Book Beginnings on Friday and The Friday 56 are weekly memes hosted by Rose City Reader and Freda's Voice.
Rules:
Book Beginnings: Share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires.
The Friday 56: Grab a book, turn to page 56 or 56% in you eReader. Find any sentence (not spoilery) and reflect on it if you want.
Here's what I'm reading this week:
by Neil Gaiman
Synopsis:
The great Norse myths,
which have inspired so much of modern fiction, are dazzlingly retold by
Neil Gaiman. Tales of dwarfs and frost giants, of treasure and magic,
and of Asgard, home to the gods: Odin the all-father, highest and oldest
of the Aesir; his mighty son Thor, whose hammer Mjollnir makes the
mountain giants tremble; Loki, wily and handsome, reliably unreliable in
his lusts; and Freya, more beautiful than the sun or the moon, who
spurns those who seek to control her.
From the dawn of the world to the twilight of the gods, this is a thrilling, vivid retelling of the Norse myths from the award-winning, bestselling Neil Gaiman.
From the dawn of the world to the twilight of the gods, this is a thrilling, vivid retelling of the Norse myths from the award-winning, bestselling Neil Gaiman.
Book Beginning:
"Before the beginning there was nothing – no earth, no heavens, no stars, no sky: only the mist world, formless and shapeless, and the fire world, always burning."
No surprises here: the beginning starts with the beginning.
The Friday 56:
"They swore oaths then, the mightiest of oaths, the gods and the stranger, that neither side could betray the other. They swore on their weapons, and they swore on Draupnir, Odin's golden arm-ring, and they swore on Gungnir, Odin's spear, and an oath sworn on Gungnir was unbreakable."
I wonder if both sides will keep their word.
What are you guys reading this week?
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