⭒June 2023 BOTM Nominations⭒

[[deleted user]]

I’ll third Wuthering Heights. I read it a few years ago and enjoyed it :)

[₊‧ ୨୧mollie_]

Can you “second “ more then one book?

[Lily, ⭒on hiatus⭒]

💛Mollie wrote: "Can you “second “ more then one book?"

Yep! You can second up to 3 books if you also nominate 3. Or you can second up to 6 books if you don't nominate any. :)

[₊‧ ୨୧mollie_]

Thx!

[₊‧ ୨୧mollie_]

I fourth wuthering heights!

[Lily, ⭒on hiatus⭒]

💛Mollie wrote: "Thx!"

Yep, np!

[[deleted user]]

Why can we nominate Wuthering Heights, exactly? 😅 I have no problem doing so, but it’s gothic literature, not fantasy.

[Mary Emma]

I second Swift and I second Mark of the Raven!

[[deleted user]]

Cari wrote: "I nominate With Eyes of Blue by Erin Hylands"

I second With Eyes of Blue

[Danielle]

💛Mollie wrote: "I fourth wuthering heights!"

I second that!

[✨ tazannah - not accepting friend requests ✨, ⭒spiritual leader⭒]

Stephen wrote: "Why can we nominate Wuthering Heights, exactly? 😅 I have no problem doing so, but it’s gothic literature, not fantasy."

Is it? Idk XD. We don’t have to read it if it doesn’t meet the standards of botm nominations

[Ella]

I third Wuthering Heights and second War of the Worlds

[[deleted user]]

✨ Tazannah *Taz* Gresheld ✨ wrote: "Stephen wrote: "Why can we nominate Wuthering Heights, exactly? 😅 I have no problem doing so, but it’s gothic literature, not fantasy."

Is it? Idk XD. We don’t have to read it if it doesn’t meet t..."

I don't mind! I hope it's fine to bend the rules for the sake of a classic :)

I'd love to have the people here in a GR group dedicated to reading classic literature. But that might cause the schism 😅

[Sharon, ⭒botm leader⭒]

@Stephen-🤦🏽‍♀️

[Sharon, ⭒botm leader⭒]

Yeah, I was wondering how Wurthering Heights could qualify as a fantasy. 🤔

(@Stephen, I responded to your comment on my review—just making sure you saw it. Many times I don’t get notifs for those kind of comments/posts.😊)

[Ali]

I nominate Storm Siren by Mary Weber

[Ali]

I second Mark of the Raven

[Alison]

I second Moonscript

[Elizabeth]

I'm just going to third Moonscript so it gets off the poll. 😂

[Natalia]

*I nominate Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson, a clean fantasy and one of my all time favorites.

*I also nominate Chosen by Ted Dekker. Christian fantasy & fiction author

*I will second Heartless

[[deleted user]]

Lily - Books by Starlight wrote: "Helena wrote: "Lily - Books by Starlight wrote: "Oh no, I forgot about Howl's Moving Castle! Would someone else be willing to nominate it? 😭"

I will!"

Tysm!! I will second Howl's Moving Castle, t..."

I third Howl's Moving Castle.

[Ali]

I second Mistborn!

[EllieJellyBean :D, ⭒assistant mod⭒]

I fourth Howl’s moving castle

[Winter]

I second:
Howls Moving Castle
Vivid
A Thieving Curse

[Winter]

I'll nominate :
A Whisker Behind - W.R. Gingell

[Elizabeth]

Yay! I hope we choose it because I just reread it and it's the beeeessstttt.

[Lily, ⭒on hiatus⭒]

Z.C wrote: "Also Wurthering Heights Is really good, but I would label it under a train wreak that you can't look away from lol. You're not reading it cause you Love the characters, you're reading it cause of t..."

Yeah, I heard all the characters are awful people, haha!

[Lily, ⭒on hiatus⭒]

Okay, I hope to get the poll up VERY SOON, but we've got two small problems.

First, would you guys like me to count Wuthering Heights? (Just saying that since the title is so well known, if you guys say yes to including it, it will almost certainly win.)

And second, we've got a weird tie in terms of nominations between Swift, Moonscript, and Heartless. I can't include them all in the poll, though, because then it would be too much! So, someone with "seconds" left: please second one of them. XD

[Lily, ⭒on hiatus⭒]

The stats so far... :)

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness +7
Wuthering Heights +5
Howl's Moving Castle +5
Mark of the Raven +4
Swift by RJ Anderson +3
Moonscript +3
Heartless by Anne Elisabeth Stengl +3
With Eyes of Blue by Erin Hylands +1 (Unfortunately, this doesn't look to be a fantasy book.)
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells +1
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson +1
Vivid +1
A Thieving Curse +1
Mammoth
Unblemished
Ultraviolet by RJ Anderson
Babel: An Arcane History
Sylvie and Bruno
Storm Siren by Mary Weber
Chosen by Ted Dekker
A Whisker Behind - W.R. Gingell

55 noms/secs total

[Elizabeth]

Lily - Books by Starlight wrote: "Okay, I hope to get the poll up VERY SOON, but we've got two small problems.

First, would you guys like me to count Wuthering Heights? (Just saying that since the title is so well known, if you gu..."

No to Wuthering Heights, since I want Heartless to win.
If I've seconded the other books, take them away and I still say Heartless.
(I'm too biased for this... XD)

[Katie ‼️]

i vote mistborn!

[Lily, ⭒on hiatus⭒]

Z.C wrote: "Even though it does hurt me to say it, I would say No to Wurthering Heights. It's a wonderful classic, but I think we should give the other books a better chance at winning that actually fit the ca..."

Lol, yeah, I was wondering whether anyone would mention the "weird things." Anyone else want a say?

[[deleted user]]

I’ll second Moonscript to prevent Heartless from winning 😁

[lydia ‧ ia]

I second Mistborn and Unblemished!

[Sharon, ⭒botm leader⭒]

I say no to Wurthering Heights. I really don’t want to read it again, but my main reason is because it is not fantasy.

[Lily, ⭒on hiatus⭒]

Stephen wrote: "I’ll second Moonscript to prevent Heartless from winning 😁"

Oh, that was mean.

[Lily, ⭒on hiatus⭒]

Final stats:

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness +7
Howl's Moving Castle +5
Mark of the Raven +4
Moonscript +4
Swift by RJ Anderson +3
Heartless by Anne Elisabeth Stengl +3
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson +3
With Eyes of Blue by Erin Hylands +1 (Unfortunately, this doesn't look to be a fantasy book.)
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells +1
Vivid +1
A Thieving Curse +1
Mammoth
Unblemished +1
Ultraviolet by RJ Anderson
Babel: An Arcane History
Sylvie and Bruno
Storm Siren by Mary Weber
Chosen by Ted Dekker
A Whisker Behind - W.R. Gingell
Wuthering Heights +5

58 noms/secs

[Elizabeth]

Stephen wrote: "I’ll second Moonscript to prevent Heartless from winning 😁"

How... DARE youuuuuu! *tries to think of an insult* *fails* Dragon's teeth, Stephen!

[Lily, ⭒on hiatus⭒]

I added in the three lower options as well because they were all so close. :') I usually try to keep the poll between 5 and 6 options. 4 is a little too low, and 7 is a little too much, but I made an exception this time. :)

[lydia ‧ ia]

nice!

[Lily, ⭒on hiatus⭒]

Z.C wrote: "Lily - Books by Starlight wrote: "I added in the three lower options as well because they were all so close. :') I usually try to keep the poll between 5 and 6 options. 4 is a little too low, and 7..."

You're welcome! 🤗

[Lily, ⭒on hiatus⭒]

This thread is now closed, and voting has begun!

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

[[deleted user]]

Noo, I forgot to include:

(Just kidding Helena & Z.C. I’ll vote for Heartless). I was looking for a small font text converter, but got distracted 😅

[Lily, ⭒on hiatus⭒]

Hey, btw, if there's a book up for voting that you'd love to have the group read together, and it doesn't win, I'd be willing to host a buddy read or even have two BotMs next month since it'll be the summer then (woo hoo, lol!). Just saying!

[[deleted user]]

I’m sorry, Z.C., I’m usually not this *heartless* 😢😁

[✨ tazannah - not accepting friend requests ✨, ⭒spiritual leader⭒]

Lily - Books by Starlight wrote: "Z.C wrote: "Even though it does hurt me to say it, I would say No to Wurthering Heights. It's a wonderful classic, but I think we should give the other books a better chance at winning that actuall..."

I've never read it, but I'm fine with it being taken off :)

[Sharon, ⭒botm leader⭒]

Aw, Lily, that’d be great!💜

[Lily, ⭒on hiatus⭒]

✨ Tazannah *Taz* Gresheld ✨ wrote: "Lily - Books by Starlight wrote: "Z.C wrote: "Even though it does hurt me to say it, I would say No to Wurthering Heights. It's a wonderful classic, but I think we should give the other books a bet..."

Thank you for your input, Taz! Maybe we could read it today sometime, though! I bet Wuthering Heights would make an amazing autumn read.

[✨ tazannah - not accepting friend requests ✨, ⭒spiritual leader⭒]

Lily - Books by Starlight wrote: "✨ Tazannah *Taz* Gresheld ✨ wrote: "Lily - Books by Starlight wrote: "Z.C wrote: "Even though it does hurt me to say it, I would say No to Wurthering Heights. It's a wonderful classic, but I think ..."

Ofc!
Yeah, totally!

[✨ tazannah - not accepting friend requests ✨, ⭒spiritual leader⭒]

Tbh I totally forgot it had to be fantasy and just put it in. Sorryyy