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.

June 5
322 pages

Total Group Pages: 766,455

The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
June 5

June 4
Pages: 123

Total Group Pages: 758,834

A Study in Scarlet June 4

Kathy wrote: "Glad I found this..

How to Argue with a Cat: A Human's Guide to the Art of Persuasion June 1"

Kathy, please only use one book per post. How to Argue with a Cat is the only book that has been counted from your post:

"Important Notes: Every book must have its own post to count. Posts with multiple books per post will only have the first book accounted for."

Colleen wrote: "Can I Second two? Pachinko and In Cold Blood."

Please second as many as you want to!

Tracking: through message 73

Nomination (pages) - # of Seconds
Gone Girl (415 p.) - 9
The Key (416 p.) - 3
Interview with the Vampire (342 p.) - 14
The Gardener of Baghdad (268 p.) - 1
Where the Crawdads Sing (370 p.) - 8
Like Water for Chocolate (224 p.) - 2
The Snowman (383p.)
The Poisonwood Bible (546 p.) - 6
A Gentleman in Moscow (496 p.) - 18
The Shadow of the Wind (487 p.) - 10
Americanah (477 p.) - 9
The Silence of the Lambs (338 p.) - 3
The Light Between Oceans (343 p.) - 1
Redwall (352 p.) - 3

NOTE: the nominees that are bolded and italicized are the poll front-runners.

Hello everyone! It is time again for the book-of-the-month suggestion threads for August 2019!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.

Not a hard and fast rule, but please try to limit your nominations to one book per category. But please do second any that interest you! The number of seconds determine poll inclusion.

>>> Attention, please: We will be featuring page numbers in the poll, so please include page numbers in your nomination if possible.

Nominations end Midnight June 16.

Tracking: through message 62

Nomination (pages) - # of Seconds
Charlotte's Web (184 p.) - 7
The Pearl (96 p.) - 7
Siddharta (131 p.) - 5
All Quiet on the Western Front (296 p.) - 5
The Two Towers (252 p.) - 4
The Brothers Karamazov (796 p.) - 7
The Master and Margarita (373 p.) - 15
Uncle Tom's Cabin (438 p.) - 3
Night (115 p.) - 11
Great Expectations (505 p.) - 6
East of Eden (601 p.) - 1
Murder on the Nile (104 p.) - 3

NOTE: the nominees that are bolded and italicized are the poll front-runners.

Hello everyone! It is time again for the book-of-the-month suggestion threads for August 2019! 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.

Not a hard and fast rule, but please try to limit your nominations to one book per category. But please do second any that interest you! The number of seconds determine poll inclusion.

>>> Attention, please: We will be featuring page numbers in the poll, so please include page numbers in your nomination if possible.

Nominations end Midnight June 16.

Tracking: through message 76

Nomination (pages) - # of Seconds
The Picture of Dorian Gray (367 p.) - 12
The Kite Runner (371 p.) - 10
Anne of Green Gables (320 p.) - 18
Pachinko (496 p.) - 4
The Joy Luck Club (288 p.) - 11
In Cold Blood (343 p.) - 6
Memoirs of a Geisha (503 p.) - 7
The Shining (447 p.) - 2
Dark Matter (342 p.) - 6
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (412 p.) - 6
Dune (687 p.) - 4
Life of Pi (460 p.) - 3
The Raven (64 p.) - 1
The Martian (369 p.) - 2

NOTE: the nominees that are bolded and italicized are the poll front-runners.

Remember, we can't nominate books we have reread as a group in the last twelve months, and those are:

And Then There Were None
The Night Circus
The Handmaid's Tale
Wuthering Heights
Lord of the Flies
Fahrenheit 451
Little Women
A Christmas Carol
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hello everyone! It is time again to start the book-of-the-month suggestion threads for August 2019! 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.

Not a hard and fast rule, but please try to limit your nominations to one book per category. But please do second any that interest you! The number of seconds determine poll inclusion.

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

>>> Attention, please: We will be featuring page numbers in the poll, so please include page numbers in your nomination if possible.

Nominations end Midnight June 16.

May 31
Pages 279

Total Group Pages: 738,928

Reserved

Hello everyone, I wanted to give you all a quick update.

We've just added Betsy as a mod officially! I'm sure you all have seen her around as she has been very active on the threads. She has offered great feedback and ideas and is always willing to do more for this group. I am very happy to have her on the moderator team going forward!

Congratulations, Betsy!

Welcome to the EVERYONE Has Read This But Me Spelling Bee discussion thread! This thread is for general discussion and questions. If you want to post a book for the challenge or read the rules, please do so HERE

>>This is the first of three challenges that will take place in our Summer of Challenges! We know everyone has different schedules over the summer, so each challenge will last only one month. If you know you won't get a lot of reading done while you are on vacation in June, you can skip the Spelling Bee and join July and/or August's challenges.

>>Because we have a new team of moderators, we thought it would help to get to know us better if each mod picked a 'hidden treasure' book to start off the Spelling Bee. These are books we recommend that have under 100,000 ratings on Goodreads.

Joanna's recommendation:
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (Classic)
Lily Bart is an aging debutante who is expected to marry well in the American Guilded Age. It is a book that might be described as the opposite of a Jane Austen novel, though exploring some of the same themes. Lily has all the outward appearance of the right attributes to succeed but there is a rebellious side to her that thwarts her goals. The House of Mirth is a tragic and heartbreaking story but a worthy read.

Tori's recommendation:
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal (Non-Fiction)
Primatologist, Franz De Waal, takes us through an eye opening history of human research into animal cognition, all the while taking a critical look at the experiments that have led us to believe that animals are not as smart as their human neighbors.
This book is packed with fun facts and extensive research into the brains of many different species. The best part is that you don't need a degree in biology to understand it, it is written in simple language which makes it accessible to a large audience. I could not put this book down. It was very interesting and I learned so much!

Catherine's recommendation:
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks (Fantasy)
"Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. Yet Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live.
When Guile discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must decide how much he's willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart."
If you're looking for a witty, dramatic, and intense fantasy series to start, I highly recommend trying out Black Prism as Brent Weeks does an amazing job of not only developing his characters, but doing so while adding wit, humour, drama, and plenty of twists and turns.

Betsy's recommendation:
Night Flying by Rita Murphy (Young Adult)
Georgia Hansen, and all the women in her family, can fly. But, this comes at a price, and one held and controlled by her grandmother. Just before she takes her first ‘solo’ flight, her ostracized Aunt Carmen comes back to town and shakes everything up about what Georgia thought she knew.
Even though this is classified as YA, the themes are universally true throughout adult life: how to deal with authority and expectations, having the courage to find your place as an individual as well as in a group, and all the subtleties that come along with love and passion in general.
The most important point for me is that the author does not patronize her readers; in no way is the story dumbed down or sanitized.

✔Night Flying by Rita Murphy
(view spoiler)[N- Las noches de Estrasburgo by Assia Djebar (read by Satrina)
I- The Ice Twins by S.K. Tremayne (read by Allegra)
G- Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake (read by Ivan)
H- The Husband List by Janet Evanovich (read by Michelle)
T- The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien (read by Tori)

F- Falling for a Rake by Eve Pendle (read by Joanna)
L- Love You Forever by Robert Munsch (read by Satrina)
Y- Yerma by Federico García Lorca (read by Satrina)
I- I've Got My Eyes on You by Mary Higgins Clark (read by Kathy)
N- A Nation Worth Ranting About by Rick Mercer (read by Catherine 5*)
G- The Grace Year by Kim Liggett (read by Abigail) (hide spoiler)]

✔The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
(view spoiler)[
T- The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (read by Tori)
H- How to Argue with a Cat: A Human's Guide to the Art of Persuasion by Jay Heinrichs (read by Kathy)
E- Educated by Tara Westover (read by Brandi)

H- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (read by Alex)
O- Origin by Dan Brown (read by Kimberly)
U- The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: The Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way (read by Tori 3*)
S- 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King (read by Brandi)
E- Educated by Tara Westover (read by Madhu)

O- Old Man Odyssey by Kyle Fleischhacker (read by Satrina)
F- Fail Until You Don't: Fight Grind Repeat by Bobby Bones (read by Kathy)

M- The Mothers by Brit Bennett (read by Brandi)
I- Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro (read by Michelle)
R- The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand (read by Kathy)
T- The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris (read by Brian)
H- The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson (read by Hannah) (hide spoiler)]

✔The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
(view spoiler)[T- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (read by Elli)
H- Halsey Street by Naima Coster (read by KelB)
E- Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (NancyJ)

B- Beach House for Rent by Mary Alice Monroe (read by Karen)
L- Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist (read by Betsy)
A- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (read by Alex)
C-Cannery Row by John Steinbeck (read by Donna)
K- King & Kayla and the Case of the Lost Tooth by Dori Hillestad Butler (read by Cheryl)

P- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen(read by Robin)
R- The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (read by Zainab)
I- It by Stephen King (read by Edmund)
S- The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl (Read by Cheryl)
M- The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Masha Gessen (read by Theresa) (hide spoiler)]

✔Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal
(view spoiler)[A- After I'm Gone by Laura Lippman (read by Julie)
R- Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr (read by Catherine)
E- Entwined by Heather Dixon Wallwork (read by Sarina)

W-We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (read by Betsy)
E- Elantris by Brandon Sanderson (read by Zainab)

S- Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck (read by Donna)
M- The Mothers by Brit Bennett (read by Alex)
A- Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman (read by Satrina)
R- The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (read by Kathi)
T-Turtles All the Way Down by John Green (read by Julie)

E- An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris (read by Suzanne)
N- No Tomorrow by Luke Jennings (Abbie)
O- Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (read by NancyJ 5*)
U- The Underdog and Other Stories by Agatha Christie (read by Kathy)
G- Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott (read by Stephanie)
H- The Hobbit or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien (read by Brian)

T- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (read by Elli)
O- One Trick Pony by Nathan Hale (read by Cheryl)

K- The Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham (read by Lori)
N- Normal People by Sally Rooney (read by Alex)
O- Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel (read by Allegra)
W- Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale (read by Ivan)

H- Holy Cow by David Duchovny (read by Kathy)
O- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (read by Michelle)
W- The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley (read by Lori)

S- Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (read by Julie)
M- Mount Vernon Love Story: A Novel of George and Martha Washington by Mary Higgins Clark (read by Kathy)
A- The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket (read by Bethany)
R- Rob by Isaac Bashevis Singer (read by Zeljka)
T-This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell (read by Betsy 3*)

A- All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin (read by Julie)
N- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (read by Robin)
I- Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling (read by Jayme)
M- My Love Story by Tina Turner (read by Theresa)
A- The Affair / One Night...Nine-Month Scandal by Maya Banks (read by KelB)
L- Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (read by Lori)
S- A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle (read by Tori)

A- American Indian Myths and Legends by Richard Erdoes (read by Betsy)
R- The Ruins by Scott B. Smith (read by Abbie)
E-El embarazo de mi hermana by Yōko Ogawa (read by Satrina) (hide spoiler)]

✔The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl
(view spoiler)[T- Le tigre by Joël Dicker (Satrina)
H- House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday (read by Alex)
E- Eight Ghosts: The English Heritage Book of New Ghost Stories edited by Rowan Routh (read by Betsy 3*)

S- A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle (read by Bethany)
P- The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender (read by Kathy)
A- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (read by Laura)
C- Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns (read by Kathy)
E- The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket (read by Bethany)

M- The Marrying of Chani Kaufman by Eve Harris (read by Betsy 1*)
E- Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined by Danielle Younge-Ullman (read by Tori)
R- Rumpole for the Defense by John Mortimer (read by Lori)
C- Circe by Madeline Miller (read by Sarina)
H- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (read by Bethany)
A- Animal Farm by George Orwell (read by Robin)
N- Never Grow Up by Jackie Chan (read by Theresa)
T- Turn Coat by Jim Butcher (read by Kathy)
S- 99 Stories of God by Joy Williams (read by Kathy) (hide spoiler)]

✔ Origin by Dan Brown
(view spoiler)[O- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (read by Robin)
R- Ring by Kōji Suzuki (read by Lori)
I- I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson (read by Laura)
G- The Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall (read by Cheryl)
I- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (read by Betsy)
N- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (read by Theresa) (hide spoiler)]

Extra Letters:
B - The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King (read by NancyJ)
B - Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu (read by Sarina)
B - Beautiful Bad by Annie Ward (read by Kathy)
B - The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket (read by Storm)
B - The Barking Ghost by R.L. Stine (read by Storm)
B - The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (read by Storm)
C - Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl (read by Storm)
C - The Corset by Laura Purcell (read by Lori)
F - Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl (read by Tori)
F - The Faerie Handbook: An Enchanting Compendium of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects by Carolyn Turgeon (read by Bethany)
G - The Ghost Next Door by R.L. Stine (read by Storm)
G - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (read by Kathi)
H - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (read by Betsy)
H - Here After by Sean Costello (read by Kathy)
J - The Joy of the Whole Earth: Jerusalem and the Future of the World by Lars Enerson
K - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (read by Brandi)
M - The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson (read by KelB)
M - M is for Malice by Sue Grafton (read by Kathy)
P - Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss by Rajeev Balasubramanyam ( read by Cheryl)
P -The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough (read by Theresa)
P -The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli (read by Kimberly)
P - Poirot Investigates: Eleven Complete Mysteries by Agatha Christie (read by Allegra)
S - A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle (read by Storm)
S - A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle (read by Brandi)
S - Screenshot by Donna Cooner (read by Kathy)
S - The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie (read by Lori)
S - Small Gods by Terry Pratchett (read by Lori)
S - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (read by Allegra)
S - Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman (read by Allegra)
U - Unwind by Neal Shusterman (read by Sarina)
V - The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket (read by Bethany)
W - Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver (read by Lori)
W - Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (read by Kimberly)
W - The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King (read by Kathy)
W - Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman (read by Kathy)
W - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (read by Lori)
W - Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (read by Allegra)
W - Wallflower at the Orgy by Nora Ephron (read by Allegra)

Welcome to the EVERYONE Has Read This But Me Spelling Bee! Our goal is to work together to spell as many book titles as we can. This challenge will run from June 1st - June 30th

This thread is for spelling only. If you want to discuss and ask questions go to this thread.

How does this work?
Each mod has shared a 'hidden treasure' book title to start off the game. The goal of the challenge is to spell out these titles using the first letter of the books we finish reading. We will be working together as a group to spell out the titles. When a book title is completed, a book will be randomly selected from the books that spelled out that title to take its place. There will be four titles on-the-go at all times, so you can read whatever you like, or plan out your books to help us complete the titles faster, it’s up to you.

How to Participate:
Every time you finish a book, you post it on this thread. The first letter of the title, with the exception of words such as an, a, the, and and so on, will count towards our pile of letters that we use to spell out the book titles.
Example:

The Man in the High Castle
Philip K. Dick
June 1
5*

('M' would be the letter used to complete one of the four book titles)

It is completely optional, but you may add a star rating if you would like to let everyone else know how much you enjoyed your book.

Important Notes: Every book must have its own post to count. Posts with multiple books per post will only have the first book accounted for. Mods reserve the right to decide which letter from the book title counts.

So dust off your TBR shelf, find a comfy chair, and help us to spell out as many titles as we can!