Pick-a-Shelf discussion

The winner for "shelf of the month" for February is quirky . An interesting shelf to be sure, but one that certainly fits this group and our challenges, lol. So head on over to the shelf and take a look and let us know what celebrates or brings out your inner quirky!

I've read and enjoyed a bunch of them already, but I'll go with Stephen King's Elevation and/or Robin Sloan's Sourdough which have been on on my TBR.

I've read quite a few and especially loved Murakami, of course, & he fits 'quirky' to the T!

I'm definitely going to read Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1) which I was planning to read for PnM (DYI) anyway. The whole series seem to be on this shelf & I do have 4 of them so maybe... we'll see if the first book engaged me enough to want to read the rest immediately.

My other possibilities:
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland #1)
The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1)
Geekerella (Once Upon a Con #1)

I think I’ll go with ‘The curious incident of the dog in the night time.’

Nice theme. I've read some too.

I've got lots of choices this time! Not sure yet what I'll read.

Owned books:
The Silver Linings Playbook
Hollow City
The Raven Boys
The Keeper of Lost Things
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

On TBR:
Devil in Spring
First Grave on the Right
The Rosie Project
Paper Towns
Britt-Marie Was Here
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Finding Audrey
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

I have The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao on my bookshelf, so I'll probably go with that one. Several more are on my wishlist, but I'd much rather read something that I already own.

Possibles for me from first five pages:

Old challenges -
The Princess Bride
The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise
First Frost
The Martian

TBR -
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror

Several books by Fredrik Backman in there...maybe I'll read one of those...

Looks like February will be the perfect month to read these, which are both on my Lost list:

Catch-22
The Lover's Dictionary

looks like there are lot of books on this shelf so I'm sure I'll find something.

Bea wrote: "Possibles for me from first five pages:

Old challenges -
The Princess Bride
The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise
First Frost
The Martian..."

The Martian was one of my favorite books of 2017.

I intend to read
A Man Called Ove
The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
Also on my TBR
Sourdough
The Bees
Spoonbenders
The Suicide Shop
Mother Night
The Story of My Teeth
Prudence
The Best of Adam Sharp

Lyn (Readinghearts) wrote: "The Martian was one of my favorite books of 2017."

It has been recommended several times on Bookopoly picks, so I might have to read that one for sure.

Some recommendations I will make:

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
The Princess Bride
Neverwhere
American Gods
Ready Player One
Beauty Queens
Meddling Kids
and of course Alice's Adventures in Wonderland


If I can get the audiobook I'm going to go with Going Bovine.

Well, the William Shakespeare's Star Wars books are published by Quirk Books, so I am assuming they can count as quirky. If I'm not done by Jan 31, then I'll have one of these. They definitely fit.

I just read TWO from these shelves this month, both by Joanna Cannon--bad timing, eh?

Kristina just chose First Among Sequels (Jasper Fforde #5) as one of my next Bookopoly choices, and that seems like a perfect choice for this shelf.

Going to read The Eyre Affair and if I have a chance I may try to also read The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Can we have a thread for reviews for the Quirky shelf?

Agree. Please start a thread for our reviews! Thanks! :)

on TBR
Man Called Ove

at the moment its the only quirky book I have to read. right now reading Doctor Sleep but so far would not consider it Quirky. I hope to read Man Called Ove shortly after.