YOU DARE ME: February 2013 Nominations
Thanks to all who participated in the first round of "You Dare Me." While 2013 isn't here yet, I'm still making sure your dares to me are properly lined up, especially if any of you want to follow along. But right now, it's time to nominate what book you're going to dare me to read in February!
Here's how it's going to work. Mind you, I may have to tweak this process as the year goes on, so if you spot an area for improvement, don't hesitate to speak up, okay?
Every person gets to nominate up to, but no more than, three books from my TBR. That's right, three. This is to prevent each person from nominating a different title, which would result in no books winning. :) Mind you, you don't have to nominate three books. You can nominate one. Or two. But this is the important part: you cannot nominate the same title three times.
However, there is a catch! All nominations from previous polls still count. That's right. If you nominated titles that didn't win, those titles still have those points. They're still in the running! And even better? If you nominated the title last month, you can nominate that SAME title for this month too. In theory, as long as your title doesn't win, you can nominate it every month until it wins or until the year is over. That means you, as an individual, can nominate the same book 12 times in a year (which is once per month). Nifty, huh?
So, where to find eligible titles? Let's take a trip to my LibraryThing shelves and see what's in store:
2011 TBR
2010 TBR
2009 TBR
2008 TBR
2007 TBR
A few notes about these collections:
1) All of these lists, except 2007, are years when the unread titles were purchased, not published. 2007 is an exception because I opened my LibraryThing account that year, and when I did that, I scanned my entire library onto my shelves, so the entry date reflects just that, the date the books were entered into the system, not the year I purchased them.
2) If you're wanting to nominate titles from the 2011 TBR pile, please check the sidebar on my LJ here to make sure I'm not already reading a title you want to dare me to read. Also, the following books are off the table due to already being selected:
Catherynne M. Valente's Deathless (December's Theme Park)
Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana (January's You Dare Me)
3) With those exceptions, if it's listed in any of the TBR links, it's eligible. However, if you pick book three of a series and I haven't yet read book two, I reserve the right to read book two instead. Ideally, if that happens (I hope it doesn't), I'll try to read the missing installment before the month of the dare, so I can abide by your wishes. That may not always be possible, though, so just remember that if you're voting for sequels.
Clear as mud? Are you ready to nominate? Then let's get started:
1) Pick up to three books you want to dare me to read. Remember, they can be books you've already read and want my opinion of, or books you want to read yourself, so by daring me, you'll be following along.
2) Before nominating, check out the comments section of this entry, see if anyone's campaigning for a book that you might like to nominate. Remember, I'll be selecting my dare from the top three nominated titles, though I may select the #1 nominated title if it wins by a large enough margin. Also check the sidebar of my LJ to make sure I'm not currently reading the title you want to nominate.
3) Once you know exactly which books you want to dare me to read, enter your choices HERE.
4) After you FILL OUT THE POLL, don't hesitate to campaign for the books you selected in the comments! THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT, because last month's tallies still count, so if there's a title that's new to the poll, and you really want it to win over the books that lost last month? You need to campaign for it and give it some love!
5) PLEASE NOTE: comments do NOT count as nominations. If the titles aren't listed in THE POLL, the nomination doesn't count.
6) You have a week to submit nominations, so don't delay! I will announce February's Dare (that is, your dare to ME) on Thursday, December 6th.
7) On the flip side, my February dare to YOU will be announced February 1st. Oh, don't panic. More details will be forthcoming.
Remember: EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO NOMINATE! Whatever wins isn't a book I'm asking YOU to read. Rather, it's the book you're asking ME to read. So basically, once a month, you get to tell me what to read. Fun, right? So please, let's have an awesome turn-out, okay?
Questions? Comments? Concerns? I'm all ears! Nominate your heart out, and we'll see what February has in store for me, reading-wise!
Here's how it's going to work. Mind you, I may have to tweak this process as the year goes on, so if you spot an area for improvement, don't hesitate to speak up, okay?
Every person gets to nominate up to, but no more than, three books from my TBR. That's right, three. This is to prevent each person from nominating a different title, which would result in no books winning. :) Mind you, you don't have to nominate three books. You can nominate one. Or two. But this is the important part: you cannot nominate the same title three times.
However, there is a catch! All nominations from previous polls still count. That's right. If you nominated titles that didn't win, those titles still have those points. They're still in the running! And even better? If you nominated the title last month, you can nominate that SAME title for this month too. In theory, as long as your title doesn't win, you can nominate it every month until it wins or until the year is over. That means you, as an individual, can nominate the same book 12 times in a year (which is once per month). Nifty, huh?
So, where to find eligible titles? Let's take a trip to my LibraryThing shelves and see what's in store:
2011 TBR
2010 TBR
2009 TBR
2008 TBR
2007 TBR
A few notes about these collections:
1) All of these lists, except 2007, are years when the unread titles were purchased, not published. 2007 is an exception because I opened my LibraryThing account that year, and when I did that, I scanned my entire library onto my shelves, so the entry date reflects just that, the date the books were entered into the system, not the year I purchased them.
2) If you're wanting to nominate titles from the 2011 TBR pile, please check the sidebar on my LJ here to make sure I'm not already reading a title you want to dare me to read. Also, the following books are off the table due to already being selected:
Catherynne M. Valente's Deathless (December's Theme Park)
Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana (January's You Dare Me)
3) With those exceptions, if it's listed in any of the TBR links, it's eligible. However, if you pick book three of a series and I haven't yet read book two, I reserve the right to read book two instead. Ideally, if that happens (I hope it doesn't), I'll try to read the missing installment before the month of the dare, so I can abide by your wishes. That may not always be possible, though, so just remember that if you're voting for sequels.
Clear as mud? Are you ready to nominate? Then let's get started:
1) Pick up to three books you want to dare me to read. Remember, they can be books you've already read and want my opinion of, or books you want to read yourself, so by daring me, you'll be following along.
2) Before nominating, check out the comments section of this entry, see if anyone's campaigning for a book that you might like to nominate. Remember, I'll be selecting my dare from the top three nominated titles, though I may select the #1 nominated title if it wins by a large enough margin. Also check the sidebar of my LJ to make sure I'm not currently reading the title you want to nominate.
3) Once you know exactly which books you want to dare me to read, enter your choices HERE.
4) After you FILL OUT THE POLL, don't hesitate to campaign for the books you selected in the comments! THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT, because last month's tallies still count, so if there's a title that's new to the poll, and you really want it to win over the books that lost last month? You need to campaign for it and give it some love!
5) PLEASE NOTE: comments do NOT count as nominations. If the titles aren't listed in THE POLL, the nomination doesn't count.
6) You have a week to submit nominations, so don't delay! I will announce February's Dare (that is, your dare to ME) on Thursday, December 6th.
7) On the flip side, my February dare to YOU will be announced February 1st. Oh, don't panic. More details will be forthcoming.
Remember: EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO NOMINATE! Whatever wins isn't a book I'm asking YOU to read. Rather, it's the book you're asking ME to read. So basically, once a month, you get to tell me what to read. Fun, right? So please, let's have an awesome turn-out, okay?
Questions? Comments? Concerns? I'm all ears! Nominate your heart out, and we'll see what February has in store for me, reading-wise!