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Angela's Shelf-A-Thon Challenge
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Anna
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May 11, 2010 09:55PM
Can you count me in too please? Sounds like a really fun challenge!
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One question - for the deleted shelves...do the rules mean that if you read (past tense) one of those books for the last challenge in that category you can cross off other shelves, or does it mean that if you read (present tense) a book this time around in one of those categories you can cross off extra shelves?Does that make sense?
Only if you read (past tense) the book while participating in the previous challenge.
Do you really read each one? I read slowly if the writing is good as is the one I just started "The Inconsolable" by Ishaguru. The one I just finished "Physick of Deliverance Dane," was simplistic and I read down the center of the page, getting the plot. finished it in 2 reading sessions.
wow! You guys are amaazing, I've met my match. But I'll let you have the awards, I'm not up to the pace.
But that's the nice thing about this challenge—it's not about how many books you read as much as the VARIETY of books you read. It's all about hitting different shelves, not quantity of books or pages read or whatever. Like I may read 55 books in 3 months, but if they're all young adult romances (err...), I'm not going to do very well in this challenge... ;)
Is it too late to sign up? I totally slacked in that last round, life caught up with me, sorry guys!
So, is it still okay to join in now, even though we're getting close to the end of May? I just found this, and it looks like fun - a cool way to broaden the scope of my reading!And, if so, okay to use the books I've already read in May? I've been doing the Seasonal Challenge, so have carefully logged the books I've read!
as far as I know you're still ok to join. Let me know if you want an excel spreadsheet to help you keep track of your shelves
Liz wrote: "as far as I know you're still ok to join. Let me know if you want an excel spreadsheet to help you keep track of your shelves"that would be wonderful - thank you!
I need your email - you can either post it here or private message it to me.
Liz wrote: "I need your email - you can either post it here or private message it to me."I'm sorry - s.wischow[at:]gmail.com.
thanks!
I'd like to join, if it isn't too late! I have a good track of my books for May, and a copy of the spreadsheet (shout-out thanks to Hannah!)So, I'm really hoping audiobooks can be counted, despite the fact my wife claims that an audiobook is NOT reading...
I count my audiobooks! (For page numbers, I just use the number of pages of the most popular version.) Listening to audiobooks may not be "reading" according to the strictest definition, but I believe an author's goal is to let other people enjoy the story they are telling. You are still getting the whole story (assuming you listen to unabridged stuff)... just via your ears instead of your eyes. Plus, if you were blind, would listening to audiobooks be cheating? Just saying...
Due to a recent change in my commute (1.5 hours one way) I decided that I needed to add audiobooks to my list of reads. It makes the drive go by quicker and while I'm not "reading" the book, I still am enjoying the story being told and can still talk about it when it's finished. I’m just glad this commute is short term and only twice a week. Like Sara said, I just use the number of pages of the most popular version.
Well if we can't count audiobooks I am truly screw__ :)
This is my 3rd shelf challenge, and Angela's never said anything before...
I count my audiobooks too. I thought the official rules included them.
When counting shelves, do you include the ones you've crossed off because of reading books >400 pages?
Audiobooks are fine. Sandy I am not sure I understand your question. You cross off any new shelf from any number of pages.
Angela wrote: "Audiobooks are fine. Sandy I am not sure I understand your question. You cross off any new shelf from any number of pages."
I'm sorry not to be more clear. When I counted up the books I have read so far in May, I "touched" 185 shelves. Of those books that I read, 3 of them were over 400 pages, but under 500 pages. As I read the rules, that would allow me to cross off 3 extra shelves.
When I added this up, I had 13 books and 185 shelves. So, having crossed off the 3 extra shelves, would I count my total as 13 books and 188 shelves, or are the crossed off shelves accounted for differently?
Or am I missing the point altogether? (perfectly possible!)
Sandy - you would count 13 books and 188 shelves, just state put an addition at the bottom of your post listing what shelves you crossed off:ex:
13 books
188 shelves
three books over 400 pages crossed off: shelf, shelf, shelf
Liz wrote: "Sandy - you would count 13 books and 188 shelves, just state put an addition at the bottom of your post listing what shelves you crossed off:ex:
13 books
188 shelves
three books over 400 pages cr..."
Great - thanks so much, Liz!
Oh, since you could crossed off shelves too -- I didn't know that.17 books
208 shelves
3 crossed off for over 400
Go figure.
Thanks Liz for answering the question!! MissJessie is this your reporting?
Sorry Angela I posted to the wrong thread. I just put it on the other one. (:
Dude! When did goodreads change the top shelves pages so the shelves are listed in 3 columns? Is that tripping anyone else up? I'm having a hard time with the shelves that have long names and take up 2 or more lines...(I made a comment here: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/3...)
When I am counting my shelves I copy and paste them out of Goodreads and into an Excel column. When I have pasted all 100 shelves (and get a lot of junk..) I highlight the entire column and right click. Then I select Sort and choose A-Z. Then I delete or ignore all the extra junk. This seems to be the fastest way to count shelves. *When I paste it usually looks like this**
Shelf A
123 people
frank-made-me-do-it
25 people
shelf B
23 people
angry-monster-underpants
2 people
ect.
You can get rid of all the "people" rows by sorting A-Z and then comparing shelves is really easy.
Oye... I love Excel, but I'm not sure I want to go to that extreme! EEK! I have my spreadsheet with all the shelves up and down the left side... I throw that to one side, then open GR on the other side of the screen, and then mark off shelves one at a time... I dunno. It seems to work for me, but the 3 columns are killing me now...
I pretty much do the same thing but using only Excel. I have 2 separate spread sheets open. I then shrink them and put them side by side.
Sara ♥ wrote: "Oye... I love Excel, but I'm not sure I want to go to that extreme! EEK! I have my spreadsheet with all the shelves up and down the left side... I throw that to one side, then open GR on the othe..."I do it this way, too. I try to skim and do it alphabetically for each of the 5 pages. Helps to not miss a shelf and I don't have to keep scrolling the spreadsheet up and down all the time.
Oooh! Yeah, that book only had 95 shelves. It's 100.... I think I like it! :)
Oh God, what about now with tons of shelves on each page? Go all the way through page 5? But.. Will be like, triple the shelves. So lost now. So lost. LOL
I'm thinking we just do the first page—the first 100 shelves.
That´s a nice option. I´ll do it and pray for Angela´s agreements LOL
I'm new here. Will you tell me about the shelves and where you get them and how they work?
Karen—go back to page 1 of this topic and read post 23, then skim post 22, then let us know if you have any specific questions. There's a spreadsheet floating around that someone will send you if you ask (and post your e-mail), which will help you keep track. OR, like Angela does, you can print off a list of all the shelves, and just cross them off when you hit them, then put little tally marks next to each shelf for multiple hits.
How you get to a book's top shelves is... Go to the book page (like http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...), then in the right-hand column, just under the advert, click on "popular shelves" and goodreads will bring up the top shelves for that book. Use the first 100 shelves (first page) for each book you read during the challenge and compare them with the top 300 shelves Angela listed in post 22...
Hey Angels, May I have a spreadsheet also? karendionis@clear.net
Thanks in advance
Okay, so the official word is just the first page now that there are 100 on each page? Is that what I'm hearing?
My guess would be just to do the first page. I don't think we want to check 500 shelves for each book, also it would take a ton of difficulty out of the challenge.
I did not know that that it had changed when you click on the shelves.
Does anyone know how many shelves there were before they made the change? Cuz I have no idea!!
Angela - each page had 20 shelves.
I guess we just do the first page going forward because I have no clue how many where on the first five pages before!!
Thanks Rebecca!! So we will just do the first page. Much easier for us.
are you guys going to do this again in August? I just found the link and would like to participate, but its already july
