James Rollins: Amazonia - Groups

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Shelfari Group Admins 820 books / 6280 members / 4443 posts Welcome all Shelfari group admins! It's about time we created a group just for group admins. This is the place to:

*Offer tips on what does or doesn't work for groups.
*Ask questions about how groups work and what options you have as admins.
*Let us (the Shelfari Team) know what features would be helpful in your groups.
*This group is not a place to advertise your group (or book) to get members--and I will delete discussion threads that are irrelevant.

REMINDER: You can search within the discussion threads in this group by using the "Search Discussions" button on the upper right-hand side of this page

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If you want to discuss general site improvements or request features (not relevant to groups), please visit Shelfari Discussions (http://www.shelfari.com/groups/10000/about).

Note:
--This group is for Shelfari admins only.
--If you need to report abuse or harassment in your group, please send a message using the "email group admin" box on the profile page for this group (or feedback@shelfari.com).

Writing Readers 619 books / 3111 members / 3673 posts If you're an aspiring or successful writer, this is the group for you. Suggest your favorite books on the craft, discuss past and present challenges, and share some nurture with a growing community of other online-savvy, "writing readers". Welcome!

Note: If you want to promote a book or writing website on which you publish, please use the "Shameless Self-Promotion" discussion thread. In order to keep this from becoming a chaotic open bazaar of single-shot marketing, we are deleting book notices, reviews, etc. from other threads and directing all authors to the "Shameless Self-Promotion" thread. Thank you for understanding.

50 Book Challenge! 3282 books / 3380 members / 20609 posts When asked about the new Amazon Kindle product, Steve Jobs CEO of Apple computer had this to say:

“It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don’t read anymore,” he said. “Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last year. The whole conception is flawed at the top because people don’t read anymore.”

Welcome to the the 50 Book Challenge, where we fly in the face of Steve Jobs.

Basically .... the challenge is to read 50 books in one year. OR ... establish a goal for yourself more or less, it's up to you, just because we say 50 books doesn't mean that has to be your goal too.

Start a thread, WITH YOUR NAME IN THE SUBJECT OF YOUR ORIGINAL POST, and log your books. It is a very good idea to bookmark (when in your post, add it to your internet browser's favorites) your post for easy location for future updates. Things move quickly around here.

If you haven't been keeping track of the books you've read, start when you join.

Thanks for being here and have fun. If you have any suggestions or questions, feel free to contact me.

The books we loved in 2007:

1. Harry Potter the final - 15 votes
2. The Kite Runner - 12 votes
3. A Thousand Splendid Suns - 11 votes
4. Twilight - 5 votes
4. The Thirteenth Tale - 5 votes

The rest of the list can be found on Amazon Listmania by following this (very long) link:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Frichpub%2Flistmania%2Ffullview%2FR2ULK83M81K03T%3Fie%3DUTF8%26redirect%3Dtrue%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Flm%255Fpthnk%255Fview%26lm%255Fbb%3D&tag=allencotrip-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

50 for 2008 149 books / 7 members / 192 posts Like the 50 Book Challenge! community. Only just friends, so it isn't a huge list to look at.
To track and read a minimum 50 books/ a year for 2008.

James Rollins 9 books / 15 members / 15 posts Here in the James Rollins Group, you are welcome to discuss books, facts, info about Rollins (whose real name is actually, Jim Czajkowski), and news. Welcome and enjoy!

Moody Readers 167 books / 12 members / 257 posts A place to keep record of what we have read through out the year.

For new members: Start a post of what you are reading.Set it up however is best for you.There are times someone will make a comment or ask about a book or books that are being read in your post.

The members here have books in common. If there are any questions just send us a note.

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Amazonia

by James Rollins

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