The Next Best Book Club discussion

Here is where we report our shelves and number of books read for Shelf-A-Thon 14!

For those of you who participated in Shelf-a-Thon 13 you can cross of a shelf of your choice for each of these shelves that didn't make it on to the Shelf-a-Thon 14 list if you actually read a book that touched that shelf (not if you crossed it off some other way):

2004
21st-century
biographies
children-s-lit
children-s-literature
christianity
comic
crime-fiction
essays
food
indonesian
inspirational
kindle-book
school-books
ya-books

And here are the shelves that are replacing those that have left, for anyone who is curious:

2013
1001-books
available
favs
lendable
looks-interesting
loved-it
modern-fiction
next
not-yet-released
paper
read-again
to-read
to-read-kindle
to-read-owned

Thanks Rebecca!

Hit 8 previous shelves
Crossed off christian; christian-fiction; mm; m-m; 1; detective; cookbooks; manga

Thanks for organising this.

2 books
110 shelves

Hit 6 previous shelves
Crossed off: business, christian-fiction, erotica, mm, picture-book, political

I hit 7 previous shelves

Crossing off
do-not-own, don-t-own,education, french, german, graphic-novel, graphic-novels

0 Books
7 Shelves

Hit 11 previous shelves:
2004, 21st-century, biographies, children-s-lit, children-s-literature, christianity, essays, food, inspirational, kindle-book, ya-books

Crossing off:
1, education, military, mystery-suspense, mystery-thriller, psychology, sociology, thriller, thrillers, vampire, vampires

0 books
11 shelves

Hit 9 previous shelves:

21st-century, biographies, children-s-lit, children-s-literature, christianity, crime-fiction, inspirational, school-books, ya-books.

Crossing off: 3-stars, erotica, graphic novel, graphic novels, lendable, manga, print, to-read-2, unsorted.

1 book
70 shelves

Glad you're back Rebecca. Sounds like you had a rough week. Hope things start looking up.

0 books
9 shelves

I hit the following shelves in round 13: 2004, biographies, comic, crime-fiction, essays, food, inspirational, kindle-book and ya-books

I crossed off: business, education, mm, m-m, philosophy, plays, poetry, reference, and sociology

7 books
165 shelves

Book 3: goodreads author, crossed off war AND over 500 pages, crossed off for-school, french
Book 5: goodreads author, crossed off young
Book 6: goodreads author, crossed off self-help
Book 7: over 400 pages, crossed off political

3 books
89 shelves

I accidentally deleted my Shelf-a-thon-13 file so I don't know how many deleted shelves I hit in the previous round!

Pinar wrote: "3 books
89 shelves

I accidentally deleted my Shelf-a-thon-13 file so I don't know how many deleted shelves I hit in the previous round!"

Oh no!! And that's not even information you can try to fill in from the postings. Sorry :(

Pinar wrote: "3 books
89 shelves

I accidentally deleted my Shelf-a-thon-13 file so I don't know how many deleted shelves I hit in the previous round!"

Is it hanging around in your recycle bin? It might be if you didn't use shift+delete?

Jessica wrote: "Pinar wrote: "3 books
89 shelves

I accidentally deleted my Shelf-a-thon-13 file so I don't know how many deleted shelves I hit in the previous round!"

Is it hanging around in your recycle bin? It..."

I always shift-delete stuff. Well I didn't score that well in the past round anyway so no prob!

149 shelves
4 books

book 1: GR author - crossed theology
book 2: GR author - crossed anthology
book 4: over 800 pages - crossed graphic -novel, graphic-novels, unowned, spiritual

3 books
124 shelves
Goodreads author - "Cookbooks"
Goodreads author - "free"

2 books
101 shelves

Book 1 >500 pages, crossed off: mm, m-m

4 books
111 shelves

4 books
143 Shelves

Goodreads author - "not-yet-released"
Over 700 pages - "art, books-we-own, culture, freebie"

6 books
157 shelves

12 books,
230 shelves

book 5: GR author; crossed off buy
book 6: > 400 pages; crossed off ebooks-i-own
book 8: GR author; crossed off giveaways
book 10: >500pages; crossed off keepers, lendable
book 11: >600pages; crossed off looks-interesting, on-my-kindle, picture-book
book 12: >700pages; crossed off unsorted, spirituality, review, picture-books
book 12: GR author; crossed off available

8 books
174 shelves

Hit 6 previous shelves: business, christian-fiction, erotica, mm, picture-book, political

GoodReads Author: m-m

Over 400 pages: politics, self-help

3 books
118 shelves

Book 1 >500 pages, crossed off: mm, m-m

7 books
131 shelves

Rebecca, are you going to post any standings?

8 books
178 shelves

4 books
142 shelves

Book 1 >500 pages, crossed off: mm, m-m
Book 4 by GR author, crossed off: horror

8 books
146 shelves

Sorry everyone - I updated my spreadsheet and did the random drawing but never posted.

Standings as of December 1st!

Hanne - 230 shelves, 12 books
Pigletto - 174 shelves, 8 books
Rebecca - 165 shelves, 7 books
Lori - 157 shelves, 6 books
Pinar - 111 shelves, 4 books
Jessica - 101 shelves, 2 books
Kari - 77 shelves, 9 books
Adele - 7 shelves, 0 books


Hanne, Pigletto and Lori can each cross off three extra shelves for being top shelvers!

Since there aren't too many of us this round and I was late, Pinar, Jessica, Kari and Adele can each cross off two shelves.

If there is an error, please let me know. These numbers are through post #22 (November 30th, 2012.)

13 books
211 shelves

Book 8: goodreads author, crossed off unowned
Book 9: goodreads author, crossed off unsorted AND over 400 pages, crossed off and

thanks rebecca!


16 books
254 shelves

book 13: >700pages; crossed off vampire, vampires, plays, public-library
book 13: GR author; crossed off summer-reading
book 15: > 400 pages; crossed off do-not-own
book 16: GR author; crossed of want-to-buy

Extra two shelves: 2011 read; 3-stars

EDIT: looks like i didn't read properly, i can do three extra shelves, so crossed off books-we-own too.

Thanks Rebecca! I could use 2 extra shelves too; I'm going travelling soon and won't be reading much. Happy holidays everyone!

4 books
144 shelves

Book 1 >500 pages, crossed off: mm, m-m
Book 4 by GR author, crossed off: horror
2 extra shelves, crossed off: business, in

I'm late to the party since I've been in a reading slump, but I'd like to play along.

I hit 4 previous shelves from the last challenge. Crossed off - picture-book, erotica, manga, vampire

1 book
85 shelves

Mary - welcome back. One of the great things of this challenge is you can start anytime.

6 books
190 shelves

Book 1 >500 pages, crossed off: mm, m-m
Book 4 by GR author, crossed off: horror
2 extra shelves, crossed off: business, in
Book 5 >500 pages, crossed off: mine, mysteries
Book 6 by GR author & >500 pages, crossed off: 2005, home, home-library

7 books
196 shelves

Book 1 >500 pages, crossed off: mm, m-m
Book 4 by GR author, crossed off: horror
2 extra shelves, crossed off: business, in
Book 5 >500 pages, crossed off: mine, mysteries
Book 6 by GR author & >500 pages, crossed off: 2005, home, home-library
Book 7 by GR author, crossed off: next

Sorry about the frequent updating. I wasn't expecting to finish another book before I left.

9 books
200 shelves

Over 700 pages cross off: "vampire, vampires, on-my-bookshelf, paper"
Top shelfer - "bookshelf, books-i-have, books-i-own-to-read"

Thanks Rebecca!

Rebecca wrote: "Here is where we report our shelves and number of books read for Shelf-A-Thon 14!

For those of you who participated in Shelf-a-Thon 13 you can cross of a shelf of your choice for each of these she..."

Can someone direct me to how this Shelf-a-Thon works? ;o)

Liz wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Here is where we report our shelves and number of books read for Shelf-A-Thon 14!

For those of you who participated in Shelf-a-Thon 13 you can cross of a shelf of your choice for e..."

Take a look here for the rules:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Thank you, Pigletto! This looks like an interesting challenge for 2013. One question? Why does it start in November 2012 and end January 2013 (beginning or end?), not January 2013 to December 2013? ;o)

Liz wrote: "Thank you, Pigletto! This looks like an interesting challenge for 2013. One question? Why does it start in November 2012 and end January 2013 (beginning or end?), not January 2013 to December 2013?..."

Liz, welcome! This challenge only covers 3 months which is why it runs from November 1, 2012 to January 31, 2013. You can count any books you've read since November 1, 2012. Shelf-a-Thon 15 will start February 1.

Rebecca wrote: "Liz wrote: "Thank you, Pigletto! This looks like an interesting challenge for 2013. One question? Why does it start in November 2012 and end January 2013 (beginning or end?), not January 2013 to De..."

I'll never win ... for me sometimes I only get through 3 books in 3 months! Not quite I understand the goal/point (or even some of the directions), so maybe I'll just wait and watch what happens?!? ;o)

10 books
213 shelves

20 books
276 shelves

book 17: GR author; crossed off already-read
book 18: > 400p; crossed off travel
book 19: > 400p; crossed off to-read-2

Liz wrote: "I'll never win ... for me sometimes I only get through 3 books in 3 months! Not quite I understand the goal/point (or even some of the directions), so maybe I'll just wait and watch what happens?!? ;o)"

Liz, I hope you decide to join us. You'd be surprised how many shelves you can cross off with just a few books. I have found in the last few years of doing this challenge that I will try to vary what I am reading - throw in non-fiction, audio books, manga, etc. just to try to hit other shelves.

If you need more clarification on the directions, feel free to ask.

I'm baaaack! I hope I can jump in by going through the books I have already read up to now. This make take a little time, but I'll get it posted in a day or two.

I'm going to do this five books at a time. So my first figures are...

5 books
142 shelves

Book 3 GR Author: m-m
Book 4 GR Author: default

I think this is it before celebrating tonight:

10 books
210 shelves

Book 6 GR Author: erotica
Book 7 GR Author: epubs
Book 9 GR Author: freebie

Roseann wrote: "I'm baaaack! I hope I can jump in by going through the books I have already read up to now. This make take a little time, but I'll get it posted in a day or two."

Welcome back Roseann!

Here are the standings as of December 31st(post 53):


Hanne - 276 shelves, 20 books
Lori - 213 shelves, 10 books
Rebecca - 211 shelves, 13 books
Roseann - 210 shelves, 10 books
Jessica - 196 shelves, 7 books
Pigletto - 174 shelves, 8 books
Kari - 140 shelves, 27 books
Pinar - 111 shelves, 4 books
Mary - 85 shelves, 1 book
Adele - 7 shelves, 0 books

Jessica has increased her shelf count by 95 from December 1 and can cross off three shelves. Kari has increased her shelf count by 63 and can cross off two shelves.

Mary, Hanne and Pigletto can cross off two shelves for the random draw.

One month left - let's keep crossing off those shelves!

If there is an error, please let me know.

10 books
156 shelves

A few more:

15 Books
228 Shelves