Reading the lunar chronicles 1 paragraph at a time

Currently Reading: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

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Some Info for the curious

We’re gonna do a sentence paragraph a day until we finish or until I give up.

Im using the original USAmerican English version of the books.

Posts will be tagged with as book number. chapter.paragraph. So 1.1.1 would be the first paragraph of the first chapter of Cinder. 2.3.1 would be the first paragraph of the third chapter of Scarlet, etc.

Those pages with the fairy tale quote that separate each part will be tagged as 1.P1, 1.P2, etc. (ik they’re called “books” but in the interest of simplicity I’m calling them parts.)

So yeah, enjoy!

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Cinder pressed herself against the door frame. She had not even thought to give Kai her condolences, or wishes for the emperor’s return of health. He must think her so insensitive. So ignorant.

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Gasping, the seamstress pulled the pins from her mouth.

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“We interrupt His Imperial Highness’ press conference with an update on the status of His Imperial Majesty Emperor Rikan. The emperor’s physicians have just informed us His Majesty has entered into the third stage of letumosis.”

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The pressroom was replaced with a desk before a blue screen. A woman sat behind it, expressionless but with whitened knuckles atop the desk.

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On the screen, the prince’s speech was interrupted when a stranger stepped onto the platform and handed a note to Prince Kai. The prince’s eyes clouded over. The screen blackened.

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Adri never talked about her husband, and few memories of him lingered in the apartment. The only reminder that he’d even existed was found in a row of holographic plaques and carved medallions that lined the fireplace’s mantle—achievement awards and congratulatory prizes from an international technology fair, three years running. Cinder had no idea what he’d invented. Evidently, whatever it was hasn’t taken off, because he’d left his family with almost no money when he had died.

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Unenthusiastic applause shifted through the crowd. Research on the plague had been underway since the first outbreak had occurred in a small town in the African Union over a dozen years ago. It seemed that very little progress had been made. Meanwhile, the disease had surfaced in hundreds of seemingly unconnected communities throughout the world. Hundreds of thousands of people had fallen ill, suffered, died. Even Adri’s husband had contracted it on a trip to Europe—the same trip during which he’d agreed to become the guardian of an eleven-year-old orphaned cyborg. One of Cinder’s few memories of the man was of him being carted away to the quarantines while Adri raved at how he could not leave her with this thing.

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“…research continues to be our top priority,” Prince Kai was saying, gripping the sides of a podium. “Our research has team is determined to find a vaccine for this disease that has now taken one of my parents and threatens to take the other, as well as tens of thousands of our citizens. The circumstances are made even more desperate in the face of the outbreak that occurred today within the city limits. No longer can we claim this disease is relegated to the poor, rural communities of our country. Letumosis threatens us all, and we will find a way to stop it. Only then can we begin to rebuild our economy and return the Eastern Commonwealth to its once prosperous state.”

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“Volume on,” said Pearl, batting the seamstress away.

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Freezing, Cinder glanced back at the netscreen. The plague alerts had been replaced with a live broadcast from the palace’s pressroom. Prince Kai was speaking to a crowd of journalists—human and android.

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“Prince Kai!”

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Cinder cast one more look at her stepsisters’ sumptuous gowns before backing out of the room. She had barely turned the hallway when Peony squealed.

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Adri flourished her arm at Cinder, her attention once again captivated by Pearl’s dress. A silent dismissal.

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“Well,” she said, attempting to look heartened. “I guess I’d better go find a magbelt then.”

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Cinder pressed her shoulder into the door frame, trying to hide her disappointment from Peony. Pearl’s outrage was unnecessary. A little orange light had flickered in the corner of Cinder’s vision—Ari had not meant her promise.

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Peony flashed Cinder a stunned half smile, while her older sister spun on their mother. “You can’t be serious. Her? Go with us?”