chesilbeach Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Kalona lifted his hands. Burned by P.C. and Kristin Cast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I would like to write down what happened in my grandmother's house the summer I was eight or nine. The Gathering - Anne Enright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 My name is William Cuyler Thorne, lately of Savannah. The Vampire's Secret ~ Raven Hart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave165 Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 I was in the outer office, standing by the files, doing some research on a blackmailer, when he came in, all six feet of him. Top of the Heap - Erle Stanley Gardner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueK Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 "My mother and father did not have a happy marriage". The House of Special Purpose - John Boyne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 I am William Cuyler Thorne, and I have been a vampire for five centuries or so. The Vampire's Kiss ~ Raven Hart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Cassia Fallon was scrubbing the alter steps when she heard she had inherited half a million pounds. Windfall - Penny Vincenzi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 The deputy told me to empty my pockets: two quarters, a penny, a stick of bubble gum, and a roll of grip tape for my skateboard. It was pitiful. Flush - Carl Hiaasen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 One of the few things - perhaps the only one - that I know for certain is that my name is Mattia Pascal. The Late Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 You now have one choice. The End Of Mr Y ~ Scarlett Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwi Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 "It began with my father not wanting to see the Last Rabbit, and ended up with me being eaten by a carnivorous plant." Shades of Grey, Jasper Fforde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreader Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Mountains shouldn't scream, but this one did. A Darkness forged in Fire, Chris Evans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach.at.the.disco Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Mariam was five years old the first time she heard the word harami. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie2008 Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 It happened every year, was almost a ritual. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Mountains shouldn't scream, but this one did. A Darkness forged in Fire, Chris Evans This has got to be the best first line EVER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Theirs was a land ofawesome grandeur,a land of mountains and moorlands and cherished myths. Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 How lucky were they? 'Case Histories' by Kate Atkinson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife,' Pride and Prejudice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Prologue. As a child, there are things you learn not to talk about; that the very utterance of certain words send some people into a flat spin. Unspoken by Sam Hayes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skírnir Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Hmm, I guess it'd translate as: "One smile from a baby can change the entire world." Sounds less corny in icelandic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Moments when your life changes: there will always be a before and after, separated, perhaps, by a knock at the door. 'What To Do When Someone Dies' by Nicci French Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinay87 Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 In an ancient though not very populous settlement, in a retired corner of one of the New England States, arise the walls of a seminary of learning, which for the convenience of a name, shall be entitled "Harley College." ~ Fanshawe by Nathaniel Hawthorne This must be one of my favourite first lines. I can just picture the place with that one line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 In the hospital of the orphanage-the boys' division at St. Cloud's, Maine-two nurses were in charge of naming the new babies and checking that their little penises were healing from the obligatory circumcision. The Cider House Rules by John Irving Huh. Interesting first line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 My name is Jack McShane, and I am a vampire in a world of hurt. The Vampire's Betrayal ~ Raven Hart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 The newspaper headline glared at me from a little metal vending machine: SEATTLE UNDER SIEGE - DEATH TOLL RISES AGAIN. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner - Stephenie Meyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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