Yes, so far. I’m up to the 1750s and Franklin’s militia experience just now.
Peanut butter, honey, pesto sauce, toothpaste, and, most painfully, a bottle of single-malt whiskey - these are just some of the liquids I’ve had confiscated at airport security.
Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives by Mark Miodownik
The unhappy little home was out in the country, some six miles south of Clanton on an old county road that went nowhere in particluar.
A Time For Mercy by John Grisham
“If Benedict and Elvira had not decided to go strawberry-picking in the woods near Lymford one June morning in the year 1193, this story would never have been written.”
The Star and the Sword by Pamela Melnikoff
“Our Bible was forged from a crisis of faith.”
Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again, by Rachel Held Evans
“Marley was dead to begin with, dead as a doornail.”
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
The rain poured down on London so hard that it seemed that it was dancing spray, every raindrop contending with its fellows for supremacy in the air and waiting to splash down.
Dodger, Sir Terry Pratchett
“HOO! Woo-hoo HOO!..HOO! Woo-hoo HOO!”
Owl Be Home for Christmas, by Donna Andrews
“In the deep wilds of the north, there is a Shrine cut into the mountainside.”
The Unspoken Name, A. K. Larkwood
“Cow manure?”
The Gift of the Magpie, Donna Andrews
“The proposal for Castle in the Sky first came from director Hayao Miyazaki on December 7, 1984, nine months after the release of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.”
The Art of Castle in the Sky, ed. by Nick Mamatas
As the year 1956 dawned in Moscow, Joseph Stalin had been dead for nearly three years.
Moscow 1956: The Silenced Spring by Kathleen E. Smith
A Christmas gift
Research Vessel Icefall
Atlantic Ocean
88 miles off the Coast of Antarctica
Karl Selig steadied himself on the ship’s rail and peered through the binoculars at the massive iceberg.
The Atlantis Gene, A G Riddle
Xmas present from my daughter – opened it this afternoon, and am now on page 236…
“Book reviewing, like writing, editing, or driving a nitroglycerine truck, is one of those occupations for which no one feels need of much previous training.”
Benchmarks: Galaxy Bookshelf, by Algis Budrys. (A Christmas present.)
“well, let’s start with elizabeth shall we, and see where that gets us.”
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Second Lieutenant White entered the “ready room” and began preparing for the night of battle.
Ashley’s War, by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
“Once the queen’s head is severed, he walks away.”
The Mirror & The Light, by Hilary Mantel
“He set out after breakfast, on what would be his last day on earth.”
Cold Wind, by C.J. Box Book #11 in the Joe Pickett series
“A is for AMY who fell down the stairs.”
The Gashleycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey
“J.R.R. Tolkien’s fame rests today on his creation of Middle-earth and his bestselling fantasy work, The Lord of the Rings.”
Tolkien Treasures by Catherine McIlwain
The Deliverator belongs to an elite order, a hallowed subcategory.
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson