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Ruth Emmie Lang

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Ruth Emmie Lang was born in Glasgow, Scotland and has the red hair to prove it. When she was four years old, she immigrated to Ohio where she stills lives today. She has since lost her Scottish accent, but still has the hair. Ruth lives with her husband and son on two wooded acres in the Cleveland area. Her first novel, Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance, was a finalist for the Ohioana Book Award.

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Author Field Notes: Paperback Release & Target Book Club!

Hey guys! It's been a while... In fact, I'm a little ashamed to admit it's been over a year since I updated this blog, but today, I have a very good reason:I'm excited to announce that BEASTS OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE is now available on paperback and was chosen as the Target Book Club pick for the month of December! This edition features a letter from the author (me!) and a reading group guid Read more of this blog post »

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Quotes by Ruth Emmie Lang (?)

“Why do you do that?"

"Do what?"

"Take something beautiful and vandalize it with skepticism?”
― Ruth Emmie Lang, Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance

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“The silence in the house was painful, but I had begun to realize that half of it belonged to me.”
― Ruth Emmie Lang, Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance

tags: loneliness, lonely-people, silence

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“Don't cry over the same thing twice. Get it all out the first time, even if it's loud and messy. Then it's over.”
― Ruth Emmie Lang, Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance

tags: crying, sadness

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Which genre would you like to read for the December Book of the Month?

Fantasy - 3 of 3 books

La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust, #1) by Philip Pullman

La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman

Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang

A Shadow Bright and Burning (Kingdom on Fire, #1) by Jessica Cluess

A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess

35 votes, 32.4%

Romance - 3 of 3 Books

Until Friday Night (The Field Party, #1) by Abbi Glines

Until Friday Night by Abbi Glines

The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn

A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1) by Deborah Harkness

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

21 votes, 19.4%

Classics - 3 of 3 Books

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

21 votes, 19.4%

Adventure

The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin

Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount Everest by Brian Dickinson

Shaken by Eric Walters

16 votes, 14.8%

Dystopia

The Girl with All the Gifts (The Hungry Plague, #1) by M.R. Carey

The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Anthem by Ayn Rand

15 votes, 13.9%

108 total votes

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Ruth’s Quotes

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: adventuring, death, time

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“There are no happy endings.
Endings are the saddest part,
So just give me a happy middle
And a very happy start.”
― Shel Silverstein, Every Thing on It

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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

tags: books, dragons, fairy-tales, inspirational, paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton

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