September winners are Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater and A Great and Terrible Beauty.

Please note if you're from the UK you won't be able to get Shiver until October! Apologies to any British people who are disappointed perhaps you could read another book by the same author?

Category 1 - A College of Magics by Caroline Stevermer.

Category 2 - King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry

I'm not sure if this is YA or Children's, but I think it'll work for either.

DragonEyedOnePieceFan wrote: "Category 2 - King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry

I'm not sure if this is YA or Children's, but I think it'll work for either."

I looooved this book as a kid!!

I can't think of one to nominate... so will leave it up to better minds than mine!!

Ugh Hayes! Just pick one.

I got one I got one!!

Cat 2 The Witch of Blackbird Pond Eliz. George Speare

Yay! Hehe

I nominate Thirteenth Child by Patricia Wrede for Cat 2!

It's a kind of sci-fi/historical combo. Pretty neat.

"Eff was born a thirteenth child. Her twin brother, Lan, is the seventh son of a seventh son. This means he's supposed to possess amazing talent -- and she's supposed to bring only bad things to her family and her town. Undeterred, her family moves to the frontier, where her father will be a professor of magic at a school perilously close to the magical divide that separates settlers from the beasts of the wild.

With wit and wonder, Patricia Wrede creates an alternate history of westward expansion that will delight fans of both J. K. Rowling and Laura Ingalls Wilder."

Cat 1- The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

Cat 1 - The Giver by Lois Lowry

category one: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Cat 2: Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

cat 1: Aurelia by Anne Osterlund

(Although I am not sure if this is historical or not. If so, it should be in Category 2).

category 2: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

We've already had The Book Thief for our July book Veronica. If you want to see what books we've already read you can see them in the 'bookshelf' at the very bottom of the group page.

sorry- thanks, i'll have to check that out

Category 1: Paper Towns

Category 2 - Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers

Here's the blurb:

A coming of age tale for young adults set in the trenches of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, Fallen Angels is the story of Perry, a Harlem teenager who volunteers for the service when his dream of attending college falls through. Sent to the front lines, Perry and his platoon come face-to-face with the Vietcong and the real horror of warfare. But violence and death aren't the only hardships. As Perry struggles to find virtue in himself and his comrades, he questions why black troops are given the most dangerous assignments, and why the U.S. is there at all. Fallen Angels won the 1989 Coretta Scott King Award.

I forgot to add the nominations will be ending on the 22nd.

My nomination is: Cat. 2: The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley Holland #1 in the Arthur trilogy.

Misty, Jo - remember to add authors names in as well. I copy and paste these in so it would save me time if you could.

Cat. 1

A College of Magics by Caroline Stevermer.
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Aurelia by Anne Osterlund
Paper Towns - John Green
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Cat 2

King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
The Witch of Blackbird Pond Eliz. George Speare
Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede
Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley Holland
Number the Stars by Lowis Lowry
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

Oops. Coulda swore I did. It's in there now, as well as a little info...

For Cat 2:
Number the Stars by Lowis Lowry

Cat 2: A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Category 1: Midnight Veil by Rebecca Nolan.
Here is an interesting coming of age story that takes place in Newport RI. Most people think of mansions and glamour of Newport but Midnight Veil takes you on the other more common side of this historical little city.
Reba is pregnant, poor, uneducated, alone, and unsure of what to do. She is sober for the first time in a long time. Her mind wanders off taking us on her flashbacks and life lessons.
Get the inside scoop of one average young woman's perception of relationships, trust, strength and beauty throughout all the dysfunctional drama that goes along with sex, love, booze and insecurities!

Nominating your own book specifically if it is the only post you have made in this group is not going to pass under my nose.

Here, here!

Are you kidding me?

I feel like I am already getting ousted here. I wasn't trying to be sneaky or get away with anything. I read the rules and there were no rules about nominating your own book. I was in the process of trying to figure out how to start an introduction without replying to someone else's. I thought you said this was a friendly group? Good gracious I apologize!

Category 1: My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison

Category 2: The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant

I'm sorry you feel that way. I will now have to affix those rules now, which I've been thinking of doing for a while now not due to you.

I do welcome all people to WT including authors - but you'll have to forgive my suspicion of people whose first post ever to the group is nominating their own book - it is NOT clear that you are the author from that post. But I should make clearer in the rules about these such things.

We have had lurkers before who start randomly pitching their book in every thread. So we may be a little sensitive to the issue... If you're serious about the group, then don't run away, Rebecca. Welcome!

Julia wrote: "Category 1: My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison

Category 2: The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant "

Julia - you can only nominate in one category - which one would you prefer?

Category 2: Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

I'm sorry too, Rebecca, but like Misty and Fiona said, we've had a lot of postings from people who only want to pitch their books and have no interest in being a part of the group. We really are a nice group of people!

To be honest I actually like the fact that you guys really seem to be keeping up with this discussion here. On a lot of other sites it's hard to connect with anyone because there are so many people and most don't probably have the time or whatever the reason, but they don't keep up with discussions. And reading earlier posts here it seems you are a friendly group to one another. I think that's cool.

Thanks, Rebecca. We DO feel close to one another:)

Heather wrote: "category one: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones"

I second this nomination!

Fiona wrote: "I forgot to add the nominations will be ending on the 22nd.

My nomination is: Cat. 2: The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley Holland #1 in the Arthur trilogy."

I second this nomination.

Susan you can only nominate one, and they will include ALL nominations, seconded or not:D

nothing wrong with being enthusiastic though ;)

Oh, I thought that since they were for different categories it would be okay. I guess I need to go reread the rules instead of speed read the rules ;)

You can second or promote anything you want to, but she's saying that it's not necessary for it to be seconded to get in the poll. :)

right!

I often second, third...even TENTH my own nominations ;) LOL.

Your own nominations? Like:
"I agree with Allison, we should read ___"
"Good call, Allison. Excellent taste."


Hmm...

Allison always agrees with herself when she recommends The Name of the Wind. :D

Does Allison ever disagree with herself? Then she might have a problem. :-)

For Category 1, I nominate Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder. I just bought it and it needs to be read.

JG wrote: "Does Allison ever disagree with herself? Then she might have a problem. :-)

For Category 1, I nominate Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder. I just bought it and it need..."

Mmmm.. that's on my TBR list :D

JG wrote: "Does Allison ever disagree with herself? Then she might have a problem. :-)

For Category 1, I nominate Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder. I just bought it and it need..."

Mmmm.. that's on my TBR list :D

Well Susan, you seconded BOTH nominations that I absolutely love! Howls Moving Castle is fantastic now I don't know whether to vote for my own when the poll's up or Howl... hehe.

I LOVED Poison Study. A lot. I think I even said something about running through the streets naked yelling at people to read it in my review...

I hope it doesn't come to that. :P