Renata’s Comments (group member since Jul 12, 2019)

Renata’s comments from the EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club group.

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⭐ Poll Candidate

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds

Things Fall Apart (209p) - 1
⭐ Cannery Row (181p) - 6
⭐ Death of a Salesman (144p) - 8
The Three Musketeers (625p) - 3
⭐ Madame Bovary (329p) - 6
White Fang (252p) - 5
⭐ I Capture the Castle (408p) - 7
Stoner (288p) - 3
The Prince and the Pauper (240p) - 3
The Talented Mr. Ripley (288p) - 5
Tropic of Cancer (318p) - 2
The Last Unicorn (294p) - 3
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (143p)
Howards End (359p) - 1

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for September 2023 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.

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Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds

⭐ Don Quixote (1023p) - 5
David Copperfield (882p) - 2
⭐ War and Peace (1392p) - 4
⭐ Gone with the Wind (1037p) - 4
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (1006p) - 2
⭐ 11/22/63 (849p) - 4
Vanity Fair (867p) - 2

Hello Readers. This topic collects suggestions for the 6-month READ-A-LONG Book program, specifically from September 2023 to end of February 2024. 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.

The story also had strong religious overtones. The chanting of the laws, the deification of Moreau, the "sayer" of the laws, all reminded me of religious practices. I have to assume that Wells was not a fan.

I was blissfully unaware of vivisection before reading this book. The torture of animals makes me nauseous and I found that aspect horrific. I also wonder whether vivisection was an accepted practice in 1896. Anyone know?

I've had this book lingering on my bookshelf for over 20 years! Now I look forward to finally reading it.

I second Timeline by Michael Crichton.

I second Brave New World.

I second The Thursday Murder Club.

I second The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.

Kimberly wrote: "I nominate Money: A Suicide Note by Martin Amis. First published in 1984, 394 pages.

Kimberly, this book doesn't quite meet our "well-read" criteria of 50K ratings. Is there another book you would like to suggest instead?

Kimberly wrote: "I nominate Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. First published 1932, 272 pages."

Kimberly, Sunset Song doesn't quite meet our "well-read" criteria of 50K ratings. Is there another book you would like to suggest instead?

I nominate A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, 372 pages.

I nominate The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré, 212 pages.

I nominate Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann, 359 pages.

This begins our group discussion of our Modern selection, Normal People by Sally Rooney, nominated by Rebecca_book-hooked. Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.

This begins our group discussion of our Classics selection, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens nominated by Rebecca_book-hooked. Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.

This begins our 2nd group discussion of this catch-up book. Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.

Thanks to all participants for suggesting these great books! Nominations are now closed, but you can cast your vote in the polls, now open here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...