She-Geeks discussion

Now taking recommendations for the month of November! This thread will close and the polls will start on Oct. 26th.

For our new members and those unfamiliar with how the books are picked every month, here are the updated guidelines. There are 3 selections that we read every month as a group. One comic book, one manga, one novel. Of course, not everyone here reads manga or novels so the choice to either read one selection or all three is completely up to you. The three final selections are picked from polls based on all of your recommendations in our monthly thread. Of each poll, there are only 3 nominations. Nominations are picked according to popularity so only comments with the word "VOTE" is considered a vote towards that recommendation. This is to clear up any confusion and make it straightforward about what's considered a vote. In the case where two or more books are equally praised, I will simply pick the suggestion that was posted first (by date, and if necessary, time). Here are other rules:

1.) Do recommend as many books as you like as long as it falls under these genres:
- any comic book
- any manga
- books that fall under fantasy or science fiction. Further examples: apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, dystopian, outer space, futuristic, steampunk, medieval, dark fantasy, magic, superheroes, zombies, vampires, goblins... basically, anything epic and/or imaginary.
2.) Do recommend a book more than once as long as it hasn't been a previous read of the month. A book can be renominated for the polls.
3.) Do be specific. Saying "any book by ______" won't be counted.
4.) Do vote for as many recs as you like. Of course, don't vote for the same thing twice. (Fyi, any book you recommend is counted as a vote.)
5.) Do change or remove your vote(s) as many times as you like before this thread closes.
6.) If we decide to do a theme for a particular month, only recs that follows that theme will be counted.
7.) Lastly, please link your books so we can easily look it up (unless your book isn't listed by Goodreads then that's understandable. Just make sure to name the author).

After votes are collected, the three most popular comic books, novels, and manga will enter the polls. The three polls are held during the last week of the month, and results will be announced on the first day of the following month. Both moderators and members may start discussion threads based on our reads of the month. We're always looking for volunteers for discussion leaders so inbox me if you're interested in leading a discussion for one of the reads of the month. When participating in a discussion, make sure you state your checkpoint or announce SPOILERS so you don't ruin it for your fellow members. I think I pretty much covered everything. If there's something you're still unclear about, feel free to ask us in this thread.

Have fun, my loves.

For graphic novels, I will recommend Bone by Jeff Smith
For manga, I will recommend Dragon Ball, Vol. 1: The Monkey King by Akira Toriyama
For fantasy novels, I will recommend American Gods by Neil Gaiman

For comics I will recommend Sweet Tooth Vol. 1: Out Of The Deep Woods by Jeff Lemire

Novels I will suggest two (to make up for the fact that I don't read manga so can't suggest any!):

John Dies At The End by David Wong; and
This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It by David Wong

I've read John Dies at the End but I haven't started This Book Is Full Of Spiders, so I'll be rooting for that one (although you all really should read John Dies At The End first!)

So I want to vote for American Gods and Sweet Tooth. :)

This is my first post in the group - I hope you haven't already read these!

Comic: Batman: Through the Looking Glass

Magna: No recommendation

Novel: I agree! American Gods

Another vote for American Gods!

I vote for American Gods and Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned

My recommendations are:

Maus, Vol. 1: My Father Bleeds History
and
The Rook

My Recommendations:

Manga: D. Gray-Man by Katsura Hoshino
Novel: Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Comic: Bone by Jeff Smith

{I agree with} Manga: D-Gray man
Novel: Grave mercy
Comic: Gambit

Book: Yeah i totally agree with American Gods by Neil Gaiman :)

Comic: Silent Hill (The omnibus. Includes: Silent Hill: Dying Inside, Silent Hill: Three Bloody Tales, and Silent Hill: Dead/Alive)

Manga: Claymore vol 1

Novel: Heart of Iron by Ekaterina Sedia
Alternative history with a steam punk twist?

Comic: Okko by Hub
French comics in translation FTW

I'd like to vote for American Gods and Y: The Last Man.

Batgirl vl 1

I would like to nominate Library Wars for manga.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/73...
Comics: The New Deadwardians v. 1
and novel, hmmm. Haven't we all read American Gods?
How about Dust Girl by Sarah Zettel. It's very Gaiman-esque. Here is the link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...

I'd also like to vote for American Gods by Neil Gaiman

I'd like to vote for
Manga: D. Gray-man
Comic: Batman Through the Looking Glass
Don't have one for the novel. Sorry.

I vote Batman:Through the looking glass

For novel, I'd like to recommend two first in series books: Starbridge and The Curse of the Mistwraith.

Manga: Clover Omnibus by CLAMP

Graphic Novel: Emily The Strange: Lost, Dark, and Bored

Novel: The Night Circus

manga: full moon o sagashite
graphic novel i vote for emily the strange
novel: delirium

Here are my recommendations after looking in the bookshelf to see what has been read in the past: Magma: Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 1: A Never Before Seen Terror
Fantasy Novels:The Awakening and The Struggle

For book/novel, I would recommend Play Dead by Anne Frasier.

Vampire Knight, Volume 1 is an awesome manga to read for November so I'll recommend this as well ^^

I also vote for Y the last man! is it wrong to recommend the first book in a trilogy?

I am going with Y the Last Man, American Gods and I will leave the Manga to more experienced afficianados.

Norah wrote: "I also vote for Y the last man! is it wrong to recommend the first book in a trilogy?"

Trilogies are fine, especially considering some of the best science fiction are trilogies.

Changing my votes:
Novel- Starbridge, Foundation (since I've already read American Gods)
Manga- D. Gray-man, Clover Omnibus
Comic- Okko: The Cycle of Water, Y the Last Man

And I'll also stick with my recs:
- Cable & Deadpool - Volume 1: If Looks Could Kill (funny that we haven't read a superhero comic as a group yet)
- Scalped, Vol. 1: Indian Country
- Chronicles of Wormwood
- Heartless by Nina Bunjevac

Thought you guys might like to see how the voting chart looks SO FAR:
(astrick=one vote)

Comics
Bone - Jeff Smith *
Sweet Tooth - Jeff Lemire *
Batman: Through the Looking Glass - Bruce Jones **
Y: The Last Man - Brian K. Vaughan ****
Maus - Art Spiegelman
Gambit - James Asmus
Silent Hill Omnibus
Okko - Hub *
Batgirl
The New Deadwardians - Dan Abnett
Emily the Strange: Lost, Dark, and Boring - Rob Reger *
Cable & Deadpool - Nicieza/Brooks
Scalped - Aaron/Guera
Chronicles of Wormwood - Garth Ennis
Heartless by Nina Bunjevac

Novels
American Gods - Neil Gaiman ********
John Dies at the End - David Wong
This Book is Full of Spiders - David Wong
The Rook - Daniel O'Malley
Foundation - Issac Asimov *
Grave Mercy - (Ashton, I'm assuming you're recommending the one by R.L. LaFevers?)
Heart of Iron - Ekaterina Sedia
Dust Girl - Sarah Zettel
Starbridge - A.C. Crispin *
The Curse of the Mistwraith - Janny Wurts
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
Delirium (Andrea, who's the author?)
The Awakening and the Struggle - L.J. Smith
Play Dead - Anne Frasier

Manga
Dragon Ball - Akira Toriyama
D. Gray-man - Katsura Hoshino ***
Claymore - Norihiro Yagi
Library Wars - Kiiro Yumi
Clover Omnibus - CLAMP *
Full Moon O Sagashite - Arina Tanemura
Dragon Ball Z - Akira Toriyama
Vampire Knight - Matsuri Hino

Remember, only the three most popular titles of each category will enter the polls. I'll recount the votes and announce the poll nominations this Friday. You can add more recommendations or change your votes as much as you'd like until then.

Well judging by the votes for American Gods I think that might be the novel winner. xD Anyway, I looked up the synopsis for American Gods and you have my vote! Checking it out from the library today.

I'd like to vote for Gambit and Vampire Knight!

Kay wrote: "Changing my votes:
Novel- Starbridge, Foundation (since I've already read American Gods)
Manga- D. Gray-man, Clover Omnibus
Comic- Okko: The Cycle of Water, Y the Last Man

And I'll also stick with..."

Okko looks really good, I want to vote for that.
Also I wanna support Fullmoon O Sagashite (manga).

I vote for Gambit and American Gods!

I vote for Batman: Through the Looking Glass and Claymore.

Nora, have you tried digital comics? I wouldn't think they would be limited by location. Try http://comixology.com

I also vote for D. Gray Man.

SO.. i'm not sure i'm getting it.. we can vote for as many as we like just not the ones we voted for in the first place??

Anne Sofie wrote: "SO.. i'm not sure i'm getting it.. we can vote for as many as we like just not the ones we voted for in the first place??"

Yes, you can recommend and vote for as many selections as you'd like. Any book that you recommend is already counted as a vote so there's no need to vote for your own recommendations twice. What we're basically doing is narrowing our options down to three, and then making the final pick with an official poll.

There's another vote for E. Strange you didn't count.

Ice Queen Wanderer wrote: "There's another vote for E. Strange you didn't count."

Whose vote? You recommended it and Andrea voted for it. That's one vote. Two, if you count the selection being on the list itself.


Guys, am I making this confusing?! If you all prefer, I could just throw all of your recommendations in the polls. I thought this method makes it easier to pick our reads by narrowing it down to three first. That way, we aren't bombarded with a long list of titles in the polls.

I vote for Sweet Tooth and D. Gray-man.

@Kay I like your nomination system the way it is. It's pretty unique. I think that if you were to put every nomination into the poll, the same three books would end up with the most votes anyway.

@Kay I like your nomination system the way it is. It's pretty unique. I think that if you were to put every nomination into the poll, the same three books w..."

Just what I'm thinking, too. It would probably be too much to choose from then, anyway. With only one vote at the end and all.

Maybe you could put the part clarifying the rec/vote thing further up in your first post. So that everyone can see with one glimpse how it works. ("Recommend and vote for as many as you like. But: One person cannot rec and/or vote on the same book twice.") Or I don't know, actually it should be easy to see with the bold print, too.

I found it pretty straightforward. You can recommend as many books as you want, you can vote for as many books as you want, you just can't vote for your own recommendations because that would be voting for the same book twice.

I'm definitely voting for "American Gods" for novel and "Y: The Last Man" for graphic novel as these were going to be read by me in the near future anyway! This way I'll have people to discuss them with (hopefully :D )

For Comics I add my vote for Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned

Okay.. then i will vote for

Sweet Tooth, Vol. 1: Out of the Deep Woods

AND

The Complete Maus

Neil is amazing, I would love to read American Gods.

I agree with the other votes for CLOVER Omnibus in the manga category!