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This begins a group discussion of our Classics book selection, The Art of War by Sun Tzu, nominated by Pony.Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.
This begins a group discussion of our Modern book selection, Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, nominated by Andi.Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.
This begins our 3rd group discussion of our Catch-Up book selection, nominated by Pony.Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.
Tracking through message: 49⭐ Poll Candidate
The Marriage Plot (406p) - 1
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (260p) - 5
⭐The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (291p) - 8
The Reader (216p) -1
Starter Villain (264p) - 5
⭐The Namesake (291p) - 9
⭐Matilda (240p) - 7
⭐Lady Tan’s Circle of Women (368p) - 8
Twilight (383p) - 1
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (318p) - 2
Ninth House (461p) - 4
City of Bones (485p) - 2
The Death of Vivek Oji (248p)
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for February 2025 in the MODERN/POPULAR category. Top 4 will be selected for the poll.Books that qualify for this category:
1. Must have a publication date 1970 or after. For older books, please make your suggestion on the Classics thread.
2. Have not been previously ready by this group. Previously read books can be nominated in the Bookshelf Catch-Up thread. See the group's Bookshelf for previously read books.
3. Be reasonably well-read, with at least 50,000 ratings, to fit the "Everyone Has Read This but Me" claim.
Only one nomination is allowed per person, per category. If you nominate more than one book only your first nomination will be added toward the tracking post. Please continue to second as many nominations that interest you!
Page numbers are now required for every nomination. To find out how many pages a book has; go to the book's page on Goodreads. Look under the section titled "GET A COPY" and above the book's ISBN number.
Nominations end midnight PST December 16.
Tracking through message: 43⭐ Poll Candidate
⭐The Body in the Library (191p) - 8
A Hero of Our Time (185p) - 4
Twelve Years a Slave (363p) - 4
⭐Brideshead Revisited (351p) - 5
The Sirens of Titan (224p) - 4
⭐The Awakening (195) - 6
⭐My Cousin Rachel (349p) - 7
Howards End (302p) - 3
Stranger in a Strange Land (525p) - 2
Little House in the Big Woods (224p) - 1
Little Men (329p) - 4
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for February 2025 in the CLASSICS category. Top 4 will be selected for the poll.Books that qualify for this category:
1. Must have a publication date 1969 or before. For newer books, please make your suggestion on the Modern Classic/Popular Reads thread.
2. Have not been previously ready by this group. Previously read books can be nominated in the Bookshelf Catchup thread. See the group's Bookshelf for previously read books.
3. Be reasonably well-read, with at least 50,000 ratings, to fit the "Everyone Has Read This but Me" claim.
Only one nomination is allowed per person, per category. If you nominate more than one book only your first nomination will be added toward the tracking post. Please continue to second as many nominations that interest you!
Page numbers are now required for every nomination. To find out how many pages a book has; go to the book's page on Goodreads. look under the section titled "GET A COPY" and above the book's ISBN number.
Nominations end midnight PST December 16.
Tracking through message: 50⭐ Poll Candidate
⭐Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (244p) - 9
In Cold Blood (343p) - 3
A Thousand Splendid Suns (372p) - 3
Little Fires Everywhere (336p) - 5
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (272p) - 2
⭐The Thirteenth Tale (406p) - 9
The Vanishing Half (343p) - 4
A Court of Thorns and Roses (419p) - 3
⭐Ready Player One (374p) - 6
⭐Neverwhere (370p) - 7
The Time Traveller's Wife (518p) - 2
Crime and Punishment (671p) - 2
These books have been re-read within the last 12 months and are ineligible to be nominated:Pride and Prejudice
A Christmas Carol
The Midnight Library
Jane Eyre
Pachinko
Never Let Me Go
The Thursday Murder Club
The Secret Garden
The Handmaid's Tale
Rebecca
Little Women
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for February 2025 in the BOOKSHELF CATCH-UP category. Top 4 will be selected for the poll.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 HERE.
Books selected as a group reread within the last twelve months are not eligible. See Message 2 below.
Only one nomination is allowed per person, per category. If you nominate more than one book only your first nomination will be added toward the tracking post. Please continue to second as many nominations that interest you!
Page numbers are now required for every nomination. To find out how many pages a book has; go to the book's page on Goodreads. look under the section titled "GET A COPY" and above the book's ISBN number.
Nominations end Midnight PST December 16
Audrey wrote: "I nominate Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 544 pages"Audrey, this book has been read already, so could be nominated in the Catch-Up topic instead. Is there another classic you would like to suggest instead?
I second Astrophysics
I second The Dispossessed
This begins a group discussion of our Modern book selection, Babel by R.F. Kuang, nominated by spoko.Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.
This begins a group discussion of our Classics book selection, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, nominated by Renata.Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.
