For July 2023 - Bookshelf Catch-Up

[Renata]

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

[Renata]

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

A Man Called Ove
The Sun Also Rises
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

[Renata]

Tracking through message: 39
⭐ Poll Candidate

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (370p) - 4
⭐ The Martian (384p) - 7
⭐ Slaughterhouse-Five (275p) - 7
The Thirteenth Tale (406p) - 4
East of Eden (601p) - 2
⭐ The Underground Railroad (313p) - 5
To Kill a Mockingbird (323p) - 2
⭐ The Diary of a Young Girl (283p) - 7
Crazy Rich Asians (403p) - 3

[Andi]

I nominate The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, 370 pages, last read 3/2020.

[Rebecca is book-hooked]

I nominate The Martian by Andy Weir, 384 pg

[spoko]

I second The Martian.

[Laura H L]

I second The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

[Renata]

I nominate Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., 275 pages.

[Lina]

I second The Martian.

[Kimberly]

I nominate The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. First published in 2006. 406 pages

[Andi]

I second Slaughterhouse Five

[Sandra]

I second Slaughterhouse Five

[Wobbley]

I second The Martian, Slaughterhouse Five, and The Thirteenth Tale.

[Rachel]

I second The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Slaughterhouse-Five.

[Wobbley]

I nominate East of Eden by John Steinbeck. 601 pages, published 1952, looks like it was last read in September 2021.

[Toni]

I nominate The Underground Railroad by Colton Whitehead (p 313)

[spoko]

I second The Underground Railroad.

[Andi]

I second The Underground Railroad

[Lindsay]

I nominate To Kill A Mockingbird, 323 pages last read in 2017

[Quinty (Taylor's Version)]

In honor of it being Liberation Day in the Netherlands tomorrow, I'd like to nominate Het Achterhuis/The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. 283 pages, last read in 2018.

I second To Kill a Mockingbird.

[Theresa]

I second the Thirteenth Tale.

[Lindsay]

I second Diary of a young girl

[Andi]

I second Diary of a Young Girl

[Rachel]

I second The Diary of a Young Girl

[Roevardotter]

I second The Underground Railroad and East of Eden

[Laura H L]

I I second the Diary of a Young Girl

[LittleRedRidingHood]

I second:
-The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
-Slaughterhouse Five
-Thirteenth Tale

[Kimberly]

I second Slaughterhouse Five

[Débora]

I nominate Crazy Rich Asians (403 pages)

[Toni]

I second Crazy Rich Asians

[D.L.]

I second The Diary of a Young Girl

[Shaina]

I second The Martian, The Underground Railroad, and To Kill a Mockingbird

[Ian]

I second Slaughterhouse Five

[LittleRedRidingHood]

I second Crazy Rich Asian.

[Robin]

I second The Diary of a Young Girl.

[fleurette]

I second The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Martian and Crazy Rich Asians

[Tori]

I second The Martian and East of Eden.

[Kim]

I second The Thirteenth Tale, The Underground Railroad and Diary of a Young Girl.

[Renata]

Thanks to all participants for suggesting these great books! Nominations are now closed, but you can cast your vote in the polls, now open here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...