BOTM Suggestions January 2020 - Bookshelf Catch-Up

[Tori]

Hello all! Starting up the monthly discussions for January 2020 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: We will be featuring page numbers in the poll, so please include page numbers in you nomination if possible.

Nominations end Midnight November 15

[Tori]

These books have been re-read within the last 12 months and are ineligible to be nominated:

Breakfast at Tiffany's
A Clockwork Orange
Murder on the Orient Express
Good Omens
The Picture of Dorian Gray
And Then There Were None
The Night Circus
The Handmaid’s Tale
Wuthering Heights
Lord of the Flies
Fahrenheit 451

[Tori]

Tracking through message: 74

Nomination (pages) - # of Seconds
Ready Player One (385p.) - 3
The Joy Luck Club (288p.) - 6
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (193p.) - 6
The Alchemist (182p.) - 4
A Brief History of Time (212p.)
In Cold Blood (343p.) - 1
The Sun Also Rises (189p.) - 4
Memoirs of a Geisha (503p.) - 10
American Gods (482p.) - 8
The Thirteenth Tale (406p.) - 9
Dune (604p.) - 4
The Jungle Book (277p.) - 7
It (1116p.) - 4
Dark Matter (342p.) - 5

[Jess]

Nominate Ready player one (385p)

[[deleted user]]

I nominate The Joy Luck Club (288p)

[Kylie]

I nominate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (193p)

[Linda]

I nominate The Alchemist 182 pages.

[Manny]

I second Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

[Renata]

I also second The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[Renata]

I nominate A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking, (212p).

[Zeljka]

I nominate In cold blood

[Renee]

I nominate The Sun Also Rises

[Laura H L]

I nominate Memoirs of a Geisha (503 p)

[Jess]

I second hitchhikers guide

[mali]

I second ready player one

[mali]

I nominate American Gods with 482 pages

[Martina]

I nominate The Thirteenth Tale 406 pages and Dune 604 pages

[Renata]

I second Memoirs of a Geisha and American Gods.

[Zeljka]

I second American gods

[Shelley]

I second The Joy Luck Club and American Gods.

[Karissa]

I'll second The Thirteenth Tale

[Robin]

I second Memoirs of a Geisha and The Joy Luck Club, both rereads for me but it's been many years!

[Jennifer]

Oh I also wanted The Joy Luck Club

[Allegra]

I'll second The Thirteenth Tale and The Alchemist

[Renee]

I nominate The Jungle book.

[Megan]

I second The Jungle Book

[Megan]

I also second The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

[Shaneka]

I second In Cold Blood

[Haillie]

I second Memoirs of a Geisha

[Chelsea]

I second ready player one

[Alex]

I second the Sun Also Rises

[Chuck]

I second The Sun Also Rises and The Alchemist

[Eva]

I second Dune.

[Gaye]

I second the Thirteenth Tale and the Alchemist

[Luiz Fernando]

I second The Thirteenth Tale

[Kirsten]

I nominate Handmaid's Tale. I recently read The Testaments and would love a chance to re-read the original book.

[Robin]

Kirsten #EndGunViolence wrote: "I nominate Handmaid's Tale. I recently read The Testaments and would love a chance to re-read the original book."

Hi Kirsten, Handmaid's Tale was already one of the chosen books this year so it isn't eligible. I reread it and read the Testaments also. While not as good as HMT I thought it was great and brought some closure to both HMT and the TV series.

[Sonsoles]

Laura wrote: "I nominate Memoirs of a Geisha (503 p)"

I second Memoirs of a Geisha

[Kimberly]

I'll second The Sun Also Rises and Memoirs of a Geisha.

[CYIReadBooks]

I second The Jungle Book

[Melinda]

I second Memoirs of a Geisha

[Jess]

I also second the jungle book

[Alex]

I second Ready Player One

[Lynne]

I second American Gods.

[Caramell]

I nominate It by Stephen King

[Mona]

I second the Jungle Book

[Renata]

I second It by Stephen King.

[Kimberly]

I'll second It.

[Renee]

I second It

[Brandi]

I second American Gods and The Alchemist.

I nominate Dark Matter (342pgs)