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Book Hype hosts Jen, Karen, and Brittany talk about our delayed July book club choice, When We Were Animals.
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What we’re reading:
–Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson
–Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider
–Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
–Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy by Sam Maggs
–Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse
–The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
–The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
–A Vision of Fire by Gillian Anderson and Jeff Rovin
—Hamlet by William Shakespeare
–The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow
When We Were Animals Discussion:
Buy it or borrow it?
A book about werewolves? Not really, much less fur.
Lumen Ann Fowler who is she?
Do we like her?
Pre-breaching and post-breaching
The story was possibly trying to tell us more, but we didn’t see it
The good girl, who does not breach
Lumen is different, not a full breach?
Did Lumen actually breach? Her mom didn’t, but continued to run
Rose Lincoln, fun to root against but no redemption
Hondy’s breach showed that people can change under the influence of the moons
Lumen’s relationship with Peter is boring?
There are certain things that maybe didn’t need to be in there
Yes, there are orgies. Sorry
Lumen and her father’s relationship changes is it Miss Simone’s fault?
How can we even talk about Blackhat Roy?
So many awkward, violent scenes between Lumen and Roy
Lumen’s need to satisfy her wild instincts carries over to her adult life
The creepy teacher Mr. Hunter has a secret
The truth about her mom and her running
Reminder our August book is Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman.
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