Wayfarer's Lamppost Book Club • Vol. 6 • 2024

Round 332 • July 28-August 3, 2024

COMMENTING PERIOD: Sunday, July 28, 2024-Saturday, August 3, 2024 11:59 P.M. PDT

ROUND ADMINISTRATOR: AmericanBruja (contact: wayfarerslamppost@gmail.com)

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COMMENT TOPIC: Characters in a novel never just talk. Good dialogue has a purpose and escalates toward something. If dialogue stays neutral and flat, it feels empty. Is the author's dialogue escalating toward a purpose? Be specific when supporting your answer. Min. length: 3 sentences each chapter. Please post each response in the corresponding chapter.

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META ANALYSIS (Each chapter, in-line comments, at least 5 per chapter):

👍 or THUMBS UP-Elaborate why you think so. (at least one time each chapter [1 MANDATORY per chapter])

Choose one of the following options: ☕ or NEEDS CAFFEINE-Elaborate why you think improvement is needed. 😵 or CONFUSED-Elaborate on what is confusing (don't understand something) (at least one time each chapter [1 MANDATORY per chapter])

💓 or HEART RACING (feeling excitement) [OPTIONAL]

😥 or TEARS (crying or feeling very emotional) [OPTIONAL]

❤ or HEART (love something, more than a thumbs up) [OPTIONAL]

😂 or LAUGHING (made you laugh) [OPTIONAL]

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Member: Partner Partner's Book - Chapters

ENFORCER: American Bruja (contact: wayfarerslamppost@gmail.com)

Psychadelish • JLAnderson0713 In the Name of Love - 28

Echo4Echo • AmericanBruja American Bruja: The Los Angeles Cauldron - HIATUS

Echo4Echo • CIWilloughby The Elements of Zion: The Vine, The Branch, and The Thorn - Onward and Upward (Beta reader)

CIWilloughby • Echo4Echo Letters to Maxine - 8 (Beta reader)

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ENFORCER: Michael Holiday (contact: wayfarerslamppost@gmail.com)

AmericanBruja • Echo4Echo Letters to Maxine - HIATUS

IanReeve216 • AuthorJMColes Back Home (Book 4) - Review [please see below for instructions]

AuthorJMColes • IanReeve216 Tak - The Gem Lords Parts 6-8

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ENFORCER: SapphireAlena (contact: wayfarerslamppost@gmail.com)

AJMohlgan • SouthPawStance Devil Take the Hindmost - 29

SouthPawStance • AJMohlgan Cenicienta and the Midnight Bandit - HIATUS [until you email wayfarerslamppost@gmail.com with the next book for your partner to review]

AmericanBruja • CIWilloughby The Elements of Zion - HIATUS

CIWilloughby • AmericanBruja American Bruja: The Los Angeles Cauldron - HIATUS

CIWilloughby • MGHicks_reloaded Origin 3 Gods among Us - 13

MGHicks_reloaded • CIWilloughby My Mother's Gift: The Diary of Peggy Caples - Chapter 5 Rusty

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AWAITING PARTNER:

JaxonBlacc

JLAnderson0713

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FIRST CHAPTERS INSTRUCTIONS:

First chapters are extremely important. They need to set the tone and entice the reader to read the rest of the book. Comment on the level of your engagement throughout the chapter. Did you find yourself skimming at times? Or were you hooked the entire way through? How was the author able to keep you engaged and/or how did the author lose you? Min. length: 3 sentences each chapter. Please post each response in the corresponding chapter.

CLIMAX TOPIC INSTRUCTIONS:

Was conflict clearly established, developed and resolved after a gripping climax? These are the works we remember. Think about the tense confrontation ending with these four words of Darth Vader to Luke Skywalker, "No, I am your father." The climax was gripping and the confrontation quite satisfying. Yet sometimes, the conflict is minimally established and resolved, lacking development. Evaluate the story's conflict and its resolution. Min. length: 6 sentences. Please post in the last chapter of this week's assignment.

CHARACTER ANALYSIS INSTRUCTIONS:

After finishing reading a book, you will spend the following five weeks analyzing the five major characters. If the book does not have five characters, please inform the moderator for the week. Taking a character each week (starting with the protagonist), analyze the character and his or her arc. Identify the character's strengths and flaws. Indicate how they have affected the outcome of the plot. Examine the character's dialogue. Specify which chapter or chapters were the best-written for the character. If something did not work, make sure to point it out kindly and with at least one suggestion on how to correct problem. Minimum length: 15 sentences. Please post the character analysis in the last chapter of the book.

PLOT ANALYSIS INSTRUCTIONS:

Analyze the plot structure of the book. Identify which chapters include the following plot locations: opening exposition, primary incident, rising action, climax, and conclusion. Not every book has a conclusion. Some end on the climax chapter. Identify how the tension and conflict led to the climax. If there is room for improvement in certain areas, identify them tactfully. If not, explain the techniques the author used to execute the plot. Minimum length: 15 sentences. Please post the plot analysis in the last chapter of the book.

REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS:

Write a short advertisement, including why people should read this book. Min. length: 8 sentences. Please post in the very first chapter of your partner's book. (If you feel so led, send this advertisement as a broadcast message to your followers through your conversation wall.)

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REMINDERS:

✏ When you have seen your assignment, comment on this page that you have done so.

✏ When you finish your assignment, create a new comment on this page that you have done so.

✏ Enforcers will be checking all comments for quality and tone.

✏ Questions? Email us at wayfarerslamppost@gmail.com. We will try to check it frequently for members' questions. Please do not leave comments about problems with your assignment here. Thanks!