Rated YA-MA discussion

Again, the February theme (February being the shortest month) is to choose a YA book/ novella/ or short story that is less than 250 pages long. Please nominate a text considered YA that is not already on our YA-MA BOOK SHELF that follows these guidelines along with the standard nominating rules below.

Nominating Rules:
- Nomination Period: Starts January 2 and will stay open for 7 days or until we have 4 valid nominations.
- One nomination per member.
- All nominations need to be classified as YA unless the nominating category specifically allows exceptions.
- Books must be first in a series or a standalone.
- Books must be at least 3 months old.
- Books must be available in print and not just ebook form.
- No author promotions allowed.
- The top 5 nominations will be in the polls.
Next Steps: After nominations, the books will go to a poll for 7 days to determine the winner.

I will open with Pet by Akwaeke Emezi, 208 pages.

Melanie wrote: "Again, the February theme (February being the shortest month) is to choose a YA book/ novella/ or short story that is less than 250 pages long. Please nominate a text considered YA that is not alre..."

Is it okay to nominate mine? even though it hasn't go viral on amazon yet

No author promotions are allowed (see rules above).

We still need at least 3 nominations.

Oh, whoops! I completely forgot about it. Give me a minute and I’ll see what I can nominate!

How about Down Comes the Night?

@ Leticia
We are looking for books that are less than 250 pages this month.

I see. Have you read The Giver? It's the only YA I have in my TBR with less than 250 pages.

I nominate Dying to Forget.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

“Sometimes the day you die is only the beginning of a new job.

Piper Willow dies the summer after her high school graduation and finds herself in a spiritual terminal called the Station. She's given only two choices: Move on to the unknown where she'll be faced to spend an eternity in her own personal hell or be trained as a Volunteer and return to Earth as the subconscious for a person in need of outside assistance. Does Piper have what it takes to save a life, to be the nagging voice inside another person's head? Or will she fail and end up lost and tormented... forever?”

This has an average of 4 stars on GR out of over 1200 ratings.

DivaDiane and Leticia- both those nominations look good.

The Return of the Sorceress by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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Or Minor Mage by T. Kingfisher
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Or Foxhunt
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Or The Ring of Allaire
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Or The Bridge Home
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Or Under Falling Skies
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Or Daughter of Flood and Fury
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Or The Safe-Keeper's Secret
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Or The Girl Who Kept Winter
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I like both of those Ryan, but you have to pick just one :)

Both? I selected 11 cause it was easier (for me) than checking what's already on the shelf. Take the first one that is eligible. :)

I'd like to nominate Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavett

Keturah and Lord Death

The poll is now open: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

Did you vote yet? It's a tight vote this month.
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

Polls close tomorrow - Help break the 3-way tie.

Still a three-way tie ... eeeek.
Go vote. Change your vote? Prep yourself for a runnoff vote?

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

What? When I changed my vote, It was 8, 7, 7!

Well, two other people changed their vote too...

Argh. I'm tempted by the other two books as well, but they are not available to me without buying them (paying extra to buy them).

Laughs, I think we should read the higher three in the pool, one now in February, one in March and one in April... They are short after all.

you could also just do a 3 day run off vote with the top 3 - close this one today - and then do top 3 for a couple days

Yes. We will have a run-off if necessary. As it stands right now Pet is in the lead.

It was a tight vote with a three-way tie for much of the voting period. But we have a winner. Our February Book-of-the-Month will be The Return of the Sorceress by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Will you join in reading it with us next month?

I was able to get the book through Scribd but as part of a collection by the author: Dreamlands.

I will read it!

(When I find it for a reasonable price as my library doesn't have it)

Should've gone with Minor Mage?

prob won't join in - i've DNF's one of this authors stuff and only finished mexican gothic because I was stubborn (and didn't have another audiobook to roll to because I got extended underway) - but hopefully you guys have fun

Melanie wrote: "I was able to get the book through Scribd but as part of a collection by the author: Dreamlands."

Ooooh thanks. I will give this one a try.