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Haha yep!

yay shiny new books!!!

So i watched the movie of last night and it was mehhhh

I thought it was going to be really good because it had Emma Watson and Tom Hanks in it, and it started off well, but them it sort of went ZZzzzzzz

I always tend to be disappointed with books that have so many 5 stars from everyone lol

Venecia wrote: "I hope all our Americans had a great Independence Day."


Happy 4th !!

Emma wrote: "Ooh, I see the newsletter says we are getting a mini-challenge for extra points!"

OOhh exciting

I've read some shockers over the last couple of days lol

lol nothing romantic, we are all going casual, then to a friends house for a little bbq and then out to get drunk, very classy haha

lol we said we would do it if we ever made it to 10 years

I'm getting married!!!

Well.....renewing my vows lol

Read: 4 June
Rating: 4 stars
203 pgs


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Rating 4 stars
392 pgs


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Rating 4 stars
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Rating 3 stars
Pages: 432


Read: 12 June
Rating: 4 stars
177 pages


Read: 13 Junes
Rating: 5 stars
Pages: 338


Read: 17 June
Rating: 2.5 stars
Pages: 328 pgs

congratulations Tori!!!!

yes please Karrie on the read books thread, its just so that we can make sure that nothing gets missed and you lose points on anything x

Let me check on The Circle for you, you may be able to still get them

Woohoo go team!!!

Aww love that!!

IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!! Well actually officially for me its Saturday as it's half past midnight lol.

I'm just catching up and watching the next episode of The Handmaids Tale, anyone else watching it, its crazy!!

Day 3 Discussion Questions (Chapters 9-11):

9. As Starr and her family huddle around the TV after hearing gun shots the night of Khalil's funeral, they watch news. The news anchor speaks of "multiple reports that a gun was found in the car" and the fact that "there was also suspicion that the victim was a drug dealer as well as a gang member". This comes after the police chief gave a statement stating that they saw no reason to arrest the officer who shot Khalil.
What do you think they are trying to do with that information? Do you think it's valid? What about the protestors? Do they have right to be upset about the situation? Does their means of protest get their point across?

I think that it is usual media rubbish, most of them only report what they want to, or what they know will sell stories, they tend to miss the relevant information conveniently.
I’m not sure what good the protesters will do, unfortunately their point won’t probably be noticed and they will just be seen as a nuisance.


10. Starr has been giving her boyfriend Chris the silent treatment for a while now and when he confronts her about it, she tells him that he wouldn't understand. Her rationale for that is because he's white. What was your reaction to that statement? Do you agree or disagree with that? Can Chris understand where Starr is coming from?

I do think that she feels that he wouldn’t understand her because of his colour, he wouldn’t be around that sort of thing, but she should really give him a chance.



11. The protest at Starr's school "For Khalil" really upset Starr. She mentioned that her "Williamson rules go out the door and the Starr from Garden Heights shows up". Do you think we are going to start seeing more of "Starr from Garden Heights" while she's at school? Do you think the two personas were necessary?

I think that she will start to wheedle out the good from the bad, she has already noticed a few of them, so i think that the Garden Heights Starr may pop up quite a lot after that



12. At the end of chapter 11, Maverick, Starr's father, tells Starr, "if you're ready to talk baby, talk. I got your back." Do you think that Starr is going to talk? Do you think that she should talk? What do you think you would do in that situation?

I love her family and i think they will back her 100% whatever she tells them, i think she may surprise us all and tell them everything!

Day 2 - Chapters 5-8


5. Starr returns to school for the first time since the shooting. We get to see the other side of her personality, the one she puts on for her prep school friends. How does the situation we are in impact the way we relate to others? Do people have several personas or are we for the most part our true selves in whatever circumstance?

I think everyone has a different persona for different occasions, i know i have a work one and a home one, which is completely different to when i am with my friends. Starr is only adjusting to her environment

6. We are introduced to Starr's prep school friends. Hailey makes a comment related to "fried chicken" and Starr gets offended. Do you think Hailey meant the remark in an offensive way, was it intentional or not? Was Starr being hyper-sensitive? How do you think this will affect the relationship between the two girls in the rest of the book?

I don’t think Hailey even realised that she was making an offhand comment to her, she seems to just throw away those sort of things and think that people are over reacting about it, for Starr it wasn’t just a friendly bit of banter

7. Throughout this section you feel the underlying guilt Starr is experiencing regarding the relationship between her and Khalil, or lack thereof. Do you think this was a conscious decision on her part, because she wanted to distance herself from life in Garden Heights or was it inevitable, a natural progression as they got older?

I think that because they hadn’t seen each other for a while that they had naturally drifted apart, also with her being the only black kid at a white school she wouldn’t have found herself talking about him, so therefore she probably just forgot that they were friends, out of sight out of mind!
Also because she had a white boyfriend she probably only mixed aroud his neighbourhood as she wouldn’t have taken him to her house.

8. Starr is asked to recount the events of that fateful night to the detectives. How do you think she handled interacting with the police officers? What does this say about her character?

I think that she interacted very well with the police, she told them just enough to help but not too much to get herself into trouble.

Day 1 Questions, Chapters 1-4

1. Starr is considering whether to admit she was at the scene or not, due to fear of her own safety. What do you think you would do in that situation.

It’s really difficult to say, i would hope that i would be able to list everything that happened point by point, however if you are afraid for your safety then you don’t know what you would do and how much information you would keep back just in case

2. Do you think Uncle Carlos is right when he says that the police officer may have felt threatened because he knew Khalil was a drug dealer?

No, i think that the police officer assumed that Khalil was a threat due to his colour, there wasn’t even a point where he gave a warning to indicate that he might shoot him, he just did it

3. Starr is reluctant to trust the police with her statement, and I think I would feel the same in her situation. Do you think that Starr should trust the police?

Probably not after what she has already seen, her father has just been proved right!

4. What are your thoughts on Mav's insistence on staying in the neighbourhood despite the fact that Starr has lost two friends in her short life to both a gang shooting and a police shooting? Do you think that life would be safer for Starr if she moved away?

I think that they would definitely be safer moving away but i think that May has been there for so long that he thinks that he would be seen as some sort of traitor if he moved away.

Lol I knew I'd get it wrong, I did wonder when I wrote that, thanks Tea I'll edit it x

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