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Subject: Turn to page 21

Posted by: Cymruambyth
Date: May 25 19

Turn to page 21 of the book you're reading, and tell us what the first full sentence on the page is.

"Dave put the sandwich down on the road, stood up, and walked away." (p.21 of Stuart Maclean's 'Vinyl Cafe Diaries', a collection of short stories. This quote is from 'Walking Man.')

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The biologist had been found in an overgrown lot several blocks from her house, staring at a crumbling brick wall.
--- Authority by Jeff Vandermeer

Reply #201. Jan 25 21, 9:14 AM
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"She thought she might have seen Amanda," Chief McArthur said quickly.
--- Missing Pages by Vera Dodge

Reply #202. Jan 28 21, 2:19 PM
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But the whisper isn't done with you yet.
--- Acceptance by Jeff Vandermeer


Reply #203. Feb 01 21, 5:16 AM
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"There's no reason for you to stay here with me," Barbara said to her mother, who stood just inside the kitchen doorway.
--- On Her Own by Wanda E. Brunstetter

Reply #204. Feb 03 21, 12:27 PM
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Formerly, her remembrance of past sufferings was lost in the friendship of Madame La Motte; now, though her behaviour was too guarded to betray any striking instances of unkindness, there was something in her manner which chilled the hopes of Adeline, unable as she was to analyze it.
--- The Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe

Reply #205. Feb 07 21, 9:03 AM
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Downstairs, Cara cut across the garden to the glass and sandstone spa, where Hannah was waiting.
---Grown Ups by Marian Keyes

Reply #206. Feb 10 21, 2:26 AM
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For the first time, she thought that Daniel Miller might just have a thought or two in his quiet head.
--- The Choice by Suzanne Woods Fisher


Reply #207. Feb 13 21, 2:36 PM
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"You'll find a way," Joan said, with a confidence born of keeping him in cash.
--- Paris Match by Stuart Woods


Reply #208. Feb 17 21, 5:46 PM
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If I have to lose this office to protect this country, I will do it.

The President is Missing....James Patterson with Bill Clinton



Reply #209. Feb 19 21, 3:26 PM
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She had felt as if she'd aged by a decade during that brief period of time, as if her childhood had been laid aside from that day on.
--- Back Home Again by Melody Carlson

Reply #210. Feb 23 21, 7:45 PM
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The young woman made a face mixed with dismay and humor.
--- A Light in the Darkness by Ruth Logan Herne

Reply #211. Feb 24 21, 12:25 PM
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In spite of what the Busman's Harbor Tourism Board would have you believe, mid-June was still pretty early for coastal Maine.
--- Clammed Up (Maine Clambake Mystery #1) by Barbara Ross

Reply #212. Feb 28 21, 10:09 AM
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He enters slowly, as if approaching a skittish animal.
--- The Desolations of Devil's Acre by Ransom Riggs

Reply #213. Mar 04 21, 7:51 AM
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It was really too bad that Ella was related to John Weaver, the Man She Hoped to Never See Again.
--- A Christmas for Katie by Shelley Shepard Gray

Reply #214. Mar 10 21, 3:06 PM
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After a long and arduous winter, spring had finally deigned to show itself in Serenity, a small Midwestern town nestled on the Mississippi River like a quaint reminder of simpler times--particularly as viewed from the air.
--- Antiques Bizarre by Barbara Allan

Reply #215. Mar 11 21, 7:57 PM
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Your never going to get anywhere at this rate..... Haven't They Grown.... Sophie Hannah


Reply #216. Mar 19 21, 1:47 PM
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That business of us moving in with Francis began on the evening of our mother's funeral, after a supper of ham sandwiches and pickles and Bessie's lemon cake.
--- Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart


Reply #217. Mar 20 21, 5:37 PM
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In the failing light of the afternoon, Jessie sat on the lumpy bed in the little motel room, throwing herself a pity party.
--- Cape Perdido by Marcia Muller


Reply #218. Mar 22 21, 4:16 PM
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Now Abraham moved on from thereinto the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shut. The book of Genesis.


Reply #219. Mar 25 21, 2:10 PM
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"That mess with the arsonist is behind us."
--- When the Bishop Needs an Alibi by Vannetta Chapman


Reply #220. Mar 30 21, 5:34 PM


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