Overview: Groups

Shelfari Group Admins 753 books / 5803 members / 3941 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 If you have a general question about how to use Shelfari or a problem, please visit the Shelfari Questions group (http://www.shelfari.com/groups/15217/about). 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).

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/

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!

English Majors/Minors 207 books / 239 members / 445 posts This group is for English majors or minors, but anyone is welcome. What I hope to attract with the group title are literature analysts, people who thoroughly enjoy studying novels, short stories, essays, whatever. Maybe I can even lure in some who actually like to peruse a bit of criticism now and then, though I must admit only the most intriguing topics can take me this far.

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.

Book VS. Movie 396 books / 963 members / 1173 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!

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.

Totoro Tales 10 books / 3 members / 0 posts I am a high school English teacher who LOVES my job! I have a passion for students and a passion for reading. This group is an attempt to combine both. Some books discussed will be those we actually read in class (mostly British Literature) and some books we discuss will be outside reading that we would like to share with one another. All posts are welcome, as long as they relate to literature. Share book reviews, insights, characterizations, etc. I truly believe that we can all learn fromr one another and grow in wisdom because of it.

The Rory Gilmore Book Club 112 books / 273 members / 579 posts "Behold, the thing that reads a lot!" ~Lorelai Gilmore This group contains books read by all the characters of the show, mainly Rory, Lorelai, Richard, Paris, and Jess. As soon as Shelfari lets me tag group books, I'll have them all sorted out. The group is for the Gilmore Girls enthusiast, those of us who not only watch the show for the crazy Gilmore Gossip, but who also watch and wonder just what the heck Rory is reading next. ~How we work~ We'll be reading a book a season: Winter: December, January, February, March Spring: April, May Summer: June, July, August, September Fall: October November Winter & Summer will be reserved for reading the larger novels Rory has on her shelf, so that reading is not overwhelming and remains fun! Please feel free to revive old discussions. Just because the season's over, doesn't mean we still can't read and discuss! *Special Thanks to lifer_refil - whose maniacal obsession with Gilmore Girls helped to bulk up this shelf! =)

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.

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

Iranian Book Lovers 1114 books / 1384 members / 521 posts This group is for all Iranian book lovers to discuss their favorite books or get to know new books through the community.

Classic Reads 35 books / 58 members / 10 posts All those books that you wish you had actually read in high school (you know, the ones you just got the cliff notes for) So here's you're chance! Come join!!

Delhi Book Lovers 69 books / 220 members / 620 posts Lets share what the great city is reading!

Everything for Everyone 16 books / 3 members / 3 posts This is for anyone who wants to talk about anything involving books. Be sure to add any books you recommend to the group shelf. P.S: I bet you can't guess who this is a picture of.

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

Books taste better with coffee 25 books / 53 members / 16 posts Have you ever had the impression that the lines from a books seem to make much more sense when you're holding a cup of steaming coffee in you free hand?It's that or i'm a junkie...Works either way for me!

Better than Starbucks… if you like good coffee, great books, sharp wit, and people who read 775 books / 1135 members / 12927 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!

Readers in Heat 9 books / 58 members / 59 posts Saludos Readers in Heat, If you are reading this, it's probably pretty hot outside. Why not pull a book down off the shelf and relax. Here in this group, I'm not asking for anything special, extensive or busy. Interesting wouldn't be bad. Think about a good book that has stuck with you for one reason or another and turn us on. Please share what you have... Paz, Jam Maestro Jay

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...

LETS TRY AND SEE IF EVERY ONE ON SHELFARI CAN JOIN 1 GROUP!! 332 books / 2276 members / 18955 posts As far as I know, this group doesn't have a point other than to have as many people join it as possible, and to be totally and completely random in exsistence. :D We have games of all kinds, topics of conversation, notes about almost everything... various other things... but yeah. Overall, we're a fun crowd. This is an open group, so feel free to join all the fun! XD

SI-FAN 106 books / 52 members / 908 posts The Library closed its doors to the public. The members wandered off down the aisles in search of marvellous tales. And dust began to settle...a spider spun a web of delicious decadence. The Librarian stamped the immortal letters on a return "Once in never out". In the dim shade the spectre of Poe appeared, a trailing hand casting eternity in the dust on well scratched tables, and a sob split the silence...followed by the "Hush!" of solitude. A hand, scaled and sublime, rises from the watery depths, wiping away tears of yearning, mingling with the salt of bitter tides...oh the dreaming - the dreaming! Enters the explorer, his hand trails the eternal dust, and posits an opinion, but his opinion flounders on the concourse of nothingness - for paradoxical is the truth when to be seen it has to be hidden, and to be truly alive is to die. Say little and do much. With wintry days come influx of waifs and strays, come in and be shushy, for noble members lie in accumulation of dust, settle and warm yourselves by the fire.

inspiration 15 books / 3 members / 11 posts A comparison of opinions based on the book we are reading.

North Hills Prep - English II 4 books / 1 members / 0 posts North Hills Prep students in Mr. Climer's English II class come here. This is a place to discuss the books we are reading in class and to share other books you are reading outside of class.

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!

2008-2009 Pre AP Literature 3 books / 94 members / 62 posts This is a group of high school sophomores and the teacher of an AP Literature prep course at Tahoma High School in Maple Valley, Washington. Here, we will be discussing our recent reads, favorite books, and class novels.

Who doesn't love a classic? 75 books / 467 members / 525 posts This Group is for the people who enjoy the Classics. Discuss Mr. Darcy's behavior, dive 20,000 leagues under the sea, and fall down a rabbit hill into wonderland. Enjoy the classic that will be enjoyed by people today and many years in the future.