August 2022 Cryptid/Creature Feature Group Read Nominations

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Our August Group Read Theme is Cryptic/Creature Feature.

I realize now that I switched July and August's theme somehow. I'm very sorry about that!

According to Wikipedia, "Cryptids are animals that cryptozoologists believe may exist somewhere in the wild, but are not believed to exist by mainstream science."

Let's find some interesting. cryptid legion-centered Action/Adventure books to read!

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 July 26th.

[Jamie]

I nominate The Jersey Devil by Hunter Shea.

[Kanishka]

I nominate Beneath the Dark Ice by Greig Beck.



When a plane crashes into the Antarctic ice, exposing a massive cave beneath, a rescue and research team is dispatched.

Twenty-four hours later, all contact is lost.

Captain Alex Hunter and his highly trained squad of commandos are fast tracked to the hot zone to find out what went wrong – and to follow up the detection of a vast underground reservoir. Accompanying the team is an assortment of researchers, including petrobiologist Aimee Weir. If the unidentified substance proves to be an energy source, every country in the world will want to know about it – some would even kill for it.

Once inserted into the cave system, they don't find any survivors – not even a trace of their bodies. Primeval hieroglyphs hint at an ancient civilisation, and an ancient danger. Spectres of the dead haunt the tunnels. Within hours, one of the party will die.

To bring his team out alive, Alex will need every one of his mysterious abilities beneath the dark ice.

[Bill]

I nominate Subhuman by Michael McBride

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Kanishka wrote: "I nominate Beneath the Dark Ice by Greig Beck.



When a plane crashes into the Antarctic ice, exposing a massive cave beneat..."

We read this book already, check the archived group reads.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Bill wrote: "I nominate Subhuman by Michael McBride"

As stated, I will not add books to the polls without links anymore.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

It looks like The Jersey Devil is our August group read. The other two nominations did not qualify.

[Jamie]

Yay! My favorite hometown cryptid!