Shelf-a-Thon (30th of March)

[Slayermel]

I hope I'm not stepping on any toes by doing this, but the March 10th shelf is driving me nuts, being on the second page. I'm a very visual person and I want to see the board and where everyone is sitting right now. If I'm stepping on toes please tell me and I'll never ever do it again *hang head in shame* :0)

Reporting (up to 30 March 2009):

1. the number of books you've read; and
2. the number of shelves you've 'touched'

The Ladder so far (4 April 2009):

Luann: 279 shelves with 43 books
Laura: 230 shelves with 20 books
Lynlee: 224 shelves with 24 books
Lauren: 210 shelves with 17 books
Angela: 210 shelves with 33 books
Jon: 193 shelves with 23 books
Slayermel:190 shelves with 16 books
Natasha: 184 shelves with 25 books
Sarah: 175 shelves with 14 books
Jen: 167 shelves with 15 books
Amanda: 166 shelves with 23 books
Cam: 164 shelves with 13 books
Joanie: 161 shelves with 11 books
Cathy: 146 shelves with 10 books
Angie,AUS:140 shelves with 7 books
Haley: 127 shelves with 19 books
Betty: 108 shelves with 15 books
Mel: 104 shelves with 8 books
Angie,USA: 88 shelves with 11 books
Stephanie: 77 shelves with 4 books
Lanica: 76 shelves with 3 books
Christina: 75 shelves with 3 books
Andrew: 74 shelves with 2 books
Operandi: 54 shelves with 1 book

[Lynlee4]

3/30 update

217 shelves/22 books

Thanks for starting a new thread, Slayermel, my OCD was starting to kick in.

[Lauren]

Thanks for the new thread, my update is already included.

[Angela]

199 shelves
31 books

[Slayermel]

I'm so glad you guys where okay with it. Lynlee I hear ya on the OCD :op

[Cam]

I'm still on the same for shelves - 164 but have gained an extra book, now on 13. Good Work! Slayermel.

[Cathy]

I'm on 10 books 146 shelves. My ninth book again didn't touch any - need to pick better! Thanks Slayermel

[Luann]

43 books
279 shelves

Yay for the new thread! Thanks, Slayermel.

[Lauren]

Luann I am in awe!!

[Sunflower]

I agree Lauren. That's more than one book per day. Eeek.

[Angela]

200 shelves
32 books

[Slayermel]

still at 190 shelves but adding 1 more book to bring me to a total of 16
I hate it when you get through a book and it hits none of the shelves you need *sigh* :op

[Luann]

Thanks for the nice comments. I'm using this game as an excuse to read books I've been planning to read for a long time, but just hadn't gotten to yet. Although I'm now having a much harder time finding books that fit that criteria and still fit any shelves. I haven't read more than one book per day, though. We started this on Feb. 1, which adds up to 58 days on Mar. 30. So I'm not even close to that.

[Jon]

Slayermel wrote: "I'm so glad you guys where okay with it. Lynlee I hear ya on the OCD :op
"

all good, i was toying with idea of doing too but didnt get time

[Sarah]

14 books
175 shelves

I'm finding myself peaking at the shelves a book will touch before i read it to make sure i add to my total. It is forcing me to expand my normal reading habits though...

[Laura]

Is anyone having trouble with the manga shelves? Some of this stuff I haven't even heard of...

[Lauren]

I was looking at the manga shelves the other day...I'm not sure what I'm going to do about those.

[Laura]

If there were just 1, I would skip

;)

[Luann]

I've touched the manga shelf, but not the manga-to-read. I'm not sure I'm going to get to that one. They are tough ones. Not my normal thing.

Sarah - I plan ahead by looking at the shelves before reading a book, too. It's really the only way to get very far in this game - especially now that we are down to the last few weeks.

[Laura]

Me too I must confess (now that everyone else seems to be)

;)

[Betty]

15 books, 108 shelves

[Luann]

I really think it's okay. I don't read anything in the rules about not looking at the shelves before reading a book. There's no other way to be sure of touching all the shelves. And even then I've had a couple of them change on me with shelves I had planned on moving from the top five pages before I finished the book. :(

[Laura]

20 books
230 shelves

[Betty]

I'm checking the shelves mainly to see what books I have already, and what I might have to buy or borrow. However, it's taking a lot of reading time to compile this list!

[Angela]

210 shelves
33 books

[Lynlee4]

Apr 05
24 books/224 shelves