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Alysa wrote: "I went through my big pile of random "laundry room book swap" paperbacks and found this one: 
Red Cover! :D"
That looks intriguing
Reading
Ann wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Ann, I saw you answered DQs for The Only Good Indians but I didn't see it on the tracking sheet. When did you finish reading it? It says Nov 3 but if that's the case since that was ..."We still get 20 points for it we just can use it in a spell-out
BOM Points
Participating in Book of the Month (BOM) discussions during the time frame of the challenge will score points as follows:
◈ 40 points for writing a discussion question set
◈ 20 points for participating in the discussion
Nov 11, 2021 09:58PM
Volunteering for Cyndi Lauper
Nov 07, 2021 12:46AM
Day 3: Chapters 11-159.Let’s talk about Cate. What could Grey have possibly said to her to make a mother hate her child? (If she is her child.) What do you think of Cate and Iris’ relationship?
I think Grey told her what happened and why Gabe died
10. What do you think causes the sisters to have the power of suggestion, or the power of the kiss, or whatever you call it?
Whatever happened to them when they disappeared left a remnant when they returned, which manifests as this power
11. How do you feel about Grey's actions in the hospital and during the escape?
She is fighting for her and her sister’s lives
12. The girl says “It is in me…In her…In you.” What is in them? And, may I say, yuck. This story seems very myth-laden. Has anyone recognized the myth yet, or do you think this is an original one? Are you enjoying the story so far? (Is anyone else having a flashback to the creepy video in season one of True Detective, or is it just me?)
And, just out of curiosity, has anyone done a Google search on the flowers yet?
I don’t recognise the myth although elements seem familiar. I am enjoying the story so far.
Nov 06, 2021 11:23PM
Day 2: Chapters 6-105. Grey leaves her sisters a note that reveals the creepy guy is really a very bad person...that she's in peril. She provides a key and sends them to a super creepy apartment...'The missing sister, the dead body, the burned apartment, the gunshot wound, the armful of stolen artifacts. Even harder: the man in the skull, the flowers growing rampant in all the soft parts of a corpse.' What is your conclusion so far?
This has a fae feel to it,
6. Vivi and Iris find a diary from their father...his notes supporting the Vogue article with all kinds of rumors about the girls. What do you think about their father? Was he crazy? Are his girls dead?
He knew something was wrong I don’t think his girls are dead just changed
7. What is with the flowers and vegetation found in the girls and around the girls? This organic, smelly stuff keeps showing up? What do you think is behind it?
With the anniversary looming the veil between the real world and the “fae” world is thinning
8. Tyler shows up at the end of this section of our reading. There's an article referenced with mention of a disappearance. Someone else came back. What do you think is next? What will Tyler's role be...hero, bad guy, or is his appearance a cameo/distraction?
I think he’s a good guy who wants to find Grey
I'm not going to get mine finished in time.
@Sharon added to spreadsheet
Nov 04, 2021 12:01AM
Day 1 - prologue - Chapter 51. What sort of stuff do you like in your horror books? Do you like the slow pacing here?
Horror is not a go to genre for me, I do like a psychological build up in horror. I’m enjoying the mystery so far
2. What do you think of the sister's and their relationship with each other?
Whatever happened to them has bound them in a way that is not necessarily healthy
3. We are getting hints about the strangeness around the Hollow girls, and at what happened to them. What are your suspicions? Would you be like Cate with her daughters, and not push at the memories overtly or dig actively?
There is definitely something otherworldly about them which Cate suspects and fears. If she were to push at the memories I think her fears would be confirmed
4. The descriptions (of Grey's clothing in particular!) is very atmospheric. Are you enjoying the descriptive language used?
I like the descriptive narrative, it sets the tone of the novel
Nov 03, 2021 02:16PM
Discussion questions day 11. Just here for the points, or was this one on your radar already? Is horror a genre you usually read, or is this an opportunity for you to go outside your comfort zone?
I have that many books on my TBR this was nowhere near but always willing to get some extra points. I do read the occasional horror novel but admittedly it is not my go to genre
2. This book starts as I suspect it means to continue: Bleak, dark and with a hefty dollop of misery. Do you like it when a book starts in the middle of the action, or do you prefer a happy slice of life first before everything goes awry?
I enjoy both approaches and if done well can give depth to the story
3. The elk. Were you intrigued about this straight away? Did you instinctively see this as a psychological or supernatural issue?
Definitely a psychological issue, especially with an important anniversary nearing. It will be good to see how this pans out
4. What do you think so far? Anything standing out that you really like or don’t like?
Too early to say, obviously something went wrong 10 years ago in relation to the elk hunt but not entirely sure what.
Round 3Our new word is EGYPTIAN CRUISE
We have 2 bonus opportunities this round:
Tag - Crime (minimum of 10 tags) - 10 genre bonuses available
Color - Red - Books with a cover that is 50% or more of that colour (use your eyes and team judgement!) - 5 Color bonuses available
Alysa wrote: "The Hollow Places isn't one of the BOMs that counts for Wheelathon though.Only House of Hollow (I know, the similar names are confusing!)
I didn't read it as a BOM because I read i..."
I plan on fitting House of Hollow in before deadline and have reserved The Left-Handed Booksellers of London. I’ve also got The Only Good Indians downloaded from Scribd.
Namita wrote: "Are we good the the Contemporary Tags this round? I added a book to the Spreadsheet that has the tag."Yep these are covered
Trio wrote: "for author Jordan Castillo Price count as "C" or "P" for their last name?"This would go under P as this is the author’s last name. If the name was hyphenated then it would be the initial of the first name before the hyphen.
Eg: Alexander McCall Smith would be S
Susan Kiernan-Lewis would be K
Alysa wrote: "It looks like Ann may have finished her last two books and just never updated the spreadsheet..."Thanks Alysa, checking us in. Any books that are in progress please hold off completng for 10 mins
All books are added, we have space for 3 more books before hitting the penalty: We need an S and an R to complete a word.
