{"id":1324,"date":"2020-04-05T13:19:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T20:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/2020\/04\/05\/the-blind-assassin-meander-week-one\/"},"modified":"2020-04-05T13:19:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T20:19:28","slug":"the-blind-assassin-meander-week-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/2020\/04\/05\/the-blind-assassin-meander-week-one\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blind Assassin Meander: Week One"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the trailhead, my friends! <\/strong>
\nToday we embark on a winding journey, one that will take us from our living rooms to our bedrooms, from our front porches to our backyards, if we have such things, and then back to our living rooms because you know, couch good. All the while carrying a digital or print copy of Margaret Atwood’s Booker-Prize-winning gothic suspense science fiction neo-classic The Blind Assassin<\/em>. <\/p>\n

I’m super looking forward to this trek, and really grateful to you all for lacing up your Meandering shoes and sharing good company on the path.<\/p>\n

Exciting! But how’s it work?<\/strong>
\nIn brief, we’ll be reading 50-60 pages a week. On Sundays I’ll post the next week’s target. <\/p>\n

Read along, comment on the thread by week’s end, make it to the finish line, and yes, the rumors you’ve heard are true: you will<\/strong> receive one genuine “I Survived The Blind Assassin Meander” magnet, designed by Meanderer Elisabeth Beller. (For an example of past prizes, check out the magnet<\/a><\/strong> from our most recently concluded adventure.)<\/p>\n

\"Figure<\/a>
Figure 1.1: You can count on the magnet not looking like this.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Times are more than strange, and many of us are looking for ritual, routine, and perhaps a group read of a fairly complex though engaging tome. <\/p>\n

If that’s you, I’m glad you found your way here. The waiting is over. Grab your book. Believe in yourself and each other. Comment with verve, kindness, and\/or abandon. <\/p>\n

And let’s Meander the hell out of this thing.<\/p>\n

This week: <\/strong> Read through the end of Avilion<\/em> by April 11, pausing to comment and take a sip of something that sustains you through “the lumpy, enervating burden of the mundane.”<\/p>\n

Throughward and upward!
\n-Cecil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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