Subject: First Sentence Of A Book
Posted by: hekawi
Date: Dec 14 17
Give the first sentence of a book. Any book. Literary work.
Name book and author.
"MARLEY WAS DEAD, to begin with."
~~A Christmas Carol --- Charles Dickens
Posted by: hekawi
Date: Dec 14 17
Give the first sentence of a book. Any book. Literary work.
Name book and author.
"MARLEY WAS DEAD, to begin with."
~~A Christmas Carol --- Charles Dickens
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I checked my watch, then glanced at the clock on my computer. --- Arsenic and Old Books by Miranda James Reply #121. Mar 20 22, 8:41 AM |
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I did everything I could to distract Lucille Evans from noticing the bloody footprint. --- Blindside by James Patterson and James O Born Reply #122. Mar 23 22, 7:02 AM |
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Dr. Marcelle Weingrau, president of the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute, slowly unfolded her hands on the glossy expanse of desk in front of her. --- Diablo Mesa by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Reply #123. Apr 02 22, 8:52 AM |
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"Does she really think we don't see her?" Angie DeLaura asked her best friend and business partner Melanie Cooper. --- Sprinkle with Murder by Jenn McKinlay Reply #124. Apr 06 22, 10:40 AM |
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This is the Hale Farm. "All things cease to appear" Elizabeth Brundage Reply #125. Apr 06 22, 11:10 AM |
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As Leah untied the gelding and climbed into the buggy, she caught the heady scent of honeysuckle--her favorite flower and one of the few that didn't cause a fit of sneezing. --- The Way to a Man's Heart by Mary Ellis Reply #126. Apr 09 22, 8:02 AM |
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Maggie flew down southern Louisiana's River Road in the red '64 Falcon convertible that she'd inherited from her late grandfather. --- Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron Reply #127. Apr 11 22, 12:00 PM |
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"Somewhere in la Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, a gentleman lived not long ago, one of those who has a lance and ancient shield on a shelf and keeps a skinny nag and a greyhound for racing." —Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605; trans. Edith Grossman) One of my favorite books of all time! Reply #128. Apr 11 22, 4:15 PM |
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(One of my favorite books of all time!) Agreed! It's a good one alright. Reply #129. Apr 11 22, 5:50 PM |
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Stone Barrington lay back in the cockpit of the Concordia 40, a small cruising yawl built by Abeking & Rasmussen, a German yard, in 1938, and let the light breeze take him back toward Dark Harbor. --- Fast & Loose by Stuart Woods Reply #130. Apr 15 22, 5:12 AM |
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Many of us remember that almost monumental feeling of overwhelming excitement that first week of June--the day school let out for the summer! --- Arizona's Haunted Route 66 by Debe Branning Reply #131. Apr 17 22, 9:52 AM |
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There are two times in a woman's life when complete strangers think it's appropriate to offer unsolicited advice--when she's obviously pregnant, and when they discover she's planning a wedding. --- Bound for Murder by Victoria Gilbert Reply #132. Apr 22 22, 7:17 AM |
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Wednesday, June 24. We have sailed and tossed, have broken through the ice-barriers of Belle Isle Straits, and once more ride the rolling swells of the broad Atlantic. --- My Arctic journal: A year among ice-fields and Eskimos by Josephine Peary Reply #133. Apr 29 22, 10:40 AM |
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Shadowy reflections of drooping banana leaves haunted the dirt-smudged windows of the old house. --- The Shop on Royal Street by Karen White Reply #134. May 03 22, 10:04 AM |
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Athena ran blindly down the dark country lane, her breath coming in short, harsh gasps. ---- Decked by Carol Higgins Clark Reply #135. May 15 22, 11:15 AM |
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Gabriela Rose was standing in a small clearing that led to a rope-and-board footbridge. --- The Recovery Agent by Janet Evanovich Reply #136. May 19 22, 12:33 PM |
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The clock on my bedside table said it was 2:00 a.m. --- Game On by Janet Evanovich Reply #137. May 21 22, 8:33 AM |
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A ship may bob, safe at harbor, but that doesn't mean it hasn't experienced the wide world--or won't again. --- Booked for Death by Victoria Gilbert Reply #138. May 28 22, 5:25 AM |
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Melvin Butler, the personnel office at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, had a problem, the scope and nature of which was made plain in a May 1943 telegram to the civil service's chief of field operations. --- Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly Reply #139. May 31 22, 7:25 AM |
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"To-morrow, at the turn of the tide, the brig Forward, K. Z., captain, Richard Shandon, mate, will clear from New Prince's Docks; destination unknown." --- The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne Reply #140. Jun 06 22, 1:16 PM |
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