A line from The River We Remember (4)

A description that brings this imposing character to life. Love it.

While The River We Remember isn’t my favorite William Kent Krueger novel, he weaves brief and insightful descriptions in all his work. If you’ve not read any Krueger, I’d recommend his work (especially This Tender Land)! Beautifully meandering fiction. Check him out in Goodreads.

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A line from The River We Remember (3)

We know these folks, who carry a thing or attitude that defines them. Krueger captures it well with this character.

While The River We Remember isn’t my favorite William Kent Kreuger novel, he weaves brief and insightful descriptions in all his work. If you’ve not read any Kreuger, I’d recommend his work (especially This Tender Land)! Beautifully meandering fiction. Check him out in Goodreads.

For more about what I’m reading and the latest on my MG/YA Novel Suddenly Rural Girl, follow my blog! https://dannhurlbert.com/littletips

A line from I Have a Bad Feeling About This (1)

A fun comparison, especially for those of us who spent lots of time with Mario in castles and on carts!

Jeff Strand’s I Have a Bad Feeling About This is a fun stream-of-consciousness about five boys surviving summer camp. The snark in the face of danger and cute co-eds got me to chuckle a few times. You can learn more about Strand and his work in Goodreads.

For more about what I’m reading and the latest on my MG/YA Novel Suddenly Rural Girl, follow my blog! https://dannhurlbert.com/littletips

A line from The River We Remember (2)

I still love driving west out of Minnesota into the Dakotas and seeing the horizon drop and the waves of fields and farms stretch for miles!

While The River We Remember isn’t my favorite William Kent Krueger novel, he weaves brief and insightful descriptions in all his work. If you’ve not read any Krueger, I’d recommend his work (especially This Tender Land)! Beautifully meandering fiction. Check him out in Goodreads.

For more about what I’m reading and the latest on my MG/YA Novel Suddenly Rural Girl, follow my blog! https://dannhurlbert.com/littletips

A line from The River We Remember (1)

If you’ve driven that washboard in rural America, you can immediately feel the rattle!

While The River We Remember isn’t my favorite William Kent Kreuger novel, he weaves brief and insightful descriptions in all his work. If you’ve not read any Kreuger, I’d recommend his work (especially This Tender Land)! Beautifully meandering fiction. Check him out in Goodreads.

For more about what I’m reading and the latest on my MG/YA Novel Suddenly Rural Girl, follow my blog! https://dannhurlbert.com/littletips

Great Lines from The Paragon Hotel (9)

“Nicolo kept one hand firmly in his and the opposite arm around my waist. I could have been wearing a straitjacket in a nuthouse and felt freer.”

“Rooster’s nostrils flare. Given the scale of the man, the act carries weight.”

“I remember her singing some nights, the sort of French songs that make you feel like a flock of sparrows is bursting out of your chest.”

“The glint from Dr. Pendleton’s glasses makes him resemble a dreadfully robust beetle.”

“Loneliness is a weight, not an empty space, and it’s pressing on my chest so I can hardly breathe.”

While The Paragon Hotel is not my favorite Faye novel, but her gift for imaginative and delicious lines shines brilliantly on these pages, too. If you’ve not read any Lindsay Faye, I’d recommend her work! Smart and beautifully descriptive mysteries. Check her out in goodreads.

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Great Lines from the Paragon Hotel (8)

“When I catch my first face full of Portland in blazing daylight, I gape up at it like a salmon, fish mouthed and reeling.”

“We turned a corner. A poplar rustled a warning, a stray cat yowled an alarm…”

“…men with nostrils illuminated by their cigars.”

“Silent as a moth’s wing, I enter…”

“He had a retired boxer’s physique, soft padding with a hard center, and a busted-up nose forever politely suggesting that we turn left.”

While The Paragon Hotel is not my favorite Faye novel, but her gift for imaginative and delicious lines shines brilliantly on these pages, too. If you’ve not read any Lindsay Faye, I’d recommend her work! Smart and beautifully descriptive mysteries. Check her out in goodreads.