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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

City of Bones Read A Long: Chapter 11 MANGUS BANE


Welcome to today's City of Bones Read A Long stop #11. Now through August 12, myself (Mundie Moms), TMI SourcePage to Premiere, and Fangirlish are hosting a City of Bones read-along to prepare us for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, which will be in theaters August 21.

Today's chapter of discussion,  Chapter 11 MAGNUS BANE! There is a lot that happens in this chapter, and it's more of the little details than the big ones that caught my attention. For instance, I loved how observant Clary is. After just returning from the City of Bones, Jace and Clary stop for a bite to eat and Alec, Izzy and Simon join them. While there, Clary mental notes the differences between Alec and Jace. Later on when Izzy helps Clary get ready to attend Magnus's party, she asks Izzy if Alec is gay. What I loved about this scene is we see how protective of her brother Izzy is. We also get an idea of what it's like for Alec being a gay shadowhunter, since it's not something shadowhunters want to talk about. 

Along with Clary, we also learn more a little more about The Circle, and The Accords. In a picture Clary finds she sees her Mother with Valentine, Luke, Hodges and Jace's father, Michael Wayland, and The Lightwoods. There's something odd that always struck me about reading this chapter, which later on in the series I learn why. Why would Hodge tell Clary not to show Jace a photo that has his father in it. 


I LOVE the moments between Jace and Clary. First his comments about her journal not featuring any pictures of him, than his offer to tell her a bedtime story to put her to sleep. Though this bed time story is totally heartbreaking, we're given a glimpse into who the real Jace is. What he was raised to be like. I found it interesting to see the differences between Jace and Clary here. She feels his story is awful, and Jace looks at it more as a necessity to be raised the way he was. 


I don't know about you guys, but I would love to have Izzy give me a make over. haha I love the make over she gives Clary for Magnus's party. More specifically I love the reaction both Simon and Jace have over her make over. Ah Simon! Ever the protective best friend, who's not too fond of her wearing a shirt, tight fitting dress. Then there's Jace. One of my ALL time favorite Jace and Clary moments happens in this chapter, and that's when he takes the pins out of her hair, so her hair falls down around her neck. *sigh* It's so unexpected of Jace to do that, and yet at the same time I felt like I was getting a peek into something totally private between the two of them. 


Check out the rest of the Read A Long stops that have already taken place:
Chapter 1 (TMI Source)
Chapter 2 (Page to Premiere)
Chapter 3 (Mundie Moms)
Chapter 4 (Fangirlish)
Chapter 5 (TMI Source)
Chapter 6 (Page to Premiere)
Chapter 7 (Mundie Moms)
Chapter 8 (Fangirlish)
Chapter 9 (TMI Source)
Chapter 10 (Page To Premiere) 
Chapter 11 (Mundie Moms)
Chapter 12 (Fangirlish)
Chapter 13 (TMI Source)
Chapter 14 (Page to Premiere)
Chapter 15 (Mundie Moms)
Chapter 16 (Fangirlish)
Chapter 17 (TMI Source)
Chapter 18 (Page to Premiere)
Chapter 19 (Mundie Moms)
Chapter 20 (Fangirlish)
Chapter 21 (TMI Source)
Chapter 22 (Page to Premiere)
Chapter 23 (Mundie Moms)
Epilogue (Fangirlish)

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