October 2021 Action Oriented Creature Feature/Monster Story

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Just in time for October Spookiness, we have our October 2021 Action Oriented Creature Feature/Monster Story.

Yeah, so the book needs to have a prominent monster or creature-focused storyline.

Here are some other things to consider when you make your nomination:


1. One nomination per group member. The books must be nominated with a Goodreads link by clicking on 'add book/author'. If a book does not have a Goodreads link, it will not be added to the poll.
2. Books need to be readily available, ie, in print (able to buy new or in ebook format).
3. Books should have some degree of action/adventure content.
4. Past group reads are not eligible to be nominated again. The past group discussions remain open for members to comment. You can view the list of past reads here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

5. Books must be either standalone or first in a series (or they may be later in a series if constructed to be read as a standalone).
6. Authors are asked not to nominate their own books or solicit nominations from members.

The poll will go up on September 24th.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Since we have no nominations, I'll extend the nomination period for 3 days. The poll will go up on September 27th.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

It's not a genre I read a lot...

I'll think.

[Phillip]

I haven't read them, but a few books that felt like a fit and sounded interesting are:

The Monstrumologist
The Awesome
Circe

We could also look at classics like:
Jurassic Park
Dracula

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Thanks for the nominations!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

I'm going to nominate Hull Zero Three by Greg Bear.

A starship hurtles through the emptiness of space. Its destination-unknown. Its purpose-a mystery.

Now, one man wakes up. Ripped from a dream of a new home-a new planet and the woman he was meant to love in his arms-he finds himself wet, naked, and freezing to death. The dark halls are full of monsters but trusting other survivors he meets might be the greater danger.

All he has are questions -- Who is he? Where are they going? What happened to the dream of a new life? What happened to Hull 03?

All will be answered, if he can survive the ship.

Hull Zero Three is an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride through the darkest reaches of space.

[Lisa P, My weekend is all booked up!]

I'm going to nominate To the Center of the Earth by Greig Beck

An old woman locked away in a Russian asylum has a secret—knowledge of a 500-year-old manuscript written by a long-dead alchemist that will show a passage to the mythical center of the Earth.

She knows it’s real because 50 years ago, she and a team traveled there. And only she made it back.

Today, caving specialist Mike Monroe leads a crew into the world’s deepest cave in the former Soviet Union. He’s following the path of a mad woman, and the words of an ancient Russian alchemist, that were the basis of the fantastical tale by Jules Verne.

But what horrifying things he finds will tear at his sanity and change everything we know about evolution and the world, forever.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Awesome! We have reccs!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

The poll is up. Vote by 11:59pm PST on September 30th.
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...