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from the EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club group.
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I second The Ten Thousand Doors of January.
Jennifer Miranda wrote: "I nominate The Night Burns Bright by Ross Barkan"Jennifer, your book has very few ratings, so doesn't qualify (yet) for our group read. Please read Msg. 1 for details.
Thank you, Britt, for admnistrating this game for us. It's alot of accounting work to do, and we certainly appreciate your efforts. Hope you have a good year and enjoy your reading for 2022!
Jayden wrote: "uh hello! a reader from this group and i wanted to do a buddy reading - wondering where we can request a thread?"Hello! There is a Buddy Reads Noticeboard that will explain the process here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Enjoy!
Leslie Ann wrote: "Hi! I am ready for a new read
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."
Hi Leslie Ann. Would you please pick a book for Estefania too? It's part of this relay game. Thanks!
Estefanía wrote: "Anu nominated North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (521 pages), on the catch-up thread. They also have the support of Kimberly. However they both have already made nominations here. Well, if you ..."
Thanks again Estefania, I will add it here.
Estefanía wrote: "JoJo_theDoDo nominated Beloved by Toni Morrison (324 pages), on the other thread."Thanks Estefania, I will add it here.
JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "I second Gilead and Nominate: Beloved by Toni Morrison 324 pages"JoJo, "Beloved" has already been read by this group, so can be nominated in the Catch-up topic here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I second Wolf Hall.
Kimberly wrote: "I second North and South"Sorry, not been read before, but can be nominated in Classics Suggestions.
I second Gilead.
Anu wrote: "I nominate North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. 521 pages."
Anu, these nominations are for books already read by this group. North and South has never been selected, but you can nominate it in the Classics Suggestion thread here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I second Howard's End.
✔ January - The Ten Thousand Doors of January - Jan.13
✔ February - February - Feb.19
✔ March - The Bad Seed by William March - April 16
✔ April - Artificial Condition - April 18
✔ May - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - June 1
✔ June - The Joy Luck Club - July 28
✔ July - Joyland - Nov.16
✔ August - All Quiet on the Western Front - Aug.28
✔ September - State of Terror - Feb.14
✔ October - Odd Thomas - Sept. 10
✔ November - News of the World - Apr.5
✔ December - Dark Matter - Feb.25
Tracking through message: 56⭐ Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
⭐The Scarlet Pimpernel (182p) - 9
⭐The Woman in White (672p) - 12
A Town Like Alice (359p) - 2
⭐Howards End (318p) - 7
Death of a Salesman (117p) - 4
⭐Siddharta (152p) - 8
Inferno (490p) - 4
Faust, First Part (327p) - 2
⭐The Godfather (608p) - 7
David Copperfield (882p) - 1
⭐North and South (521p) - 7
Swann's Way (444p) - 1
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for March 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 January 16.
Tracking through message: 80⭐ Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
⭐The Last Wish (280p) - 8
All Systems Red (149p) - 4
People We Meet on Vacation (364p) - 5
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World (273p) - 3
⭐Water for Elephants (335p) - 8
The House of the Spirits (448p) - 2
My Name Is Red (417p) - 1
Conversations with Friends (304p) - 3
The Color of Magic (228p) - 3
Life After Life (531p) - 1
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (342p) - 1
⭐Gilead (247p) - 10
Wolf Hall (653p) - 3
The Lost Apothecary (301p) - 4
⭐The Name of the Rose (536p) - 11
These Violent Delights (449p) - 2
The Ten Thousand Doors of January (374p) - 2
Middlesex (529p) - 7
