Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Shed some light on that Dark book that you are reading and post a quote here for all of us.

I get to be the first one to post a quote this month. This one is from page 46 of Now You See Me by S.J. Bolton:

"I said Goodbye to Rona and walked back to the station, knowing I was probably as powerless to protect Tia as Rona was.
The official line from Scotland Yard is that all reported rapes and sexual crimes are taken seriously. Spokesmen point to millions of taxpayers' money invested in the Sapphire Units. The truth is they are failing and all over London young women and girls are being let down. Because those is a position to address the problem simply dare not confront its true nature."

The Handmaid's Tale

This washroom used to be for boys. The mirrors have been replaced here too by oblongs of dull grey metal, but the urinals are still there, on one wall, white enamel with yellow stains. They look oddly like babies' coffins. I marvel again at the nakedness of men's lives: the showers right out in the open, the body exposed for inspection and comparison, the public display of privates. What is it for? What purposes of reassurance does it serve? The flashing of a badge, look, everyone, all is in order, I belong here. Why don't women have to prove to one another that they are women? Some form of unbuttoning, some split-crotch routine, just as casual. A doglike sniffing.

That is quite a quote, Sherri. It is true, to, though. Why is it that guys don't get the same sort of privacy in bathrooms that women do?

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

I thought of using digitalis as my third magic word, but it was too easy for someone to say, and at last I decided on Pegasus. I took a glass from the cabinet, and said the word very distinctly into the glass, then filled it with water and drank.

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

"It was a fine morning," Uncle Julian said, his voice going on and on, "a fine bright morning, and none of them knew it was their last."

Great quotes, Mindy. I really love the second one. It would be a great beginning line for a thriller! When I read the first one, I thought digitalis was a much more suitable word for a magic word in a dark book. And how is Pegasus harder to say than digitalis.

Magic Bleeds

"We live in a dangerous world. If you see a chance to be happy, you have to fight for it, so later you have no regrets."

Lyn M wrote: "Great quotes, Mindy. I really love the second one. It would be a great beginning line for a thriller! When I read the first one, I thought digitalis was a much more suitable word for a magic wor..."

Thanks Lyn. I think it meant that digitalis had the possibility of being used or said more often than Pegasus. It is not everyday that you use Pegasus in a sentence. Of course I don't use digitalis that much either!

True - but I can certainly say that digitalis COULD be used more often in regular speech.

Lauren wrote: "Magic Bleeds

"We live in a dangerous world. If you see a chance to be happy, you have to fight for it, so later you have no regrets.""

Words to live by, Lauren. That for the quote!

from Life As We Knew It, page 19

"But the moon wasn't a half moon anymore. It was tilted and wrong and a three-quarter moon and it got larger, way larger, large like a moon rising on the horizon, only it wasn't rising. It was smack in the middle of the sky, way too big, way too visible. You could see details on the craters even without the binoculars that before I'd seen with Matt's telescope."

Interesting quote, Lynn. Strangely, it alwasy sort of freaks me out when the rising moon looks bigger than it should. I'm sure a moon in the middle of the sky that is too big would really get to me.

Is this a sci-fi book, a dystopian book, horror? How would you class it's genre?

Lyn M wrote: "Interesting quote, Lynn. Strangely, it alwasy sort of freaks me out when the rising moon looks bigger than it should. I'm sure a moon in the middle of the sky that is too big would really get to ..."

It's YA post-apocalyptic, it's been also categorized by others as sci-fi and dystopian. It's about a meteor hitting the moon and knocking it closer to earth and all the changes in the climate because of it.

LynnB wrote: "Lyn M wrote: "Interesting quote, Lynn. Strangely, it alwasy sort of freaks me out when the rising moon looks bigger than it should. I'm sure a moon in the middle of the sky that is too big would ..."

That sounds really interesting. :)

LynnB wrote: "from Life As We Knew It, page 19

"But the moon wasn't a half moon anymore. It was tilted and wrong and a three-quarter moon and it got larger, way larger, large like a moon rising on the horizon,..."

Love that book. It was an emotional ride, really brought me into the story.

You guys are intriguing me. I may have to take a look.

from Unwind, p. 46:

"You didn't have to do that, Connor says, trying not to show how much it still hurts. "It's not like I was going to hurt you or anything."

"Yeah, well, now you won't for sure," says Risa, maybe sounding a bit gulty for being so harsh. "Don't forget I lived in a state home."

Connor nods. He knows about StaHo kids. They have to learn to take care of themselves real young, or their lives are not very pleasant. He should have realized she was a touch-me-not.

from The Scar

Tanner showed Shekel the additions, the changes to his body, and Shekel winced at their oddness and inflammations, but was fascinated. Tanner told him all the things the chirurgeon had explained.

"You'll be tender, Mr Sack," he had said. "And even when you're well, I want to warn you - some of the cuts I've made, some of the wounds, they may heal hard. They might scar. In that case, I want you not to be downhearted or disappointed. Scars are not injuries, Tanner Sack. A scar is a healing. After injury, a scar is what makes you whole."

Susan wrote: "from Unwind, p. 46:

"You didn't have to do that, Connor says, trying not to show how much it still hurts. "It's not like I was going to hurt you or anything."

"Yeah, well, now you won't for sure,..."

Now I want to know what she did to him....

Coralie wrote: "from The Scar

Tanner showed Shekel the additions, the changes to his body, and Shekel winced at their oddness and inflammations, but was fascinated. Tanner told him all the things the chirurgeon h..."

Wow, that certainly qualifies as Dark, Coralee.

From The Historian, p. 46

"My second realization, if it actually came second, swooped over me like a paralysis as I halted. I say swooped because that was how it came over my sight, not into my reason or instinct. At that moment, as I froze in its path, the warm light from my mentor's window went out...I had no sense of an ordinary desk lamp's being switched out in a window. Instead it was is if something raced over the window behind me, blotting out the source of light. Then the street was utterly dark."

Bea wrote: "From The Historian, p. 46

"My second realization, if it actually came second, swooped over me like a paralysis as I halted. I say swooped because that was how it came over my sight, not into my re..."

Bea - I really have to get around to reading this book. That quote sounds so good and creepy.

Lyn, it took me awhile to get around to reading it, and, although I tried, I doubt that I will finish it this month as it is over 600 pages. I am only about half done with 4 days to go. However, I would recommend it.

from The Madman's Daughter, p. 46:

"Good," he muttered, and I came back to the present, blushing wildly. His finger still rested against my arm, rubbing absently, burning a hole in my skin. "Have you had trouble getting enough of the treatment?"

I took a deep breath. "No. Any chemist will make it if I give them the instructions and the raw supplies. Though they look at me oddly enough."

He nodded. "I'm glad. I've worried." Slowly he released my arm. I rolled the sleeve back down quickly, smoothing the cuff over my wrist.

The silence was heavy.

Wow, that sounds interesting, Susan. I think I have that book to read. Your quote certainly peaked my interest.