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.

Tracking through message: 55

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
The Outsiders (196p) - 12
Twelve Years a Slave (363p) - 3
On the Road (307p) - 7
Rabbit, Run (337p) - 7
My Ántonia (244p) - 4
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (496p) - 7
The Old Man and the Sea (96p) - 11
The World of Yesterday (461p)
The Scarlet Letter (279p) - 3
Madame Bovary (329p) - 6
Good-Bye, Mr. Chips (144p)
East of Eden (601p) - 3

Hi all! Starting up the monthly discussions for November 2020 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 September 16

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Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women (479p) - 13
City of Girls (496p) - 3
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (498p) - 7
The Girl with the Pearl Earring (240p) - 11
Lincoln in the Bardo (343p) - 5
The Huntress (560p) - 3
My Dark Vanessa (373p) - 9
Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang (320p) - 1
Slade House (241p)
Peace Like a River (320p) - 2
The Name of the Wind (661p) - 3
The Three-Body Problem (415p)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (465p)
Kindred (264p) - 2

Hi all! Starting up the monthly discussions for November 2020 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 September 16.

Tracking through message: 53

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
A Tale of Two Cities (489p) - 10
Jane Eyre (532p) - 14
In Cold Blood (343p) - 2
Catch-22 (453p) - 11
Ready Player One (374p) - 2
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (288p) - 4
The Martian (384p) - 2
All the Light We Cannot See (531p) - 7
Dark Matter (342p) - 2
Northern Lights (The Golden Compass) (399p) - 2
The Shining (658p)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (213p)

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

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
Wuthering Heights
The Alchemist
Littlle Women
American Gods
Breakfast at Tiffany's

Hello everyone! It is time again to start the book-of-the-month suggestion threads for November 2020! 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 September 16.

Thank you for posting this Joanna! I agree with Sonsoles and Britt that I love this challenge and want it to continue. I can separate the Harry Potter books from the authors views. I would also like options 1 or 2.

I don't want anyone to feel unwelcome participating in this group or the challenge because they associate the books with the author.
Or give the impression that we moderators support Rowling's views. Anyone should be able to join this group and feel comfortable here, no matter who they are.

Thank you Renee, as you said we will be reading Dune and not The Book Thief next month.

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Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
A Game of Thrones (835p) - 8
Middlemarch (904p) - 17
Lonesome Dove (960p) - 9
The First Man in Rome (1,076p) - 2
The Goldfinch (771p) - 13
Atlas Shrugged (1,168) - 6
Kristin Lavransdatter (1,144p) - 6
The Pillars of the Earth (976p) - 8
House of Leaves (705p) - 7
The Stand (1,153p) - 11

Starting up the discussion for October-December 2020 suggestions. This discussion is for the QUARTERLY LONG READ category.

Books that qualify for this category:

1. Must have a minimum of 700 pages.

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 on August 16.

I nominate Let the Right One in (513p)

I nominate Something Wicked This Way Comes. (293p)

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Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
The Fire Next Time (106p) -4
The Hound of the Baskervilles(256p) - 13
Rabbit, Run (339p) - 6
A Wizard of Earthsea (183p) -12
Something Wicked This Way Comes (293p) - 16
Dracula (488p) -18
The Old Man and the Sea (96p) - 3
Their Eyes Were Watching God (219p) - 10
Of Mice and Men (107p) - 4
Oliver Twist (608p) - 6
Hard Times (353p) - 1
Uncle Tom's Cabin - 2
Silas Marner (262p) - 3

Hi all! Starting up the monthly discussions for October 2020 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 August 16

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Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
Lord of the Flies (182p) - 11
The Haunting of Hill House (182p) - 9
The Night Circus (391p) - 6
It (1116p) - 5
Crazy Rich Asians (403p) - 2
The Shining (659p) - 7
A Study in Scarlet (123p) - 5
The Princess Bride (456p) - 11
The Book Thief (552p) - 15
Little Fires Everywhere (368p) - 7
Slaughterhouse-Five (275p) -3
Frankenstein (288p) - 5
Gone Girl - 2
Interview with the Vampire (342p) - 1

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

Dune
The Hate U Give
The Fellowship of the Ring*
Farenheit 451*
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Circe
Wuthering Heights
The Alchemist
Littlle Women
American Gods
Breakfast at Tiffany's
A Clockwork Orange

Hello everyone! It is time again to start the book-of-the-month suggestion threads for October 2020! 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 August 16.

Tracking through message: 75

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
Lincoln in the Bardo (343p) - 4
Cloud Atlas (509p) - 10
Sarah's Key (294p) - 2
Nothing to See Here - 2
Let the Right One In (513p) - 8
Carrie (253p) - 3
Pet Sematary (395p) - 5
The Stepford Wives (144p) - 9
The Lovely Bones (372p) - 4
Coraline (162p) - 12
Sharp Objects (254p) - 3
The Great Alone (440p) - 6
The Girl with the Pearl Earring (240p) - 4
Girl, Serpent, Thorn (336p) - 2
Crossing to Safety (386p)
NOS4A2 (692p) - 4
Fight Club - 2
Misery (370p) - 1

Hi all! Starting up the monthly discussions for October 2020 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 August 16.