“Nice and easy. Seems like luck’s on our side for a change.”
Serenity: No Power in the 'Verse by Chris Roberson and Georges Jeanty (2017)
“Seenie!” Mary stood on the back steps of the comfortable limestone farmhouse, and her voice floated across the barnyard.
Tree Wagon, by Evelyn Sibley Lampman
“An Army chaplain is a man of the cloth, but which cloth?”
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, by Mary Roach
“Theirs was a land of awesome grandeur, a land of mountains and moorlands and cherished myths.”
– Here Be Dragons, by Sharon Kay Penman
“It was a nice day.”
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
“But I put it to you, my lord, that prize-money is of essential importance to the Navy.”
HMS Surprise by Patrick O’Brian (1973)
“‘Think they might be moving,’ says a voice on the phone.”
You’re Not Lost if You Can Still See the Truck: The Further Adventures of America’s Everyman Outdoorsman, by Bill Heavey.
“Heraldry, the floral border in the garden of history, is of its very nature colourful and gay.”
Simple Heraldry by Iain Moncreiffe and Don Pottinger (1953)
Chrisjen Avasarala was dead.
Tiamat’s Wrath (The Expanse Book 8). Spoilered because it concerns a major character from the series.
“It was the man’s ghastly expression that first drew my attention to him.”
Conned Again, Watson: Cautionary Tales of Logic, Math, and Probability, by Colin Bruce
“In a forested bottomland of southeastern Connecticut, amid stony outcroppings and strewn granite boulders, lies an unusual cluster of nine beehive-like stone shelters.”
Bunch of Amateurs: Inside America’s Hidden World of Inventors, Tinkerers, and Job Creators, by Jack Hitt.
Can’t do the first sentence only. Gotta quote the whole haiku.
“Two tires fly. Two wail.
A bamboo grove, all chopped down
From it, warring songs.”
Not great, but what do you expect from Bobby Shaftoe?
It’s August, a good month to re-read Cryptonomicon.
“Never before, as he knew, had any of his countrymen set off to accomplish anything like what he had agreed to undertake - a mission that, should he succeed, could change the course of history in innumerable ways and to the long-lasting benefit of countless Americans.”
The Pioneers by David McCullough (2019)
William Donovan understood as a boy what a secure hiding place could mean to a hunted man. — Donovan, by Richard Dunlop
(William Donovan was one of the most decorated soldiers in WWI, and went on to create and run first the OSS in WWII and then the CIA.)
Correction: he helped create the CIA, mostly behind the scenes, but he never ran it.
“Some men are just born stupid.”
The Red-Hot Chili Cook-Off, by Carolyn Brown.
“On the last day, I walked down to the harbour.”
Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across The World, by Ewan McGregor & Charlie Boorman
Truer words have never been spoken…
“The forest had claws and teeth.” - Final Girls, by Riley Sager
“We should start back”, Gared urged as the woods began to grow dark around them.
Game of thrones