November 2021 - Bookshelf Catch-Up

[Renata]

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for November 2021 in the BOOKSHELF CATCH-UP category. Top 4 will be selected for the poll.

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 HERE.

Books featured as a group reread within the last twelve months are not eligible. See Message 2 below.

Only one nomination is allowed per person, per category. If you nominate more than one book only your first nomination will be added toward the tracking post. Please continue to second as many nominations that interest you!

Page numbers are now required for every nomination. To find out how many pages a book has; go to the book's page on Goodreads. look under the section titled "GET A COPY" and above the book's ISBN number.

Nominations end Midnight September 16.

[Renata]

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

Frankenstein
Lolita
Anne of Green Gables
The Kite Runner
Pride and Prejudice
Catch-22
The Bell Jar
1984
The Night Circus
Rebecca
A Christmas Carol

[Renata]

Tracking through message: 58
⭐ Poll Candidate

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
A Thousand Splendid Suns (372p) - 5
⭐Where the Crawdads Sing (384p) - 8
⭐In Cold Blood (343p) - 8
⭐Wuthering Heights (464p) - 8
The Joy Luck Club (352p) - 4
Life of Pi (460p) - 5
⭐Slaughterhouse-Five (275p) - 7
The Fellowship of the Ring (527p) - 3
The Nightingale (448p) - 1
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (328p) - 1

[Renata]

OK, I'll kick it off. How about A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (372 pages).

[Lindsey]

I second A Thousand Splendid Suns

[Adrienne]

Where the Crawdads Sing
384 pgs

[spoko]

I nominate In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (343 p.).

[Cat]

I second Where The Crawdads Sing.

[Sophie]

I nominate Wuthering Heights (464 pages).

[Rae]

I nominate The Joy Luck Club (352 pages).

[JoJo_theDodo]

I second The Joy Luck Club

[Linda]

Wow!
I second A Thousand Splendid Suns, Where the Crawdads Sing and The Joy Luck Club

[Sage]

I second In Cold Blood and The Joy Luck Club.

[Nike]

I nominate Life of Pi by Yann Martel

[Katie Kinnaird]

I would agree with A Thousand Splendid Suns

[adele]

I second Life of Pi

[aliciav]

I second Where the Crawdads Sing and Wuthering Heights.

[Shaneka]

I second In cold blood

[Shaina]

I second Where the Crawdads Sing

[Naomi]

I second Life of Pi and Wuthering Heights

[Nike]

Adele wrote: "I second Life of Pi"

Thank you, Adele 🙂

[Nike]

Naomi wrote: "I second Life of Pi and Wuthering Heights"

Thank you, Naomi 🙂

[Lindsey]

I second the Life of Pi

[Toni]

I second a thousand splendid suns

[TheAccidental]

I second Where the Crawdads Sing. I was supposed to read this for IRL bookclub!

[María]

I nominate Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (275 pages).

[Renata]

I second Slaughterhouse-Five.

[Sage]

I second Slaughterhouse-Five.

[Krysle]

Wuthering Heights please.

[Dorian]

In cold blood!

[Christy]

I nominate The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings #1) by J.R.R. Tolkein (398 pages).

[Lindsay]

I second slaughterhouse five

[Elli]

I second The Fellowship of the Ring

[Mike]

I second The Fellowship of the Ring

[Nike]

Lindsey wrote: "I second the Life of Pi"

Thank you, Lindsey =)

[JoJo_theDodo]

I would also like to second Life of Pi

[Theresa]

I second In Cold Blood

[Milli]

I second In Cold Blood and Slaughterhouse Five

[Kimberly]

I second Slaughterhouse-Five and A Thousand Splendid Suns

[Kimberly]

I nominate The Nightingale (372 pages)

[Leona]

Wuthering Heights is one I would like to read again. It has been years since I read it.

[Estefanía]

I second In Cold Blood.

[Nidhi]

I second The Fellowship of the Ring and The Nightingale. Thank you.

[Hanna]

I second Wuthering Heights

[Betsy]

I second the Joy Luck Club.

[Lea]

I second "Life of Pi" and "Slaughterhouse Five".

[fleurette]

I second In Cold Blood and Where the Crawdads Sing

[Lindsay]

I nominate The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 328 pages

[Andi]

I second In Cold Blood

[Andi]

I second Withering Heights