At a Christian metal music festival that lasts 3 days and there is someone dressed as a carrot, all of the bands are mingling with the festival goers, and it is so hot out with no A/C. It is a blast. Nine Lashes, the protest, and Disciple are here.
Day #21 of posting random book quotes.
"Frank and Joe put Great effort into their strokes. The heavily laden canoe pushed and plowed its way through the waves, and as the bow neared shore, suddenly touched bottom. Chet leaped out in knee-deep water. Frank, Joe, and Caribou followed. Grabbing the sides of the boat, the hauled it up over the rocks onto a small beach." The Hardy Boys: The Viking Symbol Mystery, Page 66
Day #20 of posting random book quotes.
"Hock is a dry white grape wine, of medium alcohol content. Any dry white wine which is not too high in alcohol and not too predominant in fruit and flower flavour can be like a Hock." Guide to Better Beer and Wine Making For Beginners by S.M. Tritton, page 107
Storyforge has a lot of writers, but all of them are lurkers who post and never interact in communities. Though there are very few readers, or at least ones I can see.
Day #19 of posting random book quotes.
"One of the cruellest hand-to-hand encounters had happened when Hygelac, King of the Geats, was killed in Friesland: the people's friend and lord, Hrethel's son, slaked a sword blade's thirst for blood. But Beowulf's prodigious gifts as a swimmer guaranteed his safety: he arrived at the shore, shouldering thirty battle-dresses, the booty he had won."
Day #18 of posting random book quotes.
""I'm going to come. Feel that? It's about to explode."
"All right. Ten minutes and I mean it."
"I'll make it in five."
Nicky looked through the peephole and saw an overweight couple disappear into a doorway across the hall." Upside Down by John Ramsey Miller, page 194
Day #17 of posting random book quotes.
"She must have had six feet of cleavage, because Kylar was lost in it. His mouth opened, but no words came out. " The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks, page 387
Day #16 of posting random book quotes.
"She looked down at her boots, the only items left of her novice uniform. Would the Ichani recognize them? She considered asking Akkarin if she should discard them, but the idea of walking without any shoes in this rocky terrain was unappealing." The High Lord by Trudi Canavan, page 279
Day #15 of posting random book quotes.
""I haven't betrayed anyone," Accolon answered. "I'm Sir Accolon of Gaul, a knight of King Arthur's court." Taking off his helmet, Arthur yelled, "I'm your master-King Arthur!" Accolon fainted from shock and blood loss." King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle, page 110-111
Day #14 of posting random book quotes.
""Question him!" Sharpe snapped, then slapped the flat of the blade against Collingnon's cheek and went through into the dark half of the parlor. Doors led to the garden and he threw them open to see Harper and the remaining two riflemen in the darkness." Sharpe's Assassin by Bernard Cornwell, page 121
I hate english I hate english I hate english I hate english I hate english! I just did a search into the etymology of Lord and Lady to find out that they are "bread guardian" and "bread kneader" respectively. If you go back further to preRoman influence, lord or lurd was just "bread."
Day #13 of posting random book quotes.
"He got up and walked over and switched off the light. Five bulletholes in the door. He stood with the revolver in his hand, his thumb on the knurled hammer. Then he opened the door and walked out." No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy, page 244
Day #12 of posting random book quotes.
"Pink Guy and Salamander Man reeled back in horror at the sight of this. Never in their lives had they seen such wanton disregard for innocent life." Francis of the Filth by George Miller, page 67