Pick-a-Shelf discussion

January


Letter: A


Shelves:

1. modern-fiction: Matched, Ally Condie (c, g)
2. juvenile: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (e, f, h)
3. random: The Clan of the Cave Bear, Jean M. Auel (a) - 2/6/14
4. 2006: Little Women, Louisa May Alcott - 2/24/14
5. 2012-read: The Dressmaker, Kate Alcott - 1/26/14
6. kids-books: Anne of Green Gables (b)
7. have-read: Where the Wild Things Are(i) - 1/10/13
8. digital: City of Ashes - 3/8/14
9. not-interested: Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen - 1/4/14
10. lit: The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (d) - 3/17/14***
11. culture: Cloud Atlas (k, l)
12. detective: Angels & Demons (j)


Categories:

a. Number of Pages: 501-600
b. Published in: 1900 - 1919
c. Have at least 10,000 ratings
d. Published in: 1940 - 1959
e. Main Character (90% of book): Male
f. Added to your to-read shelf in the first 12 months you joined GR*
g. An average rating of more than 3.5 stars
h. Person on cover (partials acceptable)
i. Plant on cover (partials acceptable)
j. Number of Pages: 600+
k. Inanimate Object on cover (partials acceptable)
l. Cover is primarily bright colours (white, yellow, pink etc) Think: Happy

We've picked 4 of the same books! Huckleberry Finn, Anne of Green Gables, The Little Prince, and Cloud Atlas. Good luck and Happy Reading! :)

haha! Weird but awesome things :), happy reading to you too!

February:

Letter: M

Shelves:

1. pre-2009: Winnie-the-Pooh, A.A. Milne
2. romance-historical: Miss Tonks Turns to Crime (b, f, j)
3. mysteries-thrillers: Maisie Dobbs (c, l)
4. friends-to-lovers: The Proposal, Mary Balogh
5. genre-fantasy: A Clash of Kings, George R.R. Martin (e, i, k)
6. fantastic: We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Michael Rosen - 1/27/14
7. multiple-reads: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (a, h) - 2/26/14
8. reviewed-books: The Merchant's Daughter (d)
9. sf-f: Storm Glass, Maria V. Snyder
10. inspiration: The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World, Marti Olsen Laney
11. paranormal-supernatural: The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern (g)
12. books-to-movies: Mansfield Park

Categories:

a. Animal on cover (partials acceptable)
b. Main Character (90% of book): Female
c. Published in: 2000 - 2009
d. Number of Pages: 201-300
e. Published in: 1980 - 1999
f. Number of Pages: 100-200
g. Cover is primarily dark colours (black, brown, dark blue etc) Think: Gloomy
h. Female Authors
i. Added to your to-read shelf after 31 December 2012
j. Has number of rating less than 500
k. Inanimate Object on cover (partials acceptable)
l. Number of Pages: 301-400

March:

Letter: H

Shelves:

1. 19th-century: An Ideal Husband (b)
2. 2004: The Hundred Dresses (c, e, f)
3. e-reader: A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini (l)
4. it-Wikipedia: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
5. book-series: Demonglass, Rachel Hawkins
6. middle-school: The Lost Hero
7. mystery-crime: The Hound of the Baskervilles (g, i, j)
8. childhood-favorites: The Hero and the Crown (k)
9. murder: Hex Hall
10. America: The Help (h) - 4/8/14
11. comic: Calvin and Hobbes (a, d) - 3/6/14
12. fluff: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation

Categories:

a. Main Character (90% of book): Male
b. Male Authors
c. Inanimate Object on cover (partials acceptable)
d. Number of Pages: 100-200
e. Cover is primarily bright colours (white, yellow, pink etc) Think: Happy
f. Main Character (90% of book): Female
g. Published in: 1900 - 1919
h. Multiple POVs(more than 2)
i. Number of Pages: 201-300
j. Cover is primarily dark colours (black, brown, dark blue etc) Think: Gloomy
k. Published in: 1980 - 1999
l. Alternating POVs (2 only)

April:

Letter: P

Shelves:

1. in-the-library: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (g, h, j)
2. modern-lit: The Rosie Project (l)
3. asia: The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi
4. started-but-didn’t-finish: The Princess Bride (b)
5. pleasure-reading: The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho (a, c)
6. non-fic: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (i)
7. five-star-books: The Red Pyramid (f, k)
8. top-100: The Bronze Horseman, Paullina Simons
9. non-series: The Pearl (e)
10. fiction-other: Peter Pan
11. school-reads: The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe
12. finished-series: Poison Study (d)

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

May:

Letter: I

Shelves:

1. all-time-favourites: The Immortal Rules
2. keepers: Magic Bites, Ilona Andrews
3. plays: The Importance of Being Earnest
4. picture-book: The Cat in the Hat
5. american-literature: Little House in the Big Woods, Laura Ingalls Wilder
6. biographies: Below Stairs: The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired "Upstairs, Downstairs" and "Downton Abbey"
7. made-me-cry: The Fault in Our Stars
8. epic: The Indigo Spell
9. steampunk: The Iron Wyrm Affair
10. sociology: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
11. crime-fiction: Of Love and Shadows, Isabel Allende
12. humorous: I am Invited to a Party!

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