The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

The verifications in this thread apply only to the Winter 2022 challenge - they do not carry over to future challenges and genre verifications from the past challenges do not carry forward - verifications are only applicable to the current challenge.

If you see the new GR book detail page, you may click "..more" to display up to 10 genres.
The "see all" genre list will not be used for SRC tasks.

A book need only be verified once in the thread - then it can be used by any participant in the Winter 2022 challenge.

Please do not post task-specific questions here ("is this cover green enough?") and other such questions.

If you are planning to use a book for a genre task and fear that the genre may disappear, post a link to the book in this thread. We will not "lock in" the lack of a childrens or kids genre on the main page.

When you post your book, if the genres have changed, just link to the post in this thread in which it was verified and you'll be good to go.

Because of the volume of verification requests in this thread, I will not be trying to compile any sort of master lists. If the book you are using does not have the required genre at the time of posting, but has been verified in this thread, please link to the post in which it was verified in your completed task posting. If the book you are posting still has the genre on the main page, there is no need to refer to any posts here or in other help threads - if it's there on the main page, you're all set.

Can you please verify MPG Romance for The Witch's Heart? Thank you!

Christine wrote: "Can you please verify MPG Romance for The Witch's Heart? Thank you!"

noted

Please verify the following:

The Christmas Wish for Christmas
Book Lovers for Romance
The Golem and the Jinni for Mythology
The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease for Science
In the Mouth of the Wolf: A Murder, a Cover-Up, and the True Cost of Silencing the Press for True Crime

Emily wrote: "Please verify the following:

The Christmas Wish for Christmas
Book Lovers for Romance
The Golem and the Jinni for Mythology
[book:The Kissing Bug: ..."

all noted

Please verify MPG Science for Lesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig. Thank you!

Christine wrote: "Please verify MPG Science for Lesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig. Thank you!"

noted

Could you please also verify MPG Humor for An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed, and MPG True Crime for Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President? Thank you so much!

Christine wrote: "Could you please also verify MPG Humor for An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed, and MPG True Crime for [book:Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a..."

both noted

Please verify The Vow for the genre of ROMANCE

Vicki Willis wrote: "Please verify The Vow for the genre of ROMANCE"

genre noted.

Please note that this appears to be a kindle only book, so you'll need to verify it for length.

Noting here: Demon Copperhead - genres:
Fiction
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Retellings
Audiobook
Adult

Can you please verify romance for both of these?
Mad Honey
Shmutz
TIA

Meg wrote: "Can you please verify romance for both of these?
Mad Honey
Shmutz
TIA"

Both noted

Please verify the following:

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender for History
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century for Social Justice
Locke & Key: The Golden Age for Graphic Novels

Can you please verify
The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson for the genre of NON FICTION?
Thanks

Vicki Willis wrote: "Can you please verify
The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson for the genre of NON FICTION?
Thanks"

Emily wrote: "Please verify the following:

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender for History
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century for..."

all noted

can i pleaes get the following approved for Genre: Christmas:

The Mistletoe Promise
Waiting for Daddy Christmas
Love at Frost Bite: Nick

Dee wrote: "can i pleaes get the following approved for Genre: Christmas:

The Mistletoe Promise
Waiting for Daddy Christmas
Love at Frost Bite: Nick"

genre noted

Please verify the following:
Spare for MPG Politics
A Thousand Ships for MPG Feminism

Thank you!

Christine wrote: "Please verify the following:
Spare for MPG Politics
A Thousand Ships for MPG Feminism

Thank you!"

both noted

Please lock for Mythology:
The Dark is Rising

Kathy KS wrote: "Please lock for Mythology:
The Dark is Rising"

sorry, mythology is not showing as a main page genre.

Please verify Mythology for
The Physicians of Vilnoc and
The Assassins of Thasalon

(I'm back on the old GR book pages which show Mythology > Gods.)

Julia wrote: "Please verify Mythology for
The Physicians of Vilnoc and
The Assassins of Thasalon

(I'm back on the old GR book pages which show Mythology > Gods.)"

sorry, neither shows mythology

Sandy wrote: "Julia wrote: "Please verify Mythology for
The Physicians of Vilnoc and
The Assassins of Thasalon

(I'm back on the old GR book pages which show Mythology > Gods.)"
..."

So is the standard now that on the old version of the book page only the embedded genre (words following >) is considered as the MPG since the parent genre may not be on the new page?

I tried to find something about this in the rules but could only find how to determine MPG from the new page (not a change in what people with the old page should look at.)

Can you verify Feminism for Menopause: A Comic Treatment ?

Thank you!

Sandy wrote: "Kathy KS wrote: "Please lock for Mythology:
The Dark is Rising"

sorry, mythology is not showing as a main page genre."

Hmm, this appears to be one of those new/old pages deals. I was on the old version and it was Mythology>Arthurian, I believe. But today I have new version and see it's listed only as Arthurian.

Kathy KS wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Kathy KS wrote: "Please lock for Mythology:
The Dark is Rising"

sorry, mythology is not showing as a main page genre."

Hmm, this appears to be one of those new/old p..."

I'm on the old page--today-- and you are correct...it's showing mythology>arthurian. I wish GR would make up their mind and get us all on the same "page"..no pun intended LOL

Robin (Saturndoo) wrote: "Kathy KS wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Kathy KS wrote: "Please lock for Mythology:
The Dark is Rising"

sorry, mythology is not showing as a main page genre."

Hmm, this appears to be one o..."

See Robin's post above?

So, does that mean it's locked now, Sandy? That would be great!

Julia wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Julia wrote: "Please verify Mythology for
The Physicians of Vilnoc and
The Assassins of Thasalon

(I'm back on the old GR book pages which show Mythol..."

we are not going to rewrite the rules while GR is still in flux. It's apparent that everyone needs to understand that they are flipping back and forth - I have flipped at least 3 times since I first was flipped in August.

This has been discussed before, and it has been pointed out that in the new form, the genre is the one after the >, not the parent genre. Since I am on the new book page, I will be working with that - and since the genre after the > is what transfers to the new page, that's what you're going to have to use.

Kathy KS wrote:So, does that mean it's locked now, Sandy? That would be great..."

No.

Sandy wrote: "Kathy KS wrote:So, does that mean it's locked now, Sandy? That would be great..."

No."

I accept your interpretation, but wanted to point out that some of us flip often, so never know when we'll see either version. Frankly, mine flips almost every day! Yesterday I was new, today I'm old, etc. So it makes it hard to keep up.

The embedded subject it is. I've just never been sure that this was consistent either.

Can you verify Feminism for Menopause: A Comic Treatment ?

Thank you!