Pick-a-Shelf discussion

The letters for this month are: N, H, O, T, D

H, O, T will be retired from future picks.

OCTOBER
N, H, O, T, D

a. shelf 1 N ovels The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend 17/09/2017
b. shelf 2 H ome-library Gone with the Wind 16/09/2017
c. shelf 3 O verdrive Claire of the Sea Light 18/09/2017
d. shelf 4 T op-10 Six Encounters with Lincoln: A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons 21/09/2017
e. shelf 5 D idnt finish The Shack 15/09/2017
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) Trumpet 18/09/2017
g. any word in title but NOT first (excluding a, an, the) All Hallows at Eyre Hall Hallows 23/09/2017
h. author's first name The Drift David 30/09/2017
i. author's last name The 53rd Parallel Nordgren 19/07/2017
j. item on cover Trombone 20/09/2017
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) [[book:The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History|24533090] History 22/09/2017
l. name of character Death on the Nile Hercule Poirot 24/09/2017

October
N, H, O, T, D
a. shelf-Nonfiction -The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun Completed 10/8/17
b. shelf -High School- Perfect Chemistry 10/11/17
c. shelf-Holocaust- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Completed 09/20/17
d. shelf T-Thriller-Violets Are Blue 10/20/17
e. shelf D-Didn't Finish The Thirteenth Tale
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the-The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Funby Gretchen Rubin
g. any word title(not the first)-Trying The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun 10/8/17
h.Author's first name-Diane The Thirteenth Tale 12/21/17
i. Author's last name-Oliver-Before I Fall 11/15/17
j.item on cover-trees 10/20/17
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography)-O-Or The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun 10/8/17
l. name of character skip (using skip from August)

October

1 skip used this month! (See this post for my earned and used skips.)

Letters: N H O T B

Shelves
a. N - Non-fiction - How to Speak Midwestern by Edward McClelland
b. H - High Fantasy - Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
c. O - SKIP!
d. T - Travel - Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship by Robert Kurson
e. B - British - Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman

Categories
f. First word in title - H - How to Speak Midwestern
g. Any word in title but NOT first - H - Pirate Hunters [. . .]
h. Author's first name - N - Neil Gaiman
i. Author's last name - B - Leigh Bardugo
j. Item on cover - T - Tower

k. Any word in Series/Subtitle - O - Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession [. . .]
l. Name of character - T - Thor (in Season of Mists)

October: N, H, O, T, D

a. shelf 1 N - Novella Accidente nocturno by Patrick Modiano (Paris Nocturne)
b. shelf 2 H - History Drácula: La verdadera historia by Radu Florescu (In Search of Dracula: The History of Dracula and Vampires)
c. shelf 3 O - Original The Secret History by Donna Tartt
d. shelf 4 T - Teen Fiction Condena by Rachel Hawkins (Hex Hall)
e. shelf 5 D - Debut Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) D - Dracula Drácula: La verdadera historia
g. any word in title but NOT first (excluding a, an, the) N - Nocturno Accidente nocturno
h. author's first name D - Donna (The Secret History)
i. author's last name H - Hawkins Condena (Hex Hall)
j. item on cover N - Nose (Condena)
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle H - Historia (Drácula: La verdadera historia)
l. name of character M - Helen McGill (Parnassus on Wheels)

October

N, H, O, T, D

N Shelf 1: Novels - Taken at the Flood
H Shelf 2: humour - Very British Problems Volume III: Making Life Awkward For Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time
O Shelf 3: owned-books - The Maze of Bones
T Shelf 4: to-buy - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
D Shelf 5: Default - Origin
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) - T Taken at the Flood
g. any word in title but NOT first (excluding a, an, the) - O Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
h. Author's first name - D Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
I. Author's last name - T Very British Problems Volume III: Making Life Awkward For Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time by Rob Temple
j. item on cover - H House Taken at the Flood
k. any word in series name/subtitle (excluding am, an, then, novel, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) O Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
l. name of character - Hercule Poirot Taken at the Flood

OCTOBER
begins 9/14

LETTERS: N, H, O, T, D

a. shelf 1: N: nonwestern: A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul - finished 9/18
b. shelf 2: H: hispanic: Mexican Whiteboy
c. shelf 3: O: own-it: The Memory of Earth
d. shelf 4: T: tbr: The Tranquillity Alternative
e. shelf 5: D: detective: Wife of the Gods
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the): Tranquillity Alternative
g. any word in title but NOT first (excluding a, an, the): The Memory of Earth
h. author's first name: The Memory of Earth by Orson Scott Card
i. author's last name: Mexican Whiteboy, by Matt de la Pena
j. item on cover: dress on Wife of the Gods
k. any word in Series name/Subtitle: The Memory of Earth in "Homecoming Saga" series
l. name of character: Inspector Darko Dawson in Wife of the Gods

October Scattershelves


Letters: N-H-O-T-D



Shelves
a. shelf 1: N ~ nora
Red Lily - Nora Roberts
b. shelf 2: H ~ hero-protective
Ex on the Beach - Kim Law
c. shelf 3: O ~ obstacles
Holding Strong - Lori Foster
d. shelf 4: T ~ toronto
Live Out Loud - Heather Wardell
e. shelf 5: D ~ dogs
Not That Kind of Girl - Susan Donovan

Categories
f. first word in title: N ~ Not
Not That Kind of Girl - Susan Donovan
g. any word in title but NOT first: O ~ Out
Live Out Loud - Heather Wardell
h. author's first name: N ~ Nora
Red Lily - Nora Roberts
i. author's last name: D ~ Donovan
Not That Kind of Girl - Susan Donovan
j. item on cover: H ~ Hands
Ex on the Beach - Kim Law
k. any word in Series/Subtitle: T ~ Toronto
Live Out Loud - Heather Wardell
l. name of character: D ~ Denver
Holding Strong - Lori Foster