Fantasy Book Club discussion

Hello, it's time to think about the next Group Read. Would we like to read something spooky given it'll be October? Your choice.

Place your book suggestions here, one nomination and one second per person. Do read through the rules first, please. Feel free to nominate books that have failed selection previously.

1. All nominations must be shelved on GR as fantasy primarily.

2. All nominations must be linked to their book page, or they'll be ignored.

3. All nominations must be seconded.

4. Check our group bookshelf as we won't be including books we've read since January 2014. Check here .https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

5. No self-nominations.

You have a week to nominate, then I'll set up the poll.

Rules subject to mod whims ;)

Helen

The Garden of Stones

I second The Garden of Stones.

Something spooky? OK, how about Dragonfly by Frederic S. Durbin? Which I recall as being somewhere between Ray Bradbury and Tim Burton.

Sabriel by Garth Nix. Definitely spooky.

Dragonfly looks good, especially the cover. Sadly, as I can't get it on kindle you aren't getting my 2nd!

However Sabriel can, I've owned this forever.

Oh I love spooky stories. I don't have anything to nominate, I'll make note of everything mentioned here :-p

Sister Sable suppose to be spooky a bit.

Sister Sable looks very good, is it spooky enough? I second it!

October, spooky (and a little humor), what about A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny? There is an ebook version, too, even though Amazon doesn't list it.

I nominate Empire of Storms

Palash wrote: "I nominate Empire of Storms"

The Group hasn't read the others do it doesn't qualify.

I'll nominate Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin. A nice little vampire tale that should fit the bill really well. I'll second A Night in the Lonesome October.

I'll nominate The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. A good read at Halloween time. Gaiman also narrates a very good audio version which is free here: http://www.openculture.com/2014/05/ne...

Though the "spooky" idea came from a conversation about A Lonesome Night in October, I hesitated to nominate it, because I remembered the availability was bad.
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However, I did just download a pdf version for free, I hope it's legit.

The reviews are fantastic, for the most part.

Alissa wrote: "Sister Sable looks very good, is it spooky enough? I second it!"

I haven't read Sister Sable myself but I've read the reviews and it's labeled as primarily fantasy and then paranormal and thriller. There's a debate that maybe it should be labeled as Fantasy Horror, so maybe? A lot of reviews claim it to be a "dark twisted tale".

Might I add that Sister Sable's only $2.99 on kindle!

I read it a few years ago, chapter a day. It was great fun.

Faerie Tale by Raymund E. Feist.
It deals with the land of Fae in a not so pretty way.And The Great Hunt can be frightening.

I'll second Faerie Tale

Israfela, I haven't found it on kindle. There is a book by another author however....same name???

Brenda ╰☆╮ wrote: "Israfela, I haven't found it on kindle. There is a book by another author however....same name???"

Sorry my quote might have been confusing but I was talking about Sister Sable in reply to Alissa comment on my nomination.

A Night in the Lonesome October doesn't seem to be on kindle, sadly. Also seems to be rough to find in general.

I updated my other comment to make it clear I was talking about Sister Sable. Sorry!

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oooh I third A Night in the Lonesome October

Sorry yall I'm a newbie to the group. This is the first time I have gotten submit a book. I would like to nominate Sunshine by Robin McKinley. I just don't know how to link it with the book on goodreads for it to count. If someone could assist I would appreciate it. thanks Jamie

You use the "add book/author" link above the box when you comment, and search, and add like this:

Sunshine by Robin McKinley

Seconded.

Tnkw01 wrote: "I'll nominate Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin. A nice little vampire tale that should fit the bill really well. I'll second A Night in the Lonesome October."

I'll second Fevre Dream

I nominate Crooked Kingdom

This is so exciting! I keep wanting to second all the books!

Thank You Mary!!

Brenda ╰☆╮ wrote: "Though the "spooky" idea came from a conversation about A Lonesome Night in October, I hesitated to nominate it, because I remembered the availability was bad.
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However, I did just download a pd..."

Oh, I see! Actually the book was recommended to me some months ago, and I thought it was intriguing but the electronic availability was nil. A friend provided an ePub/mobi copy, I think it's probably legit or at least, there are no copyrights in it.... It looks good too, I've read a few pages.

Israfela, great! Sister sable is definitely on my TBR !!

Jessie wrote: "I nominate Crooked Kingdom"

The Group hasn't read book one.


Closing now.