Rereading – Darkestwings Reads

Thursday Quotables: January 12, 2017

Lee — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 23:05:45 +0000

This weekly feature is the place to highlight a great quote, line, or passage discovered during your reading each week; whether it’s something funny, startling, gut-wrenching, or just really beautifully written.

I was moved by this new idea of my grandfather, not as a paranoiac gun nut or a secretive philanderer or a man who wasn’t there for his family, but as a wandering knight who risked his life for others, living out of cars and cheap motels, stalking lethal shadows, coming home shy a few bullets and marked with bruises he could never quite explain and nightmares he couldn’t talk about. For his many sacrifices, he received only scorn and suspicion form those he loved.

Summary:

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of curious photographs.

A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.

A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.

Thank you Bookshelf Fantasies for this fun book meme!

Teaser Tuesday: January 10, 2017

Lee — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 21:00:00 +0000

They were orphans of war, washed up on that little island in a tide of blood.

– Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, page 17

Version:
Hardcover, First Edition, 352 pages
Published June 7th 2011 by Quirk

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR, or just share what you are currently reading. It is very easy to play along:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

Book v. Film: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Lee — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 23:47:21 +0000

I absolutely love how the film portrays Jake in the beginning (the Florida introductory part).

And by “absolutely love” I mean totally hate.

Film!Jake is “nice guy still somehow friendless” which is a trope that can honestly fucking die.

And this totally sucks because in doing this film viewers completely miss out on “petulant teen” Book!Jake — who does have a friend, by the way, and is infinitely more entertaining.

Currently Reading: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Lee — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:54:14 +0000

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Currently Reading: The Tale of Birle by Cynthia Voigt

Lee — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 13:17:02 +0000

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Currently Reading: The Tale of Gwyn by Cynthia Voigt

Lee — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 13:23:45 +0000

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Photo: Forest Born by Shannon Hale

Lee — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 13:26:07 +0000

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Currently Reading: Forest Born by Shannon Hale

Lee — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 22:29:15 +0000

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Currently Reading: River Secrets by Shannon Hale

Lee — Sat, 05 Nov 2016 13:30:36 +0000

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Currently Reading: Enna Burning by Shannon Hale

Lee — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 13:32:36 +0000

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