you have too many options, then the "challenge" is basically just "read a book."
Right now I've worded it as simply "books written by authors from different continents."
Please let me know if you want me to change the wording.
Dog Days Of Summer. Read a book with a dog on the cover.
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Koren's suggestion of "Dog Days of Summer" is our theme for August.
Perhaps there's a holiday (major or obscure) you want to celebrate? Maybe you want to focus on a specific genre or tag? Want to look for cover image or color? Focus on the author's initials?
There is NO requirement that the theme match the month or season. Whatever "theme" you can come up with is fair game.
BE SURE to include the task requirement for your theme:
Examples:
Author, Author!: Read a book whose author's first and last initials are in "Author, Author"
It's Fall!: Read a book with the word "fall" in the title or subtitle
Read a book with BLUE cover.
ONE nomination per member
To encourage participation from more members, the person who nominated LAST month's winning theme cannot nominate this month. So, Patty, you will *not* be able to submit a nomination (though you WILL be able to vote).
DEADLINE - 25 July 2025 at 5p CDT, or 5 nominations (whichever comes first)
Once the nominations are closed, we'll set up a poll for membership to vote on the theme for next month.
Nominated themes:
* National Book Lover's Day - Re-read a book that was one of your all-time past favorites (Carol)
* Read the continents - Books written by authors from different continents (Carolyn)
* Dog Days of Summer - Read a book with a dog on the COVER (Koren)
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Put your thinking caps on, and Have fun!
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