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I was sitting in Cafe Nero today reading Maze Runner (our BotM) and the barista got super excited about it so I'm passing my copy on to him afterwards!

- Laura

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Ella Minnow Pea

Did you figure out the solution before it was revealed in the story?

Book of the Month August 2015 - Question 6.

Brin- Honestly I didn't, and I was frustrated no end by it because it was retrospectively so clear! I think the fact it escaped my notice just proves how clever the book is. I adored the ending!

Laura - I also had no idea of the solution. I think that I must have been a bit brainwashed because I was beginning to think the Nollop sentence was perfect. But then I am pretty rubbish at puzzles I was just glad they got the solution in the end. 

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Ella Minnow Pea

Book of the Month Question 3: How did you find the pacing of the novel?

 Laura: I found initially it was slow to start but the more the letters dropped the more frantic it became. I actually finished reading the whole book in less than two hours because I felt like I was racing the letters!!!

Brin: Much the same as Laura. Slow start but when the third letter fell it was like someone had hit the gas and we were flying down the literary road at breakneck speed. I really loved the pacing of the book, even the slow start. It was my favourite aspect of the story as a whole. It was exactly the right length.

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Ella Minnow Pea

Book of the Month August 2015 - Question 1; Was there any point in the novel that you found the use of language difficult to take?

Brin: In the last few letters, absolutely! I found myself having to speak the words outloud to understand what was being said because of course as more letters disappear more words become spelt phonetically. I was on a crowded train when I read it though which made it pretty embarrassing!

Laura: I actually found the flowery prose at the beginning of the novel harder to grasp. It seemed super old fashioned, in keeping with the feel of Nollop, but it was a bit of a shock because I wasn’t expecting it. I also found the dry language of the council edicts quite difficult. More so as the letters were removed.