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(group member since Nov 25, 2016)
Tori’s
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from the EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club group.
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I just finished and I did like it. (or at least the second half) I felt the beginning was a little slow. Although I liked the initial concept, like many of you I would have preferred a deeper version of this story. But overall I enjoyed it, and it was thought provoking. Like Amanda, I also felt strong The Alchemist vibes from this book, although the writing styles are totally different. That ever present message being right in your face was so similar!
I really liked that part in the book when Nora was a famous Rockstar and was in the interview. She says something to the affect of, living different lives is just different. It is not better or worse, there are hardships and happiness in every life. That is just another part of life. I agree with Susan that this was one of the best topics brought up in this book.
I've seen the musical live and watched the movie adaptation of it, but I am still excited to read the book for the first time! I know out of the handful of musicals I've seen live The Phantom of the Opera has been my favorite!
I felt much the same as Renata did when reading this. I definitely think the author took some liberties to make Lale appear more good natured and sympathetic. Honestly, I would have preferred a more complex character. In the same way I would have preferred more details. I did appreciate the look inside a camp, and the feelings of guilt these people were forced into by just trying to survive. Maybe reading this side by side with our Classic pick, Crime and Punishment, made this book a little less enjoyable. Both deal a lot with guilt and while Crime and Punishment goes into great detail and insight into what that guilt feels like The Tattooist of Auschwitz was so simple by comparison.
Honestly, I was dreading reading more Russian Literature, but this book was wonderful! Like others mentioned, I too got a little confused with the names at times. But that hardly matters when the story was so good! It was so intense, there were a few scenes that had my heart absolutely racing. Michael mentioned how unsettling it was that Raskolnikov is so relatable, and I felt the same way. It made the book so compelling to relate to these thoughts of guilt, and it was unsettling because murder is above and beyond anything I have felt guilty about. I've definitely found a new favorite!
Tracking through message: 48⭐Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
⭐The Secret of the Old Clock (180p) - 8
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (518p) - 5
⭐Walden (352p) - 7
The Book of Lamentations (400p) - 5
⭐The Woman in White (672p) - 13
⭐The Master and Margarita (412p) - 10
David Copperfield (882p) - 1
The Godfather (448p) - 3
Silas Marner (262p)
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for June 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 April 16.
Tracking through message: 46⭐Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
Atonement (351p) -3
Oryx and Crake (389p) - 5
⭐The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (230p) - 8
March (280p) - 3
A Place for Us (385p) - 4
⭐Homegoing (320p) - 13
The Overstory (408p) - 4
⭐The Name of the Rose (536p) - 7
Clap When You Land (432p) - 4
⭐Station Eleven (333p) - 6
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for June 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 April 16.
Tracking through message: 49⭐Poll Candidate
Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
The Joy Luck Club (288p) - 4
⭐Pride and Prejudice (279p) - 6
⭐Jane Eyre (532p) - 10
The Great Gatsby (200p) - 2
⭐Pachinko (512p) - 10
⭐Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (336p) - 6
In Cold Blood (343p) - 5
The Princess Bride (456p) - 5
It (1,116p)
And Then There Were None (264p) - 2
These books have been re-read within the last 12 months and are ineligible to be nominated: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
The Hate U Give
The Fellowship of the Ring
Farenheit 451
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for June 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 April 16.
April 1st - June 30thThe theme for the second quarter is the 5 oldest books on your TBR!
It is the theme that has been suggested the most this year, and if you have been in EHRTBM for a few years you probably remember when the TBR Challenge started out as a year long challenge with the only goal being to read the five oldest books on your TBR!
Don't worry, you have until midnight March 31st to finish last quarters theme!
Hi Laura,Members can set up threads for buddy reads. Before setting up a thread post to the Buddy Read Notice Board to make sure there are other members interested in reading the same book and to set up a good time to read it.
I second- Scythe
- The Midnight Library
- Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Hey Robin!we are ending the quarterly reads due to low participation. Buddy reads are a lot more active in this group and many of our buddy reads are the longer books.
