Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Laptop died so limited to my phone as library also closed so hope that I have these right but here goes nothing:

Letter:

A


Shelves:

1. modern-fiction - The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold g,k
2. juvenile - Artemis Fowl -c
3. random - The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom -e
4. 2006 - The Second Summer of the Sisterhood - Ann Brashares - h
5. 2012-read - Kane and Abel - Jeffrey Archer - a (596 pages)
6. kids-books - The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking - Astrid Lindberg - l (yellow), d (1945)
7. have-read - Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead - h
8. digital - Witches Abroad - Terry Pratchett
9. not-interested - Evermore (The Immortals #1) - Alyson Noel - i (rose)
10. lit - People of the Abyss - Jack London - b (1903)
11. culture - American Gods - Neil Gamain - j (656 pages)
12. detective - A is for Alibi - Sue Grafton - f

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

*if you don’t maintain a to-read shelf of GR or for any other reason you'd need an alternative for this Category, here it is:

f. Books purchased / received more than 5^ years ago

^I'm just using 5 years as a gauge (PAS is also 5 yo!) -you are more than welcome to change this number to suit your books but 3 will be the lowest number. Please make a note of it on your thread if you are changing the number of years.

Looks like you've got a pretty good list of reads there, Niamh.

Pippi Longstocking is a childhood fave of mine, enjoy!

Thanks Tien :)

I've never read Pippi Longstocking so looking forward to that one. I rejigged some of my reads as my library didn't have some. Hopefully I will be able to get through the ones I have now... only one that I'm not sure of getting is the Mitch Albom one but I'm sure I'll be able to find another one that fits into there without any hassle.

One down and nearly finished 2 more. This is really keeping me busy :p

Aw, isn't that annoying! I must've got 3 library cards (3 different networks / councils) -got 2 of those before I moved house as my previous house was smack bang in between 2 libraries which belong to different councils. And since I've moved, I needed one for my current council, of course ;)

However, I still can't get everything I want... at least 2 out of my LOST list aren't available anywhere! What the!

btw, how did you like The Lovely Bones?
& glad to see it's keeping you out of trouble ;p

Finally got my new laptop so I'm back in action. Only a couple left to read in Jan but have to go researching today to see what I can come up with for Feb.
Really liked the Lovely Bones. Really glad that I didn't watch the movie first :)

February:

Letter: M

Shelves:

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

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

OMG Just realised that March posting is up already. I am so behind. Still working on January :/ At least I only have one and a half left to read for that month. Good thing is that I have a few of my to-read books in the February list :D

March
Letter: H

Shelves:

19th-century
The Time Machine (Signet Classics)
by H.G. Wells (shelved 111 times as 19th-century)
avg rating 3.81 — 219,777 ratings — published 1895
b, c (clock), d (118 Pages)
Read 03/04

2. 2004
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by Mark Haddon (shelved 59 times as 2004)
avg rating 3.81 — 671,849 ratings — published 2003
a, b, i (226 pages)
Read 19/03

3. e-reader
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1)
by Deborah Harkness (Goodreads Author) (shelved 4 times as e-reader)
avg rating 3.99 — 216,509 ratings — published 2010
f, j (dark blue)
Read 06/04

4. it-wikipedia
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
by Robin Hobb (Goodreads Author) (shelved 3 times as it-wikipedia)
avg rating 4.11 — 98,067 ratings — published 1995

5. book-series
The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, #1)
by Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author) (shelved 28 times as book-series)
avg rating 4.39 — 9,129 ratings — published 2010
h
Read 16/4

6. middle-school
This Is What Happy Looks Like (Hardcover)
by Jennifer E. Smith (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1 time as two-narrators)
avg rating 3.70 — 39,517 ratings — published 2013
l (2 POV)
e (yellow)
Read 12/03

7. mystery-crime
Red Harvest (ebook)
by Dashiell Hammett (shelved 15 times as mystery-crime)
avg rating 4.04 — 16,566 ratings — published 1929
Read 18/3

8. childhood-favorites
The Secret Garden (Hardcover)
by Frances Hodgson Burnett (shelved 440 times as childhood-favorites)
avg rating 4.09 — 504,490 ratings — published 1911
g (1911)
Read 11/4

9. murder
Heat Wave (Nikki Heat, #1)
by Richard Castle (shelved 16 times as murder)
avg rating 3.53 — 72,957 ratings — published 2009
j (black)

10. America
Speak (Paperback)
by Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author) (shelved 9 times as america)
avg rating 3.96 — 285,279 ratings — published 1999
k (1999)
Read 11/4

11. comic
The Secret of the Unicorn (Tintin, #11)
by Hergé (shelved 72 times as comic)
e (yellow)
Read 05/03

12. fluff
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)
by Charlaine Harris (shelved 57 times as fluff)
avg rating 3.97 — 375,694 ratings — published 2001
f, j
Read 25/03

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)

You are still doing a lot better than I am, Niamh!

Re: Lovely Bones - I think in some ways, what we imagine in our heads can be a lot worse. Though, of course, with movies, sometime, they choose to tone things down. It was still awful, in any case!

Good to know. Will definitely keep that movie on the skip list then. Much better to remember the book :)

Yay! January finished... Now to make some inroads to February before March hits :D

Only one left in Feb and I've started on March. Hopefully by the end of this month I'll be on target.... I hate being behind

Feb finished :D

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

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

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

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)

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

Hi Niamh, book #2 doesn't seem to have a 'J' word / name of author?

book #6, you could argue that Jane Austen being co-author ;)

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.

Lol but lists are so much fun!!!