Ben Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 (edited) Just as many times. I believe you! Edit 13:01 - "In a distant and second-hand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly, the curling star-mists waver and part.." - The Colour of Magic. I'm hooked already. Edited February 15, 2009 by Ben
Lucybird Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 Well I just finished it but In the beginning, I believed in second chances. Change of Heart- Jodi Picoult
Lucybird Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 But how many times have you read "Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much." Believe it or not, that was from memory strangely I would be able to quote that off by heart even though I usually skip the first few chapters, but I couldn't do that with chamber of secrets which is my favourite.
lexiepiper Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it 'the Riddle House', even though it had been many years since the Riddle family had lived there. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ~ J.K. Rowling
Ceinwenn Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 I talk to the island. ~ Emotional Geology by Linda Gillard
Bemii Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 strangely I would be able to quote that off by heart even though I usually skip the first few chapters, but I couldn't do that with chamber of secrets which is my favourite. I can't remember the chamber of secrets first line either! I think it is probably something to do with Harry being in his room. Perhaps doing homework. I only remember it because I had to read it so many times to my brothers. They forgot what happened so I started again "Almost everyone thought the man and the boy were father and son." 'Salem's Lot, Stephen King.
BookBee8 Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 When I was fifteen, I got hepatitis. The Reader - Bernhard Schlink.
Lucybird Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 I can't remember the chamber of secrets first line either! I think it is probably something to do with Harry being in his room. Perhaps doing homework. I only remember it because I had to read it so many times to my brothers. They forgot what happened so I started again "Almost everyone thought the man and the boy were father and son." 'Salem's Lot, Stephen King. Oh it's something about he was an unusual boy in many ways, firstly he was a wizard, secondly he actually wanted to do his homework but had to study it at night...no that's Prisoner of Azkaban isn't it? Because he was writing his history of magic essay about witch burning and he finished it in diagon alley outside floren's ice-cream parlour...
chesilbeach Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 "As she steps out of the airport terminal she can she that the world has turned white, and this makes her gasp." The Other Side of the Stars by Clemency Burton-Hill
pipread Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 As the thirtieth minute ticked by, he knew he would never see his daughter again. Therapy ~ Sebastian Fitzek
Chimera Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 You can't make someone read. Just like you can't make them fall in love, or dream... The Rights of the Reader - Daniel Pennac Who'd argue with that one on here?
Ben Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 Well you can't make someone do anything, unless through bribery or torture, but I'd try my best to make them read.
Mick Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 They left the aqueduct two hours before dawn, climbing by moonlight into the hills overlooking the port- six men in single file, the engineer leading. Pompeii by Robert Harris
Andaira Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 "Start with a blank surface." Duma Key, by Stephen King
bookworm44 Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 I'd had more than my fair share of near-death experiences; it wasn't something you ever really got used to. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Inver Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 'Knitting saved my life.' 'A Good Yarn' by Debbie Macomber
Lucybird Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 'My Mother did not tell me they were coming.' Girl with the Pearl Earring- Tracy Chevalier
Heather Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 The eastern seaboard is crammed with dead people. Charlaine Harris Prologue You think about the kids. Buried~Mark Billingham
Janet Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 The rue du Coq d'Or, Paris, seven in the morning. Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
SueK Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 The Zone. That's what the compound was called. A double barrier of dense barbed wire encircled it, back by a high fence and watchtowers that never slept. Under a Blood Red Sky by Kate Furnivall. OK that's three lines but one line wouldn't have meant anything;)
Rawr Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 'Oh for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention' Henry V - William Shakespeare
Chimera Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 Well you can't make someone do anything, unless through bribery or torture, but I'd try my best to make them read. Yes, but how succesful do you think you'd be if you tried to force them? How succesful are all the teachers who spring a classic on their class and just tell them to get on with it? That's what the author is getting at. Though obviously we all try to share our love of reading, and that's great!
Sedge Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Iluvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made. The Silmarillion - J R R Tolkien
leah86 Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 Barry was strewing all her clean towels on the floor to try and soak up the mess. Two Women-Martina Cole
lexiepiper Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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