New Leaf Theme Suggestion Thread

[Dazrin]

Originally Posted by Alohamora

I'm confused by this one. Suppose my opposite is some thing someone else strongly identifies with? We surely aren't such a homogenous group.

The idea would be for the nominator to find something "opposite" it doesn't need to be opposite from everyone. That should give us multiple perspectives on things. And while one aspect might be opposite the nominator, a different aspect might be opposite for each person.

Like I said, I'm not sold on the idea either but I think there could be something along these lines that would work.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Dazrin

Here's another idea, Opposites Attract, books from an opposite viewpoint or something along those lines. Basically books that don't reflect who you are because the author or main character is in significantly different circumstances than you or believes something significantly different than you do.

I nominate Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Micheal Wolff.

[June]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I nominate Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Micheal Wolff.

[Bookworm_Girl]

If people feel we should have more contemporary books, then a possible theme could be something like a book published after I was born.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

If people feel we should have more contemporary books, then a possible theme could be something like a book published after I was born.

Actually, I think it should be books written in the 60s or later that do not take place before the 60s. We can have books recently published that take place way back when and that defeats the purpose.

[Bookworm_Girl]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Actually, I think it should be books that take place in the 60s or later but not in the future. We can have books recently published that take place way back when and that defeats the purpose.

It doesn't defeat the purpose for me. I would like to read more contemporary authors. I am not troubled by what time period the books are about.

However your proposal could be another theme idea.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

It doesn't defeat the purpose for me. I would like to read more contemporary authors. I am not troubled by what time period the books are about.

However your proposal could be another theme idea.

From what's wanted is more contemporary books and for me, that means written in a more contemporary time period.

I've changed the theme because I found a better way to state it. books written in the 60s or later that do not take place before the 60s

[Bookworm_Girl]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

From what's wanted is more contemporary books and for me, that means written in a more contemporary time period.

I've changed the theme because I found a better way to state it. books written in the 60s or later that do not take place before the 60s

Jon, I do not want you to change my idea. I have proposed what I want for a theme, and you have proposed what you want for a theme. We can have different theme proposals. It doesn't necessarily make them better or worse. Embrace the diversity of preferences.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

Jon, I do not want you to change my idea. I have proposed what I want for a theme, and you have proposed what you want for a theme. We can have different theme proposals. It doesn't necessarily make them better or worse. Embrace the diversity of preferences.

Very true. I created the one I did because of the amount of books we've been reading that either take place way way back when or were written way way back when. It's time for a more modern book and it looks like we have a chance at that for the next book.

[Bookpossum]

Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

If people feel we should have more contemporary books, then a possible theme could be something like a book published after I was born.

We could call it The Time of my Life perhaps? Mind you, some of us are pretty ancient!

[Dazrin]

Another idea for a theme, something fresh.

Books could be new books, could be nature books, could be food books, could be a book about a kid with a "smart" mouth, etc.

Can't be Something Fresh by P.G. Wodehouse though since it was a MRBC selection not too long ago.

Started out as a different phrasing of "the time of my life" to limit the idea to books that are more recent than (some of) us could have gotten away with from that one but I liked the oblique interpretations that came with it.

[Dazrin]

Several pages back a couple people mentioned "war" and "revenge" as possible themes. To tie them together maybe a "The Four Horsemen" or similar theme. Books about War, Pestilence (or Conquest), Famine, and/or Death.

For people who read Discworld, we could include the 5th horseman as well. Although he pretty much shows up anyway.

Spoiler:

Or maybe the four minor horsemen of the common cold. Sniffles, Chesty, Nostril, and Lack of Tissues.

[Bookpossum]

And then there's Thickhead, who isn't very bright! He probably forgot his horse and has to follow on foot.

That sounds like a grim and grand theme for our collection. I'll vote for it!

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by Dazrin

Several pages back a couple people mentioned "war" and "revenge" as possible themes. To tie them together maybe a "The Four Horsemen" or similar theme. Books about War, Pestilence (or Conquest), Famine, and/or Death.

For people who read Discworld, we could include the 5th horseman as well. Although he pretty much shows up anyway.

Spoiler:

Or maybe the four minor horsemen of the common cold. Sniffles, Chesty, Nostril, and Lack of Tissues.

I wouldn't want to see war and revenge tied together--both of them are quite broad categories to begin with. War could encompass every conflict in history, every story of soldiers and spies and families at home, both fictional and historical. Plus there are science fiction and alternative history accounts. And that's without engaging in any "lateral thinking," which, I suppose, could bring in stories of gang wars, drug wars, even divorce wars, etc.

[Bookpossum]

Just scrolled back and found "Something Fresh". I like that one too and it could be about new writing, a new author's first book, a fresh look at an old theme (I don't mean one of our themes), or even a book set on a fruit farm!