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BINGO R7 & Beyond | Shelf Suggestions
Good poking Judithe. LOL
I've only run across one shelf/challenge thing I definitely would NOT like to see ... reading a book exactly x number of pages. Did not like that one in another group and wound up instead of wasting days trying to find in my books and TBR pile just picking same as another player (then told had to be unique, then ditched the individual challenge).Sometimes can reach too far trying for something new; so do like staying in vein of uf, pnr, etc.
Yuck...agree on "not like" of that!
Maybe a personal shelf choice for "other" as in uncommon/other paranormal power or supernatural being.As in some being that's a supernatural or has a power/magic/ability not in category of fae/fairy, elf, witch/wizard, vampire, werewolf/shifter, ghost, grim-reaper/angel-of-death, angel, psychic, medium, demon, or god/goddess. Would have to specify what the uniqueness was in the brief review. Okay if common supernaturals in the worldbuilding or as secondary characters. But, main character has to be different.
Could add to list of supes excluded if wanted.
That could be a workable idea for the supes that have "small" shelves...will tinker with it! Thanks!
I wonder if there is a shelf for non 'white' hero/heroine. I just lack the word for it. You know..with Asian, Mexican, African descent. I do not want to seem racist or anything but sometimes hero in those books have beliefs or behaviors that adds something to the book.
Many of the UF books feature a detective/private eye:Detective: 31,665 books
Private eye: 1,439 books
Valerie ~ Val Hall ~ wrote: "I wonder if there is a shelf for non 'white' hero/heroine. I just lack the word for it. You know..with Asian, Mexican, African descent. I do not want to seem racist or anything but sometimes hero i..."Non-caucasian?
Inter-racial is pretty close, and there are shelves, cause I did a link to them in one of the mini challenges this month.
There's also a "people of color" shelf...
Ethnic? (inter-racial might lead more towards romance/relationship type of books) although guess that itself is open to interpretation depending on what ethnicity you are.Maybe a personal choice vs. shelf. The "ethnic" shelves are not lending themselves a great deal towards fiction much less pnr or uf.
I guess all of the above...I know I am narrow minded but one book that really got to me was
, a retelling of a Japanese or Chinese myth...really something.
I doublechecked and ethnic background not in the meta data questions I saw. But I'm not sure I'm that knowledgable on metadata stuff (help menus not real helpful on the subject).I guess if making it a personal choice for this group will need to specify a real race earthling - no counting a werewolf or gargoyle as a non-caucasian because a seperate race.
Possibly a rule of thumb for that stamp choice that it feature non-caucasian lead characters or lead character encountering racial problems by being in racial minority in book's worldbuilding.
Or a myth or fairytale based story that's not a part of western folklore (guess that's the term to mean not the greco-roman, celtic, brothers grimm stuff-none of the European or American tall tale things either)
"soul mates" of course. I didn't think to look up that one and it's so obvious. I meant to say when I commented on the "freebie" one that it would have to include library books for those without ereaders and not just be freebie ebooks.
I think books where the supernaturals come out to the public or law enforcement and other agencies suddenly have to deal with the reality of the paranormal are interesting reads (well, when done well).Not sure what shelf name to look for (don't think "coming out" would net the right genres)
Valerie ~ Val Hall ~ wrote: "I guess all of the above...I know I am narrow minded but one book that really got to me was
, a retelling of a Japanese or Chinese myth...really something."Japanese! Had to check out (and TBR!) the book...checked out the author, too. She does a lot with Japanese myth, so looking forward to reading some of her versions! Thanks for that share!
Sandra wrote: "How about color covers - obviously would have to be a personal book choice, unless people have shelves for that?"Got another game in mind for that ... 'member?? >;)
Steph wrote: "Sandra wrote: "How about color covers - obviously would have to be a personal book choice, unless people have shelves for that?"Got another game in mind for that ... 'member?? >;)"
Twister? ;-)
Ohhh....thanks for the reminder!
Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "Twister?"Not saying and you can't make me. LOL! ;)
Judithe wrote: "Ohhh....thanks for the reminder!"
:D
Steph wrote: "Sandra wrote: "How about color covers - obviously would have to be a personal book choice, unless people have shelves for that?"Got another game in mind for that ... 'member?? >;)"
Oh, yeah, I forgot *smacks hand*
LOL! No worries! :D
★Meghan★ wrote: "Oooohhhhh!!!! Maybe Candyland :)"Not saying and you can't make me either, Missy. ;)
Steph wrote: "★Meghan★ wrote: "Oooohhhhh!!!! Maybe Candyland :)"Not saying and you can't make me either, Missy. ;)"
Ugh! How rude! After being teammates and everything :)
LOL!! Nice try. ;)
Still will think about it. (Another color game...Mastermind maybe?)
Oooh, Mastermind. I used to love that one :D
Me too! I always beat hubby when I can get him to play a game of MM, which is very rarely for some reason. LOL!
Me three! My sis was the same way...but she always had this pattern...
Oh no fair Steph, Sandra and Judithe!!! When you three get together...
Great things happen!
That they do! Steph + Sandra + Judithe = Good times had by all :D
Not sure what it says about me, but I had to create a shelf labeled Assassin. LOL.I'm not the only one though. There are 1944 books on the assassin shelf and 3138 books on assassins. PNR and UF on both.
Ooh, assassin is a good one! Some great series about assassins :)
Vivian wrote: "Ooh, assassin is a good one! Some great series about assassins :)"I agree, some of my favorites have assassins as main characters. :)
I have a paranormal book with Assassin in the title.
the whole series is well about assassin's.
★Meghan★ wrote: "Oooohhhhh!!!! Maybe Candyland :)"OMG! I was going to say that! :D It's way more plausible than Twister. ;D
O_◠ My lips are sealed tight.
ROFL
LOL...goldfish? guppy? Just teasin' ya...but when I first glanced at the screen...thought sealife!
erotica might be something to consider as well
Erotica suits me, but that sort of category could be alienating to some members. Gotta think of everyone :)
True...and most of the erotica has less than 200 pages.
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Though people didn't actually seem to follow the color distinction much...(and all genres...found at least a few of mine on the 1st pages, too)
Black: 7,073
Red: 5,156
Green: 6,313 (not such a good choice, but great if you want "green" ideas)
Yellow: 3,374
Purple: 2,058
Blue: 5,552