Time to Vote for the December Tag

[Meli]

I have unleashed The Cranberries Zombie out into the PBT world. Now we wait for it to shoot to #1 on the music charts 😈

[LibraryCin]

Cora wrote: "Here you go Lyn: A Very Zombie Christmas: An ATZ Christmas Specia..."

Love it! I might have to pick this one up if zombies wins. :-)

[LibraryCin]

I suspect no matter which one wins, people will be able to find more than they think to fit.

[LibraryCin]

NancyJ wrote: "I suspect some people will recognize the song when they hear it. It took me years to realize they were saying the word zombies. And that it’s about the IRA in Ireland..."

I never knew what the song was about, but I do know the song!

[LibraryCin]

Meli wrote: "Santa Clause could be a zombie! He never dies!
I guess he could be a vampire in that case too... and he does travel at night. But vampires are the living dead, so ... 🧟‍♀️"

LOL!

[Amy]

Joanne - for which choice would you forego a monthly tag for the first time? If its leadership (as you might have implied) then we have a three way showdown of laying down the gauntlet. Who is so horrified at the winner that they lose their streak! Off to vote!

[Kelly]

Sue wrote: "Meli wrote: "As the Cranberries would say (or sing):

"In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
What's in your head, in your head?
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie-ie
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-..."

My son thought she was singing, "Tommy, Tommy, Tommy-y-y..."

[Theresa]

LibraryCin wrote: "I suspect no matter which one wins, people will be able to find more than they think to fit."

I don't think it is so much finding something to fit as what we are willing to read, in mood for, given some of the reading recently.

[Theresa]

Amy wrote: "Joanne - for which choice would you forego a monthly tag for the first time? If its leadership (as you might have implied) then we have a three way showdown of laying down the gauntlet. Who is so h..."

I love a good guantlet thrown challenge!

[RachelG.]

I have found books that look interesting in each category so I am curious to see what it will be!

[Holly R W]

What's funny to me is that I just started a new book today and it began with a tongue in cheek discussion of - Wait for It - ZOMBIES!

[Theresa]

Holly R W wrote: "What's funny to me is that I just started a new book today and it began with a tongue in cheek discussion of - Wait for It - ZOMBIES!"

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Sue]

I love a good vampire, witch or werewolf book. But I just can't seem to get into the zombies. But if it wins I'm sure I'll find something - probably one of the Christmas-themed books.

[LibraryCin]

Sue wrote: "I love a good vampire, witch or werewolf book. But I just can't seem to get into the zombies. But if it wins I'm sure I'll find something - probably one of the Christmas-themed books."

Have to admit, I'm similar. I've read plenty of the others (well, not as many werewolf books, but more than zombies). But I will read it if it's chosen, for sure.

[DianeMP]

Voted! Not much choice, however.

[Karin]

I haven't voted yet since I'm not excited about the choices for December of all months, but anyone who knows my reading tastes can predict which one I won't vote for :)!

[Linda]

NancyJ wrote: "This link shows newer books with the writing tag. https://www.goodreads.com/genres/writing

For leadership, I would go the fiction route too, with The Winners by Fredrik Backman. Hi..."

Thank you Nancy for that list. There are a couple on there that I would like to read.

[Amy]

I didn't catch that about the Winners. I would hands down read that for leadership if that's a good option. Great excuse to get to it!

[Jenni Elyse]

I can make any of these work. I prefer zombies, even if it's December, lol.

[Jenni Elyse]

Meli wrote: "Santa Clause could be a zombie! He never dies!
I guess he could be a vampire in that case too... and he does travel at night. But vampires are the living dead, so ... 🧟‍♀️"

Ha ha! I'll always think of Santa Claus traveling around the world in search of brains or blood from now on. LOL.

[Robin P]

Hmm, Santa lives forever and knows where to find people, especially children with nice young blood . . .

[Meli]

Jenni Elyse wrote: "I can make any of these work. I prefer zombies, even if it's December, lol."

YAY!

Jenni Elyse wrote: "Ha ha! I'll always think of Santa Claus traveling around the world in search of brains or blood from now on. LOL."

Robin P wrote: "Hmm, Santa lives forever and knows where to find people, especially children with nice young blood . . ."

Oh wow, you guys are morbid 🤭
Just kidding! 😂

[Jen K]

I accidentally read a zombie book this week and it was adorable: The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

Intentionally read it but didn't realize that zombies (drudges) were part of the story. It is definitely a romance but was sweet.

[Joanne]

LoL Kate-I really like you

[Barbara M]

My first look at that list had me cringing! I've read so many leadership books in my work and bought many of them but 12 years of retirement means I'm over it! The first pages on writing were pure non-fiction and instructional, again, I'm over it. Zombies would be OK but I was hoping for something different.

The new lists above are giving me hope for both leadership and writing!

[NancyJ]

Barbara M wrote: "My first look at that list had me cringing! I've read so many leadership books in my work and bought many of them but 12 years of retirement means I'm over it! The first pages on writing were pure ..."

I know. I cringe when I look at some of the titles. I’m still attracted to some leadership related concepts, but I want to see them in action in fiction (or maybe a good biography). I like seeing examples of ethical courage, empathy, coaching, and how people deal with change or bring it about.

Small Things Like These. It might not be obvious, but I think it fits a core component of leadership.

Annihilation shows female leadership in a futuristic setting.

Beartown series. These definitely fit, in many ways, at different levels. I will be reading The Winners.

Still Life series by Louise Penny. The early books might not fit, but Armand Gamache is a fascinating leader. The new book should be out soon.

[Robin P]

Yes, I went with leadership based on the fiction options. Same if writing wins, I would count a fiction book with an author/librarian/book lover.

[Meli]

NancyJ wrote: "Small Things Like These. It might not be obvious, but I think it fits a core component of leadership."

Dude, that's crazy you mention this because that is my local bookstore book club book for December!

[Theresa]

Should zombies win, here are options that are more classic spoofs: https://www.quirkbooks.com/quirk-clas...

Currently reading Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters and finding it quite enjoyable so far.

[NancyJ]

Theresa wrote: "Should zombies win, here are options that are more classic spoofs: https://www.quirkbooks.com/quirk-clas...

Currently reading Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters and finding it..."

The film Pride and prejudice and zombies was on TV the night my son came home. My son was shocked that I was able to quote many lines of dialogue in a zombie movie. Lol. Some scenes follow P&P perfectly. It didn’t hold their interest though, so I switched to Black Hawk Down.

[Hannah]

Theresa wrote: "Should zombies win, here are options that are more classic spoofs: https://www.quirkbooks.com/quirk-clas...

Currently reading Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters and finding it..."

I think if Zombies wins I will probably end up reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies or one of these other options.

[Karin]

If Zombies wins it will take a very special book to get me to read one. I couldn't get into Pride, Prejudice and Zombies.

[NancyJ]

Karin wrote: "If Zombies wins it will take a very special book to get me to read one. I couldn't get into Pride, Prejudice and Zombies."

I couldn’t read it either. The funniest parts of the movie were all visual for me.

[Theresa]

The movie Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was far better than the book IMHO which I considered a very lazy attempt. A different author penned Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters and so far is doing a far better more original and interesting job of it. But it isn't zombies either. At least not yet.

[Anita]

NancyJ wrote: ".Fiction Examples - I’ll keep adding to this list.
Robin, I know you’ll agree with this first one.
A Town Like Alice
Beartown
The Winners* have
Watership Down
She Who Became the Sun
The Orphan Master's Son
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Under the Dome by Stephen King
The Night Watchman
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Middlemarch by George Elliot
Station Eleven
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Starship Troopers
Louise Penny mysteries would fit too.
Shackleton
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin - * perfect fit
Small Things Like These - less obvious fit.
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer.."

Thank you so much for this list . . .I really don't want to read a non-fiction book about leadership unless maybe it's about the monarchy, lol. This list gives a lot of great options.

[Karin]

Theresa wrote: "The movie Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was far better than the book IMHO which I considered a very lazy attempt. A different author penned Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters a..."

I didn't like that Sense and Sensibilities one when one of my daughters borrowed it and it was a dnf (so can shelve it that way now that I have a dedicated dnf shelf)--it was the one I tried; when I say that I couldn't get into the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies one what I mean is that I couldn't get into the idea of it at all. Now there is more than one zombies book featuring P&P characters.