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Just under 12 hours left to make your nomination.
Haha. Good deal. Sneaking in just before nominations close.
Welcome. What made you finally decide to post?
Cliff wrote: "If you have Audible Will Wight's entire Cradle series is now included in your subscription..."Interesting. Thanks for the heads up.
Lucy wrote: "I'd like to nominate Legendborn by Tracy Deonn. I loved it and the cover is awesome."That cover is pretty awesome.
Current Nominations
Just like previous years I'll be periodically rolling up the nominations as we go.
FAQ:
How Many books can I nominate? One. You cannot nominate one book and second another. You cannot nominate both a Fantasy book and a Sci-Fi book. Just ONE book total. If you mention more than one, I'm going to pick one. Likely the first one you mention. Please be CLEAR about your nomination.
Can we nominate any book we want? The only criteria is that it's a Fantasy or Sci-Fi book we haven't read. That said, it's preferable that you also nominate a book by an author we haven't read as well. Those nominations will likely have a better chance of making the final bracket. There is also a rule to forbid author's from nominating their own books. In addition we'd like to prevent people from nominating their friend's book etc. If I see you doing this, I will first warn you to pick another book, and later simply ignore your nomination all together.
Can I change My Nomination? Yes, but if you do so, please specify which book you are changing it from, as I'm doing this by hand.
How many books will be selected? 16 (8 Fantasy, 8 Sci-Fi)
When do nominations close? Saturday, February 20th 8:00 PM EST. This will give Tom & Veronica some time to make the final bracket.
Which books will be selected? Whichever books Tom & Veronica want. They will simply use the nominations in this thread for suggestions.
How will the books be seeded? This is entirely up to Tom & Veronica. They may take into account how many people have nominated a book, but there is no guarantee.
The book I want was already nominated. You can second a nomination made by someone else, and I'll count how many people have nominated that book and sort accordingly.
No one else is nominating my book, should I change my vote to something more popular?In my opinion, you're better off just nominating a book you're interested in us reading than hoping to game the nomination system by changing your vote. Most years some of the books in the final bracket had only a single nomination, while several books with multiple nominations didn't make it. Multiple nominations may help it get noticed or in the seeding, but really all of that is up to Tom & Veronica.
How are the Nominations Sorted? The numbering is based on number of nominations, followed by when they moved up the list (i.e. based on post order). This number will likely not reflect the actual seeding as that will be entirely up to Tom & Veronica.
My nomination is missing/wrong! Sorry about that. I'm doing this by hand. Please post again and yell at me for missing, or not grouping it with another nomination for the same book, or marking you down for the wrong book, etc. If you're not clear about your nomination (or you nominate 2) I may add the "wrong" book. Please be sure you're clear, and I can fix it.
-----------Nominations----------------
The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Blue Bear by Walter Moers - 3 (Jan, Arrika, Daniel)
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune - 3 (elizabeth • paper ghosts, Kate, Vanessa)
Before Mars by Emma Newman - 3 (Silvana, Fredrik, Phil On The Hill)
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 3 (Cory, Ruth, John)
Rivers of London/Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch - 2 (Iain, Tassie Dave)
The Book of Koli by M.R. Carey - 2 (Stephen, Jen)
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King - 2 (Melanie, Christos)
The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu - 2 (Roberator, David)
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon - 2 (Elizabeth, Meghan)
Green Rider by Kristen Britain - 2 (terpkristin, Misti)
Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono - 2 (William, Minsta)
Rosewater by Tade Thompson - 2 (Priscilla, Leesa)
All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka - 2 (Mer, Alexander)
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor - 2 (catriona (reads), Tina)
The Living by Anna Starobinets - 1 (Viola)
The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers - 1 (Dominik)
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley - 1 (Adam)
The Stars Now Unclaimed by Drew Williams - 1 (Sara)
War of the Maps by Paul McAuley - 1 (Trike)
The Nameless Day by Sara Douglass - 1 (Mark)
Wine Dark Deep by R. Peter Keith - 1 (Tamahome)
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis - 1 (TRP)
Bypass Gemini by Joseph R. Lallo - 1 (Kev)
The Dazzle of Day by Molly Gloss - 1 (Seth)
The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky - 1 (Colin)
The Forever Watch by David B. Ramirez - 1 (Joanna)
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis - 1 (Joelle)
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire - 1 (Julia)
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny - 1 (Clyde)
The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull - 1 (Jenny (Reading Envy))
The Folding Knife by K.J. Parker - 1 (Joseph)
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks - 1 (Interstella5555)
The Dwarves by Markus Heitz - 1 (Grimothni)
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini - 1 (Micah)
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey - 1 (April)
The Initiate Brother by Sean Russell - 1 (Jeff)
The Warded Man / The Painted Man by Peter V. Brett - 1 (Jo)
Swordheart by T. Kingfisher - 1 (Beth)
The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez - 1 (Phillip)
The Green Ember by S.D. Smith - 1 (N.)
Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott - 1 (Judith)
The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner - 1 (Erik)
Bypass Gemini by Joseph R. Lallo - 1 (Oma)
The Dragon and the Unicorn by A.A. Attanasio - 1 (Judi Serrato)
The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells - 1 (Valerie)
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson - 1 (Paul)
A Matter of Oaths by Helen S. Wright - 1 (Qukatheg)
Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos - 1 (Kardo)
Tassie Dave wrote: "terpkristin wrote: "But I don't know any secret to get to camp out on the WH lawn."That was tongue in cheek 😉 I think Joe would give me a room inside."
And a back rub!
Kind of. I certainly never really appreciated how spoiled I was. Although the Canadian falls are much nicer then the American side.
Yeah, I can see that.
Hmm, interesting theory in the spoiler tags.I'll have to go back and watch again, but it didn't seem very Wonder Years to me. Maybe a bit. It's also been a really long time since I watched either that or the Malcolm in the Middle.
Wonder Years though had that 1960s feel to the opening, which might be why I didn't really get that vibe.
I grew up near Niagara Falls. It took me years to learn it's one of the 7 "wonders of the world". We also did a field trip to the Erie Canal and got to use some of the old Locks, which I thought was pretty cool too.When I moved to Maryland I went to pretty much all the Museums in DC.
Really enjoyed the episode but a bit disappointed that (view spoiler)Also I had to look up (view spoiler)
I loved the Malcolm in the Middle intro, and the opening scenes all appeared straight out of that show too. I didn't really recognize any other 90 sitcom references.
The audio sample wasn't great for me, but I can get it from Overdrive and if I try to do the ebook I know I won't read it.So I'll give the audio a go. Doesn't really sound appealing to me either, but at least it's not Dystopian like the first 2 guest picks!
Craig wrote: "No worries. I pulled up the picks page to search before posting, and didn't see it. But, I may have been impatient and searched before it fully loaded. No worries. That just means it is a good one when I get to it :-)"BTW, you can always nominate a different book instead.
Was it just me, or did the audio seem a little quiet compared to normal?
Please don't swear at each other. Dave is entitled to his opinion. Nothing he said warrants swearing at him.I'd rather this thread not devolve into a political debate either. I do agree with Trike that a lot of things these days are being called politics that I'd simply call "ignoring reality'. Or sometimes just being an inconsiderate and selfish human being (like not wearing a mask)
Free speech does not mean free from consequences though.
But Disney is a business, not a person. Most businesses there size are VERY conservative in my opinion. So in Disney's view it's about what will cost them more money. Keeping her, or firing her. They went with the latter.
Personally if I put the reasons aside, I never thought Carano could act. I'd like to see them recast her character because I thought it was interesting.
Craig wrote: "I nominate "The Sparrow" by Mary Doria Russell. Only because it is an unread book on my list and it would be nice to read along with the group for a change :-)"We read that one already.
Our pick for next month will be: Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger.This book was chosen by our guest host for the month: Alex Brown. Alex is a librarian, local historian, author and Tor & Locus reviewer.
Silvana wrote: "I was confused about Michio Pa's role in the season 5. Book spoilers [spoilers removed]"
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