Thursday Quotables 20th August

Thursday Quotables is a weekly meme hosted by Bookshelf Fantasies. Its all about sharing a quote, passage, or line from a book that you have read recently or are currently reading

Ann:
My quote is from The Scent of Magic by Cliff McNish which is Book 2 of The Doomspell Trilogy. I am currently reading the bind up of all three books.

"The eyes that gazed back were no longer human."

I am not very far into The Doomspell yet (only about 43 pages) but seeing this teaser quote from the second book makes me want to read the first one as fast as possible so I can find out what happens!

Clare:

My quote is from The Confectioner's Tale by Laura Madeleine. 

"Hall has the decency to look awkward. He mutters something about leaving me to it, says he'll meet me in the entrance hall in ten minutes, when I've finished reading. 

Relieved to be rid of him, I scoot forward on the seat and begin to crank the handle. The article is no longer on screen. I search back through the microfilm for the correct date. The pages scroll past my eyes, tiny print leaving patterns on my retina. When I still haven't found it after a minute or two, I reach for my bag, for the reference number on the request form that I shoved in there.

My hand closes upon nothing. It's gone, and so is Hall."

Dun dun dun! I really like this quote, I used to work in a museum and we had one of those machines with the cranky handle so that made me feel a little nostalgic! Also I just love that this is the end of the chapter, it's so dramatic.

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