Play Book Tag discussion

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

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VMYL3T9

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!

You can see how many participation points you currently have in the spreadsheet below.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Happy voting! Please cast your votes by 12 pm EST on 3/22.

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.

It has come around so soon!

I agree! I can't believe it's the middle of March! I'm good with any of the choices but I picked the one that I have the least number on my TBR.

Oh gees-already....*sigh* I have so many to finish for this month....

Well, that was easy!

Joanne wrote: "Oh gees-already....*sigh* I have so many to finish for this month...."

I am in the same boat. Already have given up on my Trim book. Sigh.

I'm a member of NetGalley, and when I request books there I sorta assume I'm NOT going to get them, so of course I got like six. Now I feel obligated to actually read them.

Anita wrote: "Joanne wrote: "Oh gees-already....*sigh* I have so many to finish for this month...."

I am in the same boat. Already have given up on my Trim book. Sigh.

I'm a member of NetGalley, and when I req..."

The same happens to me at my library-I will be # 4 to get a books then all of a sudden I am # 1, and they all come at once!

My problem has been time. I will finish my debut, my South Korea, and my number 34. But I’m moving so slow.

Joanne wrote: "Anita wrote: "Joanne wrote: "Oh gees-already....*sigh* I have so many to finish for this month...."

I am in the same boat. Already have given up on my Trim book. Sigh.

I'm a member of NetGalley, ..."

Ha ha, Joanne, I have this problem too, but I'm more amenable to just letting those titles slide away and re-reserving them. It is frustrating though.

Ok, I am going to do some shameless campaigning here, for the History tag!

I have just gone through all 25 pages of the link, and believe me there is something for everyone on that list. I did not verify this, but I really think every single genre possible is represented.

Just to name a few authors I saw-Fitzgerald, Gabaldon, Obama(M), G. Brooks, H.G, Wells, Weir, Hawthorne, Follett....you get the picture.

Go deeper then the first few pages....please😊🙃

I can empathize with all... for me this month it has been travel for work so no reading

100% agree with everyone about this month being a SUPER HARD reading month. The past two weeks have been pretty Hell-ish, and I literally haven't read a page since Sunday.

This is the first time I've thrown points at a tag. I generally just use my free one. Definitely hoping for one over the other two.

Joanne wrote: "Anita wrote: "Joanne wrote: "Oh gees-already....*sigh* I have so many to finish for this month...."

I am in the same boat. Already have given up on my Trim book. Sigh.

I'm a member of NetGalley, ..."
Glad to hear I'm not the only one this happens to.

Robin wrote: "Joanne wrote: "Anita wrote: "Joanne wrote: "Oh gees-already....*sigh* I have so many to finish for this month...."

I am in the same boat. Already have given up on my Trim book. Sigh.

I'm a member..."

I need to be more careful with my NetGalley requests - - I even got books that they said weren't accepting requests, but my "wishes" were granted. I do want to read them, but still . . .Of course the one I am reading now is by an author whose previous book I quite enjoyed. This one, eh, not so much.

Hoping so hard for rural so I can read Where The Crawdads Sing and double count it for my f2f book club. I'm a little desperate here, lol.

And of course, I'm halfway through a Netgalley book that could totally count for LGBTQ. Half tempted to hold off on finishing it, sigh. Just in case.

so far behind!!!!!

Joanne wrote: "Ok, I am going to do some shameless campaigning here, for the History tag!

I have just gone through all 25 pages of the link, and believe me there is something for everyone on that list. I did not..."


No need to campaign to hard for me as I did not even look beyond page one without find several already on my TBR

Robin wrote: "Joanne wrote: "Ok, I am going to do some shameless campaigning here, for the History tag!

I have just gone through all 25 pages of the link, and believe me there is something for everyone on that ..."

😊

Nicole D. wrote: "so far behind!!!!!"

Glad I am not alone.

Oh! I went straight for my roots - country ones that is - and voted Rural! I have so many books in my TBR that fit. So I'm making a shameless all out plug for Rural!

In truth, I could read for any of them -- they are all very broad. But why not push for rural???

Anita wrote: "Hoping so hard for rural so I can read Where The Crawdads Sing and double count it for my f2f book club. I'm a little desperate here, lol.

And of course, I'm halfway through a Netgalley book that ..."

Rural! Rural! Rural!

I'm with you, Anita!

Voted. Chose the catagory which has the most books on my Trim list. It also happens to be my favorite genre.

I have books on the first page of all three categories.

I absolutely love rural, but didn't vote for it.

I have so many hardcover history books, that I felt obligated, but I did not put any extra points, because I will be happy what ever wins.

It feels like if someone campaigned for history and rural, lgbt should get a push too:
So many good books. So diverse.
There are rural, historical, fantasy, romance, literature, humour and just about any culture for Horizon would probably have some decent lgbt fiction

(But either of the three topics is good by me)

I threw all my votes to lgbt. I had so many things from my TBR on the first page alone (great YA! Memoirs! Romances! The occasional literary piece!), which almost never happens for me. I'd be OK with either of the others, but history almost feels too easy, and rural is something I probably have TBR titles in, though nothing comes immediately to mind.

Joanne wrote: "Ok, I am going to do some shameless campaigning here, for the History tag!

I have just gone through all 25 pages of the link, and believe me there is something for everyone on that list. I did not..."

Same here, and you can find stuff her that fits the other two shelves very easily--I am trying to get more nonfiction into my life and have some literary nonfiction history books on my tbr. None of these tags would bring in a new genre to my reading.

I've read a LOT on the rural shelf!

But also lgbq has been a theme on several of my groups lately so it seems like the popular thing--for eg in scifi it was The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (I've read the first two so far, but didn't like the second one as much as the first one). We've also done some of it in my anglophile group, etc, etc. If it wins, it will be easy to find something, of course, as it would be for rural.

NO ONE seems to have done a history challenge, at least not recently enough for me to remember.

I've been out of the loop (again) - moving and settling into a new lifestyle has been challenging but I'm just about at the end of getting it all together. I haven't been that active here for the past six months or so (despite being a previous moderator for 10 years). I miss everyone, I am going to try and do better going forward. I have been here from the very, very early days and miss participating but am starting to wind down from all the challenges of moving 400 miles across the Florida coast. I love where I am, it's beyond beautiful. The work on the condo is reaching its end (for now, probably more next year- but not as much). I normally read 100 books a year, but the past 2 years I haven't reached that goal. I'm striving toward it now, (a little behind).

We miss you, Linda!!! But happy to hear you love your new place and are getting settled. So happy for you!

I'll be happy with any of them, though (as usual) I would prefer either of the narrower tags. :-)

Anita wrote: "I need to be more careful with my NetGalley requests -..."

I've always been careful with my requests, though I've only been a member since last summer. But then, I also get every one I request (I'm not sure if I've been denied yet), so I do need to be careful. Went a little "crazy" this week and requested 3 at once, though. Got 2 for sure, don't know yet about the 3rd. But, I'm having a good reading month, and am hoping I'll be able to get to at least 1 or 2 of them.

Ladyslott wrote: "I've been out of the loop (again) - moving and settling into a new lifestyle has been challenging but I'm just about at the end of getting it all together. I haven't been that active here for the p..."

Welcome back, Linda! I hope you have more time to join us again!

Voted.

I have several for one of them / at least one for a second choice / and nothing imminent for the last choice (though I could find something).

Cannot believe we are half way through March. I have only read my Trim book. Some late night reading to come ...

Great choices for next month - I’d have something for any.

I'm super overwhelmed this month as well. I haven't read my trim or my South Korea book.

I know I could find something for any of them but I have a ton of books on my trim list for one of them so I threw a few points at it.

I think I am throwing a few votes for Rural. I didn't think that was going to be popular. I figured LGBT would be the popular one. Honestly, I am happy with any of these, and have multiple books on my TBR to fit any and all of them. I couldn't figure out if History was also Historical Fiction, and it seems like many of the books on the list were just that. Historical Fiction close to real turning points in history. That one is easy for me, and in fact its almost too much comfort zone. Its an eyes closed tag for me. But I am going for Rural, because its my hope that the Trim book that's randomly selected will fit. And there is a good deal of rural books on my Trim list of 36, as I was researching. Was sort of going for a double again.

Lady Linda, you have been missed! But it sounds like you are settling in to this next chapter. Really happy for you. Look forward to reading with you whenever you are ready.

Feels like, and therefore i am not alone, that many people are just finding it hard to read in these last couple of months. I feel also extremely behind. With so many things I want to get to, and for some reason, completing the challenges feels important to me, as does actually still trimming the TBR - that feels for some reason, still like something I can do. I really want to see my list clear out this year. I felt like I had a great start in January and February. But in this last month, I have just been super slow. Starting an easy one, so hopefully that will help me get back on track!

Maybe this is a common experience. I feel one month behind. In late February, I read a wonderful debut book that I rated 5 stars. This month when the tag is "debut", I'm not finding a book I like well enough to read. Currently, I'm reading a history of Facebook which would fit the history tag if chosen for April. So, I'm one step behind. ;0(

I do not vote as an admin, so I try to pic out a book that will fit each of the tags, preferably from my TBR.

LGBTQ and history are easy, but I need to do some digging for rural. I think I have a book that will fit but I need to scan some tags.

I have voted for history, as it's extremely likely my trim book will fit it. I will be recovering from radiosurgery (for a benign meningioma) in early April so need books that fit multiple challenges!

Jenny wrote: "I have voted for history, as it's extremely likely my trim book will fit it. I will be recovering from radiosurgery (for a benign meningioma) in early April so need books that fit multiple challenges!"

I'm so sorry you have to get surgery. Hope everything goes well!

This is a hard one this month. I'll bet we have to re-vote. I voted but they all have plenty that are sitting on my TBR. That's what happens when you have a huge TBR like mine. :-)

Ladyslott wrote: "I've been out of the loop (again) - moving and settling into a new lifestyle has been challenging but I'm just about at the end of getting it all together. I haven't been that active here for the p..."

I've missed seeing you here. Are you still in Florida?

Anita wrote: "Joanne wrote: "Anita wrote: "Joanne wrote: "Oh gees-already....*sigh* I have so many to finish for this month....

The same happens to me at my library-I will be # 4 to get a books then all of a sudden I am # 1, and they all come at once!
."

That happens to me a lot. I let the large print of Pachinko go last month, just before we learned of the South Korea tag, now I'm at #1 for the CD, but I don't think I'll get the book in time.

LibraryCin wrote: "I'll be happy with any of them, though (as usual) I would prefer either of the narrower tags. :-)"

Which ones do you think are more narrow? LGBTQ and ...History or rural? I found almost as many rural books as history books, but I suspect that there are many rural books without a rural "tag."

I figure if LGBTQ comes up I might tackle a James Baldwin or Oscar Wilde book for another challenge I'm in. I've been putting them off for along time. I also have Less, or Fried Green Tomatoes (which is also rural). Most at the top of the list sound too YA for me right now.

Rural - I found more than I expected, and I'm sure there are more on my list but I'd have to dig down to the small numbers. If I need a light book I might look for something southern.

History could be broad depending on how far down you go on the history-historical fiction continuum. I think it would be easy to find a history book to match any culture theme that comes up, but those could be dry.

The perfect March-April book - Debut, History, LGBTQ, and Rural.

The Song of AchillesThe Song of Achilles fits all three tags, plus Debut, so it will be my crossover book. I'll start it in March if I get to it, otherwise I'll read it in April. I loved Circe, and it's by the same author. If I'm feeling very ambitious I might tackle the Iliad too. I wouldn't have had any idea it met all those tags if I didn't read the tag lists!

Does anyone have any other books that meet multiple tags?

NancyJ wrote: "LibraryCin wrote: "I'll be happy with any of them, though (as usual) I would prefer either of the narrower tags. :-)"

Which ones do you think are more narrow? LGBTQ and ...History or rural? I foun..."

For me, at least, history is ridiculously broad! Really broad, I thought!

ETA: That being said, I have multiple to choose from for each tag.

ETA (again): Based on a tagmash at LT, for "history", I have over 200 options! For LGBTQ or rural, I have under 20 on my tbr for each (13 and 18, respectively).

Amy wrote: "I couldn't figure out if History was also Historical Fiction,..."

I'd say it's probably how you want to define it, since we're more flexible for the month tags (as you know!). For me, though, if it's history, I have plenty of nonfiction I can read, so that's what I'd be sticking to (and yet, for me, history is still the really really broad one, even if I do limit myself to nonfiction!).

LibraryCin wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "LibraryCin wrote: "I'll be happy with any of them, though (as usual) I would prefer either of the narrower tags. :-)"

Which ones do you think are more narrow? LGBTQ and ...History o..."

Thanks!

What do you mean by "tagmash at LT"??

I was able to figure out which of my TBR36 were matched with the 3 tags, but I first had to go through each book to determine if it met the tag, since I didn't previously tag mybooks with a history or rurul tag. 19 of my tbr36 are history, and 14 or 15 are rural. I don't think any of them are LBGTQ (that I know of).

NancyJ wrote: "What do you mean by "tagmash at LT"??..."

So, a trick some of us used to use on shelfari was to add our initials (assuming that would be a fairly unique identifier) as a tag. On shelfari, you could combine tags (as you can on LibraryThing - on LT, it's called a tagmash), so when a new tag was chosen, it was easy to combine your initials with the tag, and see what's on your tbr.

I still do that over on LT (add my initials as a tag... though I have found the occasional book that's not actually on my tbr that does have my initials as a tag - not sure why - but it's very few), since I can do a tagmash there.

Can you do that here?

I tried to use "select multiple" but that only combined books I already tagged. I have a shelf called tbr-shorter-list that seems to be unique to me.

Can you search for more than one tag, using a variation of this search?
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

NancyJ wrote: "Can you do that here?

I tried to use "select multiple" but that only combined books I already tagged. I have a shelf called tbr-shorter-list that seems to be unique to me.

Can you search for mor..."

No, I don't believe it can be done here. Or, at least not that I know of. I think people have asked before, and I'm not sure anyone has found a way.

(As you say, unless you already have it tagged. But, to search wider for ones that anyone has tagged, I don't think so.)