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Just edited my post with my first two books for next week
I'm going to read:My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
works for:
6. Eat some latkes and sufganiyot by finding a book with the word "flour" in the text (20 points)
8. Read a book where Hanukkah is celebrated (50 points) (from the description of one of the stories)
15. Pack your suitcase! Read a book with the name of at least 4 articles of clothing within the text (40 points)
24.Read a book that has one or more of these words - Noël, Nativity, Xmas, or Yule found in the text. ( no variations excepted; word(s) must be exact) (50 points)
27.Read a book with a belt on the cover ( 40 points)
33.Read a book with green text on the cover ( 10 points)
36. Read a book with a star on the cover (50 points)
37.Read a book with snow on the cover ( 10 points)
39.Read a book with a scarf on the cover ( 40 points)
Miracle on 5th Avenue
6. Eat some latkes and sufganiyot by finding a book with the word "flour" in the text (20 points)
40.Read a book with “carrot” in the text (50 points)
So are we going to try to complete all the tasks next week? If so, should we start claiming some higher-point ones now so we can try to make sure we’re not all reading for the same ones?
Nov 29, 2018 07:18PM
Discussion Questions Part 2 (Ch 12 to 16)6)Sometimes we are strangers even to ourselves
Another great quote in this book! Do you think Elizabeth was just referring to Henry here or about all 3 of them? She seems quite restless and unsettled since finding Victor. Why do you think this is?
I don't specifically remember this quote from the book but I think in general this is true. Do any of us really know our true selves or what we are capable of?
7) It's fairly well established a this point that everyone is frightened of Victor to the point where most seem to want to avoid him as much as possible. Elizabeth comments that at night when she was scared and having horrible nightmares she went to Victor. And sleeping by his side, she had no nightmares. Why do you think that is?
Even though she is more aware than everyone else of Victor's gruesome experiments and inclinations, she seems to trust him completely.
8) Why do you think everyone was so willing to believe Justine killed William? To believe her going mad so suddenly and randomly? Do you think she actually did it? If not, who do you think it was?
It's easy to blame an employee, especially when the evidence points her way. Also everyone feels safer and that justice is done, if the murderer is caught.
9) Elizabeth sees her actions towards saving Justine from her previous life as the only selfless thing she has done in her life. Do you think her actions were truly selfless though?
I think she reacted instintively, saving Justine from her mother because of her own past. I don't think Elizabeth generally does anything without calculating the risks and benefits though, so keeping her around would not necessarily be selfless.
10) Upon seeing the monster having a conversation with Victor, that Victor appears to lose, Elizabeth's reaction is to find out what it is holding over Victor, remove the hold, then kill the monster. Do you think this is a normal reaction? What would you have done?
I think she will do whatever it takes to save Victor from himself. Telling someone about the situation seems like it might have been a good idea.
This looks so fun. I love that it's individual but still has the competitive aspects of a group challenge!
I’ll vote for fruitcake.
Ooooh! 40 book tasks. Thats about how many books we read per week so if we wanna try to complete we would have to make every book work for a task also. So far next week the only book I’m committed to is the BOM My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories. Just from the cover and description I can see several options it will work for if anyone else is also planning to get to it.
Do we have to wait for the new week to start books or just finish them?
Nov 28, 2018 06:53PM
Discussion Questions Part 1 (pg 1-124)1. I love this quote in the story. “Justine did not have to pretend, as she always seemed genuinely unaware of the effect we had on men. I, however, was perfectly aware of my beauty. I considered it a skill, alongside speaking French, English, Italian, and German. It was a language of its own, in a way; on that translated well in different circumstances.” What does this tell you about the different characters of Justine and Elizabeth?
Elizabeth seems very calculating and will use whatever tools she has at her disposal to get through life, while Justine is portrayed as sweet.
2. Elizabeth truly seems able to control Victor’s dark character. She helps him clean up after the incident with his younger brother, and comes up with a story to help save Victor. Why do you think she is able to do that when no-one else seems able to control him?
It doesn't seem that she controls him so much as that she is always "on his side" and is willing to help him and cover up his deeds.
3. When Henry proposes to Elizabeth, she immediately begins to worry whether she can be the wife he needs. But she decides to send him to Victor to ask for his blessing. She figures there can be two outcomes - one Victor will return to her and ask her to marry him, or two Victor will give his blessing and she can marry Henry. This “plot” comes from feeling desperate to belong and the fear of not being needed by the Frankenstein’s anymore. What would you do if you felt that way?
It's easy to disapprove in this age, where there are so many options but I can see why she would be desperate to find herself a husband. She can't live with that family forever and she can't work and has no money. She's doing what she feels she needs to to survive
4. When Elizabeth burns down the house that Victor was using for his experiments, she hears a large splash in the river. Who do you think it was fleeing the burning building? Do you think it’s the same man Elizabeth saw out her window at the boarding house and out of her carriage? Or do you think her mind is playing tricks on her?
Must be the creature.
5. Re-tellings are now one of my favorite new genres. Do you like this retelling of the Frankenstein story so far? What other re-tellings have you read that you really liked?
I'm actually finding this book pretty slow, although it picked up a bit once they actually found Victor. Like others, I've liked the Lunar Chronicles. Also The Wrath and the Dawn
Im going to throw my vote behind a longer word over wreath. More letters makes it easier to fit whatever books everyone wants to read. The genres and cover are something to consider though.
This has felt too short. It seems like we’re still just getting started.
Im also reading a doorstopper this week. The last Harry Potter book. 831 pages. I started the series again during the HP tower teams but didn’t manage to finish all 7.
I've checked the books I'm currently reading. No sleigh bells.
Abbie DiscoSuperFly wrote: "I thought it was MP tag.If its First page, then I can do that one!
Elderwan, please let me know and I can grab it"
It IS first page. Yay! Every holiday book I checked didn't have it until 2nd page or later. This one should be worth bonus points, it's so hard!
Does anybody read Dean Koontz? There's a book called Icebound that has snow on the first page of tagsTrapped
Let me take a look also.
The Lion Seeker by Kenneth Bonert
Finished: 11/23
Rating: 2 stars
Pages: 512
I - Isaac - character
L - title
Y - Yvonne - character
Count me in as one who never reads preview chapters for the next book. I don’t see the point. I’ll pick up the next book when I get to it and a preview doesn’t change that. I very rarely read 2 books from the same series one after the other anyway.
Complete
What's Next?: Dispatches on the Future of Science by Max Brockman
Finished: 11/19
Rating: 2 stars
Pages: 256
M - author
Good to know! I have 3 others I want to finish first, but we'll see what happens.
