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Bookshelf: Please include full title and author's name.

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Series Post here any set of books which is a trilogy (3) or longer. A series may be either fiction or non-fiction. (Examples are J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series or Sue Grafton's Kinsey Milhone murder mysteries series.) Individual books may also be posted in their respective genres' threads.	45	98	Jun 26 2008, 06:33 PM In: Septimus Heap series/Angie ... By: Prof. Opal
Fantasy This forum should contain single (or two) books in the fantasy genre. (Examples are a J.K. Rowling Harry Potter book and Cornelia Funke's The Thief Lord.)	29	12	Apr 19 2008, 03:28 AM In: Wicked/Gregory Maguire By: Ellie Warhol
Mystery/Suspense This forum should have posts about mystery books or psychological thrillers. (Examples are Kelley Armstong's Exit Strategy and Mary Stewart's The Gabriel Hounds.)	13	17	Jun 18 2008, 05:42 PM In: The Sinister Pig By: Prof. Opal
Science Fiction This forum should contain titles which reflect the Science Fiction genre. (Examples are Poul Anderson's Brain Wave and Isaac Assimov's I, Robot.)	7	4	Mar 11 2008, 03:47 AM In: Fault Lines By: Prof. Opal
Historical Fiction This forum should contain books which are based on actual (historical) eras or events, but which are largely fictional (made up) in the characters that appear and events that happen in the books. (Examples are James Michener's Alaska and Lew Wallace's Ben Hur.)	18	13	Jun 18 2008, 04:46 AM In: An Embarrassment of Riches By: Prof. Opal
Action This forum contains books which has the action of the characters as the main focus. The books are often part of another genre such as mystery or historical fiction, but the "doings" of the main charcters are the focus. (Examples are Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October and Alistair MacClean's The Guns of Navarrone.)	5	0	Jun 28 2008, 08:26 PM In: Flush; Hoot By: Prof. Opal
Romance This genre contains books which focus on "love stories" and/or epic travels which involve great love and great risk, and great achievements or disappointments. These are usually fiction--if a book deals with real people, then place it in the non-fiction forum. (Examples would be Nicholas Spark's The Notebook and Thomas Mann's Death in Venice.)	9	3	Apr 19 2008, 12:42 PM In: Light O The Morning By: Lisa Bard
Comedy This shelf should contain books which are primarily fiction, but which focus on humor. (Examples would be Patricia Reilly Giff's The Winter Worm Business and Douglas Adam's The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. This latter book is also part of a series.)	2	2	Jun 21 2008, 07:10 AM In: Hitchhiker's Guide/Doug... By: Fallon McKnight
Horror This forum will contain books that serve to frighten (and make more cautious and thoughtful at the same time) the reader. (Examples are any of The Goosebumps books or Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.)	5	9	Jun 16 2008, 02:02 AM In: Stephen King By: leighvanvoreen
Non-fiction This forum contains titles which are based in reality: historical accounts, auto-biography, biography, social commentary, philosophy, psychology, travel, Do-It-Yourself, art, etc. (Examples would be Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie and Margaret Barnes' A Buzzard is My Best Friend.)	13	2	Jun 14 2008, 04:00 AM In: My Sergei By: Prof. Opal
Poetry This forum may contain book collections of various poets' poems (Anthologies), and book-length poems (epic poetry). (Examples would be Homer's The Illiad and T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland.)	4	3	Apr 27 2008, 02:26 AM In: If, by Rudyard Kipling By: Prof. Opal
Drama This shelf contains titles of plays (three to five acts), one-person shows in literature form, and musicals, either comedy or tragedy. (Examples would be Ibsen's The Doll House and Oscar and Hammerstein's South Pacific.)	9	9	Jun 16 2008, 02:31 PM In: Macbeth By: leighvanvoreen
Realistic "Life" Fiction In this forum, books that are fiction but based on "real life" experiences (as opposed to fantasy) may be listed. Some of them may also qualify for other forums--so feel free to list them twice. This forum is likely to be "heavy" in books that deal with life crises and psychological scenarios. Examples would be I Never Promised You a Rose Garden and Flowers for Algernon.	6	4	Jul 4 2008, 01:05 AM In: for one more day By: Prof. Opal