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 A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

I second The Joy Luck Club and Memoirs of a Geisha

I second:
- The Master and Margarita
- The Godfather
- Oliver Twist

The Nickel Boys
Febuary 6
213 pages

Total Group Pages 121,621

Tracking through message: 59

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
After Dark (191p) - 1
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (320p) - 3
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (327p) - 13
The Name of the Rose (536p) - 12
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (391p) - 9
The Vanishing Half (343p) - 15
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (397p) - 4
The Alienist (498p) - 2
The Year of Magical Thinking (242p) - 2
Where Are the Children? (304p)
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (496p) - 9

Hi all! Starting up the monthly discussions for April 2021 book-of-the-month suggestions. This discussion is for the MODERN CLASSIC/POPULAR category.

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 February 16.

Tracking through message: 73

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
The Age of Innocence (293p) - 8
Their Eyes Were Watching God (219p) - 15
The Master and Margarita (372p) - 12
Silent Spring (378p) - 4
The Godfather (446p) - 7
The Stranger (123p) - 6
Oliver Twist (608p) - 11
I,Robot (224p) - 13
The Plague (308p) - 3
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (518p) - 7
Mansfield Park (488p) - 9
Howards End (359p) - 2

Hi all! Starting up the monthly discussions for April 2021 book-of-the-month suggestions. This discussion is for the CLASSICS CATEGORY.

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 February 16.

Tracking through message: 59

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
Charlotte's Web (184p) - 2
Jane Eyre (532p) - 12
The Joy Luck Club (288p) - 5
Memoirs of a Geisha (503p) - 9
The Bell Jar (294p) - 15
A Tale of Two Cities (489p) - 1
Anna Karenina (964p) - 1
Pachinko (502p) - 9
Never Let Me Go (288p) - 6
The Jungle Book (277p) - 2
The Kite Runner (371p) - 6
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (132p) - 4
Lord of the Flies (182p) - 5
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (496p) - 3

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

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*
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Circe

Hello everyone! It is time again to start the book-of-the-month suggestion threads for April 2021! This discussion is for the category called BOOKSHELF CATCH-UP.

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.

Books featured as a group reread within the last twelve months are not eligible.

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.

January 24
498 pages

Total Group Pages: 77,187

Try to remember to check after you post! We were 400 pages off because there were 2 posts made at the same time!

Total Group Pages: 33,364

I recommend House of Stairs by William Sleator. It has a bit of a sci-fi feel to it and is also a little suspenseful. I read it when I was around 12 years old and still think about it often.

I also agree with Sarina's suggestion of Abarat it's one of my favorites and very weird. (There are two other books in this series as well!)

Checked up to message 64

We got off a little bit!

Total Group Pages: 22,476

I second The Call of the Wild and Gulliver's Travels

I second Clan of the Cave Bear

Nell wrote: "Suggested theme: Reading Around the World

Read #_ books NOT set in the country where you live.
Each book set in a different country - no two books set in the same country.

I like this theme idea a lot, Nell! It ties in nicely with the Around the World challenge too!

I'm a little concerned that not everyone will have books on their tbr's that are set in 5 different countries.

I'd love to hear feedback from others participating in this challenge!

Last year I was a few books shy of blackout, so my goal this year is to actually complete it!
21/25

1. Set in a neighboring country Mexican Gothic October 22
2. Re-read a favorite
3. Set in space Life, the Universe and Everything March 4
4. A book that your favorite fictional character would read
5. Title starts with J, K, Q, X or Z Journey to the Center of the Earth February 24
6. Contains varying timelines - The Starless Sea January 24
7. Published the decade you were born Boy's Life November 13
8. Originally published in another language - Crime and Punishment March 30
9. Set in a city you’ve always wanted to visit The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo May 1
10. One-worded title Frankenstien November 15
11. Poetry
12. Based on a true story The Nickel Boys February 6
13. Listen to an audio book The Tattooist of Auschwitz March 31
14. Has been on a banned book list Of Mice and Men September 12
15. A debut The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick February 26
16. Non-fiction Acid Dreams: The CIA, LSD and the Sixties Rebellion July 25
17. Made into a movie The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo March 2
18. Has a food item in title The Tea Dragon Society November 1
19. Has a rural setting Their Eyes Were Watching God April 14
20. Short story Cycle of the Werewolf October 25
21. Recommended by a friend Let the Right One In September 23
22. A non-human narrator The Tale of Despereaux
23. A genre you rarely read (essays) The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction May 1
24. A cover you like The Midnight Library May 30
25. An Award winner Middlesex February 2

Laura H wrote: "On another note, is it possible to have the 2021 Challenge posted that tracks our BOTM reads?

Thanks so much!"

Hi Laura, I just got that challenge up and running for this year!

Anyone interested can find it here: Read Along Challenge 2021