Daeus Lamb

@daeus-lamb Okay, thanks so much! 🙂

@daeus-lamb Hey, how can I become a part of the word wars? I thought I remember hearing that you had to ask to join the word wars but I can’t find where I’m supposed to do that…

@daeus-lamb I did enjoy Grace and Gravity, and I’m pretty sure I watched and enjoyed Chariots of Fire (it’s been a long time since I’ve seen it, though).

@selah-chelyah Yes, Amazing Grace is a great movie! It’s been a while since I’ve seen that one too.

@eitan I love The Chosen so much–it’s an amazing example of the kind of storytelling I want…[Read more]

Thanks for putting this book club together, @daeus-lamb ! It’s been so interesting to read everyone’s perspective on this book.

I totally agree with everybody that the buildup for the disastrous night was huge and the payoff was…not. And I specifically agree with @taylor-clogston that I felt very led to believe Daisy Grace was the one who would…[Read more]

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Ah, Chariots of Fire is super awesome.

Has anyone seen Amazing Grace, about William Wilberforce? Or Mr Smith Goes to Washington, which may not be technically Christian but still really good + thought-provoking? 😀

I dislike this book. I hate this book. It dredges up some deep personal wounds that probably won’t ever heal. That biases me and maybe makes me see some things as worse than another person might have seen them.

But after thinking about it for a long, long time, every day since we started reading this book, I’m confident enough to stand behind my…[Read more]

I agree with @daeus-lamb in that I was expecting something very dark and terrible to happen, too. I knew someone would die, and I feared it would be Daisy who got electrocuted on the roof of Jesse’s house. Nevertheless, I was satisfied with the ending because everything was as it should be—most importantly, Jesse and Earl belonged together and Mat…[Read more]

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Oh okay! Do you have any idea when it wil be back up?

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Awww man, I wish I would have been in the forum when you put out that you needed a beta-reader. I would have loved to have done that.

Let me know if you ever need a beta-reader again.

Just a quick question. Who do you think is nicer, you, Josiah, Hope or Brianna? 😀

-Katja

@daeus-lamb

Hey,

So both of my sisters have tried joining and the confirmation email was never sent to them. They were going to email you about it, but they need your email address. Could you please tell it to me?

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Hey,

Has anyone beta read it yet? Bc if not I will!

@daeus-lamb I think the musing was a little much, but it was far more the flavor of the musing than its density that I don’t believe in someone of Matt’s age.

Like I insinuated before, we stereotypically see Matt’s kind of rumination from an old farmer. Maybe it’s funny and clever that it’s coming from a resentment-filled young adult who has a…[Read more]

I consider this the single weakest point of the book.

Fabry is a skilled writer. All the examples you shared, @daeus-lamb, show skill. In a vacuum, they are good, often great writing.
But they don’t work in Jesse Promise.

First, a comparative poetic device is a strong seasoning. It adds flair where it appears. It also draws attention to i…[Read more]

Something interesting that the author seems to do in this book is instead of painting us a picture of the places Matt encounters, we learn about them as he sees them.

Chris Fabry could have introduced Dogwood something like this: “Dogwood stretched out ahead of us like the fold of a blanket thrown lazily across an untidy bed. Stores…[Read more]

@daeus-lamb Young Matt is awesome, gotta agree with you there. He certainly has some deep-seated issues, but I can forgive a lot of them in an ignorant kid, bless his heart.

And I’ll definitely give you the bit with the fish, Daeus. That was certainly a time when he just wanted to help out. You’re right that he’s hypersensitive about people…[Read more]