February 2022 BOTM - Voting

[CBC]

It is time to vote for our February BOTM. You may vote for up to 2 of the books listed below. The book(s) with the most votes will be our BOTM. If there is a tie, the moderator uses a random list generator to determine the order and they are all read over however many months. Books that receive fewer than 2 votes will be removed from the Voting List, with those that receive 1 vote being placed at the end of the Nominations List. Cast your votes by replying in this thread.

Voting will end at approximately 5:00 PM Eastern Time on Monday, January 17.

Centurion's Daughter, Justin Swanton, Fonch
Written and illustrated by master storyteller Justin Swanton, Centurion's Daughter is a thoughtful and compelling journey to a little-known period of history when an empire fell and the foundations of Christendom were laid.
Voting History: None

Crown of the World-Book 1: Knight of the Temple, Nathan Sadasivan, Fonch
Here is the tale of Godfrey de Montferrat, a boy who became both a monk and a knight who swore an oath to defend the Kingdom of Jerusalem. It is also the tale of that kingdom, which men called Outremer-The Land Beyond the Sea. With the miraculous success of the First Crusade, all said that the heroic tales of old had come to life in that place. By Godfrey's time-the late 12th century-the Kingdom is dying, chivalry fading, hope growing cold, and foes pressing hard from every side. But Godfrey stands in contradiction to the prevailing rot-a young man striving to live up to the heroic ideal. Surrounded by greed and corruption, Godfrey must determine where his true loyalties lay: to friends? to prince? to love? to God?
Voting History: None

The Day is Now Far Spent, by Robert Sarah, nominated by Mariangel
Robert Cardinal Sarah calls The Day Is Now Far Spent his most important book. He analyzes the spiritual, moral, and political collapse of the Western world and concludes that "the decadence of our time has all the faces of mortal peril."
A cultural identity crisis, he writes, is at the root of the problems facing Western societies. "The West no longer knows who it is, because it no longer knows and does not want to know who made it, who established it, as it was and as it is. Many countries today ignore their own history. This self-suffocation naturally leads to a decadence that opens the path to new, barbaric civilizations."
Voting History: May 2021 - 3; July 2021 - 2; September 2021 - 4; October 2021 - 5; December 2021 - 4

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: February 2021 - 3; March 2021 -8; April 2021 - 9; May 2021 - 2; July 2021 - 2; September 2021 - 4; October 2021 - 4; December 2021 - 5

The Gift of the Church: Volume 1 - How the Catholic Church Transformed the History and Soul of the West, Ryan N.S. Topping, Steven R.
In this first volume, The Gift of the Church: How the Catholic Church Transformed the History and Soul of the West, Topping brilliantly describes the Church’s indispensable role in the development of western civilization. He does so by identifying the various gifts which the Church, through the divine action of God, and the human actions of her members, has given to us – even those of us who have forgotten and those of us who never knew
Voting History: None

The history of the Earth-9 colony, M.Alfonseca, Manuel
The colonization of the galaxy has started. When human beings discover planets suitable for life, they enter in conflict with extraterrestrial intelligences who were living there. This science-fiction novel revises the story of Adam and Eve and its consequences, in the setting of space colonization and the encounter with extraterrestrial intelligences.
Voting History: None

The Hundredfold: Songs for the Lord, by Anthony M. Esolen, nominated by Joe
The Hundredfold is a tapestry of hymns, monologues, and short lyrics knit together as one book-length poem in praise of Christ in his startling humanity. Using all the riches of the English poetic tradition—meter, rhyme, music—the poet ponders the mysterious man from Nazareth and the world he came to set on fire with splendor.
Voting History: December 2021 - 3

Junia, Michael Giesler, Steven R.
As the beautiful daughter of a Roman senator, Junia enjoyed the best that life had to offer in first century Rome. She was grateful and anxious to please her family, a dutiful and obedient young woman of privilege. That is, until a chance friendship and its abrupt end sparks an interest in a new religion that will lead to a destiny she never imagined.
Voting History: October 2021 - 3; December 2021 - 3

The Last Ugly Person: And Other Stories, by Roger Thomas, nominated by Steven R.
I have not found a description of this book other than that it is four short stories by Roger Thomas. If anyone has a description to offer, please do so.
Voting History: December 2021 - 2

Pierre Toussaint: A Biography, by Arthur Jones, nominated by Kathleen
This richly detailed portrait of Pierre Toussaint, who was born into slavery, became one of the most admired men of his time, and is now a candidate for canonization, reveals both the journey of an extraordinary man and a fascinating glimpse into nineteenth-century America.
Voting History: December 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; February 2021 - 4; March 2021 - 2; April 2021 - 4; May 2021 - 4; July 2021 - 3; September 2021 - 3; October 2021 - 6; December 2021 - 5

The Prodigal Church: Restoring Catholic Tradition in an Age of Deception, by Brandon McGinley, nominated by Ben Eastman
For too many decades, our Catholic Church has diluted her distinctive traditions in order to please contemporary culture, losing not only her patrimony but much of her moral authority- just when the world needs it most. Today, with our country and our Church suffering their worst crises since the 1960s, distressed American Catholics are understandably hungry for big solutions to their big problems. Fortunately, where today so many see only darkness, author Brandon McGinley sees light, arguing that these dire days offer us an opportunity to rescue our Church- if only we have the holy confidence to seize this God-given moment.
Voting History: December 2021 - 3

Salvation Is from the Jews: The Role of Judaism in Salvation History from Abraham to the Second Coming, by Roy H. Schoeman, nominated by Faith
The book traces the role of Judaism and the Jewish people in God's plan for the salvation of mankind, from Abraham through the Second Coming, as revealed by the Catholic faith and by a thoughtful examination of history. It will give Christians a deeper understanding of Judaism, both as a religion in itself and as a central component of Christian salvation.
Voting History: December 2021 - 2

Sonnets for Christ the King, J.C.MacKenzie, Joseph
The seventy-seven Sonnets for Christ the King form a lyrical sequence around the traditional themes of love, death, and the passage of time, but within the context of a divinely ordered cosmos. Referred to by top New York poetry editor and critic Dr. Joseph Salemi as ''a liturgically mediated conversation with God,'' the sequence is both extremely varied and perfectly contained. In addition to love poems, Salemi observes that there are also ''prayers, meditations, devout recollections of individual saints, scriptural and liturgical reminiscences, and even doctrinal argument...Indeed, the last fourteen sonnets in the sequence are meditative disquisitions on the Stations of the Cross.''
Voting History: None

With Two Eyes Into Gehenna, Jane Lebak, Steven R.
Sister Magdalena never heard of the Catherinite nuns until the day she faced her own death sentence. Rome, 1562. It’s the era of the Index of Banned Books and the Roman Inquisition. Kings still burn heretics. The worst threats come from within the Church itself.
Voting History: April 2021 - 2; May 2021 - 2; July 2021 - 4; September 2021 - 2; October 2021 - 3; December 2021 - 3

Current Interest Selection:
Things Worth Dying For: Thoughts on a Life Worth Living, by Charles J. Chaput Faith
Chaput delves richly into our yearning for God, love, honor, beauty, truth, and immortality. He reflects on our modern appetite for consumption and individualism and offers a penetrating analysis of how we got here, and how we can look to our roots and our faith to find purpose each day amid the noise of competing desires. Chaput examines the chronic questions of the human heart; the idols and false flags we create; and the nature of a life of authentic faith. He points to our longing to live and die with meaning as the key to our search for God, our loyalty to nation and kin, our conduct in war, and our service to others.
Voting history: July 2021: 4; December 2021: 4

[Alicia]

Voting for: (1) Things Worth Dying For, and (2) The Day is Now Far Spent

[Jill]

I thought we used to be able to vote for three? If only two, I choose From Fire by Water and Pierre Toussaint. If I can add a third, it's Crown of the World.

[[deleted user]]

Centurion's Daughter and Sonnets for Christ the King

[A]

CBC wrote: "It is time to vote for our February BOTM. You may vote for up to 2 of the books listed below. The book(s) with the most votes will be our BOTM. If there is a tie, the moderator uses a random list g..."

The Day is now Far Spent.

[Lynn Ann]

Voting for February Book Of The Month:
1. The Day is Now Far Spent, by Robert Sarah
2. Salvation is from the Jews:The Role of Judaism in Salvation History from Abraham to the Second Coming, by Roy H. Schoeman

[Dana]

Salvation is from the Jews

[Judy]

The Day is Now Far Spent

[Addilyn]

Things Worth Dying For

[Jane]

The Day is now Far Spent
From Fire, By Water

Jane Braun

[John]

Jill wrote: "I thought we used to be able to vote for three? If only two, I choose From Fire by Water and Pierre Toussaint. If I can add a third, it's Crown of the World."

Nope. Just two. I don't recall it ever being three.

[Jessica]

Salvation is from the jews

[John]

I will vote for:

The Day is Now Far Spent, and Things Worth Dying For: Thoughts on a Life Worth Living

[Manuel]

The history of the Earth-9 colony
With two eyes into Gehenna

[Kathleen]

Is it possible that for next month we could add Lauren Groff's Matrix?

[Fonch]

I vote for Poor Banished Children, by Fiorella De Maria and The history of the Earth-9 colony, M.Alfonseca

[María Amparo]

I vote for Poor Banished Children, by Fiorella De Mariaand Prodigal Church: Restoring Catholic Tradition in an Age of Deception,

[Mariangel]

Things worth dying for
The history of the Earth-9 colony

[Judith]

(1) The Day is Now Far Spent
(2) The Hundredfold

[Mary]

1)The Day is Now Far Spent, by Robert Sarah, 2)Things Worth Dying For Thoughts on a Life Worth Living

[Steven R.]

The Last Ugly Person: And Other Stories, by Roger Thomas
With Two Eyes Into Gehenna, Jane Lebak

[Robert]

The Hundredfold - by Anthony Esolen
The Prodigal Church - by Brandon McGinley

[Madeleine]

Poor Banished Children
Things Worth Dying For

[John]

Kathleen wrote: "Is it possible that for next month we could add Lauren Groff's Matrix?"

Hi Kathleen, you can certainly add that to the Nominations here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

It would not be considered next month, however. Once nominated, it would be added to the bottom of the list and would be added to the voting list once it got to the top.

[Randi]

CBC wrote: "It is time to vote for our February BOTM. You may vote for up to 2 of the books listed below. The book(s) with the most votes will be our BOTM. If there is a tie, the moderator uses a random list g..."

Things Worth Dying For and Sonnets for the King

[Ryan]

The Day is Now Far Spent
The Gift of the Church Vol 1

[Lisa]

The Day is Now Far Spent
The Gift of the Church

[Rachel]

From Fire, By Water
The Gift of the Church

[Leslie]

The Hundredfold and Poor Banished Children

[Jt]

Poor Banished Children of Eve
The Day is Now Far Spent

[Mary]

From Fire, by Water

[Asunción]

The history of the Earth-9 Colony
Things worth dying for

[Syd]

(1) Pierre Toussaint: A Biography
(2) From Fire, By Water: My Journey to the Catholic Faith

[Fergus, Weaver of Autistic Webs]

Centurion's Daughter
With Two Eyes into Gehenna.

[Kristi]

The day is now far spent

From fire, by water

[Ramón]

Salvation is from the Jews

[Sarah]

The Day is Now Far Spent

The Gift of The Church Vol 1

[Sinai C.]

1 - From Fire, by Water: My Journey to the Catholic Faith
2- Poor Banished Children

[John]

Voting is closed. Results will be posted shortly.