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.')
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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Dagny1 
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Carpenter showed up at Stone's house exactly on time, followed by a uniformed chauffeur carrying two large suitcases. --- Dirty Work by Stuart Woods Reply #101. May 26 20, 3:59 PM |
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There was hardly enough of my wife left to get twenty arms around, but the kids managed it somehow. --- Step on a Crack James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge Reply #102. May 31 20, 4:41 AM |
MiraJane
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You read books rapidly, Dagny. I fondly remember doing that, staying up all night to finish a book. --- Mira's late night diaries Reply #103. Jun 02 20, 1:53 AM |
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Oh, how I can recall staying up all night to finish a book, Mira. Those were the days! But alas, no longer, a few pages and I'm a goner. About half my reading these days is audio books. A couple of years ago my local librarian mentioned a site which has eBooks and audio books to check out free and you sign up through your local library. Ours is called Camellia, but that might just be for Alabama. The main site might be Overdrive.com If you don't know about it and are interested, you can check with your local library. I'm fairly sure that all the states have a statewide system. Reply #104. Jun 06 20, 9:50 AM |
lonely-lady
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She answered carefully, "Yes, I am a woman." (Stranger in a Strange Land) Reply #105. Jun 07 20, 4:44 AM |
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Gianni brought two more menus and a basket of hot bread. --- Reckless Abandon by Stuart Woods (I think this thread started out with food quotes way back at the beginning - and here we are again. Popular subject, lol.) Reply #106. Jun 07 20, 11:14 AM |
rubytops
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Mandy bought the old man a special clock for his birthday. The Carer ..... Deborah Moggach Reply #107. Jun 10 20, 11:35 PM |
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She'd once had a job for a year or so, introducing important fashion people to each other. The Family Upstairs.....Lisa Jewell Reply #108. Jun 11 20, 12:23 PM |
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We stumbled through those days as if we had just come from a battlefield, scarred, shocked and lost. The Salt Path...Raynor Winn Reply #109. Jun 11 20, 12:25 PM |
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Totally indifferent to fashion, she depended on Hannah when she needed something to wear for a special occasion. Daddy's Gone A-Hunting......Mary Higgins Clarke I read the this and the other two books I have posted in the last 2 weeks but had forgotten about this thread so catching up. Reply #110. Jun 11 20, 12:29 PM |
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Yea, Ruby! For a minute there I thought you'd given up sleep for reading, lol. Reply #111. Jun 11 20, 1:44 PM |
Catreona
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'If you're looking for someone to drive you around, I'm your man,' he said. _Engelbert: What's In A Name?_ by Engelbert Humperdinck with Katie Wright Though I do the vast preponderance of my reading through audio books, this is the one I currently have going in print. Reply #112. Jun 11 20, 4:13 PM |
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Audio books are about half of my reading, Catreona. And my reading volume has definitely gone up since discovering all the free ones through my library system. Before I thought it was only the classics that I could get for free. Reply #113. Jun 11 20, 7:17 PM |
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Yes, Danny, the explosion in the availability of audio books over the past few years has been remarkable, especially unabridged books. There's such a wide variety as well, from the frothiest fiction to the most serious nonfiction. And so many books are published simultaneously now in print and on audio, not like the old days when I was reading the Harry Potter books when you had to wait six months or more for the cassette edition. Reply #114. Jun 11 20, 8:38 PM |
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"Are you ready, Mrs. Kennedy?" --- And They Called It Camelot by Stephanie Marie Thornton Reply #115. Jun 13 20, 7:54 AM |
paulmallon
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"After basic flight training at Randolph Field in San Antonio, Texas, he was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia". "Countdown 1945", by Chris Wallace. The "HE" above refers to Col. Paul Tibbets-the pilot of the "Enola Gay",a B-29 Bomber that dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, Japan on 6 August, 1945. Reply #116. Jun 15 20, 1:05 PM |
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Thanks for the extra info on "Countdown 1945". It sounds good. Just checked and I can borrow it - eventually that is, there's quite a waiting list. Reply #117. Jun 15 20, 3:28 PM |
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The tossing of the sea, the wind and speed, rendered his changing thoughts incoherent. --- A Tale of Brittany by Pierre Loti Reply #118. Jun 18 20, 1:25 PM |
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Besides, the old man stuck like epoxy to the past. --- The Un-Nimble Thimble by Roberta Updegraff Reply #119. Jun 22 20, 9:05 AM |
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Stone worked in his office most of the day, clearing his desk of papers that had piled up over the past couple of weeks. --- Two-Dollar Bill by Stuart Woods Reply #120. Jun 26 20, 4:26 PM |
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