The List By Patricia Forde - Starting January 15th 2018

[Abbie]

In the city of Ark, speech is constrained to five hundred sanctioned words. Speak outside the approved lexicon and face banishment. The exceptions are the Wordsmith and his apprentice Letta, the keepers and archivists of all language in their post-apocalyptic, neo-medieval world.

On the death of her master, Letta is suddenly promoted to Wordsmith, charged with collecting and saving words. But when she uncovers a sinister plan to suppress language and rob Ark’s citizens of their power of speech, she realizes that it’s up to her to save not only words, but culture itself.

[Karen]

Ch1-do we ever get to know why they are so strict about words? My worst nightmare...

[Karen]

Up to ch6. The restriction of words feels criminal, and I really hope people will support her in her actions to aid Marlo.

[Karen]

Up to ch9. I sense things are not what they seem...hope she gets through this!

[Karen]

Up to ch23-curious to know more about how they got to this point. Hope Letta can convince Noa of her trustworthiness.

[Karen]

Finished-in some ways a familiar mish-mash but I really enjoyed the concept of words and people fighting to preserve their identity through their use of language.

[Karen]

Michelle - if you still fancy reading this, I'll happily respond to your thoughts as you read.

[Michelle]

Oh no! I totally thought this buddy read wasn't starting till next week! Sorry, I still am gonna read it as soon as I can :D.

[Michelle]

Chapters 1-5
(view spoiler)[This book is definetly making me think! I'm the kind of person that can see both sides to the story (or however many there are) and find something to agree about them. Lately I've shifting between "they're only words" to "words are everything." Reading this is definetly gonna be interesting! (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 6
(view spoiler)[I'm really starting to wonder how this would affect the world. I'm a freelance translator so I'm very curoius to see how List would be translated to Spanish and German (since those are the languages I know well) and more. Also, the book. But most importantly, the language in the book itself. I wonder if there'll be someone speaking "Lista" or "Liste"... I would love to see that! (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 7
(view spoiler)[Owww I was not ready for this... I mean, I knew it would happen (it's right there in the synopsis!) but still... (hide spoiler)]

[Michelle]

Karen wrote: "Up to ch23-curious to know more about how they got to this point. Hope Letta can convince Noa of her trustworthiness."

Were you confused a little bit? Cause I was xD.

[Michelle]

Karen wrote: "Finished-in some ways a familiar mish-mash but I really enjoyed the concept of words and people fighting to preserve their identity through their use of language."

Yes, I love the message it sends!