A to Z Challenge 2015: K - The Knife of Never Letting Go

Welcome to week three!

Or ... week two and a half!

How was your day off?

I had to work, so it was really only a day off from the challenge for me.

Patrick Ness is an American born author living in the UK. Known mainly for A Monster Calls, the Chaos Walking trilogy was how I was introduced to his work.

Today's 2015 April A to Z Blogging Challenge story for the letter K:

The Knife of Never Letting Go

Here is the summary, from Goodreads:

Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee -- whose thoughts Todd can hear too, whether he wants to or not -- stumble upon an area of complete silence. They find that in a town where privacy is impossible, something terrible has been hidden -- a secret so awful that Todd and Manchee must run for their lives.

Authors: Patrick Ness

That's it! Please come back tomorrow!

A to Z Challenge: K - Katana

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Katana

This is one of those words that's not going to have any synonyms, or much of an etymology, because it's actually a word from a foreign language, that has been used commonly enough in English, it's been adopted. Like Ninja.

ka·ta·na [kəˈtänə] n. a curved, single-edged sword that is the longer of a pair worn by the Japanese samurai

Synonyms: there are no direct synonyms of katana, but some related words are wakizashi, tanto, okatana, and nodachi

Etymology: 1610s, from Japanese.

See? Not much of an etymology, eh? Still, it's an awesome word, and history's greatest sword.