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By Jenny Han
Read 07/07/18****
355 pgs
Characters - Lara Jea, Kitty, Margot, Josh, Peter, Chris
Buddy Read Thread - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

By Chantal Fernando
Read 07/08/18****
287 pgs
Characters - Ace, Erin, Gage, Knuckles, Rogue, Veronica

Sarah wrote: "Laura wrote: "✿ Claire ✿ ~ The Clever Berry wrote: "I finished it this morning.
My overall thoughts are that it's not a bad YA contemporary.
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Anyone interested in reading the ..."

Book 2 is a very nice continuation of this one. I am waiting for book 3.

Sarah wrote: "Finished. That was cute, I liked it better than expected, and I'm looking forward to book 2.

Sadly I'm still waiting for my hold at the library, so I can't start early."

I must say that this was a very nice book. It had laughs, drama and maybe a little tears. Lara Jean is such a nice, sensitive girl that you want only good things to happpen. Their dad is just begging to have his own story. At the end of this one I want her to end up with Josh. Can not wait for book 3.

Have several buddy read books just need to read them and duscusd

My copy should be in in 10 days.

Now i'm team Lara Jean and Josh.

Sarah wrote: "Laura wrote: "chapter 3-9

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It really is lovely to read about a close family. Sure, there is more drama in dysfunction, but it's great to see more positive images of family life."

I really love the sisters bond and how they take care of each other and their dad.

Just finished chapter 21 and having already read book 2 I can see where this all fits in. I really loved Kitty in book 2 but here she is a pesky brat.

Okay Shannon will do.

Gabrielle Union - Think Like A Man

Just got my copy in today.

Guys I hope to finish brown book by this week. Promise.

By Chelsea Handcock
Read 07/03/18****
173 pgs
Characters - Addison, Whiskey, Tuck, Link, Reagan, Brass, Cinny

Chapters 35-end

Apologies for the delay, the mods were busy and didn't realise the final DQ volunteer did not post

18. Do you think this novel is correctly marketed as Adult Fantasy, or was it more YA for you?
I find that this is more of a YA book and not Adukt at all. This is a book that a younger audience might like more.
19. In regards to the Convent and the structures of Power, Mark Lawrence said "I always invent as I go. My only research was to Google for a nice map of an abbey and take inspiration from the labels, such as “cloister”, “scriptorium”, “refectory” etc. How did the setting feel to you? Could you picture it?
Its kind if what I picture a cloister to look and feel like with a hint of an army base thrown in.
20. Mark Lawrene finished the trilogy before this first book was published. Do you like it when authors do this (e.g. Michael J Sullivan), or do you prefer for them to wait to receive feedback from readers and changing things as they go?
I perfer for feedback tk be considered although i know that most series are finished before first one is published.
21. What are your overall feelings on the novel? Will you read the next in the series? 
This is not a book I would have picked for myself. I woukd read the next in series because I am curious about what hapoens to the girls and I really loved the Nuns antics.

by Mark Lawrence
512 pgs (as per mods)
BOM thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Read 06/30/18***
Characters - Nona, Hessa, Arabella etc

Okay so I don't know that I would have finished this book on my own but I did like the Nuns and their actions.

Discussion Questions SET 3: chapters 21-34

12) I was thinking about the sisters' names, and how they all have a surface meaning, and a deeper meaning, like Abbess Glass: clear, lets light through, breakable - also invisible, so you might not know its there until you run into it. What do you think the name Cage says about Nona? What are the surface and underlying meanings to the Sister name you would give yourself?
Cage because she has so much trapped inside of her and at the same time she moves from one cage to another where she has no freedom to leave. For me I think I would be Sister Petal as I have many layers you just need to peel them back.
13) Walking the path takes clarity and serenity, but each person has a different recipe for what brings personal serenity. And what is serenity - is it just being 100% true to yourself? Does serenity need to be the opposite of being a fighter? Why do you think Nona can't achieve her serenity, or does she need to take a different path? What brings you serenity?
My family brings me serenity. Nona has never been in a serene environment so she does not know what it is.
14) What do you think about Sister Pan words: "When you get to my age you need things like this to keep you alive. Take it from me. I have been too young to know, and I have been too old to care. It's in that oh-so-narrow slice between that memories are made. So enjoy it."
I find that as i get older i feel the same. I say what i want as age and experience gives you that. These are times to enjoy the now as they will never come again.
15) When they go to Caltess, Nona sees Raymel, and remembering Saida, attacks him. I was a little surprised there weren't more repercussions for that move. What do you think about the things now in Raymel that seemed to recognize and trigger something in Nona? Do you think she's been irreversibly poisoned? 
I think that her attack on him left something in her. No it is not reversible as she needs to live.
16) I love the quote "A book is as dangerous as any journey you might take. The person who closes the back cover may not be the same one that opened the front one. Treat books with respect." What book that you've read comes to mind when you read this quote?
The Bible as we are living it out right now.
17) Nona sees Yisht digging under the dome, where the shipheart is. Do you think she is doing this on Sherzal's orders? Do you think Zole is a participant or a tool? I am so curious about the shiphearts and the emperor's Ark, and how they play into the mysteries of the ice with its tunnel systems and hidden "undercities abandoned by the Missing." Sister Pan's view is that the four tribes descend from travelers who came from another planet on a host of ships. Are you starting to put together theories about this, and the Path, threads, the Ancestor, etc? 
I don't know.

Comments and Questions
18&19 June
Chapters 9 - 20

7. So very much happens in this section, I almost don't know where to start. Ok. The Tacsis family sends 2 different delegations after Nona. The first time, Raymel's brother attacks her. Do you have any speculation what exactly is going on with her hands? I'm struggling trying to coincide a family with that much power, money, and influence having a son fighting in the 'pits'. Do you think we've really seen the last of this family? 
She has blades like Wolverine in her hands except I think it's her fingers and not actual blades. Their story is entwined with Nonna so I expect to see them again in sone aspect.
8. Nona appears so naive in social situations. She seems to place a high value on friendships. I found myself wondering if Clera had not somehow sold information on her in town and that is how she switched her penny for a silver coin. Do you see that naivete somehow playing a further plot point in the story?
Clera is selling info about what is going on. If not where else is she getting those coins. Nonna has not been exposed to the world so she is not able to know how to act.
9. The faux trial, the truth test, the Shield test. Wow! It was nonstop. I had to keep reminding myself that Nona is not yet even a teenager. It was hard to stomach. That one man could force all of this cruelty and chaos. And that everyone went along with it. What was your biggest takeaway? What did you enjoy the most? The politics, the revelations, the action? Were you satisfied with how it eventually resolved?
I had a hard time keeping up with the action and thought that so much happened in such a short time.
10. We learned more about the prophecy. Both what is rumored and what the Abbess believes. We also learn what Arabella and Nona will claim as their Sister names. Do you think it was really Arabella in the Prologue? Have you changed your viewpoint on Arabella?
I think it was her and that I was wrong about her. She may really be Nonnas truest friend.
11. I find myself liking it more than I should as this is nit my perferred genre.