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from the EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club group.
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Janice - Either is fine! This theme is the one theme we do every year and I think most of us choose to read the ones that have been on our shelves the longest. But that doesn't mean you have to. If you are feeling more motivated to read the oldest publication dates then go for it!
Tracking through message: 38⭐ Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
⭐I, Robot (244p) - 9
⭐The Grapes of Wrath (479p) - 9
Of Human Bondage (684p) - 3
The Gambler (188p)
⭐Invisible Man (581p) - 9
⭐The Three Musketeers (625p) - 9
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (282p)
The Time Machine (118p) - 2
The Maltese Falcon (213p) - 2
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (282p)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (359p) - 2
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for June 2022 in the CLASSICS category. The 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 April 16.
Tracking through message: 48⭐ Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
Conversations with Friends (304p) - 5
⭐The Lincoln Highway (576p) - 7
The Namesake (291p) - 5
⭐It Ends with Us (385p) - 6
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (232p) - 1
⭐Project Hail Mary (476p) - 9
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (277p) - 5
⭐Kindred (287p) - 12
Holes (233p) - 3
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (230p) - 3
All Systems Red (144p) - 1
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (540p) - 1
The Last Thing He Told Me (320p)
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for June 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 April 16.
Tracking through message: 44⭐ Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
The Sun Also Rises (189p) - 1
The Thirteenth Tale (406p) - 3
Ready Player One (374p) - 3
⭐The Jungle Book (277p) - 5
⭐The Underground Railroad (322p) -8
A Study in Scarlet (143p) - 4
Small Great Things (510p) - 4
⭐Lord of the Flies (182p) - 6
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (139p) - 4
Rebecca (449p) - 3
⭐A Gentleman in Moscow (462p) - 5
These books have been re-read within the last 12 months and are ineligible to be nominated:Circe
Emma
The Midnight Library
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Dune
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
Frankenstein
Lolita
Anne of Green Gables
The Kite Runner
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for June 2022 in the BOOKSHELF CATCH-UP category. The 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 April 16.
The theme for April 1st - June 30th is the 5 oldest books on your TBR.Let's get to those books we have been putting off the longest!
Tracking through message: 53⭐ Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
⭐Robinson Crusoe (320p) - 7
⭐Giovanni's Room (159p) - 12
⭐Inferno (490p) - 7
⭐The Godfather (448p) - 10
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (576p) - 5
Gone with the Wind (1037p) - 3
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (359p) - 3
David Copperfield (882p) - 1
The Grapes of Wrath (479p) - 5
The Art of War (273p) - 3
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for April 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 February 16
Tracking through message: 46⭐ Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
⭐The Thursday Murder Club (363p) - 5
⭐The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (226p) - 5
The Corrections (653p) - 3
⭐The Name of the Rose (536p) - 7
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (320p) - 4
Cold Mountain (449p) - 2
The House of the Spirits (448p) - 4
The Lost Wife (368p) - 1
The Prince of Tides (679p) - 4
Dear Martin (224p)
A Discovery of Witches (579p) - 1
⭐The Complete Maus (296p) - 6
The Dutch House (337p) - 2
Kindred (287p) - 2
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (672p)
The Selection (336p)
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for April 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 February 16.
Tracking through message: 48⭐ Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
⭐Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (263p) - 8
The Jungle Book (277p) - 4
⭐The Joy Luck Club (352p) - 8
The Diary of a Young Girl (283p) - 4
A Thousand Splendid Suns (372p) - 2
⭐The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (366p) - 10
To Kill a Mockingbird (336p) - 4
Never Let Me Go (288p) - 2
⭐Emma (474p) - 9
These books have been re-read within the last 12 months and are ineligible to be nominated: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
Catch-22
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for April 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 February 16.
There was a slight error in message 88.Total Group Pages: 59,233
I second Siddharta and The Godfather
I second Memoirs of a Geisha and The Martian.
