Into the Forest discussion

Monsters as Heroes won as the theme for the July 15-September Group Read!

Each group member can nominate 3 books with this theme:

-One Adult Novel
-One Young Adult Novel
-One long Traditional Tale, a collection of shorter traditional tales OR a book about fairy or folk tales or myths on this theme.

We are a pretty laid back group and don't have a lot of rules, but we do have a few:

-Nominations can be fantasy, mythic fiction,magical realism, realistic books or even science fiction, but they should all be inspired by or contain some kind of myths, fairy or folk tales involving the theme!

-If you are nominating a book from a series, only the first in the series can be nominated unless it's a standalone series.

-Please make sure the books you nominate have not already been featured in group reads in the last 5 years! Group reads that were over 5 years ago can be nominated again. You can check if a book was already featured by typing in the book in the search feature.

-To make it easier for us moderators, please add the link to your nominations! You can do this by clicking on the above feature "add book/author!

-Authors can not nominate their own books!

Have fun nominating the books you want to read!
This thread will stay open for one week!

For adult book, I nominate In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt.



For Young Adult I nominate Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust.



For collection I nominate Love Devours: Tales of Monstrous Adoration by Sarah Diemer.

Tale: Snowbear Whittington: An Appalachian Beauty and the Beast

YA: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

I look forward to everyone's nominations! I'll wait until later in the week to make my own nominations.

I have no idea what to nominate and will have to do some research!
Jamie's and Mary's nominations look good!

Besides Beauty and Beast retellings, (which I'd be happy to read) I'm having a hard time finding anything else that fits the description of monsters as heroes.
I did a quick search and found this list:
https://www.tor.com/2020/02/18/6-book...
but hope some more members chime in!

Okay, my nominations are
Adult: Certain Dark Things
Young Adult: Echo North ( I am not certain if the "monster" is also a hero)
Original Tale collection: Beauty and the Beast: Classic Tales About Animal Brides and Grooms from Around the World

Jalilah wrote: "Besides Beauty and Beast retellings, (which I'd be happy to read) I'm having a hard time finding anything else that fits the description of monsters as heroes.
I did a quick search and found this ..."

Jalilah, thanks, I will borrow one book from this list ;)
Adult: Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton
Young Adult: Wicked Fox by Kat Cho

Jalilah wrote: "Okay, my nominations are
Adult: Certain Dark Things
Young Adult: Echo North ( I am not certain if the "monster" is also a hero)
Original Tale collection:"

Hmm, has Certain Dark Things been already published? It looks like the publication date is in September.

Julia wrote: "Hmm, has Certain Dark Things been already published? It looks like the publication date is in September.."

It's being re-released in November. It was first published in 2016.

Margaret wrote: "Julia wrote: "Hmm, has Certain Dark Things been already published? It looks like the publication date is in September.."

It's being re-released in November. It was first published in 2016."

Ah, sorry, sure, my mistake.

For adult, I nominate Unnatural Magic by C.M. Waggoner
For YA: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
For traditional/nonfiction: On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears by Stephen T. Asma

A book that I've recently read that would be a good adult nomination is For the Wolf by Hannah F. Whitten, in case anyone wants to nominate it!

Here are our nominations so far:

Adult:
In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt
Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton
Unnatural Magic by C.M. Waggoner
Circe by Madeline Miller

YA:
Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley
Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer
Wicked Fox by Kat Cho
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Traditional/nonfiction:
Love Devours: Tales of Monstrous Adoration by Sarah Diemer
Snowbear Whittington: An Appalachian Beauty and the Beast by William H. Hooks
The Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve
On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears by Stephen T. Asma

Sorry! I meant to only nominate the original Beauty and Beast from that collection!

Jalilah wrote: "Sorry! I meant to only nominate the original Beauty and Beast from that collection!"

The one by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve?

For the adult category I would like to nominate Circe

Jane wrote: "For the adult category I would like to nominate Circe"

That fits the category so well.

Margaret wrote: "Jalilah wrote: "Sorry! I meant to only nominate the original Beauty and Beast from that collection!"

The one by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve?"

Yes please! When I tried to add it I couldn't find it!

Jalilah wrote: "Yes please! When I tried to add it I couldn't find it!"

Added!

The polls are up! https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/3...
Everyone has one week to vote for the books they want to read!

The Winners of the July 15-September 14 Monsters as Heroes themed group read are:
Traditional Tale: Snowbear Whittington: An Appalachian Beauty and the Beast
Young Adult Novel Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
Adult Novel: Tooth and Claw
Here are the links to the treads: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...