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It is time to vote for our April BOTM. As a reminder (and for those who are new to the process), you may vote for up to 2 of the books listed below. The book(s) with the most votes will be our BOTM. If there is a tie, the moderator uses a random list generator to determine the order and they are all read over however many months. Books that receive fewer than 2 votes will be removed from the Voting List, with those that receive 1 vote being placed at the end of the Nominations List.

Voting will remain open until 5:00 PM Central Time on March 18.

Bodies and souls, by Maxence Van der Meersch, nominated by Fonch.
This dramatic novel about doctors, students, nurses and patients, has become a classic. It seems to be difficult to obtain in English (it doesn't even have a page in Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ), but it can easily be got in other languages (French, Spanish or Italian). This is their page in Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ: /book/show/2...
Voting History: August 2020 - 2; September 2020 - 2; October 2020 - 3; November 2020 - 3; December 2020 - 2; January 2021 - 4; February 2021 - 2; March 2021 - 2

Brother Assassin, Saberhagen, Fonch
On the planet Sirgol the death machines have a unique and subtle mode of attack. Now, the time and place of the next attack has been pinpointed--the berserkers will try to eliminate Vincent Vincento, an early genius whose loss will cost mankind a hundred years of progress in the physical sciences. Derron Odegard, one of the elite corps of Time Operatives, has the toughest assignment in Sirgol's history--protect Vincento at any cost.
Voting History: None

Christus Vincit: Christ's Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age, by Athanasius Schneider, nominated by John
In this absorbing interview, Bishop Athanasius Schneider offers a candid, incisive examination of controversies raging in the Church and the most pressing issues of our times, providing clarity and hope for beleaguered Catholics. He addresses such topics as widespread doctrinal confusion, the limits of papal authority, the documents of Vatican II, the Society of St. Pius X, anti-Christian ideologies and political threats, the third secret of Fatima, the traditional Roman rite, and the Amazon Synod, among many others. Like his fourth-century patron, St. Athanasius the Great, Bishop Schneider says things that others won’t, fearlessly following St. Paul’s advice: “Preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching� (2 Tim 4:2). His insights into the challenges facing Christ’s flock today are essential reading for those who are, or wish to be, alert to the signs of the times. Reminiscent of The Ratzinger Report of 1985, Christus Vincit will be a key point of reference for years to come.
Voting History: February 2021 - 7; March 2021 - 5

Chronicles of the Magic Jigsaw Puzzle, /series/1836..., Manuel Alfonseca, Fonch
A set of five fantasy books in another world, where the seven lost pieces of a magic jigsaw puzzle must be found and rejoined. In the far country of Tiva, king Tivo learns that the only way to cure his betrothed, Aquamarine, will be by means of one of the lost pieces of the magic jigsaw puzzle. Fifty years later, his grandson Elvor wishes to imitate his exploits and become the owner of one of the pieces of the Magic Jigsaw Puzzle. And so on...
Voting History: None

Dear and Glorious Physician, by Taylor Caldwell, nominated by Mariangel
Today St. Luke is known as the author of the third Gospel of the New Testament, but two thousand years ago he was Lucanus, a Greek, a man who loved, knew the emptiness of bereavement, and later traveled through the hills and wastes of Judea asking, "What manner of man was my Lord?" And it is of this Lucanus that Taylor Caldwell tells here in one of the most stirring stories ever lived or written.
Voting History: February 2021 - 3; March 2021 - 5

Eifelheim, by Michael Flynn, nominated by Fonch
In 1349, one small town in Germany disappeared and has never been resettled. Tom, a contemporary historian, and his theoretical physicist girlfriend Sharon, become interested. Tom indeed becomes obsessed. By all logic, the town should have survived, but it didn't and that violates everything Tom knows about history. What's was special about Eifelheim that it utterly disappeared more than 600 years ago?
Voting History: December 2020 - 5; January 2021 - 5; February 2021 - 5; March 2021 - 5

From Fire, by Water: My Journey to the Catholic Faith, by Sohrab Ahmari, nominated by Sohrab and John
Sohrab Ahmari was a teenager living under the Iranian ayatollahs when he decided that there is no God. Nearly two decades later, he would be received into the Catholic Church. In From Fire, by Water, he recounts this unlikely passage, from the strident Marxism and atheism of a youth misspent on both sides of the Atlantic to a moral and spiritual awakening prompted by the Mass. At once a young intellectual’s finely crafted self-portrait and a life story at the intersection of the great ideas and events of our time, the book marks the debut of a compelling new Catholic voice.
Voting History: February 2021 - 3; March 2021 -8

Invasion '14, by Maxence Van der Meersch, nominated by John
Novel about the effects of the War on the French families behind the German lines.
Voting History: November 2020 - 2; December 2020 - 2; January 2021 - 3; February 2021 - 2; March 2021 - 2

The Light: Who Do You Become When the World Falls Away?, by Jacqueline Brown, nominated by Madeleine
A blinding flash � then darkness. Bria Ford and her three closest friends are stranded on a country highway in the middle of a November night. No phones. No car. No lights. Helpless and hundreds of miles from home, they put their lives in the hands of handsome Jonah Page and his flinty sister, East, strangers who somehow know Bria better than she knows herself. As the group bonds to adapt to a new, yet old, way of life, the secrets of Bria’s past provide them with the means to survive the extremes of Mother Nature, and the even more frightening extremes of human nature.
Voting History: August 2020 - 1; September 2020 - 2; October 2020 - 2; November 2020 - 1; December 2020 - 4; January 2021 - 2; February 2021 - 2; March 2021 - 2

The Noonday Devil: Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Times, Jean-Charles Nault, Ben
The noonday devil is the demon of acedia, the vice also known as sloth. The word "sloth," however, can be misleading, for acedia is not laziness; in fact it can manifest as busyness or activism. Rather, acedia is a gloomy combination of weariness, sadness, and a lack of purposefulness. It robs a person of his capacity for joy and leaves him feeling empty, or void of meaning.
Voting History: None

Paul: A Biography, N.T. Wright, nominated by Jill
In this definitive biography, renowned Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author N. T. Wright offers a radical look at the apostle Paul, illuminating the humanity and remarkable achievements of this intellectual who invented Christian theology—transforming a faith and changing the world.
Voting History: August 2020 - 3; September 2020 - 5; October 2020 - 3; November 2020 - 1; December 2020 - 5; ; January 2021 - 3; February 2021 - 4; March 2021 - 3

Poor Banished Children, by Fiorella De Maria, nominated by Fonch
An explosion is heard off the coast of sixteenth-century England, and a woman washes up on the shore. She is barely alive and does not speak English, but she asks for a priest... in Latin. She has a confession to make and a story to tell, but who is she and where has she come from? Cast out of her superstitious, Maltese family, Warda turns to begging and stealing until she is fostered by an understanding Catholic priest who teaches her the art of healing. Her willful nature and hard-earned independence make her unfit for marriage, and so the good priest sends Warda to serve an anchorite, in the hope that his protege will discern a religious vocation.
Voting History: August 2020 - 1; September 2020 - 5; October 2020 - 3; November 2020 - 2; December 2020 - 4; ; January 2021 - 3; February 2021 - 4; March 2021 - 2

Race with the Devil by Joseph Pearce proposed by Fonch.
Joseph Pearce is foremost Catholic biographer of our time, but it wasn't always so. Imagine discovering God for the first time in the confines of a jail cell. Imagine spending the first half your life amidst the seedy underground of the white supremacy movement before becoming one of the foremost Religious scholars in the world. Imagine being converted by the writings of Chesterton, and years later writing a biography on him. Joseph Pearce doesn't have to imagine it - he lived it.
In "Race With the Devil: My Journey from Racial Hatred to Rational Love" take a journey through the peaks and valleys of one of the most fascinating conversion stories of our time, written first-hand by Pearce himself.
Voting History: October 2020 - 4; November 2020 - 4; December 2020 - 6; January 2021 - 2; February 2021 - 4; March 2021 - 3

The Seal of Aeolus, by Manuel Alfonseca, proposed by John
During the war of the Roman Empire against the Parthian Empire, in the time of emperor Marcus Aurelius, young Flavius is made a standard bearer in the legions. His father wishes to make him stop being a Christian, as he has been recently converted. The boy must face many dangers, travel to far away countries and work as a spy of the Roman Empire. After finding true love, he must deal with a complex moral issue that will be solved providentially, in a way he would never have foreseen.
Voting History: March 2021 - 8

With Two Eyes Into Gehenna, Jane Lebak, Steven R.
Sister Magdalena never heard of the Catherinite nuns until the day she faced her own death sentence. Rome, 1562. It’s the era of the Index of Banned Books and the Roman Inquisition. Kings still burn heretics. The worst threats come from within the Church itself.
Voting History: None

And from the Current Interest List:
Prison Journal, Volume 1 The Cardinal Makes His Appeal, by George Cardinal Pell, John
Innocent! That final verdict came after George Cardinal Pell endured a grueling eight years of accusations, investigations, trials, public humiliations, and more than a year of imprisonment after being convicted by an Australian court of a crime he did not commit.
Led off to jail in handcuffs, following his sentencing on March 13, 2019, the 78-year-old Australian prelate began what was meant to be six years in jail for "historical sexual assault offenses�. Cardinal Pell endured more than thirteen months in solitary confinement, before the Australian High Court voted 7-0 to overturn his original convictions. His victory over injustice was not just personal, but one for the entire Catholic Church.
Bearing no ill will toward his accusers, judges, prison workers, journalists, and those harboring and expressing hatred for him, the cardinal used his time in prison as a kind of "extended retreat". He eloquently filled notebook pages with his spiritual insights, prison experiences, and personal reflections on current events both inside and outside the Church, as well as moving prayers.
Voting History: February 2021 - 3

My votes are for The Seal of Aeolus, and Chronicles of the Magic Jigsaw Puzzle both of them were written by Manuel Alfonseca.

I would like to vote for "Bodies and soul" de Maxence van der Meersch and Christus Vincit: Christ's Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age, by Athanasius Schneider. Thanks.

Poor Banished Children by Fiorella De Maria
With Two Eyes Into Gehenna by Jane Lebak

From Fire by Water

Christus Vincit

voting for the light.

Dear and Glorious Physician

Christus Vincit
From Fire, by Water

Bodies and souls
The seal of Aeolus

The Seal of Aeolus

Chronicles of the Magic Jigsaw Puzzle
The Seal of Aeolus

From fire by water
Poor banished children

The Noonday Devil
Prison Journal, Volume 1

Dear and Glorious Physician
Poor Banished Children

Christus Vincit
From Fire by Water

I vote for From Fire by Water + Christus Vincit.

With Two Eyes Into Gehenna: By Jane Lebak, Steven R.

The Seal of Aeolus: By Manuel Alfonseca

Dear and Glorious Physician and The Seal of Aeolus.

Dear and Glorious Physician
Christus Vincit

The Seal of Aeolus
Eifelheim

From Fire By Water
Race With the Devil

The Prison Journal
The Light

Would like to vote for Acedia and Christus Vincit

The Light
Seal of Aeolus

I vote for
The Noonday Devil and
From Fire by Water

Christus Vincit: Christ's Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age
The Prison Journal

Poor Banished Children
Noonday Devil

Eifelheim, by Michael Flynn,

From Fire by Water

I vote for

From Fire, by Water: My Journey to the Catholic Faith, and

Prison Journal, Volume 1 The Cardinal Makes His Appeal

The Seal of Aeolus
Race with the devil

The Seal of Aeolus
Invasion '14

Christus Vincit

Christus Vincit

Paul: A Biography

The Seal of Aeolus

Dear and Glorious Physician
The Seal of Aeolus

1) Brother Assassin
2) Christus Vincit

Voting is closed. Results will be posted shortly.