Play Book Tag discussion

It's a short month, AND I'm going on a two week vacation (the longest I've ever been on, lol), so I'm posting this a day early. Please note the time frame for voting is also shortened, so get your votes in!

Please vote for the tag you would most like to read for March at the following link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2S93M9R

You may click on the answer choices in the survey to see a listing of books that fit each tag.

Remember, you may cast up to a total of 10 participation points for your choice. Everyone gets one vote for free so please vote even if you don't have any participation points!

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Happy voting! Please cast your votes by 5 pm EST on 2/20.

Note: If no one choice receives more than 50% of the vote, people who chose the least popular choice will be asked to recast their votes for one of the remaining two options.

I voted!
I would be good with two of the choices so I am sure the third is going to win. LOL I will deal with it, if it does.

Voted! Have a great vacation Anita!

That was easy! One of the tags fits one of my other challenges this year!

Voted, but I’d be fine with any of these. I think Classics should be better defined by GR, though.

I have books for all three but I went big with the votes and I went easy!!!!!!!

Voted.

Some of us can still use our prosperity votes right? Haven’t even looked at the list for each of the three. But if I can still use them, I have to figure out which month is the right one to do it!

None really rock my boat, though I didn't look at the lists of book. I generally have books for any category though since I have a huge TBR! I voted, just my 2 cents worth (1 vote)

I voted!

These are all super easy!

I definitely like 2 better, but all are do-able.

Tracy said "I think Classics should be better defined by GR, though. " ......all of the shelves on GoodReads are crowd-sourced. This means that no one in GoodReads (as a company) is defining what books belong to a specific shelf, the users are. So, for some, a classic may mean anything published before they were born, but that would vary based on age. This is one area where I wish they would use some of the meta-data from the Amazon site where I think they do have a classification system and a smaller set of people applying the definitions.

Definition of a classic.
a work of art of recognized and established value

or

of or relating to Greek and Roman antiquity, especially with reference to literature and art.

I definitely have a favourite! And a second place, but it's a ways back. And a third, but is even farther back (but I'm afraid it might be a popular one!).

Voted. I could go with any of them.

Voted. Easy choice for me.

Voted! Surprised myself.

Voted!
Have a good long vacation Anita

Voted.

Enjoy yourself Anita :-)

I made my vote for my preferred choice. But I will be quite happy to read any of the three :-)

Enjoy yourself Anita!

Amy wrote: "Some of us can still use our prosperity votes right? Haven’t even looked at the list for each of the three. But if I can still use them, I have to figure out which month is the right one to do it!"

Yes, those who have prosperity votes are able to use them at any time.

Thanks everyone for the nice vacation wishes!! I will miss you all. Will have the app, so hopefully can check in a little bit at least.

Have a great vacay! We'll be here when you get back ...

Voted. Have a great vacation!

Voted and used 8 participation points. After considering all 3 tags, I was surprised by my final choice.

Have a relaxing vacation, Anita. 🌞

Voted. I would be fine with each of those, but was rather astonished at the number of books I have on the shelf for my choice.

Voted! I only had two books for one of these options. Probably not surprising though...

Anita, by Sunday I’ll be on the app from Mexico. But I use it every day and find it easy. I use my laptop or computer to write the reviews and look at lists. I think you will find it easy.

Can you guess which one I picked? Voted. Two I'll be good with and the third will be a new experience.

Of course I know what you picked! Thought for sure I would pick the same and then surprised myself by going with the only other real choice.

I recently bought two books that would fit in two of the choices, so I'm hoping for one of those!

I don't understand the Illustrated category. So basically we would be reading a children's book?

Tessa (FutureAuthor23) wrote: "I don't understand the Illustrated category. So basically we would be reading a children's book?"

Hi Tessa. I hope the illustrated tag includes the illustrated version of fill-in-the-blank. I have an illustrated version of the Da Vinci Code. I bought it when it came out, before the internet was big and before mobile devices. That's what I am hoping the illustrated tag will consists of, with maybe some children's books. Sometimes the illustrations are art.

Cynda wrote: "I hope the illustrated tag includes the illustrated version of fill-in-the-blank. I have an illustrated version of the Da Vinci Code. ..."

Ah, I see. I didn't think of that. I was only thinking graphic novels and children's books.

Definition of illustrated. containing pictures or other graphical material.

George W Bush has a book containing his paintings of disabled veterans. There are also descriptions of them and their service. It's called Portraits of Courage.

There is are newer picture book of Obama and his administration. I assume these would apply. Called. Obama: An Intimate Portrait

Maybe also books. normally biographies or memoirs with the pictures in the middle.

Then yes children books, graphic novels, maybe comic books. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Shel Silverstein Sticking with the political theme I've created, Hillary Clinton has a new children's book and I believe all of Stephen Colbert books have pictures and illustrations.

Great Illustrated Classics would be a good series. Abridged and abbreviated classics, about a 4th to 6th grade reading level with illustrations on every other page.

I think I'm all out of ideas but if anyone else has any....

I forgot to check the lists before voting (doh!) so don't know what Goodreads suggests, but science-type books commonly have illustrations - like the illustrated version of Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time which is fabulous.

Also I was given 100 Documents That Changed the World: From the Magna Carta to Wikileaks recently - has good plates.

Dang. Now I'm rethinking my vote, lol!

Jason wrote: "Definition of illustrated. containing pictures or other graphical material.

George W Bush has a book containing his paintings of disabled veterans. There are also descriptions of them and their se..."

Your saying this Jason reminds me of a collection of photograghs Eudora Welty took as a WPA worker. Eudora Welty: Photographs. I lived in Mississippi in early to mid-80s when it was still largely rural. These photos of rural and semi-rural Mississippi fascinated me for years.

Voted! But like others, I'm okay with any of the tags.

If you voted for "illustrated" please recast your votes. It is clearly going to be one of the other two options, but neither had 50% of the total votes cast.

So, either the one I want most or the one I want least to win will win!

Once again, no love for the graphic novel :-(

JoLene wrote: "Once again, no love for the graphic novel :-("

If "illustrated" had won (it would have been my 2nd choice), I would have been reading a graphic novel... or a few!

And I’m thrilled. Would be happy with either of the others.

Voted....again😁

24 hours left to vote!