Theme Thursday

From Borrowed Saints by Aaron Polson
"She swept her arm in a quick arc, launching the algebra book as a clumsy projectile toward the side of the Honda."

Theme Thursday

Theme Thursdays is a fun weekly event that will be open from one thursday to the next. Anyone can participate in it. The rules are simple:

•A theme will be posted each week (on Thursday’s)
•Select a conversation/snippet/sentence from the current book you are reading
•Mention the author and the title of the book along with your post
•It is important that the theme is conveyed in the sentence (you don’t necessarily need to have the word)
Ex: If the theme is KISS; your sentence can have “They kissed so gently” or “Their lips touched each other” or “The smooch was so passionate."

This will give us a wonderful opportunity to explore and understand different writing styles and descriptive approaches adopted by authors.

This week's theme: Numbers



From Modern Women by Ruth Harris

"'My collection of Modern Library Classics even outnumbers my collection of cashmere sweaters,' she told her father, laughingly commenting on her dual obsessions."
pg. 44

Theme Thursday

Theme Thursdays is a fun weekly event that will be open from one thursday to the next. Anyone can participate in it. The rules are simple:

•A theme will be posted each week (on Thursday’s)
•Select a conversation/snippet/sentence from the current book you are reading
•Mention the author and the title of the book along with your post
•It is important that the theme is conveyed in the sentence (you don’t necessarily need to have the word)
Ex: If the theme is KISS; your sentence can have “They kissed so gently” or “Their lips touched each other” or “The smooch was so passionate”
This will give us a wonderful opportunity to explore and understand different writing styles and descriptive approaches adopted by authors.

This week’s theme is: Colors



From Tenderfoot by Amy Tupper

"Before long, the song began to end. I opened my eyes-and screamed! There was an aura surrounding his body, a wave of changing color rolling out from him in all directions. It mingled with the music spinning out of the guitar. A blue aura surrounded him at the center of the wave."
pg. 47

Theme Thursday

Theme Thursdays is a fun weekly event that will be open from one thursday to the next. Anyone can participate in it. The rules are simple:

•A theme will be posted each week (on Thursday’s)
•Select a conversation/snippet/sentence from the current book you are reading
•Mention the author and the title of the book along with your post
•It is important that the theme is conveyed in the sentence (you don’t necessarily need to have the word)
Ex: If the theme is KISS; your sentence can have “They kissed so gently” or “Their lips touched each other” or “The smooch was so passionate”
This will give us a wonderful opportunity to explore and understand different writing styles and descriptive approaches adopted by authors.

This week’s theme is: Conversation


From Modern Women by Ruth Harris

"'You're a Phi Beta Kappa college graduate and you're doing Charlie Lamb's filing!' said Becky Reese, the assistant to the director of the test kitchen. 'It's disgusting. You do the work and Charlie goes to lunch. I'm amazed you haven't shot him yet.'
"I've thought of it," admitted Lincky. "More than once.'"

pg. 60

Theme Thursday

Theme Thursdays is a fun weekly event that will be open from one thursday to the next. Anyone can participate in it. The rules are simple

•A theme will be posted each week (on Thursday’s)
•Select a conversation/snippet/sentence from the current book you are reading
•Mention the author and the title of the book along with your post
•It is important that the theme is conveyed in the sentence (you don’t necessarily need to have the word)
Ex: If the theme is KISS; your sentence can have “They kissed so gently” or “Their lips touched each other” or “The smooch was so passionate."

This week's theme: Description of a Man/Boy


From Treasure Me by Christine Nolfi

"With hair darker than midnight and eyes to match, he
looked like Lucifer’s younger brother. His easy smile and
faded jeans lent a careless sexuality and his houndstooth
sports coat smelled enticingly of men’s cologne. Not that
she’d dare have a fling with a guy who made a living
exposing people’s secrets. She had enough skeletons to fill
three closets. And send her down the river for five to ten."
pg.45

Theme Thursday

Theme Thursdays is a fun weekly event that will be open from one thursday to the next. Anyone can participate in it. The rules are simple

•A theme will be posted each week (on Thursday’s)
•Select a conversation/snippet/sentence from the current book you are reading
•Mention the author and the title of the book along with your post
•It is important that the theme is conveyed in the sentence (you don’t necessarily need to have the word)
Ex: If the theme is KISS; your sentence can have “They kissed so gently” or “Their lips touched each other” or “The smooch was so passionate."

This week's theme: Women Relationships




From The Sisterhood of Murder by Rachel Astor

"Not that she‘d ever have a chance anyway. Matt had been dating Jennifer Mooney since like, the dawn of time or something. And Libi did not get along with Jennifer Mooney. To say the least. Jennifer was the one girl who stood in her way to ultimate popularity. If it weren‘t for Jennifer and her minions, Libi would rule that school, and she‘d do it with Matt by her side, she liked to imagine."
pg. 13

Theme Thursday

Theme Thursdays is a fun weekly event that will be open from one thursday to the next. Anyone can participate in it. The rules are simple:

theme will be posted each week (on Thursday’s)
•Select a conversation/snippet/sentence from the current book you are reading
•Mention the author and the title of the book along with your post
•It is important that the theme is conveyed in the sentence (you don’t necessarily need to have the word)
Ex: If the theme is KISS; your sentence can have "They kissed so gently” or “Their lips touched each other” or “The smooch was so passionate”


This week's theme: Female Person (description)



From Too Near The Edge by Lynn Osterkamp

"Elisa's self-assurance is much different than Masuka's but just as effective. She's a beautiful woman, tall and thin with thick blonde hair, layered in a casual style that always falls attractively no matter what she's doing. She has a look of entitlement about her. Her clothes are expensive, always natural fabrics- fine wools, brilliant silks and soft cottons of linens."
pg. 14

Theme Thursday

Theme Thursdays is a fun weekly event that will be open from one thursday to the next. Anyone can participate in it. The rules are simple:

•A theme will be posted each week (on Thursday’s)
•Select a conversation/snippet/sentence from the current book you are reading
•Mention the author and the title of the book along with your post
•It is important that the theme is conveyed in the sentence (you don’t necessarily need to have the word)
Ex: If the theme is KISS; your sentence can have “They kissed so gently” or “Their lips touched each other” or “The smooch was so passionate”
This will give us a wonderful opportunity to explore and understand different writing styles and descriptive approaches adopted by authors.

The randomly selected theme for this week is suggested by Bev from My Readers Block

This week's theme is: ATMOSPHERE



From The Kult by Shaun Jeffrey

"Like many neighbourhoods clinging to the hub of British cities, the area Jane
lived in was rundown, with discarded trash bags spewing their contents across the
pavement – fodder for the rats and feral cats that prowled the streets once the sun
went down. McDonald’s packaging and the remains of half eaten kebabs discarded
by late night drunks littered the gutters, and the tang of rotten produce and sour piss permeated the air. Dirt and grime coated the walls of the buildings, many of which were boarded up and covered with graffiti, the culprits marking their territory like dogs."
pg. 2

Theme Thursday

Theme Thursdays is a fun weekly event that will be open from one thursday to the next. Anyone can participate in it at Reading Between the Pages. The rules are simple:

•A theme will be posted each week (on Thursday’s)
•Select a conversation/snippet/sentence from the current book you are reading
•Mention the author and the title of the book along with your post
•It is important that the theme is conveyed in the sentence (you don’t necessarily need to have the word)
Ex: If the theme is KISS; your sentence can have “They kissed so gently” or “Their lips touched each other” or "The smooch was so passionate”

This week's theme: WEATHER



From The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey

"He stepped out. The wind whipped his naked body, and his skin tightened into goose bumps. His balls tried to retract into his belly. He stepped gingerly to the back of the car on bloody toes." pg. 8

Theme Thursday

Theme Thursdays is a fun weekly event at Reading Between Pages that will be open from one thursday to the next. Anyone can participate in it. The rules are simple:

•A theme will be posted each week (on Thursday’s)
•Select a conversation/snippet/sentence from the current book you are reading
•Mention the author and the title of the book along with your post
•It is important that the theme is conveyed in the sentence (you don’t necessarily need to have the word)
Ex: If the theme is KISS; your sentence can have “They kissed so gently” or “Their lips touched each other” or “The smooch was so passionate”


This week's theme: Emotion


33 Days by Bill See
"I can see the pained expression on Ian's face, but I'm getting tired of making nice. 'If that's what floats your boat', I say. 'But we want to do something more than help rich men get richer.'
'You make it sound like we're slaves,' Sandy said pointedly. 'We're being rewarded for the hard work we do. Everybody wins. You'll see.'
'No, you'll see,' I say. 'Everyday you cary out someone else's marching orders, you're selling yourself on the cheap. Little by little, day by day, you become less and less until you don't even remember what your dreams were.'"
pg. 70

Theme Thursday

Theme Thursdays is a fun weekly event at Reading Between Pages that will be open from one thursday to the next. Anyone can participate in it. The rules are simple:

•A theme will be posted each week (on Thursday’s)
•Select a conversation/snippet/sentence from the current book you are reading
•Mention the author and the title of the book along with your post
•It is important that the theme is conveyed in the sentence (you don’t necessarily need to have the word)
Ex: If the theme is KISS; your sentence can have “They kissed so gently” or “Their lips touched each other” or “The smooch was so passionate”


This week's theme is "Beauty related".


From The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey"The middle sister, brunette with a cream complexion and bright eyes, the kind of girl who appeared in ads for skin cream, the kind you could imagine what she smelled like just from watching her smile."
pg. 19

Theme Thursday

This meme is hosted by Reading Between Pages.

Here are the rules:

A theme will be posted each week (on Thursday’s)
Select a conversation/snippet/sentence from the current book you are reading
Mention the author and the title of the book along with your post
It is important that the theme is conveyed in the sentence (you don’t necessarily need to have the word)
Ex: If the theme is KISS; your sentence can have “They kissed so gently” or “Their lips touched each other” or “The smooch was so passionate”


This Week's theme:

BUILDING



"The early settlers had carved the tunnel from the rock using heavy machinery that left the walls smooth, but time had gently coaxed the grain of the rock out and no it felt lined and ridged."

pg. 37 Heirs of Mars by Joseph Robert Lewis