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The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St James - June 2022 Adult or Non-Fiction BOM (starts 2 June 2022)
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Date Chapters MPDQs
2 Jun One - Eleven Lexi (Pan)
3 Jun Twelve - Nineteen Andrea (Cass)
4 Jun Twenty - Twenty-nine Vicki (Ache)
5 Jun Thirty - Thirty-eight Suzanne (Elec)
6 Jun Thirty-nine - Forty-eight Queenie (Hec)
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- Is there a quote that jumped out at you? Use that in a question.
- What about the characters - do they generate strong feelings? No feelings? - either way, we can explore that!
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Lexi (Pan) - guaranteed as nominator - Day 1
Cat (Pene)
Angie (Ache)
Sharon (Helen)
Rina (Pene)
Kaley (Ache)
Emma (M) (Ajax)
Ashley (Aga)
Melissa (Aga)
Lisa (Aussie Girl) (Ajax)
Ushashi (Elec)
Suzanne (Elec)
Kristen (Pene)
Eni (Jason)
Louise (Circe) Day 1
Andrea (Cass)
Vicki (Ache)
Kerri (Circe)
Trinia (Circe)
Melissa W (Jason)
Shannon (Ajax)
Queenie (Hec)
Bobbi (Helen)
Cat (Pene) Extra entry
Tina (Ajax)
Vicky (Circe)
Mary C (Jason)
Cordelia (Paris)
Saha (Paris)
Rosina (Paris)
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There were 29 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
Andrea (Cass)
Suzanne (Elec)
Vicki (Ache)
Angie (Ache)
Queenie (Hec)
Kaley (Ache)
Vicky (Circe)
Ushashi (Elec)
Bobbi (Helen)
Sharon (Helen)
Saha (Paris)
Cat (Pene) Extra entry
Shannon (Ajax)
Kerri (Circe)
Rina (Pene)
Tina (Ajax)
Melissa (Aga)
Cordelia (Paris)
Ashley (Aga)
Melissa W (Jason)
Louise (Circe) Day 1
Eni (Jason)
Cat (Pene)
Trinia (Circe)
Rosina (Paris)
Kristen (Pene)
Mary C (Jason)
Emma (M) (Ajax)
Lisa (Aussie Girl) (Ajax)
Timestamp: 2022-05-30 09:25:16 UTC
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Volunteering for DQs - Team Achilles
I can volunteer for DQ's (team Helen)
I'll volunteer as backup for Team Achilles.
Volunteering for DQs for Team Agamemnon! :)
I’ll volunteer as backup - Team Agamemnon
Back up for team Ajax.
Volunteering DQs for Electra
I can backup for Electra.
I'll volunteer for DQs for Penelope.
Volunteering for DQs for Team Circe I`m away from 3-6 so will need to be Day 1
Volunteering for DQs - Team Cassandra
Volunteering for DQ's Team Achilles
I'd like to volunteer to DQs as back up for Team Circe
I’ll volunteer as back up gor DQ’s for team Circe
I'll volunteer for Team Jason
Already talked to Judith, but can I have Day 1?
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For sure, yes! :)
I've updated the log
Volunteering for DQs. Team Ajax
Volunteering for DQs from Team Hector!
If it's not too late, I'd like to volunteer for DQs. Team Helen.
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How will we know if we are going to do DQ?
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i'll be back up for DQ for team Ajax
I didn't realize this was already up. I'll be participating for Team Jason. Add me to the randomizer list for writing questions please and thank you.
Queenie already volunteered, so I'll be joining as a participant. This book has been on my radar for quite a while now.
I'd like to volunteer to ask questions, Team Paris!
Volunteering for DQs - Team Paris
dqs volunteer team paris
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If you can't do your nominated day you can substitute a listed team mate. If you are late in submitting your set then the next unique team will take your spot
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Thanks! I have the book and will be ready to question.
I will be able to do my questions. I have my book in hand and am excited to do this for my team! Thank you :)
yayy I got my book and will start reading soon!
Perfect my copy just arrived today so I'm all ready to go!
I am looking forward to everyone's questions!
Yay. Im looking forward to the questions :)
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DQs Day 1: Chap 1-11
1. Have you read the The Sun Down Motel by this author? If so, does it change your expectation for this book? Either way, what are your expectations for this book?
2. The MC writes about cold cases and is in her late 20s and divorced. I have read quite a few horror/thriller/mystery books recently where the MC is a recently divorced, usually a bit older, woman. Have you experienced this as well? Why do you think authors might make this choice? Why do you think the choice was made for this book?
3. This section includes the start of the interview. Did it go the way you expected? Any one comment really stick out to you?
4. What do you think about the ghostly occurrences in this section? How do they add to the story (or maybe detract)?
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1. Have you read the The Sun Down Motel by this author? If so, does it change your expectation for this book? Either way, what are your expectations for this book?
I did read it as the BOM the other year. As per my answer to Q4 - I'm expecting the ghostly stuff to be true, not just figments. Also knottiness in the plot and atmosphere!
2. The MC writes about cold cases and is in her late 20s and divorced. I have read quite a few horror/thriller/mystery books recently where the MC is a recently divorced, usually a bit older, woman. Have you experienced this as well? Why do you think authors might make this choice? Why do you think the choice was made for this book?
Different reading circles! But yeah, having older characters with complicated personal histories is more fun than wide-eyed naïfs.
3. This section includes the start of the interview. Did it go the way you expected? Any one comment really stick out to you?
Nothing really, no.
4. What do you think about the ghostly occurrences in this section? How do they add to the story (or maybe detract)?
They were very random (though based on Sundown, not entirely unexpected). It's strange - we don't know enough about Beth to be expected to believe they are actual ghostly-ness, rather than unreliable narrator, but based on past reading experience, I'm expecting them to be true.
DQs Day 1: Chap 1-111. Have you read the The Sun Down Motel by this author? If so, does it change your expectation for this book? Either way, what are your expectations for this book?
I haven't read any other book by this author. I am expecting a mystery and thriller, probable plot twists to find the murderer.
2. The MC writes about cold cases and is in her late 20s and divorced. I have read quite a few horror/thriller/mystery books recently where the MC is a recently divorced, usually a bit older, woman. Have you experienced this as well? Why do you think authors might make this choice? Why do you think the choice was made for this book?
I don't read much mystery and horror books so I haven't noticed the trend, however I can see that it can be more interesting to have a curious more mature character leading an investigation than a foolish more childish character who would normally be used as a victim or super lucky survivor.
3. This section includes the start of the interview. Did it go the way you expected? Any one comment really stick out to you?
I thought it was interesting how there was so much back and forth at the beginning, with Beth getting parts of Shea's story as much as sharing part of her own.
As for the comments I thought the one about her mother being trapped was curious.
4. What do you think about the ghostly occurrences in this section? How do they add to the story (or maybe detract)?
I thought they detracted from it. I am not big on ghostly explanations for murders.
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In 1977, Claire Lake, Oregon, was shaken by the Lady Killer Murders: Two men, seemingly randomly, were murdered with the same gun, with strange notes left behind. Beth Greer was the perfect suspect--a rich, eccentric twenty-three-year-old woman, seen fleeing one of the crimes. But she was acquitted, and she retreated to the isolation of her mansion.
Oregon, 2017. Shea Collins is a receptionist, but by night, she runs a true crime website, the Book of Cold Cases--a passion fueled by the attempted abduction she escaped as a child. When she meets Beth by chance, Shea asks her for an interview. To Shea's surprise, Beth says yes.
They meet regularly at Beth's mansion, though Shea is never comfortable there. Items move when she's not looking, and she could swear she's seen a girl outside the window. The allure of learning the truth about the case from the smart, charming Beth is too much to resist, but even as they grow closer, Shea senses something isn't right. Is she making friends with a manipulative murderer, or are there other dangers lurking in the darkness of the Greer house?
A true crime blogger gets more than she bargained for while interviewing the woman acquitted of two cold case slayings in this chilling new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Sun Down Motel.
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nominator: Lexi
Official page count: 350 pages