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.

Wow!! We're already at 2.92! Keep it up guys! :)

Jessica wrote: "I’ll be gone on the dark by Michelle McNamara"

There are two Jessicas in Hufflepuff. Is there an initial or nickname we can add to your name?

I second Memoirs of a Geisha and The Kite Runner

Sarina wrote: " Saga, Vol. 1
October 10"

Yes! I was trying to think of a comic series I could read to get in some extra books and I haven't gotten around to Saga yet.

Gryffindor just got their second point as well, but we are still keeping the lead! I added so many books today, well done everyone!

I also second Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

October 10
169 pages

Natalie wrote: "Is it too late for me to join?

Finished Oct 9th: Version Control by Dexter Palmer, 512 pages

Version Control"

Like John said, you're in! I just wanted to let you know that if you've finished any other books this month post them! They still count even though you didn't join until now

Updated:
Hufflepuff Average: 2.10
Gryffindor Average: 1.80
They are really catching up to us now.

Our average is at 1.96 We are getting so close to our second point!

Wonderish wrote: "If I can still join I’m Hufflepuff"

Welcome to Hufflepuff! Remember to post any books you've read this month on our house thread.

Zainab wrote: "So in our reserved post: do we include the books that have been counted by you already (and label them so), or just start fresh?"

Please list the books I've already counted, and remember to make a new post like we have been doing anytime you update your list.

Celeste wrote: "Honore wrote: "Larka wrote: "I hope I'm not late to partecipate! Slytherin!!"

Congrats on joining the winning team Larka! The Slytherin House is going to crush Ravenclaw this month!"
That's true."

Yeah, am I the only one that thinks those Slytherins must be cheating? :P lol jk

Margot wrote: "I'm not sure how to reserve a spot. Do I have to or can I just keep posting individual messages? I don't think I'll be in the top position anyway.
[book:All M..."

No, the reserved posts are completely optional. Like you said, if you know you are not going to keep up with the top readers then there is really no reason you should have to make a post. We also realize some people only post from their phones in which there is no way to edit after you've posted. So, no these reserved posts are not required.

Susan wrote: "Ok Tori, so a reserved post to show # of pages & books for the month, & continue to post w/hyper link if possible each time we finish a book. Right?"

correct!

Reserved post
Total books: 83
Total pages: 12,188

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OCTOBER
10/1 A Brief History of Time - 212
10/1 The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles - 209
10/7 The Perks of Being a Wallflower - 213
10/10 Every Heart a Doorway - 169
10 - Jane Eyre - 507
10/16 Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places -320
10/18 The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead - 270
10/19 Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft - 405
10/22 City of Ghosts - 285
10/25 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - 112
10/25 More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 100
10/26 Rebecca - 449
10/29 Gone Girl - 415
10/29 Saga, Vol. 1 - 176
10/29 Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle - 83
10/31 Saga, Vol. 2 - 160
10/31 The Haunted Mask - 126
10/31 The Haunted Mask II - 121
10/31 Be Careful What You Wish For... - 128
10/31 The Halloween Tree - 145
10/31 The Walking Dead, Vol. 30: New World Order -136
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NOVEMBER
11/2 Saga, Vol. 3 - 144
11/3 Providence Act 3 - 176
11/6 Saga, Vol. 4 - 152
11/7 Spider-Gwen, Vol. 5: Gwenom - 112
11/7 Spider-Gwen, Vol. 6: The Life of Gwen Stacy - 112
11/7 Adventure Time Vol. 15 - 109
11/10 Adventure Time Vol. 16 - 112
11/10 Adventure Time Vol. 17 - 112
11/10 Rat Queens, Vol. 4: High Fantasies - 128
11/11 Hansel and Gretel - 54
11/11 The Haunting of Hill House - 182
11/12 Saga, Vol. 5 - 152
11/14 Rat Queens, Vol. 5: The Colossal Magic Nothing - 152
11/14 Pachinko - 496
11/16 Invader Zim vol. 5 - 128
11/17 DK Adventures: Awesome Rocks - 128
11/22 The Wonky Donkey - 24
11/23 Anna Karenina - 964
11/26 {(AMERICAN GODS SHADOWS)} - 208
11/26 Psycho - 208
11/29 The Kite Runner - 371
11/29 Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business - 48
11/29 Go, Dog. Go! - 72
11/30 Fox in Socks - 61
11/30 Sheep in a jeep - 32
11/30 The Lorax - 72
11/30 The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales - 51
11/30 The Tale of Peter Rabbit - 59
11/30 The Tale of Two Bad Mice - 59
11/30 The Tailor of Gloucester - 59
11/30 Crickle-Crack - 32
11/30 Jingle Bear - 32
11/30 We Like Rhymes - 11
11/30 Baloney - 40
11/30 Oh, The Places You'll Go! - 44
11/30 Oh Say Can You Say? - 36
11/30 Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb - 24
11/30 Hop On Pop - 64
11/30 Little Cloud - 32
11/30 A House for Hermit Crab - 32
11/30 The Mixed-Up Chameleon - 32
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DECEMBER
12/1 Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses - 40
12/3 Ming Ling - 32
12/4 The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - 416
12/4 The Little Prince - 102
12/6 Preludes & Nocturnes - 233
12/6 Fanny - 32
12/6 The Doll's House - 232
12/10 Buttermilk - 32
12/11 Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes - 40
12/11 Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie - 40
12/11 Sir Pete the Brave - 32
12/11 Pete the Cat: A Pet for Pete - 32
12/11 Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach - 32
12/11 Pete the Cat and the Bad Banana -32
12/11 Pete the Cat: Scuba-Cat - 32
12/11 Pete the Cat's Train Trip - 32
12/11 Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins - 24
12/11 Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes - 40
12/16 The Underground Railroad - 306
12/17 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - 144
12/18 The Thirteenth Tale - 406

We are doing great!

Vrenzy is keeping track of the Quidditch positions, and if there is a tie for the position the person who has read the most averaged pages will get the spot. So to make it easier for her to keep track we should start including the page numbers with our posts.

Also, if you would like to make a reserved post where you can personally keep track of how many pages and books you've read all in one spot you can. This is optional, but the other houses are doing it and it will make things easier for Vrenzy if there is a tie for Quidditch positions. (If you do this please make sure to still make a new post after you finish a book so I don't miss anything)

Sorry to change things, but I think this will make it easier to keep track of our top readers.

Updated!

I second Brave New World , The Master and Margarita and A Christmas Memory

I have no idea why but I always thought this was a romance and so I avoided reading it when I was younger. I'm kind of glad I read it now because if I had read this when I was younger I would have felt like I was copying Charlie my last two years of high school. I really related to this book. A lot of the events and characters could have been pulled straight from my own memory.

I agree with Renee about letters being informal, but completely understand why someone wouldn't like this writing style.