The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

15.7 Jailbreak

Jailbreak is a team game which is a combination of hide and seek and tag. One team hides, while the other team seeks. The seeking team must tag the player they find and bring them to jail. The remaining hidden players will attempt to free their teammates by breaking the jail open (usually just tagging a spot and bellowing "jailbreak!") without being tagged themselves.

Read a book where the main character is jailed or arrested, or is an ex-prisoner.

Required: If the connection is not apparent from the GR description, provide a reference.

You might find this list helpful, but you are by no means restricted to books on the list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

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Would you count Auschwitz as a prison? Thanks

Meg wrote: "Would you count Auschwitz as a prison? Thanks"

Yes, I'd consider that a prison. Prisoner of war camps also work for this purpose.

In The Bitter Twins (Book # 2) Noon the Fell Witch is a main character. In Book 1 she had been held in a tower prison for being a witch and escaped -From Book 1 GR MP

When eccentric explorer, Lady Vincenza 'Vintage' de Grazon, offers him employment, he sees an easy way out. Even when they are joined by a fugitive witch with a tendency to set things on fire,

Want to make sure of it before I commit as it is a busty book

Would Blood Sugar work? The description says, "When we meet Ruby, she is in a police interrogation room, being accused of Jason’s murder."

Joanne wrote: "In The Bitter Twins (Book # 2) Noon the Fell Witch is a main character. In Book 1 she had been held in a tower prison for being a witch and escaped -From Book 1 GR MP

When eccentri..."

If you can find a reference that confirms Noon as having been previously imprisoned, that'll work.

Jen B wrote: "Would Blood Sugar work? The description says, "When we meet Ruby, she is in a police interrogation room, being accused of Jason’s murder.""

That sounds to me like she's been arrested, so yes, that works.

Jayne wrote: "Meg wrote: "Would you count Auschwitz as a prison? Thanks"

Yes, I'd consider that a prison. Prisoner of war camps also work for this purpose."

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The Prison Healer - does this work?

Seventeen-year-old Kiva Meridan has spent the last ten years fighting for survival in the notorious death prison, Zalindov, working as the prison healer.

Dee wrote: "The Prison Healer - does this work?

Seventeen-year-old Kiva Meridan has spent the last ten years fighting for survival in the notorious death prison, Zalindov, working as the priso..."

I don't know the book myself so it's a little hard to rule off the top of my head. If Kiva is an inmate herself doubling up as a healer, that works. If she's simply visiting to provide care then I'm afraid not.

Does The Turn of the Key work for this task? The blurb indicates that the main character writes her lawyers from prison explaining the events that led to her arrest.

KSMary wrote: "Does The Turn of the Key work for this task? The blurb indicates that the main character writes her lawyers from prison explaining the events that led to her arrest."

Yes, that sounds like it'll work.

Will this one work, Audition?

"experiences of imprisonment,"

Apple wrote: "Will this one work, Audition?

"experiences of imprisonment,""

That sounds like it works to me! Looks fascinating as well, that's going straight onto my TBR.

Spent the morning scanning new books on Libby (Overdrive), and this turned up. Too many books on my TBR found this way!

Does the ex-prisoner need to be someone who was incarcerated or does being kidnapped and held prisoner in a cage by a warlord count? Thinking of Eyes Wide Shut which I just finished as the MC is being chased by the warlord and his army, is captured and imprisoned but subsequently escapes.

Shelby wrote: "Does the ex-prisoner need to be someone who was incarcerated or does being kidnapped and held prisoner in a cage by a warlord count? Thinking of Eyes Wide Shut which I just finished..."

That sounds almost like a prisoner of war scenario, which I've agreed to in other cases, so sure, let's go with that.

Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias

David Koresh was arrested in 1987 (pg 44)

Does a non-fiction book? In this case, the "main character" is the main subject of the book - David Koresh.

Susan A wrote: "Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias

David Koresh was arrested in 1987 (pg 44)

Does a non-fiction book? In this case, the "main character..."

Absolutely! Definitely approved.

Will The Next Mrs. Parrish work? From the description, Jackson Parrish starts the story in jail but then is released, and the 3 characters must work together against someone?

Brooke wrote: "Will The Next Mrs. Parrish work? From the description, Jackson Parrish starts the story in jail but then is released, and the 3 characters must work together against someone?"

Yes, that'll work.

Thank you!

Would this work? The Familiar? The main character is incarcerated by the Inquisition for days and prior to that is a servant made to sleep on a dirt floor for most of her life.

Cindie wrote: "Would this work? The Familiar? The main character is incarcerated by the Inquisition for days and prior to that is a servant made to sleep on a dirt floor for most of her life."

Yes, if they're imprisoned by the Inquisition then that works.

So, I might be overthinking this, but I would like to see if Scars and Stars: Poems by Jesse Thistle would work - it is memoir/autobiographical poetry, so the author would be the main character, and the author has been in prison according to his Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_T...

Jessica wrote: "So, I might be overthinking this, but I would like to see if Scars and Stars: Poems by Jesse Thistle would work - it is memoir/autobiographical poetry, so the auth..."

Yes, that'll work, just put a reference link when you claim :)

In A Trick of Fate, main character Max Brandon is the victim of 18th-century identity theft. From GR summary -

Someone is misusing Max Brandon’s name - resulting in bills for services he never ordered and goods he did not buy. For reasons he can't begin to guess, he has become the victim of some unknown person's campaign of persecution.

(view spoiler)[In Chapter 10, Max is arrested for not paying for an inn. It was the fraudster who stayed there. But before that is uncovered, Max is arrested by the local constable and spends some time in the local jail. (hide spoiler)]

I just want to be sure this is ok since it's not obvious from the description.

So, the book I'm currently reading, The Saint of Bright Doors has the MC jailed about 60% through the book. Unfortunately, I can't find a reference to that in GR or a summary. All I can give you is some page references:

Page 228: “Fetter’s first prison is a comfortable hotel turned quarantine centre. The prisoners are led in a line through an empty parking lot and into a deserted lobby.”
Page 232: “After he’s been removed from it, he estimates he only spent a few days in this first prison. Perhaps a week. It seems like much longer.”
Page 237: “They move the prisoners out of the luxurious hotel.”
Page 242: “The prison camp is at least as enormous as Fetter assumed it could not possibly be.”

I was wondering if that was enough for it to count for this prompt.

Thanks.

Trish wrote: "So, the book I'm currently reading, The Saint of Bright Doors has the MC jailed about 60% through the book. Unfortunately, I can't find a reference to that in GR or a summary. All ..."

That's fine, that's an adequate reference from the text. Just link back here so it's obvious when you claim it.

Thanks!

Would you like me to supply quotations from the book mentioned in Msg 30?

Robin P wrote: "Would you like me to supply quotations from the book mentioned in Msg 30?"

Sorry Robin, not sure how I missed your message. You can either quote in your claim post or just link back here since it's definitely okay to use that one.

Thanks, I'll reference this thread but just to be complete, here are some quotes from chapter 11 -

"You have to come along. there's been information laid against you. . .Resisting arrest is a serious offense".. . The constables took Max away with them. . . . He'd been locked in a small filthy cell reeking of urine."

(of course the heroine/love interest pretends to be his wife and works behind the scenes to get him out. It was a total surprise to me that this book worked for this task. I intended to use it for something else.)

Does a juvenile detention center count? It is not mentioned in the GR desription, but this is a quote from the book. Loving Romeo

From chapter 23, Kindle edition: "I'd spent months in a juvenile detention center, surviving things most kids couldn't begin to fathom."

KmarieD wrote: "Does a juvenile detention center count? It is not mentioned in the GR desription, but this is a quote from the book. Loving Romeo

From chapter 23, Kindle edition: "I'd spent month..."

Yes, youth prisons absolutely count.

Jayne wrote: "KmarieD wrote: "Does a juvenile detention center count? It is not mentioned in the GR desription, but this is a quote from the book. Loving Romeo

From chapter 23, Kindle edition: ..."

Thanks