BOTM Suggestions October 2018 — Bookshelf Catchup

[Joanna Loves Reading]

Hello all! Starting up the monthly discussions for October 2018 book-of-the-month suggestions. 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 read within the last twelve months are not eligible.

Nominations end 9 PM PDT on August 25.

[Joanna Loves Reading]

Tracking: through message 104 NOMINATIONS CLOSED

Nominees to be included in the poll are bolded!

Nominations — # of seconds
1. The Kite Runner — 13
2. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — 17
3. The Sun Also Rises — 7
4. A Clockwork Orange — 17
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone — 2
6. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch — 10
7. Memoirs of a Geisha — 7
8. Dark Matter — 1
9. Romeo and Juliet — 4
10. Frankenstein — 4 Note: while not a featured BOTM, there is an active buddy reread in progress.
11. And Then There Were None — 4
12. It — 3
13. The Shining — 12

[Renn]

The Kite Runner

[Cheryl]

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(btw, the edition that got shelved is an adaptation... I assume we'd be reading the original?)

[Marcos]

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

A Man Called Ove
All the Light We Cannot See
The Night Circus
Ready Player One
Fahrenheit 451
The Book Thief
The Handmaid's Tale
American Gods

Just looked up at the polls, and edited for 12 months. If I'm mistaken, please let me know. :-)

[Marcos]

I second Alice.

Yes, Cheryl, the original was the edition read.

[Renee]

I would like to nominate The Sun Also Rises and A clockwork Orange

[Satrina]

I second A Clockwork Orange

[Kimberly]

I'll second Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Satrina wrote: "I second A Clockwork Orange"

Second

[Marcos]

The group is fully back!

You may like to have a look at my post on the last polls here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Zeljka]

I nominate
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

[Jess]

I would like to nominate Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

[Susan]

Sarina wrote: "The Kite Runner"

Second The Kite Runner

[Susan]

Cheryl wrote: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(btw, the edition that got shelved is an adaptation... I assume we'd be reading the original?)"

Second

[Melanie]

I also would like to read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

[Joanna Loves Reading]

I second Kite Runner and Good Omens

[Joanna Loves Reading]

I have updated tracking for each thread, see message 2. I will try to update daily, but it depends some on activity.

[Monique]

I second the Kite Runner

[Stephanie]

I second Good Omens

[Débora]

I second A Clockwork Orange

[Ashley]

I second Good Omens and Alices Adventures in Wonderland

[Allegra]

The Kite Runner works for me.

[Susan]

I will second The Sun Also Rises

[Susan]

I nominate Memoirs of a Geisha

[Zainab]

I nominate dark matter

[Jemma]

I nominate Romeo and Juliet.

[Ace]

I second A Clockwork Orange

[Stefania]

I second:
Kite Runner,
Alice’s adventure in Wonderland
Memoir of a geisha

[Tori]

I would like to nominate Frankenstein

[Stefania]

Tori - we are just rereading Frankenstein now in August! You still have more than 2 weeks to catch up with it! :)

[Debbie]

I second a clockwork orange

[Joanna Loves Reading]

Tally updated!

[Jessica]

I second Frankenstein. It just seems perfect for October.

[Kyra]

I nominate And Then There Were None and It.

[Tori]

Stefania wrote: "Tori - we are just rereading Frankenstein now in August! You still have more than 2 weeks to catch up with it! :)"

Thanks for letting everyone know! I should have mentioned the current buddy read going on with my nomination. I wanted to save Frankenstein because I like reading horror around Halloween. Just thought I'd nominate it in case anyone else feels the same.

[NancyJ]

I'm reading Frankenstein with another group in October. I agree it's perfect for October.

I second Kite Runner and Good Omens.

[Berna]

I second Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

[Ekiamx]

I second A Clockwork Orange

[Vian]

I would like to nominate The Shining

[Kerri]

I will second The Shining!

[Katerina]

I second The Shining.

[Caleb]

The Kite Runner

[[deleted user]]

Second The Shining and The Kite Runner

[Sara]

Second The Kite Runner

[Dawn]

Second Good Omens

[Karina]

I second Alice Adventure in wonderland

[Michael]

I second Good Omens.

[Tanya]

Clockwork Orange

[Maybel]

I second Alice's Adventures in Wonderland