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Tee heee!

This is a time-limited spellout challenge.

We can use books finished from today until either the cheese is spelt out or it's taken away by the Chipmunks!

No, we don't know how long that will be, which means your captains will be kept busy nibbling away at the spell out.


Full rules: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Part One, Chapter 6 - Part One, Chapter 12

6. In this part Inez spends some time with Mr. Hayes. What did you think of their afternoon in Cairo? Did you enjoy their banter?

I enjoyed the market, but not that bothered by the burgeoning romance. That said, the way she is responding is pretty on the mark for a naive school girl, but that just makes me uncomfortable about their disparities

7. After sensing familiar magic from an old trinket, Inez buys it and later has a vision of Cleopatra. What do you think this vision means? Do you believe Cleopatra’s burial site can only be found with Inez’s help?

I think Inez will get them there quicker, because of magic.... This magic system is flipping weird though! I am resolutely not thinking about the internal consistency of the world, as I don't think it'll stand up to much scrutiny!

8. Every now and then, the point of view shifts briefly to Mr. Hayes. Do you enjoy these moments from his perspective, or would you prefer the story to stay entirely with Inez?

It's supposed to show us more than his surface, so we get why Inez is into him, but I'm not convinced. And kleptomania as a sign of childhood trauma is just strange...

9. Inez finds a letter from her mother, in which she suspects that Tío Ricardo is involved in illegal activities. Does this letter, along with the boat conversation Inez overhears, make you suspicious of Tío Ricardo? Or do you think he’s not responsible for Inez’s parents’ murder?

I am not suspicious of Ricardo. Which might be a foolish assessment on my part, but I think that her parents have less concern over archaeological finds than Ricardo and Inez (evidence: the sending of the ring; the stuffing the house in Argentina with various magic-touched things). So it read more that she was concerned that he's working with Egyptian nationalists, and not with the colonial system (the letter is to Mapseo (sp?) - the stooge of Sterling, after all)

If none of the settings hits 50% we can use it for the multiple locations task :)

Stephie wrote: "I can read for the Passport task"

Excellent! it's yours :)

In all honesty, I'm not sure.

Possibly if the book was about several different countries it would work, but I'm not sure that interview locations would.

So, probably avoid non-fic for task 11 ;-/

Prologue - Part 1 Ch 5

1. The first line is “A letter changed my life.” Would you say this was a good start, cheesy start, or are you indifferent?

Moderately cheesy, but I did appreciate the scene-setting, especially in getting information about magic out there quickly, in a way that wouldn't be possible if we'd just started on the liner over to Egypt

2. Why do you think Tio Roberto wanted to immediately send Inez back to Egypt without even seeing her? Do you think he’s hiding something? Or do you think it’s just typical of men at that time to dismiss young women and enforce them being chaperoned and taken care of?

Can it be a bit of both? He's busy with difficult projects as it is, and sparing the time to look after a novice can't appeal. But he doesn't know Inez so he's also dumbing down her strength and resilience

3. The ring scene with Thomas Sterling was definitely outrageous; I felt Inez's outrage and all of her shock. Do you expect to see the ring later in the story? Any guesses to its significance?

I do expect to see it later. This was nice evidence of how naive she is - thinking that she'd be believed over the white man....

4. What do you think of the writing style and the pacing so far? Are you enjoying the lyrical, rich descriptions or do you prefer a more fast paced story?

It's reading pretty faced paced to me! I'm liking the writing

5. In Ch. 5 we see politics at play, and we can tell this is just the beginning. How do you think this will affect your enjoyment of the book? Will it enhance the story for you or will you feel bogged down by the details?

Politics is always way more interesting than just a pure Indiana Jones type adventure. I enjoyed the Argentinians being outraged by British colonial approach, though there wasn't much reflection about their impact on Argentina..

New Tasks!

Read a book that is in the Have Passport Will Travel List - Stephie

Read a book first published in July of any year

We've got a new task!

Read a book which has several locations, none for over 50% of the book

first: is it just me, or are notifications broken?

second: Lucy, can you add your books to your Tower shelf please?

Finished my Historical Fiction, and spun us....

Manticore
1 500 to 650
2 set in Persia (Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan)
3 letters MAN EATER in title
4 MPG Paranormal > Shapeshifter
5 3 in the publication date

Finished Egypt born book!

I'm travelling first thing on Saturday, so I'm going to start with my Egyptian born author book - short stories, so should be done by the end of the journey!

But then I'm with my bro for some family time followed by Eurovision so I wont get much more read over the weekend :(

I know! happily I have some short stories and graphic novels that I can chew on :)

just that one, AFAIK

it is a medium. there was a copy fail that has been highlighted in the Caps Q&A...

Melindam wrote: "Cat wrote: "Alicanto
1 350 to 450
2 Author initials in ENTIERRO
3 Item or animal with wings on cover
4 Set in a mountainous location
5 "treasure" in text"

I could cover page count, animal with win..."

lets do the switch! I'm not at my leisure to choose what I fancy, so can peruse with a view to Historical Fiction :)

nice :)

I've born-in-Egypt (World Wheel), Congo-Brazzaville, Luxembourg, Croatia, Albania for my first lot, with some medium ones in the Tower planning tower too :)

Good gang of readers: Danielle's holding off on the newest Nalini Singh for Fiji purposes, bless her, and others have volunteered for Monaco, Laos, Bulgaria and such. love an engaged team!

not too heinous! I thought about spinning World Villain, but was worried we'd end up with an easy country that no one was reading for as I assume we are all excitedly hunting down hard locales! (incidentally, Luxembourg! WOW that was tricky. The interesting local-authors were all poetry or short stories that didn't hit 100 pages.)

Alicanto
1 350 to 450
2 Author initials in ENTIERRO
3 Item or animal with wings on cover
4 Set in a mountainous location
5 "treasure" in text

just finished the book with trees and rocks!

Do we trust my spinning luck? for context: when asking for World Wheel spins I was delivered Egypt & Russia, both on the harder end of the range...

eh... a bat, brick, rock, log, tree?


I do have a book with a tree on cover on the go...