30.8 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: Make Your TBR List Say Uncle

[Morgan]

Aleksandra wrote: "Morgan wrote: "Aleksandra wrote: "Can I get approval
option 2
option 5 "

Hi Aleksandra,

Headhunters is approved ..."

;) Don't we all! They're just plain fun though. haha.

[Dee]

Morgan wrote: "Dee wrote: "Morgan - question

I keep 2 TBR lists - one is my overall massive one; the other is my more tailored for the year...can I use the second one for this?"

Hi Dee,

Are both on goodreads?..."

i keep them both on GR - one is the generic to-read; the other is to-read-2014 (which will soon become to read 2015) - the first has like 3000 books on it; the second about 500 (not that I ever actually read that many)

[Morgan]

Ahhh gotcha. So you just keep rolling the yearly one over with whatever hasn't been read from year to year adding books to one list or the other as you come across them?

[Kim]

Is this red enough for option 2?

Thank you

[Morgan]

Kim wrote: "Is this red enough for option 2?

Thank you"

Hi Kim,

I have it sitting at home and I'd say it's red. :)

[Dee]

Morgan wrote: "Ahhh gotcha. So you just keep rolling the yearly one over with whatever hasn't been read from year to year adding books to one list or the other as you come across them?"

pretty much - my to-read is more ohhh one-click this looks good; my yearly is more of my priority type list - since i've been on GR for like 6 years now

[Morgan]

Dee wrote: "Morgan wrote: "Ahhh gotcha. So you just keep rolling the yearly one over with whatever hasn't been read from year to year adding books to one list or the other as you come across them?"

pretty mu..."

In that case, I would say that your actual working TBR list would be the one to be used. haha. Sorry for the confusion, but YES, your active/workable/rolling TBR would be the one I'd use.

I am going back over mine with stuff I added back in 2009 which is when I joined and deleting things that I no longer want to read or I've read and never added, etc.

[Hina]

Would either of these book for option 2?

[Alex]

Would work for option 2?

[Morgan]

Hina wrote: "Would either of these book for option 2? "

Hi Hina,

Both look good to me! The Argeneau series is definitely one of my mildly guilty pleasures. :)

[Morgan]

Alex wrote: "Would work for option 2?"

Hi Alex,

I think that's right around 75% just trying to eyeball it (another one I pulled out my copy for since it has the same cover.) Approved. :)

[Camilla]

Is a collection of short stories acceptable for task #3? I'm thinking of reading Bending the Landscape: Original Gay and Lesbian Horror Writing.

[Morgan]

Camilla wrote: "Is a collection of short stories acceptable for task #3? I'm thinking of reading Bending the Landscape: Original Gay and Lesbian Horror Writing."

Hi Camilla,

That works for me :)

[Nicola]

- Can I get this ok'd please?

OR

[Anna]

For option 4 - Am I missing where to find the date joined? The profile only lists month and year, is that what you are looking for? Thanks

[Morgan]

Anna wrote: "For option 4 - Am I missing where to find the date joined? The profile only lists month and year, is that what you are looking for? Thanks"

Hi Anna,

That would be it. For example mine says "January 2009" and I have a couple books that have been on my TBR shelf since 2009.

That was mostly added in so that people who joined in "November 2014" could complete that option if they chose to--they would just need to include that so the mods don't see "November 3rd, 2014" as the date that the book was added and disqualify it as not fitting the option.

We can update the wording to "Month & Year joined", but you are correct. That is all I'm looking for. :)

[Morgan]

Nicola wrote: " - Can I get this ok'd please?

OR

"

Hi Nicola,

Either works for me. :)

[Anna]

Morgan wrote: "Anna wrote: "For option 4 - Am I missing where to find the date joined? The profile only lists month and year, is that what you are looking for? Thanks"

Hi Anna,

That would be it. For example m..."

Ok, thanks. You might also want to state that it can be found on the profile, not sure how often people look at it. I just stumbled across it a couple weeks ago and remembered it say something about when I joined.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I definitely want to add something to clarify date as month/year for goodreads and that it's on your profile. :)

[Vicki Willis]

Can you approve any of the following for having enough red?
and and

[Val]

Can you approve The Thirteenth Tale for Option 1? Also, can Option 6 be a nonfiction book about a queen?

[Morgan]

Valerie wrote: "Can you approve The Thirteenth Tale for Option 1? Also, can Option 6 be a nonfiction book about a queen?"

Hi Valerie,

The Thirteenth Tale is verified for 'books about books'.

Option 6 can absolutely be nonfiction. As long as it features one of the required royals (or pirates), it works. :)

[Morgan]

Vicki wrote: "Can you approve any of the following for having enough red?
and and "

Inside Man & Invisible are approved for red.

Unfortunately Beneath the Mask of Sanity looks like it's only in ebook/kindle, so it can't be used for tasks with required page numbers. (Though either way I was on the edge with it being enough red or not so I guess it works out.)

Of course luckily that helps narrow down a little? (Usually my biggest issue with most tasks!)

[Val]

So, Matilda: Wife of the Conqueror, First Queen of England would work?

[Morgan]

Valerie wrote: "So, Matilda: Wife of the Conqueror, First Queen of England would work?"

Yep, looks good to me!

[KSMary]

Opt 3 - Would Tell the Wolves I'm Home work?

[Morgan]

KSMary wrote: "Opt 3 - Would Tell the Wolves I'm Home work?"

Hi KSMary,

That would work! :) I was thinking maybe from the description, but the genre 'glbt' is hanging out on the main page. (And you can consider the genre verified in case it happens to run away and hide before you go to post the task.)

[KSMary]

Thanks! That was what I was needing. Hate it when those genres fall off before you can post! :)

[Morgan]

KSMary wrote: "Thanks! That was what I was needing. Hate it when those genres fall off before you can post! :)"

haha. You and me both! I've only had it happen once so far, but those genres are fidgety little things!

[Julia]

Can Option 3 be nonfiction? (If so, I'm thinking about When We Were Outlaws, Tales Of The Lavender Menace: A Memoir Of Liberation or Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger. These could also work for Task 15.6)

[Morgan]

Julia wrote: "Can Option 3 be nonfiction? (If so, I'm thinking about When We Were Outlaws, Tales Of The Lavender Menace: A Memoir Of Liberation or [book:Eating Fire: My Life as a L..."

Hi Julia,

Any one of those books would also work here for option #3. :)

[Pia]

Hi! Will this book work for option 2?

[Book Concierge]

Please verify for Option 3 - A Place at the Table

[Sue]

Morgan, I'm in a similar situation to Dee. I've got two TBRs on Goodreads - both date back to when I joined in 2009. One is a general (1700+) and one is specifically books I own (130+). I was hoping to use something from the "owned" list, which didn't quite crack the "top 10" of the general TBR. Will that be OK?

[Morgan]

Pia wrote: "Hi! Will this book work for option 2?

"

Hi Pia,

I'd say that looks pretty darn close to 75% to me. :) Good to go!

[Morgan]

Book Concierge wrote: "Please verify for Option 3 - A Place at the Table"

Hi BC,

From the description, this does qualify for option #3. :)

[Morgan]

Sue T wrote: "Morgan, I'm in a similar situation to Dee. I've got two TBRs on Goodreads - both date back to when I joined in 2009. One is a general (1700+) and one is specifically books I own (130+). I was hopin..."

Hi Sue T,

I like this idea of splitting, because I am either staring at my bookshelves, or much more easily typing in a search here on goodreads on my general TBR. I try to use exclusively "owned" or library books for SRC as much as possible.

Yes, you could choose a book from your "owned" TBR for option 4. You'd just look for one of the 10 oldest out of that 130+ list.

[Sue]

Morgan wrote: "Sue T wrote: "Morgan, I'm in a similar situation to Dee. I've got two TBRs on Goodreads - both date back to when I joined in 2009. One is a general (1700+) and one is specifically books I own (130+..."

Great! Thanks so much.

[Hina]

This should work for option 3...I am not sure what you are looking to determine on the main page...

Divide & Conquer by Abigail Roux.

[Morgan]

Hina wrote: "This should work for option 3...I am not sure what you are looking to determine on the main page...

Divide & Conquer by Abigail Roux."

Hi Hina,

For that it's just description OR genres that would equate to LGBT, so this definitely works. :) I didn't want to limit it to *just* genres, because there might be a book where the description makes it clear, but the genre is lacking. And vice versa. You're covered either way.

Noting genres: 'Romance > M M Romance' & 'Glbt > Gay'

[Hina]

Morgan wrote: "Hina wrote: "This should work for option 3...I am not sure what you are looking to determine on the main page...

Divide & Conquer by Abigail Roux."

Hi Hina,

For that it's just d..."

Ah...okay thanks.

[Ann A]

Here's another for option 2. I'm a huge Bill Bryson fan, so am glad to have a slot for this one:

[Morgan]

Ann A wrote: "Here's another for option 2. I'm a huge Bill Bryson fan, so am glad to have a slot for this one:

"

Hi Ann A,

That's a great option! And I keep seeing his books and meaning to give one a try. People always seem to speak highly of them.

[Dee]

By the Book: Writers on Literature and the Literary Life from The New York Times Book Review - books about books shelving

[Morgan]

Dee wrote: "By the Book: Writers on Literature and the Literary Life from The New York Times Book Review - books about books shelving"

Looks good, Dee. And books about books is definitely on there. It also made me laugh a little how often the word book was on that page. :)

[Cheri]

For books about books, would these work? They both have "books about books" as an embedded genre.

1) A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books.

2) A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter

Thanks!

[Morgan]

Cheri wrote: "For books about books, would these work? They both have "books about books" as an embedded genre...

1) A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter would work and does have the genre 'books about books' (which works embedded or solo, but so far I think I have mostly seen it embedded).

The other option A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books doesn't meet the page requirement even though the genre is present as well. However, if you had an edition of this book that is listed at 250+ it would absolutely qualify.

[Cheri]

Morgan wrote: "Cheri wrote: "For books about books, would these work? They both have "books about books" as an embedded genre...

1) A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship,..."</i>

Thank you! Sorry, I linked to the wrong edition of A Great Idea at the Time. The paperback is 256 pages: [book:A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books.

[Morgan]

Cheri wrote: "Morgan wrote: "Cheri wrote: "For books about books, would these work? They both have "books about books" as an embedded genre...

1) [book:A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Lo..."

The paperback would work then, so you could use either of those two options for one of your books. :)

I swapped it to the approved post with the correct edition (250+pp).

[Teresa Jo]

Please verify The Bookshop Book for option 1 "books about books"
Thanks!