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Jan 24, 2014 08:13AM
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"On nights when I'm honest with myself, I can admit that Finn Westbrook was the best thing about my ninth-grade year.
But it hurts to think about him, so I try not to be honest with myself too often."
"I DON'T LIKE CAGES.
I don't even like going to zoos. The first time I went to one, I almost had a claustrophobic attack looking at those poor animals."
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"Dear Wilhelm Carl Grimm,
She is not the giddy, naive, and helpless princess she pretends to be."
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"It was all because of the Berlin Wall.
If it wasn't for the Berlin Wall Cecilia would never have found the letter, and she wouldn't be sitting here, at the kitchen table, willing herself not to rip it open."
When we got the letter in the post, my mother was ecstatic. She had already decided that all our problems were solved, gone forever.
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"Did you ever have a physical confrontation with Miss Putnam?"
"Did what?"
Well, I just finished a book and have not started a new one.. The next one I´ll read is
by Terhi Rannela. It´s not translated in English but could be called "To the Four Winds", maybe...This is my translation for the first sentence: "Aura sits in her one-room flat on a made double bed, on a blue bedspread crocheted by her mother, and flips through dusty photographs that she keeps in three shoeboxes under the bed."
Not very extraordinary but seems like Aura is a normal girl living by herself and misses her family.
" I felt her fear before I heard her scream." - Rose VA
She struggles a little as she weakens, as the life flows away from her, as he consumes her entirely.
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"It's a little after 2am. Outside the Elizabeth, things are relatively quiet."
"It is August 1854, and London is a city of scavengers."
I am only 46 pages in and have read the words: excrement, dung, night-soil and faeces so many times. I think someone should do a word count for the number of times these words are used in this book.
Jodi wrote: ""It is August 1854, and London is a city of scavengers."
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Sounds like Plague! There was so many scenes where explosive diarrhea was told in detail.
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"Crown Prince Nikolai forced a print-worthy smile as he exited the antiquities museum. The flash from the sea of cameras blinded him as onlookers called his name."
The bus driver eyed me up and down, confusion sweeping across his weathered face. "You lost or somethin', doll?"
I shifted my weight but kept my chin up and my gaze firmly fixed on his. "I guess not, since i haven't been waiting here just to ask you for directions"
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"I sit on the itchy couch and stare at Mommy's eyes, wishing for them to open. Everyone tells me she's going to wake up, but it's been two days."
Sarah wrote: ""I sit on the itchy couch and stare at Mommy's eyes, wishing for them to open. Everyone tells me she's going to wake up, but it's been two days.""
Ooh, sounds good.
Abbie wrote: "Jodi wrote: ""It is August 1854, and London is a city of s..."
Ewwww! I think this is going to be a gross book to read but I also think it will be really interesting. I am not very far into it though and am reading 3 books right now, so I think it will take a while to get through.
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"My name is Vivan Divine. I have a secret. I know how I'm going to die."
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"It was a bizarre May Day parade at midnight instead of midday. There were no floats, no firefighters dressed in full gear tossing out bubblegum while their single siren blared, no horns tooting in time to the beat of the drums."
The water was so cold it took Heather's breath away as she fought past the kids crowding the beach and standing in the shallows, waving towels and homemade signs, cheering and calling up to the remaining jumpers.
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"You know the Saybrooks. Everyone does."
Abbie wrote: "The water was so cold it took Heather's breath away as she fought past the kids crowding the beach and standing in the shallows, waving towels and homemade signs, cheeri..."
Im reading that book the character and I share a name!!
Abbie wrote: "The water was so cold it took Heather's breath away as she fought past the kids crowding the beach and standing in the shallows, waving towels and homemade signs, cheeri..."
YEAH!
It was a good place, a peaceful place. The kind of place where the the past could lie, forever.
From inside the house there was an animal sounding howl, and then a gruff shout: "It's locked!" I wrenched the gate open and ran out into the lane, mum staggering after me.
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Mc wrote: "Abbie wrote: "The water was so cold it took Heather's breath away as she fought past the kids crowding the beach and standing in the shallows, waving towels and homemade..."
Would you recommend that book?
@Heather - It was a bit slow, and i wasn't that excited when a challenge started. It's not as good as Delirium.
Abbie wrote: "@Heather - It was a bit slow, and i wasn't that excited when a challenge started. It's not as good as Delirium."I didnt like Delirium at all
Sarah wrote: "Good luck with that one Abbie! I'm interested to know how it goes!"I'm only on chapter 2, but it's quite interesting. :)
Abbie wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Good luck with that one Abbie! I'm interested to know how it goes!"I'm only on chapter 2, but it's quite interesting. :)"
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I didnt like Delirium at all"
In my opinion Panic was worse than Delirium, so if you didn't like Delirium, you might not like this. Like Abbie said, it was really slow and didn't really get exciting until the last 5% of the book :(
"They were gathered around a conference table in a high-rise, eight men and women, no one under the age of sixty-five, all of them wealthy beyond measure. And they were here, in the middle of Manhattan, to decide my fate."
Inês wrote: ""They were gathered around a conference table in a high-rise, eight men and women, no one under the age of sixty-five, all of them wealthy beyond measure. And they ..."
I liked that series. :)
@Abbie: I've been dying to start this! Ever since I read the synopsis I just wanna read it, but I had a bunch of other books started and I finally ended them. Now I'm free to finally read this :)
Inês wrote: "@Abbie: I've been dying to start this! Ever since I read the synopsis I just wanna read it, but I had a bunch of other books started and I finally ended them. Now I'm free to finally read this :)"You might want to check out Hex Hall if you like it. I liked that series more than the Dark elite series. :)
I've read the Hex Hall series! I really liked it :)
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