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from the EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club group.
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Tracking through message: 38⭐ Poll Candidate
⭐Of Mice and Men (107p) - 5
A Court of Thorns and Roses (419p) - 4
⭐The Thirteenth Tale (406p) - 8
⭐A Brief History of Time (226p) - 5
Life of Pi (460p) - 3
⭐Jane Eyre (532p) - 6
⭐Ready Player One (374p) - 7
Water for Elephants (368p) - 1
The Jungle Book (277p) - 3
These books have been re-read within the last 12 months and are ineligible to be nominated:Pachinko
Never Let Me Go
The Thursday Murder Club
The Secret Garden
The Handmaid's Tale
Rebecca
Little Women
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
The House in the Cerulean Sea
The Song of Achilles
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for October 2024 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 August 16
Theresa wrote: "Sandra wrote: "I nominate The Stranger by Albert Camus - 159pp"@renata, I think this should be a catch-up? I believe we read this back in 2022."
You're absolutely right! I will remove it from the list. Thank you!
I second Mythos.
I second Pillars of the Earth.
I second The Namesake.
Cheryl wrote: "I get more out of this every time I read it. I gave it four stars and a long review that I'll save for the spoiler thread.Do note that it was first published in 1977. Way before computers etc. Oh..."
Computers did exist in 1977. They were large monolithic mainframes with card readers and tape data storage. PC's were just being developed too.
I second The Stand.
I second Infinite Jest and Shogun.
This begins a 2nd group discussion of our Catch-Up book selection, nominated by Ali.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, Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, nominated by Tori.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, Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert, nominated by Renata.Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.
Tracking through message: 41⭐ Poll Candidate
Hawaii (937p) - 3
⭐David Copperfield (882p) - 11
Infinite Jest (1088p) -3
⭐Shōgun (1152p) - 8
Ulysses (952p) - 5
House of Leaves (907p) - 3
⭐The Stand (1152p) - 7
⭐The Pillars of the Earth (976p) - 7
Hello Readers. This topic collects suggestions for the 6-month READ-A-LONG Book program, specifically from September 2024 to end of February 2025. The program is defined HERE. Top 4 books will be submitted for the poll.Books that qualify for this category:
1. Must have a minimum of 800 pages but can be any genre, either classic or modern.
2. Have not been previously read 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 on July 16.
Tracking through message: 42⭐ Poll Candidate
Angela’s Ashes (452p) - 3
Sharp Objects (254p) - 4
Thirteen Reasons Why (352p) - 3
Less Than Zero (208p)
⭐A Short History of Nearly Everything (544p) - 7
A Little Life (720p) - 4
⭐My Brilliant Friend (331p) - 6
⭐The Namesake (291p) - 9
All Systems Red (144p) - 3
⭐Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (416p) - 8
Homegoing (367p) - 1
