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Debbie, Your start so far is better than mine. lol We all have to start somewhere.American Heart Month Challenge
Duration: 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
REWARD: 2 new or 4 used books.
BONUS: Double points for titles with Africa, Heart, Transplant in their titles (or if you find an author with last name of them.) Also triple points if you read anything by or about Dr. Christiaan Barnard (the surgeon who did the transplant.)
1/30 Welcome by Maria Snyder = 14 pages
1/31 To Capture a Highlander’s Heart by Teresa J. Reasor (15 pages x 2) = 30 pages
Total = 44 pages
Victory on Janus by Andre Norton 247
total pages 247
Ok, I will start a bigger book tonight.
Victory on Janus by Andre Norton 247Inked by Karen Chance et.al. 437
total pages 684
American Heart Month Challenge Duration: 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
REWARD: 2 new or 4 used books
BONUS: Double points for titles with Africa, Heart, Transplant in their titles (or if you find an author with last name of them.) Also triple points if you read anything by or about Dr. Christiaan Barnard (the surgeon who did the transplant.)
423 pp: Street Game by Christine Feehan Jan 31 (4.5*)
131 pp.: Stuart Little by E.B. White Feb 1 (4*)
156 pp.: Ice Skating: Steps to Success Feb 1 (4*)
Total Pages = 710
American Heart Month Challenge Duration: 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
REWARD: 2 new or 4 used books.
BONUS: Double points for titles with Africa, Heart, Transplant in their titles (or if you find an author with last name of them.) Also triple points if you read anything by or about Dr. Christiaan Barnard (the surgeon who did the transplant.)
1/30 Welcome by Maria Snyder = 14 pages
1/31 To Capture a Highlander’s Heart by Teresa J. Reasor (15 x 2) = 30 pages
2/1 Larry's Kidney: (Being the Story of) How I Found Myself in China with My Black Sheep Cousin and His Mail-Order Bride, Breaking Chinese Law to Get Him a Transplant--and Save His Life by Daniel Asa Rose (301 x 2) = 602 pages
Total = 646 pages
American Heart Month Challenge 2Duration 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
192 pages - The Sheikh's Impatient Virgin - Kim Lawrence - 29/01/10
192 pages - Revealed: A Prince and a Pregnancy - Kelly Hunter - 31/01/10
014 pages - Out of the fog - Elizabeth Butler - 01/02/10
011 pages - Until the last star burns out - Cheryl Pierson - 01/02/10
192 pages - The Christmas Marriage Mission: Do Not Disturb - Helen Brooks - 02/02/10
Total = 601 pages
Congrats on the double points BG. :o)Victory on Janus by Andre Norton 247
Inked by Karen Chance et.al. 437
The Eagle and the Nightingales by Mercedes Lackey 410
total pages 1094
American Heart Month Challenge Duration: 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
REWARD: 2 new or 4 used books
BONUS: Double points for titles with Africa, Heart, Transplant in their titles (or if you find an author with last name of them.) Also triple points if you read anything by or about Dr. Christiaan Barnard (the surgeon who did the transplant.)
256 pp.: The Silver Chair by E.B. White Feb 1 (4*)My Review
304 pp.: The Door In The Tree by William Corlett Feb 2 (4*) My Review
Added To:
423 pp: Street Game by Christine Feehan Jan 31 (4.5*)
131 pp.: Stuart Little by E.B. White Feb 1 (4*)
156 pp.: Ice Skating: Steps to Success Feb 1 (4*)
Total Pages = 1270
Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "Congrats on the double points BG. :o)Thanks. It's about the only way I can catch up to you guys. lol
American Heart Month Challenge
Duration: 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
REWARD: 2 new or 4 used books.
BONUS: Double points for titles with Africa, Heart, Transplant in their titles (or if you find an author with last name of them.) Also triple points if you read anything by or about Dr. Christiaan Barnard (the surgeon who did the transplant.)
1/30 Welcome by Maria Snyder = 14 pages
1/31 To Capture a Highlander’s Heart by Teresa J. Reasor (15 x 2) = 30 pages
2/1 Larry's Kidney: (Being the Story of) How I Found Myself in China with My Black Sheep Cousin and His Mail-Order Bride, Breaking Chinese Law to Get Him a Transplant--and Save His Life by Daniel Asa Rose (301 x 2) = 602 pages
2/2 The Boy Who Cried Wolfe by Loren Estleman = 11 pages
2/2 Yellowfang by Paul Mitton from Ménage à 20, Tales with a hook Anthology = 20 pages (Absolutely one of the worst things I've read in a long time. Avoid like the plague. It just grossed me out by the end.)
Total = 677 pages
Inching along slowly...I managed to use all 3 bonus words too. :)
American Heart Month Challenge
Duration: 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
REWARD: 2 new or 4 used books.
BONUS: Double points for titles with Africa, Heart, Transplant in their titles (or if you find an author with last name of them.) Also triple points if you read anything by or about Dr. Christiaan Barnard (the surgeon who did the transplant.)
1/30 Welcome by Maria Snyder = 14 pages
1/31 To Capture a Highlander’s Heart by Teresa J. Reasor (15 x 2) = 30 pages
2/1 Larry's Kidney: (Being the Story of) How I Found Myself in China with My Black Sheep Cousin and His Mail-Order Bride, Breaking Chinese Law to Get Him a Transplant--and Save His Life by Daniel Asa Rose (301 x 2) = 602 pages
2/2 The Boy Who Cried Wolfe by Loren Estleman = 11 pages
2/2 Yellowfang by Paul Mitton from Ménage à 20, Tales with a hook Anthology = 20 pages (Absolutely one of the worst things I've read in a long time. Avoid like the plague. It just grossed me out by the end.)
2/2 Connecting Rooms by Jayne Ann Krentz = 76 pages
2/2 The Frog Prince by Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm = 4 pages
2/2 The Empreror's New Clothes by Hans Christian Anderson = 5 pages
2/2 Talk, A Tale of Africa by Harold Courlander and George Herzog (4 x 2) = 8 pages
2/2 The Princess Whom Nobody Could Silence by Veronica Hutchinson = 4 pages
2/2 The Real Princess (The Princess and the Pea) by Hans Christian Anderson = 2 pages
2/2 King John and the Three Questions by James Baldwin = 5 pages
2/2 The King's Rabbit Keeper by Eleanor and Ada Skinner = 6 pages
2/2 The Little Rooster and the Turkish Sultan by Kate Seredy = 5 pages
Total = 792 pages
Jumping in!American Heart Month Challenge
Duration: 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
REWARD: 2 new or 4 used books
p/c 122 NightElie Wiesel
b>American Heart Month Challenge Duration: 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
REWARD: 2 new or 4 used books
p/c 122 NightElie Wiesel
p/c 69 Creepin' antho. [AVENGING ANGEL-JANICE SIMS:]
p/c 163 Dark Elves 3: Salvation by Jet Mykles
American Heart Month Challenge Duration: 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
REWARD: 2 new or 4 used books
BONUS: Double points for titles with Africa, Heart, Transplant in their titles (or if you find an author with last name of them.) Also triple points if you read anything by or about Dr. Christiaan Barnard (the surgeon who did the transplant.)
374 pp.: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Feb 4 (5*)
Added To:
256 pp.: The Silver Chair by E.B. White Feb 1 (4*)My Review
304 pp.: The Door In The Tree by William Corlett Feb 2 (4*) My Review
423 pp: Street Game by Christine Feehan Jan 31 (4.5*)
131 pp.: Stuart Little by E.B. White Feb 1 (4*)
156 pp.: Ice Skating: Steps to Success Feb 1 (4*)
Total Pages = 1644
American Heart Month Challenge Duration: 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
REWARD: 2 new or 4 used books.
BONUS: Double points for titles with Africa, Heart, Transplant in their titles (or if you find an author with last name of them.) Also triple points if you read anything by or about Dr. Christiaan Barnard (the surgeon who did the transplant.)
*I managed to use all 3 bonus words. :)
1/30 Welcome by Maria Snyder = 14 pages
1/31 To Capture a Highlander’s Heart by Teresa J. Reasor (15 x 2) = 30 pages
2/1 Larry's Kidney: (Being the Story of) How I Found Myself in China with My Black Sheep Cousin and His Mail-Order Bride, Breaking Chinese Law to Get Him a Transplant--and Save His Life by Daniel Asa Rose (301 x 2) = 602 pages
2/2 The Boy Who Cried Wolfe by Loren Estleman = 11 pages
2/2 Yellowfang by Paul Mitton from Ménage à 20, Tales with a hook Anthology = 20 pages (Absolutely one of the worst things I've read in a long time. Avoid like the plague. It just grossed me out by the end.)
2/2 Connecting Rooms by Jayne Ann Krentz = 76 pages
2/2 The Frog Prince by Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm = 4 pages
2/2 The Empreror's New Clothes by Hans Christian Anderson = 5 pages
2/2 Talk, A Tale of Africa by Harold Courlander and George Herzog (4 x 2) = 8 pages
2/2 The Princess Whom Nobody Could Silence by Veronica Hutchinson = 4 pages
2/2 The Real Princess (The Princess and the Pea) by Hans Christian Anderson = 2 pages
2/2 King John and the Three Questions by James Baldwin = 5 pages
2/2 The King's Rabbit Keeper by Eleanor and Ada Skinner = 6 pages
2/2 The Little Rooster and the Turkish Sultan by Kate Seredy = 5 pages
2/4 A Colonial Valentine by Penny Rader = 9 pages
2/4 Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart = 236 pages
Total = 1037 pages
American Heart Month Challenge Leaderboard Duration: 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
REWARD: 2 new or 4 used books.
Kenjii = reset to zero
Debbie = 28 pages
Jane = 601 pages
Briansgirl = 1037 pages
Ann = 1094 pages
BJ Rose = 1644 pages
RESET:Found and bought Anansi Boys for 50 cents. Started this as a library read and couldn't finish before returning. Let's hope I finish it this year....
I enjoyed Anansi Boys, I hope you can find a way to get into it now that you have your own copy. And thanks for the reset, now I am not the only one with such small page counts this time around. lol :)
American Heart Month Challenge 2Duration 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
BONUS: Double points for titles with Africa, Heart, Transplant in their titles (or if you find an author with last name of them.) Also triple points if you read anything by or about Dr. Christiaan Barnard (the surgeon who did the transplant.)
REWARD: 2 new or 4 used books.
28 pages - A Hathaway Wedding ★★★★☆
393 pages - Dark Lover ★★★★☆
total: 421 / 1982 pages
American Heart Month Challenge 2Duration 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
192 pages - The Sheikh's Impatient Virgin - Kim Lawrence - 29/01/10
192 pages - Revealed: A Prince and a Pregnancy - Kelly Hunter - 31/01/10
014 pages - Out of the fog - Elizabeth Butler - 01/02/10
011 pages - Until the last star burns out - Cheryl Pierson - 01/02/10
192 pages - The Christmas Marriage Mission: Do Not Disturb - Helen Brooks - 02/02/10
384 pages - The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd - 03/02/10
304 pages - The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman - 04/02/10
Total = 1289 pages
American Heart Month Challenge Leaderboard Duration: 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
REWARD: 2 new or 4 used books.
Kenjii = reset to zero
Debbie = 421 pages
Briansgirl = 1037 pages
Ann = 1094 pages
Jane = 1289 pages
BJ Rose = 1644 pages
Sigh, reset time. I know, I know--but I have zero will power. :o)
American Heart Month Challenge 2Duration 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
192 pages - The Sheikh's Impatient Virgin - Kim Lawrence - 29/01/10
192 pages - Revealed: A Prince and a Pregnancy - Kelly Hunter - 31/01/10
014 pages - Out of the fog - Elizabeth Butler - 01/02/10
011 pages - Until the last star burns out - Cheryl Pierson - 01/02/10
192 pages - The Christmas Marriage Mission: Do Not Disturb - Helen Brooks - 02/02/10
384 pages - The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd - 03/02/10
304 pages - The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman - 04/02/10
295 pages - Dead as a Doornail - Charlaine Harris - 05/02/10
Total = 1584 pages
oooh, Jane you are getting closer, I guess I should put up what I got before you are done.
American Heart Month Challenge 2Duration 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
BONUS: Double points for titles with Africa, Heart, Transplant in their titles (or if you find an author with last name of them.) Also triple points if you read anything by or about Dr. Christiaan Barnard (the surgeon who did the transplant.)
REWARD: 2 new or 4 used books.
28 pages - A Hathaway Wedding ★★★★☆
393 pages - Dark Lover ★★★★☆
15 pages - Magic at Midnight ★★★★☆
total: 436 / 1982 pages
American Heart Month Challenge Duration: 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
REWARD: 2 new or 4 used books.
BONUS: Double points for titles with Africa, Heart, Transplant in their titles (or if you find an author with last name of them.) Also triple points if you read anything by or about Dr. Christiaan Barnard (the surgeon who did the transplant.)
*I managed to use all 3 bonus words. :)
1/30 Welcome by Maria Snyder = 14 pages
1/31 To Capture a Highlander’s Heart by Teresa J. Reasor (15 x 2) = 30 pages
2/1 Larry's Kidney: (Being the Story of) How I Found Myself in China with My Black Sheep Cousin and His Mail-Order Bride, Breaking Chinese Law to Get Him a Transplant--and Save His Life by Daniel Asa Rose (301 x 2) = 602 pages
2/2 The Boy Who Cried Wolfe by Loren Estleman = 11 pages
2/2 Yellowfang by Paul Mitton from Ménage à 20, Tales with a hook Anthology = 20 pages (Absolutely one of the worst things I've read in a long time. Avoid like the plague. It just grossed me out by the end.)
2/2 Connecting Rooms by Jayne Ann Krentz = 76 pages
2/2 The Frog Prince by Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm = 4 pages
2/2 The Empreror's New Clothes by Hans Christian Anderson = 5 pages
2/2 Talk, A Tale of Africa by Harold Courlander and George Herzog (4 x 2) = 8 pages
2/2 The Princess Whom Nobody Could Silence by Veronica Hutchinson = 4 pages
2/2 The Real Princess (The Princess and the Pea) by Hans Christian Anderson = 2 pages
2/2 King John and the Three Questions by James Baldwin = 5 pages
2/2 The King's Rabbit Keeper by Eleanor and Ada Skinner = 6 pages
2/2 The Little Rooster and the Turkish Sultan by Kate Seredy = 5 pages
2/4 A Colonial Valentine by Penny Rader = 9 pages
2/4 Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart = 236 pages
2/5 BELIEVING IN OURSELVES: The Wisdom of Women edited by Susan Feuer = 374 pages
p/c unSweetined by Jodie Sweetin = 53 pages
Total = 1464 pages
American Heart Month Challenge Leaderboard Duration: 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
REWARD: 2 new or 4 used books.
Ann = reset to zero
Kenjii = reset to zero
Debbie = 436 pages
Briansgirl = 1464 pages
Jane = 1584 pages
BJ Rose = 1644 pages
And it's a race to the finish....
American Heart Month Challenge Duration: 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
REWARD: 2 new or 4 used books
BONUS: Double points for titles with Africa, Heart, Transplant in their titles (or if you find an author with last name of them.) Also triple points if you read anything by or about Dr. Christiaan Barnard (the surgeon who did the transplant.)
321 pp.: The Elegant Gathering of White Snows by Kris Radish Feb 5 (4*) My Review
Added To:
374 pp.: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Feb 4 (5*)
256 pp.: The Silver Chair by E.B. White Feb 1 (4*)My Review
304 pp.: The Door In The Tree by William Corlett Feb 2 (4*) My Review
423 pp: Street Game by Christine Feehan Jan 31 (4.5*)
131 pp.: Stuart Little by E.B. White Feb 1 (4*)
156 pp.: Ice Skating: Steps to Success Feb 1 (4*)
Total Pages = 1985 Wow! Made it with 3 pp. to spare!!!
Congrats BJ! I was starting to read a Harlequin with "Heart" in the title for double points. lol Quickly post a new challenge so I can use the page count towards it instead. It was a good race!
Briansgirl "Master Book Sale Huntress" wrote: "Congrats BJ! I was starting to read a Harlequin with "Heart" in the title for double points. lol Quickly post a new challenge so I can use the page count towards it instead."Working on the new challenge right now - and 'Heart' will work for double points!
Briansgirl "Master Book Sale Huntress" wrote: "Congrats BJ! It was a good race this time."Congratulations on your use of those double points!
It was indeed a good race - I was really prepared to see a winner already declared before I finished this latest book - guess we can be grateful for Ann's lack of self-control in buying. That's what kept me out of the two previous challenges - I was on a buying spree!
History of Valentines Challenge Duration: February 5 - 18, 2010
Total pages needed = 2612
REWARD: 3 new or 6 used books
BONUS: Double points for picture on cover or word in the titles of the following: heart, cupid, valentine, candy
Triple points if you have BOTH the word & the picture on the same cover example: if Game of Hearts has a heart or hearts on the cover, you would get triple points
(see next message for history info I used)
Here's the history that I used to arrive at # of pages (I added the 3 dates):
269 AD: St. Valentine died on Feb. 14, and according to legend, he left a farewell note for the jailer's daughter which he signed Your Valentine
496 AD: Pope Gelasius (I thought I knew my popes!) changed the date of the Roman festival of Lupercalia from Feb 15 to Feb 14 & renamed it St. Valentine's feast day
1847 AD: Esther Howland of Worcester MD sold the first mass-produced valentines - her daddy had a large book & stationery store
Congrats on another great challenge BJ.Very cool information. you are awesome! :)
oohhh, great challenge. I have a book for each bonus word. hehe Two are worth triple points. Another is worth at least double, if not triple. Not sure which. 
by Heather Webber. In the heart on the cover it says "A Lucy Valentine Novel". However, it's not in the title even though it's written on the cover, so not sure that qualifies for triple points.Not sure I'll get to the "cupid" book though as it's a 1968 Perry Mason story The Case of the Careless Cupid.
Hey Kate, Lucy Valentine is the name of the main charecter and it is also the name of the new series that Heather Webber is writing. I have read this book, it is good (in my opinion) Hope you enjoy it.
I won it here on Goodreads as a First Read book. It sounded interesting. Just didn't know if it qualifies for double or triple page counts. It has "valentine" printed on the cover but not in the title, and a "heart" on the cover.
I got it as an first read also, but I recently saw it in Walmart - I would say go triple, she just said 'on the cover' she didn't say it had to be title or name. imho. And enjoy the book regardless.
I saw it at the grocery store today for sale. I'll go for triple. hehe It's the only way I can keep up with Jane, Ann and BJ. lol hhhmmm, does it have to be the same word and picture on the cover to get the triple? If that's the case then I'd only get double.Not sure I want to read The Candy Cane Murder right now, lol, but that's another of my triple page count options as it's got candy in the title and on the cover.
lol I know what you mean. I need to research the books I have on my tbr better, you are going to score big if you keep this up. Way to think ahead. :)
Go to your shelves and there is a "search" field in the upper right corner, below the one that searches all of goodreads. Type in "heart", "valentine", etc. and you can see if you have any books (or authors) that meat the criteria. "Heartwarming" comes up with a search for "Heart", for example, or "Hearth". You have to scroll through what comes up but it really helps when looking for books that qualify for the bonuses. I have several Harlequin Desire's with "Valentine" in the title. I've got a book which I tried reading a few year's ago and didn't like called Hating Valentine's Day. Now to see if the books that'll give me double or triple page counts here will fit in any of my various monthly, quarterly, or yearly challenges. :)The Perry Mason Cupid book is from 1968. I need 1967 and 1969 for my Read Your Lifetime Challenge, but I've already read 1968 darn it. lol
Finished just before 1am. lolHistory of Valentines Challenge
Duration: February 5 - 18, 2010
Total pages needed = 2612
REWARD: 3 new or 6 used books
BONUS: Double points for picture on cover or word in the titles of the following: heart, cupid, valentine, candy. Triple points if you have BOTH the word & the picture on the same cover example: if Game of Hearts has a heart or hearts on the cover, you would get triple points.
2/5 His Queen Of Hearts by Roxann Delaney (185 x 2) = 370 pages
Total = 370 pages
History of Valentines Challenge Duration: February 5 - 18, 2010
Total pages needed = 2612
REWARD: 3 new or 6 used books
BONUS: Double points for picture on cover or word in the titles of the following: heart, cupid, valentine, candy. Triple points if you have BOTH the word & the picture on the same cover example: if Game of Hearts has a heart or hearts on the cover, you would get triple points.
224 pages - Faux Finished - Peg Marberg - 06/02/10
Briansgirl "Master Book Sale Huntress" wrote: "Go to your shelves and there is a "search" field in the upper right corner, below the one that searches all of goodreads. Type in "heart", "valentine", etc. and you can see if you have any books (o..."My only problem with using that is, I don't have most of my tbr's in GR. I have hundredes of books on shelves and in boxes. I have really only been adding as I read or specific tbrs that I know I want to read really really bad - I have to do a manual search. but I do have a few shorts by a lex Valentine. that would get me extra points - yes?!?
Novella's count. Go for it.Other than my kids books, I have all the books upstairs in my house inventoried on GRs. All 3,605 of them! However, I have 8 boxes from the basement I brought up yesterday to inventory. These I got in $1/$2/bag sales so the books were super cheap. Most are old Harlequins but not all. However, hard to read them if I don't know what I have. So I brought all the boxes upstairs to inventory a box a day. I added a shelf called "Stored-in-basement", lol, so I can find them later. That won't tell me which of the 8 boxes its in, but at least I'll know it's in one of them versus buried on a shelf upstairs. It occurred to me I might have some of the really old BHB recommended books, but don't know til I inventory these boxes. I think I took out all the books by authors I recognized, and 2 apple boxes are nothing but white cover Harlequin Presents books. However, I'm needing selections from the '60s and '70s for my Read Your Lifetime in Books challenge and I need to know what my options are as I'm trying to just read what I have in the house.
I am probably in that range also, not to mention the kids books. I love old harlequins, I do the same thing. That is a great idea. Maybe I will take the time to dig out. I don't have a basement, so they are stashed under beds, in closets and in the back sections of shelfs. I really need to get more organized. Thanks for the idea about the 'shelf' telling you were to find the book. that may help me alot!!!! I am also doing the lifetime and I have to go back to 70. I can find a thousand for the 80, 90 an 2000, but the 70's are becoming a struggle, but I do have some of my moms old romance's that might include something that old. I am going to have to spend more time with my books - darn ain't life tragic. lol :)
This is quite a project for my Debbie to haul all these heavy apple boxes up from the basement to inventory. But I'm never gonna read what's in them if I don't know what I have. And since I'm searching my virtual shelves for challenge books, needing various authors, titles, publication dates, etc. I need to know what I have. Who knows, I might find a few real treasure's in here. I did just find one that takes place in Neptune, Nebraska. lol (I'm from Nebraska and we have very few books set here. However, my town is on the included map and I'd be roughly maybe 60 miles west of their fictional town. lol) And what ya know, it was published in 1988, a year I still need for Read my Lifetime in books. *Sets it aside so I can find it later.*About a month ago I finally entered all of my Reader's Digest Condensed hardcover books and my Detective Book Club hardcover (probably also condensed) books into my GRs inventory. That way when I do searches, things like the Perry Mason "Case of the Careless Cupid" come up. Wouldn't have found it if I hadn't entered it here. I love my shelves! lol I have 58 different shelves into which the books are sorted. Books may very well be on more than one shelf. The one big thing I did was make an exclusive "UNREAD" shelf. GRs gives you 3 exclusive shelves, "read", "currently reading" and "TBR". A book can only be on one of those shelves at a time. With over 3,500 books on GRs and having read only 600 or so of them, I didn't want them all listed as TBR. My TBR shelf then has about 30 books or so on it that I hope to get to soon.
very cool find. Yes, it is a task to do it all, but it may be worth it for me as well. I don't know if I will get to it this weekend though, the kids are really demanding my time right now.
That's why I'm doing just a box a day Debbie. And to make sure I keep them straight, and to movitate myself, lol, I brought them all upstairs. Once I put a box into Goodreads, then I can carry it downstairs and put it away for storage again. I've got too much to do them all at once. Apple boxes hold ALOT of paperbacks. lolDang it. lol I'm finding too many that look good to read, old or not. So sitting a few aside... no need to bury all of them again. :)
Ack, taking me over 2 hours to inventory one box today and I need to take a break before I can finish this. May have to start breaking them up to add 1/2 a box a day. Then again, my dining room is a mess til the boxes disappear. lol
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Duration 30 Jan - 13 Feb 2010
Total pages needed = 1982
192 pages - The Sheikh's Impatient Virgin - Kim Lawrence - 29/01/10
192 pages - Revealed: A Prince and a Pregnancy - Kelly Hunter - 31/01/10
Total = 384 pages