For February 2023 - Bookshelf Catch-Up

[Tori]

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for February 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 December 16

[Tori]

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

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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

[Tori]

Tracking through message: 53
⭐ Poll Candidate

⭐East of Eden (601p) - 7
The Princess Bride (456p) - 5
⭐Murder on the Orient Express (274p) - 8
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (223p) - 5
A Thousand Splendid Suns (372p) - 6
Gone Girl (415p) - 1
⭐Pachinko (496p) - 7
The Secret History (559p) - 1
The Golden Compass (399p) - 4
⭐The Martian (384p) - 7
Love in the Time of Cholera (348p) - 1

[Roevardotter]

I nominate East of Eden by Steinbeck :)

[Wobbley]

I second East of Eden

[Rebecca is book-hooked]

I nominate The Princess Bride, 456 pg

[Adrienne]

I nominate Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie 274 pgs

[Kimberly]

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

[Renata]

I nominate A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, 372 pages.

I second Astrophysics.

[Jan]

I second the Princess Bride and Murder on the Orient Express

[Quinty (Taylor's Version)]

I nominate Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, last read 2019.

[Tori]

I second East of Eden

[Paula W]

I’ll second A Thousand Splendid Suns, although I am bitter about it. 🤣

[JoJo_theDodo]

I second East of Eden

[Toni]

I nominate Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (p496)

[Pamela]

I second Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

[Wobbley]

I second Pachinko.

[Rebecca is book-hooked]

I second Murder on Orient Express and Gone Girl.

[Tiffany]

I second princess bride

[Christy]

I second East of Eden and Pachinko.

[Andi]

I nominate The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman, 399 pages, last read 12/2019

[Patti]

I second a Thousand Splendid Suns

[Jessica]

I second A Thousand Splendid Suns

[Lindsay]

I second The Golden Compass

[Shaina]

I second The Princess Bride

[Melissa]

murder on the Orient Express

[Rebecca is book-hooked]

I second Secret History and Golden Compass

[Michelle]

I nominate The Martian by Andy Weir. Last read 12/16. 384 pages

[Roevardotter]

i second the golden compass

[Wobbley]

I second The Martian

[Mumma]

A princess bride 🥰

[Lena]

I second Pachinko and Murder on the Orient Express

[Cécile]

I second A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Martian

[Ailine]

Murder on the Orient Express

[Tamara]

I second Murder on the Orient Express and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

[Patti]

I second East of Eden

[Tokoro]

I think I would like to nominate Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, previously read in June 2020. And second Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.

[Cindy]

Murder on the Orient Express

[Linda]

I second Pachinko and A Thousand Splendid Suns

[spoko]

I second Pachinko.

[fleurette]

I second The Golden Compass and The Martian

[Rae]

I second Princess Bride.

[Megan]

I second East of Eden, The Martian, and Murder on the Orient Express

[Megan]

I also second A Thousand Splendid Suns

[Kim]

I second East of Eden and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.

[Peach]

I'll go for The Martian.

[Tori]

I second The Martian and Love in the Time of Cholera

[Shaina]

I second The Martian

[Andi]

I second Pachinko

[Eni]

Vote for The Bell Jar
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland