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from the EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club group.
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I second Bel Canto.
This begins a group discussion of our Modern book selection, Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, nominated by Lisa.Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.
This begins a group discussion of our Classic book selection, The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, nominated by Renata.Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.
This begins a 3rd group discussion of our Catch-Up book selection, nominated by Noek.Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.
Tracking through message: 26❄️= Poll Candidate
All My Rage (376p) - 1
The Reader (216p) - 2
Red Rising (382p) - 2
Someone Else's Shoes (464p)
The Women (471p) - 1
Intermezzo (464p) - 2
Weyward (392p) - 1
Atmosphere (352p) - 1
The Frozen River (448p) - 2
Howl’s Moving Castle (329p) - 1
Cold Sassy Tree (405p) - 1
Bel Canto (318p) - 2
The Ministry of Time (339p) - 1
The Hours (230p)
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for February 2026 in the MODERN/POPULAR category. Top 4 will be selected for the poll.Books that qualify for this category:
1. Must have a publication date 1970 or after. For older books, please make your suggestion on the Classics thread.
2. Have not been previously ready by this group. Previously read books can be nominated in the Bookshelf Catch-Up thread. See the group's Bookshelf for previously read books.
3. Be reasonably well-read, with at least 50,000 ratings, to fit the "Everyone Has Read This but Me" claim.
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 December 16.
Tracking through message: 25❄️= Poll Candidate
The Sirens of Titan (224p) - 2
The Little Prince (96p) - 4
My Cousin Rachel (349p) - 1
Beowulf (259p) - 2
Go Tell It on the Mountain (256p) - 4
White Fang (252p) - 3
The Godfather (428p) - 3
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (438p) - 2
The Chosen (291p) - 1
I Am Legend (101p)
Tess of the D’Urbervilles (518p)
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for February 2026 in the CLASSICS category. Top 4 will be selected for the poll.Books that qualify for this category:
1. Must have a publication date 1969 or before. For newer books, please make your suggestion on the Modern Classic/Popular Reads thread.
2. Have not been previously ready by this group. Previously read books can be nominated in the Bookshelf Catchup thread. See the group's Bookshelf for previously read books.
3. Be reasonably well-read, with at least 50,000 ratings, to fit the "Everyone Has Read This but Me" claim.
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 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 December 16.
Tracking through message: 22❄️= Poll Candidate
Murder on the Orient Express (274p) - 1
The Handmaid's Tale (311p) - 1
The Centerville Ghost (126p) - 1
All the Light We Cannot See (531p)
A Gentleman in Moscow (495p) - 2
To Kill a Mockingbird (323p) - 2
The Things They Carried (246p)
Ready Player One (480p) - 1
The Book Thief (592p)
Memoirs of a Geisha (503p) - 1
Small Great Things (510p)
These books have been re-read within the last 12 months and are ineligible to be nominated:The Thursday Murder Club
A Christmas Carol
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Sense and Sensibility
The Alchemist
Northanger Abbey
And Then There Were None
The Princess Bride
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for February 2026 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 selected 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 December 16
I second A Little Princess.
I second My Brilliant Friend.
This begins a group discussion of our Modern book selection, Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding, nominated by Rae.Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.
This begins a group discussion of our Classic book selection, We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson, nominated by Sandra.Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.
I second Foundation.
I second The Shining.
