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This is a Friday meme for Freda's voice. Pick page 56 out of any book and write a few sentences on your blog. You can hook up by using Freda's linky on her blog. http://fredasvoice.com Chad laughed. "You leave Loco to me, big brother. He's unpredictable, but I'm telling you this horse can run. He's going to help me win that five-thousand-dollar purse this year, or my name's not Chad Aaron Carter."

http://rosecityreader.blogspot.com   Every Friday 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. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name. September 1873 "Father was the tallest and strongest man in the whole world. Dressed in his fancy dinner clothes, he was also the most handsome." KREGEL Little girls haven't changed. Most girls think their father is the best at everything.  

http://bermudaonion.net "Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where you can share new words that you’ve encountered or spotlight words you love.  Feel free to get creative" like my mind with its pitiful      searching for an exit from itself, and thinking these      days of Pavese Pavese -   (chā`zärā pävĕ`sā) , 1908–50, Italian novelist, poet, and translator. A major literary figure in postwar Italy, Pavese brought American influence to Italian literature through his translations. He himself was strongly influenced by Melville. Pavese's flight from the Fascists and subsequent imprisonment were reflected in his writings, which dealt with social struggle and revealed his sympathy for the oppressed. His major works include Il Compagno [the comrade] (1948), Tra Donne Sole (1948; tr. Among Women Only, 1953), and La luna e i falò (1950; tr. The Moon and the Bonfire, 1952).

  I am haunted by hedges of         pink oleander along the Sicilian roads, their      consonants of gravel under the tires, by stone piles,      by walls whose wonder     

Judith wasn't trying to upset her mother, she didn't want to be a bad daughter, she just couldn't help being who she was. She just couldn't help wanting to read." http://fredasvoice.com

"Every third birth shall be for the grave. The words rang in Judith Shakespeare's ears as she picked up the looking glass with the ornate, gold trimmed handle, and spied again her heavy blond locks and clear blue eyes. It was always startling, to see her own face reflected in such sharp outline and detail. It was nothing like looking in the waters of the Avon, the cold dark waters which rushed by with such urgent speed, ferrying leaves and branches and thick clumps of dirt on their way to the next village....." http://rosecityreader.blogspot.com

It's almost Easter. It is the most Holy time of the year. It is the day when Jesus Christ rose from the dead. Some people call it Resurrection Sunday. However, according to A. J. Swoboda , Friday and Saturday are just as important. So, there is Good Friday, Saturday and Easter Sunday. Good Friday and Saturday typify a time of  heavy darkness: On Friday, Jesus is crucified. On Saturday, there is deadly silence. In A Glorious Dark, the author beams his light on to darkness proving that in darkness there is hope, and in darkness there is  change. In our darkest periods , is the light at the end of our tomb. In our dark times, there is no reason to give up. There is no shame in having a Messiah whom some people might think of as a Fallen hero because He laid in a dark grave. There are also answers in our most silent periods. Those lonely times can lead us into our community. The strength of  the book A Glorious Dark by A.J. Swoboda is that the author is able to take the full Ho