For May 2023 - Bookshelf Catch-Up

[Renata]

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for May 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 PST March 16.

[Renata]

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

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Wuthering Heights
Murder on the Orient Express
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

[Renata]

Tracking through message: 46
⭐ Poll Candidate

⭐ Ready Player One (374p) - 8
Little Women (449p) - 4
⭐ The Sun Also Rises (189p) - 6
Outlander (627p) - 1
The Song of Achilles (378p) - 4
Brave New World (268p) - 3
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (389p) - 5
Giovanni's Room (159p) - 2
⭐ The Underground Railroad (306p) - 7
⭐ The Thirteenth Tale (406p) - 6
The Martian (384p) - 4

[Quinty (Taylor's Version)]

I nominate Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, last read 2018, 374 pages

[Wobbley]

I nominate Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. 449 pages.

[Quinty (Taylor's Version)]

I second Little Women

[Adrienne]

I nominate The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 189pgs

[Toni]

I’d like to nominate Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (627 pgs)

[Linda]

I nominate The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 378 pages

[Toni]

I 2nd Song of Achilles

[Renata]

I nominate Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (268p).

[Rachel]

I nominate The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid -389 pages

I second Little Women

[Lina]

I second Outlander, The Song of Achilles, Brave New World and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

[Rae]

I second The Sun Also Rises.

[Red]

I'd like to nominate Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (159 pages) and second the following:
- The Sun Also Rises
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

[Andi]

I nominate The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. 306 pages last read 7/2020.

[Andi]

I second
Little Women
Ready Player One

[Red]

I second The Underground Railroad

[Kimberly]

I nominate The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. Last read 12/2018.

[Kimberly]

The Thirteenth Tale is 406 pages.

[Toni]

I second Underground Railroad

[spoko]

I second The Underground Railroad.

[Tiffany]

I second the thirteenth tale

[Lina]

I second The Underground Railroad and The Thirteenth Tale

[Cécile]

I second the Song of Achilles, Brave New World and Ready Player One

[Wobbley]

I second The Thirteenth Tale

[Janice]

I would like to second The Thirteenth Tale and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

[Rebecca is book-hooked]

I second 7 husbands, 13th Tale, and Sun Also Rises

[Shaina]

I second The Underground Railroad and Giovanni's Room

[Kevin G]

I second Ready Player One and The Underground Railroad.

[Roevardotter]

I second Ready Player One, Giovannis Room and Little Women

[Carrie]

I second Ready Player One

[Pamela]

I second 'The Underground Railroad'

[Chuck]

I second The Song of Achilles

[Adrienne]

I second The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Ready Player One

[Tiana]

I second Ready Player One

[fleurette]

I second Ready Player One and Brave New World

[Lynnmk]

I second The Sun Also Rises

[LittleRedRidingHood]

I second The Thirteenth Tale.

[Robin]

I second The Sun Also Rises.

[Ketutar]

I nominate the Martian by Andy Weir
384 pages

[Red]

I second the Martian

[Lina]

I second The Martian.

[spoko]

I second The Martian.

[Wobbley]

I second The Martian.

[Wobbley]

I second The Sun Also Rises

[Renata]

Thank you for these great suggestions. Nominations are now closed for this month, but you can cast your vote in the final polls here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...