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Friday, 27 July 2012

Friday Memes

This week I am posting from Small Island by Andrea Levy

Friday Book Beginnings is a weekly meme where we share the opening line of our current read. Book Beginnings is hosted by the Rose City Reader.

Prologue
Queenie
I thought I'd been to Africa. Told all my class I had.

One
Hortense
It brought it all back to me. Celia Langley. Celia Langley standing in front of me, her hands on her hips and her head in a cloud.

Friday 56 hosted @ Freda's Voice is a weekly Meme where we share an interesting snippet from page 56 of our current book.

There were sixty pupils in the first class I had to teach. Sixty children fidgeting like vermin behind rows of wooden desks.
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13 comments:

  1. Laurel-Rain Snow27 July 2012 at 15:16

    Very tempting snippets...thanks for sharing!

    Here's MY FRIDAY MEMES POST

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  2. fredamans27 July 2012 at 15:48

    Great snippets!

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  3. AO27 July 2012 at 16:00

    60 students behaving like that is certainly a handful. comparing them to vermin is a tad cruel i think but it does give the sentence character. thanks for sharing and for stopping by my blog too!

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  4. Chris Thompson27 July 2012 at 16:09

    It's interesting that she thinks she's been to Africa. Does that mean she doesn't remember?

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  5. srivalli27 July 2012 at 16:31

    Hi Chris,
    She is a child, she visits an exhibition on Africa and believes that she had been to Africa.

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  6. LadyD Piano27 July 2012 at 17:10

    Wonderful post. Thanks for stopping by. Nice to meet you!


    http://ladyd-books.blogspot.com

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  7. Amber27 July 2012 at 18:44

    Haha, she doesn't seem enthralled about teaching those kids at all...

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  8. Anonymous27 July 2012 at 19:50

    I haven't read Small Island by Levy. I want to read it so badly. Hope to get to it before the end of summer. Hope you're enjoying it.

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  9. Bev Hankins27 July 2012 at 19:54

    So...does this mean she hasn't been to Africa? Hmmm?

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  10. Linda28 July 2012 at 00:31

    re: p56
    I'd like to know how this teacher is going to handle this.

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  11. Linda28 July 2012 at 00:31

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  12. Jan28 July 2012 at 04:56

    Sounds like a rowdy bunch of students, LOL. Thanks for sharing!

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  13. test28 July 2012 at 05:49

    if i'd visited africa, i think i'd remember! :)

    http://www.guiltlessreading.blogspot.ca/2012/07/friday-56-book-beginnings-perla.html

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