Shelf-A-Thon Round 2!

[Angela]

Hello all my fellow TNBBCners!!
I wanted to see how much interest there would be for another go around with this challenge. Please post if you are interested in participting here. The challenge would begin on November 1st and I will post the new shelves (which do not usually change very drastically) if I have enough interest. If I do have enough people who want to participate, I will post the shelves on October 15th. I hope that everyone enjoyed playing last time. I think it is fun because you really do not have to find specific books to touch shelves, but you do have to expand on the genres you read in order to touch more shelves. Thanks everyone :)

[Susanna]

I'll sign up again :)

[Usako]

I'll join!

[Lucy]

I would like to do it

[Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews]

I am interested in what is happening, but am not sure what it is since I missed the last one...can you post the challenge please.

THANKS.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

You know me Angela - I'll do it, and of course I will update the spreadsheet for anyone who wants to use it to keep track again.

[Rachel Lee]

I'll sign up again.

[Angela]

Elizabeth, if you go to the thread named Shelf-A-Thon Challenge, it explains the rules of the challenge.

[Tani]

I'd be up for doing it again. It's really interesting to see how wide a range my reading does (and sometimes doesn't!) cover.

[Liz]

I'm in for this round.

Liz NY

[Diane]

Put me in again!

[Cindy]

Yes, please! It sounds like lots of fun!

[LaTrica]

I'll play again

[Madeline]

I want to play this time, I missed both cut offs on the last one! ><

[Lauren]

Sure count me in.

[Dree]

Sure!

[Kim]

I want to do it!

[Kate]

I'm interested.

[Lauren]

I'd like to have a go.

[Rebecca NJ]

Count me in!

[Sara ♥]

I'll be there!

[Jennifer]

I'd love to continue with this.

[Angela]

Great! Glad to see so many people interested in participating again! :)

[Laura]

I am in as well

[Lisa Julianna]

I want to do it and actually get some reading done. :~)

[[deleted user]]

I'm in, even though I might not get far.

[Erin]

Sign me up!

[Nicole]

I'm in!

[PDXReader]

I'm in, too!

[Bucket]

I'm in again!

[Carol]

in!

[Maria]

i'm heading into my "bad" reading season, so i'll have to sit this one out. however, i LOVE this challenge, so i'd defininetly be interested in joining one after the holidays are over.

[Christina]

I think these are great unfoetunately right now with school I don't think I'd get very far - hopefully they continue and there's one in the summer!!

[Angela]

I am hoping to post the new list by the end of the week!

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Cool. then I will update the spreadsheet.

[Joe]

I'll give this a try.

[Natalee]

I slowed down with my reading in September but I'm back on track now. Soooo, I'd like to give it a shot again.

[Angela]

Here are the updated shelves...not a whole lot has changed in three months...I will repost the rules in the thread below.

2000s
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
-
2008-books
2008-read
2008-reads
2009-books
2009-read
2009-reads
20th-century
abandoned
academic
action
action-adventure
adult
adult-books
adult-fiction
adult-non-fiction
adventure
africa
all
all-time-favorites
alreadyread
already-read
american
american-history
animals
anthology
anthologies
anthropology
architecture
art
audio
audiobook
audio-book
audiobooks
audio-books
autobiography
biography
biography-memoir
biographies
books
bookclub
book-club
bookcrossing
bookcrossing-com
bookshelf
books-i-own
books-i-own-to-read
books-i-want
books-owned
books-read-in-2009
books-sent-on
books-to-buy
books-to-check-out
borrowed
british
business
chick-lit
chicklit
childhood
childhood-books
childhood-favorites
childhood-reads
children
children-books
children-young-adult
childrens
childrensbooks
childrens-books
childrens-fiction
childrens-lit
childrens-picture-books
childrens-ya
children-s
children-s-books
children-s-lit
children-s-literature
christian
christian-fiction
christianity
classic
classics
collection
college
comedy
comic
comics
comic-books
contemporary
contemporary-fiction
contemporary-romance
cookbooks
cooking
crafts
crime
crime-fiction
criticism
culture
currently-own
design
did-not-finish
didn-t-finish
do-not-own
drama
ebook
e-books
ebooks
economics
education
england
english
erotica
essays
family
fantasy
fantasy-science-fiction
fantasy-scifi
fantasy-sci-fi
fantasy-sf
faves
favorite
favorites
favorite-authors
favorite-books
favourites
feminism
fiction
film
finished
fluff
food
for-school
france
french
friendship
fun
funny
general
general-fiction
german
get-to-read
glbt
graphic
graphic-novel
graphicnovels
graphic-novels
guilty-pleasures
harlequin
have
have-read
haveread
health
high-school
historical
historicalfiction
historical-fiction
historical-romance
history
home-library
horror
how-to
humor
humour
indonesian
in-english
in-my-collection
in-my-library
inspirational
i-own
i-own-it
i-own-this
japan
japanese
juvenile
juvenile-fiction
keepers
kid-books
kids
kids-books
kindle
language
library
library-book
library-books
listened-to
lit
literary
literary-fiction
literature
literature-fiction
magic
manga
manga-manhwa
maybe
memoir
memoir-biography
memoirs
military
mine
misc
modern-fiction
music
my-books
my-favorites
my-library
mysteries
mystery
mystery-suspense
mystery-thriller
mythology
nancy-pearl-s-book-lust
nature
need-to-buy
need-to-get
never-finished
non-fiction
nonfiction
not-owned
novel
novels
on-hold
on-my-bookshelf
on-my-shelf
other
own
own-but-not-read
own-it
own-to-read
owned
paperback
paranormal
paranormal-romance
parenting
partially-read
personal-library
philosophy
photography
picture-book
picture-books
picturebooks
plays
poetry
political
politics
psychology
queer
read-2007
read-in-2007
read-2008
read-in-2008
read-2009
read-in-2009
read-as-a-kid
read-for-school
read-more-than-once
realistic-fiction
recently-read
recommended
reference
relationships
religion
religious
reread
re-read
research
reviewed
romance
romance-erotica-pnr-to-read
school
school-books
science
science-fiction
sciencefiction
science-fiction-fantasy
sci-fi
scifi
sci-fi-and-fantasy
sci-fi-fantasy
scifi-fantasy
scpl
self-help
series
sf
sf-fantasy
sff
short-stories
speculative-fiction
spiritual
spirituality
sports
sociology
status-holding
stories
supernatural
suspense
tbr
teaching
teen
teen-books
teen-fiction
textbooks
theology
theory
thriller
thrillers
to-buy
to-get
to-read-fiction
to-read-interloan-my
to-read-interloan-sd
to-read-nonfiction
to-read--one-day-
to-read-own
to-re-read
to-reread
traded
travel
trt-reviews
unfinished
unread
unsorted
urban-fantasy
vampires
want
want-to-own
want-to-read
war
warehouse
western
wishlist
wish-list
writing
women
ya
ya-books
ya-fiction
ya-lit
youngadult
young-adult
young-adult-books
young-adult-fiction
youth

[Angela]

Object of the Game: To have read off the most shelves from the official list above.

Start: November 1, 2009 (Since some people read multiple books at a time, you can count any book you finish on November 1st until January 31st.
End: January 31, 2010

1. To have read a book off a shelf, you must read a book that is found on that particular shelf. ie. to have read book off the classics shelf, you must read a book that is found on "classics" shelf. For example, Pride & Prejudice is on the top of this shelf: http://www.goodreads.com/book/shelves...

2. A single book may be found on several shelves however we will only count the first 5 pages of top shelves for this book. For example, you may find Pride & Prejudice are found on the following shelves: http://www.goodreads.com/book/shelves...... however we will only count the first 5 pages of listed shelves for this challenge (note: this is to make it easier for everybody as P&P is found on 70 pages of shelves!)

3. You don’t have to read off the shelves in any particular order of shelves.

4. The name of shelves must MATCH EXACTLY to the shelf you are trying to count. No deviations are acceptable (check the spelling off the official list below). For example one shelf reads: 2008-books and another 2008-book or childrens or children-s.

5. It is permissible to read a book that is found on a shelf you've already counted; just ignore those when you are tracking them.

6. Reporting

a. All we want you to report on the thread is the number of books you've read and the number of shelves these books are found on. Do not report titles because that will give your competitors a strategic edge.

For example:
52 shelves
2 books

b. You must track the titles read and the shelves on your own. You can come up with your own method of tracking. I personally print the list and highlight the shelves I have hit, but others have made a excel spreadsheet.

c. If you want to report books that did not hit any shelves, that is fine, but not necessary.

8. Winning
The winner is one who has either read off all 350 shelves noted on the official list or who has read the most off these 350 shelves by the end date, midnight January 31, 2010.

So please post your interest in participating in this challenge here by November 1st. I will be compliling the list of interested participants in another thread, which will also be the reporting thread.

Thanks!!

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

I see I have my work cut out for me. I am updating the spreadsheet for any changes as we speak. Anyone who wants a copy/updated copy send my an email at lsm.meadows@gmail.com.

[Angela]

Thanks Lyn for redoing the spreadsheet. That is so helpful!!

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

It is finished, as you said, not many changes this time. SO - ready for sending out. I will be gone for a few hours, but back later.

[Cindy]

Thanks so much for the spreadsheet, Lyn! You're just awesome for sharing your work with us. :)

[Carol]

Can´t believe you did it again lol I wasnt, I´ll email you right now :)

[Sara ♥]

Lyn... are you sending out the new fancy spreadsheet? I found an error the other day when I read my 60th book... It isn't a problem until that point, but... I'll send you the corrected spreadsheet in a sec here...

[Sara ♥]

I just compared the shelves... Looks like they're pretty similar. There's a new HARLEQUIN shelf.... woo...

[Bunny]

i would like to participate this time! :)

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Sara - I just sent you an e-mail before I read this thread. Since I haven't read 60 books, like some people, lol, I didn't see any problem with the old one. At any rate, I have replaced the old one with the one you sent me.

[Angie]

I would like to participate.

[Carol]

60th book? Wonder way I didn´t noticed lol

Thanks Lyn, for the new spreadsheet. :)