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perzephone) wrote2010-08-21 08:57 pm
perzephone) wrote2010-08-21 08:57 pm
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30 Days of Books - Day 18
Day 18 – Favorite beginning scene in a book
Spangle by Gary Jennings. It opens with a group of Union soldiers talking about the Civil War, at the end of the war. They are getting ready to go home, some to see if they still have homes remaining. They are tired, many are heartbroken, it is cold and drizzling rain. They share coffee, tobacco and experiences. They talk of going to 'see the elephant', a euphemism for combat. The next day, two of the soldiers who lived nearby enough one another to share the journey home are resting, and one looks up to literally see an elephant.
I like moments of absurdity and surrealism in books. Weird moments that pop up in daily life. What could be stranger than two American soldiers in the southeast seeing an elephant bathing in the rain under a bridge?
Day 19 – Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!)
Day 20 – Favorite kiss
Day 21 – Favorite romantic/sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 22 – Favorite non-sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 23 – Most annoying character ever
Day 24 – Best quote from a novel
Day 25 – Any five books from your “to be read” stack
Day 26 – OMG WTF? OR most irritating/awful/annoying book ending
Day 27 – If a book contains ______, you will always read it (and a book or books that contain it)!
Day 28 – First favorite book or series obsession
Day 29 – Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
Day 30 – What book are you reading right now?
Spangle by Gary Jennings. It opens with a group of Union soldiers talking about the Civil War, at the end of the war. They are getting ready to go home, some to see if they still have homes remaining. They are tired, many are heartbroken, it is cold and drizzling rain. They share coffee, tobacco and experiences. They talk of going to 'see the elephant', a euphemism for combat. The next day, two of the soldiers who lived nearby enough one another to share the journey home are resting, and one looks up to literally see an elephant.
I like moments of absurdity and surrealism in books. Weird moments that pop up in daily life. What could be stranger than two American soldiers in the southeast seeing an elephant bathing in the rain under a bridge?
Day 19 – Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!)
Day 20 – Favorite kiss
Day 21 – Favorite romantic/sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 22 – Favorite non-sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 23 – Most annoying character ever
Day 24 – Best quote from a novel
Day 25 – Any five books from your “to be read” stack
Day 26 – OMG WTF? OR most irritating/awful/annoying book ending
Day 27 – If a book contains ______, you will always read it (and a book or books that contain it)!
Day 28 – First favorite book or series obsession
Day 29 – Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
Day 30 – What book are you reading right now?