This is a weekly bloghop hosted by Freda’s Voice.
RULES:
Grab a book, any book.
Turn to Page 56 or 56% on your ereader. If you have to improvise, that is okay.
Find a snippet, short and sweet.
Post it
from Page 56 (and a little bit of 57) of:
Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
The matron narrowed her eyes. “Can scarecrows talk?” she repeated, tone clearly implying that there was only one right answer, and it wasn’t the one she expected from Emily.
…Silence and blending into the background were Cora’s forte. She was good at it. But she was also a hero, and heroes didn’t stand idly by while someone smaller was victimized.
“Scarecrows don’t talk,” she scoffed, loudly enough and clearly enough to guarantee she would be overheard. The matron stiffened. Cora acted like she hadn’t noticed, continuing blithely, “They’re just straw stuffed into old potato sacks. If scarecrows could talk, that would mean straw could talk, and if straw could talk, grass would be able to talk, and no one could mow their lawns.”
Freda Mans-Labianca
I’ve got to read something from this author soon! I;ve just heard too many good things about his books. Happy weekend!
HCNewton
Oh, yeah, Freda…you really need to
Literary Feline
Haha! I love that excerpt. I am looking forward to reading this one. I hope you have a great weekend!
HCNewton
It was nice for one of the rare whimsical bits in this book to be on 56 🙂
Vonnie R
If scarecrows could talk, I wonder what they would say…
Sounds interesting!
HCNewton
That’s a good question 🙂 Baum had a couple of suggestions…