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March:

Letter: H

Shelves:

1. 19th-century
2. 2004
3. e-reader
4. it-wikipedia
5. book-series
6. middle-school
7. mystery-crime
8. childhood-favorites
9. murder
10. America
11. comic
12. fluff

Categories:

a. Main Character (90% of book): Male
b. Male Authors
c. Inanimate Object on cover (partials acceptable)
d. Number of Pages: 100-200
e. Cover is primarily bright colours (white, yellow, pink etc) Think: Happy
f. Main Character (90% of book): Female
g. Published in: 1900 - 1919
h. Multiple POVs(more than 2)
i. Number of Pages: 201-300
j. Cover is primarily dark colours (black, brown, dark blue etc) Think: Gloomy
k. Published in: 1980 - 1999
l. Alternating POVs (2 only)

reserved

haven't time to check whether the html links all working properly so let me know if something isn't right. i'll post link to google doc when I get home :)

Edited: links are fixed and is ready

Oh, my goodness! I am still working on January! I can see that I need to get moving with reading!!!

Looks like a good selection. I'm glad there aren't any really long books required, though, as my March is a busy one. Now, off to search for books.....

Tien wrote: "haven't time to check whether the html links all working properly so let me know if something isn't right. i'll post link to google doc when I get home :)"

The links don't work on shelves 3-12.

The March shelves look great for me! I just joined recently and am making pretty good progress on the Feb card and looking forward to finding books for March (while maybe filling in Jan). I have to say that the this game has really encouraged me to read books that I wouldn't normally choose and have found several that I've really enjoyed! Thanks for taking the time to plan the challenges.

1. 19th-century
2. 2004
3. e-reader
4. it-wikipedia
5. book-series
6. middle-school
7. mystery-crime
8.childhood-favorites
9. murder
10. America
11. comic
12. fluff

most likely I will be reading the picture of Dorian grey and my sister's keeper in March.

I almost picked that one too... but there is no H, right? Unless I missed something??? I actually picked all my books without remembering there is a letter for each card.... now I am restarting :(

Sheena wrote: "The March shelves look great for me! I just joined recently and am making pretty good progress on the Feb card and looking forward to finding books for March (while maybe filling in Jan). I have to..."

So happy to hear that, Sheena :D

Thanks for the links, Christina.

@Sean-Michael, those 2 titles won't work as none of words of title or author's names start with H.

Anyone who is looking to read a Harry Potter, a Carl Hiaason, a "How to" book, The Hobbit, or HHhH, this is probably your month :)

Oh I see this is the h game...sorry wrong thread

Would anybody like to give me some recommendations for books with alternating POVs (2 only) ?

Ta muchly

Karen wrote: "Would anybody like to give me some recommendations for books with alternating POVs (2 only) ? Ta muchly"

I'm having a problem with that, too. How do you tell if there are multiple POVs or 2 POVs in a book you haven't read before?? I have all my books chosen, but I'm not sure if they will meet the POV requirements ... and won't know until I read the books.

Karen wrote: "Would anybody like to give me some recommendations for books with alternating POVs (2 only) ?

Ta muchly"

Most romance books have alternating POVs - the main hero and the main heroine.

I am having a lot of trouble with this one. I think 'comic' will have to be one of my skipped shelves and I had a long search before finding anything on some of the others (except Harry Potter).

Coralie wrote: "I am having a lot of trouble with this one. I think 'comic' will have to be one of my skipped shelves and I had a long search before finding anything on some of the others (except Harry Potter)."

I'm reading Calvin and Hobbes for comic. Always a good one (and an easy, quick read).

Lauren wrote: "Karen wrote: "Would anybody like to give me some recommendations for books with alternating POVs (2 only) ?

Ta muchly"

Most romance books have alternating POVs - the main hero and the main heroine."

Thanks Lauren, after some searching I've now found a book that fits.

I'm told The Host has 2 and Safe Haven has 3.

The Silent Wife has two and The Husband's Secret has three.

Rick Riordan's Hero's of Olympus series has multiple POVs and I'm going to bet (though I haven't had a chance to check yet) that they would be shelved in both 6 & 8. The first book in the series, The Lost Hero has 3 POVs.

Sheena wrote: "Rick Riordan's Hero's of Olympus series has multiple POVs and I'm going to bet (though I haven't had a chance to check yet) that they would be shelved in both 6 & 8. The first book ..."

I feel like that book showed up under every shelf

I don't know if I have made a good decision or not, but I am also struggling with POV issues. I finally decided to go by the description. If two people are featured in the description, then it, to me, seems there is a 2 person POV. If three or more are listed by name in the description, it felt like that would be multiple POV. Would that work?

What in the world does It-Wikipedia even mean?

Jonathon Kellerman's mysteries usually have 2 POV's -- There's the protagonist and someone else whose identity we don't know at first (who often but not always turns out to be the murderer).

Susan wrote: "What in the world does It-Wikipedia even mean?"

Lol. I've been asking that, too. And looking at the books on this list doesn't help. I had to look at quite a lot of pages, but at least there were lots of book choices after I got in a few. Still can't tell you what It-Wikipedia means!

I used these:

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Christina wrote: "I used these:

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Thanks for posting these, Christina. I didn't know these shelves existed!

You're welcome!

Christina wrote: "I used these:

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Handy!!

Susan wrote: "What in the world does It-Wikipedia even mean?"

It looks like this shelf as set up by the Italian Wikimedia (Wikipedia). It took me ages to find a book on it as most of the ones on the shelf are non-fiction.

Looking at the links Christina shared makes me wonder -- what's the difference between POV and narrator? I'd actually been thinking in terms of multiple narrators, but seeing the shelves listed separately (though many books are on more than one) makes me question that that's the right way to go.

Susan wrote: "Looking at the links Christina shared makes me wonder -- what's the difference between POV and narrator? I'd actually been thinking in terms of multiple narrators, but seeing the shelves listed sep..."

Good question, Susan...
With the POV, I was thinking more along the line of following main characters -which could be told by one narrator or more. I guess that will depend of whether they take the first or third person's view.
I hope that sort of help...

how do I get this group to stop sending me every thread? I prefer only getting three threads I follow

This is my 3rd day looking at this ScatterShelves and reading the comments and I am so confused. What is this? I want to participate but have no idea what to do?

Mitzi wrote: "This is my 3rd day looking at this ScatterShelves and reading the comments and I am so confused. What is this? I want to participate but have no idea what to do?"

I think I resolved my own issue. It would have really helped me if I would have even opened the links to see what books were listed under each category.

Sean-michael wrote: "how do I get this group to stop sending me every thread? I prefer only getting three threads I follow"

Do you mean emails or notifications?
If you go to 'edit profile' (your profile), click on 'emails' tab and at the bottom of the page, you can adjust how you'd like to hear per group.

When you changed your setting, however, I suggest you revisit the 3 threads you wanted to follow and make sure you are still following those... hope that helps

And I hope I'm giving the right direction to this issue! anyone else know of better way?

Mitzi wrote: "This is my 3rd day looking at this ScatterShelves and reading the comments and I am so confused. What is this? I want to participate but have no idea what to do?"

Hey, Mitzi, have you checked out the How to play thread on the rules? Hopefully that should explain the whole game :)

Coralie wrote: "I am having a lot of trouble with this one. I think 'comic' will have to be one of my skipped shelves and I had a long search before finding anything on some of the others (except Harry Potter)."

Captain Underpants is good books. I was introduced to them by some 5th graders when I was PTA president at my son's elementary school.

Does audiobooks count for this game?

Mitzi wrote: "Does audiobooks count for this game?"

yes, all type of books count :)

Susan wrote: "Looking at the links Christina shared makes me wonder -- what's the difference between POV and narrator? I'd actually been thinking in terms of multiple narrators, but seeing the shelves listed sep..."

The narrator is the persona who is telling the story. In first person narration, the narrator is a character in the story. In 3rd person narration, the narrator is an external persona who knows what is going in with all the characters and all the events.

POV is the perspective of a particular character, i.e., their internal thoughts and motivations.

Hope this helps.

So to put what Tien and Lauren said into very simple language for me to use in assessing where a book counts, I'm going to look for whether I learn what 2 or 3 major characters are thinking over the course of the book, rather than just 1. Sound good?

Susan wrote: "So to put what Tien and Lauren said into very simple language for me to use in assessing where a book counts, I'm going to look for whether I learn what 2 or 3 major characters are thinking over th..."

Exactly!

Soooo... does it still count as different POVs if the book is a collection of letters exchanged between the staff of a bookstore and a writer? I just read 84, Charing Cross Road and there are 3+ different people whose letters are part of this book. I hadn't even considered it for the requirement.

Christina wrote: "Soooo... does it still count as different POVs if the book is a collection of letters exchanged between the staff of a bookstore and a writer? I just read 84, Charing Cross Road and t..."

I would say so :)
Did you enjoy this book? sounds good!

I did. It's pretty short (97 pages) but even through we only get a little glimpse into their interactions, you can see the development of so many lives that were affected by it. It's quite touching when you think of it.

Drat! Homer and Langley is NOT a 2-POV book, even though I found it on a list for just that. I'm about 1/3 of the way through, and it appears that only one of the two brothers is going to continue doing the narrating. It's an interesting read, but I picked it up on purpose for the POVs, and I'm frustrated not to be able to use it for that. Anyone else who is considering it, be warned!