Bookish Kingdom discussion

Hi everyone!

Here you can suggest a book you'd like to read for the BOTM of May :)

- You can suggest one book. (At first I said one or two, but due to the amount of books that have already been suggested, I'll narrow it down to one book.)
- The book can be the first book of a series or a standalone.
- This thread will close the 23th of April, so you have still a week to vote on the poll.
- A poll will be created the 23th of April, including 6 of your suggested books with the most recommendations and the highest average ratings on GoodReads.
- The poll will close the 29th of April and the BOTM May will be announced :)

My suggestions would be:

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Because these two are already out for a while, I think it would be easier to get them in your local library or bookshop :)

and they're books 1 & 2 of a series. They're on KU for any subscribers out there.

The Heartbeats of Wing Jones by Katherine Webber

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The Chemist

Marisa wrote: "The Chemist"

Not sure why the picture of the book is not showing lol

Alex wrote: " or "

I read Cinder it was good!!

Jessica wrote: " and they're books 2 & 3 of a series. They're on KU for any subscribers out there."

We couldn't read these without reading the first one in the series.

Ayla wrote: "My suggestions would be:

or

Because these two are already out for a while, I think it would be easier to get t..."
I LOVED the girl on the train!! It was a wonderful book!!

Marisa wrote: We couldn't read these ..."

I blame power outage & subsequent lack of coffee. My suggestions are books 1 & 2 of 3-part series. I edited my original post.

Jessica wrote: "Marisa wrote: We couldn't read these ..."

I blame power outage & subsequent lack of coffee. My suggestions are books 1 & 2 of 3-part series. I edited my original post."

haha so funny! I was like hmm what am I missing here lol

or


I've been wanting to read them since forever.

Honey wrote: "
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I've been wanting to read them since forever."

Oh me too!!!!

Marisa wrote: "Marisa wrote: "The Chemist"

Not sure why the picture of the book is not showing lol"

When you choose 'add book/author', you can choose the box 'cover' instead of the box 'link', before you search for the name of the book :)

Marisa wrote: "Ayla wrote: "My suggestions would be:

or

Because these two are already out for a while, I think it would be ea..."

I'm very excited for that one :D

Honey wrote: "
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I've been wanting to read them since forever."

The book thief is indeed a nice classic, high on my tbr as well :)
Haven't heard of the other one yet, I'll take a look!

Ayla wrote: "Marisa wrote: "Marisa wrote: "The Chemist"

Not sure why the picture of the book is not showing lol"

When you choose 'add book/author', you can choose the box 'cover' instead of th..."

Thank you!!

Marisa wrote: "Ayla wrote: "Marisa wrote: "Marisa wrote: "The Chemist"

Not sure why the picture of the book is not showing lol"

When you choose 'add book/author', you can choose the box 'cover' ..."

You're welcome :)

I've always wanted to read Catch 22 as well! Always seem to forget about it but have heard good things about it.

Ayla wrote: "Honey wrote: "
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I've been wanting to read them since forever."

The book thief is indeed a nice classic, high on my tbr as well :)
Ha..."

The book thief is so incredible beautiful, I love that books so much!

Six of Crows

It's sitting on my shelf and I haven't read it yet. D: over burdened with books and I need a buddy read to make me finish it!!

The Wonder

Just Kids

OK, I admit it. They have been on my TBR for too long and I need a reason to read at least one of them!!

Celia wrote: "The Wonder

Just Kids

OK, I admit it. They have been on my TBR for too long and I need a reason to read at least one of them!!"

I'd love to read The Wonder as well, seems like such a beautiful story! Haven't heard of Just Kids yet, but I'll check it out :)

I will buddy read Six of Crows because that was also sitting on my shelf for a while. The Book Thief would be nice considering I've never read it. Catch 22, my friend has been dying to get to it. Harry Potter, I need to read it. If anyone wants to buddy read, please feel free to DM me because I always want to do a buddy read because I'm so behind on books :)

Ilsen wrote: "I will buddy read Six of Crows because that was also sitting on my shelf for a while. The Book Thief would be nice considering I've never read it. Catch 22, my friend has been dying to get to it. H..."

There's actually a buddy read thread as well! Maybe you can find your buddy there :) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Oh wait, I just saw you already commented there xD

Ayla wrote: "My suggestions would be:

or

Because these two are already out for a while, I think it would be easier to get t..."

I've actually read the first one and, to be frank, didn't enjoy it *laughs*

Ah! Have The Girl on the Train waiting for me

What about ?

I have the ebook since last year, and I actually really want to read it, but end up picking something else, for whatever reason.

Regsly wrote: "Ayla wrote: "My suggestions would be:

or

Because these two are already out for a while, I think it would be ea..."

Oh haha xD It seemed like an interesting story

Regsly wrote: "What about ?

I have the ebook since last year, and I actually really want to read it, but end up picking something else, for whatever reason."

I'll add it to the list! :)

Hi everyone!

I was wondering if you guys agree to the idea of putting a limit on the amount of suggestions for the BOTM. We already have 15 book suggestions (which is great of course, thank you!), but I'm afraid the poll will be a bit too long if you need to choose between, let's say, 20+ books.
So how about a maximum of 20 book suggestions? That way you and other voters won't get overwhelmed when voting on the BOTM :)
If you would prefer another maximum of, for example, 15 books, let me know!

Here's my feelings on your question Ayla

Take as many suggestions as you can through Apr 23 (cut off date)
and then let us vote on the 6 with the highest number of recommendations

If you get a lot that are tied, (like 16 books with 1 vote each), have us vote on the ones with the highest goodreads ratings.

To help narrow suggestions, you might want to select a theme or genre or some criteria for the month.

Thanks for doing this.

Celia wrote: "Here's my feelings on your question Ayla

Take as many suggestions as you can through Apr 23 (cut off date)
and then let us vote on the 6 with the highest number of recommendations

If you get a l..."

Those are some great tips!
I think I'll take a look at the ones with the highest goodreads ratings, since most of the books have only been suggested once here.
The theme/genre a month is also a very good idea! I think we can start using this for the BOTM suggestions June, since May suggestions has already started.

You're welcome! I really enjoy doing this as well, I'm looking forward to do a monthly readalong with all of you :)

Hi Ayla,
For narrowing down books a little, you can make a rule that 1 person can nominate one book and/or recommend one book nominated by others. One person cannot recommend more than one books. That way recommendation of many books by a single member will stop. And as mentioned earlier in case of tie in number of recommendations, you can look at total rating and average rating of the book.

Palash wrote: "Hi Ayla,
For narrowing down books a little, you can make a rule that 1 person can nominate one book and/or recommend one book nominated by others. One person cannot recommend more than one books. ..."

Thank you for these tips!
I think I'll pick 6 recommended books for this month to choose from, based on the highest average ratings. Everyone can vote on one of these 6 books in the poll that will be created.

Starting next month, I'll try to pick a theme and everyone can nominate one book (that fits the theme) and/or recommend one book nominated by others, in the thread of BOTM June suggestions. And, indeed, one person cannot recommend more than one book.
Again, there will be chosen 6 books for the poll, based on highest average ratings. The book with most votes in the poll, will become the BOTM :)

So, I made a list with all of your recommendations and counted the times someone was enthusiast about it as well, in this thread. After that I narrowed the selection further down to 6 books, based on average GoodReads ratings.

The selection is now:
1. The Book Thief (5 recs., rating: 4.36)
2. The Girl On The Train (3 recs., rating: 3.88)
3. Six of Crows (2 recs., rating: 4.46)
4. HP Sorcerer's Stone (2 recs., rating: 4.44)
5. Cinder (2 recs., rating: 4.15)
6. Catch-22 (2 recs., rating: 3.98)

Of course everyone can go on suggesting and recommending books, till the 23th of April!

Ayla wrote: "So, I made a list with all of your recommendations and counted the times someone was enthusiast about it as well, in this thread. After that I narrowed the selection further down to 6 books, based ..."

YOU ARE WONDERFUL (and VERY organized too)

Celia wrote: "Ayla wrote: "So, I made a list with all of your recommendations and counted the times someone was enthusiast about it as well, in this thread. After that I narrowed the selection further down to 6 ..."

Hahaha, thank you! :):)

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Purav wrote: "The best book in the world that i have ever read in my life from the best author that ever lived comes a masterprice that is impossible to describe its a crime noone is mentioning him he is in the ..."

Wow, you seem very passionate about it! xD
If there are some more people enthusiast about these books, I can place them in the top six :)

Purav wrote: "The best book in the world that i have ever read in my life from the best author that ever lived comes a masterprice that is impossible to describe its a crime noone is mentioning him he is in the ..."

Haha. I have heard that those books are awesome. I have read Mistborn so I know how good Sanderson is. The only reason I havent read them yet is because 10 books are planned in series and only 2 have been released. It will take around 30-40 years to get all the books of series. Though, I will start this series once third book comes out.

Remember only two days left to post your suggestion for the BOTM May!
You can also recommend a book that has already been mentioned, this will give it a higher chance to eventually end up in the poll :)