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Teaser Tuesday ~ Chinglish

Teaser Tuesday ~ Chinglish

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Chinglish, Sue Cheung, Red, Black Letters, Chinese, Family, America, Young Adult, Diary, Boot, Dragon, Food, Finding Your Own Way, Friendship, Family, Contemporary
I had Random.org select a page today and it selected page 174.

When I got home I found out that Baarbara had been caught stealing red-hoofed. Even our goats are kleptomaniacs!
Mum was shouting at her in Chinese. I asked what had happened and Mum said that Baarbara had chewed through the last of the fence post, escaped and sneaked through the kitchen into the shop. Mum heard a ‘ping’, and when she went to investigate, Baarbara was standing there munching away on twenty pounds’ worth of fivers.

Top 10 Books March 2020

Top 10 Books March 2020

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Afternoon all!

Smile, Lost Cat, Sunstone, Top 10 books March

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Friday’s Page 69 ~ The Night Of Your Life

Friday’s Page 69 ~ The Night Of Your Life

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Lydia Sharp, The Night of Your Life, Young Adult, Stars, Photographs, Ribbon, Cup, Girl, Boy, Romance, Accident, Loop, Prom
What am I supposed to do?
I can’t lose her, not completely. She’s right; our split was inevitable. But not like this. Not forever. And part of me was hoping… maybe not at all. Maybe something would change at the last minute – isn’t that how things usually happen for me? For us?

First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Strange Exit

First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Strange Exit

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Plants, Hills, Sunset, Young Adult, Post-Apocalypse, Science Fiction, Space, Ship, Strange Exit, Parker Peevyhouse, Door,
The San Francisco Zoo: gates rusted open, weeds bursting through cracks in the asphalt, trees like many-armed scarecrows, broken and stunted. Lake figured she was the only person to set foot in the place in years. Not counting the boy in the tiger exhibit.

Teaser Tuesday ~ The Case of the Drowned Pearl

Teaser Tuesday ~ The Case of the Drowned Pearl

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The Case of the Drowned Pearl, Robin Stevens, Swimming Suits, Holidays, Murder, Mystery, Murder Most Unladylike, Blue, Friendship, Girls, Young Adult
I flipped through the book and stopped when I thought it was right which turned out to be page 33.

I stood up, sighing, and stepped inside, while she went on to Room 1.
I got a surprise when I saw the room, for I had expected it to be the image of ours – all pale blue chintz and potted plants  and fringed lamps. But this room was rather more masculine, red papered walls covered with sporting scenes and a large iron-framed bed, its sheets tumbled back restlessly.