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Need Help?

Post your questions here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.

Need book rec for certain shelves?

Post your request here and hopefully, your fellow participants will respond with one to appeal to you.

Is the book you've chosen only been shelved by 1 or 2 user/s and you're concerned it may be taken off?

Post it here to reserve! We'll confirm back.

Before posting, please do check to see if book has already been confirmed for that shelf.

On your main book page's URL (see above):
1. delete this part of the URL: "book/show",
2. type in "shelf/users" to replace above (1) deletion, and
2. at the end of the URL, add the following "?shelf=shelf-name" (In this case, it's "?shelf=other-countries"
3. Enter

If no one has shelved book on that particular shelved, this will generate no result. However, it is shelved there, it will show the following:



Please compare the 2 URLs in above images for a better feel on how to do this search

Please include the URL of your search result (like the 2nd image) when claiming your Round completion.

Note: Thanks, D.G., for first bringing to our attention of this way of searching! I couldn't find your original post so I made my own

It was pointed out to me that there is an easier way to search than above (post 2) method; thanks so much, LaurLa!

On your main book page genre, click on any of the 'numbers of users'



Following above example, if you click on 'Fantasy', GR will show you users who have shelved book on 'Fantasy', like this:



Type over the name of the shelf (in this example, fantasy) with the name of the shelf you're looking for (in this example, multiverse) and if there are any users who shelved this book on 'Multiverse', GR will show you these users (as per this example, there are 3 users) like so:

To check if common books are shelved in your & the other person's bookshelves:

1. Go to that person's bookshelves (links should be available here) and click on 'Compare Books' (on the right of the page, above the page numbers)



I'm using CluckingBell's as an example ;)

And below page will show common books between CluckinBell's shelf and mine.



2. To limit the selection to certain shelves, go to the drop down menus on the right of the page. In this example, I'll choose:
* to-read for my shelf, AND
* read for CluckingBell's

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Will you accept books that are in the same series? For example, if I've read #1 on a shelf but #2 isn't there, can I read #2 or does the book have to be marked on that shelf?

Thanks!

Please confirm these for 1-2 times on shelf ... thanks!!

Spin 2: multiverse - Inkheart, 548 pgs., 2x

Spin 5: traveling-road-trips - Mischling, 344 pgs., 1x

Spin 12: traveling-road-trips - Before We Were Yours, 352 pgs., 1x

Spin 14: who-dun-it - A Room Full of Bones, 352 pgs., 2x

Spin 15: other-countries - Beartown, library, 418 pgs., 2x

Spin 16: traveling-road-trips - Beneath a Scarlet Sky, 513 pgs., 1x

Spin 19: lady detective - Pardonable Lies, 359 pgs., 2x

Only one book I need to reserve for Round 1. Thanks!

Follow You Home, shelved 1x as traveling-road-trips
/shelf/users...

Please confirm this for 1-2 times on shelf.

Spin 03: Who-dun-it Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder 433 pages (2x)
Spin 05: I-wanna-know-what -love-is Born in Fire 404 pages (1x)
Spin 06: Other-countries Beartown 432 (2x)
Spin 08: Love-from-afar Under Rose-Tainted Skies 336 (1x)
Spin 10: Necromancer Magic Breaks 418 (2x)
Spin 11: Interesting-magic-system The Bands of Mourning 336 pages (2x)
Spin 12: I-wanna-know-what -love-is Born in Ice 368 pages (1x)
Spin 14: Traveling-road-trips Summer Secrets 320 pages (1x)
Spin 15: Doorstoppers The Blind Assassin (1x)
Spin 18: Interesting-magic-system Fool's Assassin 641 pages (1x)
Spin 19: Lady-detective The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie 386 pages (1x)
Spin 20: Elderly = Come Sundown (1x)
Spin 22 & 25: Fabulist The Princess Bride (2x) or Neverwhere (2x) or The House on the Strand (1x) or The Enchanted (1x)

Sorry for the delay, guys, it's been a crazy weekend with Christmas around the corner & all....

@Stacey: unfortunately the answer is no. The book will have to actually be on that particular shelf. You see, sometimes book 1 doesn't even fit the shelf for book 2 and that's why you'll see odd numbered serial books on shelves.

LynnB wrote: "Please confirm these for 1-2 times on shelf ... thanks!!"

All confirmed, LynnB, thanks :)

CluckingBell wrote: "Only one book I need to reserve for Round 1. Thanks!

Follow You Home, shelved 1x as traveling-road-trips
/shelf/users......"

Confirmed!

Lusie wrote: "Please confirm this for 1-2 times on shelf."

All confirmed, Lusie! Cheers :)

Thanks Tien for confirming my long list!

Many of mine are 1 to 2 times shelved so just to be safe because it took a lot of work to make this list, please confirm:

Thank you!!

Spin 5: Shelved 2x Lady Detective Earthly Delights 305 pages
Spin 6: Shelved 2x Love From Afar Double Full 275 pages
Spin 8: shelved 1x Who Dun It The Inner Circle 455 pages
Spin 9: Shelved 2x Other Countries Beartown 432 pages
Spin 10: Shelved 1x Pastiche Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters 226 pages
Spin 11: Shelved 2x Other Countries In a Dark, Dark Wood 320 pages
Spin 14: Shelved 1x I wanna know what love is So Good 280 pages
Spin 15: Shelved 1x One Hit Wonders Fever 1793 272 pages
Spin 16: shelved 2x Doorstoppers The Name of the Wind 676 pages
Spin 20: Shelved 1x Who Dun It Good Me, Bad Me 400 pages
Spin 23: Shelved 1x I wanna know what love is Crashed Out 175 pages
Spin 24: Shelved 1x I wanna know what love is Thrown Down 219 pages
Spin 28: Shelved 1x Doorstoppers The Aeronaut's Windlass 640 pages
Spin 30: Shelved 1x Traveling Road Trips Leave Me 352 pages
Spin 33: Shelved 2x Other Countries Bel Canto 336 pages
Spin 34: shelved 2x Other Countries Like Water for Chocolate 268 pages
Spin 35: Sheved 1x Love From Afar Letters to the Lost 400 pages
Spin 37: Shelved 2x Elderly Elizabeth Is Missing 323 pages
Spin 38: Shelved 2x One POV Red Dirt Heart 2 352 pages
Spin 39: shelved 1x One POV Sweet Thing 320 pages
Spin 43: Pastiche, replacing with shelved 2x Just Plain Awful Fallen 466 pages
Spin 48: Shelved 2x Necromancer Anna Dressed in Blood 387 pages
Spin 49: Shelved 1x Every Written Word The Chocolate War 274 pages
Spin 50: Shelved 2x Necromancer The Body Finder 338 pages
Spin 51: shelved 2x Colonialism The Witch of Blackbird Pond 261 pages
Spin 52: Shelved 1x I wanna know what love is Retrieval 202 pages
Spin 53: Spin 53: shelved 1x Doorstoppers Hunger 612 pages

My first spin was for the One-pov shelf. There is nothing on this shelf that I want to read so I have used one of my swaps.

But, looking at the books on the list, I can't work out what One-pov means? I thought pov meant point-of-view, but the shelf seems to be full of romance/fantasy/chicklit, which can't be the only books written from just one point of view. Can someone explain it to me?

Please confirm or reject these books for shelved once or twice

Spin 1: Doorstoppers, page 2 - The Fireman 2X
Spin 2: Colonialism, page 8 - Forgotten Fatherland: The Search for Elisabeth Nietzsche 2X
Spin 3: Necromancer, page 8 - Grave Surprise 1X
Spin 4: Love from Afar replaced with Just Plain Awful, page 3 - High-Rise 1X
Spin 5: Other Countries, page 3 - The Snowman 1X
Spin 7: Fabulist, page 2 - 1Q84 2X
Spin 9: One Hit Wonders, page 2 - A Brief History of Seven Killings 1X
Spin 10: Necromancer, page 8 - An Ice Cold Grave 1X
Spin 12: Who Dun It, page 2 - Anno Dracula 1X
Spin 13: Who Dun It, page 2 - Cat Among the Pigeons 2X
Spin 15: Who Dun It, page 6 - I'm Travelling Alone: 1X

Tien,

Since I know I'm likely to change my mind multiple times before I finish, I'm hesitant to have you take the time check all the possibilities for books that are shelved only a few times. If I just save screenshots I can post if necessary to verify, that's also ok, isn't it?

I'm going to ask for confirmation on the first 5 of my list at this time.

2. traveling-road-trips 1x: Left For Dead - 448 pages
3. traveling-road-trips 1x: The Hangman - 96 pages
5. interesting-magic-system 1x: Assassin's Apprentice - 448 pages

Lagullande wrote: "My first spin was for the One-pov shelf. There is nothing on this shelf that I want to read so I have used one of my swaps.

But, looking at the books on the list, I can't work out what One-pov me..."

I'd have thought One-pov also meant point of view... however, do note that it really depends on who's using 'one-pov' as their shelves so there could be a few people who love romances and shelved books there and no others...

These shelves are all user defined so unfortunately there's no definite answers.

Susan wrote: "Tien,

Since I know I'm likely to change my mind multiple times before I finish, I'm hesitant to have you take the time check all the possibilities for books that are shelved only a few times. If I..."

Susan, when I have time I will be setting up a Google doc so if you need some books confirmed, you may as well set up a list as I will note them on the Google doc which will be visible to everyone to check on.

What will be helpful when posting your list is to actually post the link to that page showing users who shelved your book on that particular shelf (the second image on post #2)

Stacie, Karen, & Bea, I'll try to get back to you tonight

Tien wrote: "Stacie, Karen, & Bea, I'll try to get back to you tonight"

I'll try to get the links for you to the page where they are on the list.

Lagullande wrote: "My first spin was for the One-pov shelf. There is nothing on this shelf that I want to read so I have used one of my swaps.

But, looking at the books on the list, I can't work out what One-pov me..."

My guess from looking at the list when doing other stuff is that it tends to be from one person's pov over the course of the series. Like Vampire Academy for example was all from Rose's perspective.

Stacie, Karen, & Bea, all confirmed!

Btw, I've also set up which has all books confirmed to date.

Beartown seems to have popped up 3 times!

Tien wrote: "Btw, I've also set up Google doc which has all books confirmed to date."

Cool!

Tien wrote: "
What will be helpful when posting your list is to actually post the link to that page showing users who shelved your book on that particular shelf (the second image on post #2) "

But that link will continue pointing to the same page, even if the user has dropped off and is no longer listed there, right?

Tien wrote: "What will be helpful when posting your list is to actually post the link to that page showing users who shelved your book on that particular shelf (the second image on post #2) "

OK. I've made a few changes, and added the links (message 22 on the Round 1 thread). See if that looks like what you want.

Susan wrote: "But that link will continue pointing to the same page, even if the user has dropped off and is no longer listed there, right? "

Yes, that's right. All I meant was that it will be helpful when I'm checking them now in this 'help me' thread and then I'll list the books on the Google doc and you're all set. So even if they dropped off by the time you post your completion, I've already got them on the list.

so, I've got an odd one....

I own The Chronicles of Amber, which is a collection of titles 1 - 5 in a 10 book series.
Books 1 - 10 are all individually on the mulitverse shelf
The collection of all 10 is on the multiverse shelf
The collection I have (above) isn't on the multiverse shelf. (go figure!)

As the individual titles 1-5 in the series are all listed on the multiverse shelf, please can I use this collection of books 1-5 for that spin??
pretty please?!

Tien wrote: "Susan wrote: "But that link will continue pointing to the same page, even if the user has dropped off and is no longer listed there, right? "

Yes, that's right. All I meant was that it will be hel..."

Got it. Thanks.

These are all those which have only been shelved once. I checked the google doc but didn't see any of them listed. The shelf links should take you to the correct page of the list.

elderly - Garden of Lamentations - p. 3 1X

every written word - Watership Down -p. 5 1X

fabulist - Little, Big - p. 3 1X

lady detective - Queen of the Flowers - p. 1 1X
lady detective -
The Castlemaine Murders - p. 7 1X

love from afar - Pride and Prejudice - p.6, 1X

one hit wonders - Dunbar - p.1 1X
one hit wonders - The Agony and the Ecstasy - p.7 1X

pastiche - Meddling Kids - p.3 1X

traveling road trips - The Opposite of Everyone - p.4 1X AND Beautiful Ruins - p.4, 1X
traveling road trips - The Truth According to Us - p.5 1X

who dun it - Girl Waits with Gun - p. 6 1X, AND A Perfect Evil, p.6 1X

Cat wrote: "so, I've got an odd one....

I own The Chronicles of Amber, which is a collection of titles 1 - 5 in a 10 book series.
Books 1 - 10 are all individually on the mulitverse shelf
The co..."

As the individual books are on the multiverse shelf, I will allow for this collection.

@Sandy, all confirmed, thanks :)

Tien wrote: "@Sandy, all confirmed, thanks :)"

Thanks, Tien!

I'm not sure if any of these are in danger of falling off, but better safe than sorry since I don't really know how the ordering goes on these shelf pages beyond by tag amounts :).

other-countries - The Bear and the Nightingale - page 4 - tagged 1 time

love-from-afar - Anne of the Island - page 22 - tagged 1 time

pastiche - Jane Steele - page 2 - tagged 2 times

who-dun-it - The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - page 4 - tagged 1 time

fabulist - Cloud Atlas - page 5 - tagged 1 time

Help needed in choosing a book!

Necromancer is a shelf I've never read before, but I'll try any category once. Looking at the book descriptions, nothing appeals to me .... so, any suggestions? A shortish book is appreciated:)

LynnB wrote: "Help needed in choosing a book!

Necromancer is a shelf I've never read before, but I'll try any category once. Looking at the book descriptions, nothing appeals to me .... so, any suggestions? A s..."

Lynn, that shelf is not my cup of tea, either. But I read Sabriel, and even though I only gave it 3 stars, I did enjoy it enough to probably read the second in the series.

And Magic Bites is one I'm considering reading.

What do you ladies normally read? I've read a few on that shelf, so I can try to help. Sabriel is probably the better written of the two, especially if you like more description and a bit of a slower pace. Magic Bites is more fun and humorous (and a shorter, quicker read), but I would caution that the series doesn't really come into it's own until about the third book. I hope that doesn't keep you from reading it, though! It's an awesome series, that I wholeheartedly love!

Susan wrote: "LynnB wrote: "Help needed in choosing a book!
Necromancer is a shelf I've never read before, but I'll try any category once. Looking at the book descriptions, nothing appeals to me .... so, any su..."

Thanks! My public library has Sabriel, but not Magic Bites, so the library copy wins even though it's way longer. Hopefully I can get through It!

CassieV wrote: "What do you ladies normally read? I've read a few on that shelf, so I can try to help. Sabriel is probably the better written of the two, especially if you like more description and a bit of a slow..."

I read just about anything, fiction and non-fiction, but not vampire or paranormal. Just not that interesting to me. I'm going to try Sabriel as my public library has it. Don't want to have to buy! Thanks for your comments on both books, it was helpful!

Glad to help :)

Susan wrote: "LynnB wrote: "Help needed in choosing a book!
Necromancer is a shelf I've never read before, but I'll try any category once. Looking at the book descriptions, nothing appeals to me .... so, any su..."

I was surprised when I saw I had read several books from the Necromancer shelf.

I love the Kate Daniels series. Magic Bites is the first book. The books are funny and are packed with action. There also is a bit of romance in the books. I agree with Cassie that the serie doesn't really come into it's own until about the third book. I'm currently reading book #7 at the moment.

Another book I've enjoyed that is on the Necromancer list is Touch of Power. I like that author. It's been a couple of years ago that I read this book and the only thing I can recall is that I liked it.

You could also try Uprooted. It's a retelling of a fairy tale. I liked it. It's a quick read.

If you like fantasy, you might like A Darker Shade of Magic. Though the second and third book of the series are much better than the first.

Another fantasy book that is on that shell is The Final Empire. It's very good. It was hard to put down that book.

Lusie wrote: "Susan wrote: "LynnB wrote: "Help needed in choosing a book!
Necromancer is a shelf I've never read before, but I'll try any category once. Looking at the book descriptions, nothing appeals to me ....."

Thanks Lucie! That does give me a few more options. Guess I need to get to the library next week and thumb through a few books to figure out which works best for me. Having 3 people give opinions on a genre I don't read is helpful. I do read fantasy occasionally, so it's good to know there are some of those on the list.