Into the Forest discussion

Margaret wrote: "Based on Suki's feedback, I'd like to withdraw my nomination for In Ghostly Japan: Spooky Stories with the Folklore, Superstitions and Traditions of Old Japan. I would definitely rathe..."

Margaret, how thrilling to even be considered for a Paula Guran anthology! Congratulations! :-)

This is going to be a tough vote! Obviously, I want to read the books that I have nominated, but there are a number of other books on the list that I *really* want to read, too!

Suki wrote: "I don't mean to say that In Ghostly Japan isn't worth a read-- it definitely is, but the name is rather deceiving. "

I'll put it on my list to read, but your nomination sounds better to me in terms of a group read, and I would like to read more tales right now.

Margaret wrote: "I'll put it on my list to read, but your nomination sounds better to me in terms of a group read, and I would like to read more tales right now. "

From what I remember "In Ghostly Japan" is fine, Lafcadio Hearn only overdid with listing all those Japanese proverbs at the end. Anyway, Kwaidan is a better choice out of his books.

Asaria wrote: "Margaret wrote: "I'll put it on my list to read, but your nomination sounds better to me in terms of a group read, and I would like to read more tales right now. "

From what I remember, "In Ghostl..."

There are also nearly 30 pages about incense, which are wonderful because I love Japanese incense, but aside from a few references at the end of the essay to ancient superstitions and beliefs about the incense smoke, (it was often burned near a newly dead body to protect the departing soul from evil spirits, and there is a class of ghostly goblin whose punishment for misdeeds in a former life is to survive by eating incense smoke) it's not ghostly at all-- but it is fascinating. Most of the essays do tie in to ancient superstitions and legends, but not in story form. I find that I use the book mostly as a reference work, but the ghost stories that are included are wonderful.

My edition of Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things also has three essays at the end of the book called 'Insect Studies' where he writes about butterflies, mosquitoes, and ants. He weaves scraps of traditional poetry, legends, and superstitions through these essays. In my edition, the first 178 pages are stories, and the Insect Studies essays are the last 60 pages. In In Ghostly Japan: Spooky Stories with the Folklore, Superstitions and Traditions of Old Japan, the stories and essays are intermingled, and sometimes you're not sure at the beginning if you are reading a story or an essay, because Hearn's style is very poetic.

You have until Sunday to finish nominating.

Suki wrote: "and sometimes you're not sure at the beginning if you are reading a story or an essay, because Hearn's style is very poetic. "

How interesting! I may need to read that for my own writing inspiration. :)

Greetings, I would like to read:
Adult . The Bell at Sealy Head by Patricia McKillop
Adult...Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik,
YA....The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint
The Night Master by Tannith Lee
The Little Book of Hidden People by Alda Sigmundsdottir.

Carole wrote: "Greetings, I would like to read:
Adult . The Bell at Sealy Head by Patricia McKillop
Adult...Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik,
YA....The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint
The Night Master by Tannit..."

Hi Carole. Would you like to nominate The Night Master? It looks like the others have already been nominated.

(I think Chris) will have the poll up soon.

Polls are up.


https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/3...

😔 Now I don't know which original tale collection to vote for!
My library does not have any of the books, not even the one I nominated! In any case I'll have to make an interlibrary loan request.

Lila wrote: "😔 Now I don't know which original tale collection to vote for!
My library does not have any of the books, not even the one I nominated! In any case I'll have to make an interlibrary loan request."

I don't know if you read on Kindle or any other e-reader, but Gutenberg website has both Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things and Italian Popular Tales. They belong to the public domain.

I just noticed that Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft won't be published for another week.

Technically not an issue since our group reads don't start until the 15th, but it'll take a while before those who use libraries can read it.

I voted!

Asaria wrote: "I don't know if you read on Kindle or any other e-reader, but Gutenberg website has both Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things and Italian Popular Tales. They belong to the public domain."

I don't have a kindle but I have read books that were in Gutenberg before, however I hate it! I don't mind reading articles or short tales on my iPad but not an entire book. Finally I voted for my nomination Fiesta Femenina: Celebrating Women In Mexican Folktale and will order it as an inter library loan.

Melanti wrote: "I just noticed that Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft won't be published for another week.

Technically not an issue since our group reads don't start until the 15th, b..."

Hopefully! Nothing destroys a group read like when nobody can find the book!

Probably not a good nomination from me then (Toil and Trouble), but it looked so good and perfect for the season!

We can take Toil & Trouble, if it wins, and its runner-up, so we have alternate ready to go. No problem.

Lila wrote: "😔 Now I don't know which original tale collection to vote for!
My library does not have any of the books, not even the one I nominated! In any case I'll have to make an interlibrary loan request."

Italian Popular Tales. It's public domain, so you can read it here:
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/au...
or
here:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Italia...

Italian Popular Tales came into the bookstore I work at this week, so I went ahead and bought it! So nice when that happens.

I realize that I am new, so to help with future nominations/poll I want to understand the processes. I noticed that none of the books I nominated were included in the poll. Can someone explain why? Again, not sour grapes or anything like that; I know I'm a newb. I just want to understand. :)

Thank You,
Carrie

Carrie wrote: "I realize that I am new, so to help with future nominations/poll I want to understand the processes. I noticed that none of the books I nominated were included in the poll. Can someone explain why?..."

I'm sorry Carrie, it looks like that was in error! I've read 2/3 of your nominations, and they're good nominations. Would you mind nominating them again next round? I would suggest they be added to this poll, but since so many have already voted, I'm afraid that they probably would not win. Sorry about that!

I would suggest linking to the books by clicking on 'add book/author' at the top of the comment box, so it's easier for us mods, but you gave enough info that we could've found those books, so that wasn't a problem. Just human error.

Carrie wrote: "I realize that I am new, so to help with future nominations/poll I want to understand the processes. I noticed that none of the books I nominated were included in the poll. Can someone explain why?..."

Sorry Carrie! As Margaret said, it was human error!
I did have a look just now though and saw the way your post was written, it was easy to miss. As I mentioned above. If people highlight their books when they nominate them, it makes it easier for us moderators. Not only are the nominations easier to see, but also because many books have the same name, if we can't look up the book and there are many books with the same title there is no way we can know which one it is. Finally if there is no link we also can not determine if the book is appropriate for the read.

Carrie, that was totally my fault. I am so sorry.

Lila, Chris, and Margaret. Hi. I will make sure to do include the links to the books. I will happily re-nominate them next time they fit the criteria. :)

Lila wrote: "So this is what we have up to now! Please confirm, everyone that I got all your nominations! You still have a few more days to add more nominations or make changes!

Adult:
[book:Spinning Silver|3..."

Hello Everyone,

As I mentioned a few days ago, I met both N.K. Jemisin and Genevieve Valentine last night at a book signing. And, Genevieve Valentine said that she is working on a new novel! She didn't say anymore than that, but it's something! I just wanted to let you all know.

Lois wrote: "Lila wrote: "So this is what we have up to now! Please confirm, everyone that I got all your nominations! You still have a few more days to add more nominations or make changes!

Adult:
[book:Spin..."

The only book I've read by Genevieve Valentine was Mechanique, and I really enjoyed it a lot. I have to catch up with the books she already has out, but a new book is good news.

Carrie wrote: "Lila, Chris, and Margaret. Hi. I will make sure to do include the links to the books. I will happily re-nominate them next time they fit the criteria. :)"

Carrie, the three books you nominated, Spirits of the Ordinary: A Tale of Casas Grandes, Over Sea, Under Stone and Secret Native American Pathways look great! They absolutely fit the criteria, so by all means feel free to nominate them again!


Another option Everyone, if the book you want to read does not win, feel free to set up a "buddy read". You just need one other person. Just click on discussions and look through the discussions for a folder called "buddy reads". Then in the thread called "purpose" you can announce the book(s) you want to read. Then you set up your own discussion thread in the buddy read folder!

Lois wrote: "And, Genevieve Valentine said that she is working on a new novel! She didn't say anymore than that, but it's something! I just wanted to let you all know. "

That's exciting!

Winners are:

Spinning Silver
The Little Book of the Hidden People: Stories of elves from Icelandic folklore
The Shadow Behind the Stars