Pick-a-Shelf discussion

January

Letter: A


Shelves:

1. modern-fiction The Ocean at the End of the Lane Read 12/01
2. juvenile The High King by Lloyd Alexander xCk (sword on cover) Read 04/01
3. random Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice Read 15/01
4. 2006 Anne of Windy Willows xCi (plant on cover),xCl (bright cover) Read 15/01
5. 2012-read Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie xCd (published 1942) Read 06/01
6. kids-books Elidor by Alan Garner xCf (purchased more than 5 years ago), xCh (boy on cover) Read 06/01
7. have-read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire xCe (male main character),j (636 pages) Read 26/01
8. digital Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch Read 07/01
9. not-interested Life After Life xCa (526 pages) Read 18/01
10. lit The Golden Ass Read 05/01
11. culture The Diary of Adam and Eve xCb (published 1905) Read 22/01
12. detective The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley xCc (19674 ratings), xCg (rating 3.97) Read 16/01


Categories:

a. Number of Pages: 501-600
b. Published in: 1900 - 1919
c. More than 10 000 ratings
d. Published in: 1940 - 1959
e. Main Character (90% of book): Male
f. Books purchased / received more than 5^ years ago
g. An average rating of more than 3.5 stars
h. Person on cover (partials acceptable)
i. Plant on cover (partials acceptable)
j. Number of Pages: 600+
k. Inanimate Object on cover (partials acceptable)
l. Cover is primarily bright colours (white, yellow, pink etc) Think: Happy

I spoke too soon on Tien's feed. We don't have anything in common either. So many of us are reading Anne of Green Gables, haha. Someone lists match mine at least half way! I am also working on the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die so I'm trying to stick within that list as well! Good luck with your list and happy reading!

February

Letter: M

Shelves:

1. pre-2009 Minimum of Two xCe (published in 1987) j (395 ratings) read 31/01
2. romance-historical Shades of Milk and Honey xCb (main character female) xCg (dark cover) Read 22/02
3. mysteries-thrillers The Final Solution by Michael Chabon xCa (parrot on cover)xCc (published 2005) xCf (127 pages) read 23/01
4. friends-to-lovers The Proposal by Mary Balogh xCh (female author) Read 10/02
5. genre-fantasy The Colour of Magic xCd (287 pages) Read 16/02
6. fantastic Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta Read 25/02
7. multiple-reads Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Read 15/04
8. reviewed-books The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon Read 12/02
9. sf-f Majipoor Chronicles Read 05/02
10. inspiration The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom xCk (watches) read 01/02
11. paranormal-supernatural World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks xCi (added to shelf 06/01/14) xCl (342 pages) Read 05/02
12. books-to-movies The Hours by Michael Cunningham Read 02/02

Categories:

a. Animal on cover (partials acceptable)
b. Main Character (90% of book): Female
c. Published in: 2000 - 2009
d. Number of Pages: 201-300
e. Published in: 1980 - 1999
f. Number of Pages: 100-200
g. Cover is primarily dark colours (black, brown, dark blue etc) Think: Gloomy
h. Female Authors
i. Added to your to-read shelf after 31 December 2012*
j. Has number of rating less than 500
k. Inanimate Object on cover (partials acceptable)
l. Number of Pages: 301-400

ooh... I'm seeing some Melina Marchetta's around :)

Loved Finnikin, hope you like it too!!

We have one in common this coming month...well, two now, because I definitely just stole The Hours from you. ;) Happy Reading!

March:

Letter: H

Shelves:

1. 19th-century Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans xCc (book on cover), xCe (cover mostly bright yellow), xCi (242 pages) Read 07/03
2. 2004 The Great Fire by Shirley HazzardxCh (multiple POVs) Read 18/03
3. e-reader The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells xCg (published 1901) Read 09/03
4. it-wikipedia Under the Glacier by Halldór Laxness Read 18/03
5. book-series Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix xCa (male character) Read 28/04
6. middle-school The Ghost's Child by Sonya Hartnett xCd (179 pages), xCf (main character female) Read 06/03
7. mystery-crime A Red Herring Without Mustard xCb (male author) Read 19/03
8. childhood-favorites Anne's House of Dreams Read 24/05
9. murder A Plague on Both Your Houses xCj (dark cover), xCk (published 1996) Read 28/03
10. America Walden by Henry David Thoreau Read 25/05
11. comic Explorers on the Moon by Hergé Read 26/02
12. fluff When It Happens xCl (alternating POVs) Read 07/03

Categories:

a. Main Character (90% of book): Male
b. Male Authors
c. Inanimate Object on cover (partials acceptable)
d. Number of Pages: 100-200
e. Cover is primarily bright colours (white, yellow, pink etc) Think: Happy
f. Main Character (90% of book): Female
g. Published in: 1900 - 1919
h. Multiple POVs(more than 2)
i. Number of Pages: 201-300
j. Cover is primarily dark colours (black, brown, dark blue etc) Think: Gloomy The Marquise of O Read 15/03
k. Published in: 1980 - 1999
l. Alternating POVs (2 only)

April
Letter: P

Shelves:

1. in-the-library The Postman Read 01/04
2. modern-lit Accordion Crimes by Annie Proulx xCf (543 pages) xCi (female author) Read 2/04
3. asia The Three Daughters of Madame Liang by Pearl S. Buck Read 25/5
4. started-but-didn’t-finish The Plague Read 24/06
5. pleasure-reading Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny xCj (published 2010) Read 07/04
6. non-fic How Proust Can Change Your Life Read 18/04
7. five-star-books The Player of Games xCa (published 1988), xCg (male author), xCl (main character - male) Read 25/03
8. top-100 All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren xCd (438 pages) xCe (published 1946) Read 07/04
9. non-series Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson xCb (published in 1978) xCc (142 pages) Read 21/03
10. fiction-other The Pigman xCk Read 11/06
11. school-reads Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi Read 07/06
12. finished-series Little Town on the Prairie xCh (bright cover) Read 24/05

Categories:

a. Published in: 1980 – 1999
b. Published in: 1960 - 1979
c. Number of Pages: 100-200
d. Number of Pages: 401-500
e. Published in: 1940 - 1959
f. Number of Pages: 501-600
g. Male Authors
h. Cover is primarily bright colours (white, yellow, pink etc) Think: Happy
i. Female Authors
j. Published after 2009
k. Alternating POVs (2 only) The Ghost Road by Pat Barker
l. Main Character (90% of book): Male

May

Letter I

Shelves:

1. all-time-favourites Death in Venice xCb (dark cover) Read 19/06
2. keepers The Crow Road by Iain Banks Read 15/06
3. plays Long Day's Journey Into Night xCh (179 pages) Read 14/05
4. picture-book The Cat in the Hat Read 30/04
5. american-literature Everything Is Illuminated xCk (published 2002) Read 28/06
6. biographies Into the Wild Read 02/05
7. made-me-cry Please Ignore Vera Dietz Read 05/05
8. epic The Blade Itself Read 14/05
9. steampunk The Island of Dr. Moreau xCg (rating 3.68) xCl (male author) Read 16/04
10. sociology The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way Read 08/06
11. crime-fiction Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende xCa (290 pages) xCd (many POV's) Read 27/04
12. humorous One of Our Thursdays Is Missing xCc (added to shelf 17/05/13) xCf (main character female) Read 27/04

Categories:

a. Number of Pages: 201-300
b. Cover is primarily dark colours (black, brown, dark blue etc) Think: Gloomy
c. Added to your to-read shelf after 31 December 2012*
d. Multiple POVs(more than 2)
e. Multiple Authors (can be 2 -co-authors, OR many -for anthologies, etc)
f. Main Character (90% of book): Female
g. An average rating of more than 3.5 stars
h. Number of Pages: 100-200
i. Number of Pages: 301-400
j. Alternating POVs (2 only)
k. Published in: 2000 - 2009
l. Male Authors

June:

Letter: R

Shelves:

1. wwii Stones from the River xCa (female character), xCb (published 1994), xCe (plant on cover) Read 17/07
2. indie-own childrens-literature Peter Duck: A Treasure Hunt in the Caribbees by Arthur Ransome xCf (published 1932) Read 10/06
3. creepy Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories by Karen Russell xCi (8787 ratings) Read 20/06
4. life-changing Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling xCc (607 pages) Read 01/07
5. historical-mystery Medicus by Ruth Downie Read 18/06
6. shifter Anthropology Humans by Robert J. Sawyer Read 11/06
7. battle-of-the-books Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon Read 23/06
8. womens-fiction What She Saw... by Lucinda Rosenfeld
9. alternate-history Ring of Fire III xCl (anthology with multiple authors) Read 08/07
10. 1001-books-to-read-before-i-die The Fellowship of the Ring Read 09/07
11. apocalyptic The Road xCg (241 pages) xCj (dark cover) Read 05/06
12. futuristic The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury xCd (rating 4.08) xCh (male author) Read 05/06

Categories:

a. Main Character (90% of book): Female
b. Published in: 1980 - 1999
c. Number of Pages: 600+
d. Average rating of 4 or higher
e. Plant on cover (partials acceptable)
f. Published in: 1920 - 1949
g. Number of Pages: 201-300
h. Male Authors
i. Number of ratings more than 5,000
j. Cover is primarily dark colours (black, brown, dark blue etc) Think: Gloomy
k. Average rating of 3.5 or less
l. Multiple Authors (can be 2 -co-authors, OR many -for anthologies, etc)

July:
Letter: J

Shelves:

1. glbt The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin Read 10/07
2. time-travel Redshirts by John Scalzi Read 22/08
3. feminism Ancillary Justice xCc (female author), xCd (published 2013), xCf (rating 3.98) Read 27/06
4. light-reading Storm Front by Jim Butcher Read 26/07
5. popular-fiction A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole Read 21/07
6. contemporary-literature Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee xCe (dog on cover) Read 21/07
7. 1001-books-to-read-before-you-die Chocky by John Wyndham xCa (published 1968) Read 08/08
8. classic-fiction Moonfleet by John Meade Falkner xCi (main character male), xCk (published 1898) Read 18/07
9. magical-realism The Golem and the Jinni Read 15/08
10. book-club-reads The Fault in Our Stars by John Green xCg (male author), xCj (4.48 rating) xCl (main character female)Read 30/06
11. ghosts Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling xCh (1 168 973 ratings) Read 24/07
12. high-fantasy Red Country by Joe Abercrombie xCb (451 pages) Read 14/07

Categories:

a. Published in: 1960 - 1979
b. Number of Pages: 401-500
c. Female Authors
d. Published after 2009
e. Animal on cover (partials acceptable)
f. An average rating of more than 3.5 stars
g. Male Authors
h. Has more than 150,000 ratings
i. Main Character (90% of book): Male
j. An average rating of 4 or more stars
k. Published in: 19th Century
l. Main Character (90% of book): Female

August
Letter: T

Shelves:

1. american-history The Things They Carried Read 14/09
2. medieval Before They Are Hanged Read 14/09
3. real-life These Happy Golden Years xCc (bright cover) Read 07/09
4. dragons Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind xCi (trees on cover), xCj (people on cover) Read 31/08
5. bad-boys Smooth Talking Stranger Read 21/09
6. mystery-suspense-thriller A Morbid Taste for Bones xCg (3.00 rating), xCh (added to TBR 07/08/2012) Read 01/08
7. regency Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray Read 21/08
8. tragedy Prince of ThornsRead 14/09
9. classic-lit Beloved by Toni Morrison xCl (published 1987) Read 31/08
10. european Tartuffe Read 20/07
11. cozy-mystery They Do It with Mirrors xCb (188 pages) xCk (published 1952) Read 08/08
12. foreign One Amazing Thing xCa (female author), xCd (multiple POV's), xCe (3873 ratings) Read 27/07

Categories:

a. Female Authors
b. Number of Pages: 100-200
c. Cover is primarily bright colours (white, yellow, pink etc) Think: Happy
d. Multiple POVs (more than 2)
e. Has more than 500 but less than 10,000 ratings
f. Number of Pages: 401-500 Tess of the D'Urbervilles 449 pages (in my edition) Read 21/10
g. An average rating of more than 3.5 stars
h. Added to your to-read shelf after your first year of joininig GR but before 1 January 2013*
i. Plant on cover (partials acceptable)
j. Person on cover (partials acceptable)
k. Published in: 1940 - 1959
l. Published in: 1980 - 1999

September
Letter: L

Shelves:

1. children-young-adult Un Lun Dun xCe (male author), xCf (dark cover) Read 07/09
2. comics-graphic-novels Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft Read 1/10
3. young-adult-books Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery xCg (252 pages), xCj (published 1939) Read 16/09
4. beautiful-covers All the Light We Cannot See xCb (530 pages) Read 11/10
5. misc-fiction Tracks by Louise Erdrich xCc (alternating POV's) Read 04/10
6. social-commentary The Lowland xCk (35 914 ratings) Read 28/09
7. family-drama Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas Read 10/09
8. nature A Leaf Can Be... Read 03/09
9. speculative Solar Lottery xCa (published 1955) Read 18/09
10. modern-literature The War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa xCh (750 pages) Read 30/09
11. Victorian Little Lord Fauntleroy xCd (male character) xCl (published 1877) Read 10/10
12. sweet Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery xCi (published 1919) Read 22/10

Categories:

a. Published in: 1940 - 1959
b. Number of Pages: 501-600
c. Alternating POVs (2 only)
d. Main Character (90% of book): Male
e. Male Authors
f. Cover is primarily dark colours (black, brown, dark blue etc) Think: Gloomy
g. Number of Pages: 201-300
h. Number of Pages: 600+
i. Published in: 1900 - 1919
j. Published in: 1920 - 1949
k. Has more than 25,000 ratings
l. Published in: 19th Century

October: Birthday Edition

Letter(s): PICKASHELF + 2 bonus
10 letters to spell out PICK A SHELF plus 2 freebie reads as long as they fit the shelves they are being claimed for. Letters do not have to be read in order of shelves (ie. P does not have to be for shelf #1; it can be for shelf #10)

Shelves:

1. fiction L Much Fall of Blood by Mercedes Lackey xCh (multiple authors), xCj (dark cover) Read 10/11
2. mystery-and-crime E Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco xCa (male author), xCi (623 pages) Read 7/11
3. modern-fantasy S Her Fearful Symmetry xCb (401 pages), xCk (branches on cover) Read 17/10
4. historical-novels P People of the Book Read 18/10
5. made-into-a-movie H Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter xCf (published 1913) Read 10/10
6. marriage I A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen Read 26/11
7. espionage A They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie xCc (had for many years), xCe (191 pages), xCl (published 1951) Read 14/10
8. animals-and-children C Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book by Rod Campbell Read 17/09
9. memoir-biography Truth and Beauty Read 10/10
10. fantasy-romance K Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal Read 1/10
11. ya-contemporary F Saving Francesca xCd (person on cover), xCg (female author) Read 30/09
12. strong-women The Elegance of the Hedgehog Read 8/11

Categories:

a. Male Authors
b. Number of Pages: 401-500
c. Books purchased / received more than 5 years ago
d. Person on cover (partials acceptable)
e. Number of Pages: 100-200
f. Published in: 1900 - 1919
g. Female Authors
h. Multiple Authors (can be 2 -co-authors, OR many -for anthologies, etc)
i. Number of Pages: 600+
j. Cover is primarily dark colours (black, brown, dark blue etc) Think: Gloomy
k. Plant on cover (partials acceptable)
l. Published in: 1940 - 1959

November:

Letter: S

Shelves:
1. action Shadow's Edge Read 21/11
2. psychology The Virgin Suicides xCj (roots on cover), xCl (126 349 ratings) Read 7/12
3. need-to-get Best Served Cold xCe (inanimate object - sword) Read 24/11
4. college Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre xCg (main character male), xCk (published 1938) Read 10/11
5. 3-stars Sputnik Sweetheart Read 12/12
6. literary-fiction Sister Noon xCa (321 pages), xCb (301 ratings), xCd (female character) Read 26/10
7. 20th-century Zodiac by Neal Stephenson Read 31/10
8. war Homecoming by Bernhard Schlink xCh (male author)Read 6/12
9. summer-reading The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Read 23/11
10. mythology The Grey King by Susan Cooper xCi (165 pages) Read 26/11
11. animals Who Sank the Boat? Read 24/11
12. religion Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz xCf (published 1896) Read 14/12

Categories:

a. Number of Pages: 301-400
b. Has number of rating less than 500
c. Number of Pages: 401-500
d. Main Character (90% of book): Female
e. Inanimate Object on cover (partials acceptable)
f. Published in: 19th Century
g. Main Character (90% of book): Male
h. Male Authors
i. Number of Pages: 100-200
j. Plant on cover (partials acceptable)
k. Published in: 1920 - 1949
l. Has number of rating of 50,000++

December

Letter: E

Shelves:

1. 4-stars Night by Elie Wiesel Read 9/12
2. 2012 Ethan Frome Read 13/14
3. e-books A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs Read 06/01/15
4. non-fiction Memoirs of an Egotist xCc (male author) Read 29/11
5. classics The Bluest Eye Read 29/12
6. contemporary The Journey to the East xCf (published 1932) Read 15/12
7. adult The Broken Eye xCb (multiple POV's), xCd (757 pages), xCk (dark cover) Read 30/11
8. adventure The Dragonfly Pool by Eva Ibbotson xCi (published 2008) Read 19/12
9. urban-fantasy Elemental Magic: All-New Tales of the Elemental Masters xCa (crutch on cover), xCh (multiple authors - anthology) Read 22/12
10. short-stories In-Flight Entertainment Read 8/12
11. abandoned The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout xCg (320 pages), xCj (published 2013, xCl (rating 3.51) Read 6/12
12. poetry Eureka Read 22/12

Categories:

a. Inanimate Object on cover (partials acceptable)
b. Multiple POVs(more than 2)
c. Male Authors
d. Number of Pages: 600+
e. Main Character (90% of book): Female
f. Published in: 1920 - 1949
g. Number of Pages: 301-400
h. Multiple Authors (can be 2 -co-authors, OR many -for anthologies, etc)
i. Published in: 2000 - 2009
j. Published after 2009
k. Cover is primarily dark colours (black, brown, dark blue etc) Think: Gloomy
l. An average rating of more than 3 stars