New Leaf Themes! Themes! Themes! - Page 2

JSWolf · 06-24-2018, 06:58 PM

I like Back to School (based in or around a school). That's a perfect theme for September given that's when kids go back to school after summer break.

Catlady · 06-24-2018, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I like Back to School (based in or around a school). That's a perfect theme for September given that's when kids go back to school after summer break.

September already has a school theme.

poohbear_nc · 06-24-2018, 07:48 PM

"Gobsmacked" - books with surprise endings, or resolutions you didn't see coming ...

poohbear_nc · 06-24-2018, 08:22 PM

Wait! I have a better idea!

I'm NOT Dead Yet! -- novels in which the protagonist(s) return -- literally or figuratively -- from the grave

Dazrin · 06-25-2018, 12:08 AM

I liked Bookworm_Girl's suggestion of retellings in the other thread, so I will nominate "The Way I Heard It" for retellings, refreshes, reboots, and any other story/tale that needs a re-do. (Has anyone found a good TTM from Milday's POV yet?

)

I like "Gobsmacked" though too.

Bookpossum · 06-25-2018, 03:07 AM

Well, I think BG was going to come in with Retellings, so maybe you should change your nomination to Gobsmacked. I can see people will be trading nominations soon and doing deals behind closed doors!

issybird · 06-25-2018, 07:36 AM

As a result of a private communication, I want to emphasize that no nomination is written in stone, far from it. People are welcome to take back their nominations, improve them, make suggestions regarding other nominations and so forth. This is an ongoing and collaborative effort and we've got plenty of time before the September 1 deadline.

ETA: As I update the list, I might add either a tag or a topic, but these are possibilities only. Anyone, and certainly the original suggester, should feel free to offer changes.

ETA2: I'm using the terminology that the typical theme is tag: topic. So that said, as I posted nominations and added a potential topic, I've opened up the theme a bit, in the interest of not being too restrictive. Again, these are suggestions only.

issybird · 06-25-2018, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by gmw

Out of this world!

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Originally Posted by Bookpossum

My suggestion is “Over the hills and far away”, which could cover books about travel, distant countries, or even nursery rhymes.

There seems to me to be something of an overlap between these two and I think some tweaking to get two distinct themes would be good.

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Originally Posted by Dazrin

I saw a category listed in a Goodread's summer challenge that was "I feel a breeze" and was supposed to have nudists involved in some way.

Gone with the Wind, Mistral's Daughter, The Wind in the Willows, Naked Came the Stranger, Naked Lunch the Oz books for the cyclone and Dorothy Gale, Airs Above the Ground, The Tempest, pretty much anything by Heinlein....

Once you get started, it's hard to stop.

Bookpossum · 06-25-2018, 08:05 AM

Okay, pull mine out and I shall think of something else.

Catlady · 06-25-2018, 09:11 AM

I have a problem with Gobsmacked because although I generally like surprise endings, and although I devour books that tend to have them, I don't want to know in advance that there's going to be a whopper of an ending--just that knowledge is in itself a spoiler. I'd be reluctant to even look at a list of nominations for a category like that.

gmw · 06-25-2018, 09:33 AM

Very gracious, Bookpossum.

issybird, if you wanted to add a ":topic" to Out of This World, I was thinking something like...

Out of This World!: Unusual settings

What I had in mind was something in which the peculiarities of the setting is important to the story.

Dazrin · 06-25-2018, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Bookpossum

Well, I think BG was going to come in with Retellings, so maybe you should change your nomination to Gobsmacked. I can see people will be trading nominations soon and doing deals behind closed doors!

We'll talk if it comes to it.

And I hope most of the wheeling and dealing is in the open; that makes it more interesting.

Dazrin · 06-25-2018, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by issybird

Proposed themes:

Dazrin: The Way I Heard It: Do-Over

Can we change the tag to "retellings" or "re-makes" instead of "do-over"? Do-over has a time-travel connotation to it that I wasn't intending, especially since we've just had a time travel themed month.

issybird · 06-25-2018, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Catlady

I have a problem with Gobsmacked because although I generally like surprise endings, and although I devour books that tend to have them, I don't want to know in advance that there's going to be a whopper of an ending--just that knowledge is in itself a spoiler. I'd be reluctant to even look at a list of nominations for a category like that.

You've persuaded me.

Bookworm_Girl · 06-25-2018, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Bookpossum

Well, I think BG was going to come in with Retellings, so maybe you should change your nomination to Gobsmacked. I can see people will be trading nominations soon and doing deals behind closed doors!

Yes, I was going to nominate this one if Dazrin wants to nominate something else.

06-24-2018, 07:48 PM	#18
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,185 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	"Gobsmacked" - books with surprise endings, or resolutions you didn't see coming ... Last edited by poohbear_nc; 06-24-2018 at 08:05 PM.

06-25-2018, 07:36 AM	#22
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,512 Karma: 236076651 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	As a result of a private communication, I want to emphasize that no nomination is written in stone, far from it. People are welcome to take back their nominations, improve them, make suggestions regarding other nominations and so forth. This is an ongoing and collaborative effort and we've got plenty of time before the September 1 deadline. ETA: As I update the list, I might add either a tag or a topic, but these are possibilities only. Anyone, and certainly the original suggester, should feel free to offer changes. ETA2: I'm using the terminology that the typical theme is tag: topic. So that said, as I posted nominations and added a potential topic, I've opened up the theme a bit, in the interest of not being too restrictive. Again, these are suggestions only. Last edited by issybird; 06-25-2018 at 07:50 AM.

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06-24-2018, 06:58 PM	#16
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,727 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I like Back to School (based in or around a school). That's a perfect theme for September given that's when kids go back to school after summer break.

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poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,185 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Wait! I have a better idea! I'm NOT Dead Yet! -- novels in which the protagonist(s) return -- literally or figuratively -- from the grave

06-25-2018, 12:08 AM	#20
Dazrin Wizard Posts: 2,735 Karma: 75825105 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: PDXish Device: Kindle Voyage, various Android devices	I liked Bookworm_Girl's suggestion of retellings in the other thread, so I will nominate "The Way I Heard It" for retellings, refreshes, reboots, and any other story/tale that needs a re-do. (Has anyone found a good TTM from Milday's POV yet? ) I like "Gobsmacked" though too.

06-25-2018, 03:07 AM	#21
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Well, I think BG was going to come in with Retellings, so maybe you should change your nomination to Gobsmacked. I can see people will be trading nominations soon and doing deals behind closed doors!

06-25-2018, 08:05 AM	#24
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Okay, pull mine out and I shall think of something else.

06-25-2018, 09:11 AM	#25
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,423 Karma: 52734361 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	I have a problem with Gobsmacked because although I generally like surprise endings, and although I devour books that tend to have them, I don't want to know in advance that there's going to be a whopper of an ending--just that knowledge is in itself a spoiler. I'd be reluctant to even look at a list of nominations for a category like that.

06-25-2018, 09:33 AM	#26
gmw cacoethes scribendi Posts: 5,818 Karma: 137770742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650	Very gracious, Bookpossum. issybird, if you wanted to add a ":topic" to Out of This World, I was thinking something like... Out of This World!: Unusual settings What I had in mind was something in which the peculiarities of the setting is important to the story.