June 2021 READER Nominations

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

This thread is for nominations for READER category for June 2021.

READER books need to be
* currently in print in either hardback or paperback (or both). Requiring a special order from a store or website counts, but not if the book is only available used.
* currently available in multiple ebook formats, from multiple vendors
* Space Opera, which means a spaceship has to be involved in the story somewhere.
* If it is part of a series, it needs to be suitable to being read without having read other books in the series.
* Please no blatantly erotic books, as some of our members are not full adults yet.

RULES:
* you may nominate one book on this thread.
* you may second as many nominations as you like on this thread.
* it is okay to nominate the same book on more than one nomination thread, as long as it meets the criteria
* books we already have on our bookshelf will be disqualified if they were added less than two years ago
* If a book you nominate or second is selected, you are expected to post at least one comment about it on the thread about the book.
* In about two weeks I will draw a book randomly, with each second being one raffle ticket for the book. That is, a book with three seconds (so four of us want it) will get three chances in the pool.

It is likely helpful if you know something about a book that has been nominated if you mention it in this thread, whether it is for or against the book.

[Jamie]

I’m new to this forum so I have a question: can we nominate our own books? I recently published my first sci-fi titled Hall of Skulls that has space travel and an alien civilization and it received a starred review from BlueInk Reviews but I have no idea how to get the word out on it.

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

Yes you may nominate your own book on the appropriate nomination thread. Limited might fit better than Reader which usually has more competition. Just give the title and author, and you can use the “add book/author” link to the page on Goodreads, but don't link outside of Goodreads or give a synopsis of the book, which usually gets removed as self-promotion.

You may also post blatant self-promotion posts in the Self-Promotion section of this group.

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

I nominate Trading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon. This book was nominated on the themed thread and has multiple seconds there, but there are a lot of books nominated and seconded on that thread and none here.

[Jane]

I would love to nominate Aetherbound by E.K. Johnston.

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

Jane wrote: "I would love to nominate Aetherbound by E.K. Johnston."
Please nominate it next month. It isn’t out yet. Looks interesting though.

[Jane]

Oh, oops, sorry... Am I able to nominate something else?

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

Yes, one nomination per nomination thread.

[Jane]

Can I nominate Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

Summary so far:
Trading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon. Nominated by Teresa. Awaiting seconds.
Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer. Nominated by Jane. Awaiting seconds.

Nominations will close on the 22nd. If no book is seconded we won’t have a Reader Pick for June.

[Betsy]

I'll second Trading in Danger again.

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

Thanks Betsy!

[Caitlin]

I’ll second Crownchasers. Never heard of it and it sounds interesting.

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

Nominations are now closed. I count a single second for each of two books. Rolling random numbers now.

[Teresa, Plan B is in Effect]

The random numbers have spoken. Our Reader Pick for June is Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer.