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Great list of tags! I'm really looking forward to this year!
Love the list - thanks so much for all the work! All my faves, plus a healthy dose of things that I hope never end up as the monthly tag (but that will challenge me nicely if they do)...
I cracked up laughing when I found "whining".
KateNZ - I think whining is due to me!
Jenny wrote: "KateNZ - I think whining is due to me!"If so, you're a star!
I was entirely bemused by "Texas bluebonnet" (and looking at the list didn't reveal an organising principle) but Google indicated it was some kind of award thing.
Whining--I think any parent can relate to this at one point or another!
I love the possibilities. Can't wait to see some of them turn up.
Great list. Thanks moderators for all the hard work in putting this together.
Some very , shall I say interesting tags! Will probably spend too much time roaming through them-😁
So cool! I love the list. Some interesting choices.Thanks to the moderators for the hard work involved.
I love it! The members had some great suggestions to build the base of our list! Now, to see what the good ol' randomizer throws our way!
'Whining' just cracked me up! Must remember to ask a friend of mine what book it was in 2019 that so irritated her because the main character did nothing but whine. It was by the same female author that had a popular fiction book with 'Lies' in the title.I might as well be prepared. Just in case. 🤣🤣
I notice that you have both ..."contemporary romance" /and/ "romance contemporary"
Love some of the additions. Sorry to see "italy" knocked off the list, though.
Oh well ... we can't have everything!
Book Concierge wrote: "I notice that you have both ..."contemporary romance" /and/ "romance contemporary"
Love some of the additions. Sorry to see "italy" knocked off the list, though.
Oh well ... we can't have every..."
There is the Mediterranean, though.
Somehow shapeshifters and alpha males survived the cull lolGreat list! So many good/interesting tags
Book Concierge wrote: "I notice that you have both ..."contemporary romance" /and/ "romance contemporary"
Love some of the additions. Sorry to see "italy" knocked off the list, though.
Oh well ... we can't have every..."
Thanks for pointing out that duplication! I'll take care of that.
Idit wrote: "Somehow shapeshifters and alpha males survived the cull lolGreat list! So many good/interesting tags"
LOL!
LibraryCin wrote: "Idit wrote: "Somehow shapeshifters and alpha males survived the cull lolGreat list! So many good/interesting tags"
LOL!"
I am assuming "alpha males" is the same as Theresa's "Male bodice Ripper"
Joanne wrote: "LibraryCin wrote: "Idit wrote: "Somehow shapeshifters and alpha males survived the cull lolGreat list! So many good/interesting tags"
LOL!"
I am assuming "alpha males" is the same as Theresa's "..."
Maybe not....but will check more closely. Alpha Males looked initially to me like romance with Special Forces males with tattoos and naked chests on tbe covers (the better to show off the tats).
Male Bodice Rippers are those testoterone heavy books written by Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler, Nelson DeMille, etc. Books straight men buy to read.
Creepy, dark, haunting, horror *>_<* Tsundoku :-O
"Chic lit" .... *angry face*
Really excited to read most of these tags!
"Chic lit" .... *angry face*"right there with ya Meli
Joanne wrote: ""Chic lit" .... *angry face*"right there with ya Meli"
To clarify it is not the genre but the tag... it is meaningless. Women, especially evidenced by this group, read so broad that chic lit is an outdated and sexist tag. I hate it >:-(
Meli wrote: ""To clarify it is not the genre but the tag... it is meaningless. Women, especially evidenced by this group, read so broad that chic lit is an outdated and sexist tag. I hate it >:-(.."Now THAT I can totally get on board with! While I used to use the term "chick lit," I don't any more for the reason you stated! I go with contemporary romance most of the time instead.
Meli wrote: "Joanne wrote: ""Chic lit" .... *angry face*"right there with ya Meli"
To clarify it is not the genre but the tag... it is meaningless. Women, especially evidenced by this group, read so broad th..."
Seriously, as if men have the market cornered on meaningful reads. I can think of some "men's" fiction that was just so much "male fluff" that received raves - the whole Rabbit series, Portnoy's Complaint and others of that ilk.
Whereas some books which women right are thoughtful and provide deeply meaningful and thought provoking insights to family and relationships which are relevant to everyone. One which I am thinking of is Queenie, which I probably should have put on my best of list this year.
Booknblues wrote: "Meli wrote: "Joanne wrote: ""Chic lit" .... *angry face*"right there with ya Meli"
To clarify it is not the genre but the tag... it is meaningless. Women, especially evidenced by this group, rea..."
Oh I really want to read Queenie sometime! Don't have it on my physical tbr, so it's on the long list but as with everything else... someday *sigh*
Queenie made my Top 10 this year! I thought it was great.
Nicole R wrote: "Queenie made my Top 10 this year! I thought it was great."I saw that and thought, I should have put it on mine as well. I think it should have more readers at PBT. It was funny sweet, but thought provoking.
Great list! I am looking forward finding treasures and venting about the WTH ones.
Nicole R wrote: "Queenie made my Top 10 this year! I thought it was great."Another vote for Queenie!
I just realized it wasn't even on my want-to-read so I added it.
At some point in the year I stopped adding books to my want-to-read to keep me out of trouble... it didn't work 😜
Booknblues wrote: "Meli wrote: "Joanne wrote: ""Chic lit" .... *angry face*"right there with ya Meli"
To clarify it is not the genre but the tag... it is meaningless. Women, especially evidenced by this group, rea..."
Male fluff is right!
This year, after soliciting input and mapping against the GR top tags, and de-duplicating, we ended up with a total number of 317 tags from which our two randomly selected tags each month will be drawn.
For those who want to take a look, you are welcome to do so here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...