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It's time again to open up recommendations for our next group read!

Theme for May: Strong Female Protagonist

***Remember, the theme ONLY applies to our Themed Read option, which can be any type of read.
****Themed reads should still follow our novel guidelines of SciFi/Fantasy/Horror
***You should still nominate un-themed comics, mangas and novels for our regular monthly reading.

For example, you can nominate reads as follows:

Comic -
Manga -
Novel -
Themed Read -


Recommendations are open until April 20th.


Here are the guidelines for recommending books for new group members and old hands alike:

1. Every month we read one comic book, one novel, and one manga. Comics and manga can fall under any genre, but please note that novels must fall under the heading of science fiction, fantasy, or horror (and any of their sub-genres).

2. Please recommend books that have not been previous group reads. You can see which books we've read previously here.

3. Be specific. Don't say "any book by ______". It won't be counted.

4. Please link your book in your thread so members can easily look it up.

5. Suggest a book that you think would be good for a large group discussion - that's the point of this group bringing us all together!

How voting works

We choose the top three in each category for the final vote from the 15th - 21st of the month based on how many votes it has.

1. All members can vote on a book/comic/manga they would like to read if somebody suggests it. Simply reply to the thread with "I'm voting for ______" or "VOTE: _____" and it will be counted. The books with the most votes get chosen to be put into the final three poll in the 3rd week of the month. Only comments with the word "vote" somewhere in it will be counted as such in order to avoid confusion.

2. Please only vote for a work ONCE. Multiple votes for the same works will not be counted.

3. You can change or modify your votes as many times as you'd like before the thread closes on the 20th.

4. In the case where two or more books are have equal votes, the book that was suggested first (as indicated by the timestamp on the thread) will enter the poll for the month.

All members do not have to read, recommend, or vote for all three genres - if you only want to suggest and read a novel, that's fine! We're a pretty diverse group here.

Comic - Amulet, Vol. 1: The Stonekeeper
Novel - Bitter Greens
Themed Book - Rebel of the Sands

Comic - Through the Woods
Novel - Seconding Bitter Greens since I've been meaning to read this one for a while.
Themed Read - The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (multiple strong female protagonists!)

All strong female protagonists but I swear I didn't plan it that way!

Novel - Penpal (One of the creepiest horror books I've read in a long time).

Themed read - She-Hulk, Vol. 1: Law and Disorder (No matter how silly her super name is, she's fantastic).

Themed read -- Princeless, Vol. 1: Save Yourself

"Once Bitten, Twice Die" by Antony J. Stanton

Once Bitten, Twice Die
My favourite book of recent months / years, with an epic array of characters, a couple of whom are strong females... not necessarily good, sometimes evil, but generally kick-ass...

ps... further to my post above, I have just seen that "Once Bitten, Twice Die" is on a free giveaway promotion in April - 16th and 17th I think....

I would like to second She-Hulk, Vol. 1: Law and Disorder and Princeless, Vol. 1: Save Yourself
maybe we could put one of them into the comics category?

Novel: Legend by Marie Lu
Manga: Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 1