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Kaseadillla’s comments from the EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club group.

second The Lies of Locke Lamora I loved that book

Hello all - starting up discussions for the NOVEMBER 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the CLASSICS category: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez.

This discussion will be FULL OF SPOILERS. If you have not read the book yet and don't want to ruin the ending, hop on over to the spoiler-free discussion HERE .

Happy reading!
Kasey

Hello all - starting up discussions for the NOVEMBER 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the CLASSICS category: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez.

This discussion will be SPOILER-FREE. If you have already read the book and want to discuss, hop on over to the spoiler-filled discussion HERE .

Happy reading!
Kasey

Hello all - starting up discussions for the NOVEMBER 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the MODERN CLASSICS/POPULAR READS category: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.

This discussion will be FULL OF SPOILERS. If you have not read the book yet and don't want to ruin the ending, hop on over to the spoiler-free discussion HERE .

Happy reading!
Kasey

Hello all - starting up discussions for the NOVEMBER 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the MODERN CLASSICS/POPULAR READS category: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.

This discussion will be SPOILER-FREE. If you have already finished the book and want to discuss, hop on over to the spoiler-filled discussion HERE .

Happy reading!
Kasey

Welcome, Randy! Halfway through American Gods myself. Looking forward to your thoughts!

Welcome, Erin! Friend of mine is moving to London soon - already excited to visit from this side of the "pond".

SECOND Lord of the Flies stalled halfway through

Seconding The Golden Compass/Northern lights

Andrianna wrote: "Team Slytherin! At Bertram's Hotel Oct 27th And Then There Were None Oct 9th Stardust Oct 7th"
Abby wrote: "And I Darken 10/22 Fangirl 10/25 Slytherin!"
5 points for Slytherin!!!!!

Cristin wrote: "Finished 10/29/17: Bridget Jones's Diary Hufflepuff!"
Shawna wrote: "I have 2 more for Hufflepuff! And Then There Were None completed 10/13. Be Different: Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian with Practical Advice for Aspergians, Misfits, Famili..."
Alissa wrote: "1. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See 2. Read date: 10/30/17 3. Hufflepuff"
4 points for Hufflepuff!!!!

LobZig wrote: "Just joined, was sorted to Ravenclaw my two pennies' worth: 1. Authority Aug,1 2. Acceptance Aug,22 3. The Killer Inside Me Sep,12 4. The Demol..."
Anne-Kathrin wrote: "Meditationen 30 Oct 2017 RAVENCLAW"
Anahit wrote: "This has been a month of slow reads for me: 1) The Martian 16.10 2) Sur les frontières 25.10 3) Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology 27.10 4) Th..."
Amanda wrote: "Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism 30 October Ravenclaw"
Carolyn wrote: "The Yellow Wall-Paper 30 October Ravenclaw"
16 points for Ravenclaw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Calvin Tower wrote: "Fly High Gryffindor! The Woman in ..."
Saar wrote: "The Painted Man 10/30. Gryffindor!"
15 points for GRYFFINDORRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

no problem!

I think we missed 10 pages somewhere.

Total Group Pages = 319,545

Welcome, Ilya! Totally in the same boat, hence the description. Those are all pretty much direct quotes if you can believe it.

And welcome, Radhika! Read Eleanor & Park, thought it was great!

Hi guys! The Remains of the Day is in the poll for next month's group reads. Vote on the poll here!
If it doesn't win, will be eligible here again. Thanks!

Hello all! Starting up the monthly discussions for January 2018 book-of-the-month suggestions. This discussion is for a brand new category called BOOKSHELF CATCH-UP.

This is a catch-up book club, after all. For this category, you can nominate any book that the group has previously read. For a list of books that the group has previously read and discussed, please see the bookshelf.

I'll start off by suggesting a group read that I personally missed - Dune by Frank Herbert.

Hello all! Starting up the monthly discussions for January 2018 book-of-the-month suggestions. This discussion is for the CLASSICS CATEGORY.

As a reminder, books that qualify for this category must have a publication date 1969 and before. If the book you wish to nominate was published in 1970 or after, please make your suggestion on the Modern Classics/Popular Reads thread.

Will start off by suggesting Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr..

Hello all! Starting up the monthly discussions for January 2018 book-of-the-month suggestions (can you BELIEVE it's almost the new year?!?). This discussion is for the MODERN CLASSICS/POPULAR READS CATEGORY.

As a reminder, books that qualify for this category must have a publication date 1970 and after. If the book you wish to nominate was published 1969 or prior, please make your suggestion on the Classics thread.

I'll start off by suggesting American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis.


***PSA: Due to my inability to count, The Golden Compass or Northern Lights by Philip Pullman is automatically in January 2018 BOTM polls. Thanks!***

Welcome, Dhana! Hopefully we can help with the to-read list!

Brian wrote: "If anyone wants to do a blind read, Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker is a new book being released at the end of October that is a retelling of the Nutcracker. Thi..."

we did read Small Great Things a few months after it was released, so might be considered a "blind read" as you suggest for this Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker.

Tally is updated, current rankings below:

Ravenclaw: 573 house points, 52 witches and wizards
Slytherin: 453 house points, 33 witches and wizards
Gryffindor: 322 house points, 25 witches and wizards
Hufflepuff: 268 house points, 36 witches and wizards

Welcome, Orchid! Love fantasy/adventure myself, is that a real genre? Feel like it is.

Welcome, Doug! Congrats on retirement! Looking forward to your thoughts.

Hello, Misty! Was in the same boat, welcome to the group.

Welcome, Tiffany! Congrats on motherhood. Never too late to join!

Welcome, Fe! If/when I travel to Ireland someday, will look to you for suggestions =)

Welcome, Elizabeth! whenever I'm slacking on reading, it's because of Netflix. Just started Stranger Things...