Tori’s Comments (group member since Nov 25, 2016)

Tori’s comments from the EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club group.

I second Night and The Crucible

Updated message #14 and I noticed message #17 has updates although he hasn't posted that he updated yet.

Can you believe the first week is over already? It has been a great start! Here are the current standings:

Hearts: 7.14 vs. Clubs: 7.67

Spades: 6.55 vs. Diamonds: 5.4

As you can see Clubs has a slight lead over Hearts and Diamonds is working hard to catch up to Spades. I suspect these numbers will change a lot. It is still anyone's game!

@Sarina -
If it is mostly words with just a few illustrations it should count for full points. For example something like Harry Potter has an illustration above every chapter, but would be counted for full points.

@ Saar, sorry I missed this...
It looks like it is about 2.5 hrs. long. Googling average times per pages it looks like about 25-30 pages per hour. I agree that that makes it 1 point and not .5. Yes I think not adding pages to the total is the best way to do this without over complicating things.

Kathy-
exactly 50 pages is an easy read.

Thank you Saar, but just so you know, you don't have to post in this main thread. I am checking all the house threads regularly :)

Welcome to everyone who just joined!

As always, this challenge is always open to new participants. It is never too late!

Mariana wrote: "Hi! I have a doubt. Does Middlemarch count as 0.5pts for the challenge if read during this months?"

Because the Middlemarch Read-a-long is meant to be spread out for a more in-depth discussion and it doesn't end until February it will not count for any bonus points.

I nominate 2001: A Space Odyssey published in 1968 (297 pages)

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⭐ Poll Candidate

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
The Jungle (335p) - 3
⭐Cannery Row (148p) - 7
⭐A Separate Peace (208p) - 5
Notre-Dame de Paris The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (510p) - 4
⭐The Crucible (143p) - 10
⭐2001: A Space Odyssey (297p) - 5
Night (115p) - 2
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (144p) - 2

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for December 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 October 16.

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⭐ Poll Candidate

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
⭐The Poisonwood Bible (543p) - 8
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (176p) - 4
⭐Wonder (315p) - 6
Verity (321p) - 5
⭐The Family Upstairs (340p) - 8
Hogfather (402p) - 2
Sophie's World (403)
American Psycho (399p) - 1
Sula (174p) - 4
The Snow Child (400p) - 3
⭐Kindred (287p) - 7

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for December 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 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 October 16.

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⭐ Poll Candidate

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
⭐Life of Pi (319p) - 4
The Thirteenth Tale (406p) - 2
The Diary of a Young Girl (283p) - 3
The Gift of the Magi (26p) - 1
The Hate You Give (444p) - 2
⭐The Handmaid's Tale (314p) - 7
⭐The Bell Jar (294p) - 7
Little Women - 2
⭐Peter Pan (176p) - 6
I Am a Cat (218p)

These books have been re-read within the last 12 months and are ineligible to be nominated:

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Clockwork Orange
The Silent Patient
The Book Thief
Lord of the Flies
Circe
Emma
The Midnight Library
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Dune

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for December 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 BookshelfHERE .

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 October 16.

Many of us are just hours away from the start of the 2022 House Cup Challenge and for some of you it has already started! I just wanted to wish good luck to all the houses, and let's get reading!

So excited for tomorrow! I usually have a physical book and an audiobook going at the same time. I am going to start off with The War of the Worlds (gotta get that extra .5 point!) and Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York

Some spooky books I love:


Honestly there too many I could list. If anyone wants more recommendations for a specific genre let me know. I love true crime and have a couple other non-fiction recs. also have a few YA and younger spooky fiction I really enjoyed. As far as thrillers go, I love anything by Ruth Ware or Shari Lapena (they aren't literary greatness but they are very entertaining!)

Thanks for the update Cynthia. Stay safe!