Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by Shanah – The Bionic Book Worm. This week the topic is ‘Top 5 Closing Lines’.
Last weeks topic (Top 5 Opening Lines) was really difficult for me, because I find it SO hard to remember the first lines of books! Thankfully, I found this weeks topic a bit easier!
The Great Gatsby
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
A Thousand Splendid Suns
‘But the game only involves male names. Because if it’s a girl, Laila has already named her.’
Caraval
‘I’m sure your mother will be quite proud and I believe you should be able to see her soon. But first you must keep up your end of our bargain. I hope you haven’t forgotten what you owe me in exchange for all that I’ve shared with you.
I plan on collecting my payment very soon.
Truly yours,
A friend’
(I know I’ve previously said that Caraval was a bit of a disappointment… and it was. But it was the last 50 odd pages that made me want to carry on with the series)
The Malinovsky Papers
‘They could dig up a hundred Anastasias but, for me, she will always be the little old lady in the bed n Coney Island Hospital who turned to her husband, as she was dying, and said, “That was a great adventure, Dmitri, thank you.”’
The Book Thief
‘A last note from your narrator: I am haunted by humans.’
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HA! We both had The Book Thief this time! LOL! And the last line for A Thousand Splendid Suns is proof that I really need to read that soon! It’s only been on my shelf since forever!
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Ha! I think we ALL did The Book Thief 🙂 ❤ (or at least everyone should have) lol
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Agreed!
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Haha there’s just so many quotes in it!
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I loved A Thousand Splendid Suns! Even moe than the Kite Runner 😉
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You know, I think I did to! I couldn’t warm to the main character in the Kite Runner. I thought he was a bit selfish and two faced.
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The Malinovsky Papers last line is so pretty! I forgot about Caraval’s ending! I was disappointed in it, too, so maybe that’s why lol.
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It was fairly disappointing but the last 50 pages or so really hooked me!
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ahh disappointing as in boring or not what you expected?
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