The Next Best Book Club discussion

Here is where we report our shelves and number of books read for Shelf-A-Thon 15!

For those of you who participated in Shelf-a-Thon 14 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 15 list if you actually read a book that touched that shelf (not if you crossed it off some other way):

2005
2006
1001-books
2009-reads
2010-reads
2011-books
2011-read
2012-challenge
4-star
adult-books
already-read
anthology
at-library
books-i-own-to-read
books-owned
books-read-in-2011
books-we-own
business
childhood-favorites
christian-fiction
culture
detective
did-not-finish
don-t-own
education
epub
epubs
europe
for-school
freebie
french
german
guilty-pleasures
keepers
library-book
listened-to
looks-interesting
loved-it
memoir
memoirs
middle-grade
military
music
nook-books
not
not-at-library
on-my-bookshelf
on-my-kindle
own-not-read
paper
partially-read
picture-book
plays
print
public-library
read-2008
read-2009
read-again
read-for-school
read-in-2008
science-fiction-fantasy
self-help
sf
short-story
signed
sociology
spirituality
stories
summer-2012
summer-reading
theology
to-read-kindle
unowned
women
young
young-adult-fiction
youth


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

2
3
1001-books-to-read-before-i-die
1001-import
2013-books
2013-challenge
2013-read
2013-reading-list
2013-reads
2013-releases
all
american-authors
at-the-library
bdsm
book-club-books
books-read-in-2013
c-b
childhood-books
children-s-literature
coming-soon
considering
could-not-finish
creative-writing
currently-own
currently-reading
death
dining-area
downloaded
fiction-literature
freebies
giveaway
giveaways-entered
interesting
kindle-lendable
kobo
later
love-love-love
manga-comics-graphicnovels
my-collection
my-personal-library
mystery-and-crime
mystery-and-suspense
need
needs-reviewed
new-adult
next-to-read
next-up
not-interested
own-but-havent-read
own-but-haven-t-read
owned-and-unread
owned-copy
own-kindle
own-paper-book
own-tbr
pdf
read-2013
read-in-2013
really-want-to-read
reviewhave
sequels
tbr-2013
tbrafter
tbr-pile
teen-fiction
to-be-released
to-download
to-read-2013
to-read-do-not-own
to-read-in-2013
to-read-maybe
to-read-nonfiction
up-next
usa
‪waiting
want-to-get
women-writers

This is one of the biggest changes in shelves I have seen in a long time. I even double checked because it seemed so strange.

Good luck everyone!

I guess I'll get this started, since I didn't participate in Shelf-a-Thon 14 :)

1 book
80 shelves (76 touched)
700+ pages, marked off graphic-novel, graphic-novels, manga, manga-comics-graphicnovels

Welcome Tori!

Can I join? I'm new to Shelf-a-Thon.

Also, which list do we go by? The one begining with 2005 or the one that begins with 2? A little confused.

Woww! So many changes this time. It feels refreshing :)

I hit 24 deleted shelves and crossed off 1, 2, 3, c-b, christian, cookbooks, creative-writing, dining-area, erotica, giveaways-entered, graphic-novel, graphic-novels, hardcover, kindle-lendable, love-love-love, manga, manga-comics-graphicnovels, mm, m-m, mythology, needs-reviewed, poetry, political, politics.

1 book
89 shelves (in total)

It almost feels like cheating with so many cross-offs in the beginning this time. I'm not happy because the ones that were removed were on my "go-to" list for cross-offs. :)

Sam wrote: "Can I join? I'm new to Shelf-a-Thon.

Also, which list do we go by? The one begining with 2005 or the one that begins with 2? A little confused."

Welcome Sam! I responded to your message. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Rebecca wrote: "It almost feels like cheating with so many cross-offs in the beginning this time. I'm not happy because the ones that were removed were on my "go-to" list for cross-offs. :)"

i have the same, i can cross off 44 shelves without reading a book! i feel bad, because it puts the newbies and some people who ended shelfaton-14 at a lower number immediately in a huge disadvantage, no?

Hanne, it's really only a disadvantage to the new people. It's a "perk" of being a returning player. Go ahead and cross them off!

I now have the full list at my disposal. I'm ready to start! Oh, and thanks Rebecca.

Crossed off 44 shelves
1001-import, 3-stars, art, bdsm, c-b, comics, coming soon, considering, cookbooks, dining area, erotica, giveaway, giveaways, giveaways-entered, graphic-novel, graphic- novels, lendable, love-love-love, manga, manga-comics-graphicnovels, mm, m-m, needs-reviewed, need-to-buy, not-yet-released, own-but-havent-read, own-but-haven-t-read, owned-and-unread, own-to-read, read-more-than-once, reviewhave, tbr-2013, tbr-after, to-be-released, to-read-2, to-read-owned, to-review, up-next, usa, vampire, vampires, waiting, want-to-buy, want-to-own

1 Book
127 shelves

I am going to play this round again.

81 Shelves
1 book

1 book 500+ pages - "m-m", "erotica"

Crossed off 30 shelves:

1, 2, 3, 1001-import, 3-stars, bdsm, c-b, considering, cookbooks, creative-writing, dining-area, kobo, love-love-love, manga-comics-graphicnovels, mm, m-m, mystery-and-crime, mystery-and-suspense, mystery-suspense, mystery-thriller, needs-reviewed, new-adult, personal-library, reviewhave, suspense, thriller, thrillers, vampire, vampires, waiting

1 book
105 shelves

Crossed off 44 shelves - 1, 2, 3, 1001-import, 3-stars, 4-stars, 5-star, 5-stars, all, available, bdsm, calibre, c-b, christian, coming-soon, considering, creative-writing, dining-area, downloaded, erotica, giveaways-entered, hardcover, in, interesting, love-love-love, mm, m-m, new, new-adult, next, next-to-read, next-up, not-interested, not-yet-released, paperback, pdf, really-want-to-read, reviewhave, to-be-released, to-download, to-read-2, unsorted, up-next

crossed-off 44 shelves: 1, 2, 3, art, bdsm, c-b, christian, comics, considering, cookbooks, creative-writing, dining-area, downloaded, freebies, giveaways, giveaways-entered, graphic-novel, graphic-novels, interesting, kindle-lendable, kindle-to-read, later, magna, magna-comics-graphicnovels, mm, m-m, my-bookshelf, my-collection, mystery-and-crime, mystery-and-suspense, needs-reviewed, need-to-get, own-paper-book, pdf, picture-books, reviewhave, thrillers, to-read-nonfiction, travel, waiting, want-to-buy, want-to-get

2 books
149 shelves

Crossed off (Goodreads Author) - waiting

1 book
68 shelves

Hi guys, new here but this looked like a fun thing to join in with,

5 books
151 shelves
600+ marked off- bdsm, biography and cookbooks

Welcome Gemma!

It is fun and it can be rather entertaining to see how some people have shelved books.

1 book
88 shelves

crossed off 29 shelves for old shelves - action-adventure, bdsm, c-b, comics, contemporary-romance, cookbooks, creative-writing, dining-area, erotica, fantasy-sci-fi, giveaways-entered, graphic-novel, graphic-novels, kids, manga, manga-comics-graphicnovels, mythology, not-yet-released, paranormal, paranormal-romance, picture-books, political, reference, reviewhave, supernatural, thriller, urban-fantasy, vampire, vampires

crossed off 1 shelf 400+ - part-of-a-series

1 book
66 shelves

Thanks Pigletto (: Quite amused to see some of the things that are considered historical fiction!

2 books
151 shelves
400+ pages crossed off "downloaded"

5 books
154 shelves

Book 4 by GR author, crossed off: 1001-books-to-read-before-i-die
Book 5 by GR author, crossed off: currently-own

0 books
44 shelves

Crossed off 44 shelves for deleted shelves from Round 14: 1001-books-to-read-before-i-die, 1001-import, 20th-century, 3-stars, 4-stars, 5-star, 5-stars, animals, art, bdsm, bookshelf, calibre, c-b, collection, college, creative-writing, death, dining-area, downloaded, erotica, home, home-library, kobo, lendable, love-love-love, manga, manga-comics-graphicnovels, mm, m-m, mythology, picture-books, poetry, read-more-than-once, reference, school, science, sequels, short-stories, tbrafter, tbr-pile, to-read-2, travel, up-next, usa

I want to welcome everyone!

3 books
109 shelves

2 books
104 shelves

400+ pages marked off "1001-books-to-read-before-i-die"

6 books
166 shelves

Book 6 by GR author, crossed off: picture-books

2 books
126 shelves

Book 2 = Goodreads author ~ crossed off "collection"

I've gone through all the books I've read (finished) so far in February in order to catch up. I'll post updates as I finish additional books.

Effective 17Feb13, 09.00 CST
162 shelves touched
9 books read

Book #5 = 640 pages = cross off "1" "2" and "3"
Book #7 = GR author = cross off "and"

162 shelves touched + 4 cross-offs = 166 shelves

(Did I do that right?)

Looks good to me!

9 books
216 shelves

Book 1 - GR author, crossed off reviewhave
Book 2 - GR author, crossed off war
Book 5 - GR author, crossed off freebies
Book 6 - GR author, crossed off political
Book 7 - GR author, crossed off to-download

Effective 17Feb13, 21.30 CST
166 shelves touched
10 books read

Book #5 = 640 pg = cross off "1" "2" and "3"
Book #7 = GR author = cross off "and"
Book #10 = 464 pg = cross off "bdsm"

166 shelves touched + 5 cross-offs = 171 shelves

105 Shelves
2 Books

Goodreads author - "manga"

Effective 19Feb13, 20.56 CST
172 shelves touched
11 books read

Book #5 = 640 pg = cross off "1" "2" and "3"
Book #7 = GR author = cross off "and"
Book #10 = 464 pg = cross off "bdsm"

172 shelves touched + 5 cross-offs = 177 shelves

193 shelves
5 books

Crossed off:
Goodreads Author - Art
500-599 pages - needs-reviewed & poetry

5 books
187 shelves

Goodreads author - 3
500+pages - kindle-lendable, comedy

7 books
181 shelves

Book 7 by GR author, crossed off: horror

8 books
202 shelves

book 1: > 700 pages; crossed off not-read, own-but-haven-t-read, review, purchased
book 2: > 600 pages; crossed off my-personal-library, need, not interested
book 2: GR author; crossed off unsorted
book 5: GR author; crossed off other
book 7: GR author; crossed off love-love-love
book 7: > 400 pages; crossed off all
book 8: GR author; crossed off 3-stars

Effective 28Feb13, 22.14 CST
188 shelves touched
14 books read

Book #3 = GR author = cross off "manga"
Book #5 = 640 pg = cross off "1" "2" and "3"
Book #6 = 452 pg = cross off "manga-comics-graphicnovels"
Book #7 = GR author = cross off "and"
Book #10 = 464 pg = cross off "bdsm"
Book #12 = GR author = cross off "to-be-released"

188 shelves touched + 8 cross-offs = 196 shelves

9 books
182 shelves
book five: 600+ marked off- bdsm, biography and cookbooks
book seven: 700+ marked off- reference, politics, political and philosophy
book eight: 600+ marked off- 1, 2 and 3

Standings as of February 28th (Post #46)


Rebecca - 216 shelves, 9 books
Hanne - 202 shelves, 8 books
Book Concierge - 196 shelves, 14 books
Pigletto - 193 shelves, 5 books
Lori - 187 shelves, 5 books
Jessica - 181 shelves, 7 books
Gemma - 151 shelves, 5 books
Kari - 135 shelves, 5 books
Mary - 126 shelves, 2 books
Pinar - 109 shelves, 3 books
Kim - 105 shelves, 2 books
Samantha - 104 shelves, 2 books
Tori - 80 shelves, 1 books

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

Kari, Jessica, and Tori can cross off 2 shelves of their choice from the random draw.

If there is an error, please let me know.

6 books
136 shelves

205 shelves
6 books

Top Shelver: free, freebies, giveaway
Goodreads Author: giveaways

March 3 update
194 shelves
16 books


Book #3 = GR author = cross off "manga"
Book #5 = 640 pg = cross off "1" "2" and "3"
Book #6 = 452 pg = cross off "manga-comics-graphicnovels"
Book #7 = GR author = cross off "and"
Book #10 = 464 pg = cross off "bdsm"
Book #12 = GR author = cross off "to-be-released"
Book #16 = GR author = cross off "love-love-love"

194 shelves touched + 9 cross-offs = 203 shelves

2 books
57 shelves

Book #2 = GR author - crossed of "manga"

57 shelves + 1 cross-off = 58 shelves

March 5 update
196 shelves
17 books


Book #3 = GR author = cross off "manga"
Book #5 = 640 pg = cross off "1" "2" and "3"
Book #6 = 452 pg = cross off "manga-comics-graphicnovels"
Book #7 = GR author = cross off "and"
Book #10 = 464 pg = cross off "bdsm"
Book #12 = GR author = cross off "to-be-released"
Book #16 = GR author = cross off "love-love-love"

196 shelves touched + 9 cross-offs = 205 shelves

8 books
189 shelves

Feb random draw cross offs: 4-stars, owned-copy
Book 8 by GR author, crossed off: tbr-pile

Previously forgot to report - Book 2 by GR author, crossed off: tbrafter