Curled up with a good book...

Curled up with a good book...
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2010/41: The Game -- Laurie R. King

The Game -- Laurie R. King

Amber, when warm, gives out a faint aroma, the odour of slow time. I put the spilling double-handful up to my face and inhaled its trace of musk, laced with the tang of betrayal. Sunny Goodheart gave me the necklace because it looked pretty on me; I accepted the gift because it would remind me of consequences. (p. 203)

( non-spoilery review )

2010/42: Locked Rooms -- Laurie R. King

Locked Rooms -- Laurie R. King

Like an object so familiar to the eyes it goes unseen, I had habitually walked past my own history ... my entire childhood had become a self-inflicted blind spot -- I had complacently passed by the locked rooms of my past for so long, fingering the key in my pocket, that I no longer knew where to find the door. (p. 279)

( slightly spoilery review )