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89% of those who voted in the last poll were in favor of doing book of the months, so we're going to try it out!!!

This is the thread to nominate books! Please follow the guidelines below when nominating.

1) You are allowed to nominate a maximum of 3 books for each month's BOTM.

2) The book(s) you nominate must have fantasy as its main genre and be clean or relatively clean.

3) If you can, 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 something that clashes with biblical truth.

4) If someone has already nominated a book that you wanted to nominate, second them! I will only be picking the top few nominations to vote on in the final poll, so the more nominations a book has, the more likely it will become the BOTM.

5) You can second a total of 6 books or (nominate a total of 3). If you're going to both nominate book(s) and second book(s) as well, you just have to make sure you don't exceed 3 nominations per month and 6 in total (seconds + nominations). Hope that makes sense!

Nominations will go usually be open from the 1st day of the month to the 15th and then I will send out a poll for all of us to vote for the BOTM based on the month's nominations.

If you have any questions, please ask them below or send me a private message.

Also, I'm not sure if this is a thing, but wouldn't it be cool to have a December BOTM that's both fantasy and Christmas-/winter-y?

I know several people mentioned not having read Narnia, so how about The Magician’s Nephew or the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?
(Thanks to Lily for this idea uwu).

Ooo, that'd be cool to have a winter/fantasy theme.

Here's my three nominees:

1.) The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (the only one I could think of with Winter/Christmas vibes *haha* I actually don't know of many with those themes).

2.) Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan (#1; John Flannagan)

3.) Fawkes (Nadine Brandes; I think it was winter at one point in the book, if I remember correctly).

I remember seeing a Frozen retelling that Disney came out with a while back; but for some reason, I can't recall the name. I've also never read it, so I can't give it a recommendation. But if anyone else has heard or read of it, please let me know! Maybe it will be a good fit for a winter fantasy read.

Oh my goodness, if people have not read The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, we MUST read it! We could do a Zoom discussion afterward, and I could stream the movie (I think you can do that in "Share screen")

davm wrote: "I know several people mentioned not having read Narnia, so how about The Magician’s Nephew or the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?
(Thanks to Lily for this idea uwu)."

I second you, girl! ;) <3

Amber wrote: "Oh my goodness, if people have not read The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, we MUST read it! We could do a Zoom discussion afterward, and I could stream the movie (I think you can do that in "Sh..."

Oh my, that would be so cool!!! Optional, of course, but I would totally join! I love talking to other book-lovers!!!!

Lillian wrote: "Ooo, that'd be cool to have a winter/fantasy theme.

Here's my three nominees:

1.) The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (the only one I could think of with Winter/Christmas vibes *haha* I actuall..."

I second Fawkes, too!!!! Really need to own that one!

Here are my three nominees or wtv we're calling them haha
1. The Cast Of Stones (and its series)
2. Blades Of Acktar
3. Redeeming Love

My first one is Narnia!

My nominees:
1. Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
2. Hunted by Meagan Spooner
3. I SECOND FAWKES ALSO!!!

1. The Enchanted Sonata
2. Romanov
3. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

TCoN is something every person in the world should read, imo. 😆
If you want wintery, then definitely The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe! (Especially since it's a book I have at my house here rn. Hehe.)

For a Christian read, The Delusion: We All Have Our Demons is the best Christian Fiction I’ve read.

1.Fairest Son ~ Read/Highly recommend
2. Ashen ~ own it/haven't read it/looks good
3.Wolf Soldier ~ new release/looks good/haven't read
*I've come to realize that I have very few wintery reads* :'(

Can I second Fairest Son and Romanov? xD

can I third Romanov? XD

Princess of the Midnight Ball

ooh that's a good one

Kacie wrote: "ooh that's a good one"

yeah, i've heard good things about it. i just haven't read it yet

I'd like to second "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"!

2. Moonscript by H.S.J. Williams (because I saw the fanart and want to read it now haha)
3. By Darkness Hid by Jill Williamson

Seconding The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; Romanov; and Ashen. I’ve read the first two; own the third but haven’t had a chance to read it yet.

Hannah wrote: "I'd like to second "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"!

2. Moonscript by H.S.J. Williams (because I saw the fanart and want to read it now haha)
3. By Darkness Hid by Jill Williamson"

Moonscript is SO GOOD!

Does seconding a book count as part of the three nominations? So I seconded three books, can I still second or nominate any more? If that makes any sense :P

I’ve never read Narnia so I second The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe!

Carina wrote: "Does seconding a book count as part of the three nominations? So I seconded three books, can I still second or nominate any more? If that makes any sense :P"

Hahaha I was gonna make it so that you're only allowed to nominate/second three but now I don't know lolll

Okay, how about you can only nominate three new books at most but if you're seconding people, you can second up to six books. you can also both second and nominate new books, you just can't go over three nominations and six in all (counting both nominations and seconds). Does that make sense?

I wouldn't mind re-reading redeeming love ;)

Lily wrote: "Okay, how about you can only nominate three new books at most but if you're seconding people, you can second up to six books. you can also both second and nominate new books, you just can't go over..."

yes that makes sense, only 6 things in total, whether its recommendations or seconding something, right?

ava wrote: "Lily wrote: "Okay, how about you can only nominate three new books at most but if you're seconding people, you can second up to six books. you can also both second and nominate new books, you just ..."

Yep!!!

Lily wrote: "ava wrote: "Lily wrote: "Okay, how about you can only nominate three new books at most but if you're seconding people, you can second up to six books. you can also both second and nominate new book..."

okie dokie!

Hmm... from a glance the theme looks to The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, so I second that. Can't think of anyone I'd like to nominate right now that I could also read...

ava wrote: "Princess of the Midnight Ball"

I've been wanting to read that so I'll second it

Fifth-ing (??? dunno what else to call it XD) Romanov!!!!

I'd say The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

THE FALSE PRINCE BY JENNIFER NIELSEN!
The Hunger Games- Suzanne Collins
The Traitor's Game- Jennifer Nielsen

Lily I'm gonna create a poll and allow write ins. Is that ok?

That way it's a little more organized

OH MY GOODNESS I SECOND THE HUNGER GAMES!!!

So I just counted and this is what I got so far:

December: BOTM Nominations

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe- eleven
Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan- one
Fawkes- three
The Cast of Stones (series)- one
Blades of Acktar- two
Redeeming Love- one
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow- one
Hunted- one
The Enchanted Sonata- one
Romanav- five
The Delusion: We All Have Our Demons- one
Fairest Son- two
Ashen- two
Wolf Soldier- one
Princess of the Midnight Ball- one
Moonscript- two
By Darkness Hid- one
The False Prince- three
The Traitor's Game- one
The Hunger Games- two

So the Lion the witch and the wardrobe, romanov, and fawkes are the top three so far

Poor Redeeming Love :( :)

Looking through that list I see so many books I've read / at least heard of. Nice to see people with similar tastes ;)

The False Prince!! Love it!!

So I nominate Moonscript, The False Prince, and I already did Narnia! But I think that it would be a great idea to do a poll! As I wrote this, I forgot who mentioned the poll in the first place. So sorry to who ever had that idea! 😟 Im agreeing with the person! XD!

Ellie wrote: "So I nominate Moonscript, The False Prince, and I already did Narnia! But I think that it would be a great idea to do a poll! As I wrote this, I forgot who mentioned the poll in the first place. So..."

ok Ellie, i just updated it. and yeah, i think Lily mentioned before in the first message that she was gonna make a poll after Nov 15th i think...

Seconding Blades of Acktar and The False Prince - Haven't read them, but they're on my TBR.

Winter wrote: "Seconding Blades of Acktar and The False Prince - Haven't read them, but they're on my TBR."

k i just added your vote in!

I wouldn’t mind reading Moonscript again! Or The False Prince for that matter even tho I’ve already read it like… four times… but hey it’s nice to get a refresh before book 5 :D

Grace wrote: "So I just counted and this is what I got so far:

December: BOTM Nominations

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe- eleven
Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan- one
Fawkes- three
The Cast of S..."

Grace, thank you SO much for making this!!!! Just post the most updates list on the 15th and then I will make the poll based on that! :))