October 2014: Nominate for October 2014 Book Of The Month

[Joel]

Hey guys - it's that time again. Falling a bit behind, so let's nominate quick.

As with past months, here's the rule:

1) Nominate or second ONLY ONCE. You get one vote, either pick a book or second another.

2) First five books to get "seconded" will go to the vote and nominations will close.

3) Try to stick to "first in series" novels to make it easier on people who are not into the series

Thanks guys!

[Michael]

Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal

[James]

Robert Heinlein: The Number Of The Beast

[Kamal]

Because I just saw the movie and loved it... The Maze Runner by James Dashner

[dana]

I'll second Shades of Milk and Honey

[Eon Windrunner]

Traitor's Blade by Sebastien De Castell

[Sebastian]

City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett

[Tan]

I second City of Stairs

[Michael]

I've heard only great things about City of Stairs. Pulling for that one.

[Mark]

I'll second Traitor's Blade

[Lisa]

How about Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn.

[Mark]

The Prophet of Lamath an old one.

[Janny]

Traitor's Blade was great fun.

I will put forward standalone Song of the Beast by Carol Berg.

[seak]

The Dragons of Babel by Michael Swanwick. Also I'd be down for City of Stairs. I will attempt to not be a dud this next month. :)

[Tom]

The Rook by Daniel O'Malley

[Lisa]

So far we have:

Shades of Milk and Honey
City of Stairs
Traitor's Blade

[Brian]

I'll second The Lions of Al-Rassan. I've been meaning to read it

[Lisa]

Troy wrote: "The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay

Not magic fantasy, but comes highly rated."

We already read Lions of Al-Rassan in April. Personally, I loved it, and was quite glad it was picked. You can check out our discussions here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

[Justin]

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison. It was nominated before and I've been meaning to read it ever since.

[Alex]

Hey guys! I'm new to the group and am very excited to be part of a fantasy based book group.

I just got done reading The Way of Kings and found it to be one of my favorite books of all time across all genres. Because of that I would love to read the second book in the series Words of Radiance... but since it's not a standalone or a first in a series y'all might not be cool with it. So if Words of Radiance doesn't count I would nominate The Lies of Locke Lamora.

I might get made fun of for this next suggestion (not that I think we should necessarily read it as a group) but I also recently got done reading The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne. This was my first foray into the "urban fantasy" genre and I only started it because my mom really pushed the series, but I have to say I found it to be extremely enjoyable. No great work of fiction by any means, but still exciting and just overall very fun reads. You could feasibly blow through the whole series in a week if you got into it. But anyway... yeah, just my two cents as a new member!

[Mark]

Justin wrote: "The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison. It was nominated before and I've been meaning to read it ever since."

2nd this one.

[DJ]

Justin wrote: "The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison. It was nominated before and I've been meaning to read it ever since."

YES. I read The Goblin Emperor when it first came out this year and it was amazing! I would love to read it again.

[Karl]

I second Hounded, as the first book of the Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne

[Leonardo]

I second The Goblin Emperor.

[Joel]

Done deal, kids.

Shades of Milk and Honey
City of Stairs
Traitor's Blade
Hounded
The Goblin Emperor

Will be putting up the poll shortly.