SEASON 10 EPISODE 7: Violence
This week, we’re reading chapters 33-37 of Blue Lily, Lily Blue through the theme of violence – a pretty grim topic but one that is all too familiar to these characters, sadly!
In this section, the Greenmantles go spelunking. Piper continues to be weird and it's freaking Colin out! Gwenllian, meanwhile, is wreaking noisy havoc at 300 Fox Way, but the Gray Man asks her to sing her story, and she does. She shows Blue that they’re the same, they're mirrors. If things aren’t weird and spooky enough, there’s a scaffolding failure at Aglionby and where Adam should have been killed, he's been perfectly protected–Cabeswater again.
We’re well into our journey with The Raven Cycle - you can check out season 5 for The Raven Boys and season 8 for The Dream Thieves.
This episode was recorded on 20 May 2023.
Show notes
This week we’re reading chapters 33-37. If you’d like to read along with us, you can find the full breakdown here.
Heads up: Jenn D’s story today talks about corporal punishment for kids, and we talk about the ramifications of growing up in countries with normalized violence If that’s not your jam, the story starts at 3:55 minutes in, and we move on to chapter summaries at 11:25.
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The quote Jenn D mentions is an adaptation of a famous Earl Nightingale quote:
“Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.”
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Thanks for listening! Next week, we’re reading Chapters 38-42 through the theme of heartbreak.