Overview: Groups

High school literature teachers 108 books / 254 members / 419 posts Don't you want to talk about books with people who teach them? I am just finishing a busy first year of teaching high school English and journalism...I'd love to see what English teachers are reading this summer and share ideas on how to bring books to life for high school students.

Shakespeare 41 books / 48 members / 34 posts Okay, so maybe this is less a "book" thing than straight up "literature"...... but it's on my shelf, so there! What are your faves? Why do you like it? What have you seen performed? What have YOU performed? What about writing style? Who wrote PERICLES? Et cetera!

AP English Teachers 142 books / 216 members / 224 posts A place for AP English teachers to share all the great lit we read/teach on our serious days, and all the "trash" we read the rest of the year:-) To join, please use the form to the right to send the admin a member request. Please include which AP English course you teach (or if you teach courses that "feed" into AP English). If approved, you will receive an invitation to the group.

The Daria book club 45 books / 4 members / 0 posts This is MTV's Daria's book club. I'll be listing the books Daria (and other characters) reads throughout the series.

English 4 ENR 14 books / 66 members / 164 posts This group is for English 4 ENR students at West. So far this group is great. Interesting insights with a sense of style! Keep the posts coming -- but keep the talk about our books. Let's talk about books by talking about the words, sentences, and phrases in the book! Got the idea?

Friendship for Universal Peace 1364 books / 2872 members / 19259 posts There are many languages - The Best language is the Language of the Heart. There are many relationships in the World - The Best relationship is Friendship. We welcome you to join this group and share your knowledge, learning, Worldly Wisdom, Love and Friendship for "Universal Peace."

book nerds 55 books / 50 members / 383 posts This is a private group for Mrs. McMickin's students. Remember: (1) start a post about your book with the book title in the subject line (2) post a comment to 5 different people about the book they are reading (do this by hitting "reply" under their avatar) and (3) post a review about your book (hit reply to your original message) Be honest in your review - if you didn't like the book...say so! Comments should be well thought out. Please refrain from posting comments like, "I like this book, too." Tell what you like about it!! Inappropriate posts will be removed immediately. Don't forget to tell me your user name so that I can give you a grade. ** To see what everyone is reading just go to the Book Shelf and click on "view our shelf" ....then click on "books we are reading" (instead of "books we've read")

Crossgenre 93 books / 32 members / 53 posts I read alot of literature that cross boundaries. Is it horror or science fiction. True "literature" or genre. I want to create a list of books that are hard to define but good nonetheless. Also graphic novels are welcomed.

Persian & Foreign Books (Ketabhaye Farsi & Khareji) 392 books / 567 members / 128 posts This is a place, you can share your Persian & Foreign Books. Mahali baraye tabadol ketab haye farsi & Khareji.

IFHS AP Literature Discussion 2 books / 8 members / 6 posts Discussion group for AP English Literature students at IFHS. AP Literature students discussion of books for class. A few instructions and reminders: 1) Good English reigns here, too. Write in complete sentences and DO NOT use "internet shorthand". What you do on your own pages is your business, of course, but any discussion thread on this site needs to be standard English. 2) I will add books we are reading together as a class to the Group Shelf. Any book you'd like to add to the shelf (or are adding as a part of an assignment) needs to be of AP quality. If you're not sure whether or not it is, ask me. Remember, on your Shelfari page, you can put whatever you like. 3) Politeness is mandatory. Show respect for all the opinions posted here even if they differ greatly from your own. No profanity or vulgarity is allowed. Posters violating this policy will find their grade suffers as a result. 4) Posts need to be meaningful. "Me, too", "I hated it", "I loved it", and so forth as the sole body of a post do not a meaningful post make.....

The Shelfari Reading Room 268 books / 194 members / 333 posts This group is for people of all ages who would like to exchange their reading experiences with others. Let's talk about our favorite books, what stories mean to us and why, and anything else that helps to describe our reading experiences. I've added the link to a good online book club, Zooba, too... make a reading list and they'll send you the books

Classics 90 books / 162 members / 15 posts Charles Dickens, Saki, Mark Twain, Bernard Shaw, Shakespeare

Books I've Read 137 books / 2 members / 1 posts Books We've Read

Brooklyn Reads: A Literary Community 4 books / 3 members / 2 posts A group for bibliophiles in the Brooklyn, New York City area who enjoy reading and discussing books, on or off line.

Mid-Pacific Institute English Teachers 25 books / 7 members / 1 posts Mid-Pacific Institute English Teachers and their friends...

Novel 64 books / 446 members / 58 posts

I.R.iran-Tehran 58 books / 105 members / 11 posts hi dear... its I.R.iran's book club... be our member... its too easy...

Swords, Dragons, and Diet Coke 9 books / 12 members / 7 posts We read books and talk about them. Any kind of book works.

Better than Starbucks… if you like good coffee, great books, sharp wit, and people who read 775 books / 1135 members / 12925 posts Better than Starbucks… if you like good coffee, great books, sharp wit, and people who read Shakespeare, Dickens, Twain, Marquez, Morrison, Joyce, Faulkner, Cather, Kingsolver and a few hundred other really delicious writers, not to impress strangers, but because they love a good read, then please join us. We are not a private group, but the administrators will not resist the urge to delete boring and stupid comments. By the same token, personal attacks on young, slow or otherwise disadvantaged players will not be tolerated. Generally, be nice to other members, but spare not public figures, pop lit superstars, big box stores, politicians and religious leaders. Focus more energy on what is good and even what is great, but feel free to throw a stone when the occasion calls for it. Welcome!

Ms. S. and her Beloved Students 20 books / 7 members / 5 posts For myself, my students, and their parents...just for fun.

Lucknow Book Lovers 55 books / 15 members / 11 posts All the Lucknowites who love reading books are invited to join this Group.

Movie Lovers 303 books / 1241 members / 4396 posts Welcome to Movie Lovers. ~~For information on the monthly Group Movies please click on the blue "more" tab below~~ This is the place to come to discuss all genres of movies, old or new, viewed on the big screen or the little one, and not necessarily book-related... Many book-lovers also share a passion for movies, as they also tell a "story" of one kind or another, and many movies are based on our favourite books. All movie-lovers welcome to join discussions, or create your own. Feel free to resurrect old (or ancient) discussions if you have something to add! HAVE A HAPPY DAY :) our current group movie August : Connection=Theme : ANTI-WAR : Ballad of a Soldier our previous group movies July : Connection=Theme : FOOD : Chocolat (currently under discussion) June : Connection=Actor : CHRISTIAN BALE : The Machinist/The Prestige May : SCIENCE FICTION : Equilibrium April : COMEDY : Death at a Funeral March : DRAMA : Gone Baby Gone

AP English: Past and Present 21 books / 14 members / 46 posts This group is for present and past members of Mrs. Strickler's AP English class and friends of Room 205. Let's see what you're reading!

Brilliant Babes (And Dudes) Who Read Selectively 648 books / 168 members / 8121 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/

Book Lovers 188 books / 87 members / 56 posts This group is for all those people who love to read. No matter what you love to read, whether it be romance, suspense, adventure, etc., whether fiction or non - fiction, come join the fun and start blogging about your favorite reads..and keep reading.