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Liz wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Liz wrote: "Thank you, Pigletto! This looks like an interesting challenge for 2013. One question? Why does it start in November 2012 and end January 2013 (beginning or end?), not Ja..."It's just fun! To see what sort of shelves other people categorize the books I've read (and sometimes rather funny too.)
Rebecca's right, you'd be surprised how many shelves you could get with a few books. I didn't read many books for this challenge, but I've ended up with more shelves per book than in the previous challenge.
8 books202 shelves
Book 1 >500 pages, crossed off: mm, m-m
Book 4 by GR author, crossed off: horror
Nov - 2 extra shelves, crossed off: business, in
Book 5 >500 pages, crossed off: mine, mysteries
Book 6 by GR author & >500 pages, crossed off: 2005, home, home-library
Book 7 by GR author, crossed off: next
Dec - 3 extra shelves, crossed off: theology, purchased, plays
Book 8 by GR author, crossed off: 2013
11 books
219 shelves
500+ pages - crossed off "giveaways" and "mm"
219 shelves
500+ pages - crossed off "giveaways" and "mm"
24 books260 shelves
Book 14: goodreads author, crossed off to-purchase AND over 400 pages, crossed off theology
Book 15: over 400 pages, crossed off religion
Book 17: goodreads author, crossed off travel
Book 18: goodreads author, crossed off looks-interesting AND over 600 pages, crossed off speculative-fiction, picture-book, and picture-books
Book 19: goodreads author, crossed off school
Book 22: goodreads author, crossed off short-story
3 books139 shelves
Random draw winner - crossed off graphic-novel, graphic-novels
Book 3: Goodreads author - crossed off paranormal-romance
Finally caught up!26 Books
271 Shelves
10 books206 shelves
Book 1 >500 pages, crossed off: mm, m-m
Book 4 by GR author, crossed off: horror
Nov - 2 extra shelves, crossed off: business, in
Book 5 >500 pages, crossed off: mine, mysteries
Book 6 by GR author & >500 pages, crossed off: 2005, home, home-library
Book 7 by GR author, crossed off: next
Dec - 3 extra shelves, crossed off: theology, purchased, plays
Book 8 by GR author, crossed off: 2013
Book 10 by GR author, crossed off: art
Kari wrote: "Read a collection of SF short stories and someone shelved as nonfiction. One story was a little boy teleporting to Santa's workshop. Wishful thinking maybe.i>that's a nice one! sometimes you really do get the weirdest shelvings :)
11 books158 shelves
Book 11 over 500 pages, crossed off graphic-novel and freebie
34 Books286 Shelves
31 and 34 GR Authors: 1 and Christian
I do wonder where people come up with their shelving. The one challenge I read a book by Stephen King - it was shelved as non-fiction, romance, middle-grade. Never could figure out why.
22 books288 shelves
book 21: GR author; crossed off book
book 22: >400 pages; crossed off 2009-reads
random draw: two shelves, crossed off books-i-have, books-i-own-to-read
36 Books289 Shelves
book 35 GR Auhor: fun
13 books181 shelves
book 13 Goodreads author, crossed off not-yet-released
38 Books291 Shelves
Book 37 GR Author: religion
Book 38 GR Author: theology
12 books211 shelves
29 books276 shelves
Book 25: goodreads author, crossed off 1
Book 27: goodreads author, crossed off summer-reading AND over 400 pages, crossed off reread
Book 28: goodreads author, crossed off historical-romance
Book 29: goodreads author, crossed off music
18 books
265 shelves
Goodreads author - "m-m"
500+ - "french" "paranormal romance"
265 shelves
Goodreads author - "m-m"
500+ - "french" "paranormal romance"
35 books294 shelves
Book 31: GR author, crossed off read-for-school
Book 33: GR author, crossed off german
Book 34: GR author, crossed off modern-fiction
Book 35: over 400 pages, crossed off military
20 books
279 shelves
Goodreads author - "2011-read"
279 shelves
Goodreads author - "2011-read"
15 books190 shelves
Book 15, GR Author, crossed off self-help
7 books188 shelves
Book 5, over 500 pages, crossed off fantasy-sci-fi and paranormal
Book 6, GR author, crossed off vampires
This is my second time to participate in this. I crossed off 184 shelves the first time, so I guess I'm consistent! :)
26 books300 shelves
book 24: >400 pages; crossed off comics
book 25: >500 pages; crossed off animals, books-i-want
book 26: GR author: erotica
43 Books300 Shelves
Books 39,40,42,and43 all GR Authors:self-help, 2005, 1001-books, and 2006
I've got one more I might finish by tomorrow.
My last post this round. 39 books
301 shelves
Book 36: GR author, crossed off started
Book 37: GR author, crossed off to-read-owned
Top 5 Shelves
to-read - 39 times
2012 - 38 times
fiction - 34 times
own - 34 times
library - 32 times
adult - 30 times
books-i-own - 30 times
New Shelves Hit
2013 - 17 books
1001-books - none
available - 1 book
favs - none
lendable - 2 books
looks-interesting - none
loved-it - 1 book
modern-fiction - none
next - 1 book
not-yet-released - 1 book
paper - none
read-again - none
to-read - 39 books
to-read-kindle - 1 book
to-read-owned - 1 book
Book that hit the most shelves:
- 85 shelves
Final post for this round15 books
238 shelves
Book 15 by GR author, crossed off: 3-stars
16 books208 shelves
Last book by GR author, over 400 pages, crossed off sociology and stand-alone
Made it through my last book for this challenge and while it hit no shelves, it was by a GR Author. This makes my final numbers:44 Books
301 Shelves
Book 44: GR Author, crossed off: 4-star
Mary wrote: "...This is my second time to participate in this. I crossed off 184 shelves the first time, so I guess I'm consistent! :) ..."Mary - consistent is good :)
Final numbers
22 books
284 shelves
GR - crossed off "5 star"
over 400 - crossed off "at library"
22 books
284 shelves
GR - crossed off "5 star"
over 400 - crossed off "at library"
my stats:books hitting most shelves
74 shelves: mistborn #2 (well of ascension) by brandon sanderson
74 shelves: anybody out there by marian keyes
73 shelves: mistborn #4 (alloy of law) by brandon sanderson
shelves hit the most
to read: 26 times
favorites: 23 times
wishlist: 23 times
own: 22 times
2012: 22 times
Kari wrote: "...I am worried about the person who shelved a horror book under cooking. ..."
Kari - I have to agree with you on that one!
Here are my stats:Book hitting most shelves:
The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles - 80 shelves
Shelves hit most:
to read - 16 times
favorites - 15 times
fiction - 14 times
own - 14 times
Final Stats
29 books
278 shelves (255 hit and 23 strikes)
Water for Elephants - 81 shelves
29 books
278 shelves (255 hit and 23 strikes)
Water for Elephants - 81 shelves
The much awaited for final standings. Thanks for being a great group again!Roseann - 301 shelves; 39 books
Rebecca - 301 shelves; 44 books
Hanne - 300 shelves; 26 books
Lori - 284 shelves; 22 books
Pigletto - 278 shelves; 29 books
Kari - 259 shelves; 86 books
Jessica - 238 shelves; 15 books
Pinar - 208 shelves; 16 books
Mary - 188 shelves; 7 books
Adele - 7 shelves; 0 books
Great job everyone!!
20 Books
242 Shelves