Read-a-Thon Winter 2021: Team Penguin

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Book Shelves Team Challenge
For this team challenge, teams will be reading books for each of the book shelves listed below. Like in team challenges past, you will need to communicate with your team to determine who is reading a book for which shelf so nothing gets missed and you don't spend the week all reading the same shelves. There are 90 shelves to choose from. Your team is not expected to read a book for every shelf. Instead, the object is to read as many books as you can for as many shelves as you can. The team who reads the most shelves at the end of the week will be the winner!

For the list of rules, see our Introduction Thread

TEAM PENGUIN
Reed
Amy
Rachel
Sherri
Johanna
Lynn
Mana
Aimee
Nancy
Caitie

Your Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Personal Shelves
2021-Reading-Challenge
Abandoned
Book-Club
Books-I-Own
Cover-Love
Currently-Reading
Did-Not-Finish
Have
Maybe
Need
Own
Reviewed
Series
Stand-Alone
TBR
To-Buy
Want
Wishlist

Rating Shelves
1-Star
2-Stars
3-Stars
4-Stars
5-Stars
Favorite
Favorite-Authors
Hated
Loved
Must-Read

Genre Shelves
Adventure
Biography
Contemporary
Cozy-Mystery
Cyber-Punk
Epistolary
Fantasy
Fiction
Ghost-Story
Gothic
Graphic-Novel
Historical
Horror
Humor
Legal-Thriller
Memoir
Mystery
Mythology
Non-Fiction
Poetry
Romance
Sci-Fi
True-Crime
Urban-Fantasy
Western
Young Adult

Source/Format Shelves
ARC
Audiobook
Borrowed
Bought
Kindle
Library
Nook
Paperback

Location Shelves
Africa
Antarctica
Asia
Australia
Europe
North-America
South-America

China
France
Germany
Italy
Malaysia
Mexico
Spain
Thailand
United-Kingdom
United-States

Theme Shelves
Blue-Cover
Cozy
Food
Friendship
Snowy
White-Cover
Winter

Year Shelves
2019
2020
2021
2022

[Reed]

Hey guys how are you? Can i read my own books📚for this please🙏🏻

[°~Amy~°]

Hi Reed! Do you mean books you have written or books that you own? Either way, yes! You can read any book over 100 pages for this challenge. If you struggle to figure out where they fit, just let us know and we can help :)

[Reed]

ᗷOOKᔕ📚TᕼᗩT I Oᗯᑎ

[°~Amy~°]

Reed wrote: "ᗷOOKᔕ📚TᕼᗩT I Oᗯᑎ"

Yes, you can read books you own. You aren't expected to buy any new books. I tend to read all books that I currently own or I might borrow an audiobook from the library. :)

[Reed]

ᗯᕼEᑎ ᗪOEᔕ TᕼIᔕ ᔕTᗩᖇT I ᔕTᗩᖇTEᗪ ᗩ ᑎEᗯ ᗷOOK📘 TᕼᗩT Iᔕ 994 ᑭᗩGEᔕ ᗯIᒪᒪ TᕼᗩT ᗯOᖇK ᖴOᖇ TᕼIᔕ ᑕᕼᗩᒪᒪEᑎGE?

[°~Amy~°]

Reed wrote: "ᗯᕼEᑎ ᗪOEᔕ TᕼIᔕ ᔕTᗩᖇT I ᔕTᗩᖇTEᗪ ᗩ ᑎEᗯ ᗷOOK📘 TᕼᗩT Iᔕ 994 ᑭᗩGEᔕ ᗯIᒪᒪ TᕼᗩT ᗯOᖇK ᖴOᖇ TᕼIᔕ ᑕᕼᗩᒪᒪEᑎGE?"

It starts as soon as you get out of bed tomorrow morning. You can count your book as long as you have more than 100 pages left to read when the read a thon starts. That is a very long book so I am sure you will. What are you reading?

[Reed]

War and peace by leo Tolstoy

[Reed]

I'ᒪᒪ ᗷE ᗪOIᑎG ᗩ ᒪOT Oᖴ ᖇEᗩᗪIᑎG ᖴOᖇ TᗯO ᗯEEKᔕ ᔕIᑎᑕE I'ᗰ GOIᑎG TO ᗷE Oᑎ ᗯIᑎTEᖇ🌨⛄️ ᗷᖇEᗩK.

[°~Amy~°]

Reed wrote: "War and peace by leo Tolstoy"

Wow! That is a tough read. Good luck with it!

[Reed]

ᑎOT ᖴOᖇ ᗰE I ᖇEᗩᗪ ᗩᒪᒪ ᗪIᖴᖴEᖇEᑎT ᗷOOKᔕ📚 TᕼᗩT ᗩᖇE ᗷIG Oᖇ ᒪITTᒪE TᕼᗩᑎK YOᑌ

[Reed]

ᗩᖇE ᗯE TᕼE OᑎᒪY OᑎEᔕ ᗯᕼO ᔕIGᑎEᗪ ᑌᑭ ᔕO ᖴᗩᖇ?

[°~Amy~°]

Reed wrote: "ᗩᖇE ᗯE TᕼE OᑎᒪY OᑎEᔕ ᗯᕼO ᔕIGᑎEᗪ ᑌᑭ ᔕO ᖴᗩᖇ?"

It looks like there are 7 people on our team so far :)

[Reed]

ᗷᑌT, ᗯE ᗩᖇE TᕼE OᑎᒪY OᑎEᔕ Oᑎ ᕼEᖇE ᔕO ᖴᗩᖇ ᗯᕼEᖇE Iᔕ EᐯEᖇYOᑎE EᒪᔕE

[°~Amy~°]

Reed wrote: "ᗷᑌT, ᗯE ᗩᖇE TᕼE OᑎᒪY OᑎEᔕ Oᑎ ᕼEᖇE ᔕO ᖴᗩᖇ ᗯᕼEᖇE Iᔕ EᐯEᖇYOᑎE EᒪᔕE"

I bet they will all check in tomorrow when the readathon starts :)

[Reed]

σн σк👌🏻тнєи

[Mana]

Hi everyone! I'm looking forward to reading with you all during the next week! I've never done this before, so I just want to quickly double check something before we get started. Are all the shelves other than the "personal shelves" referring to Goodreads shelves (like the example Emily gave in the main thread)? It doesn't mean that I should have a shelf by that name right? Thank you!

[L Y N N]

@ Mana
Those are excellent questions. I'm really not sure since I've never experience a read-a-thon setup with shelves this way. My first impression was that we just use the shelves listed as a guide and we can place any book we're reading on a specific shelf. The whole point is that we read the most shelves possible within the week.

Am I correct?

[L Y N N]

I am currently reading The Gift of the Magpie. It would fit on the following shelves:
Book Club
Books I Own
Cover Love
Currently Reading
Own
Series
5 Stars (I hope!)
Loved (so far)
Cozy Mystery
Fiction
Bought
North America
United States
Cozy
Friendship
Winter
2020

I would probably list it as a cozy mystery, unless someone else has a book which could ONLY fit on the cozy mystery shelf.

EDITED TO ADD:
I have posted this in the FAQ section to verify that I am understanding this correctly. 😁

[L Y N N]

One of the most important things is to initially list the books you plan to read for this event on the PLANNING tab of the spreadsheet.

Only list books on the COMPLETION SHEET once you have actually finished reading it.

I will be keeping a listing like I just posted above for each book I read. Then I will be able to easily fit it onto an unused shelf.

I have a rather busy day tomorrow, but will definitely check in several times during the day!

Happy reading and shelving to all us Penguins! 🐧

[Sherri]

Good Morning All, I am struggling. I have never accessed Good Read Shelves. I know they are there but I never use them. I didn't understand the explanation. I have no idea what I'm doing. I want to do it myself but I will be lost for awhile. I'm going to reread the explanation again & see if it makes sense this morning. I am excited to be on team Penguin.

[Aimee]

Hi all, looking forward to doing the challenge with you!
I've got a couple of shorter (100-200 page) books I'd like to read this week so they should be perfect. Will add them to the spreadsheet.

If anyone is confused by the shelving system I'm happy to check shelves for you if that's helpful :)

[Sherri]

We need more columns on the planning spreadsheet. Thank You

[Aimee]

Sherri wrote: "We need more columns on the planning spreadsheet. Thank You"

You can add them by right-clicking the last column and choosing the option 'add column to right'. I've added some more now.

[°~Amy~°]

Mana wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm looking forward to reading with you all during the next week! I've never done this before, so I just want to quickly double check something before we get started. Are all the shelv..."

All the shelves, including the ones marked PERSONAL are from the Goodreads shelves, not your own personal shelves. So, for instance I am reading Letters from Father Christmas. On the first page of shelves, I see that 63 people have marked it as "book-club" so that is one option that I can use. I also see that 2182 people have it shelved as "currently-reading" so that is another option. Does that make sense? I'm not the best at explaining things. lol

[°~Amy~°]

Sherri wrote: "Good Morning All, I am struggling. I have never accessed Good Read Shelves. I know they are there but I never use them. I didn't understand the explanation. I have no idea what I'm doing. I want to..."

It's all different depending on how you access Goodreads. Are you using the app, mobile on your phone or a computer? There are also two different version of the book pages right now, the classic and the Beta version. Let us know what you are using and maybe we can explain it better?

[Sherri]

Amy wrote It's all different depending on how you access Goodreads. Are you using the app, mobile on your phone or a computer? I can only access all the read-a-thon information on my chrome book. I got on top shelves so I can at least see those. I'm going to take a stab at the planning spreadsheet next.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Just to clarify, this is not how you would personally shelve these books (so just because you would shelve it as "favorite" doesn't mean it would count automatically).

You look at the top 100 shelves listed for the book on GR. On the introduction thread, I have some photos that should show you how to access these shelves.

Happy to answer any questions you have!

[°~Amy~°]

Sherri wrote: "Amy wrote It's all different depending on how you access Goodreads. Are you using the app, mobile on your phone or a computer? I can only access all the read-a-thon information on my chrome book. I..."

The Top Shelves should show you the top 100 ways the book has been shelved. That is exactly what you need!

[L Y N N]

Sherri wrote: "Good Morning All, I am struggling. I have never accessed Good Read Shelves. I know they are there but I never use them. I didn't understand the explanation. I have no idea what I'm doing. I want to..."

I was totally wrong in my posting above. I have since received guidance (and corrections) from the mods!

I would read carefully through the instructions and FAQs to help orient you to the rules and how to access shelves, etc.

[L Y N N]

°~Amy~° wrote: "Mana wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm looking forward to reading with you all during the next week! I've never done this before, so I just want to quickly double check something before we get started. Are ...

All the shelves, including the ones marked PERSONAL are from the Goodreads shelves, not your own personal shelves. So, for instance I am reading Letters from Father Christmas. On the first page of shelves, I see that 63 people have marked it as "book-club" so that is one option that I can use. I also see that 2182 people have it shelved as "currently-reading" so that is another option. Does that make sense? I'm not the best at explaining things. lol"
I think that is a perfect explanation! I'm going to research the books I've listed to see which of the Goodreads shelves will match them.

[L Y N N]

I apologize for posting something BEFORE discovering whether I was interpreting the instructions correctly. I certainly only meant to help and unfortunately, I think I just confused us!
*Slinking away to redo my entries on the spreadsheet...*

[Sherri]

Thank you all for your help. I feel that I understand better now & have put my current read & marked the categories on the planning spreadsheet. I’m only thinking with less than half of my brain. We closed on our new home yesterday so we are moving this week.

[L Y N N]

Sherri wrote: "Thank you all for your help. I feel that I understand better now & have put my current read & marked the categories on the planning spreadsheet. I’m only thinking with less than half of my brain. W..."

Oh, my! Moving is so much work! I hope you enjoy the new digs!!

[L Y N N]

I marked all matches for my first two books and now must leave to run errands with my husband. I find it really interesting what other Goodreads members have used as shelf titles!

[°~Amy~°]

Sherri wrote: "Thank you all for your help. I feel that I understand better now & have put my current read & marked the categories on the planning spreadsheet. I’m only thinking with less than half of my brain. W..."

Congratulations Sherri! Closings and moving are both very stressful but oh so exciting. I hope your move goes smoothly!

[°~Amy~°]

I just added our individual names for the completion thread. I noticed someone added 6 hours of audiobook reading but there was no name at the top. It's under Reed's name for now but if it belongs to someone else, they will need to move it to their own column.

I also added my first read, Letters from Father Christmas to the Epistolary shelf. I didn't see anyone else claiming it in the planning tab.

[Reed]

Hˀoˀwˀ dˀoˀ iˀ pˀuˀtˀ mˀyˀ bˀoˀoˀkˀ📕 iˀnˀ tˀhˀeˀ cˀoˀmˀpˀlˀeˀtˀiˀoˀnˀ tˀhˀrˀeˀaˀdˀ wˀhˀeˀnˀ iˀtˀ'sˀ fˀiˀnˀiˀsˀhˀeˀdˀ🏁oˀnˀ mˀyˀ iˀPˀaˀdˀ

[L Y N N]

°~Amy~° wrote: "I just added our individual names for the completion thread. I noticed someone added 6 hours of audiobook reading but there was no name at the top. It's under Reed's name for now but if it belongs to someone else, they will need to move it to their own column."
Great! That's a huge help!

"I also added my first read, Letters from Father Christmas to the Epistolary shelf. I didn't see anyone else claiming it in the planning tab.."
Oohhh...I bet epistolary is one that would be a bit more obscure! Cool!

[Mana]

°~Amy~° wrote: "Mana wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm looking forward to reading with you all during the next week! I've never done this before, so I just want to quickly double check something before we get started. Are ..."

That makes perfect sense. Thanks for the clarification!

[L Y N N]

It looks as if the location shelves will be the trickiest to match.

I can finish one that will match South America and read one that will match Mexico.

[°~Amy~°]

Reed wrote: "Hˀoˀwˀ dˀoˀ iˀ pˀuˀtˀ mˀyˀ bˀoˀoˀkˀ📕 iˀnˀ tˀhˀeˀ cˀoˀmˀpˀlˀeˀtˀiˀoˀnˀ tˀhˀrˀeˀaˀdˀ wˀhˀeˀnˀ iˀtˀ'sˀ fˀiˀnˀiˀsˀhˀeˀdˀ🏁oˀnˀ mˀyˀ iˀPˀaˀdˀ"

I am not familiar with the Ipad setup. Maybe ask in the Readathon Info and Faqs? Someone there might be able to help.

[°~Amy~°]

Lynn wrote: "It looks as if the location shelves will be the trickiest to match.

I can finish one that will match South America and read one that will match Mexico."

I was thinking that too. The Theme shelves are pretty tricky for my planned reads. There are plenty of shelves though so we should be fine even if we don't get to those :)

[Reed]

Iˀ'mˀ gˀoˀoˀdˀ

[Nancy]

Hi all, joining in late to the party but I just finished the audio book I had going so I added it to the spreadsheet Completion Sheet, plus the two others I have started to the Planning tab.

Question for you all, in other read-a-thons, my team has moved books from the Planning tab to a new Completed tab. That way the counts are accurate as to how many books fit a shelf, plus it makes the Planning tab more manageable. What do you think?

[Sherri]

The book I’m reading now is set in Scotland which is part of the UK.

[Johanna]

Okay. It took me a while to figure this one out. I just finished listening to Lily and the Octopus. No spoilers, but oh so good! I put it under the "Friendship" theme shelf.

[Rachel]

Sorry, completely forgot the read-a-thon was starting today! Luckily, I managed to get quite a bit of reading done. I've read half of The Word Is Murder, and I'm expecting to finish it off tomorrow.

[Aimee]

Sherri wrote: "The book I’m reading now is set in Scotland which is part of the UK."

Sherri, that will only count if 'United Kingdom' is listed as one of the top 100 shelves. it's not based on how we would shelve it, it's done on how it's been shelved by others.