BOTM Nominations for November ‘19

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Oops, October got away from us pretty quickly. Quick, nominate books for November so we can get started on those on time.

– Nominations will be open for 24-48 hours and during that time we will take in as many nominations as possible.
– After 24-48 hours, 8 books from each genre will be chosen at random from the selection, using a random generator online.
– Only ONE nomination per person (EITHER sci-fi OR fantasy).
– No books nominated last month may be re-nominated for this month; instead you must wait until next month to nominate them again. A book counts as “nominated” when it makes it to the polls. If it was suggested, but not picked for the polls, it can be entered again.
– If books are part of a series, they must be the first, unless the group has already read the previous book(s). (you can see our previous group reads here)
– No authors nominating their own works.
– No self-published or ebook-only books — we want our BotM to be accessible to as many members as possible!
– Book nominations may be seconded in place of a suggestion, but this will count as your choice for the month. Seconded books will receive an additional chance of being selected in the randomisation process.

SCI FI
1. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
2. Children of Ruin x 2
3. Blackout
4. Limited Wish
5. The Visitor x 2
6. Terms of Enlistment
7. Monday Begins on Saturday
8. The Light Brigade
9. Kesrith

FANTASY
1. The Dragons of Dorcastle
2. La Belle Sauvage x 2
3. Crimes Against Magic x 2
4. The Dragon Republic
5. The Lightning Thief x 2
6. The Tiger’s Daughter x 3
7. The Ill-Made Mute x 2
8. The Starless Sea
9. The Last
10. The Last Namsara
11. The Song of All

[Melanie]

I will nominate The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North for sci-fi

[Mary]

The Dragons of Dorcastle by Jack Campbell for fantasy

[Hannah]

The First by Katherine Applegate for Fantasy

[Lieke]

La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman for fantasy.

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

The Visitor by Sherri S. Tepper for sci-fi please

[Melanie]

Hannah wrote: "The First by Katherine Applegate for Fantasy"

This is the second book of a series. Have we read the first?

[Lel]

Can I nominate The Ill-Made Mute for fantasy please

[Dawn]

Children of Ruin for sci-fi please

[Amy]

Crimes Against Magic for fantasy please.

[Jenna]

I'd like to nominate The Tiger's Daughter for fantasy.

[Hayley]

The Dragon Republic for fantasy please.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

second on The Ill-Made Mute

[Eva]

I nominate The Forgotten Beasts of Eld for fantasy, and Blackout for Science Fiction:

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Eva wrote: "I nominate The Forgotten Beasts of Eld for fantasy, and Blackout for Science Fiction:
"

One book each, Eva, please choose between those two.

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Good choice Lel :)

[Lel]

Thanks Freya, I read it years and years ago but feel it’s due a re read. X

[Eva]

Oops, thanks for clarifying, Wayland! I choose Blackout.

[Hope]

I'd like to nominate Limited Wish for sci-fi please.

[Mark]

Hope wrote: "I'd like to nominate Limited Wish for sci-fi please."

I'll second that. Lawrence will always get my vote. So much to discuss with his books.

[N.E.C.C.]

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan for fantasy.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Hannah wrote: “The First by Katherine Applegate for Fantasy”

This is the second of a series we have not started. Is it a standalone, or would you like to start with the first book?

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

The Ill-Made Mute is showing up as Read on our group shelf, but I don’t see it as a BOTM. Can someone clarify that for me?

[Lel]

Could it be because its on the Ultimate D&J booklist challenge?? I've also gone through all the books of the month, buddy reads and mod specials and not seen it...

[Shawnie]

Terms of Enlistment for SF please.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Lel wrote: “Could it be because its on the Ultimate D&J booklist challenge?? I’ve also gone through all the books of the month, buddy reads and mod specials and not seen it…”

I’ll add it unless or until I get overruled, then.

[Matt]

Monday Begins on Saturday for SF please!

[Cendaquenta]

The Starless Sea for fantasy please

[Alan]

I'll second The Tiger's Daughter!

[S.N.]

I'll vote for Children of Ruin for SF as well!

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Updated.

I’d like to get at least one more sci fi nomination.

[Peter]

The Light Brigade for sci-fi

[Nicky]

I second Crimes Against Magic

[Hannah]

Melanie wrote: "Hannah wrote: "The First by Katherine Applegate for Fantasy"

This is the second book of a series. Have we read the first?"

Oops, sorry. The title confused me. The correct one should be The Last by Katherine Applegate

[Syreeta]

I would like to nominate The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and The Lightning Thief

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Syreeta, you can only nominate one book, either sci-fi or fantasy, and those have both been nominated. You are allowed to second one book that's been nominated instead of nominating one yourself.

Once this thread closes and the polls go up you will be able to vote on the books you want to read.

[Ross]

Hi there!

I would like to nominate The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.

[Christopher]

I will nominate The Faded Sun Trilogy by C.J. Cherryh for Sci-Fi!

[Me_at_the_end_of_the_world]

I will nominate Terms of Enlistment

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

Audrey wrote: "The Ill-Made Mute is showing up as Read on our group shelf, but I don’t see it as a BOTM. Can someone clarify that for me?"

Yup, it was a challenge read - as long as it's not tagged as 'group-read' we should be good!

I'd like to nominate The Last Namsara for fantasy.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Christopher wrote: “I will nominate The Faded Sun Trilogy by C.J. Cherryh for Sci-Fi!”

I will put in the first one.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Syreeta wrote: “I would like to nominate The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and The Lightning Thief“

You can second one of these or nominate a different one.

[Paul]

Freya wrote: "The Visitor by Sherri S. Tepper for sci-fi please"

I'll second The Visitor

[Jennifer]

I'll second La Belle Sauvage

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

Is it best to read all of the His Dark Materials series before La Belle Sauvage? If so, it might be best to leave that one out of nominations/nominate HDM instead.

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

La Belle Sauvage is probably fine in that it is a prequel to HDM trilogy... but the one just out (Book of Dust) is apparently more like a sequel to HDM, even though it is the second book after La Belle Sauvage...

so maybe??

[Laura]

I’ll second The Tiger’s Daughter :)

[Pamela]

The Song of All for fantasy please.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Now closed – polls up soon