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.

04 February 2012

Wildwood (Colin Melloy)

According to Laura, a book that has animals in it can be realistic fiction, but the moment the animals start to talk, it becomes fantasy. This is definitely a fantasy book, and written by the leader of the best rock band in the USA.

Read with Laura, who liked it so much that she cried when it was over. Hoping for a sequel.


Quotes:

As she walked, she breathed a quick benediction to the patron saint of sleuthing. “Nancy Drew,” she whispered, “be with me now.”

"South Wood Office of Rehabilitation and Detention" (SWORD)

“My dear Prue, we are the inheritors of a wonderful world, a beautiful world, full of life and mystery, goodness and pain. But likewise are we the children of an indifferent universe. We break our own hearts imposing our moral order on what is, by nature, a wide web of chaos. It is a hopeless task.”

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