Overview: Groups

Augusta Book Club 21 books / 7 members / 1 posts MDW/MCG women's book club which meets monthly downtown for discussion, food and gossip

"Hey! What's so funny!?!" 164 books / 482 members / 335 posts I need more funny in my life, Hey, who doesn't? So lets talk about the funny, witty, hilarious stuff we've read. Any kind of funny -puns, wordplay, dry wit, Calvin & Hobbes, sci-fi, fantasy, politics, YA -- if it tickles your funny bone, let me know about it, because I'm sure to end up reading it!

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

Brilliant Babes (And Dudes) Who Read Selectively 627 books / 165 members / 7262 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/

moobers 10 books / 7 members / 0 posts

Bongoid Mooing 20 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.

The Gallery 79 books / 13 members / 99 posts This group will feature a new writer of fiction each month. The writers chosen will be, for the most part but not entirely limited to, post-war writers; i.e. those writers who began their careers during and after the Second World War, from around 1940 onwards... All novels of the month's featured writer will be shown on the main shelf in order of publication, left to right. Biographies, if they exist, will be shown on the 'to read' shelf, along w/ published letters, memoirs, short-story collections, and the like...a new discussion thread w/ a brief bio will be introduced w/ each writer, and also each featured writer will have their picture displayed during their month,,,

Humor rules! 22 books / 45 members / 38 posts I am always asking people the books that they have read that make them howl with laughter. I strongly feel that if we all laughed a little more the world would be a better place. Let's all let each other know what our favorite funny books are here. I am going to post a few to get us going. (Okay, so it is just me right now - but what the heck!)

Iagal's Gal Friends 1 books / 8 members / 9 posts Anyone who knows me and would like to join. International friends are more then welcome! And if you're local... eventually I'd like to get a group together for books and coffee once a month. Go ahead and join up!

50 Book Challenge! 2552 books / 2345 members / 12975 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

Moms Who Read To Escape Their Weary Lives 676 books / 1055 members / 6366 posts 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! We are currently voting on books for our September and October discussions. Each member may vote for two books and voting will close July 24. July title: An Inconvenient Wife by Megan Chance (nominated by ~*Kim*~) Megan Chance is joining us for the discussion! The discussion begins on July 1, but feel free to add to it at any time! Upcoming titles: August - Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos (Nominated by Ladyslott) 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 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.

Audiobook Listeners 101 books / 77 members / 102 posts An excellent audiobook helps pass the time (and maybe save your sanity!) during a long road trip or workout or just keep you entertained while working on a project. Feel free to post your favorites to the Group Shelf. The criteria is simply that you feel the audio presentation enhanced your enjoyment of the book more so than if you had read it. Recommendations for children, teens and adults are welcome!

Scottsdale Book Club 76 books / 15 members / 0 posts Scottsdale Book Club Meetup Group. Weekly casual book group with electic, mostly fction book selections.

Bham Book Group 50 books / 4 members / 1 posts This is a private group. You need to be invited to join.

Spiritual Questers 10 books / 1 members / 0 posts This group is for those who seek a deeper connection to God, creation and each other through challenging and thought-provoking reading and discussion.

Historical Fiction 393 books / 417 members / 565 posts I was shocked there was no "historical fiction" group so I'm going to try this. Your books can be from any era and style as long as they are historical fiction! I am always on the lookout for new books so please add/suggest as many as you like! As you can see from my shelf and the group's shelf we have a loose interpretation of what is "historical fiction" and a varied taste in books. Authors are welcome to post, but please do not use this group to advertise for your book unless it caters to our interests! Another small request from me......Please keep all discussions civil and try to respect other people's views and opinions while posting on this group. If you decide to join...welcome!

PDXMetro Reads 71 books / 3 members / 0 posts This is a collection of the books read by the E&A, PDXMetroreads, MiPL book club (just some of our many names!). Right now, it's a collection of books, but if people want to discuss, go ahead!

Bookworms Uncorked! 20 books / 3 members / 0 posts This is the group for Bookworms Uncorked! We met once a month to discuss books, eat and drink.

LTG Recommended Reading 102 books / 3 members / 1 posts Recommended reading from Lee's Tiny Group mailing list.

Thursday night book club (or the club formally known as disco pip and the missing long coat 14 books / 14 members / 227 posts Hey there guys! This is a page for our Thursday night crowd. Feel free to start discussing any books or what ever comes to mind :)

The JLM Memorial Book Discussion Group 91 books / 2 members / 7 posts Book history for a small Des Moines based book discussion group.

Christopher Moore 10 books / 4 members / 4 posts Hey everyone!! Are you a fan of Christopher Moore?? Then join here!! We can discuss about his works and ask for recommendation from other members and just share things :)