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[Jordan]

Not at all. Great idea!

[Teal]

Teal wrote: "I'd love to read The Long Call, but the ebook is $14. 😱 I'll see if I can come up with an alternative suggestion..."

Hey guys! Look what's on sale now (Amazon US, maybe elsewhere?) for $2.99. I'm going to grab it and maybe we can nominate it again in the future.

[Jordan]

Teal wrote: "Teal wrote: "I'd love to read The Long Call, but the ebook is $14. 😱 I'll see if I can come up with an alternative suggestion..."

Hey guys! Look what's on sale now (Amazon US, maybe elsewhere?) fo..."

Sounds like a good plan!

[Jordan]

Hi everyone,

I do believe we need to have a nomination and voting session for next month's book! So please take some time right now to nominate something and second things on the list!

[Jordan]

I am going to nominate Red, White & Royal Blue. I really want to read this one soon!

[Teal]

Jordan wrote: "I am going to nominate Red, White & Royal Blue. I really want to read this one soon!"

I'll second that. It's definitely worth reading.

[Trio]

Red, White & Royal Blue is very good, and I agree, even though it's really long, it's worth reading.

[Jordan]

Do we have any other nominations for our June read?

[Brenda]

Can we suggest something that doesn't come out until May 28th? I just came across a post about The Engineer by CS Poe. I know absolutely nothing about it other than Steampunk MM Romance with Magic, I hit the pre-order button so fast!!

[SamSpayedPI]

Brenda wrote: "Can we suggest something that doesn't come out until May 28th? I just came across a post about The Engineer by CS Poe. I know absolutely nothing about it other than Steampunk MM Romance with Magic,..."

I'll second The Engineer. I love C.S. Poe's Snow and Winter series, and Red, White & Royal Blue was a DNF for me.

[Jordan]

I don’t see why not, if no one objects. I know some folks want to be able to get books on hold at their library, though this late in the game with so many ebooks getting borrowed, that might be more difficult. When I get to work tomorrow I’ll check and see if this is available on Overdrive to purchase yet.

I think I may start the poll early this week, maybe Tuesday.

[Jordan]

Sadly, The Engineer isn't available for libraries to purchase yet. It might be available closer to the release date, I don't know. It appears that most of Poe's books are also available on Hoopla, so it may show up there as well at some point.

That being said, it's $2.99 on Amazon, so that's not too bad.

I also just looked at my todo list and we are set to have the poll go up on Thursday, so maybe I'll stick with that, which will give us a few more days to gather nominations.

[Brenda]

Cool! Maybe we could add Slippery Creatures to the mix of choices too, since it seems a lot of us have been reading it already...?

[Teal]

Brenda wrote: "Cool! Maybe we could add Slippery Creatures to the mix of choices too, since it seems a lot of us have been reading it already...?"

I'll second that. Although I probably won't be able to wait until June to start it. :)

[Jordan]

I did just order Slippery Creatures on Overdrive for my library!

[Jordan]

The poll will go up tomorrow. FYI.

[Jordan]

Our poll for the June 2020 BOM read is up. you have one week to vote!: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

[Antonella]

Thank you for organising this. For me both Red, White & Royal Blue and Slippery Creatures are alright, but lately I don't manage to participate to the BOM discussions, in fact I still have to find the time to read the old ones. So, I'll just wait and see...

[Trio]

I've been looking forward to reading Slippery Creatures so I hope that's what wins :)

[Jordan]

Slippery Creatures is our BOM winner for June 2020!

[KC]

Jordan wrote: "Slippery Creatures is our BOM winner for June 2020!"

Awesome! :-)

[SamSpayedPI]

Jordan wrote: "Slippery Creatures is our BOM winner for June 2020!"

Yay -- I just finished it!

(and The Engineer was delivered early this morning, since I decided to read it whether it won or not).

[Trio]

YAY!

[Antonella]

I just bought it.

The best thing for the author is to use her buy links.

[Brenda]

SamSpayedPI wrote: "(and The Engineer was delivered early this morning, since I decided to read it whether it won or not)"

(Me too! I just finished it because I have the attention span of a gnat right now, but I thoroughly enjoyed this and can't wait for the continuation!)

[Teal]

Jordan wrote: "Slippery Creatures is our BOM winner for June 2020!"

Here's the link to the conversation:

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

[Jordan]

Hi Everyone,

I know we just had a nomination and voting session, but we should be thinking about next month already. As Josh has said, she's not keeping up with due dates currently, so whether or not something does come out for next month, it would be good to have some back up plans. We can always hold onto a few titles for those months when we need something last minute, like we did last year.

I would also like to suggest something slightly radical for our group if any of you are interested. The book group I lead for my library will be reading a nonfiction Black Lives Matter title next month (though we don't yet know which title it will be). I will open up this option to you as well. I think, given our current climate, it's perfectly okay to deviate from our normal queer fiction, if everyone is on board. But also know that we don't have to go this route if you aren't interested, or if you're already doing this with others.

Here are titles I would recommend, based on popularity in publishing sales and holds queues at the library, and three others with queer authors:

- How to Be an Antiracist
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
- Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
- So You Want to Talk About Race
- No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America
- Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements
- How We Fight For Our Lives

Note that these are just suggestions, and if there's something else you'd like better, feel free to mention it when we get to nominating titles.

First, what are your thoughts on this idea? Is this something you're interested in? I can also set up a poll so you can answer anonymously, if you'd prefer.

Once that's answered, then we can figure out what we will read, whether it's a BLM title, or a regular queer fiction title.

Thanks everyone!

[Milyd]

Jordan wrote: "Hi Everyone,

I know we just had a nomination and voting session, but we should be thinking about next month already. As Josh has said, she's not keeping up with due dates currently, so whether or..."

Reading a nonfiction BLM book sounds like a great idea to me.

How to Be an Antiracist is a book that has been recommended a lot lately, and I would also be interested in reading it.

I am not sure if it fits, but I watched the movie adaptation of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption a couple of months ago, and I have been wanting to read the book since then.

I am also fine with just reading another queer fiction book.

[Jordan]

Milyd wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Hi Everyone,

I know we just had a nomination and voting session, but we should be thinking about next month already. As Josh has said, she's not keeping up with due dates currently..."

Yes! Just Mercy is another popular title that fits.

[Jordan]

I’m wondering if folks want to take a month off. Or if you want to each choose your own Black Lives Matter title to read and discuss here? Or we each choose our own queer fiction title to read and discuss in July. So there would be no voting and we wouldn’t all read the same title.

Thoughts?

[SamSpayedPI]

I don't want to take a month off. It's just that nothing has been proposed that I'm enthusiastic about enough to second, and I can't think of anything I want to nominate myself.

I'm not much for non-fiction, and I looked for an LGBT fiction with Black Lives Matter themes, but couldn't find one.

[Brenda]

I read Witchmark awhile back and loooved it. It's not specifically BLM, but it's by a Black author and her world building was stellar.

[Jordan]

SamSpayedPI wrote: "I don't want to take a month off. It's just that nothing has been proposed that I'm enthusiastic about enough to second, and I can't think of anything I want to nominate myself.

I'm not much for ..."

I know there are a few nonfiction LGBTQ books with BLM themes, but there aren't many.

Speak No Evil is the only fiction title I know of that covers both.

[Jordan]

Brenda wrote: "I read Witchmark awhile back and loooved it. It's not specifically BLM, but it's by a Black author and her world building was stellar."

I read that one too and it was good!

I'm also now currently reading A Taste of Honey, which while also not BLM, is an MM romance fantasy set in Africa. I only just started it and am hardly into it so don't know a whole lot about it yet.

[Jordan]

Also, not a BLM title, but one of diversity in queer fiction: Jonny Appleseed. I highly recommend this one as I read it a couple of years ago I think and loved it! Joshua Whitehead is an Oji-Cree, Two-Spirit storyteller and academic from Peguis First Nation on Treaty 1 territory in Manitoba. I love his/their profile photo.

I believe in other places Joshua has used they/them pronouns, but uses he/him in the GR profile.

[Teal]

Jordan wrote: "I'm also now currently reading A Taste of Honey, which while also not BLM, is an MM romance fantasy set in Africa."

If you were to nominate this, I would second it.

I'd like to nominate Mr. Loverman, but I see it's very expensive at the moment.

[Jordan]

We could just choose to read fiction by queer people of color in general for awhile.

Marriage of a Thousand Lies is another one I read and enjoyed, though it's not a happy read.

Let's Talk About Love I liked this one but it's YA/NA.

American Dreamer, I've not read this one, but it is on my to-read list as an MM Romance.

[Jordan]

I’m not sure how I feel about A Taste of Honey now that Ive gotten further into it. If the plot stood still a moment maybe I’d be more into it, but I feel as if so much of this story is just outside of my reaching, grasping fingers. Lol. That being said, if anyone else wants to read it, by all means, please nominate it. I may change my mind about it when I get to the end, but we’ll see.

Mr. Loverman looks really good! Since it was published by a rather large press, I doubt that price will ever come down though.

And yes, Please nominate whatever you’d like to read. I think now that we’re getting a conversation going, Fiction with queer characters of color is the direction we’re heading, which is great! I know I certainly don’t read enough books with characters of color, and I’d really like to.

[Teal]

Jordan wrote: "Mr. Loverman looks really good! Since it was published by a rather large press, I doubt that price will ever come down though."

It's dropped to $1.99 seven times in the last year, so I encourage anyone who's interested to keep an eye on it. :)

[Jordan]

Oh wow, okay then!

[Jordan]

Mymymble wrote: "Lot won the Lambda this year. It looks like a BLM book and has a gay protagonist.
It was also a New York Times 'best ten books' of 2019.
So I'd like to nominate that formally (ie ch..."

Sounds good. That would be a good one to read! I'd forgotten about that, so thanks for bringing it up!

[Jordan]

Okay, I just want to clear things up a bit here and try to make sense of all the titles floating about.

I am going to nominate American Dreamer.
Mymymble is nominating Lot.

Those are our top two choices.

Other top choices include:

A Taste of Honey (I'm currently having a tough time reading this, but that doesn't mean we can't have a good conversation about it and that other's won't like it. It seems I'm in the minority on my feelings for this one.)

Mr. Loverman (expensive at the moment, but looks really good!)

We will keep taking nominations until Thursday, when the poll will go up.

[Teal]

If they haven't yet been seconded, I'll second A Taste of Honey and Lot.

[Antonella]

I was blown away by and the other two books of the trilogy «The Broken Earth» by N.K. Jemisin. But it is a trilogy, so I suppose that it doesn't qualify...

[Jordan]

Antonella wrote: "I was blown away by and the other two books of the trilogy «The Broken Earth» by N.K. Jemisin. But it is a trilogy, so I suppose that it doesn..."

We could read just the first one. We've done that before with series. Let us know if you're officially nominating it so someone can second it!

[Antonella]

Jordan wrote: "We could read just the first one. We've done that before with series. Let us know if you're officially nominating it so someone can second it!"

Thank you, Jordan. But I'll pass, also because it would mean that I should reread it (or even reread the trilogy). I don't think that I would manage it.

It is a fantastic work, warmly recommended.

[Jordan]

Antonella wrote: "Jordan wrote: "We could read just the first one. We've done that before with series. Let us know if you're officially nominating it so someone can second it!"

Thank you, Jordan. But I'll pass, als..."

That's okay. :-)

[Jordan]

okay, folks, our poll for July read is up until next Thursday: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

[Jordan]

Just an FYI, if you haven't voted yet, we currently have a tie for first place, so place your votes now!

[Teal]

It's a hard choice!