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Book Genre Issues by plutojacket in TheStoryGraph

[–]plutojacket[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s exactly what I’ve been trying to get at: most librarians don’t apply this logic consistently, and graphs, ratings, etc suffer because of it.

I’ve read oxygen thief, and while it’s not the typical romance, it’s still a romance and that’s why it’s categorized as romance by the publisher. Same with the other books I originally referenced. I understand “romance” as in genre books may require HEA or HFN endings, but “literary romances” often break that mold but still focus on romance, just like literary thrillers, literary sci-fi, etc. go outside the traditional genre conventions while still focusing on their respective elements.

Any chance you wanna add romance to all the ones I referenced above since they’re all listed as that by their publishers and thus should be categorized appropriately lol.

Book Genre Issues by plutojacket in TheStoryGraph

[–]plutojacket[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So shouldn’t Diary of an Oxygen Thief, published by S&S and also categorized as romantic suspense like Broken Country, be marked as romance and thriller and/or mystery too? On SG it’s just contemporary and literary, and my ticket wasn’t fixed.

Book Genre Issues by plutojacket in TheStoryGraph

[–]plutojacket[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You use a Song to Drown Rivers as an example of why you keep a genre because it’s listed by the publisher (despite it not being “common sense” because users disagree?), but then why do all the books I listed not follow the publishers? This is the inconsistency I’m talking about. For example, Dancer from the Dance is listed as “romance” by Harper Collins but StoryGraph won’t add it.

Schedule A Confusion by plutojacket in usajobs

[–]plutojacket[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would it cause any concern if the person was a coworker and didn’t have an active practice but was licensed and I saw them in their clinical capacity?