EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club discussion

Starting up the discussion for April-June 2020 suggestions. This discussion is for the QUARTERLY LONG READ category.

Books that qualify for this category:

1. Must have a minimum of 700 pages.

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 to fit the "Everyone Has Read This but Me" claim.

Not a hard and fast rule, but please try to limit your nominations to one book per category. But please do second any that interest you! The number of seconds determine poll inclusion.

>>> Attention, please: We will be featuring page numbers in the poll, so please include page numbers in your nomination if possible.

Nominations end Midnight February 15

Nomination (pages) — seconds
Tracking through message 68 — FINAL TALLY

1. The Pillars of the Earth (976) — 8
2. Ducks, Newburyport (1022) — 1
3. The Priory of the Orange Tree (848) — 6
4. Don Quixote (1023) — 9
5. Les Misérables (1376) — 11
6. Anna Karenina — previously read by group
7, David Copperfield (882) — 2
8. East of Eden (736) — 5
9. The Goldfinch (771) — 6
10. War and Peace (1392) — 8
11. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (1344) — 0
12. The Lord of the Rings (1216) — 3
14. The Name of the Wind (722) — 3
15. Shantaram (933) — 1
16. Alexander Hamilton (818) — 1

Hi all! Can’t believe we’re already on the second long selection. The months seem to fly by!

I nominate The Pillars of the Earth (976 pages) by Ken Follett.

I want to nominate Lucy Ellmann's Ducks, Newburyport(1022 pages)

I nominate The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (848 pages)

I nominate Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, 1023 pages.

I nominate Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (1376 pages, depending on the edition)

I second Don Quixote

I second Les Miserables

I nominate Anna Karenina (The Pevear and Volokhonsky translation is the best and it is 864p).

I second Les Miserables, Don Quixote and The Priory

I'll second Les Misérables

I nominate David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens, 882 pgs

I second The Priory of the Orange Tree and Anna Karenina

I second Anna Karenina

I second Les Miserables and Don Quixote.

Hi all! Anna Karenina read in November 2018 so doesn’t qualify for this thread.

I second The Pillars of the Earth

Seconding The Pillars of the Earth and The Priory of the Orange Tree

I second Don Quixote and David Copperfield.

I second Don Quixote.

I nominate East of Eden by John Steinbeck (736 pages).

I nominate The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, 771 pages.

I second Don Quixote

I nominate War and Peace and Les Miserables

I nominate The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, 1344 pages

I second War and Peace, Les Mis, and Don Quixote

I second Les Mis

I second Ducks, Newburyport.

I second war and peace

I second Anna Karenina

I nominate The Lord of the Rings (1216p) and second War and Peace.

I second Les Mis and War and Peace

I second:

-The Goldfinch

I nominate The Name of the Wind pG 662

And I will second East of Eden. Been meaning to see if I like him better now as adult than I did while in high school

I second East of Eden

I second Les Miserables and Don Quixote

I second The Goldfinch and East of Eden

I second thThe Priory of the Orange Tree and Name of the wind

I second The Goldfinch

I second the Pillars of the Earth.

I second War and Peace

War and peace ☺️

I second the pillars of the earth

I second East of Eden

Second The Pillars of the Earth and The Goldfinch

My vote is for Pillars Of The Earth :)

I second The Goldfinch