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from the EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club group.
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I second All Quiet Western Front.
I second 11/22/63.
Our 2022 Reading Olympics are now closed. A total of 47,549 pages were read by 21 outstanding reading athletes, representing 12 different countries. Thank you for your participation, hope everyone enjoyed their books, and congratulations to these exceptional reading champions!
I second Breakfast of Champions.
I second Astrophysics.
Hello Readers!This is the Pre-Read thread for the April 2022 Bookshelf Catch-up selection. This month we will be reading Emma by Jane Austen for the second time.
Please note that this is a SPOILER FREE discussion.
Who's planning to join in on this read? Why did you choose this book to read? What are your expectations in reading this book?
Hello Readers!This is the Pre-Read thread for the April 2022 Modern/Popular selection. This month we will be reading The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman.
Please note that this is a SPOILER FREE discussion.
Who's planning to join in on this read? Why did you choose this book to read? What are your expectations in reading this book?
Hello Readers!This is the Pre-Read thread for the April 2022 Classics selection. This month we will be reading Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin.
Please note that this is a SPOILER FREE discussion.
Who's planning to join in on this read? Why did you choose this book to read? What are your expectations in reading this book?
Rashi wrote: "Hi! Does this book club have any video calls to discuss the books or are the discussions just on Goodreads? Also, if you know any virtual book clubs where about 5-20 people get together on a vide..."
Well, so far our book discussions are text-based, but you bring up an interesting idea, which we will be exploring. Thank you for the suggestion!
Tracking through message: 58⭐ Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
⭐Slaughterhouse-Five (275p) - 10
⭐Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (208p) - 11
Ready Player One (374p) - 3
Gone Girl (415p) - 1
Peter Pan (176p) - 5
Of Mice and Men (112p) - 1
Memoirs of a Geisha (503p) - 2
⭐Circe (393p) - 9
⭐The Martian (384p) - 10
The Neverending Story (396p) - 4
Dark Matter (340p) - 4
The Picture of Dorian Gray (272p) - 1
The Diary of a Young Girl (283p) - 4
The Jungle Book (277p) - 2
These books have been re-read within the last 12 months and are ineligible to be nominated:Emma
The Midnight Library
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Dune
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
Frankenstein
Lolita
Anne of Green Gables
The Kite Runner
Pride and Prejudice
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for May 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 March 16.
Tracking through message: 73⭐ Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
Man's Search for Meaning (165p) - 7
The Godfather (448p) - 6
⭐Brideshead Revisited (351p) - 8
⭐The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (288p) - 12
King Lear (338p) - 3
Invisible Man (581p) - 3
⭐All Quiet on the Western Front (296p) - 9
Player Piano (341p)
The Andromeda Strain (347p) - 4
⭐Go Tell It on the Mountain (256p) - 8
⭐Mansfield Park (488p) - 10
Three Men in a Boat(185p) - 2
I, Robot (224p) - 3
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for May 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 March 16.
Tracking through message: 67⭐ Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
All the Pretty Horses (302p) - 2
The Horse Whisperer (404p) - 3
The Namesake (291p) - 2
⭐Big Little Lies (460p) - 8
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (320p) - 5
It Ends with Us (367p) - 2
⭐Breakfast of Champions (303p) - 11
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (418p) - 2
⭐Kindred (287p) - 15
⭐11/22/63 (849p) - 8
House of Earth and Blood (799p) - 2
High Fidelity (340p) - 1
The Art of Racing in the Rain (321p) - 6
A Court of Thorns and Roses (432p) - 4
The Prince of Tides (679p)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (176p) - 4
The Time Traveller's Wife (537p) - 4
The Year of Magical Thinking (227p) - 4
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for May 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 March 16.
Hi athletes! This is the last day of competition for our reading Olympics. If you notice any errors in the arithmetic, please let me know. I will wait until March 2nd to calculate the results, in case there are late postings, but all book reads must be finished by Feb.28th.
