Pick-a-Shelf discussion

For those of you in the Northeast USA, here is something to take your mind off the storm. For the rest of us...well, just an early present.

The April letters are: W, A, M, C, P

woot woot! Thanks, Bea :D

Just got home after a long day out to find this little gift. It might delay bedtime.

(tentative) April plans:

APRIL

LETTERS: W, A, M, C, P

a. shelf 1: W - war: The War That Saved My Life, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
b. shelf 2: A - anthologies: Beaker's Dozen
c. shelf 3: M - memoir: Brown Girl Dreaming
d. shelf 4: C - cultural: Dreamers of the Day
e. shelf 5: P - pre-2005: The Worthing Chronicle
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the): The Aliens of Earth or The War That Saved My Life, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley or The Worthing Chronicle by Orson Scott Card
g. any word in title but NOT first (excluding a, an, the): False Prophet
h. author's first name: The Man with a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes
i. author's last name: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
j. item on cover: clouds, on Brown Girl Dreaming
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle: The Worthing Chronicle by Orson Scott Card, in Worthing series
l. name of character: Woodson, in Brown Girl Dreaming or Ada, in The War That Saved My Life, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Looks good, Susan, though I think you're planning more books than necessary?

For g, you could do C for Chronicle:
The Worthing Chronicle (Worthing #3) by Orson Scott Card

for h, you could do M for Mary:
Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell

Just sharing my plans :)

April: W, A, M, C, P

a. shelf 1: W Women-sleuths - Trick Or Treat (Corinna Chapman #4) by Kerry Greenwood
b. shelf 2: A Australian-author - Ambulance Girls (Ambulance Girls #1) by Deborah Burrows
c. shelf 3: M Mind-control - Fire (Graceling Realm #2) by Kristin Cashore
d. shelf 4: C Court-intrigue - The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn #1) by Tad Williams
e. shelf 5: P Predictable - The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence #1) by Agatha Christie
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the): A for Ambulance - Ambulance Girls (Ambulance Girls #1) by Deborah Burrows
g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the): C for Chair - The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn #1) by Tad Williams
h. author's first name: A for Agatha - The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence #1) by Agatha Christie
i. author's last name: W for Williams - The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn #1) by Tad Williams
j. item on cover: A for Apple - Trick Or Treat (Corinna Chapman #4) by Kerry Greenwood

k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography): M for Memory - The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn #1) by Tad Williams
l. name of character*: C for Corinna Chapman - Trick Or Treat (Corinna Chapman #4) by Kerry Greenwood

Here's my card for April

a. W : With Tea, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
b. A : Acrossthetracks, Matched
c. M : Mooch Wishlist, The Host
d. C : Cliff Hanger Endings, Monsters of Men
e. P : Poular Authors, The Best of Me
f. M : Monsters of Men
g. P : prince, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
h. A : Ally, Matched by Ally Condie
i. M : Meyer, The Host by Stephenie Meyer
j. W : wand on
k. C : chaos, Monsters of Men (Chaos Walking #3)
l. A : Amanda from The Best of Me

Kristell, I can't seem to find:

e. P : Popular Authors, The Best of Me

I searched popular-authors & popular-author but couldn't find the book? Maybe I was too hasty... could you point out the specific page, please?

Other than that, plan looks good.

Tien wrote: "Kristell, I can't seem to find:

e. P : Popular Authors, The Best of Me

I searched popular-authors & popular-author but couldn't find the book? Maybe I was too hasty... could you point out the spe..."

Okay, I found it lol I had to go through the list twice, at least I knew sort of where it was. I went back because I figured it could have been spelt wrong. Page #48 7th on left list from top to bottom and it's called poular authors. I didn't catch that the first time, sorry

of course!

Thanks, Kristell :)

Tien wrote: "Looks good, Susan, though I think you're planning more books than necessary?"

You're right, this is more books than I'd need if I were doing it as a stand-alone. But I started off by putting down all the Mar. books I haven't read yet (e.g., False Prophet and Man with a Load of Mischief) in any categories they hadn't already been used for. Some of the new books that I added just for April will be available for May crossover if I haven't read them by the time I do that planning. And that's pretty likely, since I'm chronically behind. :)

Susan wrote: "You're right, this is more books than I'd need if I were doing it as a stand-alone. But I started off by ..."

Ah, of course, crossovers :)

Here's my plan:

Letters: W A M C P

Shelves
a. W - We Need Diverse Books - March: Book Three by John Lewis
b. A - Alternate History - All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai
c. M - Memoir - March: Book Two by John Lewis
d. C - Coffee Table Books - Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World by Ann Shen
e. P - Post-Apocalyptic - Article 5 by Kristen Simmons

Categories
f. First word in title - M - March: Book Three
g. Any word in title but NOT first - W - All Our Wrong Todays
h. Author's first name - A - Ann Shen
i. Author's last name - M - Elan Mastai
j. Item on cover - P - Podium

k. Any word in Series/Subtitle - W - Bad Girls [. . .] Women Who Changed the World
l. Name of character - C - Chase Jennings (in Article 5)

Looks good, Ariel!
I especially like that you spotted the podium on the cover of the John Lewis book.
And I'm interested to hear what you think of Article 5 when you've read it. I might need to add it to my TBR/

Susan wrote: "Looks good, Ariel!
I especially like that you spotted the podium on the cover of the John Lewis book."

I really wanted to represent all the letters and all the books at least once in the category section, so I had to get a little creative. =P

Susan also wrote: "And I'm interested to hear what you think of Article 5 when you've read it. I ..."
I got a signed copy when I met the author a couple years ago, so I've been feeling kinda guilty for not reading it yet! Seems like people either love it or hate it, so I'll let you know what side of the line I end up on!

for the cover item...I'm reading a non-fiction about stone tablets that were discovered in Crete - and the cover is a picture of the area where they are found...does that work - or does it need to be something that I can point to and say begins with a C....

Here is my April:

April Letters W A M C P

April List

a. shelf 1 - Writers - The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
b. shelf 2 - Aviation - Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon
c. shelf 3 - Most Anticipated - The Lost Girl of Astor Street by Stephanie Morrill
d. shelf 4 - Chevy Stevens - Never Let You Go by Chevy Stevens
e. shelf 5 - Post Apocalyptic - The Handmaid's TaleMargaret Atwood
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) - The Painted Gun by Bradley Spinelli
g. any word in title but NOT first (excluding a, an, the) - The Lost Girl of Astor Street by Stephanie Morrill
h. author's first name - Never Let You Go by Chevy Stevens
i. author's last name - The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
j. item on cover - Pen -
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) - Kiss of the Sun (Martha Covington #2) by R.K. Jackson
l. name of character - Martha Covington - Kiss of the Sun by R.K. Jackson

Dee wrote: "for the cover item...I'm reading a non-fiction about stone tablets that were discovered in Crete - and the cover is a picture of the area where they are found...does that work - or does it need to ..."

Dee, is it a dig? Could you label it dig site in Crete? It would be easier to answer if you posted the cover. Also does it mention in the description on GR that this is Crete?

Lyn, your plan looks good. However, you could have used The Wednesday Sisters for (f), if you had wanted.

cover -

from the book description (on GR)
When famed archaeologist Arthur Evans unearthed the ruins of a sophisticated Bronze Age civilization that flowered on Crete 1,000 years before Greece's Classical Age, he discovered a cache of ancient tablets, Europe's earliest written records.

Bea wrote: "Lyn, your plan looks good. However, you could have used The Wednesday Sisters for (f), if you had wanted."

Thanks Bea. I thought about that and might do that, but I have to read both books this month for monthly challenges in other groups, and I am not really sure I even want to read The Painted Gun, so I figured if I have to read it, I may as well use it for more than just one thing, lol. Hopefully I'll like it more that I think.

Dee wrote: "cover -

from the book description (on GR)
When famed archaeologist Arthur Evans unearthed the ruins of a sophis..."

Oh my goodness! I would be inclined to say yes, Dee...but I just cannot decide if Tien would. What do you think Susan and Lyn?

Bea wrote: "Dee wrote: "cover -

from the book description (on GR)
When famed archaeologist Arthur Evans unearthed the ruins..."

I'm not sure....my inclination would be yes, also, but I know there was a lot of discussion around not being able to use obscure references or discriptives like yellow flower for Y....hopefully Tien will weigh in soon.

I fit it into 3 other categories - so no biggie if it doesn't work for cover (shelf, author name and "character" - aka the archeologist)

I have a similar issue. I am reading and was looking at P for Paris (of course C for city also fits).

Soo those symbols on the cover, are they Cuneiform?

Or that concentric circles, is that a Maze of some sort?

Coralie wrote: "I have a similar issue. I am reading and was looking at P for Paris (of course C for city also fits)."

Coralie, I would say that with the Eiffel Tower, that's recognizably Paris. And, you're right, of course, a city.

Dee wrote: "cover - "

Tien wrote: "Soo those symbols on the cover, are they Cuneiform?
Or that concentric circles, is that a Maze of some sort?"

Ah, but you want a "C," right? So doesn't "circle" itself count?

Tien wrote: "Soo those symbols on the cover, are they Cuneiform?

Or that concentric circles, is that a Maze of some sort?"

There is a circle near the top in the symbols.

Heck I'll take circle

We need someone in this group named 'Cee' ;)

Sue wrote: "We need someone in this group named 'Cee' ;)"

Lol

The April letters are: W, A, M, C, P

a. W ishlist Commonwealth
b. A dult Fiction -The Paris Wife 29/03/2017
c. M urder A Fatal Winter
d. P hysical The Girl in the Ice 22/03/2017
e. C hick lit Longbourn

f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the): The Paris Wife 29/03/2017
g. any word in title but NOT first (excluding a, an, the): The Paris Wife Wife 29/03/2017
h. author's first name: The Paris Wife Paula 29/03/2017
i. author's last name: The Paris Wife McLain 29/03/2017
j. item on cover: Longbourn Cup
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle: Max tudor series
l. name of character: Commonwealth Bert Cousins

Excellent plan, Marie

The April letters are: W, A, M, C, P

a. shelf 1 - W - wishlist - In the Woods by Tana French
b. shelf 2 - A - audiobooks - The Promise of Jesse Woods by Chris Fabry
c. shelf 3 -
d. shelf 4 - C - Charles Dickens (there is a different shelf with his last name first) - The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
e. shelf 5 - P - Philosophy -The Republic by Plato The Complete Works, in case anyone here is also on RwS is confused by this.

f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) P - The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the) W - In the Woods by Tana French

h. author's first name C -Charles Dickens for The Pickwick Papers

i. author's last name - P - Plantenga Bart Plantenga Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World

j. item on cover W - waistcoat - The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
British (from Oxford English Dictionary)
A close-fitting waist-length garment, typically having no sleeves or collar and buttoning down the front, worn especially by men over a shirt and under a jacket.

k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) M Dublin Murder Series In the Woods by Tana French

l. name of character* - W - Sam Weller in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Karin, I have no objection to your books especially the 2 rather obscure ones... 'obscure' in the sense that there are barely any ratings on them nor 'readers' and therefore, there are no top shelves on the main book page. However, for the purpose of this challenge, anyone should be able to check on those 'shelves' so whilst within the spirit of the books & shelves, those 2 fit within the 2 shelves mentioned, we'd have to be able to find them on those shelves. As we can't actually check them through the main book page, they must be somewhere in the individual shelf pages: (music or philosophy)
Could you point out the page numbers for each book, please, Karin? I'll help you look when I'm a little free later, thanks!

Tien wrote: "Karin, I have no objection to your books especially the 2 rather obscure ones... 'obscure' in the sense that there are barely any ratings on them nor 'readers' and therefore, there are no top shelv..."

It's not too late for me to change books for those 2 tags. I didn't even check this volume of Plato, since I know that the Complete Works has this tag. I see that the music shelf only has 100 pages and that the lowest number of ratings there are 7, so that won't work to be able to find it.

Or, if I can't fit in enough books, I may use one or two skips since I have at least 2 so far (will check to see if I earned any others in March).

Thanks, Karin.

And no rush to finish this card in April... it is open for all the way up to December so surely you'd be able to fit in something within the next 9 months :)

Tien wrote: "Thanks, Karin.

And no rush to finish this card in April... it is open for all the way up to December so surely you'd be able to fit in something within the next 9 months :)"

True, but I keep forgetting that. Over and over and over again. Plus we can use one book for different shelves in different months.

Karin wrote: "Plus we can use one book for different shelves in different months. "

You mean one book for different categories that are not shelves ;)

Tien wrote: "Karin wrote: "Plus we can use one book for different shelves in different months. "

You mean one book for different categories that are not shelves ;)"

Okay. So confusing, all these different rules in different places ;).

Rule of thumb is that challenges are rather more stringent with the shelf but monthly reads are not.

Karin wrote: "Tien wrote: "Karin, I have no objection to your books especially the 2 rather obscure ones... 'obscure' in the sense that there are barely any ratings on them nor 'readers' and therefore, there are..."


I just find it amazing that you are even reading the Complete Works of Plato. I'm not sure I could do that!

I'm updating mine with The Republic by Plato, since most of the volume of Plato is taken up by this book (which is a full book on its own) and will fit the right shelf. (message 35).

just a quick one... can I use the map on this cover for M?

Yep

Tien wrote: "Yep"

yay! thanks :)

My rough plan for April, no doubt I'll change my mind between now and then.

W A M C P

W Shelf 1: Women - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
A Shelf 2: Adventure - Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
M Shelf 3: Movies - Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned From Eighties Movies
C Shelf 4: Crime - The Lost British Serial Killer
P Shelf 5: Poison - The Mirror Cracked From Side To Side
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) - M Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
g. any word in title but NOT first (excluding a, an, the) - M Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned From Eighties Movies
h. author's first name - M Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
i. author's last name - M Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville
j. item on cover - W Whale
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. am, an, the, novel, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) - M W Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned From Eighties Movies
l. name of character - P Peter Tobin The Lost British Serial Killer

looks good, Karen :)

April


Bragging Rights

Letters: W-A-M-C-P



Shelves
a. shelf 1 - W: western ~ Saddled and Spurred - Lorelei James
b. shelf 2 - A: animals ~ Ain't Too Proud to Beg - Susan Donovan
c. shelf 3 - M: mythology ~ Magic Burns - Ilona Andrews
d. shelf 4 - C: chef ~ Sweeter With You - Susan Mallery
e. shelf 5 - P: pregnant ~ Rock the Heart - Michelle A. Valentine

Categories
f. first word in title: M ~ Magic ~ Magic Burns - Ilona Andrews
g. any word in title but NOT first: P ~ Proud ~ Ain't Too Proud to Beg - Susan Donovan
h. author's first name: M ~ Michelle ~Rock the Heart - Michelle A. Valentine
i. author's last name: M ~ Mallery ~ Sweeter With You - Susan Mallery
j. item on cover: C ~ Cowboy Hat ~ Saddled and Spurred - Lorelei James
k. any word in Series/Subtitle: W ~ Walkers ~ Ain't Too Proud to Beg - Susan Donovan (Dog Walkers)
l. name of character: A ~ Ana ~ Sweeter With You - Susan Mallery