Play Book Tag discussion

Monthly Tag:

Jan - food - Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials by Ovidia Yu
Feb - England - A Knight's Duty by W.J. Small
Mar - Japan - Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Apr - friendship - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
May - indigenous - Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Jun - immigration - The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford
Jul - adventure - Magic Claims by Ilona Andrews
Aug - moral dilemmas - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Sep - literary fiction - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Oct - winter - Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson & Lauren Myracle
Nov - dragons - Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
Dec - holiday - A Very Scalzi Christmas by John Scalzi

Happy Birthday PBT Candles:

1. Read a book that fits our very first tag: historical fiction. Note that our very first tagger was MOM2RUDY who is now a published author, W.J. Small (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...).
Review: A Knight's Duty by W.J. Small

2. PBT was founded in February, 2008. Read a book that represents or relates to any event that occurred (or occurs) in February (Valentine's Day - romance). Review: Egotistical Puckboy by Eden Finley & Saxon James

3. Read a 5 star book from any of our administrators (past or present) "read" shelf. Administrators include: Ladyslott, LibraryCin, Annapi, JoLene, BooknBlues, Nicole R, Kristal and Anita.

From Kristal's list: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... Review: Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Tale by Dan Dye and Mark Beckloff

4. We have been compiling the PBT Top 10 list since our inception. Read a book from any of our 15 years of Top 10 selections.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

From 2022 - Review: Horse: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks

5. Read a book that fits the tag of India. Read in December, 2013, it represents our least read tag (excluding administrator special tags).
Review: The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey

6. Surprisingly, our favorite tag as measured by books read in one month was read way back in 2008. Read a book that fits the tag of mystery. Review: Encore in Death by J.D. Robb

7. When PBT was 7 years old, we compiled our own top 100 non-fiction books of all time. Read one to blow out this candle. Review: 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn

8. When PBT was 8 years old, we compiled our own top 100 fictional books of all time. Read one to blow out this candle.

https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

Review: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

9. In 2016, we were forced to make the move from Shelfari to Goodreads. Read a book that fits EITHER the last tag we read at Shelfari (2010) or the first tag we read at Goodreads (world war ii). Review (WWII): Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission by Hampton Sides

10. Our most prolific poster (in the Goodreads era) is Amy (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...). Amy has posted more than anyone (including the administrators!) with 9301 comments as of this writing. Read a book in Amy's honor that somehow relates to her (either it is on her shelf, or highlights something you know about her personally, or her geography, or her profession). Indicate how you selected the book with your review. One of Amy's 5-star books - Review: The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso

11. Read a book that was a buddy read here on PBT that you have not read before. Link to the buddy read thread along with your review.
Review: The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Link to Buddy Read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

12. Fall Flurries and Trim the TBR have been staples for PBT for a very long time! Select a book that has been read for either of these PBT stalwarts that is shelved on our PBT bookshelf found here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books... Review: Return of the Magi by P.J. Tracy

13. When PBT was one year old (in its infancy still), we played a game called "Last Tagger Standing", and it was modeled on the famous television show, Survivor. Read a book that is tagged with survival or survivor. Review: We Die Alone: : A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance by David Howarth

14. Read a book from your favorite tag of all the tags you've personally read with PBT (fantasy):
Into the West by Mercedes Lackey

15. PBT is 15 years old! Read a book that was published the year YOU turned 15. (1979)
Review: The Twelve Deaths of Christmas by Marian Babson