L.E. Fidler’s Reviews > Greenglass House > Status Update

Penultimate book talk: monomania (parallels to Javert and Mom goes rogue with a long winded lecture about justice and morality), the definition of a cat burglar, what a scholiast is, the term frigidly and its connotations

Chit chat: more work in reluctance, the bug reveal, the “very British” mystery feel of the final act, mom once more is a genius, if only more of her kids were awake to appreciate it

Book chat: explaining reluctance, we solve one mystery, our Meddy theory gains traction, the expression “to catch one’s eyes” confuses the family literalist, more cartography for beginners

How brains can be brilliant, connections to game masters, more fixating on Thorin’s cause of death (he’s not in this book and we are headed into perseverating mode), making predictions about gifts and thieves

Theft vs thief, too many secret identities, more conjecture about the nature of Meddy, going rogue, what a blackjack is, there’s a sequel!!!

Chatter: obsessive compulsive disorder, the smell of poinsettias, things we can hide in soap, cake of soap being a deceptively yummy sounding term, a quick practice session of “stopping dead in our tracks”

Chatter: the curious propensity for thefts and burglars in our bedtime reading, what blackjack keys are, what’s the tallest story house you’ve ever been in, why green glass is pretty

Book chat: connections to Hobbit - 1. Greed is not good (no matter what Wall Street says) 2. Choosing your path wisely matter 3. Is Meddy real, a ghost, or imaginary?!?! We don’t know!!