Overview: Groups

24 Book Challenge + Chat 625 books / 100 members / 2220 posts The 24 Book Challenge group is currently at full capacity; thank you for your interest. "In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.", Mortimer Adler *This is a group for book lovers who prefer to take an under-promise and over-deliver approach to their reading. It's also for those of us who quake at the thought of "committing" to read 50 books in a twelve month period. The challenge: Set a goal for yourself to read and enjoy 2 books each month.(If 1 would be a s-t-r-e-t-c-h goal for you, that's great too! If you crave more than 2, go for it. It's your challenge :-) If you have been keeping track of all that you've read since January 2008, feel free to include those books towards your goal. If you haven't been keeping track, simply begin now. How it works: Put your name in the subject line of a new post, and start to add your book list. From that point on you can add to your list by replying to the first post in your thread. If you prefer to keep your thread free of others' questions or comments then you may want to include this request in your original post title (e.g. "No comments please"). If you would like questions or comments within your thread, why not include "Comments welcome" in the title? If you feel inspired to write mini-reviews or comments on any book in your list, please do. Whatever feels right for you! The group shelf:You are also invited to add your 24 + books to the group shelf. If you did write a comment or review please also add this to your book on the shelf. In an effort to keep things simple, we're only using the "Books We've Read" shelf. Please drop us a note if you have any questions or suggestions for improving the group. We'd love to hear from you!

Poulios/Whipple 9 books / 3 members / 3 posts

Non-Fiction for Teens 53 books / 5 members / 0 posts Non-Fiction books geared towards teens, or adult non-fiction that would also appeal to young adults. Everyone is welcome, and feel free to add new titles to our bookshelf!

words on your mind 30 books / 31 members / 19 posts this group is about the passages or few lines that we like in the books we read. sometimes we note them down or mark the pages with bookmarks. preferably i note the words i like. so i keep a seperate diary for it. these words are which inspire us or may be sometimes resemble our thoughts. one of my favourites for eg. "To see him again after so long awakened something desperate inside me.i was surprised to find myself feeling sad,rather than joyful,as i would have imagined." from memoirs of a geisha

True Crime 587 books / 180 members / 1931 posts This is a group for lovers of True Crime. We are a relaxed group and invite everyone with an interest in True Crime to post whatever they feel like talking about. Feel free to post any True Crime books you have read or want to read and discuss with other members.

Bham Book Group 54 books / 5 members / 2 posts This is a private group. You need to be invited to join.

"Non-Fiction" 370 books / 335 members / 136 posts A place to find, recommend, and discuss all things non-fiction.

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

Good Reads 22 books / 368 members / 1099 posts The motto for this group is "Anything goes." Any genre and every genre. How it's going to work is that each month a different member will select 4 or 5 books that he would like to read. He will then post a new thread with the titles in it. At that point the rest of us can respond with our vote. By the end of the voting period (the 15th of the month), the book with the most votes will win. In case of a tie, both books will be selected and if members want to read both books, they may, or if you want to choose which one you read, that is fine as well. In order to be selected to nominate books you have to have participated in the book voting or discussion two months prior. Participation means discussing or voting. The reason the person who nominates books is selected two months in advance is because the date of voting begins so early. All genres will be accepted as appropriate for this group. It can be anything from a best seller, horror, drama, real life, non-fiction, humor, YA, children's, science fiction, classic, you name it, we can read it. Don't feel like you have to read every book we choose. If you don't like our selection, feel free to sit this one out. Or, if you want to sit out a few months for various other reasons, not a problem. This is YOUR book group. Everyone has a say so in what they want to read by picking out a few titles themselves. At the same time, you also get a little bit of choice and opinion in the voting each cycle. If you want to receive group notifications about voting and winning titles, make sure to sign your name on the thread about wanting to receive notifications. 2007 Books August Lucky You by Carl Hiaasen and After the Plague by T.C. Boyle (nominated by notrorygilmore) September A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon (nominated by jrwojow) October The Know-It-All by AJ Jacobs (nominated by maggiethecat74) November The Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo (nominated by Cheryl) December/January Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (nominated by Aimeesue) 2008 Books December/January Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (nominated by aimeesue) February Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors (nominated by Doughgirl) March Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (nominated by Pepi) April The Soul Catcher by Michael White (nominated by beachlover20855) May The Space Betweeen Us by Thrity Umrigar and Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World by Rita Golden Gelman (nominated by Booksaremylife) June The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffengger (nominated by Trupti) July Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson (nominated by ToniK) August Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson (nominated by Ruth Ann H.) September The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle (nominated by sweatpea78 October Amagansett by Mark Mills (nominated by maggiethecat) PLEASE ONLY PUT BOOKS WE HAVE READ IN THIS GROUP ON THE GROUP SHELF. Recently I've noticed a lot of authors placing their books on our shelf. Our shelf is reserved for the books we've read, or nominated, ONLY.

True Crime II 45 books / 53 members / 64 posts This is a True Crime group for people that like to read author's other than Ann Rule. This one includes the murders of women like Beth Short and Deb Gardner. So if Anne Rule cannot write a book about it we must be in the right (er write) place.

Taphophile's Paradise 23 books / 4 members / 4 posts For Taphophile's who enjoy reading books on Forensics, True Crime, Cemeteries, The Funeral Industry and more.

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.

What are you reading? 2290 books / 5332 members / 12180 posts A place to talk about books you have read/reading of any genre, or any book talk in general.

Minutes of Gold Society 5 books / 13 members / 44 posts To take that few Golden Minutes a month to read, reflect, and analyze a book with my favorite friends.

Readers In Thongs 210 books / 245 members / 3969 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.)

"Hey! What's so funny!?!" 165 books / 489 members / 338 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!

Humor rules! 25 books / 47 members / 39 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!)

MDS bookworms 5 books / 36 members / 128 posts For the freaks from mds, mydeathspace.

50 for 2007 67 books / 1 members / 0 posts

OBCB - Science & Technology 26 books / 3 members / 4 posts