Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Reserving this for my scattershelves :)

The Card

a. shelf 1
b. shelf 2
c. shelf 3
d. shelf 4
e. shelf 5
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the)
g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the)
h. author's first name
i. author's last name
j. item on cover
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography)
l. name of character*

Listof Shelves Used

A - American earth
A - audiobooks
C - Chicago
C - Crime
C - Classics
D - default
E - Ethics
F - Favorites
G - Giveaways -
G - general fiction
G - Great Books
H - History
I - Illustrated
I - interlibrary loan
J - Juvenile
K - kindle books (which is different than "kindle")
L - Library
L - Love -
L - Lunar Chronicles
M - Marriage
M - Modern Classics
M - Mysteries
N - New York
O - Overdrive
O - Owned
P - Philosophy
P -Popular fiction -
R -Realistic Fiction
R - Rome
S - Shelfari
T - to buy
T - To read fiction
W – wishlist
W - Want to read fiction
W - War

List of Books to Read

Skips can be earned by reading 2 books:
-with 500+ pages; OR
-which have been translated from the original language they were first published in to the language you are reading it*; OR
-non-fiction

Books read fitting Skip conditions:

✓ a. shelf 1 - A American earth - Wake-Robin John Burroughs February 7, 2017 non-fiction
✓ b. shelf 2 - F Favorites - Improving Your Serve by Charles R. Swindoll non-fiction

✓d. shelf 4 - L - Love - Dying Out Loud: No Guilt in Life, No Fear in Death by Shawn Smucker non-fiction February 8, 2017

✓ e. shelf 5 - D - default -The English Governess at the Siamese Court: The True Story Behind 'The King and I' non-fiction

✓c. shelf 3 - K - kindle books (which is different than "kindle") Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra over 500 pagesand/or translated February 9, 2017

from September: ✓ b. shelf 2 - A - Aging - Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship by Isabel Vincent August 28 non-fiction

July C for Convicts The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts by Siân Rees July 20 non-fiction

June ✓ e. shelf 5 - H - History Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Richard Rhodes June 7 non-fiction

Skips earned:

Skips can be earned by reading 2 books:
-with 500+ pages; OR
-which have been translated from the original language they were first published in to the language you are reading it*; OR
-non-fiction

Books read fitting Skip conditions:

Skips earned:

How does this look?

January: S G P R I

✓a. shelf 1: S - Shelfari wish list The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives January 29
✓b. shelf 2: G - Giveaways - Lady Cop Makes Trouble by Amy Stewart January 6
✓Check c. shelf 3: P -Popular fiction - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty January 2
✓d. shelf 4: R -Realistic Fiction - Home to Woefield by Susan Juby Jan 17
✓e. shelf 5: I - interlibrary loan - Republic Of Dirt : A Return to Woefield Farm by Susan Juby Jan 24
✓f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the): S -The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives Jan 30
✓g. any word in title but NOT first (excluding a, an, the): S -The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives (Segi's) Jan 30
✓h. author's first name: S - Susan Juby Home to Woefield Jan 17
✓i. author's last name: S - The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin Jan 30
✓j. item on cover: S - Silhouette The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives Jan 30
✓k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography): R - (for Return) Republic Of Dirt : A Return to Woefield Farm Jan 24
✓l. name of character: S - Babi Segi in The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives Jan 30

February Letters


A
F
K
L
D

✓ a. shelf 1 - A American earth - Wake-Robin John Burroughs February 7, 2017 non-fiction
✓ b. shelf 2 - F Favorites - Improving Your Serve by Charles R. Swindoll non-fiction
✓c. shelf 3 - K - kindle books (which is different than "kindle") Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra over 500 pagesand/or translated February 9, 2017
✓d. shelf 4 - L - Love - Dying Out Loud: No Guilt in Life, No Fear in Death by Shawn Smucker non-fiction February 8, 2017
✓ e. shelf 5 - D - default -The English Governess at the Siamese Court: The True Story Behind 'The King and I' non-fiction

✓ f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) D Dying Out Loud: No Guilt in Life, No Fear in Death by Shawn Smucker February 8, 2017

✓ g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the) D for DirtRepublic Of Dirt : A Return to Woefield Farm Read Jan 17-24, 2017

✓ h. author's first name A - Anna Anna Harriette Leonowens -The English Governess at the Siamese Court: The True Story Behind 'The King and I' February 12, 2017

✓ i. author's last name L - Leonowens Anna Harriette Leonowens for her book The English Governess at the Siamese Court: The True Story Behind 'The King and I' February 12, 2017

✓ j. item on cover L - lamp post by Anna Harriette Leonowens February 12, 2017

✓ k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) k - king The English Governess at the Siamese Court: The True Story Behind 'The King and I' by Anna Harriette Leonowens February 12, 2017

✓ l. name of character* A - Anna from The English Governess at the Siamese Court: The True Story Behind 'The King and I' February 12, 2017

The MARCH LETTERS are:

G - M - N - T - L

✓ a. shelf 1 - G - general fiction - - L Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen February 20

✓ b. shelf 2 - M - Modern Classics - Howards End by E.M. Forster March 17, 2017

✓ c. shelf 3 - N - New York - World's Fair by E.L. Doctorow Feb 18, 2017

✓ d. shelf 4 - T - to buy - The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer March 6

✓ e. shelf 5 - L - Lunar Chronicles Winter by Marissa Meyer Feb 27

✓ f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) - L Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen February 20

✓ g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the) - L Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen February 20

✓ h. author's first name - G Geoffrey Chaucer for The Canterbury Tales March 6

✓i. author's last name M - Meyers - Winter by Marissa Meyer Feb 27

✓ j. item on cover T - trees - World's Fair by E.L. Doctorow Feb 18, 2017

✓ k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) - L - Lunar Chronicles, The - Winter by Marissa Meyer Feb 27

✓ l. name of character* - L - Levana (Queen Levana) Winter by Marissa Meyer Feb 27

The April letters are: W, A, M, C, P

✓ a. shelf 1 - W - wishlist - In the Woods by Tana French March 26, 2017

✓ b. shelf 2 - A - audiobooks - The Promise of Jesse Woods by Chris Fabry April 5

✓ c. shelf 3 - M - Marriage - The Precious One by Marisa de los Santos is shelved this 3 times April 1
✓ d. shelf 4 - C - Chicago - The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. Church April 8

✓ e. shelf 5 - P - Philosophy -The Republic by Plato (also part of The Complete Works, in case anyone here is also on RwS is confused by this.) March 29

✓ f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) P - The Precious One by Marisa de los Santos April 1

✓ g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the) W - In the Woods by Tana French March 26, 2017

✓ h. author's first name M- Marisa de los Santos The Precious One April 1

✓ i. author's last name - P - Plantenga Bart Plantenga Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World March 29, 2017

✓ j. item on cover P - purse - The Precious One by Marisa de los Santos April 1

✓ k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) M Dublin Murder Series In the Woods by Tana French March 26, 2017

✓ l. name of character* - W - Wilson Cleary - The Precious One by Marisa de los Santos April 1

And the letters for May are:

May Completed (yes, I made 2 swaps and figured I could use a graphic novel because it was 2 books in one and it was our shelf of the month, so if I'm mistaken, please let me know.

G - I - M - R - E

✓ a. shelf 1 - G - Great Books - The Statesman by Plato April 16
✓ b. shelf 2 - I - Illustrated - The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman May 9
✓ c. shelf 3 - M - Mysteries - Faithful Place by Tana French May 1
✓d. shelf 4 - R - Rome - I, Claudius by Robert Graves May 12
✓ e. shelf 5 - E - Ethics - Philebus by Plato April 17

✓f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) I - I, Claudius by Robert Graves May 12
✓ g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the) - M for Maus The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman May 9
✓h. author's first name R Robert Graves - I, Claudius by Robert Graves May 12
✓i. author's last name G - Robert G - I, Claudius by Robert Graves May 12
✓ j. item on cover - men Philebus by Plato
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) -
✓skip no. 1 from 2 of my Feb books (can I use these two I can't remember if they have to match in how they can be used). ✓ a. shelf 1 - A American earth - Wake-Robin John Burroughs February 7, 2017 non-fiction
✓ b. shelf 2 - F Favorites - Improving Your Serve by Charles R. Swindoll non-fiction
✓ l. name of character* - M Frank Mackay - Faithful Place by Tana French May 1

June's letters are:
C, W, T, O, H

✓ a. shelf 1 - C - Crime - Curtain by Agatha Christie June 1

✓ b. shelf 2 - W - Want to read fiction - The Things We Knew by Catherine West June 8

✓ c. shelf 3 - T - To read fiction - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See June 7

✓ d. shelf 4 - O - Overdrive The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick June 8

✓ e. shelf 5 - H - History Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Richard Rhodes June 7

✓ f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) Curtain by Agatha Christie June 1

✓ g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the) C - Charms The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick June 8

✓ h. author's first name C Catherine West for The Things We Knew June 8

✓ i. author's last name C for Christie - Curtain by Agatha Christie June 1

✓ j. item on cover Wharf (to the right of the lighthouse, but there is also water) The Things We Knew by Catherine West June 8

✓ k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) W - world - Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Richard Rhodes June 7

✓ l. name of character* C - Lynette Carlisle The Things We Knew by Catherine West June 8

The letters for July are:

W - J - L - C - O

With this draw, W, L and C will be retired.

✓ a. shelf 1 - W - War - The Bungalow by Sarah Jio July 8
✓ b. shelf 2 - J - Juvenile - Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor Cameron June 23
✓ c. shelf 3 - L - Library - Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood June 17
✓ d. shelf 4 - C - Classics - Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym July 3
✓e. shelf 5 - O -Owned - The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts by Siân Rees July 20

✓ f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) J - Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym July 3

✓ g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the) - C - Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood June 17

✓ h. author's first name C for Christopher - Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood June 17

✓ i. author's last name C for Cameron Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor Cameron June 23

✓ j. item on cover - J for Jacket you might have to see it larger to see what he's wearing Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood June 17

✓k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) C for Convicts The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts by Siân Rees July 20

✓ l. name of character* W is for Westry The Bungalow by Sarah Jio July 8

At any rate, here are the letters:

P, S, F, B, I

And at this point, P and I are retired.

✓ a. shelf 1 - P - Plucked off the shelf - The Bone Seeker by M.J. McGrath August 3

✓b. shelf 2 - S - Standalone - The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith July 22

✓ c. shelf 3 - F - Fantasy - Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything by E. Lockhart July 23

✓d. shelf 4 - B - Book Club - The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey July 21

✓e. shelf 5 - I - I Own - The Outlander by Gil Adamson July 29

✓f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) S - Statistical - The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith July 22

✓g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the) - B - bicycle - The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey July 21

✓ h. author's first name - F - Fredrik Backman Beartown August 4

✓i. author's last name - S -Smith - The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith July 22

✓ j. item on cover - B - bicycle by Monique Roffey July 21

✓ k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) - S - Saw - Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything by E. Lockhart July 23

✓ l. name of character* - S - Sabine The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey July 21

The September letters are: E, A, H, S, K

A & S are finished for future draws. That makes a total of 9 letters withdrawn.



✓ a. shelf 1 - E - England - Julia Stuart for The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise August 21

✓ b. shelf 2 - A - Aging - Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship by Isabel Vincent August 28

c. shelf 3 - H - Historical - Henrietta Sees It Through: More News from the Home Front 1942-1945 by Joyce Dennys August 29

✓ d. shelf 4 - S - Space Opera - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers August 20

e. shelf 5 - K - Krimi - Broken Harbour by Tana French August 26 (not sure what "krimi" means, but it was shelved that about 16 times!!!)

✓ f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) - B Broken Harbour by Tana French August 26

✓ g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the) - S for Small - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers August 20

✓ h. author's first name - K - Katie Ganshert fpr Life After October 23

✓ i. author's last name - S - Stuart - Julia Stuart for The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise August 21

✓ j. item on cover - E - Empire State Building by Isabel Vincent August 18

✓ k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) : H for Home Henrietta Sees It Through: More News from the Home Front 1942-1945 by Joyce Dennys August 29

✓ l. name of character* - E Edward Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship by Isabel Vincent August 28

I like the name of your shelf :)

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "I like the name of your shelf :)"

Thanks!

The letters for this month are: N, H, O, T, D

H, O, T will be retired from future picks.

a. shelf 1 - N - Novels - Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe October 25

✓ b. shelf 2 - H - Historical Fiction Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey September 30

✓ c. shelf 3 - 0 Old Man's War Series The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi October 2

✓ d. shelf 4 - T - Thriller - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch October 8

e. shelf 5 - D - DNF - Life After by Katie Ganshert October 23

✓ f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey September 30

✓ g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the) D - Delayed Justice Delayed by Patricia Bradley October 11

h. author's first name - D - Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe October 25

i. author's last name - D - Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe October 25

✓ j. item on cover - H - Heart - Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey September 30

✓ k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) SKIP BOTH FROM FEBRUARY SHELF ✓d. shelf 4 - L - Love - Dying Out Loud: No Guilt in Life, No Fear in Death by Shawn Smucker non-fiction February 8, 2017
✓ e. shelf 5 - D - default -The English Governess at the Siamese Court: The True Story Behind 'The King and I' non-fiction

✓ l. name of character* - O - Oscar from Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey September 30

November's letters are: J, B, D, F, E

D, F, and E are now retired from the selection process.

a. shelf 1 - J - Jesus Same Kind of Different as Me: a modern-day slave, an international art dealer, and the unlikely woman who bound them togethe November 21

b. shelf 2 - B - British - Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley November 14

c. shelf 3 - D - Drama - Cymbaline: by William Shakespeare November 6

d. shelf 4 - F - Female Author Becky Chambers for A Closed and Common Orbit October 28


e. shelf 5 - E - ebook - Fraud by Anita Brookner November 3

f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) - F - Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley November 14

g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the) - F - Fraud by Anita Brookner November 3

✓ h. author's first name - B - Becky Chambers for A Closed and Common Orbit October 28

✓ i. author's last name - B -Anita Brookner - Fraud November 3

✓ j. item on cover - F Finger Plate - please note that this is a google image that you get when you click on the link to the book, but it doesn't show up in the tiny picture--a finger plate is on this telephone - see diagram below to help Anita Brookner November 3

k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) - D - dealer Same Kind of Different as Me: a modern-day slave, an international art dealer, and the unlikely woman who bound them togethe November 21

l. name of character* - E - Paul Elliot - Life After by Katie Ganshert October 23

December letters: K, R, N, J, B

✓ a. shelf 1 - K - Kindle (which is different than "kindle books") The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon November 20

✓ b. shelf 2 - R - Race - White Teeth by Zadie Smith December 16

✓ c. shelf 3 - N - Netgalley - Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon December 22

✓ d. shelf 4 - J - Just Okay - Breaking Free: How I Escaped My Father-Warren Jeffs-Polygamy, and the FLDS Cult by Rachel Jeffs

✓ e. shelf 5 - B - Books I Own - Evelina by Fanny Burney December 4

f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) -N - Nutshell by Ian McEwan

✓ g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the) - SKIP

July C for Convicts The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts by Siân Rees July 20 non-fiction

June e. shelf 5 - H - History Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Richard Rhodes June 7 non-fiction

✓ h. author's first name R Ron Hall for Same Kind of Different as Me: a modern-day slave, an international art dealer, and the unlikely woman who bound them togethe November 21

✓ i. author's last name - B - Evelina by Fanny Burney December 4

✓ j. item on cover - B Balcony - December 4

✓ k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) - Y in ORIGINAL title of book - Evelina, or The History of a Young Lady's Entrance in the World by Fanny Burney December 4

✓ l. name of character* - Natasha - The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon November 20

Evelina by Fanny Burney

Breaking Free: How I Escaped My Father-Warren Jeffs-Polygamy, and the FLDS Cult by Rachel Jeffs