Play Book Tag discussion

I am another one that prefers the "library" approach to my TBR. I am a mood reader and I like to skim the list and look for something that strikes my fancy. I think if I had a short list (<100) I would worry that I wouldn't find anything to suit my mood. It would feel too much like a chore that I had to finish. Since my list is impossible to finish, I don't have the pressure to do so.

I also do a "reads for this month" shelf, but rather than books I expect to complete for the month, it is books from my long TBR that match challenges for the month. So I will put all my Geek Reads on it and my holiday stories and books that fit other challenges and I will skim through that one first when looking for a book to read.

Anita wrote: "So, Amy, you tag your books as you add each on to your TBR? How do you decide which tags to add?"

It started because I wanted to keep the manga separate; they're such quick reads they don't really compete with my other reads for time. They also come in series, so I'd add the whole series of 14 books, but then that made my tbr clunky to scroll through. And I read non-fiction for entirely different reasons than I read fiction, so I made that a separate tag. Then I realized I had a lot of sci-fi so I gave it a tag, and then children's, and so on.

The short answer to your question is I add a new tag when I feel like it helps me find something to read easier and faster. I tend to read by mood, so when I'm in a sci-fi mood I don't want to have to scroll past all the non-sci-fi and potentially miss something. Which genre gets its own tag is entirely by feel. There's very little rhyme or reason to it. ;)

I also have a short list I try to keep under ten items of things that are really exciting to me and I know I want to read now.

I love that we are all such dedicated readers

Susie wrote: "I love that we are all such dedicated readers"

I mean, since you and I were just discussing cults, I feel like the most appropriate response to your comment is simply...

*chanting* One of us! One of us!

Cora, I like your shelf “read for this month”! You may see me copying that idea starting with the new year!

Lol LiteraryMania!

Nicole R wrote: "Cora, I like your shelf “read for this month”! You may see me copying that idea starting with the new year!"

That’s pretty much what my book piles on the stairs are for... but I also have a planning sheet that includes audio and ebooks that fit.

Cora wrote: "I also do a "reads for this month" shelf, ..."

My "up next" list is usually under 20 titles that are required or fulfill a challenge. If I change my mind about a book or don't finish the challenge, the book goes back in the big list. It is a list that I look at first when deciding on my next read but flexible and constantly changing.

This "up next" or "reads for this month" is such a great idea. I think I'm going to start doing this for 2019!

Nicole R wrote: "Cora, I like your shelf “read for this month”! You may see me copying that idea starting with the new year!"

I suppose I kind of do this, just not on a GR shelf. Every month, I have a number of monthly challenges, so I just use a piece of paper to write down my options for each one. I will then whittle it down and pick one or two to really aim for. I don't get them all read, but it guides me. I just don't use an actual shelf for it.

Sushicat wrote: "That’s pretty much what my book piles on the stairs are for... but I also have a planning sheet that includes audio and ebooks that fit..."

As I read further, yes, this is me. I need my list because so many are library books, but when the library books come home from the library + any that I do own go in a pile.

I just thought of a way for me to do a clean up of my list. Since I read physical books and have ran into my library not having them I going to make a list ones they don't have. Also since I have found a wonderful bookstore I have increased my owned books and will make a shelf for those.

I also need a shelf for "New 2019 Releases." I read a ton of books that are published in the current year and can add them months before they actually come out (I just added a book that will be released one year from now).

So, to recap (lol):
-- a books for this month shelf
-- a 2019 New Releases shelf

Setting them up now....

My Want to Read shelf are my owned books. I do a clean out of those every few months and then add one's I really want to read eventually on the Need to Get shelf. Then I also re-evaluate the Need to Get shelf