Ep 1: March Book Club // Gilded by Marissa Meyer

03/28/22 • 16 min

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Happy book club Monday deerlings! Welcome to the first ever episode of the Scones & Tomes Book Club. I am so excited to be chatting about Gilded by Marissa Meyer with you today!

📝 Discussion Guide

What was your overall experience reading Gilded and how did you rate it?
Gilded is a re-telling of Rumplestiltskin but also introduces a number of other German mythological creatures such as the Erlking and nachkrapps. Did you know anything about the German fairy tale creatures before reading this novel? What did you think of their inclusion and how they were portrayed?
The novel begins saying "But there are two sides to every story. The hero and the villain. The dark and the light. The blessing and the curse.” - where do you see this dynamic playing out throughout the novel? Were there any moments where the dynamic played out differently than you expected?
Gilded is a very unique book in its entirety, but also plays a lot on the ideas of fairy tales - some of which get called out by the listeners of Serilda’s stories. One of the tropes that it plays on specifically is the idea of an unreliable narrator - Serilda is known for telling stories and being untruthful, yet as of the end of Gilded - we see that her stories have an element of truth to them. What did you think of this approach and where do you hope it will go in the next book?

P O R T A L S

☘️ Order Gilded by Marissa Meyer

☘️ Pre-Order Cursed, Book 2 in the series

🐇 Our April Pick: The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

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OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED

📗 Lore Olympus

📗 The Lunar Chronicles

📗 An Enchantment of Ravens

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Happy book club Monday deerlings! Welcome to the first ever episode of the Scones & Tomes Book Club. I am so excited to be chatting about Gilded by Marissa Meyer with you today!

📝 Discussion Guide

What was your overall experience reading Gilded and how did you rate it?
Gilded is a re-telling of Rumplestiltskin but also introduces a number of other German mythological creatures such as the Erlking and nachkrapps. Did you know anything about the German fairy tale creatures before reading this novel? What did you think of their inclusion and how they were portrayed?
The novel begins saying "But there are two sides to every story. The hero and the villain. The dark and the light. The blessing and the curse.” - where do you see this dynamic playing out throughout the novel? Were there any moments where the dynamic played out differently than you expected?
Gilded is a very unique book in its entirety, but also plays a lot on the ideas of fairy tales - some of which get called out by the listeners of Serilda’s stories. One of the tropes that it plays on specifically is the idea of an unreliable narrator - Serilda is known for telling stories and being untruthful, yet as of the end of Gilded - we see that her stories have an element of truth to them. What did you think of this approach and where do you hope it will go in the next book?

P O R T A L S

☘️ Order Gilded by Marissa Meyer

☘️ Pre-Order Cursed, Book 2 in the series

🐇 Our April Pick: The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

💻 Subscribe to the Blog

📸 Instagram

🛍 Buy Books

OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED

📗 Lore Olympus

📗 The Lunar Chronicles

📗 An Enchantment of Ravens

--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/librariananna/support

Previous Episode

🎙: Quick Lit - February Wrap Up

Welcome to the Reading Guild Podcast. This is an episode of Quick Lit; your monthly wrap up series where I talk about all of the books I picked up during the month, announce next month’s book club title, and share any other news that needs to be shared!

A L L T H E L I N K S

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B O O K S M E N T I O N E D

📖: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Jackanory Edition)

📖: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

📖: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

📖: That’s What Frenemies Are For by Sophie Littlefield & Lauren Gershell

📖: From Blood & Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

📖: Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers

📖: Gilded by Marissa Meyer

Next Episode

🏺 Ep. 2: April Book Club // The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

Happy book club Monday deerlings! Welcome to the second episode of the Scones & Tomes Book Club. I am so excited to be chatting about The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker with you today!

📝 Discussion Guide

1. What was your overall experience reading The Silence of the Girls and how did you rate it?

2. The Silence of the Girls is a retelling of Homer’s Iliad, how did reading this book impact your understanding of the source material or vice versa?

3. Throughout The Iliad and Greek mythology as a whole, Achilles is always seen as a hero. How does this novel challenge that image throughout the book and what was your opinion of him by the end?

4. One of the biggest critiques of this book is that it was written in more of a modern style. Do you feel that it took away from your reading experience? Or did it make the ancient stories much more easy to enjoy?

5. From what we know of ancient Greek culture and customs, the gods play a much bigger role in the lives of mortals than we are witness to in the novel. What did you think of their omission from the story?

P O R T A L S

🏺 Order The Silence of the Girls // Amazon | Bookshop

🏺 Order The Women of Troy, Book 2 in the series // Amazon | Bookshop

🏮 Our May Pick: The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur // Amazon | Bookshop

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OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED

🏺 The Iliad // Amazon | Bookshop

🏺 The Odyssey // Amazon | Bookshop

🏺 A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes // Amazon | Bookshop

🏺 For the Most Beautiful by Emily Hauser // Amazon |