Niamh’s Comments (group member since Jul 09, 2013)

Niamh’s comments from the Pick-a-Shelf group.

I love the Phryne Fisher series as well Coralie. I haven't read Murder and Mendelssohn yet. I get most as audiobooks and put them on in the car when travelling. At an hour each way just to go do my shopping it's great :)

I've finished my 2 books. The Bone Garden was really enjoyable. Definitely the one I enjoyed the most of the Gerritsen books so far. But not sure why she didn't just write about the historical crime instead of jumping to the present as well.

Also enjoyed Charlotte's Web. Wonder why it took me so long to get around to reading it...

I'm going for The Bone Garden and Charlotte's Web. I've been wanting to read more Gerritsen books for a while now so that's one picked.
Then, I'm going to read Charlotte's Web. I know my little one is too young to understand any of it being only 2 weeks old today but it will give me an excuse to start off reading to her. I don't think that reading about a murder would be the right one to start her off on so a nice children's book will be just the ticket :)

Here are my picks:

Dee:
Cowboys & Vampires
The Blackhouse
Iron Crowned

Lyn:
Love Life
Tell the Wolves I'm Home

Tien:
The Lost Symbol
A Bend in the Road
Shadow and Bone

Coralie:
A Storm of Swords
Murder and Mendelssohn
Solstice Wood

Hope you like them :)

readinghearts (Lyn M) wrote: "Niamh wrote: "Great. Thanks :)
I'm going to go with 2 books as well. I was going to try for 3 but have a new arrival coming in just over a week (if not earlier!) so I'm going to have my hands full...."

Thanks :)

Not sure I'm doing this right but hopefully here's the link to my shelf :)
And going to stick to 2 books.

POTS-2015

Great. Thanks :)
I'm going to go with 2 books as well. I was going to try for 3 but have a new arrival coming in just over a week (if not earlier!) so I'm going to have my hands full.
Shelf to be nominated tomorrow once I read through my to-read shelf and see what is actually there :)

Sounds like a good challenge :) Do we have to have a specific shelf or can I just nominate my to-read shelf where all my new books get added? And can we add more books to the shelf during the year?

Thanks Tien!

Looks like I had a total brain failure when putting this one together. I was looking at "P" instead of "J" for some of them. Don't know what I was doing - probably a few things at the same time. I know that I'm trying to knock 3 or 4 months books out at once and it obviously isn't working :/

I'll just have to get myself back on track over the weekend and actually get some books finished instead of just putting them into a list.

July

Letter: J

Shelves:

glbt
Keeping You a Secret (Paperback)
by Julie Anne Peters (shelved 236 times as glbt)
avg rating 3.99 — 34,596 ratings — published 2003
250p
c (Julie Anne Peters), f (3.99), l

2. time-travel
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
by Ransom Riggs (shelved 396 times as time-travel)
avg rating 3.78 — 429,051 ratings — published 2011
348p
d (2011), g (Ransom Riggs), h (429k), i (Jacob)

3. feminism
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by Sylvia Plath (shelved 313 times as feminism)
avg rating 3.93 — 426,098 ratings — published 1963
288p
a (1963), h (426k)

4. light-reading
One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1)
by Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author) (shelved 20 times as light-reading)
avg rating 4.01 — 322,246 ratings — published 1994
320p
c (Janet Evanovich), f (4.01), h (322k), j (4.01), l (Stephanie Plum)

5. popular-fiction
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author) (shelved 51 times as popular-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 728,696 ratings — published 2004
423p
b (423p), c (Jodi Picoult), f (4.03), h (728k), j (4.03)

6. contemporary-literature
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, #1)
by Seth Grahame-Smith (shelved 7 times as contemporary-literature)
avg rating 3.25 — 124,221 ratings — published 2009
319p
g (Seth Grahame-Smith)

7. 1001-books-to-read-before-you-die
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Paperback)
by Robert Louis Stevenson (shelved 71 times as 1001-books-to-read-before-you-die)
avg rating 3.75 — 173,548 ratings — published 1886
144p
f (3.75), g (Robert Louis Stevenson), h (173k), k (1886)

8. classic-fiction
The Call of the Wild (Paperback)
by Jack London (shelved 52 times as classic-fiction)
avg rating 3.76 — 188,500 ratings — published 1903
172p
e (dog), f (3.76), g (Jack London), h (188k)

9. magical-realism
Tiger Lily (ebook)
by Jodi Lynn Anderson (Goodreads Author) (shelved 13 times as magical-realism)
avg rating 3.92 — 24,812 ratings — published 2012
292p
c (Jodi Lynn Anderson), f (3.92)

10. book-club-reads
Defending Jacob (Hardcover)
by William Landay (Goodreads Author) (shelved 59 times as book-club-reads)
avg rating 3.94 — 151,844 ratings — published 2012
421p
b (421p), d (2012), f (3.94), g (William Landay), h (151k), i (Andy Barber)

11. ghosts
Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1)
by Jeaniene Frost (Goodreads Author) (shelved 99 times as ghosts)
avg rating 4.22 — 117,961 ratings — published 2007
358p
c (Jeaniene Frost), f (4.22), j (4.22)

12. high-fantasy
The Silmarillion (Middle-Earth Universe)
by J.R.R. Tolkien (shelved 188 times as high-fantasy)
avg rating 3.76 — 132,465 ratings — published 1977
386p
a (1977), f (3.76), g (JRR Tolkien)


Categories:

a. Published in: 1960 - 1979
b. Number of Pages: 401-500
c. Female Authors
d. Published after 2009
e. Animal on cover (partials acceptable)
f. An average rating of more than 3.5 stars
g. Male Authors
h. Has more than 150,000 ratings
i. Main Character (90% of book): Male
j. An average rating of 4 or more stars
k. Published in: 19th Century
l. Main Character (90% of book): Female

June:

Letter: R

Shelves:

wwii
The Reader (Hardcover)
by Bernhard Schlink (shelved 125 times as wwii)
avg rating 3.69 — 118,842 ratings — published 1995
b (1995), g(218p), h (Bernhard Schlink), i (118k), j (black)

2. indie-own childrens-literature
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
by Roald Dahl (shelved 114 times as childrens-literature)
avg rating 4.07 — 357,739 ratings — published 1964
d (4.07), h (Roald Dahl), i (357k)

3. creepy
Rebecca (ebook)
by Daphne du Maurier (shelved 19 times as creepy)
avg rating 4.20 — 29,407 ratings — published 1938
a (lead character - name not revealed), f (1938), i (29k), j (black)

4. life-changing
Love Unrehearsed (Love, #2)
by Tina Reber (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1 time as life-changing)
avg rating 4.31 — 45,217 ratings — published 2012
448p
e (rose)

5. historical-mystery
Murphy's Law (Molly Murphy Mysteries #1)
by Rhys Bowen (Goodreads Author) (shelved 49 times as historical-mystery)
avg rating 3.89 — 6,242 ratings — published 2001

6. shifter Anthropology
Déjà Dead (Temperance Brennan, #1)
by Kathy Reichs (Goodreads Author) (shelved 18 times as anthropology)
avg rating 3.85 — 91,341 ratings — published 1997
b (1997)

7. battle-of-the-books
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author) (shelved 17 times as battle-of-the-books)
avg rating 4.35 — 986,280 ratings — published 2011

8. womens-fiction
Tara Road (Mass Market Paperback)
by Maeve Binchy (shelved 14 times as womens-fiction)
avg rating 3.85 — 50,468 ratings — published 1998
c (648p)

9. alternate-history
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
by George R.R. Martin (shelved 2 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 4.53 — 362,274 ratings — published 2000
c (1177 pages), d (4.53), h ( George RR Martin)

10. 1001-books-to-read-before-i-die
The Breast (Paperback)
by Philip Roth (shelved 6 times as 1001-books-to-read-before-i-die)
avg rating 3.18 — 2,903 ratings — published 1972, 82p
h (Philip Roth), k (3.18)

11. apocalyptic
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (Paperback)
by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cory Doctorow, George R.R. Martin, Carol Emshwiller, Jonathan Lethem, Octavia E. Butler, Stephen King (Goodreads Author), Gene Wolfe , Orson Scott Card, Paolo Bacigalupi, M. Rickert
avg rating 3.79 — 11,643 ratings — published 2007
l

12. futuristic
The Road (Hardcover)
by Cormac McCarthy (shelved 35 times as futuristic)
avg rating 3.93 — 487,996 ratings — published 2006
246p
h (Cormac McCarthy), i (487k), j (black)

Categories:

a. Main Character (90% of book): Female
b. Published in: 1980 - 1999
c. Number of Pages: 600+
d. Average rating of 4 or higher
e. Plant on cover (partials acceptable)
f. Published in: 1920 - 1949
g. Number of Pages: 201-300
h. Male Authors
i. Number of ratings more than 5,000
j. Cover is primarily dark colours (black, brown, dark blue etc) Think: Gloomy
k. Average rating of 3.5 or less
l. Multiple Authors (can be 2 -co-authors, OR many -for anthologies, etc)

May:

Letter: I

Shelves:

all-time-favourites
The Brides of Rollrock Island (Hardcover)
by Margo Lanagan (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1 time as all-time-favourites, 2 times as multiple-narrators)
avg rating 3.71 — 6,185 ratings — published 2012
320p, black + dark cover
b (dark), d (multiple), g (3.71), i (320p)



2. keepers
Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse, #2)
by Charlaine Harris (shelved 10 times as keepers)
avg rating 3.99 — 189,154 ratings — published 2001
288p - pub 2001 - dark purple and black
a (288p), b (dark purple and black), f (Sookie), k (2001)

3. plays
A Doll's House (Paperback)
by Henrik Ibsen (shelved 1466 times as plays)
avg rating 3.60 — 48,378 ratings — published 1879
122p
h (122p), l (Henrik Ibsen)

4. picture-book (Dalby library)
The Incredible Book Eating Boy (Hardcover)
by Oliver Jeffers (shelved 68 times as picture-book)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,908 ratings — published 2006
32p
g (4.24), k (2006), l (Oliver Jeffers)

5. american-literature
åThe Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by John Green (Goodreads Author) (shelved 57 times as american-literature) (shelved 13 times as keepers)
318p - pub 2012 - pale blue
c (11/3/14), g (4.49 stars), i (318p)

6. biographies
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by Rebecca Skloot (Goodreads Author) (shelved 132 times as biographies)
avg rating (4.04 — 313,988 ratings — published 2010
370p
g (4.04), i (370p)

7. made-me-cry
Falling Into You (Falling, #1)
by Jasinda Wilder (Goodreads Author) (shelved 46 times as made-me-cry) (shelved 9 times as alternating-pov)
avg rating 4.13 — 50,679 ratings — published 2013
237p
a (237p), g (4.13), j (2 POV)

8. epic
Imajica 1: The Fifth Dominion (Paperback)
by Clive Barker (shelved 17 times as epic)
avg rating 4.20 — 9,147 ratings — published 1995
544p
g (4.20), l (Clive Barker)


9. steampunk
The Iron Duke (Iron Seas, #1)
by Meljean Brook (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1456 times as steampunk)
avg rating 3.91 — 19,027 ratings — published 2010
384p
b (black/dark), g (3.91), i (384p)

10. sociology
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by Dale Carnegie (shelved 25 times as sociology)
avg rating 4.02 — 206,744 ratings — published 1936
288p
a (288p), g (4.02), l (Dale Carnegie)

11. crime-fiction
Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4)
by Dan Brown (shelved 10 times as crime-fiction)
avg rating 3.66 — 245,774 ratings — published 2013
461p
c (9/7/13), g (3.66), l (Dan Brown)

12. humorous
How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You (Paperback)
by Matthew Inman (shelved 16 times as humorous)
avg rating 3.92 — 27,557 ratings — published 2012
136p
g (3.92), h (136p)

Categories:

a. Number of Pages: 201-300
b. Cover is primarily dark colours (black, brown, dark blue etc) Think: Gloomy
c. Added to your to-read shelf after 31 December 2012*
d. Multiple POVs(more than 2)
e. Multiple Authors (can be 2 -co-authors, OR many -for anthologies, etc)
f. Main Character (90% of book): Female
g. An average rating of more than 3.5 stars
h. Number of Pages: 100-200
i. Number of Pages: 301-400
j. Alternating POVs (2 only)
k. Published in: 2000 - 2009
l. Male Authors

Been busy so haven't updated here as I should have but still slogging along. :) Will get this updated over the weekend. Yay! it's a long one this weekend

I'm going for Inferno. Its been sitting on my bedside table since Christmas as I've waited to fit it into one of my reading lists this year and it finally found a home. :)

April

Letter: P

Shelves:

1. in-the-library
Marked (House of Night, #1) by P.C. Cast

2. modern-lit
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
f (514p)

3. asia
The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
b (1975), g (Paul Theroux), l

4. started-but-didn’t-finish
The Plague (Paperback) by Albert Camus
e (1947)

5. pleasure-reading
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
d (409p)

6. non-fic
A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
a (1992), c (157p)

7. five-star-books
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

8. top-100
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
h (pink)

9. non-series
Dodger by Terry Pratchett
j (2012)

10. fiction-other
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

11. school-reads
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
a (1988), c (197p)

12. finished-series
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
i (Simone Elkeles), k (2 POV)

Categories:
a. Published in: 1980 – 1999
b. Published in: 1960 - 1979
c. Number of Pages: 100-200
d. Number of Pages: 401-500
e. Published in: 1940 - 1959
f. Number of Pages: 501-600
g. Male Authors
h. Cover is primarily bright colours (white, yellow, pink etc) Think: Happy
i. Female Authors
j. Published after 2009
k. Alternating POVs (2 only)
l. Main Character (90% of book): Male

Thats what I thought Lauren but it would be nice if it was and I could knock off a couple of my TBRs. I'm actually finding so many more books that I want to read during my searches for books that fit in the Scattershelves challenge. My TBR is starting to get out of control... I just can't stop adding books. lol

Got a question guys...

I'm trawling through my TBR listings and see that I have The Lightning Thief there. I know that 'P' doesn't appear in the starting of the title, but on the listing on Goodreads it has the subtitle (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) on it.

So... can this be used as identified on Goodreads or do we just go with the title on the cover?

Thanks mate. Just downloaded it now (I'm late catching up with posts, I know). Look forward to getting stuck in.

I really live the way you have this all set up Lauren. Really stands out well. Great work putting in the ticks and the stars. :)

Nice work LynnB. I'm a ways behind you but finally got February finished. Have Jan done as well so full steam ahead March :)

1. pre-2009
Matilda by Roald Dahl- Read 25/2

2. romance-historical
The Wicked Lord Montague (Castonbury Park #1) by Carole Mortimer
j (112 ratings), d (268 pages) - Read 26/2

3. mysteries-thrillers
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #1) by Alexander McCall Smith - Read 08/03

4. friends-to-lovers
The secret diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn
h, b, k (book) - Read 06/03

5. genre-fantasy
The Hedge Knight by George R.R. Martin - Read 03/03

6. fantastic
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1) by Douglas Adams - Read 05/03

7. multiple-reads
Wild Magic (Immortals, #1) by Tamora Pierce
a (horse), l (362 pages) - Read 18/2

8. reviewed-books
Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1) by Maggie Stiefvater - Read 21/2

9. sf-f
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) by George R.R. Martin
e (1999), i, k (Crown) - Read 24/2

10. inspiration
For One More Day (Hardcover) by Mitch Albom
c (2004), f (197), g (purple/dark blue) - Read 27/2

11. paranormal-supernatural
Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2) by Richelle Mead
h (Richelle Mead), b - Read 26/2

12. books-to-movies
The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1) by James Dashner - Read 02/03

Feb finished :D