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Welcome to October’s Book of the Month Nomination Thread!🥳 Please follow the guidelines below when nominating.

*Please pay special attention to number six.*

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

2) If someone has already nominated a book that you wanted to nominate, please "second" it! I will only be picking the top 3-6 books to vote on in the final poll, so the more total "seconds" a book has, the more likely it will be selected for the poll.

3) If you want to nominate books *and* “second” books, you need to make sure you do not exceed 6 in total AND that you nominate no more than 3. Some examples:

• If you nominate 3 books, you can only “second” 3 books.
• If you do not nominate any books, you can “second” 6 books.
• If you nominate 1 book, you can “second” 5 books.

4) Also, please do not nominate any books that we have already read in the past twelve months. You can view the books Faith & Fantasy has already read here.

5) The book(s) you nominate must be in the fantasy genre (here at Faith & Fantasy, both sci-fi and fairy tales may be included) and be clean or relatively clean.

6) 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 a book with themes that clash with biblical truth*. This is especially important due to the fact that F&F has members of all ages, some in their early teens.

Keep the following guidelines in mind when nominating:

• Limited or no profanity. If there is any profanity, it should be on the “mild” side.
• Romantic relationships should be healthy.
• Romantic relationships should not get physical “on the page” beyond what could be witnessed by your parents.(😉) If there has been “off the page” sexual activity, it should be between a married man and woman.
• Think: “If Jesus were to be physically sitting in my living room with me, would I read this book, in its entirety, aloud to Him?"

I will send out a poll for all of us to vote on based on this thread's nominations approximately a week after the date of this thread's creation.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask them below! Happy nominating!

Hey everyone! It's my favorite time of the F&F month!🤩

Please make sure to read the entire text of the first post before nominating!😊

I nominate The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner!

I nominate The Wonderland Trials by Sara Ella!

I second The Thief !

(*Content warning on language, which could be considered either mild or significant depending on how you look at it.🤷‍♀️ There are several "d*mns" combined with lower case-g "gods"--note the plural form. This is a book sent in a mythological-type world where people believe in many gods.)

I nominate Magnify

I also nominate Thorn

Sharon wrote: "Welcome to October’s Book of the Month Nomination Thread!🥳 Please follow the guidelines below when nominating.

*Please pay special attention to number six.*

1) You are allowed to nominate a maxi..."

Something I just thought of....

If you want to nominate a book you have not read, and therefore do not know the possible content issues, please note that in your post. Maybe someone who has read it can comment on any content issues it may (or may not) have.

I nominate Unblemished by Sara Ella

I also nominate Huntress by Julie Hall- it's one of my favorite Christian books ever!

I nominate “The Princess Bride”

And I second “The Wonderland Trials”

I'll second The Thief!

I second the The Princess Bride!

I nominate Swift

I second Swift!
I also second Magnify.

I fourth the thief

I nominate Mark of the Raven

I nominate Wishtress

I second Mark of the Raven !

I third mark of the raven

I third the Wonderland Trials by Sara Ella
I nominate A Time to Die by Nadine Brandes

A wrinkle in time

I second Wishtress

I nominate Fablehaven by Brandon Mull.
I nominate The Door Within by Wayne Thomas Batson.
I nominate House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo.

I second The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner.
And I second The Wonderland Trials by Sara Ella.

I second a time to die

I second The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner.

And, of course, I whole-heartedly second The Princess Bride!

I third a time to die

I fourth A Time To Die

I fourth Mark Of The Raven

I nominate *again* The Endling, since I am rereading it now!

The Last

I third The Princess Bride, and I third The Wonderland Trials
I nominate Iron by Madisyn Carlin (havne't read it but the author is a Christian)

Didn't we do Princess Bride?

Helena wrote: "Didn't we do Princess Bride?"

I checked the books read, and did not see it. Also, per Lily's instructions, it can be nominated if we have not read it in the last 12 months.

✨ Tazannah *Taz* Gresheld ✨ wrote: "I nominate Wishtress"

I second Wistress

I fifth Mark of the Raven.

Mary Emma wrote: "I second Swift!
I also second Magnify."

I third Magnify

I third Wishtress

I nominate The Healers Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson

I fifth A Time to Die

I nominate Illuminated, White Road Chronicles Book 1 by Jackie Castle. It probably isn’t well known, but I’ve read and I think everyone will like it. I’ve got to read the rest of the series though.

I fourth Magnify
I sixth a Time to Die

I fourth Wishtress

I second Iron
(I was one of the beta readers and it’s an amazing story)

I nominate That Book in the Attic!

I second the princess bride

IsabellaReads wrote: "i nominate vow of thieves by mary e. pearson"

Hi Isabella,

I am so sorry😔, but Vow of Thieves, even though it is a well-written story, isn't eligible for F&F's BotM because of the physical aspect of the romance going beyond "what could be witnessed by parents". (If you did not see the first post, please see number 6.) I understand that it is not rated-R material, but for our group-read it goes a bit too far.

Perhaps you could post in the Buddy Read Request thread and see if someone would want to buddy-read it with you.🙂

I am going to delete your nomination post, just so there is no confusion and it accidentally get "seconded".

Thanks for understanding!

It did get seconded, so I will delete those as well. Sorry guys!

IsabellaReads wrote: "I second the princess bride"

okay!

The Great Divorce C.S Lewis

IsabellaReads wrote: "IsabellaReads wrote: "I second the princess bride"

okay!"

Thanks for understanding!🙂

I second The Great Divorce!

I third the great divorce

I would like to nominate my debut novel, Treasures of the Lochs. It was just released on September 12, and it crosses a few genres- Christian Fantasy, Magical Realism, Suspense and Historical Fiction. It also hit Amazon #1 New Release for Christian Fantasy. Below is a link to the Goodreads page (but I am a social-media novice and may not have done it correctly). Thank you for considering it.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Your link worked, Hunter!😊

I nominate Lonely Castle in the Mirror