lexiepiper Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Marie-Madeline lit the flame under the bowl. Haunted - Kelley Armstrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie2008 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 "Claire watched as the young woman passed her in the corridor" The Reading Group - Elizabeth Noble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 "If you were to stroll down the candy-cane facade of a suburban housing estate early on Christmas morning, you couldn't help but observe how all the houses in all their tinselled glory are akin to the wrapped parcels that lie beneath the Christmas trees within." 'The Gift' ~by~ Cecelia Ahern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceinwenn Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975. - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipread Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Something nagged, yet she couldn`t quite figure out what. The Broken Window ~ Jeffery Deaver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Brendan struggled to stay awake. No Humans Involved - Kelley Armstrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatAdZ Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Jack Torrance thought: Officious little prick. The Shining - Stephen King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergran71 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 "An hour and forty-five minutes before Nazneen's life began - began as it would proceed for quite some time, that is to say uncertainly - her mothr Rupban felt an iron fist squeeze her belly." "Brick Lane" - Monica Ali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 "As I was packaging what remained of the dead baby, the man I would kill was burning pavement north toward Charlotte." Kathy Reichs: Bare Bones After a first line like that who could resist reading the rest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedge Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth. A Cab At The Door - V S Pritchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 My name is Temperance Deassee Brennan. I'm five-five, feisty, and forty-plus. Multidegreed. Overworked. Underpaid. Devil Bones ~by~ Kathy Reichs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ii Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 My name is Temperance Deassee Brennan. I'm five-five, feisty, and forty-plus. Multidegreed. Overworked. Underpaid. Devil Bones ~by~ Kathy Reichs I just realised that's one of the reasons why I didn't like the Reichs book I had (and sent to frankie). In general I don't like reading books about middle-aged people. I don't know why, I just don't. Especially books of 'lighter' type. Seriously, if the blurb mentiones adult kidds or "married for 20 years" or something like that, I'm putting the book down. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 (edited) 'She wondered why she was afraid to go home.' Black Sun Rising - C. S. Friedman. In case you're wondering why she was afraid to go home - its because when she gets in the door 5 minutes later her husband will sacrifice her and as a result his soul for the sake of immortality. As you do of a Saturday night. Edited January 14, 2009 by Nollaig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I just realised that's one of the reasons why I didn't like the Reichs book I had (and sent to frankie). In general I don't like reading books about middle-aged people. I don't know why, I just don't. Especially books of 'lighter' type. Seriously, if the blurb mentiones adult kidds or "married for 20 years" or something like that, I'm putting the book down. Weird. Well you see, when you get to my age she won't seem middle age to you. She seems perfectly acceptable to me ... but then I'm 40 plus! (plus 4 months anyway ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I just realised that's one of the reasons why I didn't like the Reichs book I had (and sent to frankie). In general I don't like reading books about middle-aged people. I don't know why, I just don't. Especially books of 'lighter' type. Seriously, if the blurb mentiones adult kidds or "married for 20 years" or something like that, I'm putting the book down. Weird. You could do what I do with Tempe Brennan books: just forget that she's older in them and pretend that she's as young as in the tv-series. And ... adopted Katy when she was twelve. And is originally born somewhere where her dear Mom forced her to marry when she was like 7. Yep, that oughta do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ii Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I think it's about relating to the character. Usually when there's a character that's, well, 40-plus, there's issues like family, as in children and marriage that are dealt with. And those aren't really something I can, or want to, relate to. I'm not into those things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ii Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 You could do what I do with Tempe Brennan books: just forget that she's older in them and pretend that she's as young as in the tv-series. And ... adopted Katy when she was twelve. And is originally born somewhere where her dear Mom forced her to marry when she was like 7. Yep, that oughta do it. *laughs* well, self-deception IS one of my favourite hobbies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethany725 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 "Ruth remembered drowning." - Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 To call Portia Kane a waste of space was being charitable. Living With The Dead - Kelley Armstrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Though the sun was hot on this July morning Mrs Lucas preferred to cover the half-mile that lay between the station and her house on her own feet, and sent on her maid and her luggage in the fly that her husband had ordered to meet her. Lucia Rising - E. F. Benson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysalis_stage Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 The attack came in the hour before dawn. - Boudica dreaming the eagle - manda scott A very small sentence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 First the colours. Then the humans. That's usually how I see things. Or at least, how I try. Marcus Zusak - The Book Thief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 'Rain fell that night, a fine, whispering rain.' A very short sentence to kick things off. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreader Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 It begins, as most things begin, with a song. Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookBee8 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 It was a small cassette, not much bigger than the palm of his hand, and when Mike thought about the terrible license and risk exhibited on the tape, as well as its resultant destructive power, it was as though the two-by-three plastic package had been radioactive. Quite a long one for me. Testimony - Anita Shreve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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