Quote It Saturday -- Feeling Things for Other People -- Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver

Welcome to Quote It Saturday, hosted by Freda.

Add as many quotes as you wish, from whomever you wish. It can even be lyrics to a song.

"I'm very sorry to hear you are tired," she said . . . 

"What does that mean?  What does it mean to say you're sorry?"

Liesl groped for words to describe it.  "It means -- it means what it means.  It means I feel bad.  It means that I wish I could make you untired" . . . 

"But why should you wish anything for me?"

"It's an expression," Liesl said.  Then she thought hard for a minute.  "People need other people to feel things for them," she said.  It gets lonely to feel things all by yourself."

~page 39, Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver

Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by A Few More Pages. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence, or two, of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you're reading.                         

The bedroom is strange.  Unfamiliar.

The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda's Voice. Check out the rules and join in the fun.

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.

"But why was I working as a secretary?" I said.

"It was the only job you could get.  Times were hard."

This book was somewhat less tense than I was expecting and yet, somehow, more brutal at the same time.   The basic premise -- Christine wakes up each morning with no memories of the last 20-30 years of her life.  Her husband Is her touchstone, reintroducing himself to her each morning and giving her the details of her own life, reorienting her.  But she's not always sure she can trust what she's been told.  Creepy.

Dewey's Read-a-thon -- End of Event Meme

Which hour was most daunting for you?
Well, this was such a different read-a-thon for me -- Since I didn't have any pledges based on quantity, and since I was needed at work, and since my boss is sick and I didn't also want to get sick, I hardly pushed myself, only reading for five hours, 45 minutes, and 42 seconds.  So there wasn't really a daunting hour for me...

Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?
 Hmmm..  Let's see . . . How about Blackout by Connie Willis, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, Across the Universe by Beth Revis, and How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown.

How many books did you read?

I only finished one this year!

What were the names of the books you read?
I read The Beginning of After by Jennifer Castle and I am on page 190 of Liesl and Poby Lauren Oliver -- so a total of 615 pages read.

Which book did you enjoy most?

They were both good reads.  Usually, I try to read a mix of fiction, non-fiction, children's lit, YA, etc.  This year I only got to YA and children's lit -- a non-fiction, What It Is Like to Go to War,  was next on the pile. 

How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again?
Extremely -- I can only hope my schedule cooperates.