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Welcome to June’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. For example:

• 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 couple of years. 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 that have at least 1,000 ratings (NOT reviews) on GR. This will make it more likely that our libraries will have them. (This isn't a hard and fast rule--just preferred.)

7) 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 content 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 in approximately 1 week. 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!

Treasures of the Lochs
This is suspenseful, YA Christian fiction, involving a long-lost treasure, a deadly chase, and a magnificent beast of legends. Blending historical fact and Scottish legend within an action-packed adventure, Treasures of the Lochs is an exciting, powerful story of faith, friendship and redemption. It was published last September and has over 130 ratings. I hope you'll consider it.

Having trouble finding a new one I want to nominate.

Cloak of the Light

The Maze Cutter

are we aloud to do books with the a word?

Mortal Queens

@Lola, yes, it would be ok, as long as it’s not excessive.

I nominate the wonderland trials
I nominate the kiss of deception
I second cloak of the light
I nominate wishtress

Golden Daughter

I second Kiss of Deception and Wishtress.

I nominate Golgotha by Angela R Watts
I nominate Of Fire and Ash by Gillian Bronte Adams

I nominate:

Shadowcast (<1,000 ratings)
Our Divine Mischief (<1,000 ratings)
Swift (Lily??😉)

Kiss of Deception might have some questionable content. I remember having content issues with that series, though I do not remember the specifics of that particular book.

I nominate The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald.

I've read this book about three times before and it never gets old!

I second Cloak of the Light!

Sharon wrote: "Kiss of Deception might have some questionable content. I remember having content issues with that series, though I do not remember the specifics of that particular book."

Yeah, I know I def had some content issues with book 2. I'm trying to remember book 1. I believe there's a part where she runs into one of the love interests when she's not wearing much, if you will, and not sure how much this affects it's being allowed, but (view spoiler)[her friend got pregnant out of wedlock. The father turns out to be no good, but it still happens. (hide spoiler)]

I nominate The Traitor's Game.

That's all my nominations.

I'm also gonna second Of Fire and Ash.

Bella wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Kiss of Deception might have some questionable content. I remember having content issues with that series, though I do not remember the specifics of that particular book."

Yeah, I k..."

Thanks for the info, Bella! I definitely know book 3 is beyond our standards. In my review of Kiss of Deception, I mentioned crude language, but I cannot remember what I meant by that. I would imagine it's sexual in nature.

Maybe Kiss of Deception would be better as a buddy-read than BotM.

Yeah, I can't remember what all the language was, but now that you mention it I believe the b-word was used. Not 100% sure tho.

I nominate The Way of Kings

I nominate The Guild of Thieves

I second Wishtress, the Princess and Curdie, and The Wonderland Trials.

Darkstalker

I second The Guild of Thieves

I nominate:
The Door Within by Wayne Thomas Batson
Outlaws of Time by N.D. Wilson
I second:
Cloak of Light
Wishtress
Swift
The Way of Kings

I second the Wonderland Trials
I second Cloak of Light
I second Mortal Queens

ChildOfGod💜🙌🏽 wrote: "I nominate Finding Lady Enderly
I nominate the Spice King"

We're supposed to do only fantasy, with some allowances for sci-fi, dystopian, and fairytale retellings. Not historical fiction.

ChildOfGod💜🙌🏽 wrote: "I nominate Finding Lady Enderly
I nominate the Spice King"

Hi!

Bella is correct. Our BotMs are limited to Fantasy and the subgenres she mentioned.

However, you can request a buddy read for those books here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

(I am going to delete your nomination post just so no one accidentally seconds one of them.)

I nominate Dragon's Green by Scarlett Thomas.

ChildOfGod💜🙌🏽 wrote: "I second the Wonderland Trials
I second Cloak of Light
I second Mortal Queens"

Hey, are you a member of Timeless Pages? It's a group Bets and Books'N'Crannies started, and it's all historical. You could nominate these for BOTM over there. :)

I fourth (I think) The Princess and Curdie

I still have two nominations and 1 second left. Or three Seconds

I've got two seconds left.

I will second...
The Way of Kings
The Traitor's Game
Our Divine Mischief


And nominate Tress of the Emerald Sea

I second Tress of the Emerald Sea!

i second Tress of the Emerald Sea!

Lola wrote: "I second the guild of thieves"

I might consider that one, but I don't think I'll be able to read it. Unless it's available on Hoopla. It's probably not, but I can check.

I didn't know that. I don't have a hoopla account.

but, tell me if they have on there

Bella wrote: "ChildOfGod💜🙌🏽 wrote: "I second the Wonderland Trials
I second Cloak of Light
I second Mortal Queens"

Hey, are you a member of Timeless Pages? It's a group Bets and Books'N'Crannies started, and ..."

Yes I am! Just haven't gotten to all my group BOTMs yet *cries*

Sharon wrote: "ChildOfGod💜🙌🏽 wrote: "I nominate Finding Lady Enderly
I nominate the Spice King"

Hi!

Bella is correct. Our BotMs are limited to Fantasy and the subgenres she mentioned.

However, you can reques..."

My bad, sorry about that!

No problem!😉

I nominate Goose girl,
I second The Way of the Kings.

I second the Way of Kings and Tress of the Emerald Sea

I will second

Treasures of the Lochs
Goose Girl. and
wishtress

I am nominating
monster by Frank Peretti

I second the guild of thieves

I second Cloak of the Light.
I second Wishtress.

I second Shadowcast.

I second “Treasure of The Lochs”