Overview: Groups

Shelfari Group Admins 616 books / 4755 members / 3070 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).

Chick Lit 413 books / 828 members / 608 posts Readers who love Chick Lit

Crime, Thriller & Mystery 351 books / 415 members / 271 posts

Mystery 342 books / 241 members / 372 posts A group to discuss and recommend mystery novels.

What are you reading? 2320 books / 5548 members / 12805 posts A place to talk about books you have read/reading of any genre, or any book talk in general.

All Things Plum... 22 books / 327 members / 534 posts This group is here for the discussion of all thing related to the world of Stephanie Plum and Janet Evanovich. Cupcakes and Babe alike are welcome… the only thing we ask is that we all get along and respect each others opinions… there are no right or wrong answers in works of fiction. Have fun!

Page Turner 106 books / 108 members / 120 posts Books you can't put down, you know the books that make you loose a night of sleep. List 2-3 books that caused you loose the most sleep over. Maybe it was a book that caused you to call in sick to work? Whatever the case, list the book(s) that caused your hand to involuntarily reach for the next page.

Audible Books to recommend 258 books / 203 members / 512 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

Brilliant Babes (And Dudes) Who Read Selectively 639 books / 165 members / 7777 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/

"Can you Recommend a Book about?" 121 books / 663 members / 1069 posts "I Need a Book About" Here is a place to ask your fellow Shelfarians to recommend a book on a subject or genre that your craving for one reason or another. Please join in and tell us what you need a book about.

Cynic Sisters 8 books / 4 members / 29 posts Family of entirely too cynical people. It makes us feel good about ourselves.

50 Book Challenge! 2902 books / 2864 members / 16247 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

Whodunnit? 121 books / 49 members / 34 posts A discussion group for mystery lovers -- ranging from the classic original Holmes stories to Robert B. Parker and Jonathan Kellerman. Crossover books are welcome too -- like the Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child collaborations. Fans of lighter fare are invited to join us -- I find the Stephanie Plum series by Evanovich hilarious, and I always enjoy a good Barbara Michaels/Elizabeth Peters. Robert K. Tannenbaum, Lawrence Block, Randy Wayne White, John D. MacDonald, Dick Francis, Manning Coles (out of print, but a treasure worth delving for!), Michael Connelly, John Sandford, James Lee Burke -- these are a few of "my favorite things." Join us and add your witty words of wisdom to our discussions.

I Love Books 35 books / 11 members / 30 posts For Anyone Who Loves Books

Whats the Best Books You've read? 25 books / 22 members / 13 posts Its really simple ,please list and discuss the best books you have read! You know the page turners,the ones you don't want to end. So come on i can't wait for your additions so i can add them to my to-be-read pile!!!! If you add a book to our shelf please let us know which book you added. I also want to say welcome to all our members,i don't always have the time to acknowledge you personally,but want to say we're glad to have you in our group!

Moms Who Read To Escape Their Weary Lives 731 books / 1168 members / 7278 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! October Title: Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin (Nominated by ~*Kim*~) The discussion began on October 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: November - The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent (Nominated by Shan) December - The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff (Nominated by Julie) 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 The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain 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.

best romantic books 1 books / 18 members / 3 posts just a group on some best romantic books

Books to Read 265 books / 1 members / 0 posts Books that are on my shelf that I haven't read yet

Books to read 109 books / 16 members / 3 posts Books don't own yet and want to read - fantasy, children's and classics

My Life w/ Characters 23 books / 15 members / 23 posts This is for all of us who have read great characters no matter what the genre and just cant stop talking about them. It doesn't matter if they were read, seen, or if they are someone in your life, this is a place to let them all free. So, what do you think? Do you know a character?

Suspense and Thrillers 437 books / 1589 members / 4408 posts If you love thrillers, come join us! Some of our favorite authors are Harlan Coben, James Patterson, Lee Child, Greg Iles, David Baldacci, Lisa Unger, Amanda Stevens, Gregg Olsen, J.T. Ellison, Erica Spindler and many, many more. So come in and join us. Tell us your favorite thriller. Also, before you click that "Discussion" button, please know there are several pages of discussions going on. Take the time to look through and comment on as many as you'd like. Our 2008 group reads September Group Read- "RABBIT IN THE MOON" by Deborah and Joel Shlian October Group Read -"Black Out" by Lisa Unger November Group Read-A Reason for Dying, by Wilfred Bereswill NOTE: If you are an author of a mystery, suspense/thriller book and would like to lead a group discussion in a group read of your book, please send a private message to the owner of the group. Come join the fun if you'd like. Have a question, just ask! :)

Mystery R Us 46 books / 20 members / 4 posts This is a group for people who love mystery books to review, rate, and recommend good books.

Hot Guys in Books 11 books / 13 members / 6 posts Guy characters in Books. Who do you as the reader think is the best Characters and who is the hottest guy you have read in a book.

Mystery Lovers galore 232 books / 170 members / 105 posts Good for everyone who loves a good mystery. I'm an avid mystery & horror reader although I do read other stuff.

BabeCake Reading 622 books / 161 members / 1013 posts (F.Y.I. Please indicate your age on your profile or in the application when you apply for the Yahoo group.) This is an adjunct to the Yahoo Babecake general reading group. We're here to discuss any book. All Book-a-holics are welcome. If you are not a member of Babecake on Yahoo, please feel free to apply for membership at groups.yahoo.com/group/Babecakes You do not have to be a member on the Babecake Yahoo group to be a member on the Babecake Shelfari group and vice versa. The intention of the Babecake Shelfari group is to allow members more detailed information on books being discussed by Babecake members. Thanks.

Mix n' Match 27 books / 5 members / 22 posts Welcome to the wonderful world of Mix n' Match! Here we can talk about ALL and ANY books. Whether it be children's stories, horror, controversial, classic, memoirs, romance, fiction, non-fiction ANYTHING!!! Even poems, short stories, how-to, etc. No judgment will be placed upon you for liking whatever it is that you like. Let's hear about it! If you're like me, you'll want suggestions. You may be surprised at what you find here.

Cider House 10 books / 4 members / 1 posts This group is all about the orphans in our midst. The orphanages around the world and your contributions towards the betterment of the life of orphans.

BookWormLounge 5 books / 8 members / 0 posts Hey bookwormers--this is a add-on to our online yahoo group--thought it would be fun to have our own bookshelves to keep track of the books we read!!!

hooked on books 74 books / 9 members / 0 posts MSN "hooked on books" group needs a place to list each members books, what they have read and what they have purchased/acquired and what they plan to read soon. We read all types of books, classic, memoir, fiction, non-fiction, mystery, romance, horror..............we just love books!!

GOBL 16 books / 21 members / 88 posts For Neopets' GOBL members who wish to share their reading collection! :) Say hi to Bookworm Benny!! :D

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.

Better than Starbucks… if you like good coffee, great books, sharp wit, and people who read 678 books / 1010 members / 10324 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!

Funny Mysteries 7 books / 11 members / 1 posts Do you like mysteries with witty dialogue, and are you willing to share/discuss your 'funny mystery' finds (regardless of publication date and whether the book is currently in print) with others? If so, this is the group for you.

Guilty (Reading) Pleasures 39 books / 100 members / 306 posts Before I joined Shelfari, I used to think that I was a book snob. I've come to find that I'm very clearly NOT and decided to embrace my inner fluffy and/or trashy book lover (and to be honest, I really don't feel that guilty about it!) Reading doesn't always have to be an intellectual pursuit; sometimes it's just fun! So, c'mon...you know that you have a book stashed somewhere that you're ashamed to let anyone know you love. Or maybe it's an entire genre of books that no one knows you crave to read. Or maybe it's just that you love to read celebrity trash magazines in your spare time. Whatever it is, feel free to come in here and let your burden off your shoulders. We won't laugh...really.

The Full-Bodied Book Blog Group 19 books / 1 members / 0 posts Started by Zetta Brown, author of MESSALINA - DEVOURER OF MEN. These are books that are being discussed (or may be discussed) on The Full-Bodied Book Blog (http://fullbodiedbooks.blogspot.com) I am interested in books that feature or somehow portrays "characters of substance." Fiction and non-fiction of any type/genre is fine Suggestions are welcomed! NO SPOILERS, PLEASE!