Into the Forest discussion

It is time to nominate a theme for the next group read, July 15-September 14
The theme could be anything that books can be found for!

Previous group read themes We Have Already Had were South America, African/African American, Strange Bedfellows,Books that have been nominated for the Mythopoeic Award, Magical Shakespeare,Norse Mythology, Djinn, Yule-Tide, Faeries, Dragons, Animal Transformations, Unicorns, the Folklore and Mythology of Ireland, the Folklore and Mythology of East Asia, Fairy Tale "Helpers", Folklore and Mythology of First Nations-Native Americans, Trees (Dryads, Enchanted Forests), Water (Mermaids, Selkies).
If the theme you previously nominated did not win, you are welcome to nominate it again!

How about American Folk Tales in honor of the Fourth of July?

I am going to Re- nominate Margaret's nomination that did not win last time, Folklore and Mythology of Oceania, Aboriginal Australian and Polynesia

I'll throw my hat in the ring with themes for African/African American or Folklore and Mythology of First Nations/Native Americans.

Maggi wrote: "I'll throw my hat in the ring with themes for African/African American or Folklore and Mythology of First Nations/Native Americans."

These are great! Can you choose one?

Maggi wrote: "I'll throw my hat in the ring with themes for African/African American or Folklore and Mythology of First Nations/Native Americans."

Also the themes you mentioned are the ones I mentioned above that we have had already. And they are great! If enough people want them we can certainly do them again!

How about " Japanese Fantasy " ?

As this is my first time voting, I appreciate your feedback! =) I was thinking that the first post mentioned genres to choose from, and from those a top choice could really go between the two I said earlier. I’m not choosy!

I second Niledaughter's suggestion. Or maybe would it be better to broaden it a bit more toward more general "Asian folklore and mythology"? What do you think?

Maggi wrote: "As this is my first time voting, I appreciate your feedback! =) I was thinking that the first post mentioned genres to choose from, and from those a top choice could really go between the two I sai..."

No problem! I edited my original post to make it clear.

Asaria wrote: "I second Niledaughter's suggestion. Or maybe would it be better to broaden it a bit more toward more general "Asian folklore and mythology"? What do you think?"

Niledaughter wrote: "How about " Japanese Fantasy " ?"


We already had a broad Asian Folklore and Mythology themed group read, so I think we can keep it just Japanese.
However to keep it aligned with this group it should be Japanese Folk tales and Mythology and retellings and literature inspired by

Several mentions of this as a potential group theme in recent months, so I'm going to go ahead and nominate it.

Greek Mythology: Originals, retellings and inspired by

It was runner up in the May 15-July 14 2017 poll, but I don't see it as a winning group read theme in prior years. Please correct me if I'm wrong and I'll nominate something else.

I also think it's okay to redo themes, as long as the winning books aren't nominated, and it's not a recent theme. Do you agree, Jalilah?

Margaret wrote: "I also think it's okay to redo themes, as long as the winning books aren't nominated, and it's not a recent theme. Do you agree, Jalilah?"

Totally!

Leah wrote: "Several mentions of this as a potential group theme in recent months, so I'm going to go ahead and nominate it.

Greek Mythology: Originals, retellings and inspired by

It was runner up in the May ..."

Yes absolutely! I don't think we ever had a Greek mythology theme and if we did we can ask Tamara Agha-Jaffar for suggestions!

This is what we have up to now!

American Folk Tales
Folklore and Mythology of Oceania, Aboriginal Australian and Polynesia
Japanese Folk tales and Mythology
Greek Mythology: Originals, retellings and inspired by

Maggi, would you like to nominate African/African American or Folklore or Mythology of First Nations/Native Americans?

Anyone else?

Because I got a late start I would like to put the poll up this weekend

Jalilah wrote: "Yes absolutely! I don't think we ever had a Greek mythology theme and if we did we can ask Tamara Agha-Jaffar for suggestions!.."

I have a ton of suggestions I can make if Greek mythology wins. I have immersed myself in writing and reading as many retellings of Greek myths a I can get my hands on :)

These are all great topics! I’ll add First Nations/Native Americans.

I went ahead and set up the poll so there is sufficient time to vote for theme, nominate the books, vote for the books and order the winning books!
Here is the link: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

The theme poll will stay open one week until June 29
Thread will be posted for the book nominations until July 6
Then the poll will come up for the books and the winners will be announced July 13

There is not a lot of time to get the books before the group read starts, but usually we can tell beforehand which books are probably going to win. As well, everyone does not have to start the group read exactly on the 15th!

We have a 2 way tie between the Japanese and Greek themes!
This has never happened before with themes.
When it happened with books we read both books.
In this case I imagine 2 themes at once is too much.
I am going to suggest we do both themes but not at once.
I like both themes, so don't care which one we do first.
Let me know everyone if you have any suggestions!
Otherwise my suggestion is:
July 15-September 14 retellings of, books based on or inspired by Japanese Mythology
September 15-November 14 retelling of, books inspired by or based on Greek Mythology

If anyone has any other suggestions let me know, otherwise one of us will put up the book nomination thread later on today!

Jalilah wrote: "We have a 2 way tie between the Japanese and Greek themes!
This has never happened before with themes.
When it happened with books we read both books.
In this case I imagine 2 themes at once is t..."

I think staggering the themes sounds good! I can set up book nomination threads.

Okay, nevermind! I see you've set them up!

Here are the Japanese themed book nomination threads for everyone: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Margaret wrote: "Jalilah wrote: "We have a 2 way tie between the Japanese and Greek themes!
This has never happened before with themes.
When it happened with books we read both books.
In this case I imagine 2 the..."

I just set up the book nomination thread!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Margaret wrote: "Okay, nevermind! I see you've set them up!

Here are the Japanese themed book nomination threads for everyone: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"


Lol we are writing at the same time!

Jalilah wrote: "Lol we are writing at the same time!
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:)