Egg and Spoon\u00a0by<\/span> Gregory Maguire<\/span><\/h2>\n![\"Egg](\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1429033227l\/25010610.jpg\")
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Here\u2019s the Goodreads synopsis:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nA fantasy set in\u00a0Tsarist\u00a0Russia.<\/strong><\/p>\nElena Rudina lives in the impoverished Russian countryside. Her father has been dead for years. One of her brothers has been conscripted into the Tsar\u2019s army, the other taken as a servant in the house of the local landowner. Her mother is dying, slowly, in their tiny cabin. And there is no food. But then a train arrives in the village, a train carrying untold wealth, a cornucopia of food, and a noble family destined to visit the Tsar in Saint Petersburg \u2014 a family that includes Ekaterina, a girl of Elena\u2019s age. When the two girls\u2019 lives collide, an adventure is set in motion, an escapade that includes mistaken identity, a monk locked in a tower, a prince traveling incognito, and \u2014 in a starring role only Gregory Maguire could have conjured \u2014 Baba Yaga, witch of Russian folklore, in her ambulatory house perched on chicken legs<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Book Beginnings is a weekly bookish meme hosted by\u00a0Rose City Reader<\/a>. To participate, you just have to post the first sentence of the book you are reading and write your thoughts about it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
The heels of military boots , striking \u00admarble floors , made a sound like thrown stones. The old man knew that agents were hunting for him. He capped the inkwell and shook his pen. In his haste, he splattered the pale French wallpaper around his desk. That will look like spots of dried blood, he thought, my blood.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n-First paragraph, Egg and Spoon by Gregory Mcguire<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/05\/ceec9-friday2b56.jpg?w=620\")
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The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda\u2019s Voice<\/a>. To participate, you just have to grab a book, turn to page 56 or 56% in your e-reader and post a sentence or a few from it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Grandmother Onna wasn\u2019t impressed. She\u2019d just come back from scouring the Rudetsky house by lamplight, and her old eyes were sharper than \u00adElena\u2019s. She\u2019d found a cupful of oat mash hidden in a tin matchbox, and she shared half with \u00adElena. \u201cThe Tsar to his veal, and we to our meal,\u201d she said, smacking her lips.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nEgg and Spoon by Gregory Mcguire<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
<\/p>\nA fantasy set in\u00a0Tsarist\u00a0Russia.<\/strong><\/p>\n Elena Rudina lives in the impoverished Russian countryside. Her father has been dead for years. One of her brothers has been conscripted into the Tsar\u2019s army, the other taken as a servant in the house of the local landowner. Her mother is dying, slowly, in their tiny cabin. And there is no food. But then a train arrives in the village, a train carrying untold wealth, a cornucopia of food, and a noble family destined to visit the Tsar in Saint Petersburg \u2014 a family that includes Ekaterina, a girl of Elena\u2019s age. When the two girls\u2019 lives collide, an adventure is set in motion, an escapade that includes mistaken identity, a monk locked in a tower, a prince traveling incognito, and \u2014 in a starring role only Gregory Maguire could have conjured \u2014 Baba Yaga, witch of Russian folklore, in her ambulatory house perched on chicken legs<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Book Beginnings is a weekly bookish meme hosted by\u00a0Rose City Reader<\/a>. To participate, you just have to post the first sentence of the book you are reading and write your thoughts about it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The heels of military boots , striking \u00admarble floors , made a sound like thrown stones. The old man knew that agents were hunting for him. He capped the inkwell and shook his pen. In his haste, he splattered the pale French wallpaper around his desk. That will look like spots of dried blood, he thought, my blood.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n -First paragraph, Egg and Spoon by Gregory Mcguire<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda\u2019s Voice<\/a>. To participate, you just have to grab a book, turn to page 56 or 56% in your e-reader and post a sentence or a few from it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Grandmother Onna wasn\u2019t impressed. She\u2019d just come back from scouring the Rudetsky house by lamplight, and her old eyes were sharper than \u00adElena\u2019s. She\u2019d found a cupful of oat mash hidden in a tin matchbox, and she shared half with \u00adElena. \u201cThe Tsar to his veal, and we to our meal,\u201d she said, smacking her lips.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Egg and Spoon by Gregory Mcguire<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n