Overview: Groups

Black History 61 books / 59 members / 158 posts This group is for avid readers of non-fictional and fictional works related to black history and its hero(ine)s.

Contemporary Literature social, political, valued 16 books / 14 members / 7 posts reading, writing, blogging and taking notice: the 21st century school's world view on American life and history!

Books I have read so far in 2007 208 books / 19 members / 4 posts Just keeping a record of what I read x

What are you reading? 2467 books / 5860 members / 13979 posts This group is for anyone, of any background or age group, who is interested in talking about...Books. Books you want to read, have read, are reading, books you have heard of and not yet read. Books of any genre. You are welcome to ask for recommendations or opinions.

NYT Bestsellers List 48 books / 19 members / 2 posts C'mon New Yorkers. We all check out the book review. Post some of your favorites and tell us about them.

Bongoid Mooing 26 books / 9 members / 33 posts A collaborative shelf in which to put currently being read books or books we want to read. There are no rules. This is a private shelf that is by invite only and can be viewed by members only. A veritable oasis of book hedonism.

Richmond Book Club 11 books / 3 members / 0 posts

Womanist Theology 149 books / 69 members / 185 posts Womanist theologians can bring the experience and knowledge of the marginalized to the center by standing aside to let the community speak for itself. ~Linda E. Thomas~ Womanist theology is the positive affirmation of the gifts which God has given black women in the U.S.A. It is, within theological discourse, an emergent voice which advocates a holistic God-talk for all the oppressed. Though centered in the African American woman's reality and story, it also embraces and stands in solidarity with all suppressed subjects. In a word, womanist theology is a theory and practice of inclusivity, accenting gender, race, class, sexual orientation, and ecology. Because of its inclusive methodology and conceptual framework, womanist theology exemplifies reconstructed knowledge beyond the monovocal concerns of black (male) and (white) feminist theologies. [Excerpt from WOMANIST THEOLOGY, EPISTEMOLOGY, AND A NEW ANTHROPOLOGICAL PARADIGM by Linda E. Thomas] This group is inclusive. "How often have I demanded from another Black woman what I had not dared to give myself -- acceptance, faith, enough space to consider change."~Audre Lorde~

Biographies & Autobiographies 383 books / 460 members / 207 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?

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

Brilliant Babes (And Dudes) Who Read Selectively 648 books / 168 members / 8129 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/

Strong Talented Creative Jewels 10 books / 1 members / 0 posts We are a group of lovely exciting and interesting women in the NY Metropolitan area that gather monthly to share experiences in love and life and squeeze in some reading along the way :)

Diversity Works 516 books / 778 members / 8024 posts "This was one of the tasks we set forth at the beginning of this campaign - to continue the long march of those who came before us, a march for a more just, more equal, more free, more caring and more prosperous America. I chose to run for the presidency at this moment in history because I believe deeply that we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together - unless we perfect our union by understanding that we may have different stories, but we hold common hopes; that we may not look the same and we may not have come from the same place, but we all want to move in the same direction - towards a better future for of children and our grandchildren." Barack Hussein Obama 44th President of the U.S.A.!! 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.

Book Lovers For Barack Obama '08 7 books / 90 members / 77 posts Senator Barack Obama is a Book Lover too. After reading an excerpt from an address to the American Library Association on June 27, 2005, you'll want to know more. The full text is available on the Obama website. Join us in supporting Obama for President '08. "Education is still the foundation of this opportunity. And the most basic building block that holds that foundation together is still reading. At the dawn of the 21st century, in a world where knowledge truly is power and literacy is the skill that unlocks the gates of opportunity and success, we all have a responsibility as parents and librarians, educators and citizens, to instill in our children a love of reading so that we can give them the chance to fulfill their dreams." Is he our champion?

Book Chat 830 books / 1823 members / 6011 posts Welcome to Book Chat! Instead of being about a particular book, author or genre this group is about books and reading in general. Discussions have covered a wide variety of topics, from bookmarks, to book type preference (paperback, hardcover or trade paperback) to book-to-movie tie-ins, to where and when you read and even what started you reading. We also have some fun new projects starting and we hope you will join us. Tenia has started a Secret Reader (aka Secret Santa) where we will exchange gently used books. Tenia has also started a monthly book read. Our first group read will start in January and we are currently taking votes on several books that were nominated for the fiction genre. We are also currently taking nominations for books for February and March. Our February read will be horror and our March read will be chick lit. A discussion book raffle of sorts will be starting very soon so be sure to check back for details. Feel free to pop-in and have a look around. We would love to have you join us for some discussion and fun. Your admins...Kelly and Tenia

The Rory Gilmore Book Club 112 books / 274 members / 583 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! =)

Reading is the Coolest thing Ever 107 books / 123 members / 64 posts For people who love to read just about anything and think that reading is the coolest thing EVER!! Hahaha! :)

Audible Books to recommend 272 books / 211 members / 593 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

Shelfari Discussion 423 books / 1789 members / 5566 posts This group is about everything Shelfari. Let's talk about site improvements, issues encountered, and the next great feature we should build. If you have questions about how to use Shelfari, check out the Shelfari Questions group: http://www.shelfari.com/groups/15217/about NOTE: Please don't post topics not related to Shelfari features and requests in this group . They will be deleted.

The Wine-Knows 40 books / 7 members / 1 posts

Be Inspired 31 books / 444 members / 392 posts On a daily basis we find inspiration in the little things. Here is a place to share anything that has motivated you, or to find something that may help you to be inspired. Whether you are inspired by a book, a person, poem, quote, song, photograph, movie, or by God's grace and the beauty of the world around us. We now have a place to give to others what we have been been invigorated by.

TiVoCommunity 269 books / 5 members / 0 posts The TiVoCommunity website frequently has "what are you reading now" threads. This group aims to be central resource for members to see what others are reading at a glance.

Sami's Reading Room 159 books / 1 members / 0 posts A personal exploration in the printed words in many subjects as the "spirit moves me"

The Cosmos 20 books / 1 members / 0 posts It's a group of us moms who wanted to start reading again and have a good time too !!

The Book Club - DC 13 books / 6 members / 0 posts

DCNY Book Club 3 books / 1 members / 0 posts

Obama-Biden 2 books / 19 members / 132 posts Group for people supporting Barack Obama and Joe Biden for the next President and Vice President, respectively, of the United States of America.

Eat Good Food, Read Good Books 88 books / 6 members / 25 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

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

Moms Who Read To Escape Their Weary Lives 756 books / 1236 members / 8108 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! December Title: The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff The discussion began on December 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: January - The Nature of Monsters by Clare Clark February - The Wise Woman by Philippa Gregory March - The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb 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 The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent 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.

Jay Burns' Bookshelf 65 books / 3 members / 1 posts

Book Club For Folks That Actually Read the Book 8 books / 7 members / 52 posts This group is for the Book Club For Folks That Actually Read the Book members to discuss the current book in between meetings.

50 Book Challenge! 3135 books / 3142 members / 18453 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

BBB 7 books / 3 members / 0 posts Our group is Brothers, Books, and Beer. We are anchored in Asheville, NC, and meet at various locations around town. We are group of guys that discuss books that interest us while shooting the breeze and having a few beers.

Springfield High School Book Club 24 books / 8 members / 75 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!

Naperville Central 122 books / 76 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!!!

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.

Eyes Wide Open 45 books / 450 members / 114 posts This group is for adults that want to read a variety of african american books.