Book Beginnings & Friday 56 -- Friday, August 20, 2010 -- The God of the Hive by Laurie R. King

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Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
*Post a link along with your post back to this blog.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

I'm reading The God of the Hive by Laurie R. King.  Page 56 is actually largely empty (it's the end of a chapter) so I'm just going to share the last sentence on the page:

Then the world exploded in a racket of tearing metal and crackling trees, the screams of three human voices, and an unbelievable confusion of sound and pain and turmoil as we tumbled end over end and fell crying into the dark.

Cover via Amazon

Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Becky at Page Turners. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you're reading. If you like, share with everyone why you do, or do not, like the sentence.



And again from The God of the Hive:

Two clever London gentlemen. 

This is a great beginning for this book because this part of the plot continues in small and somewhat obscure vignettes throughout the story, surrounded by longer chapters involving the main characters.  I haven't finished it yet so I haven't seen how it will all play out but every time I  encountered one of these two "clever London gentlemen"  I was surprised -- I had almost forgotten about them.  Then I had to ponder how their actions were affecting/influencing the rest of the story.   Good stuff.