tracy18 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 "The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way towards the lagoon." It is the fourth time that i am reading this book and the symbolism in William Golding's Lord of the Flies gets me every time. Sometimes i feel like business majors and politicians should be forcefully made to read this as it is a great study of human nature and especially the various shifts that go through in the boys group(s). If one were to pay close attention, the resonances are unmistakable with our times and even i would go as far to say our lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 'Listen, for the beat that runs through the gorse maze.' Folk by Zoe Gilbert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwish Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 "When men call for blood, nothing else will do." Bloodmark by Jean Lowe Carlson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Budgie Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 "But first, Roo was born." This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Today when I awoke from a nap the faceless man was there before me. Killing Commendatore - Haruki Murakami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 "Mars completely dominated space outside the Ulysses, the bloated dirty-ginger crescent of a planet that never quite made it as a world." Commonwealth Saga 1: Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton (a re-read for me) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Budgie Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 "It was almost six o'clock, so Joel Lingeman wanted a drink." Man About Town by Mark Merlis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lau_Lou Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 It was the moustache that reminded me I was no longer in England: a solid, grey millipede obscuring the man's upper lip; a village people moustache, a cowboy moustache, the miniature head of a broom that meant business. You just didn't get that kind of moustache at home. I couldn't tear my eyes from it. Still Me by JoJo Moyes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Budgie Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 "This is the last will and testament of Michael Hadley." Muse by James Renner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 'The relations between Douglas Stone and the notorious Lady Sannox were very well known both among the fashionable circles of which she was a brilliant member, and the scientific bodies which numbered him among their most illustrious confrères. The Case of Lady Sannox by Arthur Conan Doyle (in Tales of Unease) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lau_Lou Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring cleaning his little home. The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 5 hours ago, Lau_Lou said: The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring cleaning his little home. The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 My name is Karim Amir, and I am an Englishman born and bred, almost. The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Budgie Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 "Rachel was woken by a painting or, rather, by the idea of one." Notes From an Exhibition by Patrick Gale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lau_Lou Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Daisy Fischer wound the baling twine round her finger twice, effectively attaching herself to the gate, before she realised what she was doing, and stopped. The Holiday Swap by Zara Stoneley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) I dreamt that I heard Mr Punch laughing gleefully by my ear, but when I woke I realised it was my phone. The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch Edited January 7, 2020 by Chrissy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lau_Lou Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 The Salinas Valley is in Nothern California East Of Eden by John Steinbeck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperlatte Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 So you're all set for money, then?" the boy named Crow asks in his typical sluggish voice. The kind of voice like when you've just woken up and your mouth still feels heavy and dull. But he's just pretending. He's totally awake. As always. Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 There was a man and he had eight sons. Apart from that, the was nothing more than a comma on the page of History. Sourcery by Terry Pratchett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest harsht07 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 "My father was peering at me over his newspaper, watching in disgust as I sprinkled yet another spoonful of sugar on my grapefruit." Life of the Party Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 9:00 AM, cowolter said: "My father was peering at me over his newspaper, watching in disgust as I sprinkled yet another spoonful of sugar on my grapefruit." Life of the Party Wow, I just had a spectacular miss-read of that first sentence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Dimple couldn't stop smiling. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sujai Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." Emma by Jane Austen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Budgie Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 "The cow is there," said Ansell, lighting a match and holding it out over the carpet. The Longest Journey by E.M. Forster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 'Some years ago there was in the city of York a society of magicians.' Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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