Reading for the tag vs. Challenges/Games/Contests

[Anita]

We have a lot of new people so I just wanted to clarify an important point in response to a discussion I saw elsewhere (just stumbled upon).

When reading for the monthly tag, we basically accept that if you believe the book fits, it fits. We do not double check to see if the book fits the tag. If you put your review in the section for books that fit the tag, we trust that you've vetted it and that it does in fact fit our theme for that month.

However, with any type of game or challenge or contest that awards any type of prize (participation points, gift certificates, or something else), we do require that you follow the rules of the challenge and also that if a book is required to be tagged a certain way, that it in fact is. That doesn't mean you can't just play along for fun, but if you don't follow the guidelines than you will not be eligible for the prizes.

[NancyJ]

Thanks for mentioning that Anita.

The action & adventure tag seems to be underused as a book genre tag (compared to movies). Many books with lots of action, adventure, journeys, escapes/rescues, war battles, gunfights, violence, danger, man vs nature adventures, etc. are not tagged as action and/or adventure, but they could/should be. Many are tagged as thrillers, which (according to one literary site) is a subset of the action/adventure genre.

I saw that many people have mentioned that they can't count a book as action/adventure because it hasn't been tagged that way by others yet. I appreciate that we can use our judgment in making these decisions.

I noticed that a couple of the Iraq books involve kidnapping, escapes, rescue, rape, violence, guns, murders, and other examples of action. Escape/rescue is a common example of the adventure genre. So this month, those books could count for both the culture challenge and the monthly tag.

[Book Concierge]

Nancy ... This is true for the Culture/Expand Our Horizons challenge in that there are no specific points / prizes associated with THAT challenge involving the monthly tag. So if you read a book that fit's the monthly culture challenge, and you think it also fits the monthly tag, you are free to post it in the monthly tag folder (as well as in the Culture tracking folder)

HOWEVER ... The rules for the TBR 36 challenge clearly state that the book in question must have the exact tag in order to get additional points. So even if you think it would fit, if it wasn't tagged exactly "action-adventure" before you started reading it, then you can't count it for the extra points in the TBR 36 challenge.


Hope that made sense.

And, Anita - or other moderator - please correct me if I interpreted this incorrectly.

[NancyJ]

Book Concierge wrote: "Nancy ... This is true for the Culture/Expand Our Horizons challenge in that there are no specific points / prizes associated with THAT challenge involving the monthly tag. So if you read a book th..."

Thanks for adding that.

[Anita]

Book Concierge wrote: "Nancy ... This is true for the Culture/Expand Our Horizons challenge in that there are no specific points / prizes associated with THAT challenge involving the monthly tag. So if you read a book th..."

You've got it! Thanks for elaborating so others will too.