Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Anyone interested in a third round??

I will post a new list of popular shelves closer to the end of this round.

Aargh! Personally I need a break from trying to hit strange and curiously-named shelves.

I would be interested, but only if we are not doing the summer challenge thing.

I am interested! I would do the summer challenge as well.

You could still use your challenge books for the pick a shelf. I am doing the summer challenge in The Next Best Book Club and use the same books. Although I do not deliberately try to find shelves, I just pray that I touch them :)

I'm game!

OK I'm game. I love challenges.

Not this time, I want to spend some time enjoying my reading and not rushing to finshing before the next update. I'll keep an eye on what everyone else is doing though.

Sure...now that I'm back in town and not planning on another vacation, I can concentrate on books again.

I think a third Shelf-a-Thon would be a bit much for me. But, like Sarah said, I'll keep an eye on what everyone else is doing.

well, how about if we take a bit of a break from Shelf-a-Thon. It is time consuming and I am trying to think up a new game anyway ;)

That is too bad... this is one of the things I really liked about this group.

Angela wrote: "That is too bad... this is one of the things I really liked about this group. "

Well, I hope you'd like the new game too! Or... you could challenge yourself for the 3rd time ;) ?

We would definitely play Shelf-a-thon again one day, maybe next year :)

I'm up for a new challenge myself, I need to take a break from the shelf-a-thon, but I would definitely participate again some time in the future. Maybe in the fall or winter.

I enjoy the shelf a thon alot as well. It is one of my favourite parts of the group! I would be up for a new challenge as well though, hopefully shelf-a-thon may make a comeback at a later date.

I think I might keep track on my own if there is no round 3. I am liking the more laid back approach I have been taking for round 2!

Hi Karen- If you do not mind, I am going to post this in The Next Best Book Club as a challenge... since this is orginally your idea, I would like to get your permission first.
Looking forward to your new challenge!

Lauren - strangely (or not so strange) I was thinking of doing the same thing. Just for my own info. Are you planning to use the round 2 spreadsheet, or were you going to update it?

Lyn - I was going to update it towards the end of the month and use that as my gude. It will stay mostly the same but I like to see the new shelves that pop up and some of the ones that fall off the list.

If I am able to post this on another group, we may have other interest there, so hopefully Karen will give me her blessing.

So does this group have a summer challenge?

Karen is going to be coming up with another challenge... not sure when or what it will be.

I just finished getting all of the new shelves together for the next round (which took forever, cheking and double checking)... I know some have expressed doing it alone (or maybe in another group)... Some of the shelves have changed, but of course since we are working with popular shelves most have stayed the same. I did change about forty, so forty were taken away and forty new ones were added.

Here is the list for those interested:
2000s
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
-
2008-books
2008-read
2008-reads
2009-books
2009-reads
2009-read
20th-century
abandoned
academic
action
action-adventure
adult
adult-books
adult-fiction
adult-non-fiction
adventure
africa
all
all-time-favorites
already-read
alreadyread
american
american-history
animals
anthology
anthologies
anthropology
architecture
art
audio
audiobook
audiobooks
audio-books
autobiography
biography
biography-memoir
biographies
books
bookclub
book-club
bookcrossing
bookcrossing-com
book-group
bookshelf
books-i-own
books-i-own-to-read
books-i-want
books-owned
books-read-in-2008
books-read-in-2009
books-sent-on
books-to-check-out
borrowed
british
business
chick-lit
chicklit
childhood
childhood-books
childhood-favorites
children
children-books
childrens
children-s
children-s-books
childrens-books
childrens-picture-books
childrens-ya
children-young-adult
childrens-fiction
childrensbooks
childrens-lit
children-s-lit
children-s-literature
christian
christian-fiction
christianfiction
christianity
classic
classics
collection
college
comedy
comic
comic-books
comics
contemporary
contemporary-fiction
contemporary-romance
cookbooks
cooking
crafts
crime
crime-fiction
criticism
culture
currently-own
design
didn-t-finish
did-not-finish
do-not-own
drama
e-books
ebook
ebooks
economics
education
england
english
erotica
essays
family
fantasy
fantasy-sci-fi
fantasy-scifi
fantasy-science-fiction
favorite
favorite-authors
favorite-books
favorites
favourites
faves
feminism
fiction
film
finished
fluff
food
for-school
france
friendship
french
fun
funny
general-fiction
generalfiction
german
get-to-read
glbt
graphic
graphic-novel
graphic-novels
graphicnovels
guilty-pleasures
have
have-read
haveread
health
highly-recommended
high-school
historical
historical-fiction
historicalfiction
historical-romance
history
home-library
how-to
humor
humour
horror
indonesian
in-english
in-my-collection
in-my-library
inspirational
i-own
i-own-it
i-own-this
islam
japan
japanese
juvenile
juvenile-fiction
keepers
kids
kid-books
kids-books
kindle
language
library
library-book
library-books
listened-to
lit
literary
literary-fiction
literature
literature-fiction
magic
manga
manga-manhwa
memoir
memoir-biography
memoirs
military
mine
misc
modern-fiction
music
my-books
my-favorites
my-library
mystery
mysteries
mystery-suspense
mystery-thriller
mythology
nancy-pearl-s-book-lust
nature
need-to-buy
need-to-get
never-finished
nonfiction
non-fiction
not-owned
novel
novels
other
on-hold
on-my-bookshelf
on-my-shelf
own
own-it
own-to-read
owned
paperback
paranormal
paranormal-romance
parenting
partially-read
personal-library
philosophy
picture-book
picture-books
picturebooks
photography
plays
poetry
political
politics
psychology
queer
read-2007
read-2008
read-2009
read-as-a-kid
read-in-2007
read-in-2008
read-in-2009
read-for-school
read-more-than-once
read-prior-to-2008
realistic-fiction
research
recently-read
recentlyread
recommended
reference
relationships
religion
religious
re-read
reread
reviewed
romance
romance-erotica-pnr-to-read
self-help
series
school
school-books
science
sciencefiction
science-fiction
science-fiction-fantasy
sci-fi
scifi
sci-fi-and-fantasy
scifi-fantasy
sci-fi-fantasy
scpl
sf
sff
sf-fantasy
short-stories
sociology
speculative-fiction
spiritual
spirituality
sports
status-holding
stories
supernatural
suspense
tbr
teaching
teen
teen-books
teen-fiction
textbooks
theology
theory
thriller
thrillers
to-buy
to-buy-one-day
to-get
to-read-fiction
to-read-interloan-my
to-read-interloan-sd
to-read--one-day-
to-read-nonfiction
to-read-own
to-re-read
to-reread
traded
travel
trt-reviews
unfinished
unsorted
unread
urban-fantasy
vampires
want
want-to-own
want-to-read
war
warehouse
western
wishlist
wish-list
writing
women
ya
ya-fiction
ya-lit
youngadult
young-adult
young-adult-books
young-adult-fiction
youth

and yes...nancy-pearl-s-book-lust is still on there! Why oh why :)

That's hilarious, I can't believe she's still up there :o)

I was so hopeful!! I have never hit that shelf...at least the 'a' shelf is gone!

very true, good riddance!
I see "-" is still around, that shelf makes no sense to me what so ever :op

Great, now I have some more to look forward to...after Harry Potter tonight (or early tomorrow, I guess)!!!

Angela wrote: "Hi Karen- If you do not mind, I am going to post this in The Next Best Book Club as a challenge... since this is orginally your idea, I would like to get your permission first.
Looking forward to..."

Angela, I don't mind at all... though maybe you ought to ask Lori (moderator of TNBBC) as well? They already have challenges (Official 'Seasonal' Challenge) which have huge followings :)

Thanks Karen!!! I just sent her a message. I just personally think this is one of those challeges that you can do with other challenges. I am doing the Seasonal Challenge and I also participate in this one. Because the seasonal challenge has you a wide range of books, a person can usually hit a lot of shelves.

I have Lori's permission to post it on The Next Best Book Club. I know a lot of you are already members of both groups, so feel free to play along there with me and others.

Thanks again Karen! (you created a monster :) I love this challenge!

For those of you who do not know, Nancy Pearl is an author of books that she recommends. I just found this out and thought I would share this little tidbit.
Here are her books:
Book Lust Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
More Book Lust Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason

Natasha - That's the approach I have taken to Round 2. By the end of Round 1 reading was beginning to feel like a chore and that is when I drew the line and took a step back.