Thursday, March 31, 2011

Theme Thursday (6)


Theme Thursdays is a fun weekly event hosted by Reading Between Pages that will be open from one Thursday to the next. Anyone can participate in it. The rules are simple:

  • A theme will be posted each week (on Thursday’s)
  • Select a conversation/snippet/sentence from the current book you are reading
  • Mention the author and the title of the book along with your post
  • It is important that the theme is conveyed in the sentence (you don’t necessarily need to have the word)
    Ex: If the theme is KISS; your sentence can have “They kissed so gently” or “Their lips touched each other” or “The smooch was so passionate”

This will give us a wonderful opportunity to explore and understand different writing styles and descriptive approaches adopted by authors.


This week’s theme is – ANIMAL


A black dog sat in the circle. A large hairy black dog. One that slobbered.

"A dog?" I said, plopping in a surprised heap next to the window. "I summoned up a dog?"

"I am not just any dog," the animal snarled, its pink tongue flashing as it spoke. My eyes widened as I realized the words came from it's black lips. "What, are you, blind? I'm a Newfoundland! That's like royalty among dogs!"


You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister






9 comments:

  1. Well, of course. Everyone should know that Newfoundlands are the kings of dogs! Lol.

    Here's mine: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2011/03/theme-thursday-animal.html

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  2. A talking dog with an attitude. Who would not want to have one? Ofcourse a little less on the attitude would help.. :)

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  3. That not the type of book I'd normally read, but it sounds like a fun read!

    You can see what my "animal" is HERE

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  4. LOL I wonder if a Newfoundlander would actually think that?! Probably.

    http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2011/03/theme-thursday-animal.html

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  5. Oh I love your snippet! Makes me want to read the book even though I'm not usually into vampire books at all.

    http://sophiasbookblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/theme-thursday-animals.html

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  6. LOL! I would just imagine that if a Newfie could talk, he or say would say something similar. Great selection!

    Marla @ Starting the Next Chapter

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  7. Great choice, I think this is the next one to go on my wish list. Thanks!

    mine is here:
    http://abookwormsblog1.blogspot.com/2011/03/heres-fun-meme-hosted-by-reading.html

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  8. This sounds good. I like this author.

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  9. Lol - I'm pretty sure my cat would have the same reaction ;)

    My segment is from Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban this week.

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