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message 201: by Kate (new)

Kate (klc23) | 128 comments 10 books
193 shelves


message 202: by Sara ♥ (last edited Jul 22, 2010 02:55PM) (new)

Sara ♥ (saranicole) Oh goodness... It's been a while.

3 crossed off for being a top shelver in July: architecture, bookcrossing, crafts

2 books over 500 pages, crossed off: japan, language, partially-read, photography

287 shelves
40 books


message 203: by Sandy (new)

Sandy | 202 comments 346 shelves
61 books

1 book over 800 pages - crossed off health, in-my-collection, japan, partially-read


message 204: by Sara ♥ (new)

Sara ♥ (saranicole) That is SO AMAZING! I'd just like to hit 300, but even THAT is super hard!


message 205: by Liz (last edited Jul 23, 2010 10:27PM) (new)

Liz (arcanepenguin) | 285 comments I MADE IT!!!

350 Shelves
53 Books

One book over 800 pages crossed off: 2000s, american-history, amazon-wishlist and books-to-check-out

I crossed off a total of 42 shelves to hit the total. I think with top-shelver and books 400+ pages I crossed off more than 42 total, but I hit several shelves I crossed off early in the challenge at a later date.

my most hit shelves:
41 favorites
41 owned
44 wishlist
44 fiction
46 2010
47 own

New Shelves:
22 2010-reads
5 owned-books
2 want-to-buy
20 read-2010
6 arc
3 part-of-a-series
3 humorous
2 own-a-copy
4 keeper
0 my-collection (crossed off)
2 canadian (i crossed it off, but ended up hitting it twice anyway...)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows crossed off the most shelves: 80 shelves, plus 4 crossed off for it being over 700 pages (total 84).


message 206: by Sandy (new)

Sandy | 202 comments Liz wrote: "I MADE IT!!!

350 Shelves
53 Books

One book over 800 pages crossed off: 2000s, american-history, amazon-wishlist and books-to-check-out

I crossed off a total of 42 shelves to hit the total. I th..."


Congratulations, Liz!


message 207: by Sandy (new)

Sandy | 202 comments 347 shelves
62 books


message 208: by Hannah (new)

Hannah (goodquietkitty) Congrats Liz! And thanks for posting your stat stuff too!

Ok, Sandy! You're next! Show us how it's done!


message 209: by Sandy (new)

Sandy | 202 comments Hannah wrote: "Congrats Liz! And thanks for posting your stat stuff too!

Ok, Sandy! You're next! Show us how it's done!"


LOL - I'm working on it!


message 210: by Kate (new)

Kate (klc23) | 128 comments 11 books
205 shelves


message 211: by Angela (new)

Angela | 1934 comments Congrats Liz!!! That is AMAZING :)


message 212: by Angela (last edited Aug 03, 2010 08:29PM) (new)

Angela | 1934 comments Reporting as of July 31st

Liz: 350 shelves and 53 books
Sandy: 350 shelves and 63 books
Sara: 293 shelves and 43 books
Rebecca: 271 shelves and 33 books
Leslie: 267 shelves and 30 books
Adrienne: 259 shelves and 40 books
Julia: 247 shelves and 29 books
Anna: 239 shelves and 22 books
MissJessie: 229 shelves and 24 books
Hannah: 223 shelves and 16 books
Kate: 216 shelves and 13 books
Carol: 207 shelves and 18 books
Jennifer: 176 shelves and 9 books
Angela: 162 shelves and 21 books
Trisha: 153 shelves and 8 books
Mike: 144 shelves and 9 books
Sally: 101 shelves and 3 books
Madeline: 93 shelves and 2 books


message 213: by Sara ♥ (last edited Jul 28, 2010 09:16AM) (new)

Sara ♥ (saranicole) 293 shelves
43 books

Book 43 was over 400 pages, so I crossed off warehouse.

When we're done with the month, what information do you want us to report other than shelves/books? Which book hit the most shelves? Shelves hit the most? (etc, etc.)


message 214: by Liz (new)

Liz (arcanepenguin) | 285 comments Thanks everyone!

Sara - you can totally get to 300!


message 215: by Kate (new)

Kate (klc23) | 128 comments 12 books
215 shelves


message 216: by Angela (last edited Jul 28, 2010 04:15PM) (new)

Angela | 1934 comments 162 shelves
20 books

1 book over 400: crossed of action-adventure


message 217: by Angela (new)

Angela | 1934 comments Sara
-Please post the self you hit the most and how many times you hit this shelf and also post how many times you hit the new shelves that were added this time around. Please do not include any that were crossed off because of "winning" extra shelves or using books that were over a page limit.


message 218: by Angela (new)

Angela | 1934 comments New Shelves: 2010-reads, owned-books, want-to-buy, read-2010, arc, part-of-a-series, humorous, own-a-copy, keeper, my-collection, and canadian.


message 219: by Sandy (new)

Sandy | 202 comments FINISHED!
350 shelves
63 books
2 crossed off for book over 500 pages: books-I-want, my-collection.

I crossed off a total of 35 shelves to hit the total.

my most hit shelves:
51 read-in-2010
49 fiction
47 own
43 2010
42 wishlist
41 favorites
38 2009
38 books-I-own

New Shelves:
18 2010-reads
2 owned-books
1 want-to-buy
19 read-2010
3 arc
1 part-of-a-series
7 humorous
1 own-a-copy
0 keeper
0 my-collection
1 canadian

The Princess Bride crossed off the most shelves: 81 shelves, plus 1 crossed off for it being over 400 pages (total 82).


message 220: by Liz (new)

Liz (arcanepenguin) | 285 comments Congrats Sandy!


message 221: by Angela (new)

Angela | 1934 comments Great job Sandy!!! :)


message 222: by Leslie (new)

Leslie (leslie_nj) | 57 comments Congrats Liz and Sandy!!


message 223: by Carol (new)

Carol (caroldias) 18 books
207 shelves


message 224: by Kate (new)

Kate (klc23) | 128 comments 13 books
216 shelves


message 225: by Angela (new)

Angela | 1934 comments Today is the last day to post any shelves!!


message 226: by Rebecca NJ (new)

Rebecca NJ (njreader) | 425 comments My last post for this round:
271 shelves
33 books

1 book was over 400 pages. I crossed off glbt.

Top 5 Shelves
2010 - 30 times
own - 29 times
fiction - 29 times
wishlist - 24 times
books-i-own - 24 times

New Shelves
2010-reads - 11 times
owned-books - 2 times
want-to-buy - 2 times
read-2010 - 11 times
arc - 2 times
part-of-a-series - 1 time
humorous - 5 times
own-a-copy - 2 times
keeper - 0
my-collection - 0
canadian - 0

Book that hit the most shelves:
Tie - Catching Fire and Little Women (74 shelves each)


message 227: by Julia (new)

Julia (bambbles) | 69 comments Oh! I just finished a book today. Slid that one in under the wire..

Books read: 29
Shelves: 247

Top Shelves:
fiction - 27
own - 27
2010 - 26

New Shelves:
2010-reads - 11
arc - 3
canadian - 0
humorous - 1 (the only shelf my last book hit that was new)
keeper - 4
my-collection - 0
own-a-copy - 0
owned-books - 0
part-of-a-series - 2
read-2010 - 14
want-to-buy - 1

Book that hit the most shelves:
The Lightening Thief (75 shelves)


message 228: by Adrienne (new)

Adrienne Teague (ateague) | 409 comments 40 books
259 Shelves

Top Shelves
2010 - 26
Books I Own - 21
Fiction - 23
Own - 27
Read In 2010 - 26
Wishlist - 31
Wish-list - 24

Book that hit the most shelves:
The Mermaid Chair - 45 shelves


message 229: by Hannah (new)

Hannah (goodquietkitty) I'm not finishing anything else in the next few minutes, that's for sure! I'm so disappointed in how I did this round! But I've already got good things picked out for the next one!!

16 books
223 shelves


Top 5
wishlist - 15
2009 - 14
fiction - 14
own - 14
library - 13
owned - 13

New Shelves
2010-reads - 1
owned-books - 0
want-to-buy - 0
read-2010 - 4
arc - 0
part-of-a-series - 1
humorous - 3
own-a-copy - 0
keeper - 0
my-collection - 0
canadian - 0

Book that hit the most shelves: Ender's Game with 78


message 230: by Kate (new)

Kate (klc23) | 128 comments 13 books
216 shelves

Top 5 Shelves
own - 13 times
books-i-own - 12 times
2008 - 11 times
fiction - 11 times
wishlist - 11 times

New Shelves
2010-reads - 4 times
owned-books - 0 times
want-to-buy - 0 times
read-2010 - 3 times
arc - 0 times
part-of-a-series - 0 times
humorous - 1 times
own-a-copy - 0 times
keeper - 0 times
my-collection - 1 time
canadian - 0 times

Book that hit the most shelves:
Tie - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and The Sea of Monsters(76 shelves each)


message 231: by Leslie (new)

Leslie (leslie_nj) | 57 comments I ended up with:
30 books and
267 shelves

Most hit shelves:
fiction - 22
wishlist - 22
own - 22
2010 - 21
favorites - 20
read-in-2010 - 20

The book with the most shelves was Wake with 73 shelves. It was also my first book of Shelf-a-thon 4 and I thought I would fly through the shelves. After about book 18, not so much! I loved this challenge and am thrilled to start again with a fresh batch of shelves. Thanks again Angela!


message 232: by Angela (new)

Angela | 1934 comments Please post any entries by tomorrow night!!! Thank you :)


message 233: by Angela (new)

Angela | 1934 comments 4 more hours to post your stats!!! :)


message 234: by Angela (new)

Angela | 1934 comments 162 shelves and 21 books

my most hit shelves:
21 2010
21 fiction
21 read-2010

New Shelves:
15 2010-reads
3 owned-books
0 want-to-buy
21 read-2010
3 arc
1 part-of-a-series
0 humorous
0 own-a-copy
0 keeper
0 my-collection
1 canadian


message 235: by Sara ♥ (last edited Aug 13, 2010 10:33AM) (new)

Sara ♥ (saranicole) Late, but I didn't hit any more shelves anyway!

43 books (read 61 books total)
294 shelves

Top 5 Shelves:
2010 - 60 times
own - 53 times
wishlist - 53 times
books-i-own - 49 times
favorites - 47 times

New Shelves:
2010-reads - 18 times
owned-books - 2 times
want-to-buy - 2 times
read-2010 - 19 times
arc - 5 times
part-of-a-series - 6 times
humorous - 1 time
own-a-copy - 1 time
keeper - 0 times
my-collection - 1 time
canadian - 2 times

Book that hit the most shelves:
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman - 79 shelves


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