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2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2009-reads
2010-reads
2011-books
2011-read
2011-reads
2012-books
2012-challenge
2012-read
2012-reads
20th-century
21st-century
3-stars
4-star
4-stars
5-star
5-stars
abandoned
action
action-adventure
adult
adult-books
adult-fiction
adventure
all-time-favorites
already-read
american
and
animals
anthology
arc
art
at-library
audible
audio
audiobook
audio-book
audiobooks
audio-books
biographies
biography
book
bookclub
book-club
books
bookshelf
books-i-have
books-i-own
books-i-own-to-read
books-i-want
books-owned
books-read-in-2011
books-read-in-2012
books-to-buy
books-we-own
borrowed
bought
british
business
buy
calibre
chick-lit
childhood
childhood-favorites
children
childrens
children-s
childrens-books
children-s-books
children-s-lit
children-s-literature
christian
christian-fiction
christianity
classic
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collection
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comic
comics
coming-of-age
contemporary
contemporary-fiction
contemporary-romance
cookbooks
couldn-t-finish
crime
crime-fiction
culture
default
detective
did-not-finish
didn-t-finish
dnf
do-not-own
don-t-own
drama
dystopia
dystopian
ebook
e-book
ebooks
e-books
ebooks-i-own
education
england
english
epub
epubs
erotica
essays
europe
family
fantasy
fantasy-sci-fi
faves
favorite
favorite-authors
favorite-books
favorites
favourite
favourites
fiction
finished
first-reads
food
for-review
for-school
free
freebie
french
friendship
fun
funny
gave-up-on
general
general-fiction
german
giveaways
graphic-novel
graphic-novels
guilty-pleasures
hardcover
have
high-school
historical
historical-fiction
historical-romance
history
home
home-library
horror
humor
humour
in
indonesian
in-english
in-my-library
inspirational
i-own
i-own-it
juvenile
keepers
kids
kids-books
kindle
kindle-book
kindle-books
kindle-to-read
library
library-book
library-books
listened-to
lit
literary
literary-fiction
literature
love
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magic
manga
maybe
maybe-read
memoir
memoirs
middle-grade
might-read
military
mine
mm
m-m
modern
music
must-read
my-books
my-bookshelf
my-ebooks
my-favorites
my-library
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mystery
mystery-suspense
mystery-thriller
mythology
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nook-books
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paranormal-romance
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personal-library
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picture-book
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plays
poetry
political
politics
psychology
public-library
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read-2008
read-2009
read-2010
read-2011
read-2012
read-for-school
read-in-2008
read-in-2009
read-in-2010
read-in-2011
read-in-2012
read-in-english
read-more-than-once
realistic-fiction
recommended
reference
relationships
religion
reread
re-read
review
reviewed
romance
school
school-books
science
science-fiction
science-fiction-fantasy
scifi
sci-fi
scifi-fantasy
sci-fi-fantasy
self-help
series
sf
short-stories
short-story
signed
sociology
speculative-fiction
spiritual
spirituality
stand-alone
started
stories
summer-2012
summer-reading
supernatural
suspense
tbr
teen
theology
thriller
thrillers
to-buy
to-get
to-purchase
to-read-2
to-read-fiction
to-read-own
to-read-soon
to-reread
to-re-read
to-review
travel
unfinished
unowned
unread
unsorted
urban-fantasy
vampire
vampires
want
wanted
want-to-buy
want-to-own
want-to-read
war
wishlist
wish-list
women
ya
ya-books
ya-fiction
young
young-adult
young-adult-fiction
youth
Feel free to ask any questions. Good luck everyone!
I am in, I have been waiting for the new game to start.Start: August 1, 2012
*Any book that you finish after this date can be used for this challenge.
End: October 31, 2012
1. To have read a book off a shelf, you must read a book that is found on that particular shelf. i.e. to have read a book off the classics shelf, you must read a book that is found on the "classics" shelf within the first page.
Here is how you find the page:
- Find the book you just read and click on it so you get to the original page. For example: Pride and Prejudice
- After you get to this page, look all the way to the right hand side and scroll down a little to find "See Top Shelves", click on it and you should get to this page which is a list of the most popular shelves for Pride and Prejudice. Now you mark off the shelves you you "touched" from our list of Shelf-a-Thon 13 shelves.
2. A single book may be found on several shelves however we will only count the first page of top shelves for this book. For example, you may find a book that has 148+ pages of shelves (such as Pride and Prejudice), but only count the first page.
3. You don’t have to read off the shelves in any particular order of shelves.
4. The name of shelves must MATCH EXACTLY to the shelf you are trying to count. No deviations are acceptable (check the spelling off the official list below). For example one shelf reads: 2011-books and another 2011-book or childrens or children-s.
5. It is permissible to read a book that is found on a shelf you've already counted. I may read 10 books that include the shelf "books-i-own". After you have found this shelf once, continue to check off the same shelf, but do not count it as an additional shelf. At the end of the round, report the shelf you hit the most.
6. Reporting:
All we want you to report on the thread is the number of books you've read and the number of shelves these books are found on. Do not report titles because that will give your competitors a strategic edge. I will be creating a another thread where people can post questions on where to find a shelf. So if someone is looking specifically for economics, they can ask other players where they found that shelf. Some of us would like to keep this a secret, as it may give the competitors who are trying to get the most shelves more of an advantage.
For example:
52 shelves
2 books
You must track the titles read and the shelves on your own. You can come up with your own method of tracking. I personally print the list and highlight the shelves I have hit, but someone out there may have made a excel spreadsheet, which can be requested by other players via email.
7. HOW DO I GET RID OF SHELVES I CAN'T TOUCH??
If you read a book with a certain amount of pages, you can cross off a shelf you are finding difficult to hit. If you cross off a shelf and later hit it, you cannot change your original shelf. You must choose another shelf to cross off.
* If a book has 400-499 pages - Mark off 1 extra shelf of your choice
* If a book has 500-599 pages - Mark off 2 extra shelves of your choice
* If a book has 600-699 pages - Mark off 3 extra shelves of your choice
* For more than 700 pages - Mark off 4 extra shelves of your choice
Pease include this in your reporting.
For example:
216 shelves
23 books
Book over 400 pages, crossed off so and so shelf.
8. At the end of the first month, the top three shelvers will be allowed to cross off 3 shelves. I will also randomly (names out of a hat) pick 3 people to cross off 2 shelves of their choice. At the end of the second month, the shelvers with the biggest change in their number of shelves will be allowed to cross off 3 shelves. I will also do the 3 random shelvers thing again.
9. We will continue to celebrate GR authors, so if you read a book by a Goodreads author, you can eliminate one shelf. Again, this information should be included in your reporting.
For example:
102 shelves
5 books
Book by a Goodreads author, crossed off so and so shelf.
10. Objective
The "winner" is one who has either read off all 350 shelves noted on the official list or who has read the most off these 350 shelves by the end date, October 31.
*Also, please post the shelf you 'touched' the most at the end of the challenge.
**This is still Angela's challenge, I'm just trying to keep it going until she's ready to take charge again.
~Rebecca
I am in! I have sat this challenge out for a number of rounds and I am ready to rejoin!
I'm going to give it a try too.
Question: I finished a book today but I read most of it prior to today. Can I count it towards this new round or no? Thanks!
Welcome everyone!Cherie - You can count the book. This is a real relaxed group.
Hey guys. I hate to point this out, but supernatural is on the list still.
Think - supernatural is still on the list of 350. It should not be on the list of deleted shelves.
Question: if I hit a shelf that I crossed off for >400 pages or GR author, can I change my choice and cross off another shelf?
Jessica wrote: "Question: if I hit a shelf that I crossed off for >400 pages or GR author, can I change my choice and cross off another shelf?"Unfortunately, you cannot. That's sort of the gamble when using cross-offs.
I have enjoyed this challenge in the past, but considering we're a month in and I haven't had time to tot up a single one of my books so far, I think I might have to sit this one out!Hopefully I'll have time to join in with a later one :)
Gemma, you know you can post any time. We will miss you!
*Any book that you finish after this date can be used for this challenge.
End: October 31, 2012
1. To have read a book off a shelf, you must read a book that is found on that particular shelf. i.e. to have read a book off the classics shelf, you must read a book that is found on the "classics" shelf within the first page.
Here is how you find the page:
- Find the book you just read and click on it so you get to the original page. For example: Pride and Prejudice
- After you get to this page, look all the way to the right hand side and scroll down a little to find "See Top Shelves", click on it and you should get to this page which is a list of the most popular shelves for Pride and Prejudice. Now you mark off the shelves you you "touched" from our list of Shelf-a-Thon 13 shelves.
2. A single book may be found on several shelves however we will only count the first page of top shelves for this book. For example, you may find a book that has 148+ pages of shelves (such as Pride and Prejudice), but only count the first page.
3. You don’t have to read off the shelves in any particular order of shelves.
4. The name of shelves must MATCH EXACTLY to the shelf you are trying to count. No deviations are acceptable (check the spelling off the official list below). For example one shelf reads: 2011-read and another 2011-reads or childrens or children-s.
5. It is permissible to read a book that is found on a shelf you've already counted. I may read 10 books that include the shelf "books-i-own". After you have found this shelf once, continue to check off the same shelf, but do not count it as an additional shelf. At the end of the round, report the shelf you hit the most.
6. Reporting:
All we want you to report on the thread is the number of books you've read and the number of shelves these books are found on. Do not report titles because that will give your competitors a strategic edge. I will be creating a another thread where people can post questions on where to find a shelf. So if someone is looking specifically for economics, they can ask other players where they found that shelf. Some of us would like to keep this a secret, as it may give the competitors who are trying to get the most shelves more of an advantage.
For example:
52 shelves
2 books
You must track the titles read and the shelves on your own. You can come up with your own method of tracking. I personally print the list and highlight the shelves I have hit, but someone out there may have made a excel spreadsheet, which can be requested by other players via email.
7. HOW DO I GET RID OF SHELVES I CAN'T TOUCH??
If you read a book with a certain amount of pages, you can cross off a shelf you are finding difficult to hit. If you cross off a shelf and later hit it, you cannot change your original shelf. You must choose another shelf to cross off.
* If a book has 400-499 pages - Mark off 1 extra shelf of your choice
* If a book has 500-599 pages - Mark off 2 extra shelves of your choice
* If a book has 600-699 pages - Mark off 3 extra shelves of your choice
* For more than 700 pages - Mark off 4 extra shelves of your choice
Pease include this in your reporting.
For example:
216 shelves
23 books
Book over 400 pages, crossed off so and so shelf.
8. At the end of the first month, the top three shelvers will be allowed to cross off 3 shelves. I will also randomly (names out of a hat) pick 3 people to cross off 2 shelves of their choice. At the end of the second month, the shelvers with the biggest change in their number of shelves will be allowed to cross off 3 shelves. I will also do the 3 random shelvers thing again.
9. We will continue to celebrate GR authors, so if you read a book by a Goodreads author, you can eliminate one shelf. Again, this information should be included in your reporting.
For example:
102 shelves
5 books
Book by a Goodreads author, crossed off so and so shelf.
10. Objective
The "winner" is one who has either read off all 350 shelves noted on the official list or who has read the most off these 350 shelves by the end date, October 31.
*Also, please post the shelf you 'touched' the most at the end of the challenge.
**This is still Angela's challenge, I'm just trying to keep it going until she's ready to take charge again.
~Rebecca