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Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Dec 10th, '18, 16:11
by Sanssouci
I made a 2019 thread!
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Dec 10th, '18, 16:28
by AliceON
oh I'd better get working on a list for January and February then
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Dec 10th, '18, 20:56
by jacobgrey
Akili Li wrote:That sounds like a very well organized course! I hope it makes a difference for you. Is it helping with works you already have put out or does it only apply to new projects going forward?
Yes, a bit of both! So I'm redoing and remarketing my book that I already have out, and then also working on a brand new series. So it's pretty exciting XD I had my first call with my accountability buddy this morning. I'm hoping we'll become friendly and then maybe keep chatting/encouraging each other after the course ends.
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Dec 10th, '18, 22:01
by Sanssouci
I'm 70 pages into Wideacre, and it's gotten pretty crazy!
Spoiler
It's about a girl. Her father is a rich landowner. She has one brother. She is close with her father and knows about their land - who lives on it, what everyone does, what everyone pays for rent, etc. The brother is closer with the mother and doesn't care for being outside or learning about the land. The girl assumes she will always live there. But, as she gets older, she realizes she will be pushed out and will be forced to marry some rich man somewhere else. She starts sleeping with a poor buy her age who lives on their land. Her brother becomes sort of infatuated with the boy. So the boy suggests they kill her father. Then the brother will inherit, now while he's young, and stupid, and infatuated, and has no sons to inherit. Then they will cheat him and steal from him until he has no choice but to sell the house. They will then use the money they stole from him to buy the house and get married.
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Dec 10th, '18, 22:47
by AliceON
that... is indeed crazy... I wonder what the girl even thinks of this plan
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Dec 10th, '18, 22:53
by Akili Li
that sounds like history, all right. A lot of ruthless stuff which, since the people who do it aren't around to actively cover it up any longer, is discovered and talked about. I mean, that sort of craziness still happens today, but it's usually not as openly spoken of. Until everyone involved is dead, and then it's history anyhow....
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Dec 10th, '18, 23:05
by AliceON
I thought this book was supposed to have a likeable heroine
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Dec 10th, '18, 23:13
by Akili Li
Maybe she's not the heroine? Maybe she has a redemption arc? 70 pages in, hmmm, what percentage of the book is that?
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Dec 10th, '18, 23:36
by AliceON
that's a good question
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Dec 10th, '18, 23:43
by Akili Li
Or perhaps the book is about the land itself and will span several generations and doesn't much care about particular characters....