Shelf-a-thon Reporting (5 Feb 2009)

[Tien]

First Round of Reporting:

1. the number of books you've read between 1 - 5 February; and
2. the number of shelves you've 'touched'

The Ladder so far (10 Feb 2009):

Luann: 75 shelves with 9 books
Amanda: 68 shelves with 2 books
Mel: 63 shelves with 1 book
Stephanie: 62 shelves with 1 book
Cam: 59 shelves with 2 books
Jon: 43 shelves with 4 books
Angie: 42 shelves with 2 books
Lynlee: 40 shelves with 1 book
Sarah: 39 shelves with 1 book
Lauren: 32 shelves with 1 book
Andrew: 29 shelves with 1 book
Jen: 26 shelves with 1 book
Betty: 24 shelves with 1 book
Joanie: 1 shelf with 1 book

[Jon]

yay i get to christen the scoreboard. A rather modest total, some of mine were a bit random and unpopular

1. 4 Books read
2. 43 Shelves touched

[Andrew]

1. 1 book read
2. 29 shelves touched

[Laura]

OMG Jon - 4 books read ??? 4 books read???

I just realized that although I've been doing a ton of reading, I read more than book at once, and so I haven't actually finished any books yet. Maybe by the weekend I'll have something to report.

Good luck to everyone! I am really enjoying this challenge.

[Jen B]

Wow - 4 books!! I think even if I had a week's vacation I wouldn't be able to read 4 books in a week! :)

1. 1 book read
2. 12 shelves touched

[Jon]

they were pretty short ones i must say.. i dont always go that quick dont worry! plus i have no life at present..

[Melissa]

This seems like a high number for me, but it's a popular book, so . . .

1. One book read (Eclipse)
2. 63 shelves touched

[Cam]

I can see that very shortly it will be hard to find books that even give a double digit score. Great game Karen!
1. Two books read
2. 59 shelves touched

[Lauren]

Wow some quick readers in here!!

I have finished 1 book that touched 32 shelves.

[Betty]

I'm a bit behind, had to go into town to the library and then I could only find one on my list of many; I'll be finished it in a couple of hours and then will find out how many shelves I touched. In the meantime I have read an "off" book this month too.

[Angie]

1. 2 books read
2. 42 shelves touched

[Tien]

You guys are all doing really well!

I've checked how much shelves I've touched just for my interest - I've read 3 books since 1/2/09 and touched 53 shelves :)

[Lynlee4]

I'm so far behind already. Real life is getting in the way of my reading!

one book read/40 shelves touched

[Luann]

Let me preface this by saying that I am a children's librarian so I read picture books quite often. I normally don't count picture books in the challenges and things here at GR, but there are shelves for them in this challenge so in they go. :) If you are going to hit all the shelves, you will all get to read some picture books, too.

9 books read
75 shelves touched

[Laura]

Karen wrote: "You guys are all doing really well!

I've checked how much shelves I've touched just for my interest - I've read 3 books since 1/2/09 and touched 53 shelves :)"

So you're not playing, Karen? And for the challenge, we only count books read from 2/1, right?

It's a fun game, I'm glad you came up with it!

[Jen B]

Laura wrote: And for the challenge, we only count books read from 2/1, right?

Laura, I think Karen is using the Australian version of the date in her post (day first, then month)...I was confused for a second, too. But 1/2 is 1st of February...not January 2nd. I'd be so much further ahead if we were counting books since January 2nd! :)

[Laura]

Me too! Thx for clearing that up Jen.

[Joanie]

I read one book and touched 1 shelf-one, only one-how sad! I started reading this book before I joined the challenge so I didn't pick it thinking it was going to cover a lot of bases but still-sad!

[Amanda A]

I read two books and touched 68 shelves.

[Betty]

I wish there was a quicker way to find out how many shelves I've touched! I finished 1 book on Feb. 5, will have the total of touches soon.

[Betty]

Feb. 1-5
1 book read
touched 24
I hope I'm doing it right!

[Lynlee4]

Karen has an awesome spreadsheet to use. It's made my life so much easier!

[Luann]

I agree, Lynlee. If you are planning to read very many books at all that are on very many shelves, you NEED to use Karen's spreadsheet. It still takes time to check all the shelves, but MUCH LESS time than it would without the spreadsheet.

[Jen B]

I agree - the spreadsheet is very helpful! It turns out I actually touched 26 shelves with my first book, not 12. Don't know how I was so far off before! Excel is not my forte!

[Tien]

Laura,
I'm sort of playing but not officialy ;)

Jen,
Thanks for clarifying the date!! I think from now on, I'll be typing the name of the month rather than the numerical month! :)

[Sarah]

1 book
39 shelves

I've got a couple of days off so I might start catching up although I'm getting a bit of reading done in the tram on the way to work :)

[Stephanie]

since i know my numbers won't change from now til today, here is my numbers for the 10th: 1 book, 62 shelves

[Cathy]

1 Book - 62 shelves (hope I've got it right!)