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The Bone Houses (January 2020) Buddy Read Discussion - Mina, Maya, Heather
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What are your thoughts so far?
I agree the goat scene was awesome! He deserved being chased by a goat XDSo far I'm finding the story to be very interesting! I'd like to learn more about the bone houses and see how Ryn and Ellis trip to the mountains will go seeing as it contains more dangers than the forests.
I also wonder if her siblings will play an important role in the upcoming adventure.
Also I feel like magic will come back at some point in this book
Just finished chapter 10 and I'm continuing to enjoy this story! I like how they gave a little background to what the bone houses are and where they come from. It was nice to see that the story might have been confirmed to be true by the appearance of the bone houses who were part of the army. Things are getting intense with how much danger the village will soon be under! Already the bone houses are starting to attack and it's too bad they'll lose their iron protection.
As of now, I really don't like that Eynon guy! He's really being unfair with the whole debt problem and doesn't really care about the village.
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Yeah, I really liked the whole story about the Otherking and all that. So are those otherfolk fae or? I'm pretty sure they are. And the story about the cauldron is so familiar to me I remember reading something with it, just I can't remember exactly where... maybe in the mythology book I read in 2018... I think it's maybe Celtic..
As for the story, I'm still not sure how I feel about it and my mood could be the reason I'm reading and not feeling anything.. Things are going to be interesting now without the iron gate and Ryn, maybe, going with Ellis... who'll protect them? Yes, Eynon -.-. I've been reading his name wrong xD I know it's not Eeyore but it looks close enough.
I'm not sure if you read a Court of Thorns and Rose's before but they also had similar cauldron mentioned in their world! And I think they make be fae also!
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That's cool! Now I'm curious to know more about Welsh mythology :)
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“That has been well established,” said Aderyn.
“The goat is dead and you’re both petting it.”
“What else are we supposed to do?” she said helplessly.
“Kill it!”
“It’s already dead!” Her gaze fell to the creature. “And it’s—not attacking.
It’s… she’s acting like she always does.”
😂😂😂 this scene. I honestly don't know what it says about me or the book when all my reactions are connected to the goat 😂
mina wrote: "“The goat is dead,” he said.“That has been well established,” said Aderyn.
“The goat is dead and you’re both petting it.”
“What else are we supposed to do?” she said helplessly.
“Kill it!”
“It’s a..."
hi excuse me, I was just passing by on my feed and I saw this comment and it made me laugh so I'm gonna read this for the goat lmao
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I don't even know what the book is about but I really wanna know more about this goat 😂
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selina ☾ wrote: "I don't even know what the book is about but I really wanna know more about this goat 😂"I'm super curious about this goat!! I'm hoping to start this one by the end of the weekend!
That goat scene was hilarious. I'm surprised its acting exactly the same! Just finished chapter 15 and wow a lot of things are starting to happen. I feel like there's something off about that community they stumbled upon in the forest, I'm curious to see what happens next!
And I'm glad to see a little more about Ellis's backstory! I was curious to know why he didn't share his family name
@Heather the goat is so far the best part of this book :D
So I finished chapter 20 and wow these past five chapters were unexpected!I knew there was something off about that community but I wasn't expecting them to actually be living with and taking care of their bone house relatives. It was kind of creepy. And for some reason it reminded me of the dead people in that Coco movie.
I have to say I love the goat even more now! Very loyal by protecting Ryn and Ellis from other bone houses!
The biggest shock for me was what happened to their uncle and how they've been keeping the fact he was dead a secret.
I really want to know what's wrong with Ellis and why he's always in pain. Hopefully it'll be explained soon!
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I also didn't expect the living taking care of the dead and living together like everything is fine. And all that makes me question why some are tame while others attack?
This is the second time the goat is protecting them from bone houses. As for the uncle, I don't know, I wasn't that shocked; for me it was oh, that makes sense that they burred him and kept quiet.
I'm intrigued by Ellis' pain, it probably has to do something with who he is.. Well, we'll find out what's going on with that by the end of the book.
Todays reading was interesting! I'm glad we finally found out about Ellis pain. And Ryn seeing her father again was nice, even if he was a bone house. At least she has closure now and he was able to help her with where to go. That battle with the sea monster in the lake was something I expected to happen because they seemed to have an easy time traveling during the day.I think I may actually finish the book today since theres about 7 chapters left. Looking forward to reading the end!
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chapter 24 I assumed it was her father because of the hair touching, I think that's something he did... or was it her mother?
Currently I'm at chapter 26. I don't know if I'll push and finish it today, but if nothing else definitely tomorrow.
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Or, perhaps it went something like this: A goat ended the curse. It got tired of its humans being distracted by hordes of dead soldiers, so it went into the mountains and ate the cauldron. Yes, that's how the curse was ended 😂
So I finished it. I like it. It felt like something was missing, like you said with their travel being too easy I get the feeling for the whole book. I like how there wasn't a big accent on love, because that would've ruined it for me..
This buddy read felt so relaxing, thank you. Although after the winter wars everything feels relaxing 😂 What are your thoughts on the book?
I'm also glad that the romance wasn't the main part of the book. I enjoyed the story overall! That paragraph when they mentioned the different ways the curse ended was funny :D
I admit I suspected Ellis's role with the bone houses at one point but I was still surprised when that came true!
I enjoyed this buddy read! Lol we both ended up finishing this early
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Yeah we ended finishing it earlier.. or as we originally planed it :D but I'm glad we planed some days plus, because I would've felt pressured to finish it in time xD
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Each week we will be reading by chapters. The suggested Buddy Read discussion schedule is as follows:
Week of 1/1
January 1: The Living Chapters 1-5
January 2: Chapters 6-10
January 3: Chapters 11-13 & The Dead Chapters 14-15
January 4: Chapters 16-20
Week of 1/5
January 5: Chapters 21-25
January 6: Chapters 26-30
January 7: Chapter 31 & The After Chapter 32
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~ Mina
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