So I've decided to challenge myself in the next few weeks. My goal is to find 5 ordinary, teenage-directed, pop-fic books that have surprisingly spectacular diction in them. This whole idea started when I was reading The City of Bones by Cassandra Clay last year. I was simply blown away by the imagery that book had!
I mean really: the furniture emerges out of the murky depths of the spacious rooms “like icebergs through fog.” The greenhouse, with “glossy green shrubs” and plants with “petals medallioned with golden pollen”, gives off a “soapy” scent that hits Clary “soft as the padded blow of a cat’s paw.” The Manhattan skyline glimmers and “burns like cold jewels.”
That's amazing! And to think those quotes came from a simple "storybook" (as my mom calls popular fiction).
So over the next few weeks, I'm determined to find 5 ordinary books with not-so-ordinary diction. I'll keep you posted. Wish me luck! (:
~xE_Ax
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