BOTM Suggestions February 2019 - Bookshelf Catch-Up

[Marcos]

Hello all! Starting up the monthly discussions for February 2019 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 reread within the last twelve months are not eligible.

>>> Attention, please: new reduced period for nominations this month: just 2 weeks!

Nominations end Midnight December 15.

[Marcos]

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

Little Women
A Christmas Carol
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
A Man Called Ove
All the Light We Cannot See
The Night Circus
Ready Player One

[Marcos]

TRACKING

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Nomination - # of Seconds

1. A Clockwork Orange - 23
2. The Sun Also Rises - 5
3. Dark Matter - 8
4. Fahrenheit 451 - 20
5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 14
6. Romeo and Juliet - 3
7. And Then There Were None - 23
8. Memoirs of a Geisha - 4
9. Dune - 20
10. I Am a Cat - 5
11. The Handmaid's Tale - 17
12. To Kill a Mockingbird - 9
13. A Tale of Two Cities - 5
14. The Bell Jar - 4
15. Anna Karenina

[Renee]

I would like to throw A Clockwork Orange andThe Sun Also Rises back in the mix

[Zainab]

I'd like to nominate Dark Matter and Fahrenheit 451

[Kyra]

I will nominate One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

[Zeljka]

I nominate Romeo and Juliet

[Sarah]

I second Dark Matter

[Rachel]

I nominate And Then There Were None

[Diana]

I second And Then There Were None

[Tori]

I nominate Memoirs of a Geisha

[Marcos]

I second Farenheit 451.

[Laura]

I will nominate Dune and will also second And Then There Were None

[Kyra]

I will also second And Then There Were None

[Michelle]

I second A Clockwork Orange

[Ali]

A clockwork orange

[Kamilah]

I second Memoirs of a Geisha

[herondale ☀️]

I second Fahrenheit 451 and And Then There Were None.

[Stephanie]

I second A Clockwork Orange

[M]

I Am a Cat/Natsume Soseki

[Shala]

A Handmaid's Tale

[Natalie]

I nominate to kill a mockingbird

[Lensey]

Kyra wrote: "I will nominate One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

I second One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

[Sarah]

I second Dune

[NancyJ]

I second To Kill a Mockingbird.

[Justin]

Dune and A Clockwork Orange.

[Betsy]

Dark Matter

[Catherine]

I second A Clockwork Orange, Fahrenheit 541, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

[Thea]

I second "A Handmaid's Tale"

[Linda]

I second And Then There Were None

[Nell]

I second A Handmaid's Tale.

[Jen from Quebec :0)]

I'll 2nd The Sun Also Rises + To Kill a Mockingbird + Fahrenheit 451. Thanks! --Jen from Quebec :0)

[Lauren]

I also would love to read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Best. I also nominate A Prayer for Owen Meany.

[*sj*]

I second Fahrenheit 451 (I see it referenced so often!)
second, also, for Dune

[Mariana]

I second Dark Matter and Dune

[Andrea]

second Fahrenheit 451

[Joanna]

I second Dark Matter.

[Aqsa]

I nominate A Tale of Two Cities. And I'd like to second To Kill A Mockingbird and A Handmaid's Tale

[Pat the Book Goblin]

I'd love to reread/second Dune! If it is nominated would anyone like to read the whole series? I've only read the first one and I have the rest sitting on my shelf calling my name!

[Rachel]

I second Fahrenheit 451

[♛primadonna♛]

I second and then there were none and to kill a mockingbird

[Jemma]

I second And Then There Were None and Romeo and Juliet

[Marcos]

Tally updated.

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[Marcos]

Lauren wrote: "I also would love to read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Best. I also nominate A Prayer for Owen Meany."

Hi, Lauren!

We haven't read "A Prayer for Owen Meany" as a group, so this book is not eligible in this thread.

But you can nominate it for a new read, if you wish, in the Modern Classics / Popular thread.

[Renee]

I will second A tale of 2 cities

[Colin]

I second Dune

[Kamatchi]

I second A Clockwork Orange

[Mary-Faith]

I nominate The Bell Jar. And I second And Then There Were None and Fahrenheit 451.

[ticholam]

I second A Clockwork Orange

[Ali]

I second the handmaids tale