The Next Best Book Club discussion

Reporting your fabulous reading scores here! And for those of you who participated in Shelf-a-Thon 10! 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 11! list if you actually read a book that touched that shelf (not if you crossed it off some other way):

2003
2008-reads
chicklit
childhood-favorites
children-s-lit
faves
m-f
owned-copy
teen-fiction
to-reread
warehouse

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

2012
bookcrossing
books-I-have
buy
epubs
gave-up-on
in
kindle-book
own-unread
read-in-2012
research

Now, get reading and post those stats!!

Go Kari!!!

Ok. I think I updated the Shelf-A-Thon 11 spreadsheet correctly. Adrienne, you might double-check. I put an * next to all the new shelves. I really hope this link works. If it doesn't, just let me know. Thanks!

http://www.mediafire.com/?gy98m44rx7h...

Crossed off 3

mm, m-m and manga

0 books
6 shelves

I hit the following shelves in round 10: 2003, 2008-reads, chicklit, children-s-lit, faves, teen-fiction

I crossed off: inspirational, military, mythology, textbooks, theology, and theory.

Awesome, Think! Thanks! I'll have to check it at home because I'm currently at work where I can't download stuff. :(

If anybody else tests it out, let us know.

1 book
14 shelves

In round 10 I hit: chicklit, childhood-favourites, children-s-lit, to-reread

I crossed off: anthologies, anthology, christianity, manga.

I also crossed off spirituality as my first book for this shelf-a-thon is >400 pages.

Adrienne wrote: "Awesome, Think! Thanks! I'll have to check it at home because I'm currently at work where I can't download stuff. :(

If anybody else tests it out, let us know."

If someone knows of a better place to host a file other than mediafire, please let me know! Thanks!

4 books
107 shelves

I crossed off erotic-romance, erotica, manga, and poetry because my first book was > 700 pages.
I also crossed off calibre for reading a Goodreads author.

Think, how do you denote crossed off books on your spreadsheet?

Tammy wrote: "4 books
107 shelves

I crossed off erotic-romance, erotica, manga, and poetry because my first book was > 700 pages.
I also crossed off calibre for reading a Goodreads author.

Think, how do you de..."

Think put a 1 in the corresponding field for that column to go with the book you are shelving. Does that make sense? The 1's will add up at the bottom to show you how many shelves each book has. Title the books at the very top.

1 book
74 shelves

Includes crossoffs for 2003, childhood-favorites, children-s-lit, faves and teen-fiction from last time - 1, academic, business, economics, harlequin

A crossoff for a goodreads author - m-m

And another couple for a 500+ book - manga, mm.

I would like to join in. Please let me know if I do anything wrong.

5 books
141 shelves

2 books 400+ pages
crossed off calibre and cookbooks

Think wrote: "Tammy wrote: "4 books
107 shelves

I crossed off erotic-romance, erotica, manga, and poetry because my first book was > 700 pages.
I also crossed off calibre for reading a Goodreads author.

Think,..."

Thanks. That makes sense.

8 books
178 shelves

A crossoff for a goodreads author: economics
One book of 500+ pages: m-m and mm

2 books
97 shelves

Includes cross-offs of christian fiction and erotica for a 500+ book.

Sandy MN
11 Books
199 Shelves

I crossed off 9 of the round 10 deleted shelves, so crossed off spiritual, spirituality, textbooks, theology, theory, western, philosophy, manga, economics

1 +700 pages - anthologies, anthology, anthropology, art
1 +500 pages - short, short-stories
3 +400 pages - christian-fiction, christianity, comics
4 GR authors - christian, collection, indonesian, short-story

11 books
210 shelves

1 700+ pages crossed off anthropology, spirituality, theology, textbooks
1 500+ pages crossed off mm, manga
1 400+ pages crossed off comics
1 GR author crossed off inspirational

4 books
95 shelves

3 books
85 shelves

1 600+ pages, crossed off graphic-novels, harlequin, keepers
1 GR author, crossed off m-m

3 books
136 shelves

3 cross-offs from #10: mm, m-m, manga
1 GRA: second-hand-bookshop-wishlist
1 400+pg: western

Coralie wrote: "I would like to join in. Please let me know if I do anything wrong.

5 books
141 shelves

2 books 400+ pages
crossed off calibre and cookbooks"

Seems like you are doing good so far. Keep it up!

14 books
225 shelves

3 GRA: indonesian, anthro, and business

Sandy MN
16 books
240 shelves

2 GR authors: to-read-non-fiction, photography
1 +900 pages: second-hand-bookshop-wishlist, religion, religious, reference
1 +400 pages: research

4 books
109 shelves

1 600+ pages, crossed off anthropology, christian-fiction, glbt

18 books
249 shelves

2 600+ pages, crossed off theory, second-hand-bookshop-wishlist, parenting, research, harlequin, economics
1 GR author, crossed off photography

Sandy MN

22 Books
264 shelves

2 GR Authors - crossed off harlequin, we-own

167 shelves
10 books

Book 6 - crossed off western (GR author)
Book 7 - crossed off war, print, politics (600+ pages)
Book 9 - crossed off writing (GR author)

17 books
260 shelves

2 Goodreads authors: cookbooks, research

Hello people! I haven't forgotten you! My internet is on the fritz! I promise I will do our monthly drawing and standings for February as soon as I can. In the meantime... keep reading!

Okay. Finally got the computer away from husband long enough to get the February standings.

Here are the standings as of Feb. 29:

Sandy MN - 240 shelves 19 books
Tammy - 225 shelves 14 books
Coralie - 210 shelves 11 books
Kari - 155 shelves 19 books
Think - 136 shelves 3 books
Gemma - 97 shelves 2 books
Rebecca - 95 shelves 4 books
Pinar - 85 shelves 3 books

Sandy, Tammy, and Coralie can cross off an extra shelf for being top shelvers! And congrats to Rebecca and Kari for winning luck of the draw. You can each cross off an extra shelf as well!

Current standings as of March 10:
Sandy MN - 264 shelves 22 books
Tammy - 260 shelves 17 books
Coralie - 249 shelves 18 books
Kari - 185 shelves 32 books
Rebecca - 167 shelves 10 books
Think - 136 shelves 3 books
Pinar - 109 shelves 4 books
Gemma - 97 shelves 2 books

Happy shelving!

210 shelves
13 books

Book 12 - crossed off nature (GR author)
Book 13 - crossed off second-hand-bookshop-wishlist, research (500+ pages)

Extra Shelf cross off: academic

268 shelves
18 books

Extra shelf cross off: art
900+ page book: western, writing, theory, textbooks, science

7 books
156 shelves

Includes cross-offs of christianity, cookbooks, art and anthropology for a couple of 500+ books and Christian for a GR author.

5 books
126 shelves

GR author, crossed off health
400+ pages, crossed off sports

Sandy MN
29 books
284 shelves

Extra shelf - cooking
1 +400 pages - cookbooks
5 GR authors - political, politics, wanted, comic, unowned

9 books
158 shelves

25 books
284 shelves
2 x 400+ crossed off sports, academic
1 x 500+ crossed off health, cooking
2 x Goodreads authors crossed off military, business
extra shelf crossed off to-read-non-fiction

7 books
161 shelves

Sandy MN

34 books
295 Shelves

1 GR Author - Academic
+600 pages - bookcrossing, books-i-own-to-read, books-i-want

11 books
185 shelves

9 books
166 shelves

221 shelves
16 books

311 shelves
30 books

1 x 400+ - crossed off erotic-romance
2 X 500+ - crossed off reference, unowned, food, music
1 x 600+ - crossed off culture, education, film
1 x 700+ - crossed off erotica, we-own, short-story, anthologies
1 GR author - crossed off collection

12 books
200 shelves

Includes a cross-off of comics for a 400+ book.

I think this equals my highest number of shelves hit so far - and with a month to go! Result! :)

Sandy MN

38 books
304 shelves

3 GR Authors: To-acquire, tbr, sociology
1 + 400 pages: to-purchase
1 +1000 pages: public-library, review, science, sf

15 books
210 shelves

Includes cross-offs of anthology for a 400+ book,
and childrens picture books, in and poetry for a 600+ book.

12 books
178 shelves

Okay guys, I have bad news. It's time for me to admit that I am a terrible moderator for this challenge and just go ahead and let it go.

Ito doesn't really take all THAT much time and effort to maintain, but apparently, it takes more than I have, right now, as proved by the fact that I repeatedly forget to post status updates and drawing winners, etc.

When I took this challenge over from Angela a couple of years ago, I thought she was coming back, but I don't think she is. I hate to see it end, and if someone else wants to take over, you are more than welcome to do so.

I will continue to limp along til the end of this challenge in 2 weeks, but I won't be able to keep it going after that. I'm sorry, guys. My life has encountered some changes since this round of the challenge started which has made it even harder to keep up with it, and you deserve better.

Sandy MN
42 books
315 shelves

4 GR authors: graphic, graphic-novel, graphic-novels, not-read

1 +800 pages: partially-read, pdf, personal library, own-not-read

1 +400 pages:own-unread

Adrienne, I think you have done a fabulous job and I appreciate it!