Overview: Groups

FrugalReader.com Members 436 books / 44 members / 229 posts A group for Shelfari.com members who are also FrugalReader.com members!

NYT Bestsellers List 48 books / 18 members / 2 posts C'mon New Yorkers. We all check out the book review. Post some of your favorites and tell us about them.

Turn the Page 32 books / 2 members / 0 posts We are starting a high school "reading class" for readers who want to improve their reading strategies. It will be small groups (10-12 students) with reading levels ranging from fifth grade to 12+.

Audible Books to recommend 256 books / 206 members / 502 posts I thought it would be nice to have a list of books that people have read that are on audible (i.e., downloads from Audible.com, library CDs, etc). Often I have to go from book review back to Audible.com to see if it's there before I can check it off to my Wish List (right now I am listening to my books for the most part). I don't like cassette tapes, however, and I have seen where a book may be available on tape but not CD or download. Downloads are less expensive, too. Starlet

Book VS. Movie 389 books / 873 members / 1011 posts This group is all about the differences between the books and the movies. Join the group and tell what your favorite is the Book OR the Movie. Add books that have turned into movies if you like. ENJOY!!!! If you want to join the group just ask me or Hollz middle to become our friend and then add you to the group. Happy Reading and Watching!

Memoir 90 books / 47 members / 202 posts Well-written memoir that touch at the heart of the issues that affect us all.

Eat Good Food, Read Good Books 87 books / 6 members / 24 posts Our book club picks books and then meets at restaurants to discuss. We try to match the food as much as possible to the books. I think we enjoy the food just as much or more than the books, thus the order of the title of our book club. Happy Reading

Biographies & Autobiographies 372 books / 440 members / 181 posts So why are we interested how other people lived and died? What can we learn from them? How much research goes into writing a biography?

The Black White Gallery 81 books / 3 members / 0 posts

AP Literature 35 books / 16 members / 4 posts

Ravenous Readers 39 books / 2 members / 0 posts

Memorable Memoirs 98 books / 50 members / 29 posts This group is about memoirs and the amazing people who wrote them.

Irish and British Poets & Writers 30 books / 41 members / 11 posts The Old and New Here are a few examples-- please add more! Dylan Thomas, TS Eliot, William Butler Yeats, Helen Macdonald, D. H. Lawrence, John Masefield, Sylvia Ann Duffy, Rudyard Kipling, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Joan McBreen, Ethna Carbery, The Bronte Sisters, Maive Binchy, ....

Lunchbunch 49 books / 6 members / 0 posts Just for fun and just for my Lunchbunch

Books Every Writer Should Read 12 books / 17 members / 13 posts What are the requisite books that every writer who wants to excel at their craft should read? Which necessary texts, fiction and non-fiction, should be on every writer's reading list? What are the books that we go back to again and again for inspiration? For motivation? What books make us want to write, make us need to tell stories that will rival those from our favorite novels, our favorite authors? This is what I'd like everyone to explore in this group. Share your books, your thoughts, your educated critiques, your passionate opinions -- ALL are welcome here.

Australian Book Lovers 8 books / 2 members / 0 posts This group is for all lovers of literature in Australia (...and New Zealand too). For all us Aussies (& Kiwis) that love all literature, and are interested in learning about new books. happy reading :)

Springfield High School Book Club 24 books / 8 members / 61 posts Welcome Springfield High School Book Club members! This is a private group meant only for students and staff who belong to this book club. With this online extension of our book club, we hope to inspire members to read a variety of books and engage in exciting, in-depth discussions! All are encouraged to participate!

Irish Romances 9 books / 11 members / 1 posts This group is for anyone and everyone who loves Ireland and the Irish, and romances set in Ireland and/or with Irish characters. All genre are open...historicals, contemporaries, paranormals, fantasy, suspense, etc.

BEA Lit Insiders 175 books / 536 members / 213 posts Welcome to the BookExpo America Lit Insider group on Shelfari! What the hell is a BEA Lit Insider? Well, BEA is the 2nd largest book fair in the world and takes place every June. This year the show is in L.A. and I'd love tohear from any West Coasters that are interested in the show or are planning on going. By the way, I’m the director of BookExpo America and you can check out my blog and learn more about how books are “made” www.mediumatlarge.net -Lance

Brilliant Babes (And Dudes) Who Read Selectively 634 books / 167 members / 7507 posts So, what makes you a selective reader? If you like Dan Brown, Danielle Steele, Nicholas Sparks, or similar works, you MAY not be into this club. We are a group of intelligent persons who love both thought-provoking literature and quality brain candy. Actually, I mainly started it for myself and my friends, but anybody can apply if you think you're down with the Brilliant Babes--just send someone a note explaining why YOU think you are a brilliant babe (or dude) who reads selectively. This is a super-casual group. Anybody can suggest a book to read, anybody can add books to the reading list. We welcome any and all intelligent book discussion (not to mention whining about books we hated or gushing about books we loved). And don't worry if you have a really embarrassing book on your shelves...we all have skeletons in the closet. To ask for an invite please DO NOT use the admin message box, leave a note on the profile pages of either rob or Suze...we will get back to you as soon as we can...thanks for your patience...and if you insist on asking for an invite via the group admin message box you will be ignored...so don't. Also, please remember that, although we TRY to get to everyone's requests in a timely manner, we do have other responsibilities that sometimes delay us from looking at your shelves. Your patience will be rewarded A note about being snobs: As hard as it is to believe, with all of the nice people here on Shelfari, we get an e-mail once every week or two saying that we are snobs. That really just depends on your definition of a snob. Yes, this is a private group. Yes, we jokingly call ourselves brilliant. Yes, we have rather defined reading tastes that cut out a lot of mass-market fiction. Does that truly make us snobs? We hand-picked many members of our initial group around what we like to read or think we'd like to read. I don't think this makes us so much snobs as "people who want to discuss the kind of stuff that they like to read and don't care to discuss stuff that they don't like to read." (shrugs) We're pretty accepting. So, before sending us mean e-mails, see above for the joining process. And just remember: If you don't make it in, you probably haven't read the same books that we've all read and we'd have nothing to talk about! A special note from the admin: We want everyone to have a great time here. All we expect is that everyone plays nice! Good-humored sarcasm is in; putting down or harassing our members is not, and we won't hesitate to remove a repeat offender from the group. Note on the threads: please feel free to go back and resurrect any of the earlier threads that you find interesting... Our One and Only Love List... Love in the Time of Cholera...Gabriel Garcia Marquez (J.M.) Pride and Prejudice...Jane Austen (littlemom) Jane Eyre...Charlotte Bronte (AthenasDaughter) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn...Betty Smith (Dana) A Room With a View...E.M. Forster (Kiki) To Kill a Mockingbird...Harper Lee (unfinished woman) The Virgin Suicides,,,Jeffrey Eugenides (ballroom pink) Dragonfly in Amber...Diana Gabaldon (Aimeesue) Watership Down...Richard Adams (rob) Persuasion...Jane Austen (AvidReader) The Once and Future King...T.H.White (Alicia) The Sound and the Fury...William Faulkner (katie) Gone with the Wind...Margaret Mitchell (dickensfan) The Forsythe Saga...John Galsworthy (cubachick) Catcher in the Rye...J.D. Salinger (gbett) Fall On Your Knees...Ann Marie MacDonald (HemingwayHeroine) Return of the Native...Thomas Hardy (Aaro) Fight Club...Chuck Palahniuk (Tania B.) The Great Indian Novel...Shashi Tharoor (ophelia) Reading The Three Musketeers: The Serial Schedule Part/Chapters/Start Date/Discussion Date one/author's preface, 1, 2, 3, 4/17th May/25th two/5, 6, 7, 8/26th/1st June three/9, 10, 11, 12/2nd/8th four/13, 14, 15, 16/9th/15th five/17, 18, 19, 20/16th/22nd six/21, 22, 23, 24/23rd/29th seven/25, 26, 27, 28/30th/6th July eight/29, 30, 31, 32/7th/13th nine/33, 34, 35, 36/14th/20th ten/37, 38, 39, 40/21st/27th eleven/41, 42, 42, 44/28th/3rd August twelve/45, 46, 47, 48/4th/10th thirteen/49, 50, 51, 52, 53/11th/17th fourteen/54, 55, 56, 57, 58/18th/24th fifteen/59, 60, 61, 62, 63/25th/31st sixteen/64, 65, 66, 67, epilogue/1st September/7th http://www.strandbooks.com/ http://www.daedalusbooks.com/ http://www.hippocrenebooks.com/ http://loyolaclassics.loyolapress.com/

Yosemite Books 46 books / 5 members / 0 posts A reading groups of teachers and retired teachers. We read to learn, exchange ideas, and for enjoyment.

WC book club 00 7 books / 4 members / 0 posts This group is for members of our book club who are on Shelfari. We are based in Webb City, MO.