dtrpath27 Posted May 21, 2016 Posted May 21, 2016 Joe Dobbs was fourteen when Congress discovered Earth. ~Forging Zero (The Legend of Zero, book 1) by Sara King Okay, your first line got me. Should I be reading this? The first line says yes. Quote
Anna Begins Posted May 21, 2016 Posted May 21, 2016 Okay, your first line got me. Should I be reading this? The first line says yes. If you like aliens and science fiction, yes! it's good and I think it might be older YA. It's a trilogy though. Quote
chesilbeach Posted May 22, 2016 Posted May 22, 2016 The Browns have become illustrious by the pen of Thackeray and the pencil of Doyle, within the memory of the young gentlemen who are now matriculating at the universities. Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes Quote
frankie Posted May 22, 2016 Posted May 22, 2016 Richard Bradley had never thought of himself as a violent man, but right now he was ready to kill someone. - No Safe House by Linwood Barclay Quote
Athena Posted May 23, 2016 Posted May 23, 2016 Richard Bradley had never thought of himself as a violent man, but right now he was ready to kill someone. - No Safe House by Linwood Barclay This sounds like a great first line! Quote
frankie Posted May 23, 2016 Posted May 23, 2016 This sounds like a great first line! It does, doesn't Quote
shirley Posted May 23, 2016 Posted May 23, 2016 Breakfast in five star hotels was always the same. Fly Away Home Jennifer Weiner Quote
chaliepud Posted May 24, 2016 Posted May 24, 2016 It's a strange thing to wake up not knowing who you are. Fellside - M.R. Carey Quote
bobblybear Posted May 28, 2016 Author Posted May 28, 2016 Major Pettigrew was still upset about the phone call from his brother's wife and so he answered the doorbell without thinking. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - Helen Simonson Quote
dtrpath27 Posted May 28, 2016 Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) It's a strange thing to wake up not knowing who you are. Fellside - M.R. Carey Ooh...how's it going so far? I really enjoyed The Girl With All the Gifts. Edited May 28, 2016 by dtrpath27 Quote
chaliepud Posted May 28, 2016 Posted May 28, 2016 Ooh...how's it going so far? I really enjoyed The Girl With All the Gifts. Loving it, halfway through...think I may actually like it better than TGWatG. :) Quote
dtrpath27 Posted May 28, 2016 Posted May 28, 2016 Loving it, halfway through...think I may actually like it better than TGWatG. :) Nice. I'll have to give it a try. Quote
Onion Budgie Posted May 28, 2016 Posted May 28, 2016 Father Synge, having decided to quit the priesthood, did not feel his decision would affect anyone very profoundly but himself. "Dear Genius..." by Jack Dunphy Quote
Athena Posted May 29, 2016 Posted May 29, 2016 Daddy said, "Let mom go first." Beth Revis - Across the Universe 1: Across the Universe Quote
frankie Posted May 29, 2016 Posted May 29, 2016 "Sometimes when you work in advertising you'll get a product that's really garbage and you have to make it seem fantastic, something that is essential to the continued quality of life." Dry by Augusten Burroughs Quote
lissi Posted May 29, 2016 Posted May 29, 2016 'So there were kookaburras here. This was the first thing Yolanda knew in the dark morning." The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood. Quote
dtrpath27 Posted May 29, 2016 Posted May 29, 2016 (edited) I downloaded the Kindle sample, and I loved it. I'm going to get the book to take to the beach with me tomorrow. Edited May 29, 2016 by dtrpath27 Quote
chaliepud Posted May 29, 2016 Posted May 29, 2016 I downloaded the Kindle sample, and I loved it. I'm going to get the book to take to the beach with me tomorrow. Excellent, I hope you like it! Quote
Anna Begins Posted May 29, 2016 Posted May 29, 2016 An encyclopedia dealing with the subject of Horror, is in a sense, a delirious paradox. Clive Barker A to Z of Horror Quote
frankie Posted May 30, 2016 Posted May 30, 2016 "Aurélie Renard was standing on the west side of the small square." - This Is Life by Dan Rhodes Quote
Sazza Posted June 1, 2016 Posted June 1, 2016 On a snow-swept January evening of 1991, Jonathan Pine, the English night manager of the Hotel Meister Palace in Zurich, forsook his office behind the reception desk and, in the grip of feelings he had not known before,took up his position in the lobby as a prelude to extending his hotels welcome to a distinguished late arrival. The Night Manager John Le Carré Quote
Anna Begins Posted June 1, 2016 Posted June 1, 2016 On a snow-swept January evening of 1991, Jonathan Pine, the English night manager of the Hotel Meister Palace in Zurich, forsook his office behind the reception desk and, in the grip of feelings he had not known before,took up his position in the lobby as a prelude to extending his hotels welcome to a distinguished late arrival. The Night Manager John Le Carré That's quite the sentence! Quote
Sazza Posted June 1, 2016 Posted June 1, 2016 That's quite the sentence! I know didn't realise that until I typed it up Quote
Athena Posted June 2, 2016 Posted June 2, 2016 'When he emerges from the bathroom she is awake, propped up against the pillosws and flicking through the travel brochures that were beside his bed.' Jojo Moyes - Me Before You 1: Me Before You Quote
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