Poll

IF YOU WANT TO RECOMMEND A BOOK FOR THE BOOK LIST:
The Rules on Recommending:
- The book must have an adventure in it. It doesn’t have to belong to the adventure genre, it can also be mystery, sci-fi, fantasy, etc. As long as there is some sense of adventure to it, it’s good enough for our list.
- You can recommend between 1-4 books to add to the list.
- The book you recommend can be MG, YA, Adult or New Adult.
- The book can also be a graphic novel or manga.
- The book must be in English or translated to English books are also allowed.
- The book must be more than 100 pages long.
- The book cannot be from the middle of a series if it's not possible to read the book outside of the series and still understand it.

Find out more about the readathon here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Hey guys, if you’re struggling to figure out if a book fits with our adventure theme, check the tags on goodreads for the book. Often it will say adventure on it.

I would say books that take you on emotional adventures instead of physical adventures technically do fit the theme but try to stick to physical adventures as we’re going more for an exciting list.

Skyborn Sparrow Rising (Book one in trilogy)
*Adventure/Fantasy/High Fantasy/Fiction/Middle Grade
(This is one of my favourite middle grade series with lots of adventure. It has important themes about friendship, rebellion, classism, and power.)
[It's both a emotional adventure and very action-packed physical one!]

Ottilie Colter and the Narroway Hunt (Book one in trilogy)
*Adventure/Fantasy/ Magic/Middle Grade
(I really love this trilogy! It has the cross-dressing trope where our protagonist disguises herself as a guy in order to save her brother. It is set in a misogynistic society with topics surrounding gender roles and equality.)

Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston [First book]
*Adventure/Fantasy/LGBT/Fiction
(This is one of the most important middle grade fantasies I have ever read. It is more dark than most middle grade dealing with physical abuse, sexism, and more. It's set in a place where they have a conservative view on gender, with strict gender roles and misogynistic rules. Our protagonist is non-binary so they face a lot of prejudice and disrespect from others.)
This has a impactful emotional journey as well as a lot of physical adventure such as sword fights, and battles.

The Lock-Eater[Standalone]
*Fantasy/LGBT/Adventure/Magic
(This is like a perfect mixture of an evocative atmosphere and captivating writing. It's really a unique read that has left quite the impression on me. It's one of those books that perfectly capture the beauty and oddness of magic! There are some pretty mind-boggling plot twists in here and a fair share of action!)

Brother's Keeper by Julie Lee [Standalone]
*Adventure/Historical Fiction/Survival/ Middle Grade/War/Family
[Honestly my favourite historical fiction of all time. It takes place during the Korean war. It was one of the most powerful and heart-breaking books I have ever read. To this day I try to recommend it to anyone I possible can. There is a strong focus on relationships between family members that is really explored throughout the book!]
This book has a lot of action because the characters have to survive. There is both a fantastic physical journey and emotional one.

Children of the Fox by Kevin Sands[First book in a trilogy]
*Adventure/Fantasy/Mystery/Magic
[This book is about characters pulling off a difficult heist. A bunch of criminals/thiefs band together to pull this off. It's non-stop action with captivating writing!)

The Blackthorn Key [First book in a series]
*Adventure/Mystery/Historical Fiction
[A truly fantastic series that stays consistently adventurous. It's filled with codes, secrets, and ciphers that keep the plot going. This series has captivated many people in my grade who normally don't read books.]

The False Prince
*Fantasy/Middle Grade/Fiction/Mystery
[Really interesting middle grade series. It's about three boys recruited to pose as the dead prince in order to save a crumbling kingdom. The twists in here are shocking and the protagonist is one of the most intelligent I have ever read about.]

Dragons*☆4Ever wrote: "Skyborn Sparrow Rising (Book one in trilogy)
*Adventure/Fantasy/High Fantasy/Fiction/Middle Grade
(This is one of my favourite middle grade series with lots of adventure. It has important themes ab..."

OMG!! The Blackthorn Key!! You’re the first person I’ve come across who’s read it too! I looooove that series. I think I read it 2 years ago now and I have such nostalgia for that series. Did you finish the series? I never got past book 4 but I really want to get back into it so I can finish the series and see more of Christopher and Sally because they are so sweet and Tom too of course because he’s hilarious. I love the trio so much and the mysteries are always great along with the adventure of them.
Maybe I’ll read book 4 as part of this readathon now...

You’ve got great choices here! I’ll add them all to the poll above

Kadi wrote: "Dragons*☆4Ever wrote: "Skyborn Sparrow Rising (Book one in trilogy)
*Adventure/Fantasy/High Fantasy/Fiction/Middle Grade
(This is one of my favourite middle grade series with lots of adventure. It ..."

YES I LOVE THE SERIES SOO MUCH! I recently read the most recent book and it was fantastic. The cast has my heart . . . it's a seriously underrated series we need more people talking about it!

I haven't read any of these but tgey sound cool

MG




scifi

MG graphic novel

yes another Dungeons and Dragons MG book.

Not If I Save You First by Ally Carter
A Boy Called Duct Tape by Christopher Cloud
The Lovely and the Lost by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Scarlet by A. C. Gaughen
Outlaw by Stephen Davies
The Vindico by Wesley King
The Island of Thieves by Josh Lacey
Camp Valor by Scott McEwen
Lola Benko, Treasure Hunter by Beth McMullen
The Devil's Breath by David Gilman
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
Thunder Cave by Roland Smith
Addison Cooke and the Treasure of the Incas by Jonathan W. Stokes
Treasure Hunters by James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein and Mark Shulman
Wildfire by Rodman Philbrick
Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083 by Andrea White

Sorry, I know we were only supposed to recommend 4, so pick which ever 4 you want to use for the list. I'll leave it up to you.

AurorainBookland wrote: "I haven't read any of these but tgey sound cool ..."

Dungeons and dragons yes! Have you ever read Scales & Scoundrels Definitive Edition Book 1: Where Dragons Wander? It’s not DnD but the similar vibes and adventure of it is so fun plus the art is great like Nimona type art. I think you’d like it!

Kadi wrote: "AurorainBookland wrote: "I haven't read any of these but tgey sound cool ..."

Dungeons and dragons yes! Have you ever read [book:Scales & Scoundrels Definitive Edition Book 1: Where Dragons Wander..."

Yes, last year as well as book 2, I was so sad to find out they dropped the project!

Excited for thissss I’ll hv to think of some hm

That's a lot of recommendations! Sounds interesting:D

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
Spy School by Stuart Gibbs

The Real Boy Standalone: Children in the city are falling ill, and something sinister lurks in the forest. Oscar has long been content to stay in his small room in the cellar, comforted in the knowledge that the magic that flows from the forest will keep his island safe. Now even magic may not be enough to save it.

Kingdom of Secrets Standalone: A waif named Abi steals Prismena "Prissy" only remaining memento of her deceased mother – a silk scarf – and promises to return it only if Prissy smuggles a mysterious box onto one of her father’s flights. Since balloon travel is strictly regulated in Oren, that single act of rebellion results in her father’s arrest and kicks off a spiraling series of events that will yank Prissy out of her predictable life.

The Reluctant Assassin Book 1 of 3: The reluctant assassin is Riley, a Victorian boy who is suddenly plucked from his own time and whisked into the twenty-first century, accused of murder and on the run.

Changeling Book 1 of 3: Twin boys. One human, other a challenging. Neither knowing what secrets may be buried deep inside one of them. When they are twelve years old, a mysterious message arrives, calling the brothers to be heroes and protectors of magic. The boys must leave behind their sleepy town of Endsborough and risk their lives in the Wild Wood, crossing the perilous Oddmire swamp and journeying through the Deep Dark to reach the goblin horde and discover who they truly are.

I have read the first three Blackthorn Key books. They're a lot of fun.

Audrey wrote: "I have read the first three Blackthorn Key books. They're a lot of fun."

We had it as one of series readathons didn’t we? Apart from you I can’t remember if anyone else took part lol.
If you want to read book 4 any time soon and want to buddy read it let me know!

Kadi wrote: "Audrey wrote: "I have read the first three Blackthorn Key books. They're a lot of fun."

We had it as one of series readathons didn’t we? Apart from you I can’t remember if anyone else took part lo..."

I want to do it this year for sure. Is the readathon discussion still up?

Audrey wrote: "I want to do it this year for sure. Is the readathon discussion still up?"

I completely forgot that we got that far, but I just checked and yeah it’s still up. I want to get round to it this year too. I should try fitting it into one of the TBR challenge tasks because that really motivates me to read stuff. I wonder if it will fill any of them🤔

Maybe in the future we can do a catch-up challenge to read things we missed the first time around.

Charlie Thorne by Stuart Gibbs
Pegasus by Kate O’Hearn
Darkroom by KR Alexander
Michael Vey by Richard Paul Evans

Audrey wrote: "Maybe in the future we can do a catch-up challenge to read things we missed the first time around."

That’s a great idea! I wanted to do like a DNF event for ages because I tend to DNF a lot of my readathon reads and there are ones I want to finish but then I wondered how to make it relevant for people who don’t have DNF’d books. Making it like a catch up event could work!

It could be like a lucky dip of all our events’ books. Like the random picker could have the names of all the events and then the ones it picks for you you read something from that event’s book list etc. That actually sounds fun! We should do that in June to celebrate the group anniversary

Luke wrote: "Charlie Thorne by Stuart Gibbs
Pegasus by Kate O’Hearn
Darkroom by KR Alexander
Michael Vey by Richard Paul Evans"

Great choices! I’ve been wanting to read the Charlie Thorne book too! I’ll add them above👏🏻

Gregor the Overlander
Middleworld

I didn't love these books, but that's all the adventure I can think of besides Blackthorn Key.

Didn't we start a Michael Vey readathon? I love that series.

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase -- oldie but good. I don't know if it's in print, though.

Audrey wrote: "Gregor the Overlander
Middleworld

I didn't love these books, but that's all the adventure I can think of besides Blackthorn Key.

Didn't we start a Michael Vey readath..."

I don’t think we started a readathon. I think we read book 1 as a buddy read. Quite a few people too I think, I think it was on one of the book lists for an event and then a couple of us collectively decided to read it.
It would make for a good series readathon though. Gotta remember to keep that in mind for the future

What a great lot of suggestions!!

Georgann wrote: "What a great lot of suggestions!!"

I know right! I'm putting together the book list right now so the full thing should be up soon.

Hmmm.. I'm really confused. Top of the thread says not to vote. But I got a message a poll was open. Where is the poll? Also, how do you vote? sorry if I sound daft. Still trying to figure things out. Thanks in advance for the help!

Jami wrote: "Hmmm.. I'm really confused. Top of the thread says not to vote. But I got a message a poll was open. Where is the poll? Also, how do you vote? sorry if I sound daft. Still trying to figure things o..."

Jami this poll has been closed all month now! There are no open polls on the group and I haven’t sent out an invite to vote in it since last month so it was probably an old message for this one. I’ll be setting up a poll for next month’s readathon within the new few days so you should get an invite to that one.

Also it’s probably not very clear but when I say “don’t vote” at the top of the thread in the poll description, I actually mean vote by writing in an answer instead of selecting from the existing options. I should probably change the wording of that to make it clearer.

Thanks Kadi. I think you're right . I think I'm getting some old messages...

It’s ok Jami, goodreads is always trying to confuse us!

I got a message, too. GR being weird again.

Audrey wrote: "I got a message, too. GR being weird again."

That’s really weird! Did you previously get a message about this one back when the poll was actually open? I always wonder if the poll invites actually work because I never get poll invites.
If you didn’t get it before then it must be a lagging message but if you did then it’s goodreads plainly messing it up because I never sent a new invite and this poll is closed anyway so you can’t send a new invite for closed polls!

I thought I got an invite earlier, at the right time. But I got a bunch of invites for some others polls that I certainly never saw before, and those are all closed too.