The Friday 56: Sounds Sound to Me

The Friday 56 is hosted by Storytime with Tonya and Friends

RULES

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. Post a link with your post to Storytime (and here on Bryan’s Book Blog, I’d like to know what book you’ve got at hand).

I’ve got a number of books on my desk as I put this together, but I guess the closest of those is William Hope Hodgson’s brilliant 1908 horror novel The House on the Borderland. So, without any further ado, here’s the fifth sentence on page 56:

The House on the Borderland

by William Hope Hodgson

(New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1996)

Paperback, 186 Pages, Fiction

ISBN: 9780786702824, US$4.95

My 56: “Thus, I made the door stronger than ever; for now it was solid with the backing of boards, and would, I felt convinced, stand a heavier pressure than hitherto, without giving way” (56).

Sounds like a good plan, considering that the “Swine-Things” are on the other side…