#YTBookClub discuss: CINDER by Marissa Meyer
This is our first LIVE BookClub chat! This month we read and met to discuss CINDER by Marissa Meyer.
look how pretty it is on my bookshelf!
Cinder: Book One in the Lunar Chronicles
by Marissa Meyer
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, the ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . .
Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.
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The first LIVE Book Club meeting was on September 1st. The club is hosted by:
Bunnys Youtube: http://youtube.com/bunnycates
Lindsays Youtube: http://youtube.com/thebookvlogger
Sams Youtube: http://youtube.com/midnightreadingowl
Each month we rotate hosts and who gets to pick the book, so we are sure to get some real variety in our book picks! This month was my month, and I think it was a HUGE success!!!
Huge thank you to EVERYONE that attended the chat, and participated down in the comments. It meant so much to all of us! If you haven’t sent me a photo of you with CINDER – hurry – I want to make a video montage. (as in making it TOMORROW!) =D
This chat giveaway is for a copy of our next book which was chosen by next month’s host, Lindsay. She chose
ENCLAVE
by Ann Aguirre
In Deuce’s world, people earn the right to a name only if they survive their first fifteen years. By that point, each unnamed ‘brat’ has trained into one of three groups–Breeders, Builders, or Hunters, identifiable by the number of scars they bear on their arms. Deuce has wanted to be a Huntress for as long as she can remember.
As a Huntress, her purpose is clear—to brave the dangerous tunnels outside the enclave and bring back meat to feed the group while evading ferocious monsters known as Freaks. She’s worked toward this goal her whole life, and nothing’s going to stop her, not even a beautiful, brooding Hunter named Fade. When the mysterious boy becomes her partner, Deuce’s troubles are just beginning.
Down below, deviation from the rules is punished swiftly and harshly, and Fade doesn’t like following orders. At first Deuce thinks he’s crazy, but as death stalks their sanctuary, and it becomes clear the elders don’t always know best, Deuce wonders if Fade might be telling the truth. Her partner confuses her; she’s never known a boy like him before, as prone to touching her gently as using his knives with feral grace.
As Deuce’s perception shifts, so does the balance in the constant battle for survival. The mindless Freaks, once considered a threat only due to their sheer numbers, show signs of cunning and strategy… but the elders refuse to heed any warnings. Despite imminent disaster, the enclave puts their faith in strictures and sacrifice instead. No matter how she tries, Deuce cannot stem the dark tide that carries her far from the only world she’s ever known
I will be putting all the comments in a hat and picking a random winner sometime this weekend, so be watching of a PM!
Here’s a breakdown of PART ONE
Beginning: Group Information/How the BookClub works, etc…
3:33 Introductions of the hosts
5:30 Spoiler Free discussion
18:15 SPOILER ZONE
41:30 Camera glitch and chat dies…
Lindsay mentioned she has a book entered in a contest. Go give her a read and some feedback! on Figment.com - THE DAWN OF SKY: http://figment.com/books/419328-The-Dawn-Of-Sky
1:13 We get the video under control and continue with the chat
20:52 Giveaway info and Announcement of our NEXT book pick!
28:30 Funny. AND we start talking about IT by Stephen King
35:30 Relating CINDER to modern day Society
1:02:35 Sir Gumply McPugglesworth Cates makes his interwebs debut =D
1:08:57 Lost feed and gain and it returns
1:14:33 Most anticipated books of 2012? Yep, Bunny namedrops Velveteen! =D
Thanks again to everyone who attended. You are all awesome!
Please make sure to subscribe to all three of us to keep up with the bookclub. We will be rotating our channels each month. So, mine was this chat, Lindsays will be next, and then Sam’s, and then we will start all over. =D