“Harry was always dour, but I’d never seen his face turned the color of molding cheese previous.” Bet he could charm the skin off a tomato in person.” While The Paragon Hotel is not my favorite Faye novel, her gift for imaginative and delicious lines shows in this, too.If you’ve not read any Lindsay Faye,Continue reading “Great Lines from The Paragon Hotel”
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Laura Taylor Namey’s The Library of Lost Things (4)
Here are a few more great quotes from Namey: “And now he’s going to… His mouth pressed over mine. So this…this was a kiss…” “I bolted back out into the hall with the kind of thoughtless movement people make when they expect an empty space and no company. But I was wrong. There was company—theContinue reading “Laura Taylor Namey’s The Library of Lost Things (4)”
Lindsay Faye’s The Fatal Flame (6)
Faye has so many great quotes, I’m sure I’ll return to her work, but here are my last from This Fatal Flame. “I know you deserve someone who wants to carve your name in every tree he ever encounters.” LINDSAY FAYE, Fatal Flame “I liked her and admired her the way I’d esteem a newlyContinue reading “Lindsay Faye’s The Fatal Flame (6)”
An unexpected visitor…
The door sliced open, and a stylish and inky cowboy boot pressed into the gravel drive. Moments later, a figure loomed taller than the car. A thick, gray mustache hung over the man’s lip like an inverted frown. Bushy eyebrows shaded gray and unreadable eyes. The man cleared his throat with a guttural scoop andContinue reading “An unexpected visitor…”
Lindsay Faye’s God’s of Gotham (7)
Here are a few more from Faye’s The God’s of Gotham: “Footsteps sounded. One set neat and delicate and the other smaller, like its echo.” “‘I need a police man,’ she said. She didn’t. She needed a miracle.” “That glance seared the air like a lightning bolt.” If you’ve not read any Lindsay Faye, I’dContinue reading “Lindsay Faye’s God’s of Gotham (7)”
Laura Taylor Namey’s The Library of Lost Things (3)
Here are a few more great quotes from Namey: “Fake potted plants brushed against buttermilk-white walls. Rows of fluorescent light tubes jiggled and buzzed, shrinking me like a hamster in a too-bright cage.” “He trapped my waist in the tight circle of his arms, angling his face so close to mine, I doubted even aContinue reading “Laura Taylor Namey’s The Library of Lost Things (3)”
Louise Erdrich’s The Round House (1)
As I read my Kindle, I highlight intriguing or beautifully descriptive passages from the novel. Here are a few recent: “The light caught the lines in his face and they deepened to cracks. He looked a thousand years old.” “The moonlight illuminated the edges of things, made suggestions out of shadows.” “I took great gulpsContinue reading “Louise Erdrich’s The Round House (1)”
Lindsay Faye’s The Fatal Flame (6)
Faye’s The Fatal Flame is bursting with exquisite descriptions. Here are a few more: “…her voice like rusted chains.” “He could see fresh news bulging out of me. Worms gnawing through an overripe pear.” “…baritone cool as a submerged anchor.” If you’ve not read any Lindsay Faye, I’d recommend her work! Smart and beautifully descriptiveContinue reading “Lindsay Faye’s The Fatal Flame (6)”
Laura Taylor Namey’s The Library of Lost Things (2)
Here are a few more quotes from Namey I highlighted while reading my Kindle: “I raised the bottle to toast a cast-iron sky, spying the shadowed form of Asher Fleet. He stood alone on the hard-packed sand, halfway between fire and water.” “This cozy nook smelled like people’s living rooms and leather messenger bags. RoseContinue reading “Laura Taylor Namey’s The Library of Lost Things (2)”
Lindsay Faye’s The Fatal Flame (3)
I’ve shared some fantastic quotes from God’s of Gotham, but Faye’s masterful writing extends to many books. Here are some quotes from The Fatal Flame. “Lacking natural human expressions, she feels free to invent new ones, and the results are occasionally spectacular.” LINDSAY FAYE, Fatal Flame “And I’m more inclined to use keys than axes.”Continue reading “Lindsay Faye’s The Fatal Flame (3)”
Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London, Book 1 (3)
As I read my Kindle, I highlight intriguing or beautifully descriptive passages from the novel. Here are a few recent . . . “Most people don’t want to fight, especially when evenly matched. A mob will tear an individual to pieces and a man with a gun and a noble cause is happy to killContinue reading “Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London, Book 1 (3)”
Laura Taylor Namey’s The Library of Lost Things (1)
Namey has a talent for writing some great descriptions. Here are a few I highlighted while reading my Kindle: “While Marisol was shaped like a flame, I was built like a fire pole.” “Like a fool, my thinking parts didn’t tell my seeing parts not to notice his strong presence against the urban backdrop ofContinue reading “Laura Taylor Namey’s The Library of Lost Things (1)”