For August 2022 - Bookshelf Catch-Up

[Tori]

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for August 2022 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 June 16.

[Tori]

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

The Book Thief
Lord of the Flies
Circe
Emma
The Midnight Library
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Dune
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
Frankenstein
Lolita

[Tori]

Tracking through message: 59
⭐ Poll Candidate

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
The Raven (64p) - 3
⭐The Silent Patient (325p) - 6
A Thousand Splendid Suns (432p) - 4
Gone Girl (415p) - 2
⭐The Hate You Give (444p) - 9
⭐Slaughterhouse-Five (275p) - 6
⭐Memoirs of a Geisha (434p) - 7
⭐In Cold Blood (343p) - 6
⭐Ready Player One (374p) - 7
Life of Pi (460p) - 3
The Gift of the Magi (26p)

[Andi]

I nominate The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, 64 pages

[adele]

I nominate the Silent Patient

[Toni]

I nominate A Thousand Splendid Suns 432 pages

[Quinty (Taylor's Version)]

I nominate Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, 415 pages

[Adrienne]

I nominate The Hate You Give byAngie Thomas 444pgs

[Toni]

I second the hate you give

[Quinty (Taylor's Version)]

I also second The Hate You Give

[Renata]

I nominate Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., 275 pages, last read in 2019.

I second A Thousand Splendid Suns.

[Laura H L]

i second The Hate you Give

[JoJo_theDodo]

I second The Silent Patient

[Estefanía]

I also second The Hate You Give.

[Estefanía]

Renata wrote: "Andi wrote: "I nominate The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, 64 pages"

Andi, this topic is for books already read by the group and The Raven isn't on our bookshelf yet. But..."

You can find it in the bookshelf in with the next dates: from 2017/10/01 to 2017/10/31.

[Renata]

Estefanía wrote: "Renata wrote: "Andi wrote: "I nominate The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, 64 pages"

Sorry, my mistake. It's listed as a short-read, not a classic, so I missed it. Thanks for pointing that out!

[Estefanía]

Renata wrote: "Estefanía wrote: "Renata wrote: "Andi wrote: "I nominate The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, 64 pages"

Sorry, my mistake. It's listed as a short-read, not a classic, so I ..."

It can happen to anybody. The Bookshelf is a little long at this point. I always have to triple check the thing.

[Kimberly]

I nominate Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. 434 pages, first published 1997. Last read 6/2016.

[Shaina]

I second The Hate You Give

[Mike]

I second The Silent Patient

[Andi]

I second The Hate you Give and Slaughterhouse Five

[spoko]

I second Slaughterhouse-Five.

And I nominate In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, 343 p.

[Toni]

I second In Cold Blood

[Kim]

I second Memoirs of a Geisha and Slaughterhouse Five.

[Toni]

I second Memoir’s of a Geisha

[Adrienne]

I second Memoirs of a Geisha

[Andi]

I second In Cold Blood

[Débora]

I nominate Ready Player One (374 pages)

[Quinty (Taylor's Version)]

I second Ready Player One

[Kim]

I second Ready Player One.

[JoJo_theDodo]

I second Ready Player One

[Laura H L]

I second Memoirs of a Geisha

[gizem]

I second Slaughterhouse-Five

[Cora]

I second Memoirs of a Geisha.

[Toni]

I second Ready Player One

[adele]

I second gone girl and slaughterhouse-five

[Theresa]

I second In Cold Blood and Ready Player One

[Tiffany]

I second The Silent Patient and Memoirs of a Geisha

[Chuck]

I second The Raven and The Hate You Give

[Chris]

I nominate CIRCE

[Renata]

Chris wrote: "I nominate CIRCE"

Sorry Chris, but Circe is on the exclusion list. See Message 2 above. Another try?

[Linda]

I nominate Life of Pi 460 pages

[fleurette]

I second Ready Player One, In Cold Blood and The Raven

[Judith]

I second The Silent Patient

[Ildiko]

I second Slaughterhouse-Five

[Chloe (whatchlozread)]

I second In Cold Blood

[Robin]

I second In Cold Blood and Gone Girl.

[Kerri]

I second The Hate You Give

[Renata]

BookNerd wrote: "The Midnight Library"

Sorry BookNerd, but your book is on the exclusion list, having been re-read earlier this year. See Message 2 above. Any other suggestions from our bookshelf?

[Aleksandra]

I second The Raven and A Thousand Splendid Suns