Announcing the Tag for October

[NancyJ]

Joanne wrote: "Jenny wrote: "literary thrillers link

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b..."

I have Beloved-lined up as a ..."

I was thinking I need to give this book another try, but I don't think of it as a crime novel.

[Joanne]

LibraryCin wrote: "Joanne wrote: "I just started using LibraryThing-can you explain "tagmash"..."

You can search for a title that has multiple tags. That's a tagmash.

(Oh, wait! Do you not know tags? Like what they..."

Thanks Cindy! This is great info to have as newbie there!

[Meli]

Anita wrote: "I can't decide between The Dry and The Woman in the Window. I already own both so really want to go with one of the two. Any advice?

I'd love to read [book:The Inst..."

I happen to be reading The Woman in the Window for October trim / tag and at least one other person will as well.
But I've heard great things about The Dry and Jane Harper.

[Joy D]

Book Concierge wrote: "And of course, there's the classic - Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (one of my all-time favorite books)..."

I read it years ago but still recall how chilling it is.

[Jason]

I think I will read

A Study in Scarlet the first Sherlock and Holmes novel.

and probably another Theodore Boone book. The Activist

[Jgrace]

You can import your goodreads books to LT. I did it when Shelfari shut down. I can't off hand remember How I did it, but it can be done.

I use both sites for my book lists and reviews in addition to my own files. I think it's good to have backup.

[LibraryCin]

NancyJ wrote: "I don't add a lot of tags to a book until I know for sure I'll be reading it (or if it was a recent pbt tag)...

I don't know if most people use "fiction" as a tag. So I might search for crime (and leave out fiction), and either manually screen out the true crime and non-fiction tags, or use NOT searches for them...

Boolean searches were really common in the early days of computer searches, but I don't see it much now. "

I usually only add tags after I read them (which is why searching for multiple tags here at GR just doesn't work for me, because (as far as I know) the only way to search for multiple tags attached to one book is if they are tagged by you on your own shelf!)

Yeah, initially, I tried
crime, csw, --murder

but that brought back too much nonfiction on my tbr and I didn't want to wade through it. Decided to try
crime, fiction, csw, --murder

instead.

Ah, I'm a librarian at an academic library. I teach students Boolean searching! I don't know why I didn't think to see earlier on if LT was able to do Boolean! In any case, I'm glad I know it now!

[LibraryCin]

NancyJ wrote: "
I Do Not Come to You by Chance by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

There a..."

That sounds really interesting. It's a whole new type of crime that American authors don't know much about..."

Ah, I hope I get to it, but I can't promise to!

[Becky]

I have Agatha Christie's They Came to Baghdad, so I'll be reading this for the tag. I was tempted to check something out from the library, but I'm still needing to clear off some tbr shelf space!

[Theresa]

Becky C wrote: "I have Agatha Christie's They Came to Baghdad, so I'll be reading this for the tag. I was tempted to check something out from the library, but I'm still needing to clear off some tbr ..."

I love that one! Reread it earlier this year.