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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 July 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 May 16.
Tracking through message: 49⭐ Poll Candidate
⭐The Elegance of the Hedgehog (325p) - 5
⭐Project Hail Mary (476p) - 6
⭐Sea of Tranquility (259p) - 11
28 Summers (432p) - 3
⭐Cloud Atlas (509p) - 10
Atomic Habits (319p) - 4
The City of Ember (270p) - 1
The House of the Spirits (448p) - 4
The World According to Garp (609p) - 3
⭐The Rosie Project (292p) - 5
Throne of Glass (406p)
The Clan of the Cave Bear (516p) - 3
The Fifth Season (468p) - 2
The Women (480p) - 3
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for July 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 May 16.
Tracking through message: 59⭐ Poll Candidate
⭐Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (210p) - 9
The Nickel Boys (213p) - 3
⭐The Martian (384p) - 7
A Thousand Splendid Suns (372p) - 4
Water for Elephants (368p) - 1
⭐A Study in Scarlet (123p) - 7
Life of Pi (460p) - 3
⭐Ready Player One - 7
⭐The Thursday Murder Club (351p) - 7
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (151p) - 3
⭐The Thirteenth Tale (406) - 8
The Princess Bride (429p) - 4
These books have been re-read within the last 12 months and are ineligible to be nominated: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
Emma
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for July 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 May 16
Mary wrote: "Please suggest good horror thriller books for me to read 📚 and thankyou in advance. Looking for new book friends."Mary, if you would like to participate in this relay, you must first pick a book for the last posting, then request a book for yourself from one of your folders. Please read message 1 for more details. Thanks!
I second The Road.
I second a Study in Scarlet.
I read this book when it was first published in 1985 and at a very young age. At the time, I didn't clearly understand the implications. Now that I've aged and have some life experiences, I'm looking forward to re-reading it with a better understanding.
I second The Spy Who Came In...
I second Shadow and Bone.
I second Twelve Years a Slave
This begins a group discussion of our Modern book selection, Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, nominated by Abbie.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, Cannery Row by John Steinbeck, nominated by Peggyzbooksnmusic.Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.
This begins a 4th group discussion of our Catch-Up book selection, nominated by Kimberly.Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.
Peggyzbooksnmusic wrote: "I nominate Cannery Row by John Steinbeck. Published 1945. 181 pages."Peggy, believe it or not, this book finally won the classics sweepstakes and was selected for our upcoming May BOTM. Please nominate another.
