The fact she’s using ‘Granger’ as her surname for writing/the book 🫣. So ridiculous, she’ll really regret that in a few decades lol
The mystery hook is ''most importantly, how has the missing child affected Lottie's GCSE coursework?'' Because...priorities.The mystery hook should be "where did the missing person go?", not "who is the missing person, how did they go missing and how is the protagonist related to any of it?"
I think she's aiming for the Jacqueline Wilson style of realism/teen issues fiction.Given her favourite series ever is Harry Potter you'd think if Ruby wanted to write for a younger audience she'd write something more in the fantasy realm of things. Can't imagine stressed school kids will find much escapism in reading a book about a stressed school kid
I'm mostly in agreement with your post, but not sure about this. We know that Martha hasn't had the same issues as Ruby with independence. I think a lot of it's related to personal issues Ruby's dealing with rather than overprotective parenting.And in a way, it's not even her fault - any child who was sheltered and coddled to such an extreme degree for all her life would struggle massively once she has to deal with moving out, becoming independent, getting negative feedback sometimes, solving problems on her own, etc.
9 year-old girl Janey is missing, presumed dead, but the girl's family are so impressed by how diligently Lottie stays on top of her homework while raising funds for a school combination Holocaust/RIP Janey Memorial that they adoptThe mystery hook is ''most importantly, how has the missing child affected Lottie's GCSE coursework?'' Because...priorities.
I agree. It's also not exactly hard to find her real surname at this point, so I don't understand why she still tries to keep it a secret.The fact she’s using ‘Granger’ as her surname for writing/the book 🫣. So ridiculous, she’ll really regret that in a few decades lol
AND she has a lovely surname!I agree. It's also not exactly hard to find her real surname at this point, so I don't understand why she still tries to keep it a secret.
It made sense when she was underage. Now she has a good opportunity to properly rebrand and move on from study videos by going by her actual name but she definitely won't because stranger danger!I agree. It's also not exactly hard to find her real surname at this point, so I don't understand why she still tries to keep it a secret.
Ngl, if you write this, I'll read it.9 year-old girl Janey is missing, presumed dead, but the girl's family are so impressed by how diligently Lottie stays on top of her homework while raising funds for a school combination Holocaust/RIP Janey Memorial that they adoptRubyLottie as their new replacement surrogate daughter. No need to keep looking for their actual child anymore. They were pretty disappointed with the way their missing daughter didn't know all about the geography of Kenya, never corrected their grammar and often slept like a starfish rather than sleeping straight and rigor-mortised like a pencil, which was completely unacceptable, so this is a much better arrangement.
An epilogue will explain that missing Janey was raised by wild animals in the woods and went on to have a magical life embracing nature, free from the hustle and bustle of modern life and spared the complexities of high school education that would no doubt confuse her feeble brain.RubyErimenthaLottie gets to live her dream of being 9 again, so it's a happy ending all around.
But at the last second,RubyLottie remembers that she actually has a biological sister, Marla, who wasn't mentioned at any point previously in the book, but has also now gone missing, providing a shocking cliffhanger for a sequel.
Thread title: RubME (everything else comes second) GrangerYup... to quote her ranty rant: "EVERYTHING ELSE COMES SECOND (including YouTube, which I cannot and will not rely on for book sales; I just can't let myself do that)"
I think she's trying to say that she should do what she wants, including wearing makeup, without worrying about whether people will laugh or think she's "cool enough." Which seems like an odd concern given her content and lifestyle (if anyone's going to laugh at her, its going to be for making videos of herself eating gruel by candlelight, not for putting on lip gloss) but there it is.I've read it several times and still don't even understand what the hell she means.
She SHOULD wear makeup so that people will laugh at her because she's not "cool enough" to wear it? Or she SHOULD wear makeup because she's realised she's "cool enough" to wear makeup, like the cosmetics police would come taze her for putting on foundation and mascara if her coolness level wasn't high enough?
The desperation is real.The book you finished writing? Or the book you finished pretending to read? Or the book you just simply finished by unspecified but undoubtedly efficient means of destruction? Learn to use words, Roomba.
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I think - and hope - that it's a hatI’m not in the mood for deep thought this morning and tbh, I’m utterly distracted by the headband. How it is staying on her head when it’s so far back?
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Oh ok, so we're resurrecting the typewriter, feels like yesterday that she bought an entirely new computer for her writer aesthetic... Everything with her has been so boring and so wholly unoriginal that I only have one question: IS IT SOON YET
The only reason I brought up what I did was that I was also in my final year of a degree (masters year of an undergraduate masters), writing a dissertation, and preparing for exams. I do read the odd thing that is challenging, and that I like to take time to digest, but I fill in the gaps around those books with chaff, mostly. I find, if you pick certain books at the right level (could be YA, but doesn't necessarily have to be) reading becomes far more like watching TV than serious study. Hence, I ended up replacing all my individual consumption activities (watching TV, browsing social media) with reading.I suppose you have to bear in mind that she was in her final year of university so no doubt had plenty of coursework to complete. So there will have been a lot less "free" time to read.
I know during term-time, I did a lot less reading for pleasure than I would have liked, as there was always a deadline around the corner, so for me, 60 books would have been an incredible number.
I really enjoy reading, but I like to take my time with books to really engage with the material, and also take 2-3 days break before starting a new one to give myself time to really "digest" it and think about it, maybe read some reviews to see what others have thought of it and maybe throw in some non-fiction to cleanse the palate so to speak, before diving into a new world with new characters.
It's why I'd probably never do a readathon, unless maybe all the books were part of the same series, like A Song of Ice and Fire for example.
I don't have any yearly reading goals and I think it's something that would just make me tempted to choose shorter or easier books to hit the number (which is something we see Ruby do frequently), instead of spending a solid week on a really challenging read with 600+ pages.
Absolutely. This is the thing I was trying to get across. As a student in more or less Ruby's position this year who also very much enjoys reading, I manage to churn through and actually read far more books of a similar quality than she has. I was trying to contextualise her quantity in the context of her quality.idk about 'impressive' (I dont think reading any number of books is impressive. people should read for enjoyment and not to impress themselves or other people), but 60 books in 6 months is a lot. thats a book every 3 days. it's not realistic for most people with responsibilities, work, school imo. I dont think a 'low output' of reading is Ruby's problem - it's that she skims books and rarely delves into the text. If Ruby read 5 books a year and actually engaged with the content she would get much more out of her reading. LMFAO lets not act like Ruby needs to do any more of those ridiculous 'I read 5 books in a day videos'. Quantity means nothing.
I think people are willfully misunderstanding my reading strategy (and the reading strategies of people who read a lot.) For me there are two classes of books. Books strictly for pleasure, and books that also challenge and stimulate. I use the former kind to pad around the latter kind. This means I can still be reading when I'm not in the mood for something challenging. Not every book one reads has to be earthshatteringly poignant and difficult (well, unless you follow Nietzsche's content diet.)I agree here. I don't think reading is about "output" (idk what that's even supposed to mean, you're not putting anything out, surely it's more about putting something in). If your primary way of quantifying what you've read is the number of books, that seems pretty shallow and performative. It really means nothing. Reading a book does not equal fully absorbing the information. Purposefully reading something slower can mean you're being more thoughtful about the writing. There are plenty of people who will read one book to every 5 that Ruby does, and still get way more out of it than she ever will.
granger dangerIt made sense when she was underage. Now she has a good opportunity to properly rebrand and move on from study videos by going by her actual name but she definitely won't because stranger danger!
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