The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White (November Young Adult Historical Fiction Book of the Month) Starts 16 November, 2018

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Synopsis
Elizabeth Lavenza hasn't had a proper meal in weeks. Her thin arms are covered with bruises from her "caregiver," and she is on the verge of being thrown into the streets . . . until she is brought to the home of Victor Frankenstein, an unsmiling, solitary boy who has everything--except a friend.

Victor is her escape from misery. Elizabeth does everything she can to make herself indispensable--and it works. She is taken in by the Frankenstein family and rewarded with a warm bed, delicious food, and dresses of the finest silk. Soon she and Victor are inseparable.

But her new life comes at a price. As the years pass, Elizabeth's survival depends on managing Victor's dangerous temper and entertaining his every whim, no matter how depraved. Behind her blue eyes and sweet smile lies the calculating heart of a girl determined to stay alive no matter the cost . . . as the world she knows is consumed by darkness

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What is a BOM (Book of the Month)?

At NRBC we use a more structured approach to our BOMs. We have a discussion leader and a reading date is set to start the book. A reading schedule is posted prior to the start date and discussion questions are posted each day regarding that section of the book.

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“Books of the Month” (“BOMs”) include:

• A reading schedule which can range from 50, 75, to 100 or so pages a day.

• Discussion questions posted daily by moderators and volunteer group members
who help one of us out. We love members who volunteer to write discussion questions. If you'd like to give it a go, just post in the thread the date you'd like.

• If the book is over about 400 pages, we'll usually plan a break day.

• Members do NOT have to answer every question, they are meant to stimulate
conversations about the books AND allow us to glance back upon them when the
sequels come out. This helps us to remember what exactly happened in the previous
book.

• We find this style of reading to be more fun than just posting one or two
sentences about a book. We feel this is what distinguishes us as being a ‘book club’
rather than just another GoodReads ‘group.’

• If you can NOT start the book on time, feel free to join in at a later date. They are
set up to make it easy to do so.

• Moderators are people too, so occasionally we get sick, have to work late at our real
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think we've missed something.

• If you've read the book, feel free to let us know what you thought about the book.
You can do so at the end of the read, or, if you can't wait, add spoiler tags
before you comment
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Chapter Breakdown

Date		Chapters 	Pages		 MPQDs
Nov 16&17	1-11		3-124		Jammin Jenny
Nov 18&19	12-16		127-182		Judith
(break day)
Nov 21&22	17-end		185-end		Ora

*breakdown based on this version 

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Book of the Month ~ Ruby Coin

How to Earn:
1 Ruby Coin for half DQ participation
1 Ruby Coin for Writing Disscussion Questions
1 Ruby Coin for completing ALL days DQs within month of BOM start
Example of ways to Earn Ruby Coins: (view spoiler)[
Receive 3 coins for: Writing DQs & Participating in all days DQs
Receive 2 coins for: Participating in all days DQs
Receive 1 coin for: Participating in at least half of the DQs (hide spoiler)]

Learn about Gem coins here

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There were 14 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Jammin Jenny Scary Teddy
Judith Doctor Finkelstein
Ora Sandy Claws
Cat Demon (day 1)
Melissa Shock
SandyC Barrel
Lisa Oogie Boogie
JanEyre9 Lock
Sonia Sally
Laura Zero
Erin Jack-In-The_Box
Ashleigh Zombie Band
Jessica Mayor of Halloween Town
Nikk Igor

Timestamp: 2018-11-13 23:14:55 UTC

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DQ volunteers

Cat		Demon (day 1)
JanEyre9	Lock
Laura		Zero
Erin		Jack-In-The_Box
Lisa		Oogie Boogie
Jessica		Mayor of Halloween Town
Sonia		Sally
Judith		Doctor Finkelstein 
Melissa		Shock
Jammin Jenny	Scary Teddy
SandyC		Barrel
Ashleigh	Zombie Band
Ora		Sandy Claws
Nikk		Igor


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Back Ups
Deanna		Lock
Lexi		Oogie Boogie
Jessi		Jack-In-The_Box
Sunny		Shock
Jenny		Sally
Nanci		Barrel

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[Devann]

this book was so good! i might try to participate if i remember it well enough by the middle of next month lol

[Sunny]

I'm so excited for this already!

[Jessica]

I'm in! :)

[Cat]

I'm in - and will volunteer for DQs. pref day 1 (H Demon)

[JanEyre9]

I'm in and volunteer to write DQs (Team Lock)

[Deanna]

I'm in and can write DQs as well (Team Lock).

[Laura]

I'll volunteer to write DQ'S. ( team Zero)

[Brittany]

I'm in for Team Lock

[Alysa]

Looking forward to this book & discussion (I am also on Team Lock, but not writing DQs ;D)

[Megan]

I'm in. (Team Lock)

[Brittany]

Team Lock in Full force!

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

I'm in for Jack-In-The-Box. Can ask DQs

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Sounds good. I'll volunteer for DQ's for Team Oogie Boogie.

[Lexi]

I'll also volunteer for DQ's for Team Oogie Boogie.

[Jessica]

I can do DQ's for Team Mayor of Halloween Town.

[Sonia]

I'm in. And I also volunteer for DQ's. Team Sally.

[Judith]

I'm in and volunteer for DQ's. Team Doctor Finkelstein

[Melissa]

Team Shock - I'm in and volunteer for DQs

[Jessi]

I’m in and can be back up for DQs for team Jack-In-The-Box

[Sunny]

I'm in and can write DQs for team Shock :)

[Jammin Jenny]

I'm in for DQs Team Scary Teddy

[SandyC]

I'm in and can write DQs for team Barrel.

[Elize]

I'm in! This looks so good :)

[Vicki]

I'm in for Jack-In-The-Box.

[Ashleigh]

I'm in and can write DQs for Team Zombie Band :)

[Jenny]

This looks good. I'm in. Yes on DQs (Team Sally), but preferably not the first set of questions.

[Jammin Jenny]

Yay! I got my copy of this book from the library today! Looking forward to this BOM read.

[Rebecca]

So excited! Finally got this from the library!

[Alysa]

Me too! Yay libraries 😄

[Tina ❣]

I'll join in for team Oogie Boogie

[Ora]

I'll volunteer for DQ's for Team Sandy Claws

[Nikki the Sapphired Book Dragon]

Volunteering - Team Igor

[Alessandra]

HELLO!!!!

I wanted to join a group because I wanted someone to talk about books haha, and I found this one. IDK how this works, but Heeeey! 😊

[Brittany]

Yay my copy finally came in!

[Vicki]

Brittany wrote: "Yay my copy finally came in!"

I'm jealous! What are the rules for reading BOM/BR in two different groups?

[Brittany]

I am doing the same :)

[Sonia]

Vicki wrote: "Brittany wrote: "Yay my copy finally came in!"

I'm jealous! What are the rules for reading BOM/BR in two different groups?"

None.

Go ahead and have fun!

[Vicki]

That’s the spirit! Thanks, Sonia!

[Vicki]

@Bittany, I guess great minds think alike! LOL

[Nanci]

I'll be back up for Sandy on team Barrel, if the book comes into my library in time.

[Marie (UK)]

i will try to join in

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Jazzy wrote: "Is it to late to join?! I’ve wanted to read this for awhile, but haven’t gotten around to it..."

Not at all. We start Nov 16 :)

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Breakdown posted above

[Judith]

Awesome! Looking forward to this read and that day works great for me to write the DQs

[Jammin Jenny]

So looking forward to this read. Hope it is up to my expectations! Day 1 works for me.