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He moved through our house now with the ease of someone who no longer considered himself a guest, no sidestepping knickknacks and perching on the edges of furniture but walking easily across the floors as if he belonged there.

– Sarah Dessen, That Summer

What Are You Reading Wednesday: June 27, 2018

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What Are You Reading Wednesdays #WAYRW is a weekly feature on It’s A Reading Thing. Everyone is welcome to participate.

Grab the book you are currently reading and answer three questions:

  1. What’s the name of your current read?
  2. Go to page 34 in your book or 34% in your eBook and share a couple of sentences.
  3. Would you like to live in the world that exists within your book? Why or why not?

  1. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
  2. Milo and Tock wondered what strange adventures lay ahead. The Humbug speculated on how he’d ever become involved in such a hazardous undertaking. And the crowd waved and cheered wildly, for, while they didn’t care at all about anyone arriving, they were always very pleased to see someone go.
  3. I mean the heart says yes, but the brain says no. The logical part of me is like “you would go insane” and the emotional part of me is like “THAT WOULD BE THE MOST AMAZING FUN PLACE TO EVER LIVE”. So that’s me confused.

 

Denton Public Library Summer Reading Challenge Update

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Well, I signed up for the Summer Reading Challenge just a few days after it started, and I’m happy to say I’ve already completed the program by reading all 10 hours and completing all 10 activities.

When I used to do this every year it was set up a little differently, but I think this version is just as fun really. It’s just got a more definite ending than the old one.

The cool thing is the prizes. After 5 hours and 5 activities you get a free book. I chose Tina Fey’s Bossypants, which I blogged about winning a little while back. Then after you finish the full 10 hours + 10 activities, you get entered to win 1 of 3 Chromebooks. And for each 5 hours you read past that you get your name entered again.

The thing I love about that prize is that, especially in summer, the 3 libraries here are often the only air conditioned place that people can go for free and spend all day. So a lot of the poorer people in town wind up putting in lots of library time when it’s hot out. I personally used to spend every day there in summer, and every afternoon during the school year. So most of the people in for the Chromebooks will be people who probably couldn’t have gotten something like that on their own.

Anyway, I am at 762 minutes (that’s 12 hours, 42 minutes) right now even with this minor slump I’ve been in this month, so I’m pretty darn proud of myself.

If any of you are doing Summer Reading Challenges of your own, I’d love to know how you’re doing! 🙂

First Lines Fridays: June 22, 2018

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First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?

  • Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
  • Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
  • Finally… reveal the book!

First Lines:

I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ. Slit me at my belly and it might slide out, meaty and dark, drop on the floor so you could stomp on it.

Did the quote pique your interest? View this book on Goodreads!

 

Friday 56: June 15, 2018

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The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda’s Voice and the rules are simple:

  • Grab a book, any book (I, personally, prefer to use my current read.)
  • Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader (If you have to improvise, that’s ok.)
  • Find any sentence, (or few, just don’t spoil it)
  • Post it

That Summer by Sarah Dessen

I tuned Lorna out, instead watching her gesture her way across the fifty states, sweeping her arm over the map as if she could create showers or drought on a whim.

 

First Lines Fridays: June 15, 2018

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First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?

  • Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
  • Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
  • Finally… reveal the book!

First Lines:

The Volkking struggled, but his sickness attacked him both day and night, a war band giving the enemy no respite of sleep. From the longest day until harvesttime, the Volkking sickened, and as it was with the King, so was it with his land.

Did the quote pique your interest? View this book on Goodreads!

 

Thursday Quotables: June 14, 2018

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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.

It was as if I was attached to her with a tether, her every movement yanking at me, my own hands reaching to shield her from the dangers of her waving arms.

Summary:

The more things change…

For fifteen-year-old Haven, there’s just too much going on.

First, there’s her father’s wedding to Lorna Queen, the local television “Weather Pet.” Then her sister Ashley’s wedding to boring Lewis Warsher, who doesn’t seem to suit Ashley at all. And Haven can’t ignore the fact that she’s nearly six feet tall and still growing. Haven can barely figure out who she is anymore or where she fits in.

Then Ashley’s old boyfriend, Sumner Lee, shows up and sparks Haven’s memories of the summer when her parents were happy, her sister was plucky and carefree, and everything was perfect…or so it seemed.

Thank you Bookshelf Fantasies for this fun book meme!