Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

It's time for our next round of suggestions!

Just a reminder that you can find a full list of prompts already on the 2024 list in the third post on this thread.

How Suggestions Work:
- The topics for the 2024 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.

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:
1. A book with a sound-related word in the title
2. A book related to the theme of a Las Vegas hotel
3. A main character that is mad, bad, or dangerous
4. A book related to Alice in Wonderland/through the Looking-glass
5. A book with a leap
6. A middle grade book that was nominated for or won an award such as the Newbery, Caldecott, or Carnegie
7. A book that includes a love story
8. A character that is a fish out of water
9. A book with a 2 word title in the format: The ______
10. A book related to the Addams Family
11. A book related to one of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse
12. A book with a character dealing with mental health or cognitive challenges
13. A book connected to a board game Ludo (another name for the game is Man, Don't Get Angry)
14. A book with a child character
15. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024

To Be Seconded:
- A book with more than one main character
- A book with a bilingual character

A character that is a fish out of water

A book about someone in a new environment or culture. A book about someone who feels like an alien in their new surroundings.

This could be someone:
-who is seen as an alien, feels like an alien, or IS an alien in a new place (or planet)
-who moved to a place with a very different culture or lifestyle.
-who is living, working, or going to school in a new country or region.
-who escaped from a war-torn area and is now living in a detention camp or shelter
-who married into, or whose parent married into a family from a new culture/group/sub-culture
-working on an international assignment,
- traveling, spying or lost in another country.
-who is a mermaid trying to survive on land.
-who is suddenly around people of a different race, religion, life-style, economic status, sexual identity, political views, ethnicity, etc.
-who is working with a visitor from another world/culture
-a liberal working in a conservative company, or vice versa
-A rich person suddenly poor or vice versa.
-A person who feels that their environment is unreal.

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

A book with a child character.

(Not a child protagonist.) This is to contrast to a book with a senior citizen character.

Teaching (not every book may involve people<18)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Main character protects child:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...

Child protagonist:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

A main character that is mad, bad, or dangerous

Suggesting for Irene:

A book with a sound-related word in the title

Examples: quiet, silent, thunder, hear, screaming, whisper, music, piano (which means quiet in the context of music), symphony, any instrument or object with a sound-related purpose (like radio, metronome, speaker), also onomatopoeia (e.g. tick tock)

I second a book with a sound-related word in the title.

Let's give this one another try:

A book related to the theme of a Las Vegas hotel

Here's a few:
Luxor - Egyptian theme, pyramids (also has a Titanic exhibit)
Flamingo - Florida, tropical, birds
Excalibur - Medieval theme, castles, jousting
New York, New York - Anything New York
Venetian - Venice, Italy, Italian theme
Treasure Island - Pirates, Caribbean
Circus Circus - Circus Theme
Caesar's Palace - Roman theme
MGM Grand or Planet Hollywood - Art Deco, Hollywood

This Wikipedia link gives the "theme" of each of the hotels on the Las Vegas strip.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Suggesting: A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024

A middle grade book that was nominated for or won an award such as the Newbery, Caldecott, or Carnegie

I’ll second Vegas hotel

Juliet Brown wrote: "I’ll second Vegas hotel"

Thank You!

Robin wrote: "Let's give this one another try:

A book related to the theme of a Las Vegas hotel

Here's a few:
Luxor - Egyptian theme, pyramids (also has a Titanic exhibit)
Flamingo - Florida, tropical, birds
E..."

I would like to 2nd the Vegas Hotel prompt.

Seconding A main character that is mad, bad, or dangerous

A book related to Alice in Wonderland part I/Through the Looking-glass (Alice part II)

That could include Mushrooms 🍄, rabbits, falling down, underground, transforming, watches, afternoon tea, twins, crocket (croquet ?), royalty, death sentences, card games like poker, larvae, opium, clams, walruses, mirrors and a lot more.

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...

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

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...

https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/tr...

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

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

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Afternoon Tea: Downton Abbey Style Afternoon Tea: Inspiration and How to Host the Perfect Afternoon Tea Party at Your Home by Tadio Diller

Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Confessions of an English Opium Eater: Being an Extract from the Life of a Scholar by Thomas de Quincey

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

Amy, it looks like Juliet got there first. Feel free to suggest or second something else.

Suggestion:

A book with a leap
This can be any leap, jump, or similar in the book:

* A leap in the title
Examples:
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Grace, Gold, and Glory: My Leap of Faith
The Final Leap
Hop On Pop
By Leaps and Bounds
From the Jump
Skydive

* A leap on the cover


* A leap in the subject or plot (a book about skydiving; a character that hops over a fence)

* A leap in time (time travel, non-linear timelines, multi-generational timelines, or other calendrical shenanigans)
Best Time Travel Fiction Listopia
Books with Non-Linear Time Listopia
Multigenerational Novels Listopia
Missing Time shelf
Time Slip shelf

Re ‘mad bad or dangerous’ I downvoted it last time because the actual quote is ‘mad, bad and dangerous to know’ and looking at the partial was irritating to me

Second alice

Amy (Other Amy) wrote: "Suggestion:

A book with a leap
This can be any leap, jump, or similar in the book:

* A leap in the title
Examples:
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
[book:Grace, Gol..."
I’ll second this.

dalex wrote: "A middle grade book that was nominated for or won an award such as the Newbery, Caldecott, or Carnegie"

Second

A book that includes a love story

It could be romance, a family relationship or another loving relationship

Thank you, Jillian!

a book connected to a board game Ludo (another name for the game is Man, Don't Get Angry)

I second a love story!

Mandy wrote: "Second alice"

Thankyou 💜

Suggestion:
Read a book with a 2 word title in the format: The ______

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...

Eg The Measure or The Program

Nike wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Second alice"

Thankyou 💜"

Was just waiting for it!

I Second a character that is a fish out of water

I'm re-suggesting for Rachel (can't tell if you are around Rachel - you asked for help last week when Suggestions was at a different time...):

A book related to the Addams Family

Some ideas of how to tackle it:
- A book with a Gothic setting or set in an old mansion
- A book with a wealthy and/or eccentric family
- A book involving a close-knit family or extended family (The Addams Family has a huge extended family, with many cousins and relatives visiting often)
- A book with a grand romance (because of Gomez and Morticia)
- A book with a disembodied hand on the cover (because of the character Thing)
- A book involving a domestic servant (because of the character Lurch, their butler)
- A book involving Frankenstein or a Frankenstein-like creature (also because of Lurch)
- A book involving a long-lost relative (relates to several episodes and the 1991 movie)
- A book involving a "black widow" character (relates to the 1993 movie the Addams Family Values)
- A book involving Halloween (the Addams Family loves celebrating Halloween, and their entire aesthetic is pretty Halloween-ish)

As I’ve been beaten to seconding Alice I will second two the one

maja wrote: "a book connected to a board game Ludo (another name for the game is Man, Don't Get Angry)"

Maja, do you mean "a book connected to a board game" and Ludo is one example, or only "a book connected to the board game Ludo"?

Nike wrote: "A book related to Alice in Wonderland/through the Looking-glass: That could include Mushrooms 🍄, rabbits, falling down, underground, transforming, watches, afternoon tea, twins, crocket (croquet ?)..."

Yay! Glad you brought this back and that it was seconded!

Tracy wrote: "Nike wrote: "A book related to Alice in Wonderland/through the Looking-glass: That could include Mushrooms 🍄, rabbits, falling down, underground, transforming, watches, afternoon tea, twins, crocke..."

Awesome you brought back Addams family

Nike wrote: "A book related to Alice in Wonderland/through the Looking-glass: That could include Mushrooms 🍄, rabbits, falling down, underground, transforming, watches, afternoon tea, twins, crocket (croquet ?)..."

flamingos....

Isabel wrote: "maja wrote: "a book connected to a board game Ludo (another name for the game is Man, Don't Get Angry)"

Maja, do you mean "a book connected to a board game" and Ludo is one example, or only "a boo..."

Only "a book connected to the board game Ludo".

Isabel, I believe the name of the game is Ludo, since she wrote another name for that game.

Thomas, which one are you seconding?

A book with more than one main character

Someone please second Addams family.

A book related to one of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse

(e.g. War, conquest, famine, plague, wild beasts)

Emily wrote: "Isabel, I believe the name of the game is Ludo, since she wrote another name for that game.

Thomas, which one are you seconding?"

Two words starting with the comment 26

LeahS wrote: "A book related to one of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse

(e.g. War, conquest, famine, plague, wild beasts)"

And death

A book with a bilingual character.

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

A book with a character dealing with mental health or cognitive challenges

This could involve depression, anxiety, Alzheimer's disease, grief, brain fog, adjustment, hormonal disruptions, dementia, trauma, or other situations that affect the mind.

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/alzh...
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/grief
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/depr...
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/anxiety
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/ment...

Mandy wrote: "Someone please second Addams family."

I’ll second a book related to the Addams family

Thomas wrote: "Emily wrote: "Isabel, I believe the name of the game is Ludo, since she wrote another name for that game.

Thomas, which one are you seconding?"

Two words starting with the comment 26"

Thanks for supporting my prompt :-)

Got it. Updated through Message 40

Breanne wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Someone please second Addams family."

I’ll second a book related to the Addams family"

You’re awesome!!!

I second Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

I hope someone will explain Ludo or Man Don't Get Angry - I've never heard of either of them.

Second character with mental health or cognitive problems

Minor point, but I think "through" in the Alice in Wonderland prompt needs to be capitalized, especially if someone isn't familiar with the title (I hear it is different in some countries).