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[Kathy]

Well said, MrsJoseph!!!

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Ugh. My library blocks synopses all the damn time with their bar codes.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Colleen wrote: "Ugh. My library blocks synopses all the damn time with their bar codes."

grrrrrr.

Drives me crazy. And removing the stickers damages the book. ARRG!

[Becky]

I haven't used my Nook Glowlight in a few months, and the battery died. I charged it, and now it's acting weird. Like it won't go back to the right book when I press the "currently reading" button.

So, I'm trying to reset it back to factory, but it's just sitting there with "Please wait while we deregister over the network." on the screen and doesn't look like it's doing anything at all.

I think I'm going to have to call B&N. :(

[Lee]

I have the new nook glowlight and I hate the blasted thing. First nook I've had a problem with and I've had every model. Mine has a freezing problem.

Have you tried unregistering it from the b&n site? I think you can...

[Becky]

This is the first time I've had a problem with it, and I've had it since it came out. :( I never had a problem with any of my other nooks either (I think I've had just about all of them. LOL)

I'll try to do that. Thanks!

[Chris , cookie guilt]

Dawn wrote: "I already read Steelheart, and am excited about the other three choices. Time to try and get my hands on them all!"

Next month, I'm putting myself on the polls.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Thought this was interesting...and a bit depressing. http://www.wnd.com/2013/12/the-last-l...

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

[Chris , cookie guilt]

Colleen wrote: ""

That's freakin' hilarious. LOL

[Chris , cookie guilt]

I've been quiet the last few days. Here's what that's about. I posted in a public group because this is one time I want everyone to see what I'm wearing on my sleeve.

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

[Felina]

*hugs Chris again*

[Felina]

Why do I always start the dishwasher right before I want to take a shower? *sigh* I want to take a long hot shower and now I have to wait or I'll run out of hot water. Lame!

[Chris , cookie guilt]

*accepts them again* ♥

[Felina]

:)

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Chris wrote: "I've been quiet the last few days. Here's what that's about. I posted in a public group because this is one time I want everyone to see what I'm wearing on my sleeve.

https://www.goodreads.com/top..."

*hug*

[Chris , cookie guilt]

MrsJoseph (taking back my data & giving GR the middle finger) wrote: "Chris wrote: "I've been quiet the last few days. Here's what that's about. I posted in a public group because this is one time I want everyone to see what I'm wearing on my sleeve.

https://www.goo..."

♥

[Kathy]

Colleen, I love the picture of George R.R. Martin! Perfect! :)

[Nyssa]

Would you guys consider Jim Butcher strictly a Fantasy author, or all-around Speculative Fiction author?

I've only read his Dresden Files series, to date, and even though it is listed as Fantasy, it seems like it would fit very well as Speculative Fiction. Plus, I looked at his Cedex Alera series (which I do plan to read) and it has been shelved as both Fantasy and SciFi.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Frankly I don't worry too much about the sub-sub-sub genres. Dresden is urban fantasy and thus fantasy. His Codex Alera books are straight fantasy or epic fantasy so both fall under fantasy. If I was deciding on "speculative fiction" I'd say all fantasy, science fiction and possibly horror would fall under it. Still it's really only a deal when it comes to shelving them, LOL.

[Nyssa]

Thank You for the clarification in regards to Codex Alera.

I also put all Fantasy, SciFi, & Horror, as well as Alternate History, under Speculative Fiction .

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Apropos to nothing:

[Lee]

The best gif I've seen. :)

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Love it

[Nyssa]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Frankly I don't worry too much about the sub-sub-sub genres. Dresden is urban fantasy and thus fantasy. His Codex Alera books are straight fantasy or epic fantasy so both fall under fantasy. If I w..."

Which reminds me... :)

To shelve or not to shelve...

I've found myself adding quite a lot of new shelves lately... I mean a lot! Genres, themes, accolades (award winners), etc., and I keep coming up with others, but I wonder if, at this point, it would be overkill.

I'm considering the following:

theme-paranormal
theme-urban fantasy
theme-epic fantasy (although I find it difficult to define that for myself, so probably won't add it)
5-stars
1-star

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

I do that, too. But mine are the genre first and then the subgenre and/or characteristic.

[Nyssa]

MrsJoseph (taking back my data & giving GR the middle finger) wrote: "I do that, too. But mine are the genre first and then the subgenre and/or characteristic."

So instead of having "genre:fantasy" and then" theme:urban fantasy " you have" fantasy:urban"?

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Nyssa wrote: "MrsJoseph (taking back my data & giving GR the middle finger) wrote: "I do that, too. But mine are the genre first and then the subgenre and/or characteristic."

So instead of having "genre:fantas..."

yup. But being OCD I also do this:

2012-read
2012-reviewed
fantasy
fantasy-urban
action
fantasy-comedy
fantasy-detective
fantasy-steampunk
fantasy-sword-and-sorcery
fantasy-videogames
series
series-to-build
heroine-spunky-spitfire

[Nyssa]

I appreciate your OCD! :)

I've never really considered signaling out gender or race, although I am contemplating adding an "African American" shelf.... but I haven't decided.

[Nyssa]

Would "Weird" and "Dark" Fantasy go together?

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Nyssa wrote: "I appreciate your OCD! :)

I've never really considered signaling out gender or race, although I am contemplating adding an "African American" shelf.... but I haven't decided."

I haven't done races IDT but I do hero/heroine characteristics.

Re: Dark & Weird. Sometimes

[Nyssa]

MrsJoseph (taking back my data & giving GR the middle finger) wrote: "Re: Dark & Weird. Sometimes "

I don't seem to have enough of either (that I can tell) to justifying each having its own shelf.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Nyssa wrote: "Would "Weird" and "Dark" Fantasy go together?"

I consider them separate, personally, but there is often some overlap.

[Lee]

I would say Dark Fantasy is more based on reality. Like A Song of Ice and Fire. Dark. Gritty. And violent.

Weird Fantasy is more based on the surreal. Like Lovecraft.

My shelves are boring. :(

[Nyssa]

Colleen wrote: "Nyssa wrote: "Would "Weird" and "Dark" Fantasy go together?"

I consider them separate, personally, but there is often some overlap."

Nienna wrote: "I would say Dark Fantasy is more based on reality. Like A Song of Ice and Fire. Dark. Gritty. And violent.

Weird Fantasy is more based on the surreal. Like Lovecraft.

My shelves are boring. :("

Thank you both! Separate shelves is it is. Ha..I wonder if I'm going to run into some sort of limit restriction.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

For me dark fantasy isn't necessarily the Grimdark (i.e. the "dark, gritty and violent"), though that's one type that gets called dark.

I tend to use dark fantasy more in the sense of fantasy that incorporates more horror elements - the creatures, yes, but used in a more horror format, but also more as an atmospheric thing - gloomy, foreboding, etc.


I agree that I tend to use weird for more surreal and mind-bending kind of things. Like Mieville - an author Chris loves, btw. Ask him about it. (LOL)

That said, I also use weird for Weird West, because I didn't want to do two separate shelves.

[Lee]

True. There are dark fantasy books that aren't gritty and violent. Clive Barker. Neil Gaiman. Etc.

[Nyssa]

So.. I have a nitpicky question:

When do you count Paranormal Romance as "Romance" vs "Fantasy with a romantic theme"?

Meaning, when would you expect to see a book in the actual "Romance" section of the bookstore and when would you expect to see it in the "Fantasy" section.

I tend to label Paranormal Romances as "Fantasy" first and "Romance" second. Except for in the case of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series which is very much both.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

Mieville. *grumbles*

[Becky]

Chris #PrayForClaire wrote: "Mieville. *grumbles*"

No... He's definitely weird fantasy!

[Becky]

Nyssa wrote: "So.. I have a nitpicky question:

When do you count Paranormal Romance as "Romance" vs "Fantasy with a romantic theme"?"

I'm not a romance reader, as a rule, but I have read PNR. I generally think of it as fantasy first, romance second... BUT - if I were a romance reader, I'd probably look at the point of it in deciding. Is the point of the story the romance with the fantasy just as a backdrop, or the fantasy and the romance is just an element of the story?

[Nyssa]

Becky wrote: "I'm not a romance reader, as a rule, but I have read PNR. I generally think of it as fantasy first, romance second... BUT - if I were a romance reader, I'd probably look at the point of it in deciding. Is the point of the story the romance with the fantasy just as a backdrop, or the fantasy and the romance is just an element of the story? "

Which makes sense. It seems, however, that just about every paranormal novel nowadays is tagged as paranormal-romance, especially if its marketed as YA.

Its maddening!

[Becky]

Nyssa wrote: "Its maddening! "

Agreed. It seems that everything is being "romanticized". It's one of the reasons I stopped reading most popular YA. I'm just so sick of the crap that is being published recently. Usually I'll read anything that looks interesting, but lately with YA, I've run into disappointment after disappointment, so I'm upping security so that the riffraff is kept out of my reading sphere. ;)

[Lee]

My rule for urban fantasy vs. paranormal romance is if the character remains the same throughout the series its urban fantasy but if each book has its own hea (happily ever after) than its paranormal romamce.

[Nyssa]

Nienna wrote: "My rule for urban fantasy vs. paranormal romance is if the character remains the same throughout the series its urban fantasy but if each book has its own hea (happily ever after) than its paranorm..."

Thats an interesting take.

[Kathy]

Nyssa wrote: "So.. I have a nitpicky question:

When do you count Paranormal Romance as "Romance" vs "Fantasy with a romantic theme"?

Meaning, when would you expect to see a book in the actual "Romance" sectio..."

I work at a bookstore and our "romance" section includes paranormal romance as well. I guess it's just a matter of opinion.

[Nyssa]

Kathy wrote: "I work at a bookstore and our "romance" section includes paranormal romance as well. I guess it's just a matter of opinion.
."

I'm not jealous. Nope, not jealous at all!

AT our local B&N, I tend to see them either in the "Fantasy/Sci Fi" or "Teen" sections, whereas the Harlequin and Harlequin-esque type novels are reserved for the Romance section.

[Lee]

My B&N has all romances grouped together too. My old Borders *sniff* used to have all the genres and sub genres separated but to be honest it made it harder to find books not easier. Especially the kids/ya section. It was separated by age group and was almost impossible to find anything.

[Lee]

I always wanted to work at a bookstore but than I realized I like books way more than I like people. ;)