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I will start things off with this novella: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire.
I've owned it for a while, it has good reviews, so if it wins it can be the perfect motivation to pick it up.
5 feet apart...can't remember if you've done this one for a BOTM
I’ll nominate The Agony of Bun O’Keefe, by Heather Smith. It’s YA and comes in at 224 pages. As far as I can tell it’s not on the group bookshelf.
Five Feet ApartThe Agony of Bun O'Keefe
Here are the books links for other people.
Here is the link to the group shelf (https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...) when you need to check if we've already read the book as a group. Or you can click Bookshelf from the menu in the upper right of the page.
I'd like to nominate The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander:
Why? Because almost every time I ask someone how they originally fell in love with fantasy, their answer involves this book! I've heard it's a really magical modern fantasy classic, very beloved, and only 190 pages. It should also be easily available in libraries, etc.
five feet apart is longer than 250 pages :(
i nominate Binti - its been out for a couple of years; there is a paperback version; the kindle version is 1.99
Most YA Novellas I know are part of a series.
Leticia wrote: "Most YA Novellas I know are part of a series."As long as you nominate the first book of the series, it would apply.
I will second Book of Three and Binti because they were both amazing.
Dee wrote: "five feet apart is longer than 250 pages :("Thanks Dee.
Raya, did you want to nominate something else and save this book for another month?
I’ll second Every Heart a Doorway. If we’re supposed to...
February BOTM Nominations Update-(You may nominate 1 book - please follow nomination rules - and second as many books as you like. Top 5 books will go to the polls.)
2- The Book of Three (190 pages)
2- Binti (96 pages)
2- Every Heart a Doorway (173 pages)
1- The Agony of Bun O'Keefe (224 pages)
Melanie wrote: "I will start things off with this novella: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire.I've owned it for a while, it has g..."
I've had this for AGES. And everyone I know that's read it loves it.
2 more days to nominate ...
Help break the tie and give Agony if Bun some love.Go vote: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...
In the end I didn’t even vote for Agony of Bun, because I don’t own it and do own the McGuire. I need to be mindful of buying new books when I have so many unread ones!
FWIW = binti is 1.99 on amazon and the complete trilogy is 4.99i've read the mcguire book - i'm on a 6mth hold list at my library for the newest one in the series that just came out this week
The poll winner is ...Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Will you be joining us in February for this first in series novella?
i'm looking forward to it because i nominated it but also because i was struggling to find a book that fit the popsugar prompt for afrofuturism and i think this fits
This has been on my TBR list for a while. I'm looking forward to the discussion!
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Dee wrote: "i'm looking forward to it because i nominated it but also because i was struggling to find a book that fit the popsugar prompt for afrofuturism and i think this fits"It seems like it is on all the Afrofuturism lists. I hadn't picked out a book for that prompt yet, so thanks for the idea :)
This will be a reread for me.
Finally got started on this! I'm loving it so far. I'm about 35% in. We'll see how far I get tomorrow, but it'll probably take me a couple more days.
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The February theme (since February is the shortest year of the month) is to choose a YA book/ novella/ or short story that is less than 250 pages long. Please nominate a text considered YA and is not already on the YA-MA BOOK SHELF. Remember the text needs to be available in print form, not just through the web or only available as an ebook. Lastly, since many places are still experiencing COVID shutdowns try to nominate a book that is easily accessible.
Rules Reminder:
- Nomination Period: Starts January 3 and will stay open for 7 days or until we have 4 valid nominations.
- One nomination per member.
- Members may second as many nominations as they wish.
- All nominations need to be classified as YA unless the nominating category specifically allows exceptions.
- Books must be first in a series or a standalone.
- Books must be at least 3 months old.
- Books must be available in print and not just ebook form.
- No author promotions allowed.
- The top 5 nominations will be in the polls.
Next Steps: After nominations, the books will go to a poll for 7 days to determine the winner.