Renata’s
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Renata’s
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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: 47⭐ Poll Candidate
Madonna in a Fur Coat (168p) - 5
A Separate Peace (208p) - 4
⭐The Day of the Triffids (228p) - 6
Dead Souls (475p) - 4
⭐I Am Legend (162p) - 8
⭐Pippi Longstocking (160p) - 13
⭐Death on the Nile (333p) - 9
A Farewell to Arms (293p) - 5
The Metamorphosis (201p) - 5
Little Men (329p) - 5
The Collector (283p) - 1
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for November 2024 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 September 16.
Tracking through message: 52⭐ Poll Candidate
Norwegian Wood (269p) - 5
The God of Small Things (321p) - 6
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (371p) - 6
Milkman (352p) - 3
⭐The Women (471p) - 9
⭐The Name of the Rose (552p) - 10
⭐Vicious (402p) - 13
The Cruel Prince (370p) - 4
American Dirt (459p) - 6
The Wishing Game (304p) - 1
The Henna Artist (384p) - 2
Empire of Pain (535p) - 1
⭐The Hunger Games (374p) - 8
The Fifth Season (468p) - 1
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for November 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 September 16.
Kimberly wrote: "I second Matilda."Sorry, nominations ended yesterday.
Kim wrote: "I second White Teeth, Legends & Lattes"Sorry, nominations ended yesterday.
I second Jungle Book.
I second Tom Lake
This begins a 2nd group discussion of our Catch-Up book selection, nominated by Renata.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, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry, 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 group discussion of our Classics book selection, Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, nominated by Adrienne.Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.
I second A Court of Thorns & Roses.
Tracking through message: 48⭐ Poll Candidate
⭐White Teeth (448p) - 9
The Cruel Prince (370p) - 5
The Diamond Eye (435p) - 3
Band of Brothers (432p) - 5
⭐Matilda (240p) - 6
⭐The Hunger Games (374p) - 6
Babel (544p) - 2
Tom Lake (309p) - 3
⭐City of Bones (485p) - 6
⭐Legends & Lattes (296p) - 9
My Brilliant Friend (331p) - 5
⭐The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (243p) - 9
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for October 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 August 16.
Tracking through message: 37⭐ Poll Candidate
A Farewell to Arms (293p) - 4
Where the Red Fern Grows (272p) - 4
⭐The Turn of the Screw (121p) - 8
At the Mountains of Madness (194p) - 4
The Woman in White (672p) - 4
⭐Cat’s Cradle (179p) - 6
⭐Brideshead Revisited (452p) - 7
⭐Mansfield Park (488p) - 6
Inferno (490p) - 3
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for October 2024 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 August 16.
