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April 2018 Random Fantasy
Poll added by: Sarah
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Authors:
Patricia A. McKillip, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Jo Walton, Amish Tripathi, Daryl Gregory
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Patricia A. McKillip, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Jo Walton, Amish Tripathi, Daryl Gregory
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I poked around on the Tor and Roc websites and on Cogman's author site, and I can't see that The Invisible Library has ever been marketed as YA. Of course, there's no clear dividing line between adult and YA fiction in many cases, hence the 266 Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ members who've shelved the book as "Young Adult". But at the very least, I don't think The Invisible Library is unquestionably YA.
(As to why this matters at all, given the abovementioned lack of a clear dividing line: I've noticed that books marketed as adult fiction and written by women tend to be labeled YA more frequently than books marketed as adult fiction and written by men. So I'm a bit sensitive to the issue.)

Wow, I'm honored. I guess I have to vote for it now.

So curious what's going to happen with this poll! I'm not sure we can really lose--they all look interesting to me. But I'm with you JW. Immortals has my vote. I'm smitten with this concept and art.

J.w. wrote: "People did you even look at the cover of the Immortals one? It’s begging to be read!"
J.w.--I'm pretty sure it's gonna get nommed for the bingo read, too, but if not...buddy read?
J.w.--I'm pretty sure it's gonna get nommed for the bingo read, too, but if not...buddy read?



I would've voted for Kingfisher, but I can't find it at any of the libraries near me, so I figured I should vote for something I'd actually read. But I want to read something by McKillip soon!

Part of the reason I had trouble was that my first version was too dark, my second was too literary, my third too light... Ridiculous, I know. So I finally looked at what we're reading in March (The Invisible Library - light and YA) and what the nom theme for May is (I'm not telling!) and I decided that literary and more serious was the route I wanted.
Immortals of Meluha - This one was on a list of Indian novels that Allison sent me. It looks really good and there seems to be some interest in it on the Inclusive Book Bingo thread.
Among Others - I actually got this one off of Edwin's TBR challenge. I was glancing through people's challenges and I've wanted to read this for awhile. Plus, how in the world is Jo Walton still not on our bookshelf?
Kingfisher - This was on last year's Locus Reading List and I've been meaning to fit it in at some point. McKillip is pretty popular so it seemed like a good one for right now.
Certain Dark Things - A book group that I started with a couple of friends (and then stepped down as mod because it's so incredibly busy) reads lots and lots of books. This one cropped up last year and I've been really curious about it. It looks like a really different take on vampires and it's combined with Latin American mythology. Now that I've explained it, I'm so enthusiastic about this one that I may have to change my vote.
Spoonbenders - This one caught my eye awhile ago when a friend read it. It seems to pop up from time to time on my feed so it looks like people are interested in it. I chose it now because it ended up on this year's Nebula short list.
Another book I considered was The Ninth Rain, which was quite unfortunately out of print. It looks so interesting!