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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Theme Thursday: Animal



Rules:
*A theme will be posted each week (on Thursday)
*Select a conversation/snippet/sentence from the current book you're reading that features the theme
*Post it and don't forget to mention the author and title of the book
*Event is open for the whole week
*Link back to Reading Between the Pages

This week's theme is ANIMAL. Here is mine from Jerusalem Inn by Martha Grimes (p. 74):

And now some other fishy smell was in the air, one that only the cat Cyril would appreciate--that Racer might stumble up the next rung to a deputy assistant commissionership....

At Jury's feet at the moment was Cyril, who had slipped unobserved into the office to take his princely place on the sill behind Racer's desk. Racer hated the mangy beast (as he called him). Cyril was anything but mangy. He was copper-colored and white-pawed and divided his time between his personal grooming and outwitting the Chief Superintendent.
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10 comments:

  1. kavyenMarch 31, 2011 at 11:23 AM

    I like the ring of "Cat Cyril" .. Copper Colored and white pawed sounds like an adorable combination.. why would he be called a Mangy Beast? hmmmm!

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  2. fredamansMarch 31, 2011 at 11:43 AM

    Yeah I agree with Kavyen. Cyril sounds cool.

    http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2011/03/theme-thursday-animal.html

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  3. AnonymousMarch 31, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    I might read this for the "Animal Challenge". It sounds fun!

    You can see what my "animal" is HERE

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  4. AmyMarch 31, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    Thanks for stopping by! Great "animal" teaser!

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  5. AnonymousMarch 31, 2011 at 12:54 PM

    I think I like Cyril already.

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  6. BuffyMarch 31, 2011 at 4:50 PM

    :) I like the notion of animals purposely outwitting humans.

    Here's mine:

    http://situationswhereyoumayneedit.blogspot.com/2011/03/theme-thursdays-animals-distant-hours.html

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  7. SharonMarch 31, 2011 at 7:34 PM

    AWWW I want a cat like Cyril! Fun choice!

    Mine is here:
    http://abookwormsblog1.blogspot.com/2011/03/heres-fun-meme-hosted-by-reading.html

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  8. YvonneMarch 31, 2011 at 9:33 PM

    Great post! You'd think with my love of cats, my choice would have been a cat but it wasn't :)

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  9. CarolMarch 31, 2011 at 10:22 PM

    I love those earlier Jury novels. I had almost forgotten the Cyril/Racer relationship, which is delightful. Some think Grimes has gone over the top with Mungo the dog, but I think she's at the top of her form with that character (would you call a dog a character?)

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  10. Crystal (I totally paused!)April 1, 2011 at 12:28 PM

    Reminds me of my cat...I call him The Chairman lol

    My segment is from Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban this week.

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