Historical Romance Book Club discussion

For the month of OCTOBER 2023, we will be reading HRs that are set in the Medieval period

VOTING IS NOW OPEN!

Please vote using this form to vote: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IQ5I... This requires that you put your Goodreads name.

You can vote for up to three books. Here's how the points work:

> First (or only) choice = 3 points
> Second choice = 2 points
> Third choice = 1 point

To see which books are nominated see the list of nominations below.

You can view the current vote tally here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Please vote by August 31st:. At the end of the voting period the top three vote-getters will be the BOTMs. If we need to break a tie, we will use number of first place votes, or if that doesn't work, number of second place votes as a tie-breaker. If we need another tie-breaker, we will discuss in thread and add to rules in future.

Happy voting!!

Links to the books nominated:

The Truelove Bride: A Novel – Shana Abe
Never Seduce a Scot– Maya Banks
My Gallant Enemy- Rexanne Becnel
A Place Beyond Courage - Elizabeth Chadwick
The King's Jewel- Elizabeth Chadwick
Resisting Her Enemy Lord - Helen Dickson.
The Falcon and the Flower - Virginia Henley
The Bewitched Viking – Sandra Hill
Fires of Winter – Johanna Lindsey
Surrender My Love - Johanna Lindsey
Untamed – Elizabeth Lowell
Married to the Highland Devil: A Medieval Historical Romance Novel – Eloise Madigan
Conquering Passion - Ana Markland
The Blacksmith– Cecelia Mecca
In Her Highlander's Bed – Lynsay Sands
An English Bride in Scotland - Lynsay Sands

Voting is now closed. We will be reading the following three books in October (2 by the same author!):

An English Bride in Scotland - Lynsay Sands (19)
In Her Highlanders Bed - Lynsay Sands (19)
Never Seduce a Scot - Maya Banks (17)

A Place Beyond Courage - Elizabeth Chadwick (14)
The Falcon and the Flower - Virginia Henley (14)
Fires of Winter - Johanna Lindsey (13)
The King's Jewel - Elizabeth Chadwick (13)
Surrender my Love - Johanna Lindsey (13)
The Blacksmith - Cecelia Mecca (12)
Untamed - Elizabeth Lowell (12)
The Truelove Bride - Shana Abe (11)
The Bewitched Viking - Sandra Hill (11)
Resisting her Enemy Lord - Helen Dickson (9)
My Gallant Enemy - Roxanne Becnel (6)
Married to the Highland Devil – Eloise Madigan (2)
Conquering Passions - Ana Markland (1)

I will get the book posts up soon

Wow! Lynsay Sands won twice.

l love her silly writing but that is a lot of LS

Three Scottish books! And two Lynsay Sands! Wow. I think some of the other popular medievals people might have voted for weren't eligible for the vote this time (like A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught), so perhaps that's why it worked out this way.

Sadly I won't be joining any of these October reads. Not my cup of tea. Hopefully all those who voted will read and enjoy though. Happy reading, everyone.

I hope people voted for books that they haven't read yet. I feel like only 2 or 3 people are first-time readers for most books. I don't vote for a book unless I'm willing to read it. I think Maureen and I are the only ones who hadn't read The Highwsyman.

I think it's fine to vote for a book you've read if you plan to read it again for the BOTM and add some comments to the discussion. I hope people aren't just voting for books they like but have no plans to read with the BOTM. That would kinda be against the whole idea of a group read.

I only vote for books that I have or can get hold of. Most of the books that get voted for. Seem to be popular books. Which I have already read, or books I cannot find.
I try to find at least one book which is on Kindle unlimited to nominate, hoping this would get more people who have KU, to vote and read with the group.

On a survey, how many people vote for popular books instead of books they haven't read? it just seems like each month, I'll get to read maybe one book I haven't read.

oh well! My last complaint

I usually nominate one book I've never read and one that I previously enjoyed and would be willing to reread. When I vote, I start with the ones I want to read for the first time. If there are not three nominations I've never read, I will vote for a book I've read before as my third choice or even second in some months.

The books I've never read that I nominate never win.

I nominated Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks (plan to reread) and The Blacksmith by Cecelia Mecca (never read before).

I haven't read Never Seduce A Scor by maya banks.

I always nominate books I have not read yet. I do not vote for books I've read unless I want to reread them. Some of us will have read popular books already, and some of us are looking forward to finding out why they are popular. I also pay no attention to who nominates a book. I just vote for the ones that look the most interesting to me and that I can access at the library or on KU. Usually there is more than 3 that fall in that category.
I plan to read all three of this months winners (for the first time). It's just going to be a little tricky with timing because I will be traveling at the end of Sept. and first half of Oct. I will have to wait till I get back to access them from the library.

I do tend to nominate books I've read before, but only if 1) they fit the trope well 2) I think others might enjoy reading them, and 3) I'm happy to reread them/add comments to the discussion.

I don't nominate books I haven't read yet as often, because I don't really know how good they are or whether they really fit the trope.

When voting, I usually have a quick look at blurbs and reviews of books on the list before I vote. Quite often I've already read the popular books, and I like it when I discover a new-to-me author that looks good.

Sometimes when books I voted for didn't make the cut, I will go ahead and read them myself anyway. I've discovered quite a few enjoyable books via the BOTM over the last few years since I've been a member of this group.

Jan, I tend to read the losers than winners. The same books that are are always nominated Julia Garwood (#1 fav), Lisa Klepas, Tessa Dare, etc. They are all great authors, but everybody has read them. oh well! Things will not change.

So I often read the other books. I owe thanks to other nominated books that didn't make the cut.

I totally agree that the nominations are a great place to make new discoveries. I add to my tbr every month. It's so out of control LOL!! I wouldn't have it any other way.

Definitely a place to find new authors or books. I found a new author that I go to, when I am on a reading slump. Wendy Vella.
I also read each nominations description of the story and found books I would like to read.