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Angela's Shelf-A-Thon Challenge
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Shelf-a-Thon 8 Reporting
Just to make sure - the shelf "own--not-read" is a shelf with 2 dashes between own and not, correct?
That is correct Sandy. This is the first one we've had with the two dashes, I think. Gotta watch out for that.
Adrienne wrote: "That is correct Sandy. This is the first one we've had with the two dashes, I think. Gotta watch out for that."Thanks, Adrienne - that's why I asked! There are so many odd shelf variations.......
3 books117 shelves
Includes 12 mark-offs from shelves I hit last time:
already-read
bookcrossing
books-i-want
books-owned
books-i-own-to-read
books-read-in-2009
i-own-it
i-own-this
military
own-but-not-read
own-a-copy
second-hand-bookshop-wishlist
It's nice to start off with a huge list of cross-offs, eh?
It sure is Adrienne! Makes up for the onesey, twosey books to come!
3 mark-offs from shelves hit in Shelf-A-Thon 72010
2011
unfiled
2 books86 shelves
Book 1 by Goodreads Author, crossed off sociology.
In addition, I hit the following shelves in round 7: 2010, 2011, bookcrossing-com, dtbooks, fluff, young-adult-books.
I crossed off: design, economics, film, language, philosophy and psychology.
1 book79 shelves
1 GR author: crossed off textbook
I hit these shelves in round 7: 2010, 2011, historicalfiction, kid-books, sff, young-adult-books
I crossed off: mm, m-m, erotic-romance, erotica, manga, film
Hey does anyone have a spreadsheet they can send me? I don't have Office. Google spreadsheet is best. Thanks, bunches.
i made it if you want me to send it to you ;)Adrienne wrote: "Hey does anyone have a spreadsheet they can send me? I don't have Office. Google spreadsheet is best. Thanks, bunches."
1 book59 shelves
1 GR Author - crossed off second-hand-bookshop-wishlist
3 Popular shelves, not on this list - crossed off own---not-read; indonesian; design
Delicious Dee Challenge Addict wrote: "i made it if you want me to send it to you ;)Adrienne wrote: "Hey does anyone have a spreadsheet they can send me? I don't have Office. Google spreadsheet is best. Thanks, bunches.""
Can I get a copy of the spreadsheet too please? childresskl@gmail.com Thanks!
10 crossed off from 7Deleted Shelves Hit:
2010
2011
bookcrossing-com
currently-own
dtbooks
fluff
historicalfiction
medieval
sff
young-adult-books
Shelves Crossed Off:
arc
art
business
comic
comic-books
comedy
design
economics
education
essays
94 shelves2 books
1 - 400+ book: crossed off theory
1 - 700+ book: crossed off sociology, textbooks, research and psychology
Deleted shelves I hit: 2010
2011
kid-books
medieval
sff
young-adult-books
shelves I crossed off:
m-m
glbt
gay
erotic-romance
erotica
manga
70 shelves
1 book
Goodreads author - mm
Big Book 500+ pages - textbooks, queer
6 books172 shelves
Goodreads author- mm
Shelves I hit last time:2010
2011
historicalfiction
medieval
young-adult-books
Shelves I crossed off:
erotic-romance
erotica
m-m
manga
vampires
1 book was 400+ pages - crossed off graphic-novel
TOTAL:
2 books
98 shelves
4 books100 shelves
Crossed off from last challenge: erotic-romance, erotica, gay, glbt, harlequin, m-m, mm, queer
4 books121 shelves
1 >400 pages - crossed off amazon wishlist
Hit last time - 2010, 2011, currently own, fluff, historicalfiction, kid-books, medieval, sff, spl, young-adult-books.
Crossed off - books I own to read, design, erotic romance, erotica, harlequin, indonesian, tbr, textbooks, warehouse, we own.
just sent it to you!Kate wrote: "Delicious Dee Challenge Addict wrote: "i made it if you want me to send it to you ;)
Adrienne wrote: "Hey does anyone have a spreadsheet they can send me? I don't have Office. Google spreadshe..."
3 books119 shelves
3 GR Author - crossed off second-hand-bookshop-wishlist; anthropology; theology
3 Popular shelves from 7, not on this list - crossed off own---not-read; indonesian; design
2 books69 shelves
Round 7 shelves hit: 2010, 2011, fluff, historicalfiction, kid-books, young-adult-books
Round 8 shelves crossed off: erotica, erotic-romance, harlequin, manga, mm, m-m
Delicious Dee Challenge Addict wrote: "just sent it to you!Kate wrote: "Delicious Dee Challenge Addict wrote: "i made it if you want me to send it to you ;)
Adrienne wrote: "Hey does anyone have a spreadsheet they can send me? I don..."
Thank you!
Rightio.1 book
30 shelves
Not a blinding start, but a start nonetheless. That also includes three shelves for touching 2010, 2011 and plays last time round - I crossed off m-m, mm, and manga.
argh...why the heck is it that i cross off a shelf i think i'll never find and then I do!!! nutz!!!
10 Books202 Shelves
I made my goal of 200 shelves in the first week! YAY!!
4 books148 shelves
3 GR Author - crossed off second-hand-bookshop-wishlist; anthropology; theology
3 Popular shelves from 7, not on this list - crossed off own---not-read; indonesian; design
Delicious Dee Challenge Addict wrote: "wow 10 books already...yipes!"Yup, but the Children's shelves and Graphic Novels go pretty fast ;-).
lol...haha! i'm looking for a graphic/manga right now that my library has to try
Delicious Dee Challenge Addict wrote: "lol...haha! i'm looking for a graphic/manga right now that my library has to try"I have a hard time reading them. I do like The Complete Maus though.
i remember reading that one in college when i took a holocaust course...its probably still on a shelf somewhere...you should try Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Thanks, Dee, for the recommendation. I just added it to my TBR.
86 shelves2 books
Goodreads author - graphic-novel
Big Books 400+ - graphic-novels
6 books166 shelves
3 GR Author - crossed off second-hand-bookshop-wishlist; anthropology; theology
3 Popular shelves from 7, not on this list - crossed off own---not-read; indonesian; design
6 books132 shelves
GR author - crossed off textbooks
156 Shelves7 Books
1-GoodReads Author - Crossed off reference
3-400+ Books - Crossed off politics, political, philosphy
5 books112 shelves
I hit 7 of the free cross-offs from the last round, so I crossed off: erotic romance, erotica, harlequin, mm, warehouse, christian fiction, and anthropology
Delicious Dee Challenge Addict wrote: "i remember reading that one in college when i took a holocaust course...its probably still on a shelf somewhere...you should try Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood"I've got in coming in inter-library loan...it's got some great shelves...I am reading way out of my comfort zone. I read my first manga for shelf-a-thon 7 and I'm picking an econ book for this challenge...hmmm.
i also found a manga of The Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Lightning Thief: The Graphic NovelI used persepolis for my around the world challenge
6 books170 shelves
3 GR Author - crossed off second-hand-bookshop-wishlist; anthropology; theology
3 Popular shelves from 7, not on this list - crossed off own---not-read; indonesian; design
Ta Da! Our first rankings post!Roseann - 232 shelves 13 books
Delicious Dee Challenge Addict - 166 shelves 6 books
Beth NC - 156 shelves 7 books
Lahni - 154 shelves 5 books
Adrienne - 146 shelves 8 books
Sandy - 145 shelves 7 books
travelgirlut - 132 shelves 6 books
Kate - 114 shelves 3 books
Maggie - 88 shelves 2 books
Kim L - 86 shelves 2 books
Rebecca - 86 shelves 2 books
Gemma - 71 shelves 2 books
Leslie - 69 shelves 3 books
Kari - 63 shelves 4 books
And away we gooooo!
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Like I said, there are a whole bunch of shelves that are not on the list this round. If you hit these shelves in round 7 (not with a GR cross off or some other lucky cross-off) you get to cross off extra shelves at the beginning of Round 8. Lucky you!
Here they are:
2010
2011
bookcrossing-com
currently-own
dtbooks
fluff
historicalfiction
kid-books
medieval
plays
sff
spl
unfiled
young-adult-books
The new shelves that have come in to replace these shelves that have fallen by the wayside are:
2011-reads
4-stars
criticism
detective
from-the-library
nothing-yet
on-my-bookshelf
own--not-read
owned-copy
print
public-library
read-2011
romantic
wanted
Here we go!!!