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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rubytops 
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Like most people I lived for a long time with my mother andfather. From Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit....Jeanette Winterson Reply #41. Nov 15 20, 1:19 PM |
Catreona
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"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel." from Neuromancer by William Gibson Reply #42. Nov 15 20, 1:57 PM |
| rubytops
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I write this sitting in the kitchen sink. From:- I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Reply #43. Nov 16 20, 4:04 PM |
Dagny1
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(Good one, Ruby. Actually makes me want to read the book!) Reply #44. Nov 16 20, 5:05 PM |
paulmallon
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"It had been a good day for the defense". "The Law of Innocence", by Michael Connely Reply #45. Nov 24 20, 10:44 AM |
| paulmallon
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Correction: the first line is: "A murder case is like a tree." Reply #46. Nov 24 20, 12:18 PM |
| Dagny1
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Wow, Paul, you didn't waste any time getting this one! I only just now realized it was out. Reply #47. Nov 24 20, 2:27 PM |
| paulmallon
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Dagny...I had pre-ordered it from Amazon. I'm not sure if the fact I'm a Prime Member get's me toward the top of the list, but they ship my copies on the official release date which is set by the publisher as you likely know. Paul (It's a Mickey Haller/Lincoln Lawyer yarn.) Reply #48. Nov 24 20, 10:44 PM |
| Catreona
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The Bible begins at the logical place, the beginning. Asimov's Guide to The Bible: The Old and New Testaments by Isaac Asimov Reply #49. Dec 01 20, 8:14 PM |
| paulmallon
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Moments, it all comes down to moments. "Crime Beat", by Michael Connelly Reply #50. Jan 05 21, 3:51 PM |
| Dagny1
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Wolf Willett remembered too late that Flaps had always had a cold nose. ---- Santa Fe Rules by Stuart Woods Reply #51. Jan 06 21, 3:36 PM |
griller
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The great gray beast of February had eaten Harvey Swick alive. "The Thief of Always" Clive Barker Reply #52. Jan 06 21, 5:45 PM |
| Dagny1
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Stone Barrington made it from his bed to his desk by 10 AM, after something of a struggle with jet lag. --- Standup Guy by Stuart Woods Reply #53. Jan 09 21, 1:22 PM |
| Dagny1
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It rained toads the day the White Council came to town. --- Summer Knight by Jim Butcher Reply #54. Feb 01 21, 5:17 AM |
rockstar51
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When he was nearly thirteen my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee (my fave book of all time!) Reply #55. Feb 10 21, 2:35 AM |
| Dagny1
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I can still recall when I first read To Kill a Mockingbird. A friend and I were on a weekend fishing trip with her parents to a remote cottage. I started reading it in one of those Reader's Digest abridged collections which used to have about five books in them. Quickly realized I didn't want to read the abridged version, so put it down and waited until I got home and was able to get the full version from the library. Reply #56. Feb 10 21, 11:15 AM |
| rubytops
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Here we are in the wrong place. Haven't They Grown....Sophie Hannah Reply #57. Mar 19 21, 1:54 PM |
| rubytops
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Like all commuter horror stories, mine begins in the mean light of early morning - or, at least, officially it does. The Other Passenger.... Louise Candlish Reply #58. Mar 20 21, 3:12 PM |
| Dagny1
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(One of the funniest first lines I've read in ages) I was walking three powerful rottweilers, but I was pretty sure they weren't really to blame for my being pulled down the street like a drunken water-skier behind an erratic boat. --- Death By Chocolate Lab by Bethany Blake (For those of you who may be curious, here's the second line: No, the dog at fault was a three-pound, one-eared Chihuahua with bulging eyes and a severe overbite--which he was applying, every few steps, to the bigger dogs' hind legs.) Reply #59. Mar 20 21, 5:50 PM |
| rubytops
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If anybody cares to read a simple tale told simply, I, John Ridd, of the parish of Oare, in the county of Somerset, yoeman and churchwarden, have seen and had a share in some doings of this neighbourhood, which I will try to set down in order, God spare my life and memory. Lorna Doone....R D Blackmore Reply #60. Mar 25 21, 2:20 PM |
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