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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 be picking the top 3-6 books to vote on in the final poll, so the more 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 mostly 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 on Monday, or there about. The poll will be linked in this thread, the General Chat thread, the Mod's Announcements thread, and it 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:

Sky of Seven Colors (<1,000 ratings)
Our Divine Mischief (<1,000 ratings)
The Mermaid's Tale (<1.000 ratings)

I have a weird question. Would anyone be open to reading our new book that we just published for June? Fully Christian, fully clean novel. We would describe it as a Narnia meets Harry Potter, but with more dragons. It’s called Omni and the Blazed Boy. We poured our hearts and souls into this book for two years. Totally OK if it doesn’t meet the criteria. Just thought it wouldn’t hurt to ask :)

@Ben, are you asking if you can nominate it? As long as it meets the guidelines in the first post, you can nominate it. Is it out now, or does it release in June? If it releases in June, you would probably want to wait until July so people can get the book in the beginning of the month.

I nominate the Nightmare Virus

I nominate Love Comes Softly by Janette Oak
and My side of the mountain by Jean Craighead George

I Nominate Black: The Birth of Evil by Ted Dekker

@Ev— Hi! Love Comes Softly isn’t fantasy, so, I’m sorry, but it isn’t eligible. It doesn’t look to me that My Side of the Mountain is Fantasy either, correct? (I am on the app, so I can’t tell.) You can request them as buddy reads, though!

Opps yep sorry forgot about that part. My brain has been off today.

I second Our Divine Mischief

I nominate:
Of Sea and Smoke
Till We Have Faces

I nominate:
100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson

I second:
Black: The Birth of Evil
Till We Have Faces

@Jessica—While I am a fan of the series and always up for a reread, we read The Thief last year, so it’s too soon to nominate that one again. You could request it as a buddy read, though!

*Fp* Whoops, didn't realize that. *Goes to look over the list*

I nominate in The Thief's place Rise of the Vicious Princess

I just finished my reread of Of Sea and Smoke, and I will probably be seconding it. It’s so good, I could read it again right now.🥹

I second 100 Cupboards

I second Of Sea and Smoke

I will be setting up the poll sometime tomorrow, so be sure to get your nominations in!

I second:
Sky of Seven Colors
Our Divine Mischief
Till We Have Faces
Of Sea and Smoke

I second black the birth of evil

I nominate:
A crown of chains
Red rising
The wonderland trials

I also second:
A Crown of Chains
The Wonderland Trials

I second Of Sea and Smoke

I second:

Rise of the Vicious Princess
Of Sea and Smoke

I second Black the Birth of Evil
I second Sky of Seven Colors

I second:

Our Divine Mischief
The Mermaid's Tale
Of Sea and Smoke
Rise of the Vicious Princess
100 Cupboards
Till We Have Faces

I nominate The Pillar of Light by Anna Travis and The Choosing by Teresa Holman

I second The Nightmare Virus

I second Sky of Seven Colors

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I Nominate:
Skyward
Mistborn
Cinder
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I Second:
100 Cupboards
Sky of Seven Colors
Black: The Birth Of Evil
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I second 100 Cupboards

I nominate Tuesdays at the Castle.

I third wonderland trials and second tuesdays at the castle

I second skyward

I second Till We Have Faces

I fourth The Wonderland Trials.

Well, guys, I am having problems with our internet connection, so I might not get the poll done today. Keep your nominations and seconds coming in the meantime.😍

I third Tuesdays at the castle

I second Cinder

Fourthing Tuesdays at the Castle
Thirding 100 Cupboards

I second 100 Cupboards and Till We Have Faces.

I'll also second Till We Have Faces. It's not Lewis' best work, but it's still pretty good (although it feels a bit like a fever dream at times)

I second till we have faces

I second Tuesdays at the Castle

Making the poll now!

Here is the poll! It opens at midnight, US Eastern Time.

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