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[LynnB]

Susan wrote: "But meanwhile, I have a question. What does "pebbles" mean as a shelf name? There are 17,514 books on it, so it's not just someone's weird personal idea. Check it out ..."

Hmm .... I'd like to know, too. I've read some of the books on that appear on that shelf and have no clue how they would fit that title.

And congrats on being picked Shelf-picker! Can't wait to see what you pick.

[Karen]

Congrats Susan.

Pebbles? Seems like an odd way to label books.

[Dee]

I Pm'd one of the ppl out of curiosity

[D.G.]

Well, now I've heard it all. What the hell does that mean?

I'm sure HP is probably there!

[D.G.]

All those books have only 1 person shelving them as such and the person doesn't seem to be active so it might be an old thing that was deleted and it's still lingering.

[Tien]

I think DG is right - it says no user found when I clicked on to see who's shelf it is.

Some of my shelves probably wouldn't make sense to peope either - 'moving-mountains'? It'll make sense to you guys but not other people ;p

[Dee]

I found someone's name - Pam I think it was

[Tien]

Maybe Pebbles is her nick... so it could've been books she owns?

[Dee]

maybe - but others have it shelved that way, so who knows - maybe it was a reading group or something

[Tien]

Oh yes, that's also possible... or part of a game widget thing! It could've been anything!

[Susan]

A former reading group or challenge game sort of makes sense to me. But 17,514 books on it -- that's a lot. Thanks for everyone's ideas. That will not be my choice, in any case.

Tien gave me lots of warning, which has been both a blessing and a curse. I actually read all the names on the first 10 pages of "Top Shelves" (hence my discovery of "Pebbles"). And we've had great shelf choices lately, so I'm feeling a bit intimidated. I want to pick something good, but also different.

For example, I'd love to do cyberpunk sometime, but right now it seems too soon after steampunk for that. I also ruled out magical realism because someone just mentioned having trouble with that. And I almost chose African-American since it'll be for February. But it just didn't really speak to me for this month, so I ruled that out. Now I have it down to a tough choice among 3 -- none are really similar to any we've ever done, and they would all challenge me personally to find something new. But I'm still debating what would be the best challenge for the group.

Not to be teasing you all or anything ... Oh, yeah, sure I am. :)

[Dee]

ugh, susan - that is just painful!

[D.G.]

I'm sure you'll pick a great choice. :)

[Mindy]

I can't wait to see what it will be. You are so good at building the suspense.

[Susan]

OK. One of my top three choices, but in the end NOT chosen, is debut. Now it's down to two. Stay tuned ...

[Karen]

Susan that is cruel, you are such a tease. :-)

[Tien]

Susan... didn't know you were such a tease ;p

[Susan]

@Tien: No, I'm usually not such a tease. Just couldn't resist in this case, though. On what day would you like me to actually announce my choice?

@ everyone: the last shelf I almost chose was 1st in series. But in the end, I decided to go with a content-based shelf.

[D.G.]

OMG, Susan! You're terrible!

Both of those are great shelves though. I wouldn't be surprised if I don't see them soon!

[LynnB]

Pul-eeze tell us ... I'm not good with suspense :)

[Tien]

Susan wrote: "@Tien: No, I'm usually not such a tease. Just couldn't resist in this case, though. On what day would you like me to actually announce my choice?"

On Friday, please, Susan... Then we'll have the weekend to ooh & aahs over our choices :)

Can't wait for this weekend - long weekend for us (Australia Day) woo hoo! Still a long week to live through :p

[Susan]

Ok , someone help me with time zones here. If I want to hit Friday in Australia, I need to post on Thurs night from the U.S., right? At the moment I'm posting now, it's nearly 10 P.M. (Mon nite) in the eastern time zone.

[Vi]

Oh, it's 11 am here in India and Australia is usually around 5 hrs ahead of me. Its Probably afternoon there right now. Maybe posting a little earlier would help.

[Tien]

Susan wrote: "Ok , someone help me with time zones here. If I want to hit Friday in Australia, I need to post on Thurs night from the U.S., right? At the moment I'm posting now, it's nearly 10 P.M. (Mon nite) in..."

LOL - Susan, you don't have to be so precise! Anytime around Friday (anywhere around the world) is fine, ha ha ha...

FYI, it is currently 2:15pm (Tuesday) for me in Sydney

[Amy]

Good website for finding out times around the world is worldtimeserver.com

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Not until Friday????? But I need all the time I can get to think up something clever for the quote thread. I can't wait until Friday, lol. *sitting on hands*

BTW - Susan - I would have loved First in series, debut, or even pebbles from the looks of it, lol.

[D.G.]

Lyn M wrote: "Not until Friday????? But I need all the time I can get to think up something clever for the quote thread. I can't wait until Friday, lol. *sitting on hands* "

LOL, Lyn! That's exactly what I thought. Now I have to wait all the way to Friday! Not fair!

[Susan]

How about when I get up on Thursday? That way, when all you Aussie's get up on Friday morning, it will be there ready for you.

[Susan]

Now I'm beginning to worry that all my teasing is going to come back to bite me. If you're all disappointed with my choice, compared to my almost-choices, I'll feel bad. Keeping my fingers crossed.

[Tien]

Susan wrote: "Now I'm beginning to worry that all my teasing is going to come back to bite me. If you're all disappointed with my choice, compared to my almost-choices, I'll feel bad. Keeping my fingers crossed."

Heh, I doubt it, Susan!

Maybe you can dole out some clues / riddles for your picked shelf too and we can all have fun guessing for a day or two LOL

[D.G.]

Great idea, Tien!

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Ya, Tien, just rub salt in our wounds, lol.

Seriously - I think that would be a lot of fun, if your up to it Susan.

[Susan]

OK, clues. At the moment, the chosen shelf is on page 6 of Top Shelves. They move, though, so that clue is not good for long. :)

[LynnB]

Susan wrote: "OK, clues. At the moment, the chosen shelf is on page 6 of Top Shelves. They move, though, so that clue is not good for long. :)"

There are some great looking subjects on that page ... and some not-so-great ... can't wait to see what it will be!

[D.G.]

Oh I know what it is!

It's Menage!

(HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! LOL, I know it's not that one Susan...just couldn't help myself.)

[Susan]

Clue # 2: I haven't found HP there so far.

[Susan]

Clue # 3: The shelf has books in a great variety of genres and formats -- fiction & non-fiction, classics & at least one currently popular series, mysteries, romance, comics/graphic novels, memoirs, ya and even a few kids' picture books.

[Susan]

D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~ wrote: "Oh I know what it is!

It's Menage!

(HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! LOL, I know it's not that one Susan...just couldn't help myself.)"

Well, Menage would have been a better choice than textbooks!

[Tien]

ooh - multicultural sounds good??

[Tien]

D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~ wrote: "Oh I know what it is!

It's Menage!

(HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! LOL, I know it's not that one Susan...just couldn't help myself.)"

LOL DG - you just had to, didn't you ;p

[D.G.]

Tien wrote: "LOL DG - you just had to, didn't you ;p "

Of course I couldn't!!!

First I thought it was 'S' - why are there like 7 'S' shelves in there?

But then I saw Menage and had to mention it. :p

[D.G.]

Susan wrote: "Well, Menage would have been a better choice than textbooks! "

LMAO!!!! We definitely have our priorities straight in this group.

[LynnB]

D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~ wrote: "First I thought it was 'S' - why are there like 7 'S' shelves in there?"

I saw those S shelves too and thought "Really? S? Who in the world shelves things on S?" ... but maybe that's what we'll get :)

[Susan]

D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~ wrote: "First I thought it was 'S' - why are there like 7 'S' shelves in there?"

I know, that's so weird. There are actually a number of places where there seem to be different but identical shelves. But if you look at them, they're really multiple listings of the same shelf. Don't know why they're listed multiple times.

I think there are actually several errors in how the shelf lists are compiled. It must be very complicated coding. I'll tell you about another one tomorrow.

[Susan]

Clue # 4 (next-to-last clue): As of right now, I spot 2 books either read or reserved on the scripts tower which are on the chosen shelf. Of course, there may be others I don't know about.

[Susan]

It's almost bedtime for me here, and I'm posting the choice when I get up in the morning, so this will be the last clue.

Clue # 5: This shelf will not challenge Dee nearly as much as it will most of the rest of us. (Dee, if you guess, don't give it away.)

[Tien]

Susan wrote: "It's almost bedtime for me here, and I'm posting the choice when I get up in the morning, so this will be the last clue.

Clue # 5: This shelf will not challenge Dee nearly as much as it will most..."

hmm... maybe it really is menage! LOL

It's gotta be something HOT!

I see there's 'steamy' and 'hot' too on that page :p

[Tien]

Susan wrote: "Clue # 5: This shelf will not challenge Dee nearly as much as it will most of the rest of us."

Ooh, I know! I know!! It's somewhere in the middle of the page, isn't it!??!

[D.G.]

I think I know...it's (view spoiler)[ GLBT (hide spoiler)]

[Candiss]

(Good idea with the spoiler tag, D.G!)

My guess would be (view spoiler)[guilty pleasure (hide spoiler)].