Into the Forest discussion

Ghosts has won as the theme for the Nov 15 - Jan 14 Group Read!

Everyone can nominate 3 books:
1 adult novel or collection of short stories
1 young adult novel or collection of short stories
1 traditional tale or collection of shorter tales or a book about traditional Fairy/folktale and or mythology

Please tag the book when you nominate it by using the "add book/author" function.

Nominations stay open until the end of the day on November 1st.

For traditional tales, I nominate A Warning to the Curious: Ghost Stories by M.R. James.

For Young Adult I nominate Horrid by Katrina Leno.

For fiction I nominate The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernan.

Some of us scored free e-copies of Ghosts Go Haunting (traditional collection of tales) back in 2016. I'm enjoying it now and could contribute a thought or two if it's picked.

Leann wrote: "Some of us scored free e-copies of Ghosts Go Haunting (traditional collection of tales) back in 2016. I'm enjoying it now and could contribute a thought or two if it's picked."

Awesome! Would you like to nominate it?

Yes! I nominate Ghosts Go Haunting for traditional tales.

Leann wrote: "Some of us scored free e-copies of Ghosts Go Haunting (traditional collection of tales) back in 2016. I'm enjoying it now and could contribute a thought or two if it's picked."

This looks like it would count as a traditional tale collection, is this correct?

For YA A Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz

YA Novel Ghost Girl in the Corner
Adult Novel The Mystery of Grace
Traditional Tale La Llorona: The Crying Woman

Jalilah wrote: "Leann wrote: "Some of us scored free e-copies of Ghosts Go Haunting (traditional collection of tales) back in 2016. I'm enjoying it now and could contribute a thought or two if it's ..."

Yes, it's a collection of ten short traditional Scottish tales.

Adult: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
YA: Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters
Traditional: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

I'm going to admit, I've read all three of these books. But I love them so much I want others to read them with me. :)

YA: The Diviners by Libba Bray
Adult: The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo

I'm not sure the books below fit the bill

Adult - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell.

Traditional Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn

Asaria wrote: "I'm not sure the books below fit the bill

Adult - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell.

Traditional [book:Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things|915..."

Those both fit the theme, but we read Kwaidan for a Japanese-themed group read last year. That's too soon to read it again as a group.

Margaret wrote: "Asaria wrote: "I'm not sure the books below fit the bill

Adult - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell.

Traditional [book:Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Str..."
That's fine, I've completely forgotten Kwaidan was picked last year.

Here's what we have so far:

Adult:
The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernan
The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell

YA:
Horrid by Katrina Leno
A Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz
Ghost Girl in the Corner by Daniel José Older
Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters
The Diviners by Libba Bray

Traditional:
A Warning to the Curious: Ghost Stories by M.R. James
Ghosts Go Haunting by Sorche Nic Leodhas
La Llorona: The Crying Woman by Rudolfo Anaya
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Feel free to add more if you haven't nominated any yet!

Asaria wrote: "That's fine, I've completely forgotten Kwaidan was picked last year."

It was a good one!

Margaret wrote: "It was a good one!"

Memorable for sure! At least for me.

Jamie wrote: "For traditional tales, I nominate A Warning to the Curious: Ghost Stories by M.R. James.

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Jamie wrote: "For traditional tales, I nominate A Warning to the Curious: Ghost Stories by M.R. James.

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Hi, I am happy to read this book. I love M R James's stories

The Polls are up!
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/3...
Its time to vote for the book you want to read!

I removed my nomination for the YA book Ghost Girl in the Corner because I realized it was the second book in a series

Jalilah wrote: "The Polls are up!
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/3...
Its time to vote for the book you want to read!"

Is there any way to edit a poll once it's up? It should be A Christmas Carol on traditional, not Four complete novels.

Ooh, I think I just made it in time! For an adult book I'd like to nominate Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire.

Margaret wrote: "Jalilah wrote: "The Polls are up!
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/3...
Its time to vote for the book you want to read!"

Is there any way to edit a poll once it's u..."

Sorry that's all I could find.
Yes, the poll can be edited once it's up !

Margaret wrote: "Jalilah wrote: "The Polls are up!
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/3...
Its time to vote for the book you want to read!"

Is there any way to edit a poll once it's u..."


Its changed!

The winners of the November 15-January 14 Ghost Themed Group Read are:
Traditional Tale: La Llorona: The Crying Woman by Rudolfo Anaya
Young Adult Novel: The Diviners by Libba Bray
There is a tie for the Adult Novels between:
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
and
The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint
We will be reading both!
I will be setting up the threads shortly!