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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: 55⭐ Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
Small Great Things (503p) - 2
⭐ A Brief History of Time (213p) - 8
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (496p) - 6
⭐ To Kill a Mockingbird (336p) - 9
The Goldfinch (771p) - 6
⭐ Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (210p) - 7
⭐ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (320p) - 7
Ready Player One (374p) - 6
⭐ The Diary of a Young Girl (283p) - 9
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (491p) - 2
These books have been re-read within the last 12 months and are ineligible to be nominated:A Gentleman in Moscow
A Clockwork Orange
The Silent Patient
The Book Thief
Lord of the Flies
Circe
Emma
The Midnight Library
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Dune
Jane Eyre
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for November 2022 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 September 16.
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for November 2022 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 September 16.
There will be a video session at the conclusion of our Read-A-Long book, in February 2023.
I did a little research on the artist named Piranesi. In 1742, he fell ill with malaria and hallucinated labyrinth prisons that he later sketched and published. Apparently, memory-loss is a by-product of this illness too.I'm not a big fan of fantasy, but I quite liked this story. Confused at first, until I realized we were probably being narrated by someone with a severe mental illness, maybe schizophrenia. His dual personalities were meshed at the end and he appeared to be healed, but continued to visit his "home" for comfort and peace.
Do you think he was actually imprisoned in Battersea?
Mariana wrote: "I nominate Tales of Love of Madness and of Death / Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte to add a bit of variety to the picks"Mariana, this book doesn't quite meet our "well-read" criteria of 50,000 ratings. Is there another book you would like to nominate instead?
This is the Pre-Read thread for the September 2022 Modern selection. This month we will be reading Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk.Please note that this is a SPOILER FREE discussion.
Who's planning to join in on this read? Why pick this book? Did you watch the movie?
This is the Pre-Read thread for the September 2022 Classics selection. This month we will be reading Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.Please note that this is a SPOILER FREE discussion.
Who's planning to join in on this read? Why did you choose this classic book? Have you enjoyed other Jane Austen books?
I nominate Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, 176 pages, published 1964.I also second The Hound of the Baskervilles, because it's October!
Welcome to our August 2022 Modern group read. This month we're reading Piranesi by Susanna Clarke.This is a spoiler filled thread. If you're not ready for spoilers yet, please visit the pre-read thread.
What did you think of the book? Did you find the story interesting? Was the ending satisfying? Did the story broaden your perspective?
Welcome to our August 2022 Classics group read. This month we're reading Persuasion by Jane Austen.This is a spoiler filled thread. If you're not ready for spoilers yet, please visit the pre-read thread.
What did you think of the book? Is Anne just "too good to be true"? How did it compare to other Austen books you've read?
Here begins our spoiler discussion for the August 2022 Bookshelf Catch-up selection. So what did you think of it?
FYI: Next pick is for JoJo.
Lindsay wrote: "I’m a little confused, was there a book picked for me?"Yes, check message 153 above, from Samantha. She chose House of Earth and Blood for you.
Thanks to everyone who made these great suggestions this month. This topic is now closed, but you can cast your vote in our polls here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...
Thanks to everyone who made these great suggestions this month. This topic is now closed, but you can cast your vote in our polls here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...
Thanks to everyone who made these great suggestions this month. This topic is now closed, but you can cast your vote in our polls here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...
