Welcome to another Thursday Sparks, in which we celebrate Theme Thursdays, hosted by Reading Between Pages.
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Theme Thursdays is a fun weekly event that will be open from one thursday to the next. Anyone can participate in it. The rules are simple:
- A theme will be posted each week (on Thursday’s)
- Select a conversation/snippet/sentence from the current book you are reading
- Mention the author and the title of the book along with your post
- It is important that the theme is conveyed in the sentence (you don’t necessarily need to have the word)
Ex: If the theme is KISS; your sentence can have “They kissed so gently” or “Their lips touched each other” or “The smooch was so passionate”
This will give us a wonderful opportunity to explore and understand different writing styles and descriptive approaches adopted by authors.
I am just glad I have so many suggestions to pick from. This week’s theme is unique and is suggested by The Book Gatherer. So are you ready for:
HEALTH (Health / Wellbeing / Illness / Disease/ etc )
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Today I’m spotlighting a new review book called Space, by Emily Sue Harvey.
In this excerpt, the character Deede has consulted a doctor about a fertility issue:
“You have polycystic ovaries, Deede,” Dr. Wingo said gravely.
“What’s that?” I asked as the old familiar dread snaked through me.
“That’s a disease where the ovaries produce an egg, although it’s not a mature egg usually, but the hormones are unbalanced. So the egg never releases. The egg then becomes a cyst.” p. 21-22
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Maybe TMI? What did you find in your books today? Come on by….
SNOW SPARKS 
Fascinating. When I first married, I suffered with cysts. Terrible, terrible pain.
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Thanks for stopping by, Tea. Yes, it sounds horrible. Hope you have a great day.
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How sad for her. But a good pick for this week’s theme!
http://www.booksandbarks.com/2011/09/theme-thursday_08.html
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Yes, definitely sad….maybe there will be hope later on. Thanks for stopping by, Jen.
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Sounds painful.
Here’s mine: http://simpleloveofreading.blogspot.com/2011/09/theme-thursday-28.html
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Yes it does, Amy. Thanks for stopping by.
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Oh, wow, that’s sad! This was a good choice for the theme this week.
Here’s mine: http://sinnfulbooks.blogspot.com/2011/09/theme-thursday.html
sinn @ sinnful books
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Yes, I was surprised to find it so early in the book…thanks for stopping by, Sinn.
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Excellent choice! Here’s mine:
http://nofiltermom.blogspot.com/2011/09/theme-thursday.html
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OH, glad you could stop by, Debbie. Thanks!
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The perfect choice for this week’s theme. Sounds most distressing and I hope things turn out well for her .
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I do, too, Cat….thanks for stopping by.
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Great choice for this week. Even details and explains the painful condition. Btw, I picked Lisa Unger’s book only after seeing it on your blog last week. Am enjoying it so far.
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OH, glad you’re liking it, Kavyen. I kept turning those pages faster and faster….thanks for stopping by.
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Cysts are definitely painful…trust me, I know. Hope she’s able to get that taken care of.
Here’s mine: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2011/09/theme-thursday-health.html
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Yes, I had some, too, but not the kind described here. In any case, not something we want to experience! Thanks for stopping by, Bev.
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