Bookmarker is a personal project by @dellsystem to help with retaining reading material. Source on GitHub.

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descant

Long past the hour when his clenched fists would have given out, they whoop descant to the storm.

—p.296 TRUNK (153) by Richard Powers
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crenellation

Vistas open up through the green crenellations

think about the war metaphor here

—p.241 TRUNK (153) by Richard Powers
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sconce

The sun cuts starbursts in the needles’ verdigris, a thousand sconces of astral light. The great dinosaur plates of the trunks turn shades of orange, terra-cotta, and cinnamon.

—p.182 TRUNK (153) by Richard Powers
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lapidary

An ice storm coats the town in a lapidary crust

—p.159 TRUNK (153) by Richard Powers
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gelid

Her body, draped in towel and steam, shines with need. Even the gelid air strokes her like a sex toy.

—p.151 OLIVIA VANDERGRIFF (145) by Richard Powers
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