Dragons & Jetpacks discussion

Like it says, come talk about the challenge.

There's one prompt that puzzle me. I tried to read the definition but it still not clear what dark academia is. Maybe I'm just lost in translation.

Fannie wrote: "There's one prompt that puzzle me. I tried to read the definition but it still not clear what dark academia is. Maybe I'm just lost in translation."

I was scratching my head on that one too. Something bad happens at a school, I guess? *shrugs* Or we get to interpret it however works for us.

I hadn't heard of that either. Wikipedia says this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_...
I am intrigued by the words cottagecore, goblincore, and grandmacore.
I found this list, it has Ninth House on it (that I haven't read) https://mytbr.co/best-dark-academia-b...

I'm going to do this challenge, I really like the prompts this year. If you want there's a large Popsugar group on GR, where people share book recs for the prompts etc.

my quick internet search indicates that the main setting is a school with a gothic flavor.

Johanne wrote: "I hadn't heard of that either. Wikipedia says this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_...
I am intrigued by the words cottagecore, goblincore, and grandmacore.
I found this list, it has Nin..."

I've heard of cottagecore - there's a lot of that going about due to 2020, but I have never heard of goblincore or grandmacore!

With the book set in multiple countries - are we going to take that to mean more than 1 country, or does it need to be more than 2? What's the consensus?

Dark Academia revolves around an academic setting where sinister plot stuff is afoot (i.e., crime, murder, dark secrets etc). Examples of Dark Academia books would be The Ninth House, A Deadly Education, The Magicians.

There is an official PopSugar Challenge group and someone went out of the way and provided listopias for most of the challenge prompts (which was SUPER helpful!). If you are not a part of the group, I will see if I can post the lists here shortly. Otherwise, if you ask, I can try to post them separately :D.

1. A book published in 2021.

2. An afrofuturist book.

3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover.

4. A book by an author who shares your Zodiac sign
ALL the Zodiac signs ...
Capricorn https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Aquarius https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Pisces https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Aries https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Taurus https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Gemini https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Cancer https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Leo https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Virgo https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Libra https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Scorpio https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Sagittarius https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

5. A dark academia book

6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title.

7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job.

8. A book that has won the Women's Prize for fiction

and another list of winners is here: List of Women's Prize for Fiction Winners

9. A book with a family tree.

10. A best-seller from the 1990s.

11. A book about forgetting.

12. A book you have seen on someone's shelf. No Listopia for this one.

13. A locked room mystery.

14. A book set in a restaurant.

15. A book with a black and white cover.

16. A book by an indigenous author

17. A book that has the same title as a song.

18. A book about a subject you are passionate about. No Listopia for this one.

19. A book that discusses body positivity.

20. A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list.

21. A genre hybrid.

22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors

23. A book with something broken on the cover

24. A book by a Muslim American / Muslim British author.

25. A book that was published anonymously.

26. A book with an oxymoron in the title

27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts.

28. A magical realism book.

29. A book set in multiple countries.

30. A book set somewhere you'd like to visit in 2021.

31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTuber, or other online personality.

32. A book whose title starts with Q, X, or Z.

33. A book featuring three generations.

34. A book about a social justice issue.

35. A book in a different format. No Listopia for this one.

36. A book with fewer than 1000 reviews.

37. A book you think your best friend would like

38. A book about art or an artist.

39. A book everyone seems to have read but you.

40. Your favorite prompt from a past Popsugar Reading Challenge. No Listopia for this one.

Thanks SeaPiggy, that's useful :)

My question though was more that I read a book set in two countries, and wondered whether I could count that for the 'set in multiple countries' one

I would think so since the parameters are broad enough.

Rin just let me know that another listopia I posted in Off Topics doesn't work for people who are not a part of the other GR book group I'm in. Did anyone have issues with the one I posted from the official PopSugar Challenge group?