Dragons & Jetpacks discussion

– Books must be published by the first, be available internationally, and available in print form.
– After 24-48 hours, 8 books from each genre will be chosen at random from the selection, using a random generator online.
– Only ONE nomination per person (EITHER sci-fi OR fantasy). Please include whether your nomination is fantasy or sci fi.
-For this month only everyone can nominate ONE horror book in addition to their fantasy or sci fi nomination. Please state that its for the horror selection.
– If books are part of a series, they must be the first, unless the group has already read the previous book(s). You can see our previous group reads here or click “Bookshelf” from the menu on the right.
– No authors nominating their own works.
– No self-published or ebook-only books — we want our BotM to be accessible to as many members as possible!
– Moderators may use their discretion when accepting nominations. Keep the thread focused. Discussion about changes in rules can go to General Chat.

Fantasy:
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Fourth Wing
The Historian
The Last Blade Priest
The Obelisk Gate
The Alchemyst

Sci fi:
The Consuming Fire
The Blighted Stars
Fractal Noise
Shards of Honour
Embassytown
The Memory Police


Horror:
Black Mouth
Ring Shout
Vampires of El Norte
Hemlock Island
The Black Farm
The Ghost Woods
A Head Full of Ghosts
Carrie
Odd Thomas

Im going to nominate

Black Mouth for horror
and
The Consuming Fire for sci fi

Ring Shout for Horror
AND
The Blighted Stars for Scifi
😃

Vampires of El Norte for horror, please!

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries for Fantasy.

Hemlock Island for Horror, please.

I'd like to nominate The Black Farm for Horror
and Fourth Wing for fantasy please

Horror: The Ghost Woods
Fantasy: The Historian

Fantasy" The Last Blade Priest

Black Mouth by Ronald Malfi for horror (excited to utter that)

Al wrote: "Black Mouth by Ronald Malfi for horror (excited to utter that)"

Hi Al, this one was nominated already. Please choose another book.

For Horror: A Head Full of Ghosts
&
For sci-fi: Fractal Noise

Carrie by Stephen King (horror)

The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin (sci-fi & fantasy)

The Alchemyst (Fantasy)
Odd Thomas (Horror)

Updated the lists. Could do with some more Sci fi picks if anyone out there is on the fence of nominating.
Loving all the horror picks, that is a hard list to pick from!

Eric: I've put The Obelisk Gate under fantasy as we read The Fifth Season as a Fantasy pick a while back.

Lel wrote: "Eric: I've put The Obelisk Gate under fantasy as we read The Fifth Season as a Fantasy pick a while back."

That's fine. It's a mix of both. If you need a sci-fi pick, you can move it to that list at your leisure.

Shards of Honour by Lois McMaster Bujold for sci-fi, please.

Embassytown by China Miéville for sci-fi. Ty!

I nominate The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (Stephen Snyder, Translator)

Oh, I nominated The Memory Police for SciFi in case that wasn’t obvious 😬