BOTM Suggestions June 2019 - Bookshelf Catch-up

[Tori]

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

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 April 16.

[Tori]

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

The Handmaid's Tale
Wuthering Heights
Lord of the Flies
Fahrenheit 451
Little Women
A Christmas Carol
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
A Man Called Ove

[Tori]

Tracking: through message 65

Nomination (pages) - # of Seconds
The Night Circus (387 p.) - 11
Frankenstein (166 p.) - 15
Dark Matter (342 p.) - 5
Memoirs of a Geisha (503 p.) - 4
Dune (604 p.) - 9
I Am a Cat (480 p.) - 4
The Jungle Book (277 p.) - 9
One Hundred Years of Solitude (417 p.) - 9
Anna Karenina (964 p.) - 1
American Gods (635 p.) - 6
The Sun Also Rises (189 p.) - 3
Never Let Me Go (288 p.) - 3
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (336 p.) - 6
The Bell Jar (288 p.) - 2
A Tale of Two Cities (489 p.) - 1

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

[Karen]

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 387 pp. I haven't read it yet.

[Zeljka]

Frankenstein 166 pages

[Betsy]

Dark Matter 342 pages

[Kerri]

Memoirs of a Geisha 503 pages and
Dune 604 pages

[Laura]

I second Dune & Dark Matter

[Megan]

I second Frankenstein

[Joanna Loves Reading]

Karen wrote: "The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 387 pp. I haven't read it yet."

I second this one because I recently got a hard copy given to me.

[Honore]

i second Frankenstein

[Robin]

I second Frankenstein!

[Renee]

I would like to nominate I am a Cat and the Jungle Book

[Kyra]

I second Frankenstein and The Jungle Book.

[Brandi]

I second Dark Matter.

I nominate One Hundred Years of Solitude (417pgs) and Anna Karenina (964pgs).

[Jen from Quebec :0)]

I'd like to 2nd The Jungle Book

I'd like to Nominate American Gods by Neil Gaiman...there are SO MANY versions of this book, ranging from 445 pages to 734 pages, but MOST versions seem to be about 635 pages. Thanks! --Jen from Quebec :0)

[[deleted user]]

I second The Jungle Book and I Am a Cat

[Savita]

I second the night circus!

[Christine]

I'd like to add The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman.

I also second One Hundred Years of Solitude, and add my vote for Dune.

[Ruth]

Night Circus :)

[Emily (moonlight&moths)]

I second the Night Circus and Dune!

[Melissa]

Second - The Night Circus.
Nominate - Where'd You Go, Bernadette?

[Kimberly]

I'll second Memoirs of a Geisha and Dune.

I'll nominate The Sun Also Rises (189 p.).

[Mary-Faith]

I nominate Never Let Me Go (288 pgs.) and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (336 pgs.).

I second The Night Circus.

[Satrina]

I second The Jungle Book and The Ocean at the End of the Lane

[Tori]

Christine wrote: "I'd like to add The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman.

Melissa wrote: "Nominate - Where'd You Go, Bernadette?

We have not read The Ocean at the End of the Lane or Where'd you go Bernadette? as a group yet. Feel free to nominate them over Here

[Allison]

I second:
Dune (604 p.)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (417 p.)
Never Let Me Go (288 p.)

I nominate The Bell Jar (294 pages)

[Robin]

I second One Hundred Years of Solitude, American Gods and The Sun Also Rises.

[Renee]

I wil decond the sun also rises

[Genevieve]

I second Never Let Me Go and I am a Cat.

[Genevieve]

I second Dark Matter too! Holy cow, have you read the synopsis?

[Honore]

i second One Hundred Years of Solitude

[Missy]

I second Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and A aThousand Years of Solitude.

[Lindsey]

I second Frankenstein

[herondale ☀️]

I second The Night Circus, Frankenstein and One Hundred Years of Solitude.

[Melinda]

I second Memoirs of a Geisha and Anna Karenina

[Shelley]

I second The Night Circus, The Jungle Book, and American Gods.

[Debbie]

I second Frankenstein and American gods

[Betsy]

I second The Night Circus and The Jungle Book.

[Jay]

I second Frankenstein

[Zainab]

I second Dark Matter

[Abhilasha]

I second Frankenstein!

[Satrina]

I second Dune

[Lea]

I second Frankenstein and The Jungle Book.

[Shelby]

I second The Night Circus and Frankenstein

[Colin]

I second Never Let Me Go & Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.

[James]

I second the sun also rises

[Pamela]

I second One Hundred Years of Solitude

[Zeljka]

I second American Gods

[Honore]

i second american gods!