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Bookshelf Challenge - ended July 10, 2010
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haha i'm leaving my least favourite shelves till last tooalthough most of the books i've chosen I can't wait to read
I am also leaving the shelves I can't find books for till last. Hoping for some inspiration- so many of the choices are no's 2 or more in a series, and I'm OCD just enough to have to start at the beginning of a series!
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Sunflower, I am the same way. The worst is when you find a book in the store at the bargain table and it sounds so interesting, and then you get home and discover it's 3rd in the series when you add it to Goodreads. I can't tell you how many times this has happened to me, so then I have to add the rest of the series to my wish list.
Slayermel... Yes this is especially difficult with Science Fiction and Fantasy novels! I wish they would clearly print on the spines what number it is in a series and what series it is from!
Seriously, I have often wondered why they don't put a small number on the spine. I have seen them do it, "The sleeping Beauty Series" by Anne Rice is numbered, as are several children's series. It only makes sense. :0)Plus I think from a business standpoint it would be smarter too, as if I had known the book I found in the bargain area was third and it was interesting enough to want to buy, I would have gone back to buy one and two in the series right away so I could begin reading. :0P
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Oh, wow, I couldn't handle that! I tried to knock off some of my least favorite at the beginning, with the ones I really wanted to read as sort of prizes to spur me on.
I'm in! Many of the books were on my to-read list anyway, so:Adventure:The Power of One
Asian: Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Chick lit:Size 12 Is Not Fat
Classics: Breakfast at Tiffany's
Dystopia: The Knife of Never Letting Go
Fantasy: Dead Until Dark
Favorites: The Chosen One
French: The Little Prince
Historical fiction: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
Humour:
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Mystery:
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Mystery-thriller: The Lovely Bones
Non-fiction: In Cold Blood
Paranormal: A Living Nightmare
Psychology: The Tipping Point
Realistic fictionBelong to Me
Romance: The Princess Bride*** read 6/15/2010
Science fiction: Never Let Me Go*** read 6/3/10
travel: On the Road
Young adults: Uglies*** read 6/4/10
Wow, Natasha! You're SO CLOSE!! And a couple of the rest of you are VERY CLOSE as well! Good job!! I need to get moving if I'm ever going to get there!!
Ughhh I feel like i'm so behind but all of these books that i've been dying to read have come out all in a matter of a couple of weeks apart lol I can't resist!
I know how you feel Katey! Books I have been waiting for at the library are coming in and so I have to read them and so it has been a slow process marking off shelves.Congrats to everyone who is close! Great reading!
That's the same with me. Then I had to race out and buy hourglass and dead in the family soo many books to read so little time
If I could keep out of the library I might manage to read some more of the books that I've picked for this challenge but I find it really difficult to just walk past when I get off the bus.
We maintain this polite fiction that I reserve books from the library mainly to give my husband a reason to take a healthy walk! Today he returned two books during his healthy walk, and came back with two more. It is a healthy walk - almost two miles roundtrip - and he does his 'reading' on his walk, audiobook style.
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The only way I avoid falling into that trap is that our library has a drive-up window. I haven't actually been inside the library in years. I select my books on-line, then pick them up when they're ready. Of course, a typical stop by on the way after school is likely to be returning 6-8 and picking up 6-8. But at least they're only the ones I'd planned to get. (:>)
Susan wrote: "The only way I avoid falling into that trap is that our library has a drive-up window."Wow, that's ingenious. I wish our Library had that option. The parking and Layout are horrible that's why I hardly ever go.
Susan wrote: "Lyn M wrote: "That sounds great, BJ Rose. I always tell myself that I am not going to pick up any extras, but it never holds. I'll be lucky if I even get three or four of the books on my list rea..."What a brilliant idea, wish my library had that then I would only get the books that I had reserved online and maybe then I'd be able to put a dent in the tbr pile
This is an odd question... But I remember Howl's Moving Castle being on one of our shelves. I looked through the shelves and it appears to be added, but I can't figure out which shelf it was on. Anyone know?
Tara wrote: "This is an odd question... But I remember Howl's Moving Castle being on one of our shelves. I looked through the shelves and it appears to be added, but I can't figure out which shelf ..."Tara, it's on the "humor" shelf.
Wow! Did not look on that shelf. Thanks!!
Woo hoo Congratulations Natasha :0)Now you can read any book you want from any of the original 20 Goodreads shelves and I will add them to the pick-a-shelf bookshelf's. Enjoy :0)
I'm soooo impressed that you finished so fast, that's just awesome :0)
Just post a message here of the book and what shelf you took it from and I will keep a list and add them.
Congrats Natasha!! I think you are the first right?
Natasha wrote: "I finished!!"Congratulations to you, Natasha!!!
Great stuff Natasha! This is not an easy challenge.....
I am a little late posting here, but I have read 5 so far. Here is my list.Adventure - Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West ***(read 6/1/10)
Asian - Digging to America *** (6/28/10)
Chick-lit - Alphabet Weekends: Love on the Road from A to Z ***(read 6/7/10)
Classics - Grimm's Grimmest ****(read 6/20/10)
Dystopia - The City of Ember ***(read 6/25/10)
Fantasy - Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception**** (read 6/13/10)
Favorites - Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man **(7/7/10)
French - The Elegance of the Hedgehog ***(7/5/10)
Historical fiction - Loving Frank ****(read 5/29/10)
Humor - Cold Comfort Farm ** (7/5/10)
Mystery - The Thirteenth Tale ***** (6/25/10)
Mystery Thriller - The Weight of Silence*** (7/7/10)
Non-fiction - The Last Lecture *** (7/6/10)
Paranormal - Shiver***(7/8/10)
Psychology - Who Moved My Cheese? **(7/8/10)
Realistic fiction - The Actor and the Housewife ****(read 6/5/10)
Romance - Impossible **** (7/6/10)
Science fiction - The Last Olympian *** (6/30/10)
Travel - Notes from a Small Island
Young Adult - The Tales of Beedle the Bard ** (6/22/10)
I will fill in more later.
Wow Natasha!!! I am impressed! Good job super reader!
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Go Karen & Susan! Just 2 books to go! And Tina is just 5 books away! I'm still planning to get there before July 10, but it will be close!
Finished!!!! (Whew! Wipes brow, collapses on couch, rubs eyes, and musters up the energy to type this post.)Now maybe I can stop burning the midnight oil trying to read all these books ;) Who am I kidding? I'll probably always stay up late reading!
**I was actually 3.5 away when you posted your last update Luann, I just forgot to put up my date and rating!
I am hoping I can do this. I had not intended to, but when I realized that I had inadvertently read 5 books off of the lists during the time frame, I decided to go ahead with it. So really I started on June 19th. Quite a late start so here I am at almost one o'clock in the morning finishing The Thirteenth Tale. Just loved it to pieces. I haven't read a gothic for a long time. It made me feel like I was in middle school all over again. That's when my gothic romance phase began. Anyway, I wrote a review, but don't know how to drop the link in. I will give it a shot. Peace out. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40...
Congrats, Tina! And just over 2 weeks early!! Great job.
Congrats Tina, and I'm finished as well.
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I'm finished, too, and I have a question:
Slayermel wrote: "If you complete reading one book off of all shelves before July 10th you can read books that are listed on the original Goodreads shelves fitting the headings, and we will add those books to the Pick-a-shelf Bookshelf. (Please just make a note of this in your list)"
If we're reading more after the first 20, should we still try to do only one per additional shelf? Or, for things that are listed on more than one Goodreads shelf, name the one we think fits the book best? For example, if I read Gone, I'd probably call it Young Adult or Science Fiction; but if I have others I want to read from those shelves, should I name Gone as Adventure instead (It's on all 3 Goodreads shelves)? Or does that not matter after the first 20?
I absolutely love this challenge! I'm not stopping now.
Great work Tina, Susan, and Karen!
Congrats Karen and Susan!Susan--(trying not to date myself) you go girl!
Congrats Karen, Tina, and Susan! WOW! Great job!
Susan wrote: "If we're reading more after the first 20, should we still try to do only one per additional shelf?"First of all let me just say Congratulations to all of you who have finished, WOW!!!!
You no longer have a limit per shelf Susan, so I would say you pick the shelf you think it most suits. So if you read for example "The Thirteenth Tale" and it's listed as:
Mystery
Chick-Lit
Paranormal
And you feel its more mystery than anything else you could choose to put it on the mystery shelf. If you feel it's more Paranormal or chick-Lit you could choose that shelf instead. It is now in your hands.
I hope that answers your question.
Congratulations to the finishers! WOW!!!My goal was to complete 12, but I still have 3 to go and vacation's coming up!
Just two weeks left, for those who are still reading. I have six shelves still to complete. If I continue at my current reading pace, I should be able to finish by then.
Still working on it - 3 books to go. Wishing I could read some of the books lying round that don't fit the challenge, but then I wouldn't finish the challenge in time. (my friends think I'm weird)
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Luann - I used The Count of Monte Cristo for a 5 point task for the Spring Challenge in the Seasonal Challenge Group, lol.
Natasha - No one says you need to read long books. We all read what we can and want, and let the chips fall where they may.