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 Robinson Crusoe and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

I second Memoirs of a Geisha

We are now in the third and last month of the challenge. Remember you can still log any of the books you've finished since October, They can still help your Houses overall average. They just won't count towards the round robin scores of that month.

October's Round Robin schedule:
Spring vs. Summer
Autumn vs. Winter

December's BOTM bonus 0.5 point books are:
2.5 points Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne(252p)
3.5 points The Secret History by Donna Tart (559p)
3.5 points Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (532p)

The Final Scores for November are:
Spring 27.54 vs. Winter 15.54
Summer 28.34 vs. Autumn 27.09

Congrats Spring and Summer!

(Sorry it took so long to get this post up!)

I updated message #47 with my November total. I stayed up late reading last night as well, I finished The Scarlet Letter though. Yay! bonus .5 point!

I was trying to finish another one too but my alarm went off at midnight and I still had 40 pages left! Oh well, guess I'll just finish it tonight and get a couple points to start off December.

Tracking through message: 48
⭐ Poll Candidate
A Thousand Splendid Suns (372p) - 2
⭐Dark Matter (342p) - 11
The Thirteenth Tale (406p) - 3
⭐A Wrinkle in Time (211p) - 5
⭐Memoirs of a Geisha (503p) - 5
Peter Pan (163p) - 4
⭐One Hundred Years of Solitude (417p) - 10
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (348p) - 2

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

Dune
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
Frankenstein
Lolita
Anne of Green Gables
The Kite Runner
Pride and Prejudice
Catch-22
The Bell Jar
1984

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

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⭐ Poll Candidate

The Forgotten Garden (648p) - 3
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (176p) - 4
The Name of the Wind (662p) - 5
⭐The Lost Apothecary (301p) - 7
⭐The Giver (179p) - 8
⭐84, Charing Cross Road (97p) - 9
In the Time of the Butterflies (337p) - 1
A Game of Thrones (837p) - 2
⭐The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (442p) - 10
Project Hail Mary (476p) - 5
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (120p) - 1
The Four Winds (464p)
Big Little Lies (458p)
Apples Never Fall (467p) - 1
Kafka on the Shore (467p) - 2

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

Tracking through message: 46
⭐ Poll Candidate
Tender Is the Night (315p) - 3
⭐Foundation (244p) - 9
Valley of the Dolls (449p) - 4
Three Men in a Boat (185p) - 5
⭐The Stranger (123p) - 6
⭐Robinson Crusoe (320p) - 13
⭐The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (576p) - 10
David Copperfield (882p) - 1
The Good Earth (418p) - 3

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

November has been flying by! The current standings are:
Spring 12.35 vs. Winter 11.25
Summer 14.43 vs. Autumn 15.76

Those scores are so close! It is still anyone's game!

Almeta wrote: "Almeta's Spring Fever in November

.5 points for every 250 pages graphic novel, heavily pictured or sparsely worded book
EHRTBM November Group Reads = 0.5 bonus points
1-49 pages, 10 per month = 1 ..."

Hey Almeta and Britt. I am getting 78.5 points for Almeta's November reads and not 171.5. Please double check your points!

Welcome to the second month of the EHRTBM House Cup Challenge! This is a great time to jump into the challenge if you are not already participating. Sign ups are always open so join anytime you want!

November's round robin schedule

Winter vs. Spring
Summer vs. Autumn

Remember if you read November's BOTM books you get an extra 0.5 point. These are:

- The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (279 pages)
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (464 pages)
- The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (343 pages)

Good luck everyone!

The scores are in for October's round robin tournament!

Spring 26.79 vs Autumn 28.81
Summer 26.78 vs. Winter 19.86
Congratulations to Autumn and Summer on their wins!

All together we had over 2,000 points! That is amazing! It is so many pages!

Cynthia wrote: "I also have a question and seeking guidance on how to score a book lol.

I just started reading Harry's Mountain Walks in Liechtenstein for the Around the World Challenge. On the ver..."

This one will count as under 50 pages. I believe the higher page count is due to Scribd's format and not because it has added an introduction or other added content.

Suzy | Gone Readin’ wrote: "Hi! After some guidance on how to score a couple of books I'm reading this month.

I have just picked up Gemina and intend to see out the series with Obsidio afterwa..."

I've also had some books I wanted to read that have some pictures, but are generally text heavy. I'll bring this up to the other moderators.

I nominate The Martian (384 p)

I'm still waiting for some final numbers. We will hopefully have October's final scores tomorrow. sorry for the delay.