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Welcome to February’s Book of the Month Nomination Thread!🥳

Please follow the guidelines below when nominating.

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 guidelines:

• 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 done in public. 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:

Magnify by Stefanie Lozinski (This series is so good, you guys!🥹)

Swift by RJ Anderson (If we pick this book, it might lure Lily back!🤭)

Shadowcast by Crystal Grant (Fair warning: The ending is a cliffhanger.😒 But it's really good!)

i nominate Goose Girl by Shannon Hale! and Princess Academy, also by Shannon Hale

I nominate the Wonderland trials by Sara Ella
I nominate The Memory Thief by Lauren Mansy.
I second Magnify by Stephanie Lozinski.

I nominate Till We Have Faces

Orphan's Song- the MC is a young girl


I second The Wonderland Trials

I second Till We Have Faces!
And I nominate The Complete Fairy-tales by George MacDonald

Emily wrote: "I second the Wonderland Trials by Sara Ella

I nominate Come Back to Me by Jody Hedlund"

Hey Emily!

I don't know if you've read Come Back to Me, but I just looked at some reviews that say it has some descriptive romance scenes. Sounds like it wouldn't be a good option for our BotM since it's for the whole group. You could request a buddy read on the Buddy Read thread, though! Would you mind editing your post to remove that book? That way it won't keep getting seconded.

Thanks!!🩷

Sharon wrote: "Emily wrote: "I second the Wonderland Trials by Sara Ella

I nominate Come Back to Me by Jody Hedlund"

Hey Emily!

I don't know if you've read Come Back to Me, but..."

Oh my goodness I am so sorry! I have read it before and I don't remember anything like that! I am so sorry 😭. I'll just delete the comment to not cause any confusion.

I second The Wonderland Trials by Sara Ella

Emily wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Emily wrote: "I second the Wonderland Trials by Sara Ella

I nominate Come Back to Me by Jody Hedlund"

Hey Emily!

I don't know if you've read Come ..."

It's easy to forget the details! No worries at all.💜 Thanks so much. :D

I nominate The Prince Warriors by Priscilla Shirer

Dark Intercept by Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson.

Melanie wrote: "Dark Intercept by Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson."

Hi Melanie!

Is Dark Intercept a fantasy book? I looked at some reviews, but couldn't tell. It seemed like what some might consider fantasy elements were more spiritual gifts?? I couldn't really tell. (We only do books in the fantasy genre for our BotMs.) Also, a few people mentioned foul language in their reviews, but didn't specify. Do you know if it was in line with #6 in the guidelines above?

Thanks in advance!

It is definitely fantasy but is also military fiction.

Can we edit or add to our nominations? I have a few to nominate and a few to second but I may have more 😂

I second the Prince Warriors by Priscilla Shirer 👑

Sharon wrote: "I nominate:

Magnify by Stefanie Lozinski (This series is so good, you guys!🥹)

Swift by RJ Anderson (If we pick this book, it might lure Lily back!🤭)

[book:Shadowc..."

I second Magnify.

David wrote: "Can we edit or add to our nominations? I have a few to nominate and a few to second but I may have more 😂"

David😅

I hear you, it can be hard to choose! But it's best to be sure of your choices for this month when you make them. Otherwise, if you rescind a nomination, then it messes with other people's seconds. (If i understand you correctly.) There's always next month!😊

You don't have to make all of your nominations/seconds in the same post, though. You can take your time deciding.

I nominate:
Tress of the Emerald Seas by Brandon Sanderson
A Time to Die by Nadine Brandes
And To Bind Fire by D. E. Carlson

I second
Magnify by Stefanie Lozinski

Ooooh Tress was soooooo good!

I second A Time to Die.

I third A Time to Die and nominate The Legend of Sam Miracle by ND Wilson

I also nominate The Green Ember by S.D. Smith

Kacie wrote: "Ooooh Tress was soooooo good!"

Is that a second??🤭

sure XD

I second Tress!

I second Magnify and A Time to Die!

I second Magnify by Stephanie Lozinski, Princess Academy by Shannon Hale, The Prince Warriors by Priscilla Shirer, and A Time to Die by Nadine Brandes

I third Till We Have Faces and The Green Ember.

I second the wonderland trials
i second a time to die
i second magnify

I nominate black: the birth of evil by ted dekker
i nominate wishtress

I second:
The Green Ember
Tress of the Emerald Sea
A Time to Die
and The Complete Fairy Tales of George MacDonald

I sixth (I think 😂) A Time To Die

I nominate Ella Enchanted.
I second Goose girl.

I also nominate Lepunia Kingdom of the Gallopers, which is kind of like green ember. My friend's dad wrote this book and he is a strong Christian so I know nothing bad is in it.

I third The Green Ember, second Ella Enchanted, and third A Goose Girl.

I will be closing nominations and setting up the poll later tonight, so make sure to get your nominations and seconds posted. Can't wait to see what February's BotM will be for February!!😍

I second Wishtress, and that's all my seconds.

I second The Wonderland Trials
I second A Time to Die

I third A Time To Die

I’m so glad the wonderland trials is getting the attention it deserves- anything related to Alice and wonderland is automatically one of my favs.

No More Nominations/Seconds! I am making the poll now. 🤗

I will post the link to the poll here and it will be on the group's homepage.

Here's the link!

(It won't be available until midnight.)