Friday, October 18, 2019

The Friday 56 (162) & Book Beginnings: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda's Voice where every Friday you pick a book and turn to page 56 or 56%, and select a sentence or a few, as long as it's not a spoiler. For the full rules, visit the the page HERE

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you're reading.

15783514. sy475 Synopsis from Goodreads...
Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock, and her mother and grandmother. He hasn't thought of Lettie in decades, and yet as he sits by the pond (a pond that she'd claimed was an ocean) behind the ramshackle old farmhouse, the unremembered past comes flooding back. And it is a past too strange, too frightening, too dangerous to have happened to anyone, let alone a small boy. Forty years earlier, a man committed suicide in a stolen car at this farm at the end of the road. Like a fuse on a firework, his death lit a touchpaper and resonated in unimaginable ways. The darkness was unleashed, something scary and thoroughly incomprehensible to a little boy. And Lettie—magical, comforting, wise beyond her years—promised to protect him, no matter what.


Beginning: "I wore a black suit and a white shirt, a black tie and black shoes, all polished and shiny: clothes that normally would make me uncomfortable, as if I were in a stolen uniform, or pretending to be an adult."

56: "My laboratory--that was what I called it--was a green-painted shed as far away from the house as you could get, built up against the side of the house's huge old garage."

Comments: I finally read The Ocean at the End of the Lane. I liked the story. What are you reading this week?

21 comments:

  1. I need to read this, Breana! Sussex, England, is only down the road for me! lol Happy Friday! Here's MY FRIDAY POST.

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  2. He's such an amazing, amazing writer. Glad you liked it.

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    1. I know what you mean. I still have a number of Gaiman's books on my TBR List (like Good Omens), and I'm looking forward to eventually reading them. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend!

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  3. I really need to read a Neil Gaiman book one of these days. This one sounds really good. Thanks for sharing! Hope you have a great weekend! :)

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  4. This is my favorite Gaiman read! Happy weekend!

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    1. The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a pretty good story. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend!

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  5. I've been curious about this book. The synopsis is intriguing enough to put it on my TBR list.

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  6. I've been seeing this book all around the internet. I hope you're enjoying it. Happy weekend!|
    My Friday: Marie @ Pages to Explore

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  7. I like the sound of this one. Thanks for sharing, and for visiting my blog.

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  8. I loved this book but the two quotes you provided don't ring a bell in anyway. Maybe I am due for a re-read. My Friday Quotes

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  9. Glad you enjoyed it. I haven't read this one yet.

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  10. Gaiman is one of the best authors out there! :)

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  11. I have read The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and really enjoyed it. I really enjoy Gaiman's books. I hope you have a great week!

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