Pick-a-Shelf discussion

January

A


Shelves:

1. modern-fiction Atonementby Ian McEwan ( cat. c)
2. juvenile Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume ( cat. g, k - there are two glasses of juice inthe bottom left corner of the edition I read ) READ 23/5
3. random The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy ( cat. i ) READ 10/6
4. 2006 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares ( cat. l ) READ 12/7
5. 2012-read The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold READ 4/6
6. kids-books The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain ( cat. e )
7. have-read Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood ( cat. a )
8. digital Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy ( cat. j )
9. not-interested The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood READ 25/5
10. lit The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood ( cat. h )
11. culture Brave New World by Aldous Huxley ( cat. f * )
12. detective Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie ( cat. d )


Categories:

a. Number of Pages: 501-600 Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
b. Published in: 1900 - 1919 Tarzan of the Apes byEdgar Rice Burroughs
c. Have at least 10,000 ratings Atonementby Ian McEwan
d. Published in: 1940 - 1959 Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
e. Main Character (90% of book): Male The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
f. Added to your to-read shelf in the first 12 months you joined GR* Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
g. An average rating of more than 3.5 stars Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume READ 23/5
h. Person on cover (partials acceptable) The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
i. Plant on cover (partials acceptable) The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy READ 10/6
j. Number of Pages: 600+ Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
k. Inanimate Object on cover (partials acceptable) Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume READ 23/5
l. Cover is primarily bright colours (white, yellow, pink etc) Think: Happy The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares READ 12/7

*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

February:

Letter: M

Shelves:

1. pre-2009 A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving ( cat. e )
2. romance-historical Dancing with Mr. Darcy: Stories Inspired by Jane Austen and Chawton House by Sarah Waters cat. j
3. mysteries-thrillers Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie ( cat. h )
4. friends-to-lovers Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
5. genre-fantasy The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
6. fantastic Life of Pi by Yann Martel ( cat. a, c, l ) READ 16/7
7. multiple-reads Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones ( cat. b ) READ 3/8
8. reviewed-books Saturday by Ian McEwan ( cat. d, i )
9. sf-f Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood ( cat. g ) READ 14/5
10. inspiration Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
11. paranormal-supernatural Beloved by Toni Morrison
12. books-to-movies Matilda by Roald Dahl

Categories:

a. Animal on cover (partials acceptable) Life of Pi by Yann Martel READ 16/7
b. Main Character (90% of book): Female Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones READ 3/8
c. Published in: 2000 - 2009 Life of Pi by Yann Martel READ 16/7
d. Number of Pages: 201-300 Saturday by Ian McEwan
e. Published in: 1980 - 1999 A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
f. Number of Pages: 100-200 TBC
g. Cover is primarily dark colours (black, brown, dark blue etc) Think: Gloomy Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood READ 14/5
h. Female Authors Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
i. Added to your to-read shelf after 31 December 2012* Saturday by Ian McEwan
j. Has number of rating less than 500 Dancing with Mr. Darcy: Stories Inspired by Jane Austen and Chawton House by Sarah Waters
k. Inanimate Object on cover (partials acceptable) TBC
l. Number of Pages: 301-400 Life of Pi by Yann Martel READ 16/7

March:

Letter: H

Shelves:

1. 19th-century The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë ( cat. f, j )
2. 2004 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ( cat. a, b )
3. e-reader The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
4. it-wikipedia The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett ) cat. g )
5. book-series Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery ( cat.e, i )
6. middle-school The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway ( cat. d )
7. mystery-crime Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell ( cat. k )
8. childhood-favorites Helen Keller: The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
9. murder The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-time by Mark Haddon ( cat. c ) READ 1/6
10. America The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
11. comic MISSED
12. fluff High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

Categories:

a. Main Character (90% of book): Male The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
b. Male Authors The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
c. Inanimate Object on cover (partials acceptable) The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-time by Mark Haddon
d. Number of Pages: 100-200 The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
e. Cover is primarily bright colours (white, yellow, pink etc) Think: Happy Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery
f. Main Character (90% of book): Female The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
g. Published in: 1900 - 1919 The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
h. Multiple POVs(more than 2) TBC
i. Number of Pages: 201-300 Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery
j. Cover is primarily dark colours (black, brown, dark blue etc) Think: Gloomy The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
k. Published in: 1980 - 1999 Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell
l. Alternating POVs (2 only) TBC

April

Letter: P

Shelves:

1. in-the-libray Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis ( cat. e, g )
2. modern-lit The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver ( cat. a)
3. asia The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
4. started-but-didn’t-finish The Chosen by Chaim Potok ( cat. b )
5. pleasure-reading The Shipping News by Annie Proulx ( cat. i )
6. non-fic Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time by Dava Sobel ( cat. c )
7. five-star-books Godfather, The by Mario Puzo ( cat. d, l )
8. top-100 Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
9. non-series A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
10. fiction-other The Pigman by Paul Zindel cat. k READ 8/8
11. school-reads The Pearl by John Steinbeck
12. finished-series The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson ( cat. f )

Categories:

a. Published in: 1980 – 1999 The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
b. Published in: 1960 - 1979 The Chosen by Chaim Potok
c. Number of Pages: 100-200 Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time by Dava Sobel
d. Number of Pages: 401-500 Godfather, The by Mario Puzo
e. Published in: 1940 - 1959 Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
f. Number of Pages: 501-600 The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
g. Male Authors Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
h. Cover is primarily bright colours (white, yellow, pink etc) Think: Happy The Pure Gold Baby by Margaret Drabble READ 19/7
i. Female Authors The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
j. Published after 2009 The Pure Gold Baby by Margaret Drabble READ 19/7
k. Alternating POVs (2 only) The Pigman by Paul Zindel READ 8/8
l. Main Character (90% of book): Male Godfather, The by Mario Puzo

May:

Letter: I

Shelves:

1. all-time-favourites Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro ( cat. g, k, l ) READ 28/6
2. keepers Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
3. plays As You Like It by William Shakespeare
4. picture-book TBC
5. american-literature Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
6. biographies To the Is-land: An Autobiography by Janet Frame ( cat. f, h )
7. made-me-cry Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer ( cat c, i ) READ 27/7
8. epic The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
9. steampunk The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
10. sociology Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There by David Brooks
11. crime-fiction Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
12. humorous Casino Royale by Ian Fleming

Categories:

a. Number of Pages: 201-300
b. Cover is primarily dark colours (black, brown, dark blue etc) Think: Gloomy TBC
c. Added to your to-read shelf after 31 December 2012* Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer READ 27/7
d. Multiple POVs(more than 2) TBC
e. Multiple Authors (can be 2 -co-authors, OR many -for anthologies, etc) TBC
f. Main Character (90% of book): Female To the Is-land: An Autobiography by Janet Frame
g. An average rating of more than 3.5 stars Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
h. Number of Pages: 100-200 To the Is-land: An Autobiography by Janet Frame
i. Number of Pages: 301-400 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer READ 27/7
j. Alternating POVs (2 only) TBC
k. Published in: 2000 - 2009 Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
l. Male Authors Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

June:

Letter: R

Shelves:

1. wwii The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
2. childrens-literature Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl ( cat. d, i ) READ 31/5
3. creepy Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier ( cat. f )
4. life-changing On the Road by Jack Kerouac
5. historical-mystery The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco ( cat. b, e )
6. shifter Anthropology The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
7. battle-of-the-books Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
8. womens-fiction The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood ( cat. a )
9. alternate-history The Plot Against America by Philip Roth ( cat. g, h, j )
10. 1001-books-to-read-before-i-die The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble ( cat. k )
11. apocalyptic The Road by Cormac McCarthy
12. futuristic Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury READ 7/6

Categories:

a. Main Character (90% of book): Female The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
b. Published in: 1980 - 1999 The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
c. Number of Pages: 600+ TBC
d. Average rating of 4 or higher Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
e. Plant on cover (partials acceptable) The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
f. Published in: 1920 - 1949 Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
g. Number of Pages: 201-300 The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
h. Male Authors The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
i. Number of ratings more than 5,000 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
j. Cover is primarily dark colours (black, brown, dark blue etc) Think: Gloomy The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
k. Average rating of 3.5 or less The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble
l. Multiple Authors (can be 2 -co-authors, OR many -for anthologies, etc) TBC

July
Letter: J

Shelves:

1. Art Objects: Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery by Jeanette Winterson ( cat c )
2. The Seeds of Time by John Wyndham
3. Art and Lies by Jeanette Winterson
4. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne ( cat. h, i, j ) READ 21/6
5. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
6. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
7. The Sea by John Banville
8. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
9. Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
10. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
11. Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu ( cat. f, g, k )
12. Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey

Categories:

a. Published in: 1960 - 1979
b. Number of Pages: 401-500
c. Female Authors Art Objects: Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery by Jeanette Winterson
d. Published after 2009
e. Animal on cover (partials acceptable)
f. An average rating of more than 3.5 stars Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
g. Male Authors Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
h. Has more than 150,000 ratings The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne READ 21/6
i. Main Character (90% of book): Male The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne READ 21/6
j. An average rating of 4 or more stars The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne READ 21/6
k. Published in: 19th Century Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
l. Main Character (90% of book): Female

Letter: T

Shelves:

1. american-history The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
2. medieval
3. real-life Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson cat b. READ 25/8
4. dragons How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell READ 2/8
5. bad-boys
6. mystery-suspense-thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
7. regency Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
8. tragedy A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini cat g, j
9. classic-lit A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens cat f, h
10. european
11. cozy-mystery Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith ( cat i ) READ 1/8
12. foreign Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

Categories:

a. Female Authors Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson READ 25/8
b. Number of Pages: 100-200 Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson READ 25/8
c. Cover is primarily bright colours (white, yellow, pink etc) Think: Happy
d. Multiple POVs (more than 2)
e. Has more than 500 but less than 10,000 ratings
f. Number of Pages: 401-500 A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
g. An average rating of more than 3.5 stars A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
h. Added to your to-read shelf after your first year of joininig GR but before 1 January 2013* A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
i. Plant on cover (partials acceptable) Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith READ 1/8
j. Person on cover (partials acceptable) A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
k. Published in: 1940 - 1959
l. Published in: 1980 - 1999

*if you don’t maintain a to-read shelf of GR (as I know some of you don’t), here’s an alternative:
h. Books purchased / received before Christmas 2012 but less 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.