Play Book Tag discussion

I am posting this a day early because I am leaving on vacation tomorrow.
Please vote for the tag you would most like to read for January at the following link:

https://forms.gle/NYmoNv6aE6akpXRm9

Here are the lists of books for each tag:

anthology: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
food: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
self help: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

Remember, you may cast up to a total of 10 participation points for your choice. Every PBT member 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 noon EST on 12/21.

Voted - Enjoy your vacation Anita - and happy Chanukah!

Kate, I was thinking Lager Queen of Minnesota. Its on my Trim and High Priority TBR. It may even be somebody's five star, I have to check.

Voted! There are some holiday Hannah Swenson books that would fit the food tag great.

Not trying to influence anyone, but Self Help would help(!) blow out candle #7 on Happy Birthday PBT - I was looking through the tag and found the book I have planned for that one on page 1 (Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking)

I got my vote in! Should food end up the winner looks like Amy and I will have a Buddy Read of Lager Queen! I've got choices for all the tags though and would be happy to see any of them win.

Anita, I hope you have a great holiday :) !

Voted.

Thank you for all the happy holiday wishes!!! Greatly appreciated!!

Ooooh, I know which one I want!

Genres pages for new releases…

https://www.goodreads.com/genres/anth...
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/food
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/self...

I’d be fine with any of them.

Anthologies is broader than short stories (which we had in 2021) because it can includes essays and multiple authors. It’s a nice way to try new authors. Paranormal, sci-fi, mystery, and literary fiction seem to have a lot of choices. Last night I added this to my tbr: My Own Devices: Essays From the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love

For food, I might read Elizabeth Acevedo- With the Fire on High. I would recommend Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

Self help is great for January. I would recommend power of habits, or atomic habits. I might go with the new Michelle Obama book, or Maybe You Should Talk to Someone which got raves from some pbt’ers.

NancyJ wrote: "Genres pages for new releases…


https://www.goodreads.com/genres/anth...

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

https://www.goodreads.com/genres/food

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Thanks! I wondered if Michelle Obama's The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times would be considered "self-help."

@Anita - have a wonderful vacation!

I have to laugh -- I have very busy shelves for 2 of the three though they are not named exactly the same. Books about Food and Cooking are a favorite reading topic of mine and I have everything from romances and cozy mysteries to chef autobiographies, non-fiction about food, and cookbooks.

I also have a shelf labeled short stories and essays where I park anything with 3 or more stories or novellas or essays on. The only 'anthologies' not included on that shelf would be poetry or plays (they each have a shelf) or something like the Norton Anthologies of Literature -- but I don't put the latter on shelves anyway because my copies date back to the 70s and I treat as reference books.

There's a lot of appealing flexibility in both food and anthologies, especially for the first month of the year when starting new challenges from Popsugar to Across the Year to PBT.

I voted.

voted

Theresa wrote: "@Anita - have a wonderful vacation!

I have to laugh -- I have very busy shelves for 2 of the three though they are not named exactly the same. Books about Food and Cooking are a favorite reading ..."

Oh good. Which particular ATY and pop sugar prompts are you thinking of?

I would have thought anthologies are collections with contributions from multiple authors, but it sounds like collections of one author work also.

NancyJ wrote: "Theresa wrote: "@Anita - have a wonderful vacation!

I have to laugh -- I have very busy shelves for 2 of the three though they are not named exactly the same. Books about Food and Cooking are a f..."


I don't plan. I just read and see where it fits. Well except for something like longest and shortest from TBR.

Amy wrote: "Voted - Enjoy your vacation Anita - and happy Chanukah!

Kate, I was thinking Lager Queen of Minnesota. Its on my Trim and High Priority TBR. It may even be somebody's five star, I have to check."

Lager Queen was a clear five star read for me, it would also work for this month’s leadership tag.
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For anthology i would also want to read one of the The Best American Short Stories 2022 annual anthologies. One of the reviews suggested picking a book based on an editor whose style you like.

The Best American Short Stories 2021 Jesmyn West
The Best American Short Stories 2020 Sittenfeld
The Best American Short Stories 2013 Strout
The Best American Short Stories 2006 Patchett
The Best American Short Stories 2011 Brooks
The Best American Short Stories 2007 King
The Best American Short Stories 2019 Doerr
The Best American Short Stories 2001 Kingsolver

I voted. I have a clear preference, but I have some good choices for each of the tags.

So far I noticed two books for 15 candles that have any of these tags. The Things They Carried has anthology tags. Eat, Pray, Love fits food and self help. That’s not enough to help me decide. I read a lot of food related books this year, so I’m not as hungry for them as I might be. Haha.

Has anyone noticed others?

Added
Tsar of love and techno fits anthology and 3 categories in 15 candles top 100, top 10 lists, mod’s 5 star books.
Things they carried fits 15 candles - top 100, fall flurries

I voted.

voted

Wow, voting has ending already, so we should have a result soon. I really can't predict this one.

Does Self-help have more than a snowball's chance this time because January is prime time for self-improvement?
Are holiday celebrations and cookie-baking making us think of food and cozy books?
Do people view anthology as boring or versatile?

Who knows?

I think most of us resent self-help or maybe don't even want others to know books we are reading in that vein. I am guessing that Food will win. I have several anthologies but they tend to be 500-1500 pages long!

Robin P wrote: "I think most of us resent self-help or maybe don't even want others to know books we are reading in that vein. I am guessing that Food will win. I have several anthologies but they tend to be 500-1..."

I'm hoping for "food"!

Voted. I'm hoping for food or self-help. If anthology wins, I'll find something to read.

I'm getting anxious for the announcement ... and for the trim # announcement ... and for the subdue the shelf announcement.

With the holidays it will be more difficult to get my books from the library. Four-day weekend holiday closures two weeks in a row will leave only Wed-Fri for transfer of books from larger libraries to my small village library. And given our forecast blizzard for Thurs/Fri this week ... they may be closed or at least not transferring books between libraries due to road conditions.

BC - Good luck with your storm. We’re getting it a day or so later than you. It’s supposed to rain tonight, and freeze the roads before the snow starts tomorrow.

We already got a lot of snow this year, but it was manageable. This the first time they’re using the B word - blizzard. Someone said it could be the worst in a generation. The blizzard of ‘77 lasted a week, and you risked frost bite if you went outside in the brutal wind.

As I type the big, fat, fluffy flakes are coming down with serious purpose. No high winds ... yet ... that's supposed to start later tonight (and with the trees and electric cables already heavy with snow they'll be more prone to coming down). But for now ... it's pretty to look at ... feels kinda like living inside a Christmas card.

It is headed our way Tessa, stay safe

The winner is Food.