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Welcome to April’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 be picking the top 3-6 books to vote on in the final poll, so the more 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 on Wednesday, or there about. 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:

**Of Fire and Ash (<1,000 ratings)** (Highly recommended!)
Our Divine Mischief (<1,000 ratings)
Of Stormlarks and Silence

I nominate:

Golden Daughter (< 1,000 ratings)
Dagger's Sleep: A Retelling of Sleeping Beauty (<1,000 ratings)

I nominate Wormwood Abbey by Christina Baehr!
(Side note: I can barely believe it's already time to nominate April's book. How is this month nearly over?😳)

Nominate:

1) The Wonderland Trials
4.15 stars - 1604 ratings

2) The Nightmare Virus
4.31 stars - 544 ratings

Second:
Wormwood Abbey by Christina Baehr
Of Fire and Ash by Gillian Bronte Adams

I second The Wonderland Trials.

Oooo, The Screwtape Letters! I've been meaning to read that. But do y'all consider that fantasy?

Yeah that’s not fantasy or sci fi, sorry Charlie! Feel free to request a buddy read for that tho

I nominate:
100 Cupboards
The Legendary Inge
Tuesdays At The Castle

I second The Legendary Inge. That was so good!

yessss I'm forcing my little bro to read it, and I think he's enjoying it. (though he won't admit it. XD)

I second Of Fire and Ash

I nominate:
Voice of Power
Pathways
Second Star to the Right (<1,000 ratings, but veeery good!)

I second:
Dagger's Sleep
Tuesdays at the Castle

I second the nightmare virus

I nominate Red Rising
I nominate Black: The Birth of Evil

Sharon wrote: "I nominate:

**Of Fire and Ash (<1,000 ratings)** (Highly recommended!)
Our Divine Mischief (<1,000 ratings)
Of Stormlarks and Silence"

I second these 3

Ellie, you have great taste in books.😌

Aw danksss 😌

😂

I nominate:
— Hood (<1,000 ratings)
— Ranger of Kings

I second:
— Of Fire and Ash

I second
red Rising
Black

And nominate Heartstone (Pride and Prejudice with dragons!!)

I second Hood.

BooksNCrannies wrote: "I nominate:
— Hood (<1,000 ratings)
— Ranger of Kings

I second:
— Of Fire and Ash"

I'm not sure if Hood is technically fantasy. Can someone help me out here? 👀

Hmmm a Robin Hood retelling? Medieval fiction? Close enough in my book but yeah what do the mods think?

I would assume since it's a take on Robin Hood it's a certain type of fantasy under the large fantasy umbrella. I just don't know if it fits the standards of this group for fantasy. 🤷

Okay. Well, for now I'm going to say it counts as fantasy since GR has it listed as fantasy in the "genre" listings (unless the other mods think it best not to include it).

@BnC—the blurb says, “ …steeped in Celtic mythology.” Sounds like fantasy to me, though if it was a standard RH retelling, I don’t think it would be.

I nominate:
- "The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest" by Melanie Dickerson (Robin Hood/Swan Lake Retelling)
- "The Beautiful Pretender" by Melanie Dickerson (Beauty and the Beast retelling)

Also, basically anything from the Chronicles of Narnia that you all haven't read yet as a group!

Just wanted to say that I love classics too. Nice name!

Thanks!!! What are some of your favs?

I Love Classics wrote: "Thanks!!! What are some of your favs?"

That's SO hard. Rn I'm really loving Anne of Green Gables. But I also love Pride and Prejudice and Tom Sawyer. I know there are more I've enjoyed, and this year I plan to read more. I'm actually reading a Louisa May Alcott book rn. What are some of your favs?

Treasures of the Lochs
If okay, I'll nominate Treasures of the Lochs (<1,000 ratings).
It's a 2024 NIEA Finalist for Religion Fiction; and it hit Amazon#1 New Release for Christian Fantasy shortly after its release (in late 2023). The target audience is teenage and above (some parts and violence may be too intense for younger readers), but there is no graphic language or sex. I hope you'll consider it.

🐰🌈☘️🌧️🌷
I Nominate:
Goose Girl
Lepunia
Skyward
🍀⛪🌼🌦️🪺
I Second:
Tuesdays at the Castle
The Beautiful Pretender
Black the Birth of Evil
✝️🌱🐣💐🦋

Sharon wrote: "@BnC—the blurb says, “ …steeped in Celtic mythology.” Sounds like fantasy to me, though if it was a standard RH retelling, I don’t think it would be."

Ok. Very good. :⁠-⁠)

I second:

Of Fire and Ash
Skyward
Dagger's Sleep
Tuesdays at the Castle
Our Divine Mischief
The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest

I second wormwood abbey

🚨I will be making the poll tomorrow, so get your nominations and seconds in!🚨

I second:

Wormwood Abbey
The Wonderland Trials
Of Stormlarks and Silence
The Beautiful Pretender
Voice of Power
Of Fire and Ash

I'll second

red rising
of fire and ash
skyward
the beautiful pretender

I second

Tuesdays at the Castle
Skyward
Of Fire and Ash

I nominate:
— One Must Die

I second:
— Tuesdays at the Castle

I second Of Fire and Ash, and Wormwood Abbey.

I second
Wormwood Abbey
Of Stormlarks and Silence
Black: The Birth of Evil

I second of Fire and ash

I second the wonderland trials

Here's the link to the poll! Happy voting!

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