Overview: Groups

As Long As Its Not Stupid 29 books / 34 members / 42 posts If it falls under the group name, we'll read it.

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 Chat 682 books / 1839 members / 5303 posts Rather than being about a particular genre or author or book this group is about books and reading in general. Topics have ranged from such things as favorite bookstore, whether you re-read your favorite books, what kind of bookmarks you use, where you read, what you read, i.e. stand alone or epics or short stories or poems and how you arrange your bookshelves at home as well as how you arrange your Shelfari shelves, to name a few. It's fun to see how much we have in common with others and maybe learn some new ideas at the same time. Bullying, trolling and spamming will not be allowed here.

Brilliant Babes (And Dudes) Who Read Selectively 635 books / 167 members / 7508 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/

The April Sarah Group 31 books / 3 members / 0 posts A book club based in Berkeley, CA

Diversity Works 500 books / 771 members / 7578 posts "Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true." ~ Martin Luther King Jr Diversity Works is a where we acknowledge our differences, celebrate our commonalities, and make an honest effort to navigate between the two. We hope the setting here feels safe enough for you to examine, consider, and challenge ideas and thoughts expressed here. It's not about being right, but being heard. Tell us what you think.

LeFunkier 8 books / 7 members / 4 posts

The Politics of Food 59 books / 135 members / 655 posts As the name might suggest, this is a group designed for discussion of the politics of food. What you eat has social, political, and economic implications, as well as physical and mental ones. If this sounds like a topic you know something about or would like to explore more in depth, please join us. All are welcome.

Flipping Our Switches 10 books / 11 members / 2 posts We all have had books that have spoken to us. Let's gather our most inspirational and moving and share why. These can be fiction or non-fiction.

Jesrabbit's Reading List 148 books / 1 members / 0 posts

Our World 4 books / 4 members / 0 posts Books based on events, information, and people that make our world the way it is. Not only is it limited to world events but how people work and think in it. This group is for those who like me have been searching for a group where the ideas of Thomas Friedman, Malcolm Gladwell, and many other authors who touch on the fact that we are all part of this world and we need to be educated about it.

What are you reading? 2290 books / 5334 members / 12183 posts A place to talk about books you have read/reading of any genre, or any book talk in general.

Readers In Thongs 211 books / 245 members / 3973 posts *Note* Want the basics so you know how to jump into the current challenge? For an overview of the current RIT challenge, the RIT FAQ site is: http://ritsfaqs.wordpress.com RIT is the Home Of: *The Weight Loss Reading Challenge *The Amazing Page Race Reading Challenge *The Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge *TBR Makeover Challenge So, just how big is your TBR pile? Or do you have more than one TBR pile? Or even better, do you have a place where you stash those books away from the eyes of those who may not totally understand your reading obsession. Readers In Thongs have huge TBR piles. They either own them outright or bring them home from the library. Some books slip further and further down those TBR piles until they are almost forgotten. Or at least they were until Readers In Thongs began reading challenges based strictly upon each person's own personal treasure of To-Be-Read books. Every challenge here is based on books you already own or can borrow. There is no need to ever buy a book for this reading group if you don't want to. The Challenges are built around themes such as weight loss or number of pages read. You can participate as much or as little as you want. The point is to read what you want when you want, share those good reads you find with others in the group, and have fun. Visit us at: http://readersinthongs.blogspot.com for our reviews and other group news. Readers In Thongs lost a combined weight of 158 pounds, 5 ounces as of December 31, 2007 in the Weight Loss Reading Challenge Readers In Thongs read a combined total of 190,845 pages (bonus pages included) during The Amazing Page Race Book Challenge. (Our group settings are arranged so that only members can see our discussions and our shelves. You don't need a special invitation to join the group; just click on "join" and you'll be able to participate in all our activities.)

Pop-Culture Junkies 431 books / 105 members / 594 posts Pop-culture junkie bibliophiles of the world unite. This group is for those of us who are proud to let the fangirl/fanboy flag fly and happily admit to our pop-culture junkie status. If you own enough movies to open up your own rental store, have more books than you do shelves, have ventured into a comic store more than once in your life, find yourself quoting a book, movie, or television show at least once daily, and thank the tv gods that DVR/Tivo was ever invented...then this is the group for you. We'll discuss the latest in pop culture media and have a good time. The group promises to be a chock full of hoot and a lil bit of nany. Possibly even legend...wait for it...ary.

Horokiwi Books 50 books / 2 members / 0 posts Half way between Eastbourne and Seatoun is the quarry at Horokiwi. It marks the mid-point of the many journeys made for a long-standing book club.

:: The Mumbai Book Lovers Group :: 8 books / 49 members / 5 posts This Group is for those poeple who stay or regularly commute to Mumbai / Bombay (India) and love to read books. Related to reading and writing, we may look forward exchanging and lending Thoughts, Ideas, Opportunities and obviously BOOKS !!

100+ Book Challenge 399 books / 307 members / 3987 posts Up for a serious challenge? Then come join us! Our goal is to read 100 or more books in one year. Just start a new discussion post, WITH YOUR NAME IN THE SUBJECT OF YOUR ORIGINAL POST, and log your books. You can start any time. Our goal really is to read 100 or more books in one year. If you haven't been keeping track of the books you've read, start when you join. We have a blog, at http://100-book-challenge.blogspot.com/ Our Yahoo Group is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/100-plus-book-challenge/

Public health 77 books / 45 members / 15 posts This group is for anyone interested in the intersection between health sciences and sociology... the relationship between topics such as prejudice, education, minimum wage, human rights, and housing with disease prevalence, access to health care, quality of health care, and prevention.

SCIENCE BUZZ 55 books / 28 members / 5 posts This is the internal lending library for the Science Museum of Minnesota's "Science Buzz" project team. Curious about Science Buzz? Check it out on the web: www.smm.org/buzz

capitol hill book club 11 books / 9 members / 0 posts this is a shelfari edition of our trip to the eastern shore

Students for Environmental Action 24 books / 8 members / 2 posts This is a group for Students for Environmental Action at Kansas State University.

NoVA Bookclub 53 books / 15 members / 38 posts We are currently reading A SENSE OF THE WORLD: HOW A BLIND MAN BECAME HISTORY'S GREATEST TRAVELER by Jason Roberts. Please feel free to make any comments on our books below as you read or if can't make it to the meeting (or even afterwards). Also, if you'd like to impact our book selections, please vote. We meet the first Thursday of each month at 7pm. Our next meeting is Thursday, July 3rd. See you there! ___________________________________________________________________ When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before. ~ Chris Fadiman

Cambridge 1st Alumnae 57 books / 11 members / 1 posts Cambridge 1st Ward's Fabulous Women's Book Group. One of the things we miss most when leaving Boston.

Moms Who Read To Escape Their Weary Lives 711 books / 1117 members / 6909 posts In order to find out what books the Moms Who Read are discussing, please click on the blue "more" link at the end of the next paragraph. You may lose a few brain cells when you become a mother, but you still love to read! Whether you're able to fit in one book per year or 100 between changing diapers and/or taxiing kids to sports and activities, this is the place to come to chat about your current books or to get ideas for future reading. So grab a book, settle in, and let off some steam if you need to...we mommies are here to listen! September Title: The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain (Nominated by Julie) The discussion began on September 1, but feel free to add to it at any time by searching for the thread using the "Search Discussions" link on the upper right side of the page. Upcoming titles: October - Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin (Nominated by ~*Kim*~) Discussions will begin on the first of each month. Past titles: The Bright Side of Disaster by Katherine Center (with author chat) Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen All the Numbers by Judy Merrill Larsen (with author chat) In the Woods by Tana French The Other Mother by Gwendolen Gross (with author chat) People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner An Inconvenient Wife by Megan Chance (with author chat) Love Walked In by Maria de Los Santos If you have anything you'd like to add to these discussions at any time, don't hesitate to pull the book titles up from the "Search Discussions" link on the upper right side of the page and add to the threads! While we appreciate that many of our members are authors, please do not post book promotions to our group. I will remove them as I do not want anyone to feel pressured to buy anything or be bothered by numerous spams in the discussion list. Thank you for understanding.

Vegetarians and Vegans 27 books / 8 members / 2 posts For folks who enjoy devouring books as much as fruits and veggies!

50 Book Challenge! 2778 books / 2666 members / 15025 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 With 4 votes each: Water For Elephants, The Road, The Red Tent, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Middlesex, Eat, Pray, Love With 3 votes each: Eclipse, My Sister's Keeper, Suite Francaise, Shadow of the Wind, The Lovely Bones, Jane Eyre, His Dark Materials (plus 3 honorable mentions), The Glass Castle, Girl With the Pearl Earring, Darkly Dreaming Dexter With 2 votes each: 19 Minutes, Black Swan Green, Dogs of Babel, Heart-Shaped Box, In the Woods, Into the Wild, Kafka on the Shore, On Chesil Beach, The Book Thief, The Memory Keepers Daughter, The Stolen Child, No Country for Old Men, Marley and Me, New Moon

Naperville Central 122 books / 77 members / 12 posts Bringing the book back to NCHS Join this group if you go to Naperville Central, if you teach at Naperville Central, or if you just envy Naperville Central! AND... I think we can make this the biggest group on Shelfari. 68? Thats nothing! WE ARE TIED FOR 5th LARGEST GROUP!!!

Vegan Books 34 books / 35 members / 2 posts All sorts of books about veganism - cookbooks, Animal Rights, ethics, and everything else.

What Celebs are Reading / Celeb Favorites 8 books / 1 members / 1 posts Can you name the books that influenced your favorite celeb? World leaders? Find out here!

Young Professionals / Entrepreneurs 9 books / 15 members / 2 posts Management books that help young professionals and entrepreneurs deal with real work scenarios and gain an insight into new and existing verticals.

The Plot Tenders 19 books / 5 members / 42 posts Once a month The Plot Tenders discuss a book and eat a fabulous meal at one of the local restaurants. Our motto is "Eat, drink, and be merry!" Everyone takes turns choosing a book and we read many different genres. Book club stretches us as readers and lovers of books.