Play Book Tag discussion

The five additional tags for January are:

dual timeline
feminine rage
New York
polyamory
sword and sorcery

RULES UPDATE: For these additional tags, the books only need to be tagged twice in order to count. Sorry for the mid-game switch up, but I don't want people to have a choice of only 20 books . . . and in some cases, it might be that unfortunate.

Are these tags part of the list for just this month, or for the rest of the year? Sorry if you already answered this question.

Dual timeline could fit with WWI, medieval, or ancient heroes (Percy Jackson for instance) and of course with monthly tag.

Lyn wrote: "Are these tags part of the list for just this month, or for the rest of the year? Sorry if you already answered this question."

Anita said on the instruction discussion they can be read any time.

Rachel N. wrote: "Lyn wrote: "Are these tags part of the list for just this month, or for the rest of the year? Sorry if you already answered this question."

Anita said on the instruction discussion they can be rea..."

Thanks. I thought I saw that somewhere, but couldn't find it. Appreciate your help.

Are these going to be added to the tag list or do we need to add and keep up with them?

Easiest if we keep up with them probably, Jason - unless Anita adds them to another tab on the spreadsheet, when she has time. I’ve just stuck them under my tracking list so they’re separate.

Great additional tag options! Of course, Murphy’s Law means I’ve just posted a dual timeline story review, so can’t use that one right now … but it’s such a common trope that there will be plenty of other stories during the year.

Good question, Jason! I like Kate’s idea. I will make a third tab and keep them there for reference. Does that work?

Rachel N. wrote: "Anita said on the instruction discussion they can be read any time...."

Thanks - I was assuming it was just for January!

Announcing the 5 bonus GrabTag tags for February:

colonialism
journey
sword and laser
postmodernism
underrated

p.s. I did add a tab to the spreadsheet with the top 300 tags that lists these bonus tags. You can find that here:

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

thank you for the organizing list.
The Star Wars universe I think is a great fit for the sword and laser tag

Anita, heads up if it matters:

Underrated only has 35 books that qualify with at least 5 people tagging...

I had thought we were supposed to only contribute tags with sufficient options, per Anita's guidelines.

From my personal perspective, 35 seems like too few. Maybe we could reduce the number of required tags to 2 or 3?

Pam wrote: "Anita, heads up if it matters:

Underrated only has 35 books that qualify with at least 5 people tagging..."

Thank you, Pam. I think that is too few. I need to try to find the guidelines I spelled out.

Okay, I found the guidelines, and I was mostly concerned with the number of books available.

I think Joy's suggestion of reducing the number of tags required FOR THE EXTRA TAGS only is the right answer. For the extra tags, we will say there is a minimum of 2 tags.

Please spread the word.

I have a question about one of the tags, because I know we decided to use the correct spelling for the tags: when I put sword and laser in the search box, Goodreads returned a very long list for 'sword-and-laser' titles.
Can I use this list? and if not, how can I get the other list for 'sword and laser'?
Thank you.

On an unrelated note, I checked the 'underrated' tag and I had a good laugh seeing so many books with ratings over 4.2 and over 500000 ratings each. My real underrated books are those with 200 ratings or less.

GRmalways hyphenates between words, so just ignore those

Joanne wrote: "GRmalways hyphenates between words, so just ignore those"

thanks, there are a lot of options for this sword-and-laser tag , but curiously none from the Star Wars franchise that I was looking for.

Algernon wrote: "I have a question about one of the tags, because I know we decided to use the correct spelling for the tags: when I put sword and laser in the search box, Goodreads returned a very long list for 's..."

I think you are on the right shelf, but just in case, here's the one you want to use (as Joanne points out, Goodreads always hyphenates between non-contiguous words):

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

Anita wrote: "I think Joy's suggestion of reducing the number of tags required FOR THE EXTRA TAGS only is the right answer. For the extra tags, we will say there is a minimum of 2 tags. ..."

Thanks, Anita!!!

Anita wrote: "Algernon wrote: "I have a question about one of the tags, because I know we decided to use the correct spelling for the tags: when I put sword and laser in the search box, Goodreads returned a very..."

that's the list I used to make my planning. Thanks!

Announcing the 5 bonus GrabTag tags for March:

**reminder: A book only needs to be tagged twice with these bonus tags to grab it."

book boyfriends
aging
wwi
italy
epistolary

The 5 bonus GrabTag tags for April are:

futuristic
international
microhistory
planetary-romance
siblings

I am assuming we can spell microhistory correctly?

Joy D wrote: "I am assuming we can spell microhistory correctly?"

LOL! I would also assume that to be the case.

The 5 bonus GrabTag tags for May are:

ethics
quest
booker
biblical fiction
tragedy

Joy D wrote: "I am assuming we can spell microhistory correctly?"

Lol, yes definitely.

Anita wrote: "Joy D wrote: "I am assuming we can spell microhistory correctly?"

Lol, yes definitely."

LOL! Good thing because I've already "grabbed" it!

What is booker?

I’ve seen the tag attached to the Booker Prize long/short list books

The 5 bonus GrabTag tags for June are:

Buddhism
pulp
noir
legal thriller
environmental

I know we decided to keep the original tag spelling, but when I search for 'environmental' books , Goodreads returns a list with 'environment' tags. There's a good possibility that these books include both versions of the tag, but it is a bother when doing research

Algernon wrote: "I know we decided to keep the original tag spelling, but when I search for 'environmental' books , Goodreads returns a list with 'environment' tags. There's a good possibility that these books incl..."

This link should work for 'environmental':

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

Pam wrote: "Algernon wrote: "I know we decided to keep the original tag spelling, but when I search for 'environmental' books , Goodreads returns a list with 'environment' tags. There's a good possibility that..."

thank you, it works