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Theme Book Of the Month
July's BOM theme is "time flies when you're having fun". Maybe it's a book with a reunion of friends, characters going on a vacation, something about time travel? As always, be creative!
Nominations will be open until 20 May, UK evening
***Please pay special attention to the Rules and Guidelines listed below.***
Rules and Guidelines
1. Books nominated after the deadline will not be included in the polls. Sorry.
2. Each person is limited to nominating ONE book per category.
3. Please use the add book/author tool located at the top of the comment box when nominating a book. (Please make your nomination clear because side conversations do happen and we don't want to accidentally miss a nomination)
4. Please add the Goodreads synopsis for the book you nominate; you should also include an explanation of how it fits the theme for the month.
5. Books that were read as a past BOM will not be considered for the poll. (link to the sheet under the spoiler (view spoiler))
6. Books that are #2 or higher in a series will only be considered if all earlier books in the series have been a past BOM.
7. Books must be published at the time of nomination.
8. If your book is successful in being picked as the BOM you are expected to actively participate in the discussion. This will include writing a set of DQs as well as engaging in conversations.
The BOM nominations are for our active members to nominate a book they are truly interested in and have no affiliation with. Promotional activity is NOT permitted and nominations that the Moderators perceive to be promotional will be deleted without warning
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...In the 2nd post of this thread there is now a list to the sign up list, given the number of queries we are getting about whether people have signed up or how many books they have signed up for.
If you want to make changes, please message the mod account, not individual mods. As you may have noticed from the above list, names get duplicated so if you can add a link to the GR profile if you are asking for someone other than yourself, that can help a bit.
Players have been battling creatures of all sorts most though fall clearly in the animal kingdom. But there are those creatures who evolved from a different path, one of plants or even mineral. Just because something is missing fur or fang, doesn't mean it's not a worthy foe.
Here's a list of monsters that are plants or mineral based, you'll never look at a salad bar the same way.
A new spreadsheet of monsters and tasks was added to the Master List of Tasks called Vegi-Might Monsters.
https://wheeldecide.com/index.php?c1=...
*Shout out to Cat and Lexi for the idea and task construction
Apr 22, 2024 04:18AM
DQ Tributes
District 7 Melindam
District 8 Judith (back up Lexi, Sofie, Cordelia)
District 6 Lisa (back up Karen, Ashley, E)
District 6 Lisa (extra entry)
District 1 Jenny (back up Angie, Sammy (later days) , Alison, CB)
District 9 Melissa (back up Stacey, Louise)
District 5 Annalisa
District 7 Teddie (back up Suzanne)
District 4 Tammie (back up Stacey)
District 4 Tammie (extra entry)
District 13 Erin
The Capitol Preeti (back up Keely, Carrie, MelanieJoy)
District 2 Truitt (back up Alisha)
District 3 final girl (back up Rosina, Kaley)
District 11 Christina (back up Judy, Fiona)
District 12 Beth (back up Amanda, Jade aka MrsTosh)
District 11 Christina (extra entry)
District 10 Pat
District 8 Judith (extra entry)
District 8 Judith (extra entry)
Catherine
Randomised list(view spoiler)
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Participation Verified
Melindam
Jenny
Angie
Judy
Beth
Lisa (Aussie Girl)
Lexi
final girl
Cat
Annalisa
Christina
Mary
Sammy
Melissa
Fiona
Preeti
Brigia
Teddie
Rachel G
Michael
Tammie
Logan
Apr 22, 2024 04:18AM
Chapter Breakdown
Date Chapters MPDQs
25 May Prologue-Blackthorn Melindam (D7)
26 May Baneful-"My Own Wee Thing" Preeti (The Capitol)
27 May Protective Impulses-Pert Thing Judith (D8)
28 May "Love Has Come to Mean Death" - end Christina (D11)
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For Book Games Participants (anyone can join the BOM, this information is just for those playing Book Games)
For current BOM (Book of the Month) discussions
Writing a day's worth of discussion questions = 40 points
Participating in a current BOM (participating in discussion) = 20 points
The first BOM for this challenge is the 16 May Adult/Nonfiction BOM.
NOTE: We will accept one team member per book per team for writing a days DQs. If, by three days prior to the BOM starting, we don't have enough volunteers to write all DQs, then we will let more than one team member per team write questions. If we have more people than days sign up (prior to 3 days before start date) we will randomise the volunteers to determine those who can write DQs.
Remember that you can collect your participation points from previous BOM (from January 2024) for an extra entry in the randomiser, on a basis of 3 participation points to 1 extra entry. Participation points from previous BOM that are already on the spreadsheet can be used. Your team will be allowed a maximum of 6 entries for each BOM
Spreadsheet with the books and BOM tokens:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
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Guidance for DQ setters
Aim for a reasonable number of questions: 4 - 5 is typical. Please don't post too many - any more than 7 gets unwieldy!
Use consecutive numbering of the DQs for your days. So, for example, if Day One is posted as questions 1-4, Day Two should start at number 5 etc.
Don't worry too much about your questions: you aren't being tested on how clever your questions are!
Hints and tips:
- Is there a quote that jumped out at you? Use that in a question.
- What about the characters - do they generate strong feelings? No feelings? - either way, we can explore that!
- What about that plot twist?!
- Explore the writing style: is there an unusual structure being used? what's the tone of voice like? or the point of view?
Want more information about how NBRC runs their Book of the Month discussions? Check out the information here
Apr 22, 2024 04:18AM
A gifted healer unravels the mysteries of a cursed estate—and its enigmatic owner—in a witchy retelling of Jane Eyre .
"Salt and broom, make this room
Safe and tight, against the night."
Trunks packed with potions and cures, Jane Aire sets out on a crisp, clear morning in October to face the greatest challenge of her sheltered girls’-school existence. A shadow lies over Thornfield Hall and its reclusive master, Edward Rochester. And he’s hired her only as a last resort. Jane stumbles again and again as she tries to establish a rapport with her prickly new employer, but he becomes the least of her worries as a mysterious force seems to work against her. The threats mount around both Jane and Rochester—who’s becoming more intriguing and appealing to her by the day. Jane begins to fear her herb healing and protective charms may not be enough to save the man she’s growing to love from a threat darker and more dangerous than either of them imagined.
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Nominator: Melindam (was nominated for April and tied for first place)
Official Page Count: 282
DQ Tributes
District 6 Karen (back up E)
District 7 Melindam (back up Sophie, Suzanne)
District 7 Melindam (extra entry)
District 8 Judith (back up Lexi)
District 1 Jenny (back up Angie, CB, Alison)
District 9 Melissa (back up Louise)
The Capitol Preeti (back up Keely, MelanieJoy)
District 4 Tammie (back up Rina)
District 12 Insiyah (back up Beth)
District 11 Christina (back up Fiona, Judy)
District 3 Rosina (DQs after 20th)
District 2 Alisha
District 5 Annalisa (back up LavenderLane)
Abigail
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Participation Verified
Lexi
RachelG
Angie
Michael
Tammie
Judith
Jenny
Melindam
Brigia
Fiona
Beth
LavenderLane
Mary
Karen (mod)
Judy
Catsalive
Audrey Jane
Preeti
Keli
Eunice
Logan
Chapter Breakdown
Date Chapters MPDQs
16 May: pages 1-71 - Chapters 1-8 Melindam
17 May: pages 72-141 - Chapters 9-18 Judith
18 May: pages 142-212 - Chapters 19-27 Alisha
** Break DAY **
20 May: pages 213-285 - Chapters 28-39 Jenny
21 May: pages 286-365 - Chapters 40-56 Rosina
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For Book Games Participants (anyone can join the BOM, this information is just for those playing Book Games)
For current BOM (Book of the Month) discussions
Writing a day's worth of discussion questions = 40 points
Participating in a current BOM (participating in discussion) = 20 points
The first BOM for this challenge is the 16 May Adult/Nonfiction BOM.
NOTE: We will accept one team member per book per team for writing a days DQs. If, by three days prior to the BOM starting, we don't have enough volunteers to write all DQs, then we will let more than one team member per team write questions. If we have more people than days sign up (prior to 3 days before start date) we will randomise the volunteers to determine those who can write DQs.
Remember that you can collect your participation points from previous BOM (from January 2024) for an extra entry in the randomiser, on a basis of 3 participation points to 1 extra entry. Participation points from previous BOM that are already on the spreadsheet can be used. Your team will be allowed a maximum of 6 entries for each BOM
Spreadsheet with the books and BOM tokens:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
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Guidance for DQ setters
Aim for a reasonable number of questions: 4 - 5 is typical. Please don't post too many - any more than 7 gets unwieldy!
Use consecutive numbering of the DQs for your days. So, for example, if Day One is posted as questions 1-4, Day Two should start at number 5 etc.
Don't worry too much about your questions: you aren't being tested on how clever your questions are!
Hints and tips:
- Is there a quote that jumped out at you? Use that in a question.
- What about the characters - do they generate strong feelings? No feelings? - either way, we can explore that!
- What about that plot twist?!
- Explore the writing style: is there an unusual structure being used? what's the tone of voice like? or the point of view?
Want more information about how NBRC runs their Book of the Month discussions? Check out the information here
'Seven powerful mages want to make the world a better place. We're going to kill them first.'
Picture a wizard. Go ahead, close your eyes. There he is, see? Skinny old guy with a long straggly beard. No doubt he's wearing iridescent silk robes that couldn't protect his frail body from a light breeze. The hat's a must, too, right? Big, floppy thing, covered in esoteric symbols that would instantly show every other mage where this one gets his magic? Wouldn't want a simple steel helmet or something that might, you know, protect the part of him most needed for conjuring magical forces from being bashed in with a mace (or pretty much any household object).
Now open your eyes and let me show you what a real war mage looks like . . . but be you're probably not going to like it, because we're violent, angry, dangerously broken people who sell our skills to the highest bidder and be damned to any moral or ethical considerations.
At least, until such irritating concepts as friendship and the end of the world get in the way.
My name is Cade Ombra, and though I currently make my living as a mercenary wonderist, I used to have a far more noble-sounding job title - until I discovered the people I worked for weren't quite as noble as I'd believed. Now I'm on the run and my only friend, a homicidal thunder mage, has invited me to join him on a suicide mission against the seven deadliest mages on the continent.
Time to recruit some very bad people to help us on this job . . .
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Nominator: Judith
Official Page Count: 412
Chapter Breakdown
Date Chapters MPDQs
2&3May 1 - 6 Lexi
4&5May 7 -14 Judith
6&7May 15 - 21 Melindam
8&9May 22 - end Sammy
Guidance for DQ setters
Aim for a reasonable number of questions: 4 - 5 is typical. Please don't post too many - any more than 7 gets unwieldy!
Use consecutive numbering of the DQs for your days. So, for example, if Day One is posted as questions 1-4, Day Two should start at number 5 etc.
Don't worry too much about your questions: you aren't being tested on how clever your questions are!
Hints and tips:
- Is there a quote that jumped out at you? Use that in a question.
- What about the characters - do they generate strong feelings? No feelings? - either way, we can explore that!
- What about that plot twist?!
- Explore the writing style: is there an unusual structure being used? what's the tone of voice like? or the point of view?
Want more information about how NBRC runs their Book of the Month discussions? Check out the information here
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.
Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.
All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone.
Or does he?
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Nominator: Lexi
District 12
Team Members
• Beth Captain
• Insiyah Co-captain
• Amanda Co-captain
• stuti
• MN Lisa
• Kirsten
• Jackie
• Janine
• Leanne
• Jade AKA Mrs Tosh
• Crossing Guard Caly
Team Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Status Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
District 11
Team Members
• Judy Captain
• Christina Co-captain
• Teresa
• Gwen
• Anna
• Michelle
• Ashleigh
• Fiona
• Silje
• Nistha
• Cris
• Tati
• Nadine
• Audrey
Team Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Status Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
District 10
Team Members
• Cat Captain
• Danielle Co-captain
• Christine Co-captain
• LaurLa
• SandyL
• Rebecca
• Alyana
• Sarah
• Pat
• Natasha
• Ashlee
• Beatrice
• Katie
• Ellen
• Sharon
Team Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Status Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
District 9
Team Members
• Melis
• Leslie Ann
• Louise
• ChristinaT
• Nick
• Trisha
• StaceyC
• Trinia
• sam
• Diane
• Natasha
• JLRoberts
• maria helena
• Sunny
• Dawn
• Roe
Team Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Status Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
District 8
Team Members
• Judith Captain
• Lexi Co-captain
• Sarah Co-captain
• Kim
• Stacie
• Krissy
• Melanie
• Tricia
• Cordelia
• Logan
• MaryPDX
• Vikki
• Emily
• Robin
Team Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Status Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
District 7
Team Members
• Stephanie Captain
• Teddie Co-captain
• Sophie Co-captain
• Vicki
• Suzanne
• Lucy
• Cat
• Melinda
• Cecily
• Lauri
• Maritza
• Ushashi
• Marty
Team Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Status Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
