poppy Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 'I think .....that I would rather recollect a life mis-spent on fragile things than spent avoiding moral debt.' Fragile Things ~ Neil Gaiman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realised it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 "The King must die" Lover Avenged ~ J R ward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Only three people were left under the red and white awning of the grease joint: Grady, me, and the fry cook. Sara Gruen - Water For Elephants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I never did this when I started it. 'From two thousand feet, where Claudette Sanders was taking a flying lesson, the town of Chester's Mill gleamed in the morning light like something freshly made and just set down.' Under The Dome, Stephen King. I like that opening, the simile creates interesting imagery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwish Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 "The wine has been drunk, the pasta demolished, three-quarters of the tiramisu polished off" - Second Chance by Jane Green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 If she was still enough, quiet enough, he would not find her. Tess Gerritsen - Bloodstream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I am nothing but a corpse now, a body at the bottom of a well. My Name Is Red - Orham Pamuk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 It was a rainy afternoon in South Kerry - driving rain reminiscent of the opening credits of a Hollywood action or end-of-the-world movie, when, if given to fantasy, one might have expected a muscular, sinewy and scantily dressed male to power through the deluge with a damp and distressed girl in his arms and a gun in his back pocket. No Way To Say Goodbye - Anna McPartlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysalis_stage Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 I am nothing but a corpse now, a body at the bottom of a well. My Name Is Red - Orham Pamuk I like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Carson Whit Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 So far, apart from a couple of hitches, Plan A was working out fine. Dead Simple - Peter James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anisia Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 "That was when I saw the Pendulum" "Foucault's Pendulum" - Umberto Eco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Princess Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 June the first, a bright summer's evening, a Monday. The Brightest Star in the Sky - Marian Keyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 'We're going to hell for this' Pandemonium by Christopher Brookmyre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 "HELP! Someone - anyone - please, help me!" 'Witchfinder ~ Dawn Of The Demontide' by William Hussey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumo Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Twenty past one in the morning on New Year's Day Raven Black by Ann Cleeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in town. Practical Magic ~by~ Alice Hoffman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach.at.the.disco Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Last November I had a nightmare. The House At Riverton - Kate Morton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brida Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 ''So you're all set for money, then?'' the boy named Crow asks in his typical sluggish voice. Kafka on the shore by Haruki Murakami. I know he's coming. Shout down the moon by Lisa Tucker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 You'll begin the story, as these stories often begin, like this: "Once upon a time, in a beautiful land far far away, there dwelt some lovely little Fairies." Through the Faerie Glass by Kenny Klein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedge Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 I did it - I should have known better. The Collected Short Stories of Saki - Hector Hugh Munro (from 'Reginald') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 After four nights on the run, I was finally safe, tucked into bed and enjoying the deep, dreamless sleep of the dead ... until the dead decided they'd really rather have me awake. The Reckoning - Kelley Armstrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David B. Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit" The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skírnir Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 "Au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathon Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct. Dune by Frank Herbert. This is the second time I've read Dune and I'm enjoying it all the more; I believe this to be a fascinating start to a fascinating book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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