Thursday, July 23, 2009 By: Suzanne

Friday 56:Thirteen

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
*Post a link along with your post back to this blog.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Tonight (I'm posting this Thursday night) the closest book to me is The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. I just finished this literally 2 minutes ago. Wonderful book! I'll post a review of it tomorrow along with a review of The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint, which I finished listening to this afternoon while I was cooking dinner (Polenta: mmmmmmmmmmm).

"One gets so used to one's own horrors, one forgets how they must seem to other people," I wrote at last in the middle column, and in the left I added a note describing the way she closed the finger of her good hand over the closed fist of the damaged one.

16 comments:

Kristi said...

I tried to listen to The Thirteenth Tale on audio and just couldn't get into it. The book sounds like a good one so I think I need to actually "read" it!

Here is my 56 this week.

Gaby317 said...

Here's mine

from The Sharing Knife by Louis McMaster Bujold

http://startingfresh-gaby317.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-58-week-9.html

Suzanne said...

It's hard to say since I read it but I have found the books I love to read - fantasy, sci-fi, thrillers - sometimes are better read and the ones that I would never pick up to read - chick lit - are better in audio.

Jeannie Campbell, LMFT said...

"I'm so excited at this thought, I almost swallow my chewing gum." Rebecca Bloomwood in Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic Takes Manhattan.

Anonymous said...

Very interesting!!

Mine's HERE

I love polenta!!

Suzanne said...

Me too! So much so that I had left overs for lunch today!

Andrea said...

Here is mine

Shannansbooks said...

I want to read that book sounds interesting. Here is mine for today and I am not currently reading this book it just happens to be the closet one to my desk.

http://shannanlovesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-56_24.html

Jenni @ Falling Off The Shelf said...

Almost didn't have time to post this today due to the storm. The thunder was so loud today it woke me up, scared me half to death!

Here's mine,
http://fallingofftheshelf.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-56-july-24th.html

Nita said...

And mine is here.

Anonymous said...

I'm glad you liked this book. It was one of my favorites last year.

enyl said...

Newkirk felt trill race down his spine.

Kristi said...

I have given you an award - please stop by to pick it up:

http://booksandneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-awards.html

Jenni @ Falling Off The Shelf said...

I've never 'read' any audio books before, but I will probably end up starting sooner or later. It might be something I can do while I'm working..lol.

Here's mine this week :

http://fallingofftheshelf.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-56-july-31st.html

Irene said...

Here's mine.

Suzanne said...

Didn't get it, Irene.

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