"For Now," Iseult said quietly, "let's worry about getting into the city unseen--and let's pray, too, that the Bloodwitch didn't actually smell your blood." Or your magic.
From page 25 of Truthwitch by Susan Dennard.
That explained why she'd fallen. Somehow her leg had gotten snared. She reached for the wire just as a figure loomed over her.From page 24 of A Cold War by Alan Russell.
Both:
My heart burned with a fierce kind of anger. I kicked at the rocks in the ruts, spitting mad just thinking about it.From pg. 10 of Some Kind of Courage by Dan Gemeinhart.
Karen's:
He simply and finally realized there was no difference between cocaine, alcohol, and the green felt of a craps table. In AA, he remembered, someone once said switching vices was like being on the titanic and demanding a different deck chair.From loc. 1118-20 on Kindle from Baby Please Don't Go by Frank Freudberg.
Wobbly, for sure, but it stood. Then we were struck silent when she kicked it off its fee again.From page 267 of God's Vitamin "C" For The Spirit compiled by Kathy Collard Miller and D. Larry Miller
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along, so I thought I would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading.
Happy Reading!