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from the EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club group.
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I second Angela's Ashes , The Shadow of the Wind , The Lightning Thief , and The House of the Spirits
I see where you are coming from April. I really didn't like toad while I was reading, and thought it was weird that the other animals did like him. It is interesting that you bring up that Toad reminded you of an alcoholic. After reading this I read some articles about Kenneth Grahame. His dad was an alcoholic, and even sent his children to live with their Grandmother when Kenneth was just 5 years old because he was drinking so much. My personal theory is that Toad was based off of Grahame's father. When I was reading the part when Toad is literally going through withdrawals because he can't drive I was thinking 1. This is very weird to have in a children's book and 2. The author must have experienced seeing someone go through withdrawls first hand.I think possibly the reason why everyone likes Toad and Grahame writes his character as likeable despite everyone knowing his flaws is because he cared for his own father despite the alcoholism.
I second The Amityville Horror and Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Tracking through message: 43⭐ Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
The Mayor of Casterbridge (393p) - 1
⭐Rosemary's Baby (308p) - 5
Fathers and Sons (244p) - 1
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (327p) - 3
⭐Cannery Row (181p) - 6
Polyanna (284p)
⭐The Hound of the Baskervilles (216p) - 7
The Red Badge of Courage (108p) - 4
⭐White Fang (252p) - 5
⭐My Cousin Rachel (352p) - 8
The Caves of Steel (271p) - 3
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for October 2023 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 PST August 16.
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Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
⭐The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (226p) - 9
The Amityville Horror (315p) - 1
The Sparrow (419p) - 2
⭐Oryx and Crake (389p) - 5
Bridget Jones's Diary (271p) - 1
⭐'Salem's Lot (530p) - 6
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (516p) - 3
⭐Daisy Jones & The Six (355p) - 4
⭐The House of the Spirits (448p) - 4
Ghost Story (567p) - 1
Gideon the Ninth (496p) - 1
The Light Between Oceans (362p)
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for October 2023 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 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 August 16.
Tracking through message: 38⭐ Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
Brave New World (268p) - 2
⭐Neverwhere (370p) - 7
The Diary of a Young Girl (283p) - 3
The Raven (46p) - 2
⭐Something Wicked This Way Comes (293p) - 7
The Secret History (559p) - 3
⭐The Haunting of Hill House (182p) - 6
Crazy Rich Asians (403p) - 4
⭐The Invisible Man (167p) - 6
The Shining (659p) - 1
Jurassic Park (466p) - 1
These books have been re-read within the last 12 months and are ineligible to be nominated:Emma
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Slaughterhouse-Five
A Man Called Ove
The Sun Also Rises
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Wuthering Heights
Murder on the Orient Express
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
The Bell Jar
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for October 2023 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 PST August 16.
Renata, we have previously read Anna Karenina in the classics category. Would you like to change your nomination?
The Theme for July - September will be 5 books that have been recommended or gifted to you!Thank you Adriana for the suggestion!
If you are having a hard time finding 5 books that fit this prompt remember other members of our group can recommend books off your TBR in the Pick it for Me Relay (Just remember that you need to recommend a book for the person who posted before you over on that thread!)
Tracking through message: 42⭐ Poll Candidate
⭐Wide Sargasso Sea (176p) - 9
⭐The Maltese Falcon (213p) - 7
The Big Sleep (231p) - 3
⭐A Passage to India (376p) - 9
⭐The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (212p) - 7
The Red Badge of Courage (149p) - 4
⭐Cannery Row (181p) - 7
The Time Machine (118p) - 4
⭐The Wind in the Willows (197p) - 8
White Fang (252p) - 2
