Aurora’s Comments (group member since Jun 15, 2012)

Aurora’s comments from the The Not-So Austen Bookclub group.

There's only one entry so far so the final date for entries will be extended by five days! The prompt is TRANSFORMATION.

August's entries are closed, and the results for July's challenge are now in! Gavin is our winner, and Olivia is our close runner up. Congratulations to the both of you - I've sent your prizes across.

The new August 2014 Five Sentence Fiction poll is up and the new prompt for SEPTEMBER 2014 is:

TRANSFORMATION

Entries close on September 29th!

Oh, sorry about that! I fixed the link now :)

Beautiful entries everyone! June's results are in, and the winner for this round is Gavin, and the runner up is Elevetha! Congratulations guys - I've already sent your prizes across.

Here's a link to the July 2014 Five Sentence Fiction Poll so go support your favourite short story!

A new pair of months means new prizes to be won, so here they are:
August and September winners will receive the Declaration trilogy by Gemma Malley, and the runners up will receive Jennifer Echols' Endless Summer.

The prompt for AUGUST 2014 is:
THE PERFECT PRANK.

Can't wait to see what you all come up with!

Since there's only one entry for July's competition, I'll give everyone another five days to get those short stories in! I'll announce June's winner and runner-up and put up the new prompt then too.

Entries are now closed and I have to say they are all amazing! I've set up the June 2014 Five Sentence Fiction Poll so go and vote for your favourite!

The prompt for JULY 2014 is:

MY HERO

Looking forward to seeing the new entries :D

Entries close this week so quickly get them in to win prizes!

Aurora Keziah

"Man, I wish I was an animagus." I sighed, tapping my fork on my plate absently, "Imagine that - being able to transform into an animal and just have access to a whole new skill set."
Orion quirked an eyebrow at me, "Are you talking about World of Warcraft right now?"
"Shhh," I huffed, "Don't pretend you don't think it's cool."

"Hold on," Albus said quietly, "Speaking of animagi... Last time the heir controlled the basilisk. But what if, this time-"
"The heir is the basilisk." James finished his brother's sentence, lifting his head.

My stomach dropped, and I saw an image of Silvia back in the infirmary. I reached up to rub my eyes, dispelling the image, "I think I speak for us all when I say I really damn hope that's not the case."

For action and adventure, I recommend the usual Naruto, One Piece, D. Gray Man, as well as the shorter Shakugan no Shana and Black Cat. +Anima is also quite a fun read.

For romance and comedy, I recommend Skip Beat!, Ouran High School Host Club and Watashi ni xx Shinasai.

There are a few more, but no others come to mind right now :)

Sasha Ivashkov-Herondale-Jackson (Clarisse) wrote: "@aurora - your school makes you pick extension? Do you go to a selective school?"

Yes I do. :) They make us do Advanced english or higher - standard isn't offered at all.

Booknut, thank you so much for all the advice! In my school we have to do Extension 1 in Year 11 if we want to do Extension 2 in Year 12. Also, I think I have a long way to go before my writing can be considered magical but thank you <3

I took another look at the course outline and I thought it sounded pretty interesting. A while ago my teacher mentioned her Extension 1 class was studying texts like Hamlet and Jane Austen's Emma but I'll ask her again.

Visual arts, society and culture (another subject I was considering) and Extension 2 all have major projects and work so it might be a heavy workload but my teachers said that as long as I manage and use my time wisely I'll be okay.

Currently I think I'll try for Extension 1, then if I can cope with that throughout year 11, I'll do Extension 2 in year 12. :) I'll still ask around a little more before I make my final decision - I have a month or so to think about it. But again, thank you so much for all your help. :D

A couple of years ago I read Shadow of the Minotaur and I thought it was great! But, like I said, it was a few years ago so everything is pretty much a blur and I'm not sure if it's still as great as I thought it was back then. I actually forgot all about it until I saw this topic, and I didn't even know it was part of a trilogy until just now.

I'll have to re-read it but it left me with that great 'woah' feeling so I think it's worth looking into.

So we're starting to think of our subject selections for our HSC years coming up and the teachers have given us all their talks (and bribes!), but I'm still a little unsure about my subjects.

My mum insists I do some kind of maths, so that's already decided, and some of my other subjects are pretty much decided too, like biology and visual arts. But I'm a bit unsure about which English subject I should do - Advanced (Standard isn't offered at my school), Extension 1 or Extension 2. And if I remember correctly, you said you did up to Extension 2. Do you have any tips or advice on this?

April's competition is now closed. The winner for this round is Gavin, and the runner up is νєяαℓι∂αιиє! Your entries were great! Please PM your email addresses to me and I'll send your prizes across :)

Unfortunately there were no new entries for May so there won't be a new poll up.

The winners of June and July's competitions will receive the Trylle trilogy by Amanda Hocking and the runners up will receive Shelly Crane's Wide Awake.

The prompt for JUNE is:

Mobile Lovers, by Banksy

I actually haven't tried pepper on cucumbers.. I'll try it soon :D

It's a bit weird, but I like to eat crunchy things while I do basically anything. Cucumbers - preferably with salt -, carrots, chips, apples, toast and more. As long as it's crunchy, it's a good book companion. :)

Entries are now closed for April, thank you to everyone who entered.

Results for March's poll is in and the winner is... Olivia! The runner-up for this round is Melissa!
Congratulations ladies, your prizes will be sent across shortly.

Here is a link to the April 2014 Five Sentence Fiction Poll.

MAY 2014's Prompt is:

FANTASY

As usual, entries close at the end of this month!

Occasionally the guys at my school do something really sweet - give a girl his jumper when she's cold, randomly sit next to her when she's feeling tired or uncomfortable.. - then they do another thing which just ruins it.

I can tell they're being genuine when they're kind, but when they switch their personality so randomly it's a bit like 'where did that sweet guy go?'.

It seems that guys - at least the ones at my school - are nice only when they aren't with their friends. Such a shame...

Thanks guys. It's compulsory at my school so everyone's scrambling to find a good place to go. I'm looking forward to it :D

I like the book recommendation function on Goodreads because it's like a gentle sugestion. A 'Hey I enjoyed this and I think you will too but no pressure if you don't read it straight away.'
I just add it to my to-read list and relax, knowing I'll get to it someday.