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.

Welcome to the 6th annual House Cup Challenge! 2021's theme is...SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, and WINTER!

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HOW THE CHALLENGE WORKS
- The Challenge will run from October 1 through December 31. All books finished (they can be started beforehand) during this time will count toward the challenge.
- Post in YOUR HOUSE’S THREAD ran by your house’s prefect. contribute with the BOOK TITLE and DATE FINISHED and NUMBER OF PAGES.
- If you would like you can make one post, or one per month, and update them to keep everything in one place, but I do ask that you make another comment letting your team prefect know that you updated it.

Each house has its own thread. Do you want to lead a house? Volunteer in this thread. Here are the houses:
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

RULES AND SCORING
We will use an average score to balance the different house sizes. We will use a tiered scoring system based on the number of pages in a book. Essentially, it's 1 point for every 250 pages read within a book. Here's the breakdown:
1-249 pages = 1 point
250-499 pages = 2 points
500-749 = 3 points
and so on...

- If its a graphic novel, heavily pictured book or sparsely worded (i.e. poetry), half points will be awarded, so it will be 0.5 points for every 250 pages. The points will be awarded per book and not per cumulative pages read.
- Easy point-getters are limited to 10 per month per participant. These will be books with less than 50 pages.
- A book cannot be counted more than one time in a month, so a maximum of three times over the course of a challenge.
- If you read one of the group's selected group reads for October, November or December, you get to add 0.5 points. (This must be read in the month that the book is our BOTM pick)
- For a book to count, it must be finished during the challenge timeframe. It does not matter when it was started.

- Number of participants per house will be counted based on contributions, so if a member signs up and does not contribute, they are not used in average calculations.

- This challenge will feature a ROUND ROBIN TOURNAMENT with each month featuring a matchup with a different house. To count for a matchup, the book must be read within that month and posted no later than one day after the end of the month. We will not do late term adjustments, but books read in an earlier month (no earlier than October) can still count toward your house’s overall total. The winner of the tournament will be featured in EHRTBM Hall of Fame.

- There will also be an Overall winner featured in the EHRTBM Hall of Fame.

- Participants must log their book in Goodreads as read to count them in the challenge.


Since this competition can get intense, please note that there we do expect good sportsmanship from participants and failure to demonstrate good sportsmanship will result in warnings. Multiple warnings or extremely offensive remarks may result in a participants removal from the challenge.

Happy reading everyone!

I didn't think I was going to be able read this one with you all this month because there is 15 week wait at my libraries, but I just looked again today and my library added it to hoopla! I'm excited it has been on my tbr for awhile.

The 5 books going to the poll for October's Catch-up read are:
Frankenstein (273)
A Gentleman in Moscow (462)
Wuthering Heights (464)
A Man Called Ove (337)
Slaughterhouse-Five (275)

Great picks this month!

Looks like we have another tie in the polls this month! Our 5 top nominations for Octobers Modern Classics read are:
The Giver of Stars (388)
The Alienist (498)
Mexican Gothic (301)
The House of the Spirits (448)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (204)

Thank you to everyone who nominated and seconded these books!

Thank you everyone for your nominations and seconds! The 5 books going to the polls for October's Classics read will be:
Something Wicked This Way Comes (293)
Persuasion (249)
The Turn of the Screw (121)
Madame Bovary (329)
Inferno (347)

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Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
The Call of the Wild (172p) - 2
The Were-Wolf (156p) - 3
⭐Something Wicked This Way Comes (293p) - 12
Valley of the Dolls (442p) -1
⭐Persuasion (249p) - 9
⭐The Turn of the Screw (121p) - 12
⭐Madame Bovary (329p) - 5
⭐Inferno (347p) - 5
The Arabian Nights - 2
The Godfather (448p) - 1
The Crucible (143p) - 1

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for October 2021 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 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 August 16

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Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
The Nightingale (448) - 2
⭐Frankenstein (273) - 9
⭐A Gentleman in Moscow (462) - 9
⭐Wuthering Heights (464p) - 6
⭐A Man Called Ove (337) - 6
Life of Pi (460) - 2
⭐Slaughterhouse-Five (275) - 7
The Fellowship of the Ring (527)
The Haunting of Hill House (182) - 1
Neverwhere (370) - 5

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

Lolita
Anne of Green Gables
The Kite Runner
Pride and Prejudice
Catch-22
The Bell Jar
1984
The Night Circus
Rebecca
A Christmas Carol
All the Light We Cannot See

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for October 2021 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 August 16.

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Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
Writers & Lovers (320) - 1
⭐Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (204) - 5
⭐The House of the Spirits (448) - 3
The Vanishing Half (343) - 2
⭐Mexican Gothic (301) - 5
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (404)
Shuggie Bain (430) - 2
A Visit from the Goon Squad (288) - 1
My Dark Vanessa (373) - 1
⭐The Alienist (498) - 5
⭐The Giver of Stars (388) - 3
House of Leaves (709) - 1
The Testaments (422) - 2

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for October 2021 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 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 August 16.

July-September's theme is Around the world! Read 5 books set in a different country than the one you live in! You can choose to use the same country multiple times or really challenge yourself and read books set in 5 different countries!

Thank you Nell for suggesting this theme!

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Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
⭐The Woman in White (672p) - 10
David Copperfield (882p) - 3
Middlemarch (688p) - 6
The Scarlet Pimpernel (182p) - 5
⭐A Room with a View (119p) - 7
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (359p) - 6
⭐A Room of One's Own (112p) - 8
The Crucible (135p) - 2
The Three Musketeers (625p) - 2
The Swiss Family Robinson (345p) - 2
⭐To the Lighthouse (226p) - 11
Atlas Shrugged (1078p) - 1
The Day of the Triffids (228p)
The Hound of the Baskervilles(256p) - 1

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for August 2021 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 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 June 16.

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Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (269p) -2
The Road (241p) - 5
⭐Midnight's Children (647p) - 7
Atonement (351p) - 3
The Time Traveler's Wife (518p) - 6
The Giver of Stars (388p) - 5
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (230p) - 6
⭐Parable of the Sower (345p) - 7
The Four Winds (448p) - 2
The Year of Magical Thinking (240p)
⭐The Vanishing Half (343p) - 12
⭐The Song of Achilles (387p) - 14
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (472p) - 2

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for August 2021 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 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 June 16.

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Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
Ready Player One (374p) - 2
⭐Wuthering Heights (464p) - 5
⭐Anne of Green Gables (320p) - 9
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (491p) - 4
Anna Karenina (964p) - 3
⭐Pachinko (512p) - 12
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (381p) - 3
⭐1Q84 (925p) - 6

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

The Kite Runner
Pride and Prejudice
Catch-22
The Bell Jar
1984
The Night Circus
Rebecca
A Christmas Carol
All the Light We Cannot See
The Haunting of Hill House
Dune

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for August 2021 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 June 16.