"I don’t move. I wait behind my log, terrified. Over the past ten minutes, it’s become such a dear friend, I consider naming it: Howard, my pet log."The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Quote of the day
Packs a Punch
"She shows him the needle used for the shot to numb him. It’s very tiny, hardly wider than a human hair. Like a mosquito bite, the doctor says. A mosquito that must be the size of a bird bites down hard on the back of his neck."The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Some choices are Easy to Make
He said: “books or me” I sometimes remember him when I’m buying new books. Amanda Patterson
High School Girls & Hospital Cancer Wards
Hope is for High School girls with crushes and hospital cancer wardsMalcom Danvers, Bitten
The Local Psychopath
Praises
I was praised to be charming, not sincere.Cinderella’s Prince (Chris Pine) in Into The Woods
A weapon is a weapon
You brought roots to a sword fight.Abbie Mills (Nicole Beharie) in Sleepy Hollow
My Reading List
"I was born with a reading list I will never finish."Maud Casey
Don’t Trust Blondes
"She tricked us, so she can use it to keep tracking down her damn sister! I should have known better than to trust blondes by now."Regina Mills (Lana Parrilla) in OUAT (S4E10)
Backstory, Influence, and Assumptions
"Show enough backstory to allow the reader to glean and make assumptions about what remains behind the curtain of time, yet continues to influence the character’s worldview, attitudes, decisions, and actions."Larry Brooks
Worn Out Spines 