Wednesday: Wondrous Words/A-Z Wednesday

Wondrous Word Wednesday is hosted by Kathy of BermudaOnion

This week too, I take words from Prince Rupert's Teardrops by Lisa Glass

1) existentialists (page 202): We are all alone; existentialists know it, we all know it in our heart.

existentialism: A philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe, regards human existence as unexplainable, and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one's acts.

2) Crystillery (Page 203): She is here at the crystillery...

Where crystal objects are created from glass

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A-Z Wednesday is hosted by Vicky of Reading at the Beach

THIS WEEK'S LETTER IS: C

Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

Leo Demidov is a believer, a former war hero who loves his country and wants only to serve it well. He puts contradictions out of his mind and carries on. Until something happens that he cannot ignore. A serial killer of children is on the loose, and the State cannot admit it.

To admit that such a murderer is committing these crimes is itself a crime against the State. Instead of coming to terms with it, the State's official position is that it is merely coincidental that children have been found dead, perhaps from accidents near the railroad tracks, perhaps from a person deemed insane, or, worse still, homosexual. But why does each victim have his or her stomach excised, a string around the ankle, and a mouth full of dirt? Coincidence? Leo, in disgrace and exiled to a country village, doesn't think so. How can he prove it when he is being pursued like a common criminal himself? He and his wife, Raisa, set out to find the killer.