Welcome to my commonplace blog

The goal of this blog is to preserve a few ideas and quotes from books I read. In the old days when books were not so readily available, people kept "commonplace books" where they copied choice passages they wanted to be able to remember and perhaps reuse. The idea got picked up by V.F.D. and it's common knowledge that most of that organization's volunteers have kept commonplace books, and so have Laura and I.

I'm sure there are many other Internet sites and blogs dedicated to the same idea. But this one is mine. Feel free to look around and leave comments, but not spam.

05 July 2010

Dead Girls Don't Write Letters (Gail Giles)

Yes, even living girls barely write any letters at all.

Laura got this book from the library based on a list of mysteries recommended for high-schoolers. Henrieta read and liked it, and i decided to give it a try. Well written (though kid-level vocabulary and a smidge of noir cliché); the author feeds you the expected plot twists early and then hits you with the unexpected one at the end. By the end, you've been living this weird nightmare inside Sunny's skin for so long that it's almost impossible not to take her side when the moment to doubt her arrives.

Update: Henrieta and Laura both sided with the grandmother. Maybe i'm soft...


Quotes:

Things had been getting a little better till I got a letter from my dead sister.
That more or less ruined my day.

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