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message 1: by Oleksandr (new)
Jun 02, 2022 09:07AM

Oleksandr Zholud | 3057 comments Mod
It's nomination time again! I guess the usual rules - up to two novels/novellas, SF or fantasy, published in 2022, per member. If members wish, we can further narrow requirements, e.g. to have one by a British author (I like recent British SFF) - notify me if I should do it


message 2: by Kristenelle (new)
Jun 02, 2022 09:39AM

Kristenelle | 641 comments SF: Upgrade
F: Ordinary Monsters

Full disclosure, I have arcs of these and have already started them. So I'll have finished them before August, but I'd love to discuss them with the group.


message 4: by Kateblue (new)
Jun 02, 2022 11:12AM

Kateblue | 1123 comments Mod
F: Book of Night by Holly Black. I read the beginning and got interested

SF: Upgrade, definitely. I love Blake Crouch. Of course, I am assuming the library will buy it.


message 6: by Oleksandr (new)
Jun 03, 2022 08:24AM

Oleksandr Zholud | 3057 comments Mod
SF Eversion by Alastair Reynolds I've heard rave reviews of the author's space opera series, but yet to read a novel by him, so if it wins...


message 7: by Kalin (new)
Jun 03, 2022 06:49PM

Kalin | 528 comments Mod
Kalin wrote: "F: All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie"

Scratch that, for F I'd instead like to nominate All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay.


message 8: by Oleksandr (new)
Jun 04, 2022 05:56AM

Oleksandr Zholud | 3057 comments Mod
Kalin wrote: "Kalin wrote: "F: All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie"

Scratch that, for F I'd instead like to nominate All the Seas of the World

Oh, another author I planned to read, definitely seconding it!


message 9: by Kateblue (new)
Jun 04, 2022 10:33AM

Kateblue | 1123 comments Mod
All of these nominations look great. I am having trouble with SF nominations, though. Even when I recommend SF books to the library, the library is mostly buying fantasy only. I guess that's the way the wind is blowing around here.


message 10: by Oleksandr (new)
Jun 04, 2022 10:51AM

Oleksandr Zholud | 3057 comments Mod
Kateblue wrote: " Even when I recommend SF books to the library, the library is mostly buying fantasy only. I guess that's the wa..."

It is very interesting to see the statistics on who uses libraries by age and gender - I know e.g. that women read more than men for all age groups but I've never checked what buy/borrow stats are


message 11: by Kateblue (new)
Jun 04, 2022 10:59AM

Kateblue | 1123 comments Mod
Oleksandr wrote: "It is very interesting to see the statistics on who uses libraries by age and gender - I know e.g. that women read more than men for all age groups but I've never checked what buy/borrow stats are"

Also, the stats probably vary from place to place . . .


message 12: by MH (new)
Jun 04, 2022 12:35PM

MH | 307 comments A lot of this year's hot SF has been scheduled to be published later in the year, which doesn't help. But that pipeline finally seems to be opening up.


message 13: by Oleksandr (new)
Jun 05, 2022 02:32AM

Oleksandr Zholud | 3057 comments Mod
MH wrote: "A lot of this year's hot SF has been scheduled to be published later in the year, which doesn't help. But that pipeline finally seems to be opening up."

That's the usual schedule from what I've read. Do you think we should allow for 2021 books to be nominated to broaden choices?


message 14: by MH (new)
Jun 05, 2022 02:43AM

MH | 307 comments "That's the usual schedule from what I've read. Do you think we should allow for 2021 books to be nominated to broaden choices?"

I think there's more than enough in the pipeline now, and insofar as hot new works are due later, it may encourage us to explore some other ones anyway.


message 15: by Kalin (new)
Jun 05, 2022 07:17AM

Kalin | 528 comments Mod
I'm on mobile so can't link but for SF I'm nominating A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers.


message 16: by Rebecca (new)
Jun 05, 2022 09:44AM

Rebecca | 411 comments That one will get my vote Kalin!


message 17: by Oleksandr (new)
Jun 06, 2022 01:19AM

Oleksandr Zholud | 3057 comments Mod
Kalin wrote: "I'm on mobile so can't link but for SF I'm nominating A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers."

oh, a new one, I like it!


message 18: by Oleksandr (last edited Jun 08, 2022 05:58AM) (new)
Jun 08, 2022 05:57AM

Oleksandr Zholud | 3057 comments Mod
The nomination phase is over, the polls are on! Go and vote:

Here for SF

Here for Fantasy


message 19: by Oleksandr (new)
Jun 13, 2022 04:37AM

Oleksandr Zholud | 3057 comments Mod
A reminder: voting will end on June 14th, the last day to vote!


message 20: by Oleksandr (new)
Jun 16, 2022 09:19AM

Oleksandr Zholud | 3057 comments Mod
The monthly reads for August are

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers for SF
and
All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay for fantasy


message 21: by Kimberly (new)
Jun 16, 2022 12:12PM

Kimberly (kimberlyanne) | 30 comments I am excited to read both of these!


message 22: by Kristenelle (new)
Jun 16, 2022 12:40PM

Kristenelle | 641 comments Is the guy Gabriel Kay a stand alone? I was reading some reviews saying you need to read his other books first.


message 23: by Kalin (new)
Jun 16, 2022 09:53PM

Kalin | 528 comments Mod
It's a standalone. Several of his books share a similar (not sure if they're exactly the same) early-renaissance based secondary world.

Granted, I haven't read this one so I'm not sure if it's a spiritual sequel that benefits from reading A Brightness Long Ago or Children of Earth and Sky, the two books mentioned in the blurb. But you shouldn't need to read them.


message 24: by Oleksandr (new)
Jun 17, 2022 07:51AM

Oleksandr Zholud | 3057 comments Mod
Thanks Kalin for the clarification - I thought so, because usually here on GR librarians quickly add series on books' pages and this one has none


message 25: by Kalin (new)
Jun 17, 2022 11:12AM

Kalin | 528 comments Mod
I should also add, I read A Brightness Long Ago a year or two ago and had absolutely no problem with the story even though the shared-worlds issue came up. I think there are potentially decades or centuries between each story, and probably at most there are cameos of a character from one book in another.


message 26: by Khira (new)
Jul 02, 2022 12:45PM

Khira Has A Prayer for the Crown-Shy been released yet? I can't seem to find it in any of the library lists.


message 27: by Kristenelle (new)
Jul 02, 2022 12:46PM

Kristenelle | 641 comments Khira wrote: "Has A Prayer for the Crown-Shy been released yet? I can't seem to find it in any of the library lists."

I believe it is being released July 12.


message 28: by Khira (new)
Jul 02, 2022 12:52PM

Khira Ah OK, thank you. I'll keep an eye out for it.


message 29: by Kristenelle (new)
Jul 02, 2022 12:53PM

Kristenelle | 641 comments For anyone on NetGalley, the audio arc for Prayer is currently available to request.


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