Good morning everyone!
Yesterday I did the laborious task of writing down each prompt in my reading journal, in Finnish. I am only starting to choose books for each prompt. I think I will update my blog and tell you all what I read, once I have finished the book(s). I might update about a few books at a time or only one. I don't know yet. It will come to me. LOL.
Here are the prompts again, straight up:
1. The book title has a subordinating conjunction (for example: after, although, as if, as much as, because, before, if, once, since, than, unless, until, whenever, while)
2. Fantasy book
3. The main character of the book is younger than you
4. The characters of the book stay up at night
5. A book someone else has chosen for you
6. The book has a prologue, i.e. a preface
7. A book that brings you joy
8. The main colour of the book cover is green or the book title has the word green in it
9. There is a conflict in the book
10. The characters of the book go to the movies
11. A non-fiction book published in the 2020s
12. The book has a mean or evil female character
13. The author has worked in the library
14. The translator of the book has won the Mikael Agricola Prize or some other translation award
15. The characters are shipwrecked
16. A book with a family tree or character list
17. The main character of the book has a cat or a dog as a pet
18. The author’s name has more than two parts
19. The book is on Keltainen kirjasto’s list of books
20. You think the book would make a good movie or TV series
21. There is a musician in the book
22. The characters are on holiday
23. You like the book’s name
24. The characters do something illegal
25. There is a snake on the cover or in the title of the book
26. The book includes a chosen family
27. A book that is banned in some country and published in the 21st century
28. The book takes place on a lake
29. The author’s latest book
30. There is a wedding or a funeral in the book
31. Career is important to the main character
32. The book has something to do with Tove Jansson (Moomins 80 years)
33. The characters ride horses
34. There is a famous building in the book (The Year of Built Heritage 2025)
35. The title of the book has the word “man” or “boy” or their conjugation
36. The characters study at a boarding school
37. The author is from a country you would like to visit
38. Biographical novel
39. The characters are solving a mystery
40. In the book, time or a clock/watch plays an important role
41. The book takes place in an era you would not want to live in
42. The main character of the book makes bad choices
43. There is a spice in the title, cover or description of the book
44. The characters take care of a person (Finnish Nurses 100 years)
45. The characters include a father and daughter
46. A popular book that everyone else seems to have read
47. Two books in which the main characters have the same name
48. Two books in which the main characters have the same name
49. The book was published in 2025
50. The book was recommended by a library employee
