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from the EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club group.
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Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for September 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 July 16.
Tracking through message: 45⭐ Poll Candidate
⭐Robinson Crusoe (320p) - 8
⭐Moby-Dick or, The Whale (720p) - 8
The Sirens of Titan (224p) - 5
Where the Red Fern Grows (272p) - 5
A Farewell to Arms (293p) - 1
⭐Far From the Madding Crowd (433p) - 8
The Metamorphosis (201p) - 6
⭐A Wizard of Earthsea (251p) - 9
The Chrysalids (200p) - 1
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for September 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 July 16.
Tracking through message: 42⭐ Poll Candidate
And Then There Were None (264p) - 5
⭐The Thirteenth Tale (406p) - 8
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (320p) - 1
⭐Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (223p) - 6
⭐Pachinko (496p) - 11
Where the Crawdads Sing (384p) - 4
⭐Ready Player One (374p) - 7
Crazy Rich Asians (403p) - 4
A Gentleman in Moscow (462p) - 5
The Diary of a Young Girl (283p) - 1
These books have been re-read within the last 12 months and are ineligible to be nominated: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
The Haunting of Hill House
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for September 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 July 16
Lisa wrote: "I second Jurassic Park"Already done in message 31.
Kim wrote: "I nominate Klara and the Sun, 303 pgs."Kim, this is the Catch-Up topic and your book has not been previously read by this group. But you can nominate it in the Modern books topic instead.
I second Recursion.
I second Mythos.
This begins a group discussion of our Modern book selection Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, 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, The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde, 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 2nd group discussion of our Catch-Up book selection, nominated by Toni.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 Girl on the Train (336p) - 5
Sophie’s Choice (562p)
Happy Place (400p) - 1
⭐Blood Meridian (351p) - 6
⭐A Scanner Darkly (219p) - 9
Verity (336p) - 1
⭐Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (416p) - 6
Little Secrets (352p) - 1
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women (368p) - 4
Girl with a Pearl Earring (233p) - 1
⭐Recursion (326p) - 7
All the Sinners Bleed (341p) - 1
⭐Bridge to Terabithia (109p) - 9
Thirteen Reasons Why (288p) - 3
The Moment of Lift (273p) - 1
My Brilliant Friend (331p) - 3
Less (273p) - 1
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for August 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 June 16.
