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Monday, April 23, 2012

City of Fallen Angels Read A Long Day 6: Wake The Dead


Welcome to Day 6 of the City of Fallen Angels Read-A-Long. You can follow the entire read-a-long and find each of the day's posts here. Remember there's no right or wrong way to participate. Your comments can be as long or a short as you'd like them to be. You can answer one or each of the questions asked, it's totally up to you, BUT, in order to be entered into the COLS giveaway (which you also had to sign up to win), you do need to be actively participating in the read-a-long. 

Today's discussion is about: Chapter 6: Wake The Dead

This is quite an interesting chapter. Jace and Simon and hanging out, more dead are showing up, Clary uses her power to get answers from the dead,  we find out Camille is behind the deaths, and the famous mango scene happens *snickers*
  • What do you guys make of Jace and Simon hanging out? Neither of them has really gotten along through out the series, and now they're hanging out together. Don't get me wrong, I love the snarky comments that fly back and forth between the two, but why would Jace be hanging out with Simon vs Clary? 
  • What do you think of Clary's ability to contact the dead? Do you think this is something that's going to lead her into trouble?
  • Are you shocked to find Camille is behind the killings? What do you think her motive is?

Please DO NOT POST SPOILERS. There's some fans who are joining the read-a-long who are reading COFA for the first time. 

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22 comments:

  1. *I think that the reason I thought Jace was hanging out with Simon was to kind of avoid Clary. I absolutely love this chapter. The interactions between them are great, and also, the mango thing. Lol!

    *I was very nervous at this thought when I first read the book. I don't remember quite what I thought the first time I read it, but I know it wasn't good.

    *I think when the dead Shadow Hunter said Camille's name, it was expected. I can't say anything else on this since I don't remember what I thought the first time.

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  2. *I think that Jace and Simon are friends of a sort. Simon and Jace both love Clary so it seems like an ideal place for jace to be when he seems to be unable to be next to Clary.
    *A Powerful and useful rune for the clave to have, easier to find the guilty party when the dead can give evidence.
    *I think that Camille is bad news for Simon if she has no fear of shadow hunters and the accords she wouldn't be afraid of Simon even with his mark.

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  3. I love the new bond forming between Jace and Simon. Their love for Clary really seems to have pulled them together. :)

    I think Clary's ability will be both an asset and a problem.

    I can't believe she killed them. Actually, I don't believe it. It just doesn't seem to fit. She's trying to keep a low profile to stay under Raphael's radar so this is just too conspicuous. I think there's a misunderstanding.

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  4. *I agree with Amy. I think that the reason Jace was hanging out with Simon was to avoid Clary. but I really liked it. I hope they will keep doing it.
    *I'm not sure if she'll ever use this rune again. but if she will? troubles indeed.
    *I don't believe Camille did it. I just can't.

    And... WTF! Kyle is a werewolf?! O__o"
    I didn't saw it comeing.

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  5. Jace and Simon together is absolutely fabulous. They actually work so well together. Do you think that the flying snarky remarks may be because they are exactly alike in personality? Both sarcastic, just in different ways. I think that their personalities work well together. Isn’t this the chapter we owe for the Mango scene?
    Clary with the rune was kinda expected. She is so mega powerful and skilled, she doesn’t even know what she can do. So it made scnse
    As for Camille? I say ulterior motive. That’s has ulterior motive written all over it in her handwriting.
    And Kyle? Love it! Waiting for a twist and that was a fabulous one!!! And he is absolutely wonderful.

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  6. I feel like Jace and Simon have always secretly been friends and just not wanted to admit it. I feel like there's at least a mutual respect between them. And I love them together in this scene! And then once you throw Kyle it, too, it's absolute gold.

    As for Clary, I remember that part really freaked me out the first time I read it, and I just skimmed over it this time because it was so freaky.

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  7. It's strange that Jace would want to VOLUNTARILY hang out with Simon, but it's clear he is avoiding something. We don't know what's going on with him really and the fact that he's going to Simon is a sign that he really isn't doing all that great.

    The fact that Clary is as powerful as she is, it wasn't too much of a surprise that she could create that rune. A little creepy, but also very cool. She's unlike other Shadowhunters and I love that they are discovering what she can do.

    It wasn't too much of a shock to me, actually I was expecting it. And I think nothing good can come from her motives, especially where Simon is concerned.

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  8. I think Jace and Simon have come to like each other...they just wouldn't admit it.....Jace staying with Simon is a way to be close to Clary even as he tries to stay away from her....

    Being able to raise the dead...it a very powerful thing...I see it ending badly...the dead deserve respect and not to be re-animated...

    Camille being the killer really wasnpt a shock...I expect her to continue her evil ways and Simon should steer clear of her....

    StephAnnee

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  9. i would have never thought Siomon and Jace would even hang out especially when he needs to be hanging out with Clary, but i do love the smart comments they dish out to each other. He's letting those dreams getting to him so hes staying away from Clary, which i might say he shouldn't be doing.
    Clarys ability to contact and the dead is alittle freaky and probably will get her into trouble, shes determind and hardheaded when is Finding out Camille was behind the killings was and wasn't a shock, and nothing good really comes out of her motives.

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  10. I have no idea why Jace would want to hang out with Simon, unless it is to gain insight on Clary. I agree: I love the dialogue between the two of them! :D

    I think that Clary's gift will lead her into trouble until she learns how to harness it...where oh where is that tutor?

    I am not surprised about Camille, and I will not post why because it is a definite spoiler from Clockwork Angel.

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  11. I've always felt that deep down Jace liked Simon but in the beginning felt threatened by his closeness to Clary. I think that since Jace has been having the nightmares about causing physical harm to Clary, spending time with Simon not only takes his mind off the situation but it is also a way for him to be close to Clary by extension.

    I think that Clary's ability to use a rune to wake the dead is inevitably trouble for her and causes her utmost distress. But every bad there is an equal good to balance it. So I believe that someway somehow this rune will become useful, instead of bringing animation to a body that is in severe pain.

    Wow Camille really is a dangerous vampire, but I somehow refuse to believe it is really her behind the shadow hunter murders. She has been to busy laying low trying to regain her place among her once vampire followers.

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  12. I loved the grocery store scene. The fact that Jace would even go with Simon cracks me up. I love it that he could careless about the girls. I also don't think Camille is behind the deaths. Why would she be after all this time. Clary bringing back the dead that is creepy and it is too bad she cant' draw a rune that takes the pain away during the process.

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  13. I LOVE the grocery store scene. It makes me snicker every time I read it, as I can picture the horrified looked on Simon's face and Jace's nonchalant relation to the girls.

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  14. I really love the interactions between the guys in this part of the book. The whole first trilogy is all Clary's POV, so we never get to see Simon and Jace interact like this. It's a nice change- plus I love the whole mango thing!!!

    I was pretty surprised to find that Camille was behind the attacks. I don't trust her, but neither do I think of her as evil. She's not really a villain in my opinion, just someone selfish.

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  15. It's so funny to see Jace and Simon hanging out. They have never gotten along but that had more to do with Clary than anything else. I think they actually respect each other and like each other, they just don't come out and say it because they are guys and guys never do feelings with each other. I think Jace is with Simon more instead of Clary because of his nightmares. He is staying away from her but at the same time trying to be around her because Simon is her best friend. So if Clary ever needed anything, Jace would know where to be.
    I think Clary being able to contact the dead is cool and a really handy power to have. I think this will help her and everyone in the long run because the dead have all the useful information and they have nothing to lose for sharing that information. It's a lot harder to get anything from someone who is alive and there is the possibility of them lying. So I think contacting the dead will definitely be great for Clary.
    I think when the dead shadowhunter said Camille's name, he was suppose to say that. I actually think she is being setup. Camille has never come across to me as someone who would do something as cruel and heartless as this. I don't see any reason why she would kill shadowhunters so I believe she is being framed.

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  16. I love the snarkiness between Jace and Simon. Together they are hilarious. I'm sure Jace has his reasons for hanging out with Simon. Hmm....
    Still not sure about Camille.
    As far as Clary goes, it really hasn't been that long since I've read this book, but I totally blocked out the whole 'wake the dead' thing. Must have been a protection kind of thing on my part. That scene was seriously intense and creepy.

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  17. Mmmm it's so hard to avoid spoilers! (:
    I love Simon and Jace together, especially Jace and Kyle! They're perfect!
    I'm really worried about Clary's powers because, as Luke said, she absolutely has no idea of how they work.
    I'm really not surprised by the involvement of Camille in the Shadowhunters' killings, I tought she was creep since the very beginning!!
    My favourite moment is when Simon found Jace and Kyle playing Halo together, so sweet! (:

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  18. So I'm thinking that Jace is in protection mode. He is afraid to be around Clary and well Simon is available to hang with. So there ya go. Thank goodness too cause without it there would be no mango scene. *gasps*

    I am worried about Clary talking to the dead - but I'm hoping Cassie turns it around to something that can help - well Jace.

    As for Camille - yeah she broke a certain boy's heart once and I am not be over that. So I just don't trust her.

    Valerie
    StuckInBooks.com

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  19. I am still determined that Camille is involved in/up to something much larger.

    As for Clary, this doesn't shock me. I have a feeling we will see this again.

    Jace and Simon. My first thought-avoidance. Jace is avoiding time with Clary. But I also think the does want to protect Simon too. I think it is good for Jace to spend some time outside of his norm.

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  20. I'm skeptical about Camile being the killer of the Shadowhunters. What would her motives be? She was a vengeful manipulator in ID but that's not the same as cold-blooded killer of Shadowhunters. Why?

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  21. I think Clary is special too she can make runes that no body knows and now she can see the dead. I think Clary is going to be an important Shadow hunter

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  22. I think Jace and Simon hanging out is cool.I enjoy their conversations.Jace is doing what he thinks id right.He is avoiding Clary to protect her from himself.
    I think Clary new ability to talk to the dead is kinda creepy.
    Not really shocked to find out Camille is involve/behind the killings

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