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from the EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club group.
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This begins our 3rd group discussion of our Catch-Up book selection, nominated by Sophie.Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.
Tracking through message: 48🍀Poll Candidate
🍀Norwegian Wood (269p) - 7
Requiem for a Dream (279p) - 4
A Fine Balance (603p) - 2
🍀We Need to Talk About Kevin (400p) - 6
All My Rage (376p) - 1
The Last Lecture (217p) - 4
The House on Mango Street (110p) - 4
🍀Bridget Jones’s Diary (288p) - 6
Atomic Habits (306p)
Throne of Glass (406p) - 3
Let the Great World Spin (351p) - 1
🍀Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (204p) - 6
The Dictionary of Lost Words (376p) - 2
The Lincoln Lawyer (405p) - 1
Annihilation (195p) - 2
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for May 2025 in the MODERN/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 March 16.
Tracking through message: 43🍀Poll Candidate
🍀A Hero of Our Time (185p) - 5
The Prince and the Pauper (240p) - 3
🍀The Awakening (195p) - 4
🍀The Martian Chronicles (182p) - 6
Dr. Zhivago (592p) - 2
🍀My Cousin Rachel (349p) - 10
Native Son (504p) - 2
🍀Far From the Madding Crowd (480p) - 4
The Good Earth (418p) - 3
A Separate Peace (208p) - 3
Villette (573p) - 1
The Mysterious Island (524p) - 1
A Little Princess (242p) - 1
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for May 2025 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 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 March 16.
Tracking through message: 42🍀Poll Candidate
A Man Called Ove (337p) - 2
Catch-22 (453p) - 3
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (272p) - 2
🍀Northanger Abbey (260p) - 10
🍀The Invisible Man (192p) - 7
The Neverending Story (396p) - 1
🍀The Joy Luck Club (288p) - 5
🍀The Princess Bride (429p) - 6
The Diary of a Young Girl (???p) - 3
1Q84 (944p) - 1
Circe (393p) - 1
🍀The Martian (348p) - 5
And Then There Were None (264p) - 4
These books have been re-read within the last 12 months and are ineligible to be nominated:The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Pride and Prejudice
A Christmas Carol
The Midnight Library
Jane Eyre
Pachinko
Never Let Me Go
The Thursday Murder Club
The Secret Garden
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for May 2025 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 selected 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 March 16
I second Fourth Wing.
Kim wrote: "I nominate The Diary of a Young Girl, 283 pgs."Sorry Kim, this book has already been read by the group. It can be nominated in the Catch-Up topic though. Is there another classic you would like to suggest instead?
I second Small Great Things.
I second Sea of Tranquility.
I second Astrophysics.
This begins a group discussion of our Modern book selection, The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, nominated by Renata.Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.
This begins a group discussion of our Classics book selection, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, nominated by Lea.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 our Catch-Up book selection, nominated by Sandra.Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.
I second The Road.
