2009/12: Living with Ghosts -- Kari Sperring

Living with Ghosts -- Kari Sperring

The lieutenant's ghost sprawled on the daybed, occluding the brocade covers with misty distaste, eyes enviously on a crystal decanter. Drinking water, Gracielis raised his glass to it ... (p.17)
( non-spoilery review )

2009/13: Quicksilver -- Christie Dickason

Quicksilver -- Christie Dickason


Again the clamouring, jagged glassy edges of sound, the piercing smells. Again the fist that crushed the air from his chest, and again the belch of terror that lodged at the base of his throat. The invasion of his body. The shifting of his muscles on his skull. The beast. (p. 180)
( my ever-so-slightly spoilery review )

2009/14: Un Lun Dun -- China Miéville

Un Lun Dun -- China Miéville

The giraffes bleated hungrily in the distance as Hemi led Deeba through the unstable streets of Wraithtown, past shops and offices clouded with their own remembered selves. (p. 208)
( slightly spoilery review )