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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: 45⭐ Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
⭐ The Dictionary of Lost Words (416p) - 5
⭐ Fight Club (224p) - 5
The Shipping News (337p) - 2
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (290p) - 2
The Husband's Secret (445p) - 3
Wolf Hall (650p) - 4
⭐ The Time Traveller's Wife (518p) - 11
⭐ Rules of Civility (335p) - 6
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (416p) - 4
The Omen (272p)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (274p) - 1
Tracking through message: 33⭐ Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
⭐ Aesop's Fables (352p) - 4
⭐ The Scarlet Pimpernel (182p) - 6
⭐ I Capture the Castle (408p) - 4
⭐ Northanger Abbey (260p) - 5
The Once and Future King (639p) - 1
⭐ I, Robot (224p) - 9
The Andromeda Strain (288p) - 3
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (576p) - 2
Tracking through message: 43⭐ Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
⭐ A Clockwork Orange (213p) - 5
⭐ The Thirteenth Tale (406p) - 7
⭐ The Hate You Give (444p) - 11
⭐ Ready Player One (374p) - 7
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (325p) - 4
Beloved (324p) - 4
The Picture of Dorian Gray (272p) - 1
The Great Gatsby (180p) - 2
The Old Man and the Sea (96p) - 2
These books have been re-read within the last 12 months and are ineligible to be nominated:The Silent Patient
The Book Thief
Lord of the Flies
Circe
Emma
The Midnight Library
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Dune
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
Frankenstein
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for September 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 July 16.
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for September 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 July 16.
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for September 2022 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 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 July 16.
Reserved for FAQ's.
Cheryl, thanks for recommending Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors. Unfortunately, it was a slug to read, interesting but not entertaining. If you like lots of data, stats and footnotes, then it might be OK.Tiffany, for you I highly recommend Water for Elephants. I loved it!
Looking forward to my next read. What's it to be, dear readers?
Christy wrote: "I nominate A Tale of Two Cities (293 p.).I second Ready Player One and Slaughterhouse Five."
Sorry Christy, but nominations closed on the 16th. Polls are now open, so you can vote here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...
Pixiegirl105 wrote: "Finished Joy Luck Club. I love this type of book where there is a narrative that makes you feel like they are real stories. (Now I need to see if the movie lives up to the book)Renata, I choose [..."
Pixie, next pick is not for me. I was simply clarifying Betty's book choice. So the next pick should be for Betty. Would you please pick again? Thanks!
BookNerd wrote: "The Midnight Library"Sorry BookNerd, but your book is on the exclusion list, having been re-read earlier this year. See Message 2 above. Any other suggestions from our bookshelf?
Allegra wrote: "Can I still join?Yes, of course! You can join anytime and can list books already read this year. Welcome!
Kelly wrote: "I nominate Honor 326 pagesHonor"
Sorry Kelly, but your book doesn't have the pre-requisite 50K ratings to qualify. Is there another book you would like to suggest?
Chris wrote: "I nominate CIRCE"Sorry Chris, but Circe is on the exclusion list. See Message 2 above. Another try?
Andi wrote: "I second Rosemary's Baby"Andi, you nominated this book in Message 4, so your second won't be counted.
I second Persuasion.
Estefanía wrote: "Renata wrote: "Andi wrote: "I nominate The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, 64 pages"Sorry, my mistake. It's listed as a short-read, not a classic, so I missed it. Thanks for pointing that out!
