CLOSED - February 2021 BOTM Nominations

[Ann T, Adult Moderator]

Let's get those nominations started. Looking for 5 nominations. For the month of February, please nominate a book by an author you have NEVER read before. This should be fun!!

[Allyson, Group Moderator]

What a fun idea, Ann!! 😃 I'll nominate The Delusion: We All Have Our Demons.

[Elisabeth aka Elsie(Taylor's version)]

I’ll nominate The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

[Mia]

Elisabeth wrote: "I’ll nominate The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern"

I've been wanting to read that! And its one that is actually at my library for once 😂

[Mia]

Also, I'll nominate Dust :)
Being new-ish, I couldn't find much on if its clean or not. This is what I could find:

Content: Magic, mild violence, and some name calling. DUST does include some “dark” moments for a character (however, they’re not super dark and light/truth prevails).

Message/theme: The message and themes are positive, deep and beautiful.

[Allyson, Group Moderator]

Mia wrote: "Also, I'll nominate Dust :)
Being new-ish, I couldn't find much on if its clean or not. This is what I could find:

Content: Magic, mild violence, and some name calling. DUST does ..."

Yes, I know of that author and I would assume her books are clean. It looks really good!! 😃

[sumayyah]

Elisabeth wrote: "I’ll nominate The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern"

My library has this as well, I look forward to finally reading it.

[Ann T, Adult Moderator]

We are looking for two more nominations. Clarabelle, Allyson, and I will review ratings and content for the current nominations which are:
The Delusion: We All Have Our Demons
The Night Circus
Dust

[Cassia]

Mary Kathryn wrote: "I'll nominate P.S. I Like You by Kasie West. I've heard that this author writes good clean contemporary books for tweens and teens. I also looked it up on Common Sense Media and it ..."

My sister said this was good but I have not read it yet.

[sumayyah]

I'd like to nominate Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
It seems kinda interesting to me and reminds be of a book trilogy so I'm hoping for the best.

Here's what a reviewer said on the content:
"I teach 8th grade and this is certainly appropriate for 8th graders. I don't remember any foul language at all, there's only one kiss and a hug, but there's plenty of violence and drug use. There's one scene where some teenagers drink a little and one parent figure is heavily addicted to drugs. All that said, I'd encourage teens to read it and hope to teach it in my class someday."

[Allyson, Group Moderator]

Wow! That book looks really good!!

[sumayyah]

Allyson wrote: "Wow! That book looks really good!!"

Right?! I sense a new favorite author :P

[Allyson, Group Moderator]

sumayyah wrote: "Allyson wrote: "Wow! That book looks really good!!"

Right?! I sense a new favorite author :P"

I don't know! Can it top Jennifer Nielsen?? 😂

[Greyden]

I will nominate The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. The fantastic reviews and magical world caught my eye. Also I got it for my birthday so that’s convenient. You’d have to look into it because I don’t know what language or scenes are in it.

[Cassia]

People keep reccomending that I read The Glimpse by Claire Merle and its supposed to be quite good?

[Ann T, Adult Moderator]

Nominations are closed. We have more than 5 books, I have included all books in poll.

It was really hard this month as most books had something that our group wouldn't consider as clean. However, one didn't seem worse than others. So, I have provided by best interpretations of what I found.

Please see the comment in the voting poll. If the book isn't mentioned, then I considered it a CLEAN read. Please review on your own the books, ratings, and content, to decide if this book if for you.