By Maddy and Courtney
The podcast currently has 76 episodes available.
Connor O’Malley’s mother has cancer, his father lives in the US with his new wife and daughter, his grandmother is coming to visit, he’s being bullied, and now a monster in the form of a yew tree has recently started to visit him at 12:07 AM. The monster tells Connor it will relay to him 3 stories in exchange for a story of his truth. Today we will be dissecting one of the saddest young adult books I have ever read, A Monster calls by Partrick Ness.Discussion questions:Why do you think the monster appeared as a Yew Tree?Connor isolates himself. Why do you think he does this?Patrick Ness wrote this book based on a script written by another author who died before she could write the book, what do you think of writing someone else’s work?
Celaena has just won the tournament and has become the King’s Assassin. The book begins with her following orders and on the prowl to kill. When she returns to the castle she is instructed to killer Archer, a man she was friends with in the past, who may be hiding more than she initially believes. She begins to investigates Archer's ties to a rebel group and continues to investigate the trades wards and other magic she came across in the first book. She fights her feelings for Dorian, gets a little saucey with Chaol, and becomes closer with Nehimia. As this story unfolds we learn of rebelings, witches, romance, friendship, betrayal and a big fat reveal at the end of the book. Today, we are talking about the second book in the Throne of Glass series, A crown of midnight.
Bobbi and Frances have a unique relationship, at the core they are two women in a friendship but they have also dated. What do you think of their relationship? Do you think it is an accurate portrayal of female friendship or do you think it resembles that of ex-lovers?
Is Bobbi’s reaction to Frances story justified or do you think it is an overreaction?
Do you think Melissa’s email to Frances after finding out is a true stream of consciousness or do you believe it was methodically calculated like Frances believes it to have been?
Melissa has cheated on Nick in the past, but Nick has never, to our knowledge, had an affair with someone before Frances. Do you think Melissa’s history of infidelity gives Nick grace for his affair?
Which character do you think you related the most to?
The podcast currently has 76 episodes available.