For January 2023 - Bookshelf Catch-Up

[Renata]

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for January 2023 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 November 16.

[Renata]

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

The Bell Jar
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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

[Renata]

Tracking through message: 50
⭐ Poll Candidate

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds

⭐ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (370p) - 7
To Kill a Mockingbird (336p) - 5
⭐ Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (263p) - 7
The Song of Achilles (378p) - 4
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (223p) - 3
Where the Crawdads Sing (384p) - 6
⭐ The Nickel Boys (213p) - 8
⭐ The Underground Railroad (306p) - 7
Frankenstein (273p) - 3
The Hate You Give (444p) - 4
The Hobbit (366p) - 1
Slaughterhouse-Five (275p) - 1

[Laura H L]

I nominate The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 370 p.

[Andi]

I nominate To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, 336 pages, last read 12/2017

[Renata]

I nominate Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind, 263 pages.

[Lena]

I second To Kill a Mockingbird

[Toni]

I nominate The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (p378)

[Kimberly]

I nominate Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson. 223 pages

[Renata]

I second Astrophysics.

[Kylie]

I second Perfume

[Lynnmk]

I second Perfume.

[Quinty (Taylor's Version)]

I nominate Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

I second To Kill a Mockingbird, Perfume and the Song of Achilles.

[spoko]

I nominate The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. 213 p.

[Jan]

spoko wrote: "I nominate The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. 213 p."

Excellent book. Even better than Underground Railroad. I second it.

[Shaina]

I second Where the Crawdads Sing and The Nickel Boys

[Toni]

I second The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys

[Andi]

I second: Underground Railroad
Perfume
Immortal Life

[Renata]

Toni wrote: "I second The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys"

Toni, the Underground Railroad has not been nominated yet. And since you have already made another nomination, I cannot add this book.

[Renata]

Andi wrote: "I second: Underground Railroad
Perfume
Immortal Life"

Andi, same story. Underground Railroad has not been nominated and you have already used your nomination ticket with another book choice.

[JoJo_theDodo]

I nominate The Underground Railroad
Can we add all the prior seconds to my nomination? I've had this one sitting on my TBR shelf for awhile now.

[Gil-or (readingbooksinisrael)]

I nominate Frankenstein (273 p)

[Gil-or (readingbooksinisrael)]

I second Henrietta Lacks

[Renata]

JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "I nominate The Underground Railroad
Can we add all the prior seconds to my nomination? I've had this one sitting on my TBR shelf for awhile now."

JoJo, thanks for the nomination, and yes, I will now add all the prior seconds.

[Ted]

I nominate The Hate You Give.

Btw, how do you add the title as a link?

[Renata]

Ted wrote: "I nominate The Hate You Give.

Btw, how do you add the title as a link?"

Ted, look at the top right of the comment box. Select "add book/author" and you will get another dialog to SEARCH for your book then ADD the html link.

[Quinty (Taylor's Version)]

I second the Hate You Give

[Toni]

I second The Hate You Give

[Tamara]

I second To Kill a Mockingbird, Where the Crawdads Sing and Frankenstein.

[Roevardotter]

I second perfume. We read that in school and I allways wanted to read it again :)

[Tori]

I second The Song of Achilles

[Tiffany]

I second the nickel boys

[Adrienne]

I second the hate you give and where the crawdads sing

[Elle]

I second Perfume: The Story of a Murderer and Where the Crawdads Sing

[Christy]

I second The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

[fleurette]

I second The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Underground Railroad and The Hate You Give.

[Nidhi]

I second
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Where the Crawdads Sing
The Nickel Boys
The Underground Railroad

[Red]

I nominate The Hobbit (368 pages) by J.R.R. Tolkien and second the following:
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- The Underground Railroad
- Frankenstein

[Linda]

I second The song of Achilles and Where the Crawdads Sing

[Chuck]

I second The Song of Achilles

[Alex]

I second The Nickel Boys!

[Tamara]

I second The Hobbit

[Brandy]

I second To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

[Robin]

I second Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.

[Linda]

I second The Underground Railroad

[Sophie]

I second Frankenstein.

[Patti]

I second Nickel Boys

[Tokoro]

I'll second Henrietta Lacks and Perfume. And maybe I can nominate Slaughterhouse-Five.

[Renata]

I second Slaughterhouse-Five.

[Pamela]

I second Henrietta Lacks, Astrophysics, Nickel Boys and Underground