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The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhom -- Sept 2026 General BOM, Starts 2 Sept
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Guidance for DQ setters
1. Aim for a reasonable number of questions: 4 - 5 is typical. Please don't post too many - any more than 7 gets unwieldy!
2. Use consecutive numbering of the DQs for your days. So, for example, if Day One is posted as questions 1-4, Day Two should start at number 5 etc.
3. Don't worry too much about your questions: you aren't being tested on how clever your questions are!
4. Please don't use AI to generate your questions. It is fine to get it to help out with your wording, but we want a genuine conversation and not a literary discussion with a robot.
Hints and tips:
- 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!
- What about that plot twist?!
- Explore the writing style: is there an unusual structure being used? what's the tone of voice like? or the point of view?
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You don't need to be participating in the team challenge to participate in the BOM.
If you are in the team challenge, please note your team name when volunteering.
Where we have more volunteers than DQ days;
>If we have more than one volunteer from the same team, only one team entry will go into the randomiser to be selected to write DQs. (the other volunteers will be 'back ups')
>The nominator of the BOM is automatically assigned a DQ day
DQ volunteers are randomised around 3 days before the start date of the BOM. Please confirm your participation if you are selected. We reserve the right to go to the next person in the list if we don't hear from you
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Angie - nominator (Minna)
Lisa (AG) (Trilos)
Lexi (Brin)
Tammie (Eton)
Tammie Extra Entry (Eton)
CynRo (Mari)
Judith Extra Entry (Brin)
Eldarwen (Aluyra)
Teddie (Ferrol)
Laura (Typhons)
Erin PBH (Turin)
Lavendar (Suri)
Backup
Judith (Brin)
Catherine (Trilos)
Mary (Aluyra)
Imke (Minna)
Brittany (Eton)
Thieryn (Trilos)
Jenny (Minna)
Volunteering for DQ's - Team Trilos
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DQ volunteer...Team EtonPlease put me down for 1 extra entry :)
Hello! Volunteering for DQ's, I don't know the team yet, thank you :)Updated: Team Mari :)
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and an extra entry please!
Team Brin
Volunteering for DQ's (Team Trilos) backup?
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I can write DQs.
*Eta: Team Alurya
Volunteering for DQ's also please!Team Alurya
Volunteering for DQs Backup for Angie (Team Minna)
Volunteering for Team Eton
Volunteering for Team Ferrol
Volunteering for Team Trilos!
Volunteering for Team Turin
Volunteering for Team Suri, thanks!
Back up for Team Minna (Don't know if it is necessary, but still...)
I volunteer as tribute for Team Typhons!
Volunteering for backup for Team Turin (if needed)
Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. Months earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the town's most respected gentlemen—one of whom has now been found dead in the ice. But when a local physician undermines her conclusion, declaring the death to be an accident, Martha is forced to investigate the shocking murder on her own.
Over the course of one winter, as the trial nears, and whispers and prejudices mount, Martha doggedly pursues the truth. Her diary soon lands at the center of the scandal, implicating those she loves, and compelling Martha to decide where her own loyalties lie.
Clever, layered, and subversive, Ariel Lawhon's newest offering introduces an unsung heroine who refused to accept anything less than justice at a time when women were considered best seen and not heard. The Frozen River is a thrilling, tense, and tender story about a remarkable woman who left an unparalleled legacy yet remains nearly forgotten to this day.
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Nominator: Angie
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