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dalex wrote: "A book with a character who can be found in a deck of cards

BIO - Use the divination interpretation of tarot cards and connect a book character with a specific card.

For example, the Star card i..."

I am honestly not sure if that is KIS or BIO either, but it's a great idea, so I'm just going to plug it into the list as it and let people do what they will with it :-)

New prompts!

A book from the Are You Well Read in World Literature list

A non-fiction book other than biography, autobiography or memoir

A book whose title refers to person(s) without giving their name

KIS - read a book whose title has the words: you, me, I, us, we, her, him, she, he, them, they, mother, father, son, daughter, wife, husband, sister, brother, etc.
KIS - include possessive nouns
BIO - read a book where the referential person is not a possessive noun (i.e. read "The Girl" rather than "The Girl's Book")
BIO - read a book where the title doesn't reference the standard familial names or gender (don't use wife, mother, son, boy, man, girl, woman, etc.)

A non-fiction book other than biography, autobiography or memoir

KIS - read a non-fiction about a group of people rather than one person
KIS - read a non-fiction that isn't marketed as biography, autobiography, or memoir, even if it focuses on one person. Examples - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (you could view it as a book about the company Theranos, not about Elizabeth Holmes), Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake (co-writer was "telling a story not writing a biography")
BIO - read a micro-history, self-help book, how-to book, history book, geography book, science or technology book, etc.

KIS for short book can be a book of poetry or short stories

BIO for Black Authors list is to pick an author you've never read before.
BIO for cross genre is to have it be a cross of at least three different genres (fantasy historical romance, for example).

Oh wow! I am two weeks behind! Sorry guys, I will get this updated right now!

New prompts for the KIS/BIO list:

A short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author

A book by an author on USA Today's list of 100 Black Novelists You Should Read
A cross genre novel

Avery wrote: "A book whose title refers to person(s) without giving their name

KIS - read a book whose title has the words: you, me, I, us, we, her, him, she, he, them, they, mother, father, son, daughter, wife..."

Thank you for the ideas Avery and Emily!

Two new prompta to consider:

1. A winner or nominee from the 2020 ŷ������ Choice Awards

2. A book set in a made-up place

BIO ideas for GR choice award:
-- Use only debut authors or authors you have never read before
-- Use only winners
-- Use only books that were not on your radar before they popped up in the awards lists

BIO idea for made-up place:
-- The entire world must be made up (e. g. Westeros, Middle Earth, Dune), not just the town/city/country (Castle Rock, St Mary Mead, Miskatonic University)

KIS idea:
-- The location can be real, only the place where the story is mainly set must be made up (e. g. a college/university, agency, store, high school, borough...)

The latest winners to consider:

A book related to the lyrics for the song "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music

A book with a Muslim character or author

A book with a building in the title

BIO for Sound of Music prompt: Limit your choice to only books who have one of the main words in the title ("kittens", "roses", "snowflakes", etc.)

BIO for Muslim: Read a book with a Muslim main character AND author

Emily wrote: "BIO for Sound of Music prompt: Limit your choice to only books who have one of the main words in the title ("kittens", "roses", "snowflakes", etc.)

BIO for Muslim: Read a book with a Muslim main c..."

Thank you Connie and Emily!

I think that I forgot to mention the member chosen prompt!

A book connected to ice

I am curious how we can BIO this one up.

Huh... KIS could be to extend "ice" to include ice cream and perhaps an ice-cold character? And BIO perhaps that "ice" must either be in the title or a central plot point in the book, or perhaps mentioned in the blurb? Thinking polar ice caps, ice age, ice skating, blizzards, ships stuck in the Arctic Sea, weird things found beneath the ice...?

°�ʴ������° wrote: "I think that I forgot to mention the member chosen prompt!

A book connected to ice

I am curious how we can BIO this one up."

I was thinking that KIS could refer to anything cold or wintery, where BIO has to include ice specifically in some manner (like what Conny said above). Like in Smilla's Sense of Snow where the main character goes walking over the frozen waves of the ice-covered harbor, or The Endurance about the ship trapped in antarctic ice.

KIS for My Favorite Things:
Use a synonym like cat for kitten
Any word in the song is found in the title

BIO for Building
Exclude House since it’s so common in titles
Use a proper name of a building

KIS for My Favorite Things:
Reread a favorite book.
Read a book by a favorite author.

This week's winners:

A book related to a word given by a random word generator*

A book that features siblings as the main characters

A book that might cause someone to react “You read what?!?��

BIO for A book that might cause someone to react “You read what?!?��:
- a book that actually causes someone to react "you read what?!?" or some variation of that

BIO for A book that features siblings as the main characters:
- a book where both siblings have a narrative voice in the story (ex: alternating perspectives)

BIO for random word generator: pick only one random word

Random Word Generator
KIS: Generate several random words and then pick a book that relates to one of the words
KIS: Choose a book related to the list of random words on this prompt: /topic/show/...
BIO: Choose multiple random words and then choose a book that fits all of them

This week's winners to consider:

A book written by an author of one of your best reads of 2020
A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads
A book set in a country on or below the Tropic of Cancer
A book eligible for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation

Kis for Warwick added per conversation in the results thread:

any book by a woman writer that has been translated

BIO for Tropic of Cancer: set in a country ON the Tropic of Cancer

A new BIG batch of prompts has dropped:

A book that you consider comfort reading

A book with a female villain or criminal

A book that fits a prompt suggestion that didn't make the final list

A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry

Hi! Here are my suggestions! Please disregard if you think they don't work or make sense!

A book that features siblings as the main characters
KIS: A book with a main character who has siblings

A book written by an author of one of your best reads of 2020
KIS: A book by an author of a book you really enjoyed, read any year
BIO: A book written by the author of your BEST read of 2020

A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads
BIO: A book from the ATY best book on the month thread of the specific month you're reading it

A book that you consider comfort reading
KIS: Reread a favorite book

A book with a female villain or criminal
BIO: A book with a female villain or criminal who is NOT the primary antagonist
BIO: A book with more than one female villain/criminal

A book that fits a prompt suggestion that didn't make the final list
BIO: A book that fits a "bottom" prompt suggestion

A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry
KIS: A book featuring short stories, an essay, or poetry
BIO: A collection that includes at least two of the three (such as a collection of short stories AND poetry)

Irene wrote: "Hi! Here are my suggestions! Please disregard if you think they don't work or make sense!

A book that features siblings as the main characters
KIS: A book with a main character who has siblings

A..."

These are all great suggestions Irene. I will add them to the main list later today. Thanks!

Irene wrote: "A book with a female villain or criminal
BIO: A book with a female villain or criminal who is NOT the primary antagonist"

A book that you consider comfort reading
KIS: A book you expect to make you smile or laugh
KIS: Any book by your favorite author or in your favorite genre
KIS: A children's book

A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry
KIS: Read just one or two excerpts from a larger collection

Also, I think "A book with a female villain or criminal who is NOT the primary antagonist" would be KIS for me.

Avery wrote: Also, I think "A book with a female villain or criminal who is NOT the primary antagonist" would be KIS for me.

I totally get it! For me, all the books that immediately came to mind were books where the primary antagonist/murderer/villain were women, so it felt more difficult for me to find a book that has a female criminal/villain who is secondary (just because it'd be less apparent from blurbs and stuff since they might not be important enough to be mentioned).

Maybe it's more KIS for readers who read books first then fit them into prompts, but BIO for people who pre-plan all the books they want to read (like me). Glad it can go both ways!

List updated! Thanks for the suggestions!

KIS for stories, poetry, essays - a novel comprised of interconnected stories or a novel-in-verse

I did decide to leave the female villain who is NOT the main character as a BIO for the reasons Irene mentioned. I do think it can work either way depending on how you are working the challenge but right now during the planning stages, I think it works best as a BIO. :-)

Our winners from the close calls poll to consider:

A book with an ensemble cast
A book with six or more words in the title

A book with six or more words in the title:

BIO: a book with exactly six words in the title
BIO: a book with six or more words in the title, excluding subtitles

Sarah wrote: "A book with six or more words in the title:

BIO: a book with exactly six words in the title
BIO: a book with six or more words in the title, excluding subtitles"

I would think the KIS would be to include subtitles. The standard would be 6 words or more, not including subtitles, as I think that was the intent. The BIO could be exactly 6. Almost every nonfiction book these days has a subtitle, often a long one.

Robin P wrote: "Sarah wrote: "A book with six or more words in the title:

BIO: a book with exactly six words in the title
BIO: a book with six or more words in the title, excluding subtitles"

I would think the K..."

I submitted this prompt, and my original intent was to include subtitles. But I can see how it could go either way! :)

That's fine, then Sarah, you're the expert! I think I confused it with a prompt from one of our Readathons or Seasonal Challenges.

Thought of a few more! :)

A book set in a country on or below the Tropic of Cancer
BIO: A book set in a country on the Tropic of Cancer only, not below
BIO: A book set in a country on/below the Tropic of Cancer where English is not an official language

A book with an ensemble cast
KIS: Any book written from multiple perspectives
BIO: A book with an ensemble cast of at least 6 characters

A book with six or more words in the title
BIO: A book with six or more words in the title excluding articles (a/an/the)

Poll 17 results:

A book related to “In the Beginning...��
A mystery or thriller

BIO: a mystery or thriller by a new-to-you author
BIO: a mystery or thriller by an author who has published at least 10 novels

A book by an author whose career spanned more than 21 years

KIS: a memoir about a career of 21 or more years in any field

Oops forgot the Poll 18 Results!

- A book by an author whose career spanned more than 21 years
- A book you associate with a specific season or time of year
- A love story

The list is finally updated. Sorry for the delay, I've been out of sorts recently.

Thank you Ellie, Emily, Irene, Robin P and Sarah for all the input!

Only two more prompts to go :-)

So excited for the last two prompts!

-A book by an author whose career spanned more than 21 years
BIO: an author whose career has spanned exactly 21 years, in 2021

- A book you associate with a specific season or time of year
BIO: Read the book you associate with a specific season/time DURING that season

- A love story
BIO: Read a book whose main genre(s) is NOT Romance
BIO: Read a love story that does not deal with romantic love

Oh, great ideas Irene! I will add them to the main list as soon as I can!

Season or time of year: KIS - has the season in the title (even if it isn't really set then)

The final two!

A book with flowers or greenery on the cover
A long book

As soon as the mods publish the final list in order, I will start rearranging this list to match. :)

Emily wrote: "Season or time of year: KIS - has the season in the title (even if it isn't really set then)"

Thank you Emily. I added your suggestion along with a few examples :-)

Long book BIO - 700+ pages; KIS - read a full series, even if the individual books aren't long

Flowers/Greenery BIO - the entire cover is covered in greenery/flowers; KIS - the word "flower", "rose", "green", etc. is in the title

Flowers/greenery
KIS: landscape on the cover (eg. green fields, trees, etc)
KIS: foliage that's not green (eg. autumn leaves)

Thanks Emily and Ellie! The list is updated :)