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Sandy MN42 Books
277 Shelves
1 GR Author - cross off theology
Liz wrote: "And in the week since compy came back to me, I've read all of one book.76 Books
338 Shelves
GR author crossed off: to-purchase"
It's feast or famine isn't it?
74 books350 shelves
2 GR authors, crossed off american history, bookshelf
Finished!
51 books307 shelves
One GR author - crossed off self-help
Wow, Sandy - I'm impressed! I'm having a hard time getting new shelves now293 shelves
46 books
1 book 500+ pgs: crossed off amazon-wishlist and bookcrossing
Thanks, everyone.The thing I love about this challenge is it really pushes me to read different types of books, not just stick to my favorite genres - the combination of this and the Seasonal Reading Challenge has really broadened the scope of my reading.
Lahni wrote: "Wow, Sandy - I'm impressed! I'm having a hard time getting new shelves now"Yeah, it's like that toward the end - I was lucky to be getting one new shelf per book the last couple weeks.
53 books311 shelves
31 Books244 Shelves
Goodreads Author = Crossed Off manga
313 shelves57 books
5 books were by GR authors, so I crossed off: collection, not-read, partially-read, unfiled, warehouse
(And on a different note, can you believe I read Pride and Prejudice and didn't hit a single new shelf?? How rude!)
250 shelves22 books
only 1 shelf for Catcher in the Rye...I too am disappointed.
Congrats to Sandy! Impressive accomplishment.
300 shelves47 books
1 GRA: crossed off harlequin
19 books258 shelves
New book #1 was 400+ pages, so I crossed off 2008-reads.
New book #2 was 500+ pages, so I crossed off academic and action-adventure.
New book #3 was 700+ pages, so I crossed off adult-books, animals, anthologies, and at-library.
55 books317 shelves
This'll be it for me. I won't be finishing another book today.
Final Stats (this is my first time playing so I hope I get the right stats):
Top Hit Shelves:
wishlist - 53 times
books-i-own - 52 times
own - 52 times
2010 - 51 times
fiction - 50 times
Shelves crossed off for pages/GR authors: 32 (plus more that got hit later on by a book)
Books That Hit The Most Shelves:
A Wrinkle In Time - 76 shelves
Stardust - 76 shelves (1 for GR author)
The Passage - 76 shelves (4 for being over 700)
Never Let Me Go - 75 shelves
Snow Crash - 73 shelves (2 for being over 500)
Books that hit no shelves: 9 :(
This has been tons of fun, and I can't wait for the next one!
78 Books339 Shelves
Book that hit the most shelves: The Magician's Nephew - 78 shelves
44 shelves crossed off (some were hit later)
Most Hit Shelves:
Wishlist - 74
Own - 70
2010 - 66 Shelves
Fiction - 63 Shelves
books-i-own - 62 Shelves
New Shelves Hit - I did well with these shelves this time.
21st-century - hit twice
book - hit 7 times
erotic-romance - crossed off and hit once
first-reads - hit 3 times
for-review - hit 8 times
literary - crossed off
must-read - hit 5 times
pdf - hit 2 times
second-hand-bookshop-wishlist - hit once
tbr - hit 6 times
14 books (in the 78) that hit now new shelves. Plenty of them hit shelves I already crossed of.
74 books350 shelves
book that hit the most shelves - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows with 77 shelves hit.
52 shelves crossed off
Most Hit:
Read in 2010 - 64
2010 - 61
wishlist - 59
own - 57
books I own - 46
library - 46
New shelves hit:
21st century (7)
book (2)
first reads (5)
for review (3)
literary (10)
must read (5)
tbr (1)
crossed off erotic romance, pdf and second hand bookshop (although I wound up hitting that one TWICE after I had crossed it off!)
Handy to have a vacation scheduled in the last few days of this challenge, I was able to get a few more books and shelves in. Here's my final tally:
49 books
329 shelves
One of this final batch was 784 pages and by a GR author so I crossed off five more shelves:
not-available-yet, glbt, french, 2003, academic
My most-crossed-off shelf was a tie between 2010 and books-i-own, with 39 hits each.
49 books
329 shelves
One of this final batch was 784 pages and by a GR author so I crossed off five more shelves:
not-available-yet, glbt, french, 2003, academic
My most-crossed-off shelf was a tie between 2010 and books-i-own, with 39 hits each.
37 books290 shelves
One book 400+ pages - crossed off "traded"
Okay folks, I am about to get hit by a blizzard and we fully expect to lose power. So, finish up all your posting and when we get the power back on in a few days (hopefully) I'll tally up the final results. Off to find my snow shovel as it doesn't often snow like this in Oklahoma.
My last post for this round (and one of my worst finishes ever…):216 shelves
28 books
1 book was by a Goodreads author. I crossed off plays.
Top 5 Shelves
2010 - 25 times
wishlist - 22 times
fiction - 22 times
own - 21 times
read-in-2010 - 19 times
New Shelves
21st-century - 0
book - 1 time
erotic-romance - 0
first-reads - 5 times
for-review - 5 times
literary - 0
must-read - 2 times
pdf - 1 time
second-hand-bookshop-wishlist - 0
tbr - 1 time
Book that hit the most shelves:
Agnes and the Hitman - Jennifer Crusie (67)
I think this is all the typcial info.
32 Books 246 Shelves
Final Stats
Most Hit =
Fiction (25 times)
Own (24 times)
Wishlist (23 times)
2010 (22 times)
So, my final figures…13 books
190 shelves
Of those, 11 shelves were extra crossoffs for GR authors or pages.
Top five shelves
Wishlist – 12
Own – 10
Books-I-own – 10
2008 – 10
Actually, I'll stop at four, there are a fair number on nine books…
Top five shelf-hitting books
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova - 78 shelves
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery - 64 shelves
The 39 Steps by John Buchan - 56 shelves
The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan - 52 shelves
And joint fifth: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang and The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood - 50 shelves
(I've not counted the extras for each - just added them into the general pot every time :))
Must try harder next time methinks!
My total:14 books
229 shelves
Book that hit the most shelves - The Battle of the Labyrinth (80)
Most Hit:
2008 - 14
2009 - 14
fiction - 14 (alot of people don't seem to know the difference between fiction and non-fiction)
own - 13
wishlist - 13
New shelves hit:
21st-century (0)
book (1)
first-reads (0)
for-review (0)
literary (1)
must read (0)
tbr (0)
Top 5 Shelves:2010 - 55 times
own - 47 times
wishlist - 46 times
fiction - 44 times
books-i-own - 42 times
New Shelves:
21st-century - 0
book - 1 time
erotic-romance - 0
first-reads - 4 times
for-review - 4 times
literary - 6 times
must-read - 3 times
pdf - 0
second-hand-bookshop-wishlist - 0
tbr - 3 times
Book that hit the most shelves:
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (80)
19 books258 shelves
Top 5 Shelves:
owned - 19
2009 - 18
2010 - 18
books-i-own - 17
fiction - 17
New shelves:
21st-century - 1
book - 0
erotic-romance - 0
first-reads - 3
for-review - 0
literary - 3
must-read - 1
pdf - 0
second-hand-bookshop-wishlist - 0
tbr - 1
Book that hit the most shelves
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 79 shelves
43 Books278 shelves
1 GR Author - cross off Academic
At one point, I stopped ticking off shelves that had already been hit because it became too cumbersome. Lesson learned for next time! At any rate, here are the totals I left off with:
Top 5 Shelves:
read-2010 - 30
2010 - 24
2009 - 22
fiction - 22
wishlist - 22
New Shelves:
21st-century - 1
book - 4
erotic-romance - 1
first-reads - 1
for-review - 1
literary - 1
must-read - 2
pdf - 0
second-hand-bookshop-wishlist - 0
tbr - 4
Book that hit the most shelves
Two for the Dough - 58 shelves
300 shelves47 books
Top 5 Shelves:
fiction - 42
own- 42
2010- 39
2009- 38
wishlist- 38
New shelves:
21st-century - 4
book - 2
erotic-romance - 1
first-reads - 3
for-review - 3
literary - 5
must-read - 1
pdf - 0
second-hand-bookshop-wishlist - 1
tbr - 1
Book that hit the most shelves:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix -78 shelves
Does anyone know how to create this game? I know it's the top 350 shelves on FB minus proper nouns, but I don't know how to find that out. Angela's gotten so busy lately, I don't think she's going to be able to continue.
I think proper nouns count because we have had things like Indonesia. We don't use read, currently-reading and to-read. Then I think it is the top 350 shelves which can be found here. Then you need to figure out which shelves have been changed from last time. At least that is how I understand it.
Okay. I've figured out how to do it, but it's going to take some time to get the list out. Good thing I'm snowed in. If you're up for doing it again, I'll get a list going.Is someone here capable of putting a google spreadsheet together? That would be beyond awesome.
Thanks, Lahni, for the reminder on the proper names. I was thinking of peoples' names.
I can create a Google spreadsheet. Does it just need to have the list of shelves? If you put the list on this thread, I can copy and paste it into the spreadsheet and share with anyone who sends their email address.If the spreadsheet needs more info, I can add it in. Just let me know!
As soon as I get the list in order I will post it. Thanks, Sandy.
Sandy wrote: "I can create a Google spreadsheet. Does it just need to have the list of shelves? If you put the list on this thread, I can copy and paste it into the spreadsheet and share with anyone who sends th..."Hi Sandy, I'd like a copy of your spreadsheet whenever you get it put together. Thanks! childresskl@gmail.com
Sandy, I would love a copy of the spreadsheet also!! misscahill@hotmail.comThanks so much!!! :)
Let me know if you need any help Adrienne - figuring it out might not be too difficult in excel
Adrienne wrote: "Thanks, Lahni, for the reminder on the proper names. I was thinking of peoples' names."Yeah, I'm pretty sure you don't use any of the author/character proper names (Harry, Potter, Rowling, etc.)
After struggling with it for hours and hours, my husband walked in and diddled with it for 15 minutes and ta-da! Done.
Here are my final stats:237 shelves
22 books
Top 5 Shelves
wishlist 22
own 21
fiction 21
2010 20
books-i-own 20
New Shelves
21st-century - 0
book - 0
erotic-romance - 0
first-reads - 3
for-review - 11
literary - 1
must-read - 7
pdf - 0
second-hand-bookshop-wishlist - 0
tbr - 0
Book that hit the most shelves
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher 72
Shelf-A-Thon 7 folders are posted. Enjoy!
Final StatsSandy - 250 shelves 74 books
Liz - 339 shelves 78 books
Stacey - 329 shelves 49 books
Travelgirlut - 317 shelves 55 books
Sara - 313 shelves 57 books
Lahni - 300 shelves 47 books
Adrienne - 290 shelves 37 books
Sandy MN - 278 shelves 43 books
Hannah the Blonds - 258 shelves 19 books
Marla - 250 shelves 22 books
Julie - 246 shelves 32 books
Kim L - 237 shelves 22 books
Kate - 229 shelves 14 books
Roseann - 228 shelves 19 books
onyxliar - 227 shelves 25 books
Rebecca - 216 shelves 28 books
Leslie - 204 shelves 13 books
Gemma - 190 shelves 13 books
Kari - 180 shelves 38 books
Delicious Dee Challenge Addict - 187 shelves 14 books
Carol - 174 shelves 14 books
Angela - 153 shelves 12 books
Mallory - 136 shelves 7 books
KatieDE - 108 shelves 3 books
Hope to see everyone at Shelf-A-Thon 7!!!!
I've finally gotten around to posting my final stats...and I am sad that I didn't make the final stats... :( But really, it's fine...250 shelves
22 books
Top 5 Shelves +1 :
(interesting how most top 5's are the same)
read-in-2010 19
2010 20
library 20
wishlist 20
own 21
fiction 22
New shelves:
21st-century - 1
book - 0
erotic-romance - 0
first-reads - 1
for-review - 2
literary - 2
must-read - 1
pdf - 1
second-hand-bookshop-wishlist - 1
tbr - 0
Book that hit the most shelves:
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith 80
Oh darnit, Marla! How did I miss that! I'm so sorry!
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400 pg book - crossed off bookcrossing-com