Wayfarer's Lamppost Book Club • Vol. 4 • 2022

Round 216 - January 23-29, 2022

COMMENTING PERIOD: Sunday, January 23 – Saturday, January 29, 2022, 11:59 P.M. PST

ROUND ADMINISTRATOR: AmericanBruja

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COMMENT TOPIC: Evaluate the strengths of the antagonist thus far and how they challenge the protagonist in their primary conflict. Min. length: 6 sentences. Please post in the last chapter of this week's assignment.

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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])

☕ or NEEDS CAFFEINE—Elaborate why you think improvement is needed. (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 CONFUSED (don't understand something) [OPTIONAL]

😂 or LAUGHING (made you laugh) [OPTIONAL]

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Member: Partner Partner's Book - Chapters

ENFORCER:  AmericanBruja

AuthorJMColes: PictureXThisX From Ashes and Dust - 23.1, 23.2

PictureXThisX: AuthorJMColes My Guardian is a Bad Boy Dragon - 28.2, 28.3

RonSewell: JLAnderson0713 Look Beyond What You See - HIATUS

JLAnderson0713: RonSewell A Dish Served Cold - HIATUS

ENFORCER: MichaelHoliday

KillYourDarlings7: GlennDevlin The Alien Diaries - 64, 65

GlennDevlin: KillYourDarlings7 Ignite - Character 3 [see below for instructions]

JaxonBlacc: IanReeve216 Angry Moon - 38b, 39a, 39b

IanReeve216: JaxonBlacc The Maad Doctor - 13, 14, 15

Echo4Echo: KryssaStevenson Shadowed by Moonlight - 2a, 2b, 2c

KryssaStevenson: Echo4Echo The Witches Bottle - 2, 3

ENFORCER: SapphireAlena

JPJedi: CandyAtkins The Lost Knight Vol. II The Lost World - Character 4 [see below for instructions]

CandyAtkins: JPJedi Episode VIII: Rise of the Dark Jedi - The Jedi Temple, Debriefing, Leaving Ahch-To

akeila_agramunn: mystic_whisperer Rose - 32

mystic_whisperer: akeila_agramunn Rise of the New Olympians - 32

kgravez: DreamingAlexis Huntington - 7, 8

DreamingAlexis: kgravez The Dark between Dreams - 5, 6

AWAITING PARTNER:

dilenu (meta)

Pomalo (meta)

MGHicks_writer (meta)

KillYourDarlings7 (beta reader)

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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.

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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? PM AmericanBruja directly. Please do not leave comments about problems with your assignment here. Please do not DM the book club account, because we won't see it until next round. Thanks!