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Thursday, August 9, 2018

Friday Quotes: The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza

Book Beginnings on Friday is hosted by Rose City ReaderShare the opening quote from the book.
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e Friday 56 is hosted at Freda's VoiceFind a quote from page 56.

Check out the links for the rules and for the posts of the participants each week. Participants don't select their favorite, coolest, or most intellectual books, they just use the one they are currently reading. This is the book I'm reading right now---



Title: The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson

Book Beginning:
"The apocalypse began at Starbucks. Where else did you expect the end of the world to start?"
Friday 56:
"I'd saved someone's life and they were treating me like I was the shooter. I'd performed an actual miracle, but they still thought I was a freak."
Comments: I liked Hutchinson's book We Are the Ants about a boy who is either having a mental breakdown or was he really abducted by aliens who gave him the ability to save the world by pushing the red button? This book seems to be shaping up to be similar. Elena hears objects talking to her telling her to heal people. And she can. How is that possible?

Don't you just love the first line?