Book club: October ‘18
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For the past year, I’ve been going to a book club at the Shakespeare and Company bookshop. The author Amy Plum is our host, you’ll probably read more about her later.
This month’s book was Warcross by Marie Lu.
I have to admit, I didn’t have time to finish it, but I’ve read about half of it so far and I really like it. I’m definitely going to finish it as soon as I get some time.
What we discussed:
Overall, we all loved the book. Amy started by asking if we would read book two, and it was an unanimous yes.
Quickly we wondered about Emika’s parents, particularly her mum. Why did she leave Emika? Will she come back? SO MANY QUESTIONS!
We also wondered, which side are you on? Hideo’s or Zero’s? Controlling people for peace, or freedom? We didn’t really came to an agreement, so we ended up asking Marie Lu, and her answer was that it was a constant back and forth. Because in some cases, being able to do what the lenses do would be helpful. But it’s also immoral so yeah, it’s a depending-on-the-day kind of answer.
Skyping with Marie Lu:
Since Amy is a writer (check out her work here) she has writer friends who called us on Skype during the book club to answer whatever questions we had.
Marie Lu was amazing and super nice, and I really appreciated talking with her.
We asked her various questions, here they are:
- On her ideas/inspiration for Warcross: She said that she’d always wanted to write a story which included video games. Also, the world of Legend inspired it.
Actually, she told us that the two series are linked. Basically Warcross is set about a hundred years before the events of Legends.
In a more general way, Marie is inspired by kind of everything. The smallest thing can trigger an idea.
How can Archer walk in the game since he’s disabled? Marie explained to us that basically, the lances are hooked up to your mind, so you only have to imagine yourself doing something to actually do it in the game.
What is her book writing process: Approximately 99% of the time, Marie comes up with the characters first. She needs to know them in and out before she can start writing their stories.
Next month’s book will be After the end, by Amy Plum.
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