For November 2022 - Bookshelf Catch-Up

[Renata]

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for November 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 September 16.

[Renata]

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

A Gentleman in Moscow
A Clockwork Orange
The Silent Patient
The Book Thief
Lord of the Flies
Circe
Emma
The Midnight Library
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Dune
Jane Eyre

[Renata]

Tracking through message: 55
⭐ Poll Candidate

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds

Small Great Things (503p) - 2
⭐ A Brief History of Time (213p) - 8
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (496p) - 6
⭐ To Kill a Mockingbird (336p) - 9
The Goldfinch (771p) - 6
⭐ Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (210p) - 7
⭐ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (320p) - 7
Ready Player One (374p) - 6
⭐ The Diary of a Young Girl (283p) - 9
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (491p) - 2

[Toni]

I nominate Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult (pg 503)

[Andi]

I nominate A Briefer History in Time by Stephen Hawking, 272 pages, last read 2/2018

[Renata]

Andi wrote: "I nominate A Briefer History in Time by Stephen Hawking, 272 pages, last read 2/2018"

Andi, our bookshelf title is actually A Brief History of Time. I assume you meant this one?

[Rebecca is book-hooked]

I nominate A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, 496 pages

[Adrienne]

I will second (or nominate?) A Brief History of Time 213 pgs

[Renata]

I second A Brief History of Time.

[Kim]

I second A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

[Andi]

Renata wrote: "Andi wrote: "I nominate A Briefer History in Time by Stephen Hawking, 272 pages, last read 2/2018"

Andi, our bookshelf title is actually [book:A Brief History of Time|..."

Yes I did.

[Sarah]

I second a brief history of time

[Cynthia]

I nominate To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (336 pages)

[Toni]

I second A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

[Renata]

Monte wrote: "I will nominate "the book thief""

Monte, this book is on our exclusion list (message 2) because it has been re-read in the last 12 months. Is there another book you would like to nominate instead?

[Renata]

I nominate The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (771 pages).

[Toni]

I second Goldfinch

[Kimberly]

I nominate Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Last read 3/2018. 210 pages

[Elle]

I nominate Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (320 pages)

[Quinty (Taylor's Version)]

I second To Kill a Mockingbird and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
I nominate Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

[Kim]

I second To Kill a Mockingbird and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.

[Andi]

I second:
To Kill a Mocking Bird and
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

[JoJo_theDodo]

I second Ready Player One.

[Renata]

I second Astrophysics.

[Rebecca is book-hooked]

I second the Goldfinch

[Sarah]

I second to kill a mocking bird and astrophysics for people in a hurry

[Sarah]

I also second small great things

[Adrienne]

I second Ready Player One

[Estefanía]

Quinty (Taylor's Version) nominated The Diary of a Young Girl in the before 1960 thread. They also have the support of JoJo_theDoDo over there.

They already nominated another book here, so I nominate it.

[Lena]

i second 'To Kill a Mocking Bird' and 'Goldfinch'

[Quinty (Taylor's Version)]

Obviously I'd like to second The Diary of a Young Girl :)

[Wobbley]

I second "a tree grows in Brooklyn", "Alice's adventures in wonderland", and "the diary of a young girl"

[Janice]

Such great books! I would like to second A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, To Kill A Mockingbird, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and The Diary of a Young Girl.

[adele]

I second Alice in Wonderland, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, and A Brief History of Time

[Sarah]

I second diary of a young girl

[Audrey]

I second A Brief History of Time

[Audrey]

I second The Goldfinch

[Casey]

I second the diary of a young girl

[Shaina]

I second A Brief History of Time and To Kill a Mocking Bird

[fleurette]

I second Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Ready Player One

[Monica]

I will nominate Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry PratchettNeil Gaiman

[anj ☆]

I second Ready Player One and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

[Banshee]

I second A Brief History of Time and The Diary of a Young Girl.

[Patti]

I second A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

[Samantha]

I second To Kill a Mockingbird & The Diary of a Young Girl

[Robin]

I second The Diary of a Young Girl.

[Christy]

I second Small Great Things, A Brief History of Time, Ready Player One, and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

[Toni]

I second Good Omens

[Kaseadillla]

Second goldfinch

[Theresa]

I second Ready Player One