Kaseadillla’s Comments (group member since May 04, 2016)

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

Nominating Emma by Jane Austen

I second Flowers for Algernon

Nominate Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

have a long list of non-fiction I'd love to start hitting

second Love in the Time of Cholera

second the sun also rises!

Welcome, all! Hope y'all can join us for some great group reads!!

Advice to newcomers as well... most of the classics we read are free on kindle, epub, and other e-reader formats. You don't need to wait for books in the mail!

This book is just pure adventure. One crazy fantasy thing to the next. Loved the journey... though as an adult I can't believe I whipped through it as fast as I did when I was a kid. Definitely took me longer to get through this time.

Would love to read 1Q84
925 pages though...maybe something to start during "stay at home" orders

Editing original post as well, another VERY interesting collection of world stats on COVID-19 progress with worldwide news consolidated on one site:

WorldoMeter Coronavirus Stats

if you're not getting enough of it in the news... some potentially topical fiction books about pandemics:

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
The Plague by Albert Camus

Zeljka wrote: "This morning at around 6:30 rather heavy earthquake woke us up.
Ouside was 0°C, while yesterday was genuine first day of spring with 22°C, so we froze while waiting to see what will happen next. H..."

My goodness! @Zeljka, glad you all are safe! Where did the earthquake happen?!?!?

Erin wrote: "And I just though of another one; The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. It's historical fiction, beautiful and a modern classic"

I loved the movie on Netflix... would love to read the book.

If any of you watch BBC, CNN, Bloomberg, or Fox News - the first link up top, the map, is the source they are citing for latest virus numbers.

Fellow readers,

As you've all probably heard, COVID-19 is now a global pandemic. We hope you are all healthy and staying safe over the coming months. We wanted to encourage this wonderful community we have built to keep in touch and support each other throughout (especially if you are under quarantine and have only your books and Goodreads to keep you company).

We encourage you to check in with your local government and medical professionals. In the meantime, some resources that you may find helpful:

Global map of reported cases, deaths, recoveries
World Health Organization (WHO) updates
Prevention measures
What to do if you are sick
NYT updates (US, free access, political response updates)
BBC World news updates (Global, free access, political and medical repsonse updates)
WorldoMeter Stats and Consolidated World News

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Hi all!

Just wanted to say hello!!! and give a big shout out to Joanna, Catherine, Tori, Betsy, and Marcos who kept this ship going while I had to step away.

Hope you are all doing well!

Very much appreciated, sj!

Hello all! I'm am very, very sorry that I've been absent. Catching up on a few things, but will be sending out a message to the group shortly. Thank you ALL for your hard work in keeping the group going, and I truly appreciate your thoughtfulness and dedication to the group.
Will be back shortly.
Kasey

also WOW 7,500 MEMBERS.

any celebration ideas?

Welcome, Notash and Jamie!

wondering how hard it would be to actually do it world cup style...
like put two teams head-to-head each week or something and if you win, you move to the next week and play the winner of another match or something like that...
Or round robin style...

any other ideas?