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from the EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club group.
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This begins a 4th 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.
I second Shadow and Bone
Tracking through message: 47⭐ Poll Candidate
Throne of Glass (406p) - 4
⭐Shadow and Bone (358p) - 7
She’s Come Undone (465p) - 1
⭐The Firm (432p) - 7
We Begin at the End (384p) - 2
The Dispossessed (387p) - 6
⭐Reading Lolita in Tehran (356p) - 7
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (325p) - 6
The Thief (280p) - 3
The Beekeeper of Aleppo (337p) - 2
⭐The Three-Body Problem (472p) - 7
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for January 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 November 16.
Tracking through message: 41⭐ Poll Candidate
White Fang (252p) - 2
The Mayor of Casterbridge (393p) - 2
⭐The Red Badge of Courage (149p) - 7
Mother Night (282p) - 3
⭐The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (212p) - 8
The Awakening (195p) - 3
⭐The Plague (308p) - 8
⭐The Art of War (170p) - 8
A Raisin in the Sun (162p) - 4
My Cousin Rachel (334p) - 2
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for January 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 November 16.
Tracking through message: 52⭐ Poll Candidate
⭐Ready Player One (374p) - 6
⭐Brave New World (268p) - 6
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (48p) - 4
⭐In Cold Blood (343p) - 6
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (223p) - 5
Small Great Things (510p) - 3
⭐Pride and Prejudice (279p) - 8
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (314p) - 3
⭐Interview with the Vampire (346p) - 7
⭐The Hate You Give (450p) - 6
Big Little Lies (460p) - 1
The Diary of a Young Girl (258p) - 3
These books have been re-read within the last 12 months and are ineligible to be nominated: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
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for January 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 November 16
I second Contact.
I second Brief History of Time and Astrophysics.
This begins a group discussion of our Classics book selection, Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie, nominated by Lisa.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, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, nominated by Quinty (Taylor's Version).Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.
This begins a 3rd group discussion of our Catch-Up book selection, nominated by Cynthia.Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.
Tracking through message: 55⭐ Poll Candidate
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (277p) - 7
⭐Babel (544p) - 9
Still Life (239p) - 5
⭐The Women (471p) - 10
Beartown (432p) - 5
White Teeth (448p) - 3
⭐How to Train Your Dragon (214p) - 8
Britt-Marie Was Here (324p) - 5
⭐Wonder (315p) - 8
Fourth Wing (517p) - 2
⭐Contact (372p) - 8
Cloud Atlas (509p) - 5
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for December 2024 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 October 16.
