MobileRead Administration: New years reading categories - Page 6

Andanzas · 09-22-2009, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Well... um gee. We can do that without a book club.

BOb

I beg your pardon? I was merely suggesting that the book club could work without categories as well. Well, apparently I am the only one who thinks that.

Anyway, I would drop one of the classics and choose instead "Foreign Language" (I mean, something not written originally in English). Also, instead of "Romance," I would prefer a more general label, like "Love stories," for example. That could include romance but also other kinds of literature.

AnemicOak · 09-22-2009, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Ah that's a bit better. How do you know if a book is still in print? If there is an ebook for it, does that mean it is still in print.

I think it would mean popular enough to be in print from a mainstream publisher (penguin, harper, etc.)

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

What do others think of the Historical Fiction genre? I admit I don't think I have really read anything in the genre... except maybe the Wagon's West series I read as a teen which had Sam Huston and some other historical persons in it as it followed pioneers expanding out to the western states. BUt, it was really pretty pulp stuff if I recall correctly.

Historical Fiction...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_fiction

pilotbob · 09-22-2009, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Andanzas

I beg your pardon? I was merely suggesting that the book club could work without categories as well. Well, apparently I am the only one who thinks that.

Yea, I know. I was teasing you a bit. I think part of the "draw" of the book club is to maybe get you out of the genres you normally read. Having it totally open every month I think will keep people in their favorite genres.

It could work I guess.

BOb

pilotbob · 09-22-2009, 04:05 PM

As I am reading through my month list I am also wondering, do we need a month dedicated to Bio's? I mean, all of them would fall under non-fiction right? If we kept the Bio month I think the non-fiction month would be excludes Bio's.

BOb

pilotbob · 09-22-2009, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

Maybe it got overlooked, but my idea for the Classics could be pulling one of the 1001 list and narrow it down to books on MR. At last count I think there were at least 100, and I have that data on my spreadsheet (not on the one in my sig but my personal one).

I did see you mention that... didn't mean to ignore you. My feeling is that 1001 books is not enough of a pool to select from. But, I could be wrong.

I'm still open to how we define "classic".

BOb

pilotbob · 09-22-2009, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Historical Fiction...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_fiction

Don't get me wrong, I know what Historical Fiction is... I just wonder if there is enough interest of that genre in the main group of members to carry that month off well.

BOb

Elfwreck · 09-22-2009, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

As I am reading through my month list I am also wondering, do we need a month dedicated to Bio's? I mean, all of them would fall under non-fiction right? If we kept the Bio month I think the non-fiction month would be excludes Bio's.

I did notice they overlapped. I'm not sure that matters; plenty of the other genres have room for overlap. Admittedly, none of them entirely include another category--but we could potentially wind up having four different "romance" books in a year, or three different ghost stories, or half a dozen free-public-domain books.

There's a logic to excluding bios from the "Nonfiction" category, but I'm not concerned if it doesn't happen, especially since biographies are mostly excluded from the other genres.

(Historical Fiction is where the westerns go, right? And apparently, Clan of the Cave Bears, which I thought of as science fiction for years before I bothered to look at how it was marketed.)

Sparrow · 09-22-2009, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

I think part of the "draw" of the book club is to maybe get you out of the genres you normally read.

That's the biggest attraction of the MRBC for me - reading a recommended book in an unfamiliar genre.

AnemicOak · 09-22-2009, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Don't get me wrong, I know what Historical Fiction is... I just wonder if there is enough interest of that genre in the main group of members to carry that month off well.

BOb

I don't know. It's not something I normally read which would make it a good thing for me, but there are other things that could surely replace it. Maybe give Suspense/Thriller it's own month separate from Mystery.

AnemicOak · 09-22-2009, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Elfwreck

(Historical Fiction is where the westerns go, right? And apparently, Clan of the Cave Bears, which I thought of as science fiction for years before I bothered to look at how it was marketed.)

Some would say Westerns is it's own genre. Of course for many books multiple genres can be argued as "correct".

pilotbob · 09-22-2009, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Some would say Westerns is it's own genre. Of course for many books multiple genres can be argued as "correct".

Yes, I agree with that. I also think that is what makes this a bit hard.

BOb

pilotbob · 09-22-2009, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Maybe give Suspense/Thriller it's own month separate from Mystery.

I like that idea... but maybe in lieu of Bio's since they fit very well into Non-Fiction.

BOb

AnemicOak · 09-22-2009, 04:56 PM

I suppose September's category could be Banned Books...
http://www.bannedbooksweek.org

JSWolf · 09-22-2009, 04:59 PM

Thing is, if we decide Classic is a public domain book, do we go with life + 50 or life + 70?

lilac_jive · 09-22-2009, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

I did see you mention that... didn't mean to ignore you. My feeling is that 1001 books is not enough of a pool to select from. But, I could be wrong.

I'm still open to how we define "classic".

BOb

Well it would only be for the classic month. It's not a huge pool, but there's some good stuff to choose from in there.

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pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	As I am reading through my month list I am also wondering, do we need a month dedicated to Bio's? I mean, all of them would fall under non-fiction right? If we kept the Bio month I think the non-fiction month would be excludes Bio's. BOb

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AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	I suppose September's category could be Banned Books... http://www.bannedbooksweek.org

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,721 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Thing is, if we decide Classic is a public domain book, do we go with life + 50 or life + 70?