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Welcome to November’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.

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 ones 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 create a poll for us to vote on based on this thread's nominations approximately a week after the date of this thread's creation. The poll will be linked in this thread and will be available from F&F's homepage under "Polls".

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

I nominate,

Mark of the Raven
I’ve never read it, but I’m guessing it’s clean.

A Time To Die
I’ve never read it, but we’ve read books by her before, so I’m guessing it’s clean.

I nominate Wishtress by Nadine Brandes.

And I second A Time to Die by Nadine Brandes.

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Hwang Seon-Mi
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

I second Mark of the Raven

I nominate Magnify

I nominate Swift

I second Magnify by Stefanie Lozinski

I nominate A time to Die

I nominate Babel

I nominate the pumpkin spice café

I second Wistress By Nadine Brandes
I nominate Woodwalker by Emily B Martin

I nominate Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
I nominate The Night Circus by Erin Moregenstern
I nominate The Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

I second Babel
I second Wishtress

I nominate the Pharaohs Daughter by Mesu Andrews

(It’s biblical fiction about the time of Moses)

I second Mark of the Raven

I nominate The Green Ember

I second A Time to Die and Wishtress

I third Babel

I second a time to die
I second wishtress
I second mark of the Raven
I second welcome to fae cafe

I second babel

I nominate the thief

I third a time to die

I second Green Ember
I second Wishtress
I second welcome to fae cafe
I second Mark of the Raven
I nominate Wingfeather Saga

I would like to nominate Anne Of Green Gables!

I second Anne Of Green Gables!

I second Mark of the Raven.
I second Magnify.
I second Wishtress.
I second the Wingfeather saga.
And I nominate Vivid by Ashley Bustamante.

I nominate The Thief!

I second Wishtress

I second the thief

I second vivid

I second The Thief

I nominate:

Weary Traveler

I nominate Fablehaven by Brandon Mull.
I nominate House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo.
I nominate The Wonderland Trials by Sara Ella.

I fourth The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner.
I second The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

I second The Pharaoh’s Daughter.

I third The Green Ember, Wingfeather Saga, The Secret Garden, and Anne of Green Gables. :)

I tenth Wishtress, fifth The Green Ember, fourth The Secret Garden, and second Fablehaven. I have no idea the content of any of these, but they are all books on my TBR.

+1 Mark of the Raven
+1 A Time to Die
+1 The Thief

Second Anne of Green Gables
Nominate Divine Rivals

I second divine rivals

I don’t think Anne of Green Gables and The Secret Garden would be considered fantasy, guys.🤔

Also, we read the first Wingfeather book a few months ago. Are you nominating the second book in the series, North! Or be Eaten?

I second The Thief!

I second Mark of the Raven, and I second Magnify!

I third divine rivals

Oh I saw that it was fantasy book in the genres on the goodreads page. I don’t remember it’s been a while since I read if it has fantasy elements😆

The Secret Garden is listed as fantasy on Goodreads. Is it not? I've never read it, but for some reason I always imagined fantasy elements in it 😆

I've read it, and it's not really fantasy but I'm sure it's fine...? I should probably come to a consensus with the other mods, tho

Hannah wrote: "I nominate Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
I nominate The Night Circus by Erin Moregenstern
I nominate The Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

I second Babel
I second Wishtress"

Hey Hannah!

Do you (or anyone else) have any information regarding the content of the top three (your nominations)? I am unfamiliar with them...

Hey all, apparently Divine Rivals doesn't meet the qualifications for content. I won't be counting that one.

Also, if Wingfeather wins, it will be North! Or Be Eaten: The Wingfeather Saga Book 2, since we recently read the first book.

I have only read the children's version, but I do not remember any fantasy elements in The Secret Garden. Thoughts, anyone?? (Especially those who've read it😅)

I nominate Thorn

Yeah, their aren’t any fantasy elements the Secret Garden

I second Vivid

And. . . . ,I am done.😁

✨ Tazannah *Taz* Gresheld ✨ wrote: "I've read it, and it's not really fantasy but I'm sure it's fine...? I should probably come to a consensus with the other mods, tho"

I just remember Lily not even being sure we should include sci-fi, so I don't think she'd want to completely abandon all fantasy elements.🤷‍♀️

Other mods?

LizzyLizards wrote: "Yeah, their aren’t any fantasy elements the Secret Garden"

Good to know! Thanks!

Stephen wrote: "I’ll third Divine Rivals 🤭"

Can't do Divine Rivals due to content.🙂

(Not telling Stephen specifically, just wanting to make sure it doesn't get picked up and seconded again.)