Pick-a-Shelf discussion

The MARCH LETTERS are:

G - M - N - T - L

*grumbles* you got me ALL excited over 'coming soon' news lol

Guess I'd better do some work first ha ha ha

OK...I think I have held everyone in suspense long enough. For those in Australia and that part of the world, it is already Feb 15. For those of us in the US...it will be Feb 15 in another couple of hours. As I am heading to bed...the MARCH LETTERS are:

G - M - N - T - L

Thanks, Bea :D

When you can, could you please update post #1 with the letters?

March plans

G - M - N - T - L

a. Gave up The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul 24/02/2017

b. Mystery Murder on the Orient Express 22/02/2017

c. Niagara Falls The Age of Daredevils 22/02/2017

d. To read The Crane Wife 15/03/2017

e. L Lost interest The Lie Tree10/03/2017

f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the): Murder Murder on the Orient Express 22/02/2017
g. any word in title but NOT first Tree The Lie Tree10/03/2017
h. author's first name: Michael The Age of Daredevils 22/02/2017
i. author's last name: Ness The Crane Wife15/03/2017
j. item on cover: Trees The Age of Daredevils 22/02/2017
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle: Little The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul 24/02/2017
l. name of character: George Duncan The Crane Wife15/03/2017

Planned i think

At least I saw letters when I woke up!

Tien wrote: "*grumbles* you got me ALL excited over 'coming soon' news lol

Guess I'd better do some work first ha ha ha"

I know, I was all excited and then it just said letters on the way.....

Sorry, folks. I was trying to encourage those who live on the other side of the world that the letters would come...even though their day was already started.

Is no one else playing this month

Marie wrote: "Is no one else playing this month"

Marie, we each have our own ScatterShelves page, so we don't always show up here individually. Posting here is when you want someone to look over your choices and make sure you're doing it correctly. I'm glad you've joined us!

LynnB wrote: "Marie wrote: "Is no one else playing this month"

Marie, we each have our own ScatterShelves page, so we don't always show up here individually. Posting here is when you want someone to look over y..."

I do both i am always over excited i post in as many places as possible but i use this thread to see what others are reading and peek to see if they have something i might like to read. I fyou only post on your own threads i might miss it particularly as there are so many people doing this

Marie wrote: "LynnB wrote: "Marie wrote: "Is no one else playing this month"

Marie, we each have our own ScatterShelves page, so we don't always show up here individually. Posting here is when you want someone ..."

I'm still waiting on a couple of books from other challenges to see if they fit the two letters I'm missing. I usually don't read much in a month, slow reader, and I try to crossover books as much as I can.

Marie, I seem to keep changing my mind about my books so for this month, I'm going to see what I read that fits and do that... doesn't mean that I didn't do any planning but very limited - only seeing if the 2 library books I borrowed & are due soon can fit in :)

G M N T L

G giveaways - The Cracked Spine
M maybe - Stalin's Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess
N non-fiction - A New History of Life: The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth
T thriller - The Great Zoo of China
L library-e-book - To Helvetica and Back
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) - N A New History of Life: The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth
g. any word in title but NOT first (excluding a, an, the) - L A New History of Life: The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth
h. author's first name - M The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly
i. author's last name - L Stalin's Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess by Andrew Lownie
j. item on cover - T Trees
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. am, an, the, novel, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) - N or L A New History of Life: The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth
l. name of character - G Guy Burgess Stalin's Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess

Oh! The letters are starting to repeat already. Tricky! Have to start being careful not to use the same shelf again.

Susan wrote: "Oh! The letters are starting to repeat already. Tricky! Have to start being careful not to use the same shelf again."

It's a random spin, Susan, so we use what we get :)
Hopefully there won't be too much of a repeat.

Karen wrote: "G M N T L..."

looks good, Karen.

Ok, here's my March card

a. G Grief, We Need to Talk About Kevin
b. M : Magical, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
c. N : Nebula Award, The Martian Child: A Novel About a Single Father Adopting a Son
d. T : Thriller, The 5th Wave
e. L : Lost Interest, Alone
f. M : The Martian Child: A Novel About a Single Father Adopting a Son
g. N : need, We Need to Talk About Kevin
h. L : Lionel, We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
i. G : Gerrold, The Martian Child: A Novel About a Single Father Adopting a Son by David Gerrold
j. T : Trees on
k. G : Girl, Alone (The Girl in the Box #1)
l. M : Minerva from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Looks good, Kristell

MARCH

letters: G - M - N - T - L

a. shelf 1: G - grown-up:The Man with a Load of Mischief
b. shelf 2: M - medical-fiction: The Map of True Places
c. shelf 3: N - nothing-but-reading-challenges: The Cypress House
d. shelf 4: T - time-travel: The Aliens of Earth
e. shelf 5: L - lazarus: False Prophet thriller, mystery, lazarus
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the): The Map of True Places
g. any word in title but NOT first (excluding a, an, the): The Map of True Places
h. author's first name: Swindle, Gordon Korman - finished 2/19
i. author's last name: The Man with a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes
j. item on cover: moon, on [:The Map of True Places|7005509]
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle: False Prophet, in Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series, 514 pages
l. name of character: Griffin Bing in Swindle - finished 2/19

Susan, looks good (incl. the crossover with Feb) :)

Please note that the books I have finished were started after Feb 15. They have also been on my cardfor some time, but I didn't have ALL the books chosen until today, with one possible skip. Is this a problem? ) Also, are we allowed to change mid-stream? I have already taken off a book I hated for its poor writing, even though it comes before a book my son gave me for Christmas. I'm loathe to even read the one he gave me if the writing will be as weak.

The MARCH LETTERS are:

G - M - N - T - L

✓ a. shelf 1 - G - general fiction - - L Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen February 20

b. shelf 2 - M - Modern Classics - Howards End by E.M. Forster

✓ c. shelf 3 - N - New York - World's Fair by E.L. Doctorow Feb 18, 2017

d. shelf 4 - T - to buy - The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

✓ e. shelf 5 - L - Lunar Chronicles Winter Feb 27

✓ f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) - L Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen February 20

✓ g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the) - L Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen February 20

h. author's first name - G Geoffrey Chaucer for The Canterbury Tales

i. author's last name (I may use a skip here, and if I do, will post the 2 books that will count for that when I post my final sheet.)

✓ j. item on cover T - trees - World's Fair by E.L. Doctorow Feb 18, 2017

✓ k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) - L - Lunar Chronicles, The - Feb 27 Winter

✓ l. name of character* - L - Levana (Queen Levana) Winter Feb 27

Karin wrote: "Is this a problem? ) Also, are we allowed to change mid-stream?"

No and yes.

Also, which Lunar Chronicles book did you read? You didn't actually link the book in your list.

And... you can wait until you see April's letters & your books to see if you can crossover a book from April's card to March's (i) category; just a suggestion...

Tien wrote: "Karin wrote: "Is this a problem? ) Also, are we allowed to change mid-stream?"

No and yes.

Also, which Lunar Chronicles book did you read? You didn't actually link the book in your list.

And... ..."

Yes, I may do just that. I forgot about that. But I think I've already earned 2 skips (but would rather save them). I didn't even check out Winter, which is over 800 pages, but it's a y/a so I'm not going to bother (Lexile score of 800).

Karin, the author of Winter has a last name starting with M

We don't use lexile in this group, Karin. You can read whatever you want to! :)

Here's my March plan!!!


Letters: G - M - N - T - L



Shelves:
a. shelf 1 - G: germany ~ Rain Girl - Gabi Kreslehner
b. shelf 2 - M: man-crushes ~ The Watson Brothers - Lori Foster
c. shelf 3 - N: naughty bits ~ Mortal Wish - Tina Folsom
d. shelf 4 - T: tearjerker ~ Full Measures - Rebecca Yarros)
e. shelf 5 - L: lions ~ The Mane Attraction - Shelly Laurenston

Categories:f. first word in title: M ~ Mortal ~ Mortal Wish - Tina Folsom
g. any word in title but NOT first:  G ~ Girl ~ Rain Girl - Gabi Kreslehner
h. author's first name: L ~ Lori ~ The Watson Brothers - Lori Foster
i. author's last name: L ~ Laurenston ~ The Mane Attraction - Shelly Laurenston
j. item on cover: M ~ Moon ~ The Mane Attraction - Shelly Laurenston
k. any word in Series/Subtitle: G ~ Glory ~ Full Measures - Rebecca Yarros (Fight and Glory)
l. name of character*: G ~ Gil ~ The Watson Brothers - Lori Foster

looks great, LaurLa, & esp love 'naughty-bits' lol

Tien wrote: "looks great, LaurLa, & esp love 'naughty-bits' lol"

Me too! I find myself looking for the unusual shelf names - I'm kind of afraid to use the easy ones early in case we get letters called again. Plus it's kind of fun to see what crazy shelves people come up with :-D

Bea wrote: "Karin, the author of Winter has a last name starting with M"

Thanks--was I ever blind or dumb or something :)! You didn't make me feel bad, and I'm actually chuckling over how I missed this.

Karin wrote: "Bea wrote: "Karin, the author of Winter has a last name starting with M"

Thanks--was I ever blind or dumb or something :)! You didn't make me feel bad, and I'm actually chuckling o..."

Sometimes I look at something so many times, I fail to see what is right in front of me. Glad it's not just me.

LaurLa wrote: "Tien wrote: "looks great, LaurLa, & esp love 'naughty-bits' lol"

Me too! I find myself looking for the unusual shelf names - I'm kind of afraid to use the easy ones early in case we get letters ca..."

YES, that's how I feel, LaurLa. I'm so scared that I'll need those easy ones later.

March List

a. shelf 1 - Gothic - The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
b. shelf 2 - McDermid Val - The Distant Echo
c. shelf 3 - Netgalley - The Devil's Prayer, finished 3/10
d. shelf 4 - Terror - Lightning
e. shelf 5 - Library - Indigo Slam, finidhrf 3/04
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) - The Twilight Wife
g. any word in title but NOT first (excluding a, an, the) - The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
h. author's first name - The Devil's Prayer by Luke Gracias, finished 3/10
i. author's last name - The Distant Echo by Val McDermid
j. item on cover - trees by A.J. Banner
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) - Whispers in the Mist, County Clare Mystery #2 by Lisa Alber
l. name of character* - Laura in Lightning by Dean Koontz

Lyn (Readinghearts) wrote: "b. shelf 2 - Val McDermid - The Distant Echo "

If 'Val McDermid' is the shelf, that starts with a V not M? ;p

You could do 'mcdermid' or 'mcdermid-val' or even murdermostfoul

Tien wrote: "Lyn (Readinghearts) wrote: "b. shelf 2 - Val McDermid - The Distant Echo "

If 'Val McDermid' is the shelf, that starts with a V not M? ;p

You could do 'mcdermid' or 'mcdermid-val' or even murderm..."

It is supposed to be mcermid-val. Thanks for the catch! Although I like murdermostfoul. :) I might change it....