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.

Nidhi wrote: "Can we repeat last poll's nomination Renata?

Can we nominate same author but different book?"

You can nominate any book, by any author, as long as it hasn't been previously read by the group.

Nidhi wrote: "I nominate Miss MacIntosh, My Darling by Marguerite Young
Pages 1198
Published 1965"

Nidhi, this book doesn't quite meet our "well-read" criteria of 50K ratings (See Msg.1, #3). Is there another book you would like to suggest instead?

Theresa wrote: "Renata wrote: "Theresa wrote: "I nominate The Golem and the Jinni (819p)"

Theresa, this topic is for books over 800 pages long. Your book should probably be nominated in the Modern..."

We use the page numbers that are given in the book link that appears when you add it. GR presents the most popular edition.

I second Love in the Time of Cholera.

Lina wrote: "I nominate Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1463 pages)."


Lina, Les Miserables was already read in 2020. Is there another long read you would like to suggest instead?

I second White Fang.

I second Silver Linings.

I nominate Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (964p).

Theresa wrote: "I nominate The Golem and the Jinni (819p)"

Theresa, this topic is for books over 800 pages long. Your book should probably be nominated in the Modern suggestions thread.

I nominate Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (329p).

I nominate Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson (223p).

I nominate The Road by the recently deceased Cormac McCarthy (241p).

This begins our group discussion of our classic book selection, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, nominated by Andi. 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 modern book selection, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann. 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, nominated by Adrienne. Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.

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⭐ Poll Candidate

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds

⭐ Station Eleven (245p) - 4
⭐ Piranesi (245p) - 4
⭐ The Diary of a Young Girl (283p) - 4
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (223p) - 3
⭐ The Thirteenth Tale (406p) - 8
Flowers for Algernon (216p) - 3
⭐ Love in the Time of Cholera (348p) - 4
Their Eyes Were Watching God (238p) - 2
Memoirs of a Geisha (434p) - 3
⭐ Emma (474p) - 5

These books have been re-read within the last 12 months and are ineligible to be nominated:

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Slaughterhouse-Five
A Man Called Ove
The Sun Also Rises
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Wuthering Heights
Murder on the Orient Express
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
The Bell Jar
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
A Gentleman in Moscow

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

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⭐ Poll Candidate

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds

⭐ Bridget Jones's Diary (271p) - 5
⭐ Mad Honey (464p) - 5
⭐ The Road (241p) - 5
The Guest List (319p) - 2
The Silver Linings Playbook (256p) - 2
Exhalation (368p) - 1
Interpreter of Maladies (198p) - 3
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife (345p) - 1
Hamnet (372p) - 4
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (176p) - 2
⭐ Lessons in Chemistry (400p) - 7
The Cousins (337p)
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (475p) - 2
Klara and the Sun (303p) - 1

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for September 2023 in the MODERN CLASSIC/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.