Shelf-O-Poly

[Tien]

Karen, congrats!!

Remind me to update list when I have proper internet access -might be another month :(

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Is there a way that I can go update for you?

[Susan]

Begun 8/1/2013
Ends 11/30/2013

Section 4

Rolled 1
*Science Fiction > Space Opera : 320 points
Eternity - finished 9/12

Rolled 3
*Literature > Contemporary: 350 points
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - finished 9/26/13

Rolled 2
*Literature > Classics : 400 points
Alias Grace - finished 9/23

Cycle One score 2170

Rolled 4
Pass Go - 200 points
*Non-Fiction/Non-Bios: 60 points
Done in the Sun - finished 9/11

Rolled 5
*Mystery > Thriller : 100 points
The Compound - finished 9/15

Rolled 5
*Young Adult > Coming of Age : 140 points
Cinder - finished 9/13

Rolled 4
COMMUNITY CHEST
1+1=2: 2 - Read a book for PAS shelf of the month
Iron King - begun 9/27, finished 10/1

Books 7/7

Cycle One score 2170
Section 4 points in Cycle Two 500
Total Points so far 2670/2670

completed 10/1

[Susan]

Anyone have any suggestions for good non-fiction non-bio? I don't have a single one on my TBR any more. Had to read one on my first round, and now landed on it again. Since it's not a real shelf, I'm not even sure where to start browsing.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Susan wrote: "Anyone have any suggestions for good non-fiction non-bio? I don't have a single one on my TBR any more. Had to read one on my first round, and now landed on it again. Since it's not a real shelf, I..."

How about one of Erik Larson's books. They are non-fiction stories of true crimes and really good. Another series that my sister and I have found really interesting are the History of books, like: A History of the World in 6 Glasses.

[Susan]

This is tight timing! I've started The Iron King for my Community Chest book, but that means I have to finish it in Sept. Meanwhile, I started planning Part 5. It turned out to be a very short section!

[Susan]

Begun 8/1/2013
Ends 11/30/2013

Section 5

Rolled 2
*Romance > Contemporary : 220 points
The Pact by Judy Picoult - finished 10/10/13

Rolled 3
CHANCE
4+6=10: 10 - Leave us a quote: monthly shelf quotes

Section 5 points 220/220
Section 4 points 500
Cycle Two score 720/720

Cycle One score 2170
Total Points so far 2890/2890

completed 10/12/13

[Susan]

Oops. I have a procedural question.

I started The Iron King for my Community Chest book on Sept 27, and almost finished it last night (9/30), but not quite.

Since it's now October, do I need to pick a different book to complete that task, one that is on the Novellas shelf rather than the Debut shelf? Or can I count The Iron King since I was almost done before October arrived?

[Tien]

Susan wrote: "Oops. I have a procedural question.

I started The Iron King for my Community Chest book on Sept 27, and almost finished it last night (9/30), but not quite.

Since it's now October, do I need to p..."

No need to change, Susan. Whenever you started reading, that's the month's shelf you should read. Cheers!

[Susan]

Yay! Finished with Section 4 then, moving on to Section 5.

[Susan]

Does something checked out from the library count as a "freebie"?

[Susan]

Sorry I seem to have so many questions. This one is about the sub-categories.

*Mystery > Crime : 100 points
*Mystery > Thriller : 100 points
*Mystery > Classic: 120 points

There are a number of things with Mystery on the book page that on later pages show shelved as Crime, or Thriller. But I don't see people labeling Classic Mysteries as "Classic." Do we just use our judgment on that, and decide which of those 3 sub-categories a mystery best fits in? I've just drawn "*Mystery > Classic," and am not sure how to tell whether a book qualifies.

[Tien]

Susan wrote: "Does something checked out from the library count as a "freebie"?"

yes - since you didn't fork out any $...

2 examples of Mystery > Classic:
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
The Adventures of Sherlok Holmes

If you see on both book pages, there's "Mystery" and if you click the 'more top shelves' - "classic" is there on first column... hoping that I understoond your question correctly and have answered it proper

[Bea]

Susan, this might help:

mystery classics

[Susan]

Tien wrote: "2 examples of Mystery > Classic:
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
The Adventur..."

Yes, that answered my question. I just wasn't seeing "classic" listed anywhere, on many mysteries I would think should be there. I guess I think of "classic mystery" as a type of mystery, but this means it needs to be something old as well, something people consider to be a "classic" in addition to a mystery.

Thanks, Bea. I found an Agatha Christie I have on my Nook at the top of the page, so that will work.

[Tien]

Susan wrote: "I just wasn't seeing "classic" listed anywhere, on many mysteries I would think should be there."

Interesting!
Which ones were you thinking of?

[Susan]

Tien wrote: "Susan wrote: "I just wasn't seeing "classic" listed anywhere, on many mysteries I would think should be there."

Interesting!
Which ones were you thinking of?"

It won't matter, because I'm happy to read the Christie, but I had been wondering, for example, about The Railway Detective, which sounds to me like it will be classic style, but is not truly old and classic.

[Coralie]

Begin Second Cycle

Roll 1 Non-fiction
* Bios (60 points)
The Fighting Angel Read 23/10

Roll 5 Mystery
* Crime (100 points)
Watchmen Read 19/10

Roll 3 Mystery
* Classic (120 points)
The Third Policeman Read 29/10

Roll 2 Young Adult
* Fantasy (140 points)
Blackout Read 17/10

Roll 6 Community Chest
6 + 2 = 8
Read a book for PAS shelf of the month.
Novellas
Four Ways to Forgiveness Read 31/10

Books 22/22
Points 2820/2820

Roll 1 Romance
* Paranormal (180 points)
The Hidden Goddess Read 6/11

Roll 4 Chance
Roll 3 + 1 = 4
Ask for challenge - from top 10 ratings on TBR
Goliath Read 18/11

Books 24/24
Points 3000/3000
A nice round number to finish on.

[Susan]

Begun 8/1/2013
Ends 11/30/2013

Section 6

Rolled 1
*Fantasy > Urban Fantasy: 220 points
Love is Hell - finished 10/27

Rolled 3
*Adventure > Children : 260 points
Journey - finished 10/26

Rolled 2
# "Graphic Novels (incl. Manga)" : 150 points
Case Closed, Vol. 2 - finished 10/18

Rolled 4
*Science Fiction > Speculative (incl. Steampunk & Apocalyptic) : 300 points
Wool_Omnibus - finished 10/22

Rolled 5
*Literature > Contemporary: 350 points
The Sense of an Ending - finished 10/19

Rolled 6

Section 6 points 1130
Sections 4-5 points 720

Cycle Two score 1850

Pass Go - 200 points

*Non-Fiction > Non-Bio : 60 points
Jews and Words - finished 11/10

Rolled 5
*Mystery > Thriller : 100 points
So Cold the River - finished 10/14

Rolled 1
*Mystery > Classic: 120 points
And Then There Were None - finished 11/1

Rolled 6
# "play" : 200 points
The Children's Hour - finished 10/30

Rolled 5
FREEBIES: We all love Free Books! Read a Free Book: At Risk, from the library - finished 10/16

Rolled 3
*Fantasy > Urban Fantasy: 220 points
The Lost Gate - finished 11/2

Rolled 3
*Adventure > Children : 260 points
The Last Dragonslayer - finished 11/18

Rolled 1
*Adventure > Action : 260 points
Ship Breaker - finished 11/7

Rolled 1
# "Graphic Novels (incl. Manga)" : 150 points
Zodiac, P.I. - finished 10/21

Rolled 5
COMMUNITY CHEST
3+5=8: 8 - Read a book for PAS shelf of the month: I Want My Hat Back - finished 11/18

books read 15/15

Cycle One score 2170
Cycle Two score 720 (Sections 4-5) + 1130 (Section 6)==> 1850
Cycle Three score 1220/1220 (Section 6 beginning with passing GO)

Total Points so far 5240/5240

completed 11/20/2013

[Susan]

I have a question about the ending of the game. The rules state, "Challenge open for 4 months (up to 30 November 2013) and whoever completed the challenge at the end of 4 months with highest points "wins"!"

For those of us who have completed one or more rounds, will our final score be the score we've obtained as of the date of the end of the contest? Or is it the score at the end of the last completed section (i.e., the last time we arrived at GO)?

And, when we arrive at GO, do we claim those 200 points in that Cycle, or the next one? I see Coralie has claimed it when she arrives, but you and Karen have not.

I also have a question about my "complete" score, posted in message 5. You've recorded 1570, but that's what I earned on part 4 only. Should parts 1, 2 & 3 be included in the total? That would be 2670. Or, if it only includes the amount of part 4 until I arrived at Go, I think the total would be 2170. I can split up my posts to make it more clear once I'm sure where/how you cut things.

[Tien]

um, it's too late at night for me to think because all I read was a jumble of letters, ha ha ha...

though I think this might answer it...
the final score will be the score at the end of last completed section on 30 November
I didn't claim the last GO points because I wasn't planning on playing on so I stopped there... Karen & Coralie seemed to divide their post differently, hence, the difference in when they 'claimed' the GO points.
And oops, didn't even compute your score! Thought it as a bit low! Then, it should be 2,170. Count the GO in your next round. Sorry, it was a bit confusing when you divide one round into 3-4 parts... I just updated my original post until I finish round and then do a new post for the new round (if that make sense).

[Susan]

Tien wrote: "um, it's too late at night for me to think because all I read was a jumble of letters, ha ha ha...

though I think this might answer it...
the final score will be the score at the end of last compl..."

Got it. Thanks.

[Susan]

I've completed Cycle Two, and have adjusted how I'm showing my score (message 69) so it's hopefully easier for you. Cycle Two score 1850. Continuing with Cycle Three, though I'm not sure I'll finish it before the end of November.

[Susan]

I just want to check before I start reading this. Do you agree that The Man Who Loved Books Too Much will meet the "non-Fiction/Non-Bio" criterion? It looks to me like it's not a bio, even though the title might make one think so.

[Coralie]

I need a challenge for my next Chance. Would someone like to give me one?

[Tien]

Susan wrote: "I just want to check before I start reading this. Do you agree that The Man Who Loved Books Too Much will meet the "non-Fiction/Non-Bio" criterion? It looks to me like it's not a bio, even though t..."

What an interesting book! I'll have to get to it, one day :)

Unfortunately, though, the book page stated that it's Biography / Autobiography... we're kinda going by the top shelves so it doesn't actually fit the Non-Fiction > Non-Bio square as it's been shelved as bio.

[Susan]

Coralie wrote: "I need a challenge for my next Chance. Would someone like to give me one?"

Sure.
In your TBR, click "select multiple" at the end of your shelf lists on the left. Click the + sign to the right of the non-exclusive list with the most books in it. Read one of the first ten books listed on the list that pops up.

Note that this will only work if you put some books on shelves before you've read them. If you don't do that, let me know and I'll change the challenge. I just like playing with the multiple feature.

[Susan]

Tien wrote: "Unfortunately, though, the book page stated that it's Biography / Autobiography... we're kinda going by the top shelves so it doesn't actually fit the Non-Fiction > Non-Bio square as it's been shelved as bio. "

Did you notice that that only 68 people shelved it as biography, compared to larger numbers who shelved it as books-about-books and/or true-crime? If you see that and still hold to your ruling, I'll find something else. That's why I wanted to ask first. But I hoped maybe we could go with the majority opinion.

[Coralie]

Susan wrote: "Coralie wrote: "I need a challenge for my next Chance. Would someone like to give me one?"

Sure.
In your TBR, click "select multiple" at the end of your shelf lists on the left. Click the + sign t..."

The only time I put books on shelves before I read them is to let myself know that they are not readily available, so I think I will need another challenge.

[Susan]

Coralie wrote: "The only time I put books on shelves before I read them is to let myself know that they are not readily available, so I think I will need another challenge. "

OK. This should work.

Order your TBR by "avg rating," in descending order (highest rated will be higher on the list). Read one of the first 10 books listed.

[Coralie]

OK. Thank you.

[Tien]

Susan wrote: "Did you notice that that only 68 people shelved it as biography, compared to larger numbers who shelved it as books-about-books and/or true-crime? If you see that and still hold to your ruling, I'll find something else. That's why I wanted to ask first. But I hoped maybe we could go with the majority opinion."

I noticed 151 for books-about-books and 82 for crime... note that these users might not necessarily exclusively shelved on one but not the other. So, they could've shelved for books-about-books and biography. Truthfully, I don't mind if you'd like to read it for the 'non-fiction/non-bio' and you're welcome to claim these points if, after the read, you feel that it is definitely not a 'bio' type of book. But what if, as you read it, you found that it fits more under the 'bio' shelf?

edited: I've had a look around and it seems to be treading both bio / non-bio pretty much equally (just checking on how libraries shelved them etc) so it could work...

[Susan]

Tien wrote: "Truthfully, I don't mind if you'd like to read it for the 'non-fiction/non-bio' and you're welcome to claim these points if, after the read, you feel that it is definitely not a 'bio' type of book. But what if, as you read it, you found that it fits more under the 'bio' shelf?

I've had a look around and it seems to be treading both bio / non-bio pretty much equally (just checking on how libraries shelved them etc) so it could work... "

Thanks for reconsidering. I'm really interested in it more for the mystery & books aspect. If it seems to me more like a bio while I'm reading it, I probably wouldn't even finish it.

So if you're ok leaving it that way, and letting me use my judgment, I'll probably try it.

[Bea]

Continuing my journey...

(points so far: 960)

Rolled 6.
#"Graphic Novels (incl. Manga)" (150 points)
Book: 100 Bullets, Vol. 5: The Counterfifth Detective
Points Total: 1110

Rolled 1.
*Adventure > Suspense (280 points)
Book: The Bourne Sanction
Points Total: 1390

Rolled 6.
#"play" (200 points)
Book: Proof
Points Total: 1590

Rolled 1.
CHANCE: rolled 3+5 = 8
Read a book for the PAS shelf of the month.
Book: Dog on It
Points Total: 1590

[Tien]

Susan wrote: "Thanks for reconsidering. I'm really interested in it more for the mystery & books aspect. If it seems to me more like a bio while I'm reading it, I probably wouldn't even finish it.

So if you're ok leaving it that way, and letting me use my judgment, I'll probably try it."

Not a problem, Susan. Most reading challenges would rely on an honesty system anyway and it does look to be a very interesting sort of book! Let me know how you go :)

[Bea]

Updated posts - #28 and #84

Looks like I might finish this game! Yippee!

[Tien]

Woot, top job, Bea!

[Susan]

Begun 8/1/2013
Ends 11/30/2013

Yay! Finished Section 6, rolling for Section 7. Only one book to go (or, to "Go").

Section 7

Rolled 4
*Literature > Contemporary: 350 points

Rolled 4
Pass Go

books read 10/1

Cycle One score 2170
Cycle Two score 720 (Sections 4-5) + 1130 (Section 6)==> 1850
Cycle Three score 1220 (Section 6) + 0/350 (Section 7)

Points so far 5240/5590

posted 11/20/13
..............................
completed after the deadline -- doesn't really count:
Snow Crash for Literature>Contemporary

last updated 12/6/13

[Tien]

UNbelievable, Susan, well done for 3 cycles! Amazing :D

[Bea]

Finishing last book of Round 1.

Rolled a 5.
Passed GO (200 points).
Landed on Non-Fiction: Bios

Total Points for Round 1: 1790


Doing happy dance!!! I finally finished a game for PAS on time!

[Tien]

CONGRATS, Bea!!

I know it's a great feeling to complete a challenge on time ;D

[Bea]

Tien wrote: "CONGRATS, Bea!!

I know it's a great feeling to complete a challenge on time ;D"

Thanks, Tien. For me it is nearly a miracle, except that I will have completed Birthday Bash's Pick-a-Title also by the end of this week! So maybe TWO miracles!

[Tien]

Woot, just in time for Christmas!! ;)

[Amy]

Reading my last book for round 1, so I want to plan round 2 to see how far I can get:

Last roll from round 1:
Passed go = 200
landed on:

*Non-Fiction > Bio - 60 points
Let Me Stand Alone: The Journals of Rachel Corrie Read 11/23/13

Rolled 6
CHANCE
Rolled 3+2 = 5: Read a book for another challenge
SRC - The Runaway King Read 11/26/13


Starting my Chance task and rolling on...

Rolled 3
Detention Centre / Just Visiting
Abandoned Read 11/30/13

Rolled 3
*Young Adult > Coming of Age : 140 points
Identical Read 11/30/13

Rolled 6
*Romance > Contemporary : 220 points
Takedown Twenty

Rolled 6
# "novella": 200 points
Bad Girl: Prequel to Serial

Rolled 6
*Science Fiction > Time Travel : 300 points

Rolled 2
COMMUNITY CHEST
Rolled 3+6 = 9
Ask your fellow PAS who is participating in this challenge for a Task (will wait until later this week to see if I get anywhere close to this task)

Total books - 4/8
Total points - 400/920

[Susan]

Tien wrote: "UNbelievable, Susan, well done for 3 cycles! Amazing :D"

Thanks!
I'm not done yet, but I've started the last (contemporary literature) book.

[Amy]

Finally finished round one with 1920 points. I'm going to see how far I can get in round two with just over a week to go.

[Tien]

Wow, I have so missed the end-date! We are sooo into December now :p

Congratulations to Susan who had read terrifically three cycles of this board! (Not sure if you've finished your last last book yet but, it's still an awesome effort).

Honorable mention to Bea who has completed her first PAS challenge within the offical challenge period :D

Thank God It's Friday!! Time to relax over the weekend and read for the new week will bring the NEW...

The Fantastic...

The Amazingly Gigantic...

2014 PAS Reading Challenge;

it will stretch you in all ways imaginable.

I'm such a Drama Queen... Where is my coffee!

[Susan]

Oh, oops. I did complete Snow Crash but only the night before last (12/4), so I missed the deadline for the last one.