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Welcome to February’s Book of the Month Nomination Thread!

Please follow the guidelines below when nominating.

1) You are allowed to *nominate* a maximum of 3 books for each month's BotM.

2) If someone has already nominated a book that you wanted to nominate, please second it! I will only be picking the top 3-6 books to vote on in the final poll, so the more total seconds a book has, the more likely it will be selected for the poll.

3) If you want to nominate books *and* second books, you need to make sure you do not exceed 6 in total AND that you nominate no more than 3. For example:

• If you nominate 3 books, you can only second 3 books.
• If you do not nominate any books, you can second 6 books.
• If you nominate 1 book, you can second 5 books.

4) Also, please do not nominate any books that we have already read in the past couple of years. You can view the books Faith & Fantasy has already read here.

5) The book(s) you nominate must be in the fantasy genre (here at Faith & Fantasy, both sci-fi and fairy tales may be included) and be clean or mostly clean.

6) Try to nominate books that have at least 1,000 ratings (NOT reviews) on GR. This will make it more likely that our libraries will have them. (This isn't a hard and fast rule--just preferred.)

7) Try to nominate books from Christian authors as much as possible. It doesn't have to have obvious spiritual themes, but please *don't ever nominate a book with themes that clash with biblical truth*. This is especially important due to the fact that F&F has members of all ages.

Some content guidelines:

• Limited or no profanity. If there is any profanity, it should be on the “mild” side.
• Romantic relationships should be healthy.
• Romantic relationships should not get physical “on the page” beyond what could be done in public. If there has been “off the page” sexual activity, it should be between a married man and woman.
• Think: “If Jesus were to be physically sitting in my living room with me, would I read this book, in its entirety, aloud to Him?"

I will create a poll for us to vote on based on this thread's nominations sometime this weekend, probably Sunday. The poll will be linked in this thread, the General Chat thread, and will be available from F&F's homepage under "Polls".

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask them below! Happy nominating!

I nominate The City of Ember.

I nominate Way of Kings, Mistborn, and Skyward!!

I nominate Beauty

Lillian wrote: "I nominate Way of Kings, Mistborn, and Skyward!!"

I second those!

I nominate:
- black: the birth of evil
- fawkes

I second Fawkes!

I nominate Windchaser

I nominate:

Our Divine Mischief (<1,000 ratings)
Mortal Queens (<1,000 ratings)
Of Stormlarks and Silence

I second Of Storm Larks and Silence and Our Divine Mischief

I nominate An Enchantment of Ravens

Treasures of the Lochs
I nominate Treasures of the Lochs. This is suspenseful YA Christian fiction, involving a modern-day treasure hunt in Scotland, with a bit of supernatural thrown in. Blending historical fact and Scottish legend within an action-packed adventure, Treasures of the Lochs is an exciting, powerful story of faith, friendship, and redemption. The target audience is teenage and above (some parts would be too intense for younger readers). This book is a 2024 NIEA Finalist in Religion Fiction. It also hit Amazon#1 New Release for Christian Fantasy. I hope you’ll check it out.

I nominate Pendragon: Merchant of Death

The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...

(Its pretty clean, maybe one or two curse words?)

I third The City of Ember
I second Black by Ted Dekker

I nominate:

The Nightmare Virus
Dagger's Sleep: A Retelling of Sleeping Beauty (<1,000 ratings)
The Emperor's Edge

I nominate:
The Bark of the Bog Owl by Jonathan Rogers
The Legend of Sam Miracle by N.D. Wilson

And second:
The Way Of Kings
Black by Ted Dekker

I nominate:
The Lost Bookshop
The Pillar of Light

I second The City of Ember

I second Fawkes.

I’d also like to second The Nightmare Virus

let's go nightmare virus! (the only Nadine branded book I haven't read yet)

I second:
Mistborn
Fawkes
Mortal Queens
Of Stormlarks and Silence
Dagger's Sleep

💝🍫❄️🧶💘
I Nominate:
Inkheart
Green Ember
Goose Girl
💌🥧☃️🛋🌨
I Second:
Fawkes
Skyward
Bark of the Bog Owl
📚☕️💞🌹❤️

I would like to second:

The City of Ember
Black: The Birth of Evil
Fawkes
Of Stormlarks and Silence
Treasures of the Lochs
Green Ember

Andrea wrote: "I nominate:
The Lost Bookshop
The Pillar of Light

I second The City of Ember"

Which Pillar of Light, Andrea? There are a few books by that name.

I second Dagger's Sleep.

I second:

Mortal Queens
Dagger's Sleep
Skyward
Fawkes
Our Divine Mischief
Inkheart

Angela wrote: "✨ tazannah ✨ wrote: "I nominate:
- a voice in the wind (Francine rivers)
- black: the birth of evil
- fawkes"

Is this Black by Ted Dekker??"
Yes

@sharon The Pillar of Light by Anna Travis 🙂

I second the nightmare virus

I nominate red rising

I second red rising

I second Mortal Queens

I second Black: the Birth of Evil

I second Green Ember

I second mortal queens

I second Black by Ted Delker, Mistborn, and Goose girl

I second Fawkes!
I nominate Ignite by Kara Swanson

I second:
The Goose Girl
Bark of the Bog Owl

I third The Goose Girl.

I second Fawkes
(I have it in my library, but haven't stopped to read it yet. Will give me a good excuse/motivation...)

I also second The Goose Girl

Is there a poll yet? I’ve been looking but haven’t seen one. Wanted to make sure I’m not missing it 🙂

I second the Nightmare Virus.
I literally just bought it 😂

Closing this thread as I make the poll! I will post the link here, on the General Chat, Announcements, and it will be on the group's homepage. Happy voting!

Here is the link for the poll:

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/3...