Overview: Groups

What are you reading? 2328 books / 5582 members / 12974 posts A place to talk about books you have read/reading of any genre, or any book talk in general.

Pageturners 70 books / 1 members / 0 posts A "live" bookclub that has met on a monthly basis for over 4 years... over time all of the books the club has read will be added. The "reading list" is up to date.

Culture Junkies 2 books / 9 members / 0 posts This is a group for people who love reading about other cultures through all genres of books.

Bestseller's Browsers 85 books / 7 members / 0 posts We are a group of friends that have been discussing books since March 1998. There are nine of us...Alix, Amy, Cathy, Debby, Jan, Kimia, Susan, Teri and Vivian.

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.

FrugalReader.com Members 439 books / 44 members / 229 posts A group for Shelfari.com members who are also FrugalReader.com members!

Brilliant Babes (And Dudes) Who Read Selectively 641 books / 166 members / 7796 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/

Marketing Misfits 11 books / 6 members / 0 posts co-workers who all love books and want to talk about them :-)

Of places and races 48 books / 6 members / 3 posts About poignant stories set in different places. Of human heart and emotions that rock us from within.

NYT Bestsellers List 48 books / 18 members / 2 posts C'mon New Yorkers. We all check out the book review. Post some of your favorites and tell us about them.

Sisterhood 15 books / 2 members / 181 posts A private group of quiet intellectuals.

3rd Monday at Towne 99 books / 8 members / 0 posts The photo is from a memorable road trip that we took to learn about bees from a professor at Cornel University after reading The Secret Life of Bees.

The Netherlands 4 books / 38 members / 0 posts For readers (of books in English, Dutch or any other language) that reside in The Netherlands.

AP English Teachers 142 books / 216 members / 224 posts A place for AP English teachers to share all the great lit we read/teach on our serious days, and all the "trash" we read the rest of the year:-) To join, please use the form to the right to send the admin a member request. Please include which AP English course you teach (or if you teach courses that "feed" into AP English). If approved, you will receive an invitation to the group.

Eat Good Food, Read Good Books 87 books / 6 members / 24 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

The Black White Gallery 81 books / 3 members / 0 posts

Iran / Persia 33 books / 176 members / 14 posts Art, Culture, History, & Politics of Iran / Persia, including the Diaspora. Discussing the history of the people and politics: From the original inhabitants of Media and Persia to the present day Islamic Republic of Iran, from the cult of Mithra and Zoroastrianism to Islam, including all the ethnic groups that have made up Iran's population throughout history.

Oprah's Book Club 70 books / 288 members / 151 posts This is a group geared toward reading the books on Oprah's Book club book list. Also, the general discussion of Oprah and Oprah associated things may be brought into the mix. Have fun and love our Oprah.

Ravenous Readers 39 books / 2 members / 0 posts

What the Hoo Hoo Sisters Want to Read Next 35 books / 6 members / 0 posts The Hoo Hoo Sisterhood Sub-Club: Books listed here are only our "wish list" of books we'd like to read but haven't decided on yet. Everyone is allowed to add to the wish list and add comments!!!!

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

Wild Women Book Club 106 books / 8 members / 1 posts

Movie Lovers 282 books / 1187 members / 4149 posts Welcome to Movie Lovers. ~~For information on the monthly Group Movies please click on the blue "more" tab below~~ This is the place to come to discuss all genres of movies, old or new, viewed on the big screen or the little one, and not necessarily book-related... Many book-lovers also share a passion for movies, as they also tell a "story" of one kind or another, and many movies are based on our favourite books. All movie-lovers welcome to join discussions, or create your own. Feel free to resurrect old (or ancient) discussions if you have something to add! HAVE A HAPPY DAY :) our current group movie August : Connection=Theme : ANTI-WAR : Ballad of a Soldier our previous group movies July : Connection=Theme : FOOD : Chocolat (currently under discussion) June : Connection=Actor : CHRISTIAN BALE : The Machinist/The Prestige May : SCIENCE FICTION : Equilibrium April : COMEDY : Death at a Funeral March : DRAMA : Gone Baby Gone

Hong Kong Book Club 2 32 books / 5 members / 0 posts

The JLM Memorial Book Discussion Group 91 books / 5 members / 15 posts Book history for a small Des Moines based book discussion group.

The Cool Bookclub 50 books / 7 members / 3 posts This club may not be for you.

Book Club 101 37 books / 1 members / 5 posts