“I do not enter cities; I steal into them.”
The Navigating Fox, by Christopher Rowe
“The king wishes to be cooked alive, “ the royal secretary said, accepting the proffered saucer and cup and immediately setting both aside.
The Hexologists, by Josiah Bancroft
“In January of 2016 I was given an extraordinary gift.”
The Dress Diary: Secrets From a Victorian Woman’s Wardrobe, by Kate Strasdin.
“His nickname was Lucky, but Second Lieutenant John Luckadoo felt anything but.”
Damn Lucky: One Man’s Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History
Recommended for anyone interested in the 8th Air Force’s role in the air war over Germany. A good companion read for the upcoming Masters Of The Air miniseries.
“Calvin Coolidge came into the world on July 4, 1872.”
Calvin Coolidge – The Quiet President, by Donald R. McCoy
“The two suspects sat on mismatched furniture in the white and almost featureless lounge, waiting for something to happen.”
The Eighth Detective, by Alex Pavesi
“The marvelous thing is that it’s painless,” he said. “That’s how you know when it starts.”
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway
"Four fifty-three in the morning was too early for anything.’
City of the Dead by Jonathan Kellerman
They had assembled in a temporarily unused compartment on the hospital’s eighty-seventh level.
The Genocidal Healer by James White (A “Hospital Station” novel).
“The night was full of noises.”
Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon, by Melissa L. Sevigny
“Marley was dead: To begin with.”
Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
“His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god.”
Lord of Light, by Roger Zelazny
Love that book, my favorite Zelazny
He preferred to drop the “Maha-” and “-atman” and go by Sam.
He never said he was a god. But then, he never said he wasn’t.
Never mind
“Order. ORDER!”
This House by James Graham
“To the east of Cleveland, just past the ghetto, is a town with a lot of trees called Shaker Heights.”
Little, Crazy Children by James Renner
“‘I’m an atheist, I don’t believe there is a God,’ she affirms.”
– The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name, by Brian C. Muraresku.
“Today he would become a god.” Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
“Let’s start the way you expect a good disabled memoir or crip story to start: either with my horrible birth or my grave-brave injury.”
Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement, by Ashley Shew
“The cafeteria was noisy and crowded.”
A Heart for Business, by Adele de Leeuw