February 2021 BOTM - Voting

[Manuel]

It is time to vote for our February 2020 BOTM. You may vote for as many as two books from the Voting List below. A reminder: after voting, all books that get 0 or 1 vote will be removed from the Voting List – those that get 1 vote will be returned to the end of the Nominations List – and no book is protected from removal. Prison Journal has been added to the list as the Current Interest Book.

Voting will remain open until approximately Noon Eastern Time on January 18.

Bodies and souls, by Maxence Van der Meersch, nominated by Fonch.
This dramatic novel about doctors, students, nurses and patients, has become a classic. It seems to be difficult to obtain in English (it doesn't even have a page in Goodreads), but it can easily be got in other languages (French, Spanish or Italian). This is their page in Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Voting History: August 2020 - 2; September 2020 - 2; October 2020 - 3; November 2020 - 3; December 2020 - 2; January 2021 - 4

Christus Vincit: Christ's Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age, by Athanasius Schneider, nominated by John
In this absorbing interview, Bishop Athanasius Schneider offers a candid, incisive examination of controversies raging in the Church and the most pressing issues of our times, providing clarity and hope for beleaguered Catholics. He addresses such topics as widespread doctrinal confusion, the limits of papal authority, the documents of Vatican II, the Society of St. Pius X, anti-Christian ideologies and political threats, the third secret of Fatima, the traditional Roman rite, and the Amazon Synod, among many others. Like his fourth-century patron, St. Athanasius the Great, Bishop Schneider says things that others won’t, fearlessly following St. Paul’s advice: “Preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching” (2 Tim 4:2). His insights into the challenges facing Christ’s flock today are essential reading for those who are, or wish to be, alert to the signs of the times. Reminiscent of The Ratzinger Report of 1985, Christus Vincit will be a key point of reference for years to come.
Voting History: None

Dear and Glorious Physician, by Taylor Caldwell, nominated by Mariangel
Today St. Luke is known as the author of the third Gospel of the New Testament, but two thousand years ago he was Lucanus, a Greek, a man who loved, knew the emptiness of bereavement, and later traveled through the hills and wastes of Judea asking, "What manner of man was my Lord?" And it is of this Lucanus that Taylor Caldwell tells here in one of the most stirring stories ever lived or written.
Voting History: None

Eifelheim, by Michael Flynn, nominated by Fonch
In 1349, one small town in Germany disappeared and has never been resettled. Tom, a contemporary historian, and his theoretical physicist girlfriend Sharon, become interested. Tom indeed becomes obsessed. By all logic, the town should have survived, but it didn't and that violates everything Tom knows about history. What's was special about Eifelheim that it utterly disappeared more than 600 years ago?
Voting History: December 2020 - 5; January 2021 - 5

From Fire, by Water: My Journey to the Catholic Faith, by Sohrab Ahmari, nominated by Sohrab and John
Sohrab Ahmari was a teenager living under the Iranian ayatollahs when he decided that there is no God. Nearly two decades later, he would be received into the Catholic Church. In From Fire, by Water, he recounts this unlikely passage, from the strident Marxism and atheism of a youth misspent on both sides of the Atlantic to a moral and spiritual awakening prompted by the Mass. At once a young intellectual’s finely crafted self-portrait and a life story at the intersection of the great ideas and events of our time, the book marks the debut of a compelling new Catholic voice.
Voting History: None

In This House of Brede, by Rumer Godden, nominated by Mariangel
This extraordinarily sensitive and insightful portrait of religious life centers on Philippa Talbot, a highly successful professional woman who leaves her life among the London elite to join a cloistered Benedictine community.
Voting History: December 2020 - 5; January 2021 - 6

Invasion '14, by Maxence Van der Meersch, nominated by John
Novel about the effects of the War on the French families behind the German lines.
Voting History: November 2020 - 2; December 2020 - 2; January 2021 - 3

The Light: Who Do You Become When the World Falls Away?, by Jacqueline Brown, nominated by Madeleine
A blinding flash … then darkness. Bria Ford and her three closest friends are stranded on a country highway in the middle of a November night. No phones. No car. No lights. Helpless and hundreds of miles from home, they put their lives in the hands of handsome Jonah Page and his flinty sister, East, strangers who somehow know Bria better than she knows herself. As the group bonds to adapt to a new, yet old, way of life, the secrets of Bria’s past provide them with the means to survive the extremes of Mother Nature, and the even more frightening extremes of human nature.
Voting History: August 2020 - 1; September 2020 - 2; October 2020 - 2; November 2020 - 1; December 2020 - 4; January 2021 - 2

The Mango Murders, by Mara Campos, nominated by Madeleine
All is not what it seems in Old San Juan, in the Pio Nono home for boys, in the life of the island's most famous artist, or in the memories of his models. Detective Sergeant Julio Ramos and gringo FBI agent Steve Halloran work in uneasy alliance to catch a serial killer with a penchant for mangoes and a need to avenge lost love and lost innocence. To come to truth, the investigators have to face their own painful issues, and even their targets must choose between light or darkness. In language, memory, race, and blood, the novel tells the story of the burden and the promise of identity.
Voting History: August 2020 - 3; September 2020 - 2; October 2020 - 2; November 2020 - 2; December 2020 - 2; January 2021 - 2

The Marian Option: God’s Solution to a Civilization in Crisis, by Carrie Gress PhD, nominated by Marlicia
As the world descends into chaos, Christians are thinking deeply about how to stem the tide. Many options and suggestions have been presented to deal with Christian persecution and cultural decadence, but none can hold a candle to The Marian Option.
Dr. Carrie Gress provides a thoroughly researched bird’s eye view of the significant cultural and military events mediated through Mary on behalf of her spiritual children. From miraculous victories to the soaring heights of culture, you have never seen Mary like this before. Until now, books on the Virgin Mary have generally focused upon one apparition or various theological elements of this mysterious woman. But the scope of The Marian Option is far greater. Drawing from a vast array of dogmas, Vatican approved apparitions, and writings of the saints, Dr. Gress has pulled together the remarkable story of Mary’s overwhelming influence and intercession.
Voting History: August 2020 - 1; September 2020 - 3; October 2020 - 2; November 2020 - 2; December 2020 - 3; January 2021 - 3

Paradoxes of Catholicism, by Robert Hugh Benson, nominated by Sergio
A collection of essays relating to his conversion to Catholicism.
Voting History: November 2020 - 1; December 2020 - 2; ; January 2021 - 2

Paul: A Biography, N.T. Wright, nominated by Jill
In this definitive biography, renowned Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author N. T. Wright offers a radical look at the apostle Paul, illuminating the humanity and remarkable achievements of this intellectual who invented Christian theology—transforming a faith and changing the world.
Voting History: August 2020 - 3; September 2020 - 5; October 2020 - 3; November 2020 - 1; December 2020 - 5; ; January 2021 - 3

Poor Banished Children, by Fiorella De Maria, nominated by Fonch
An explosion is heard off the coast of sixteenth-century England, and a woman washes up on the shore. She is barely alive and does not speak English, but she asks for a priest... in Latin. She has a confession to make and a story to tell, but who is she and where has she come from? Cast out of her superstitious, Maltese family, Warda turns to begging and stealing until she is fostered by an understanding Catholic priest who teaches her the art of healing. Her willful nature and hard-earned independence make her unfit for marriage, and so the good priest sends Warda to serve an anchorite, in the hope that his protege will discern a religious vocation.
Voting History: August 2020 - 1; September 2020 - 5; October 2020 - 3; November 2020 - 2; December 2020 - 4; ; January 2021 - 3

Race with the Devil by Joseph Pearce proposed by Fonch.
Joseph Pearce is foremost Catholic biographer of our time, but it wasn't always so. Imagine discovering God for the first time in the confines of a jail cell. Imagine spending the first half your life amidst the seedy underground of the white supremacy movement before becoming one of the foremost Religious scholars in the world. Imagine being converted by the writings of Chesterton, and years later writing a biography on him. Joseph Pearce doesn't have to imagine it - he lived it.
"In Race With the Devil: My Journey from Racial Hatred to Rational Love" take a journey through the peaks and valleys of one of the most fascinating conversion stories of our time, written first-hand by Pearce himself.
Voting History: October 2020 - 4; November 2020 - 4; December 2020 - 6; January 2021 - 2

The Secrets of Successful Financial Planning: Inside Tips from an Expert, by Dan Gallagher
There are six interrelated segments to a complete financial plan: Cash & Budget Planning, Insurance & Risk Management, Tax Management, Retirement Planning, Investment Planning, and Estate Planning. What aspects of the financial plan require sophisticated planning by a professional, and what can savvy, well-educated consumers handle themselves? The Secrets of Successful Financial Planning empowers readers to take charge of their financial present and future, regardless of where they are financially, by presenting technical jargon in a way that's easy to understand.
Voting History: August 2020 - 2; September 2020 - 2; October 2020 - 2; November 2020 - 2; December 2020 - 2; January 2021 - 2

And from the current interest list:

Prison Journal, Volume 1 The Cardinal Makes His Appeal, by George Cardinal Pell, John

[Fonch]

I vote for Bodies and souls, by Maxence Van der Meersch and The Secrets of Successful Financial Planning: Inside Tips from an Expert, by Dan Gallagher .

[María Amparo]

I would like to vote for Bodies and souls, by Maxence Van der Meersch and The Secrets of Successful Financial Planning: Inside Tips from an Expert, by Dan Gallagher .

[Barbie]

From Fire, by Water

[Joanie]

How do you vote? Type here what you want? Or is there a place to click your vote? I SO vote for this one:
Christus Vincit: Christ's Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age, by Athanasius Schneider

[Mark]

In This House of Brede, by Rumer Godden,

[Renee]

I vote for: Poor Banished Children, by Fiorella De Maria
Thanks!

[Steven R.]

Poor Banished Children, by Fiorella De Maria
The Mango Murders, by Mara Campos

[Elisabeth]

Dear and Glorious Physician

[John]

Joanie wrote: "How do you vote? Type here what you want? Or is there a place to click your vote? I SO vote for this one:
Christus Vincit: Christ's Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age, by Athanasius Schneider"

Yes, you type in your votes in a reply to this thread. You are allowed to vote for up to two, so you may add another if you like.

[John]

My votes are for:

From Fire, by Water: My Journey to the Catholic Faith

Prison Journal, Volume 1 The Cardinal Makes His Appeal

[Henry]

Dear and Glorious Physician

[Rachel]

I vote for 1. Christus Vincit and 2. The Marian Option

[Jill]

Christus Vincit
From Fire by Water

[Kristi]

In This House of Brede

Race With the Devil

[Madeleine]

The Light
The Mango Murders

[Hieronymus]

I vote for
Christus Vincit: Christ's Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age, by Athanasius Schneider.

I'm new in this group and would like to know:
Does voting work through a comment?

[Manuel]

Hieronymus wrote: "I'm new in this group and would like to know: Does voting work through a comment?"

Yes, at the end of the voting period the moderator computes the votes from these comments.

[Pablo]

Eifelheim
Invasion '14

[Hieronymus]

Manuel wrote: "Hieronymus wrote: "I'm new in this group and would like to know: Does voting work through a comment?"

Yes, at the end of the voting period the moderator computes the votes from these comments."

Thank you for the information. It's nice to be in this group.

[John]

Hieronymus wrote: "Manuel wrote: "Hieronymus wrote: "I'm new in this group and would like to know: Does voting work through a comment?"

Yes, at the end of the voting period the moderator computes the votes from thes..."

Welcome to the group!!

[Mariangel]

In this house of Brede
Eifelheim

[Fergus, Weaver of Autistic Webs]

In this House;
Paul: A Biography.

[Renee]

My second choice is In this house of Brede.
I’m new here, too.
Let us newbies know how this book club thing works, please.
Thanks!

[Mary]

Eifelheim,

[Lynn Ann]

I would like to vote for:

Invasion’ 14 by Maxence Van dear Meersch

Poor Banished Children by Fiorella De Maria

[Frances]

Paul: A Biography

The Mango Murders

[John]

Renee wrote: "My second choice is In this house of Brede.
I’m new here, too.
Let us newbies know how this book club thing works, please.
Thanks!"

Hi Renee,

Welcome!! I would suggest reading our FAQs here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

In short, we vote each month to select a book to read the following month. There is an exception if we have a tie, then all books that tied will be read, one a month, and the order is determined randomly. Books that are selected, as well as any books that receive fewer than two votes are removed from the Voting List. Their place on the Voting List is filled with the books at the top of the Nomination List. There is additional information in this thread, which is also where you can nominate books for the group to consider.

[Dominika]

Race with the Devil by Joseph Pearce and Dear and Glorious Physician by Taylor Caldwell,

[Kristen]

The Marian Option

Race with the Devil

[Faith]

Prison Journal, Volume 1 The Cardinal Makes His Appeal, by George Cardinal Pell,

In the House of Brede

[Ben]

I vote for

Marian Option

Christus Vincit

[Joseph]

Prison Journal, Volume 1 The Cardinal Makes His Appeal by George Cardinal Pell

[Renee]

Thanks, John!

[George]

Poor Banished Children, by Fiorella De Maria
Eifelheim

[Candy]

Christus Vincit

[Randi]

In the House of Brede and Paul

[Kathleen]

I vote for Paul: A Biography by N.T. Wright

[lentasa]

I vote for Eifelheim, by Michael Flynn,

[Manuel]

My votes go to
House of Brede
and
The Light

[William]

Christus Vincit by His Excellency, +Athanasius Schneider

[Mary]

1. Race With the Devil
2. Paradoxes of Catholicism

[Manuel]

Voting is closed. Results here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[María Amparo]

I would like to vote to Bodies and souls, by Maxence Van der Meersch and Eifelheim, by Michael Flynn,
Thanks.

[John]

Maria Amparo wrote: "I would like to vote to Bodies and souls, by Maxence Van der Meersch and Eifelheim, by Michael Flynn,
Thanks."

Maria, this was the voting for our February BOTM, which is now closed. The voting for the March BOTM will start on or about Monday, February 15.

[Fonch]

Hello John i want to express my apologises because i gave bad the warning to María Amparo for This reason the guilt is mine. I give the warning right :-).

[Hieronymus]

I vote for "Christus Vincit: Christ's Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age" by Athanasius Schneider.

[John]

Hieronymus wrote: "I vote for "Christus Vincit: Christ's Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age" by Athanasius Schneider."

Hieronymus, it is not time to vote for the March book yet. This was the voting from last month.