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Shelf-A-Thon 12 Reporting
To give everyone a quick update. It appears that Goodreads has recently updated the top shelves to only show 150. There has been a thread started in the Goodreads Feedback: Top Shelves Comments
I encourage you to write to see if we can get them to show more than 150 shelves. I am sure there are other groups that this will affect as well.
Quick update - they will be recoding to show more shelves but didn't say when. Fingers crossed it will be soon. I am going to wait a few days to see if it gets fixed. Otherwise, I might have to make some modifications to the challenge. Sorry guys!
We are up and running. Please see post #2 in the Rules post for the top 350 shelves. Shelf-a-Thon 12 shelves
Start posting your reading scores here! For those of you who participated in Shelf-a-Thon 11 you can cross of a shelf of your choice for each of these shelves that didn't make it on to the Shelf-a-Thon 12 list if you actually read a book that touched that shelf (not if you crossed it off some other way):america
american-history
anthropology
bookcrossing
childrensbooks
childrens-fiction
childrens-picture-books
feminism
film
glbt
graphic
juvenile-fiction
kindle-book
non-nook-ebk
own
parenting
picturebooks
read-in-2007
second-hand-bookshop-wishlist
sf-fantasy
theory
to-acquire
to-read-non-fiction
we-own
western
And here are the shelves that are replacing those that have left, for anyone who is curious:
2012-books
2012-read
2012-reads
audible
childhood-favorites
crime-fiction
default
dystopia
dystopian
faves
favourite
free
giveaways
life
maybe-read
my-bookshelf
my-ebooks
on-my-shelf
own-ebook
owned-not-read
read-2012
read-in-english
to-read-2
to-reread
vampire
Here's a bonus for being so patient with me while I got this round up and running - cross of two (yes, two!) shelves. One for the delay and one just because.
Now, start posting those stats! Good luck!
Hit 5 deleted shelves last round so crossed off anthologies, anthology, christian, christian-fiction and christianity. Crossed off erotica and harlequin for “delay” and “just because” :)
Book 1 over 700 pages so I crossed off cookbooks, cooking, gay, memoirs.
All in all,
2 books
90 shelves
I love the first couple of books when you get to cross off loads :)2 books
114 shelves
This total includes seven shelves for removed shelves hit last time: 1, business, cookbooks, economics, erotic, erotic-fiction and essays.
Two, for the delay and just because: harlequin and manga.
And two for a 500+ book: mm and m-m.
Um, for the spreadsheet-challenged, did anybody make a spreadsheet? Just checking.
I don't have Excel. :( My hubby has attitude about Microsoft products, so I tried to copy and paste into Google and it wouldn't go. Sigh.
Unfortunately my spreadsheet is also in excel. When I get home tonight I can look into Google docs if that works for you. No promises since I don't use that too often.
3 books 136 shelves
Includes a cross-off of christian for a 400+ book.
My husband made a spreadsheet for me so I am back in the game!3 books
87 shelves
Kinda sad, but in my defense, I don't get to cross any out for what I hit last time since I didn't play. Yeah, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Adrienne wrote: "My husband made a spreadsheet for me so I am back in the game!..."Adrienne, glad you are back and your husband made a spreadsheet. I was having problems with Google docs last night and was just about to start again.
Figured I'd post my status:4 books
122 shelves
Book 1: over 400 pages, crossed off writing
Book 2: goodreads author, crossed off textbooks
Book 3: goodreads author, crossed off theology
I hit the following shelves in round 11: american-history, anthropology, bookcrossing, childrensbooks, childrens-fiction, film, graphic, juvenile-fiction, kindle-book, own, sf-fantasy, and to-read-non-fiction
I crossed off: academic, german, in, indonesian, m-m, music, mythology, philosophy, photography, read-more-than-once, reference, and sociology
3 books131 shelves
Book 3: GR author and over 400 pages, crossed off business and erotic-romance
I want to join in also! Here's where I'm at:6 books
157 shelves
4 crossed off for GR author: m-m, mm, manga, art
This is my first time playing so no cross-offs for last year.
4 books 107 shelves
I have 1 GR author, so I crossed off harlequin and one 400+ page book, so I crossed off m-m.
Glad you're with us, Cherie!
7 books151 shelves
Book 5: goodreads author, crossed off war
Book 6: goodreads author, crossed off art
Book 7: goodreads author, crossed off self-help
Standings as of May 15th (through post 20):Cherie - 157 shelves; 6 books
Rebecca - 151 shelves; 7 books
Karen - 150 shelves; 3 books
Gemma - 136 shelves; 3 books
Pinar - 131 shelves; 3 books
Adrienne - 107 shelves; 4 books
If I am missing someone or something, please let me know.
168/350 Shelves7 books
5 cross off for GR author m-m,mm, manga, art, reference
184/3508 books
5 cross off for GR author m-m,mm, manga, art, reference
4 books158 shelves
Book 4 over 400 pages, crossed off poetry
6 books163 shelves
Another GR author so crossed off military.
4 books150 shelves
Includes a cross-off of poetry for a 400+ book.
190/35010 books
5 cross off for GR author m-m,mm, manga, art, reference
133 shelves4 books
delay: gay
just because: m-m
4 Goodreads authors: erotica, mm, essays, manga
Big Book 400+: economics
Big Book 500+: erotic-romance, poetry
12 books196 shelves
Book 8: goodreads author, crossed off research
Book 10: over 400 pages, crossed off travel
Book 11: goodreads author, crossed off sports
196 Shelves13 books
5 cross off for GR author = m-m,mm, manga, art, reference
1 cross off for 400+ Page Book = textbooks
3 books90 shelves
3 GR author: mm, m-m, to-read-2
500+pages: political, politics
Just because: picture-book, picture-books
Adrienne wrote: "I don't have Excel. :( My hubby has attitude about Microsoft products, so I tried to copy and paste into Google and it wouldn't go. Sigh." You can open Excel spreadsheets with OpenOffice. It is free and opens and allows you to use Microsoft word, excel etc...
Think, that is what I am using. I am just not terribly good at it. Blah! 10 books
187 shelves
Another GR author so I crossed off To-read-2
7 books183 shelves
GR author, crossed off self-help.
Sandy MN10 books
209 Shelves
Round 11, I crossed off 11 of the removed shelves: childrensbooks, childrens-fiction, childrens-picture-books, feminism, glbt, juvenile-fiction, own, parenting, picturebooks, read-in-2007, sf-fantasy
So, I crossed off: anthologies, anthology, business, christian, christian-fiction, christianity, collection, cookbooks, cooking, default, economics
6 GR authors: essays, graphic-novel, indonesian, philosophy, political, poetry
3 books +400 pages: graphic-novels, manga, photography
Here are the standings as of June 1:Sandy MN - 209 shelves; 10 books
Cherie - 196 shelves; 13 books
Rebecca - 196 shelves; 12 books
Think - 190 shelves; 3 books
Adrienne - 187 shelves; 10 books
Pinar - 183 shelves; 7 books
Gemma - 150 shelves; 4 books
Karen - 150 shelves; 5 books
Kari - 140 shelves; 7 books
Kim L. - 133 shleves; 4 books
Sandy, Cherie, and Think can each cross off three extra shelves for being top shelvers!
Adrienne, Pinar and Kim L can each cross off two shelves.
Woo Hoo! Cross offs! I've never gotten those before!So anyway.
15 books
205 shelves
1 GR author - crossed off 3-stars
crossed off mm and textbooks for my cross-offs.
Adrienne wrote: "Woo Hoo! Cross offs! I've never gotten those before!"They are nice, aren't they :)
Sandy MN12 Books
228 Shelves
Bonus shelves: textbooks, theology, sociology
1 GR Author: 1
+1000 pages: short-stories, short-story, spiritual, spirituality
9 books203 shelves
Bonus shelves: keepers, academic
19 books231 shelves
Book 13: goodreads author, crossed off nature; over 500 pages, crossed off business and french
Book 15: goodreads author, crossed off science
Book 16: goodreads author, crossed off psychology
Book 17: goodreads author, crossed off short
Book 18: goodreads author, crossed off read-in-english; over 600 pages, crossed off for-school, health, mm
Sandy MN16 books
249 shelves
3 GR authors: religion, religious, nature
+400 pages: Harlequin
Rebecca wrote: "Here are the standings as of June 1:Sandy MN - 209 shelves; 10 books
Cherie - 196 shelves; 13 books
Rebecca - 196 shelves; 12 books
Think - 190 shelves; 3 books
Adrienne - 187 shelves; 10 books
..."
I only had 90 shelves. Not 190. I don't think it is fair for me to get the 3 extra crossoffs. Just thought I would let you know!
Think - sorry about that! I appreciate your honesty.
24 books250 shelves
Book 21: goodreads author, crossed off life
Book 22: goodreads author, crossed off to-read-2; over 600 pages, crossed off gay, harlequin, economics
Book 24: goodreads author, crossed off kids-books
Here are the standings as of June 17:Rebecca - 250 shelves; 24 books
Sandy MN - 249 shelves; 16 books
Adrienne - 233 shelves; 18 books
Pinar - 224 shelves; 11 books
Cherie - 196 shelves; 13 books
Kari - 173 shelves; 13 books
Gemma - 150 shelves; 4 books
Karen - 150 shelves; 5 books
Kim L. - 133 shleves; 4 books
Think - 90 shelves; 3 books
Fingers crossed I have everything right!
Sandy MN21 books
266 shelves
4 GR Authors:politics, academic, in, comics
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Listed below are the shelves that have moved on and are no longer on the list. If you touched any of these shelves in Shelf-a-Thon 11 (not with a "cross-off") then you get to cross off a shelf from this round.