THE CROWNE discussion

Welcome to the month of July! The book chosen this month is A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik. Here's the synopsis for it:

There are no teachers, no holidays, and no friendships, save strategic ones. Survival is more important than any letter grade, for the school won’t allow its students to leave until they graduate… or die! The rules are deceptively simple: Don’t walk the halls alone. And beware of the monsters who lurk everywhere.

El is uniquely prepared for the school’s dangers. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out millions. It would be easy enough for El to defeat the monsters that prowl the school. The problem? Her powerful dark magic might also kill all the other students.

This book is admittedly not for everyone, but if you do happen to make it past page 60, I think you'll have a good time.

Please keep this topic discussion relevant to the book at hand.

The book in second place is The Magnificence of Death by Rhea Rainwater. While you will only receive double points (upon logging) if you decide to read this, the second place book can be used to fulfill the ‘creativity’ prompts instead of the first. Note that you can only receive prompt points once unless stated otherwise.

PROMPTS

● Finish the chosen book: +5
● Review over 100 words excluding quotes: +5
● Review over 500 words excluding quotes: +10
● Make a moodboard of the book (min. 3×3): +5
● Write an essay analysing and explaining the themes of the book (500+ words): +20
● Draw fanart of the first or second place book: +10, regardless of amount
● Write a poem based on the book (min. 50 words): +12, regardless of amount
● Write fanfiction based on the book: anything that comes to mind!: +5 every 250 words, until 20 Points. 2k words is worth 25, 5k is 30 and 10k is 40.
● (If you liked the book) Send fanmail in the form of an email to the author (min. 100 words): +10
● Longest Review: +10, one person

The prompts 5th to 9th can be—as stated above—used for either book. You can do it for both books, but you will only receive points worth for one.
If you have any ideas for prompts, please do suggest. You will be given five points if your prompt gets implemented.

The person with the most points earned at the end of the month gets to deduct -25 Points from a team of their choice.

If you have any questions, you can ask here. With that being stated, enjoy reading!

Points of the previous months are being tallied, thank you.

Please please please read this one I love Novik.

please tell me second place a mistake, I don't want to reread Schoolgirl 😭

Huh...ah lemme fix that.

Here's my review by the way, really old.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

yayy i’m so excited for this!!

when are the other titles going to be released, I'm so interested in everything this month!

Oh right lemme do that too.

Ceri 🍉 wrote: "please tell me second place a mistake, I don't want to reread Schoolgirl 😭"

LMFAOO

436 words book review....

Finished reading A Deadly Education at 12:06 A.M. PHT.

Good (mid)night everyone! (⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Good mornin everyoneeeeeeeee, how's the book 4 yall ¿¿¿¿ (Woke up late got late to school lol)

Gohnar23 wrote: "Good mornin everyoneeeeeeeee, how's the book 4 yall ¿¿¿¿ (Woke up late got late to school lol)"

honestly, i didn’t start yet 😅😅✌️

The limit and points of the essay have been increased.

Please know that an essay needs to be insightful, it's not just a review 2.0 summarising the events of the book. The criteria for an essay qualification is stricter than say, fanfiction or moodboard, where as long as it resembles the book, it's fine, because the point is to encourage.

OkaY Professor Dream ⊂⁠(⁠´⁠･⁠◡⁠･⁠⊂⁠ ⁠)⁠∘⁠˚⁠˳⁠° didn't know you were exactly like my eng literature teacher

what if i already read this book two-three years ago? do o get points or…?

sarah 🍉 wrote: "what if i already read this book two-three years ago? do o get points or…?"

what if we read it a while ago but we still like wrote a fic or an essay or a moodboard

I’m pretty sure that if it’s been more than 3 months since you read it, you can reread and count it as if you were reading it for the first time

I don’t believe that you can just do the extra prompts without reading it in this month’s period but, I could be wrong

Technically there's no rule against it but, you probably should.

Do you all like El so far? Mu guess is no.

YESSSSSSSSSS, IMMEDIATE NO (｀⁠⌒⁠´⁠)

Dreamcatcher wrote: "Do you all like El so far? Mu guess is no."

yeah!!!! kinda?!!? i didn't think that her dislike towards orion was .. reasonable at first but i tried to understand her more and i think i like her more now

Dreamcatcher wrote: "Do you all like El so far? Mu guess is no."

YESSS I love her smmm

shes a hater but i love her

Dreamcatcher wrote: "Do you all like El so far? Mu guess is no."

Ofc I do, she’s so funny and entertaining

Heyy, opinion on Chloe?

I feel so bad for Orion. Only second to Liu.

Honestly, surprised to see people liking it.

Favourite character so far? I love Aadhya. She shines in book 2.

I've only read the first chapter so far but I'm not sure how I'm feeling, I'm definitely not loving it though

the chapters are insanely long

Well yes, it wouldn't work out any other way.

Ceri 🍉 wrote: "I've only read the first chapter so far but I'm not sure how I'm feeling, I'm definitely not loving it though"

It takes time yeah. If it doesn't grab you by 5, quit it.

Dreamcatcher wrote: "Well yes, it wouldn't work out any other way."

wdym? why not

shania wrote: "the chapters are insanely long"

One is 33 pages long

diabolical

no thanks😬

the fact that theres only 13 chapters in a 300+ page book is pretty crazy

Dreamcatcher wrote: "Ceri 🍉 wrote: "I've only read the first chapter so far but I'm not sure how I'm feeling, I'm definitely not loving it though"

It takes time yeah. If it doesn't grab you by 5, quit it."

I'm on chapter 3 so I'll see how I'm feeling at 5

shania wrote: "no thanks😬"

You would die reading Secret History.

Dreamcatcher wrote: "shania wrote: "no thanks😬"

You would die reading Secret History."

I had to listen to the audiobook to get through the long chapters lol

LITTLE FAN (BARELY)ART OF THESE GOOFY GUYS FROM A DEADLY EDUCATION!! how long do you guys think it took
https://ibb.co/SkGYbY0
(they look so ugly it’s so adorable)

That really does seem like them lol

Try colouring it.

Dreamcatcher wrote: "Try colouring it."

drawing this was already hard enough aghhh i cant😓

Dreamcatcher wrote: "That really does seem like them lol"

YAYY

It wasn't amazing but it did end up invested and that last sentence has tempted me to maybe read the next book

@sama they look nice! i find them cute