tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057271795590627394.post1443713983941313656..comments2024-03-25T15:33:56.288-04:00Comments on True Book Addict...Books, Cats, and More: SPRING'S SERENITY READ-A-THON MINI-CHALLENGE AND MY READING PLANSMichelle Stockard Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03572227726980569386noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057271795590627394.post-71961639154089406472011-05-01T15:15:45.228-04:002011-05-01T15:15:45.228-04:00I did a post about mine, as well as my wrap up for...I did a post about mine, as well as my wrap up for the readathon. Thanks so much for organising it!<br /><br />http://brendasmum.blogspot.com/2011/05/spring-serenity-readathon-wrap-up-post.htmlTracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569476871548177182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057271795590627394.post-52825014340978673632011-05-01T12:58:36.365-04:002011-05-01T12:58:36.365-04:00Our train hurtled past a gold-spangled woman in a ...Our train hurtled past a gold-spangled woman in a strawberry sari, regal yet sitting on the ground, patting cow dung into disks to dry in the scorching sun - her cooking fuel. The Austrian horses glinted in the moonlight, their riders standing tall in the saddle, swords raised. <br /><br />"They are what?" <br /><br />"How much longer, Mama, must we tolerate this gross humiliation?" <br /><br />I've confessed to everything and I'd like to be hanged.<br /><br />Edited only to match tense.<br /><br />Sentences from: <br /><br />The Sandalwood Tree by Elle Newman<br />Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld<br />Changeless by Gail Carriger<br />Blameless by Gail Carriger<br />Chime by Franny Billingsley<br /><br />Very cool challenge! (I know that it's more than one paragraph, but I wanted to get as many of my challenge books in as I could. Out of the ones I've read so far, only one first sentence couldn't be fitted in nicely)Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/01670155947411449802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057271795590627394.post-6992048191020347862011-04-28T10:57:42.171-04:002011-04-28T10:57:42.171-04:00What a fun idea. I put my paragraph in a post. htt...What a fun idea. I put my paragraph in a post. http://carolsnotebook.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/springs-serenity-mini-challenge/Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915400068613145577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057271795590627394.post-24525969937148609052011-04-28T01:26:28.812-04:002011-04-28T01:26:28.812-04:00Here is mine
"I'm Breathing OK again&qu...Here is mine <br /><br />"I'm Breathing OK again"<br /><br />"But It all Started on that Day"<br /><br />"It begins as all Wars do , with a Grievance"<br /><br />1- Hidden by Helen Frost<br />2-Harbor by John Ajvide Lindqvist<br />3-Xerxes by Frank Miller<br /><br />Happy Reading Every OneFICTION STATE OF MINDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07850674317851158329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057271795590627394.post-16480554315813935782011-04-26T16:05:16.034-04:002011-04-26T16:05:16.034-04:00I posted my paragraph along with my day one update...I posted my paragraph along with my day one update... http://wp.me/p1hNSS-sH<br /><br />It almost makes sense! Hahaha!Heather @ Between the Covers...http://btweenthecovers.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057271795590627394.post-85614433646139783272011-04-26T13:50:18.412-04:002011-04-26T13:50:18.412-04:00Julie--Great mini-challenge entry. It really soun...Julie--Great mini-challenge entry. It really sounds like it makes sense!<br /><br />Julie--no worries! Do what you can when you can. I just don't want anyone to miss out on anything so if I pester too much, I apologize! =O)Michelle Stockard Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03572227726980569386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057271795590627394.post-3075927665850125402011-04-26T13:41:29.809-04:002011-04-26T13:41:29.809-04:00My daughter borrowed my copy of Water for Elephant...My daughter borrowed my copy of Water for Elephants and it hasn't made it back here yet. That's the last time I lend out one of my unread books! :)<br /><br />I'll be back to participate in your mini-challenge. I was not very definitely on my reading plans, other than that I'd like to finish at least 5 of my own personal TBR pile this week. I'm almost done with one!Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/01670155947411449802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057271795590627394.post-7454104442804078262011-04-26T09:11:24.081-04:002011-04-26T09:11:24.081-04:00This is fun! Here's mine.
Two young women run...This is fun! Here's mine.<br /><br />Two young women running. One hundred sleek Arabian horses and their dark riders, carrying torches and armed with hammers, pikes and rusty axes, thundered across the wavebattered promontory toward the lighthouse. The waves lapped against the new shore, muffling the baby's cries. Halfway up the basement steps of the Hotel Angeline, laden with a heavy stack of industrial sheets and towels, Alexis Austin was beginning to think that perhaps she'd taken on too heavy a load.<br /><br />Sentence 1: Blood Trust by Eric Van Lustbader<br /><br />Sentence 2: The Pharos Objective by David Sakmyster<br /><br />Sentence 3: In the Lap of the Gods by Li Miao Lovett<br /><br />Sentence 4: Hotel AngelineJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00339046013754121975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057271795590627394.post-12534911289665194462011-04-25T23:58:08.986-04:002011-04-25T23:58:08.986-04:00I did a post - http://booksandneedlepoint.blogspot...I did a post - http://booksandneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2011/04/springs-serentity-starting-line-and.html<br /><br />Cute idea for a challenge (I like those challenges that don't take much thought on my end!)lolKristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17320403550938221507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057271795590627394.post-76555025113954233582011-04-25T23:43:55.267-04:002011-04-25T23:43:55.267-04:00That is a good one, Yvonne! Thanks for playing. =O...That is a good one, Yvonne! Thanks for playing. =O)Michelle Stockard Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03572227726980569386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057271795590627394.post-6006836747377189292011-04-25T23:01:16.803-04:002011-04-25T23:01:16.803-04:00This was fun and it almost makes sense...
Decisio...This was fun and it almost makes sense...<br /><br />Decisions, decisions. There was hopelessness in the old man's eyes as he struggled to breathe. "We have an idea," Laila Riley announced when she and Connie Collins turned up in Jess O'Brien's office at The Inn at Eagle Point on a Saturday Night.<br /><br />Sentence 1: Executive Sick Days by Maria E. Schneider<br />Sentence 2: Montezuma Intrigue by Linda Weaver Clarke<br />Sentence 3: Moonlight Cove by Sherryl WoodsYvonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261873308731564886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057271795590627394.post-1619439074612512872011-04-25T22:24:40.971-04:002011-04-25T22:24:40.971-04:00Wow, that's really cool, Heather! After I read...Wow, that's really cool, Heather! After I read yours, I rearranged mine to sound more cohesive. It actually makes more sense now, but still not as much as yours. =O)Michelle Stockard Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03572227726980569386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057271795590627394.post-82153719996161949662011-04-25T20:23:20.148-04:002011-04-25T20:23:20.148-04:00I was thinking, man, these books are never going t...I was thinking, man, these books are never going to make a good sentence, and then - wow did it come together! Check this out!<br /><br />"A hand. I opened my wrist with one firm stroke of the knife, watching with interest as the blood leaped out of the vein. So this was freedom."<br /><br />Sentence 1 - Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn.<br /><br />Sentence 2 - Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn.<br /><br />Sentence 3 - New York by Edward Rutherfurd.<br /><br />I'm pretty impressed!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609161113240681299noreply@blogger.com