Ceinwenn Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 "It's that moon again, slung so fat and low in the tropical night, calling out across a curdled sky and into the quivering ears of that dear old voice in the shadows, the Dark Passenger, nestled snug in the backseat of the Dodge K-car of Dexter's hypothetical soul." - Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Now that does sound like a cracking first line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 My name is Kathy H. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro I'm having a fantastic re read! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 (edited) So far, apart from just a couple of hitches, Plan A was eorking out fine. Dead Simple~Peter James Edited February 3, 2009 by Heather Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysalis_stage Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 "Once upon a time - for that is how all stories should begin - there was a boy who lost his mother." - John Connolly, "The Book Of Lost Things". ^ By page 8 I was in tears. This is going to be an awesome book. as it's already been said here it is ^^^^ i agree the first chapter was very emotional, i read it at my boyfriends while he went to the loo and tried my hardest not to cry like a baby, shed a tear tho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedge Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 They say the world is flat and supported on the back of four elephants who themselves stand on the back of a giant turtle. The Fifth Elephant - Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipread Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Alex Morse charged through the lobby of the new University Medical Centre like a doctor to a code call, True Evil ~ Greg Iles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 They say the world is flat and supported on the back of four elephants who themselves stand on the back of a giant turtle. The Fifth Elephant - Terry Pratchett Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperplane Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Everyone agreed that the day was just right for the picnic to Hanging Rock - a shimmering summer morning warm and still, with cicadas shrilling all through breakfast from the loquat trees outside the dining-room windows and bees murmuring above the pansies outside the drive. Picnic at Hanging Rock - Joan Lindsay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 When it was all over, DI Jack Caffery, South London Area Major Investigation Team (AMIT), would admit that, of all the things he had witnessed in Brixton that cloudy July evening, it was the crows that jarred him the most. Mo Hayder - The Treatment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethany725 Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I wish Giovanni would kiss me. Eat Pray Love - Elizabeth Gilbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 "There are women who cannot grow alone as standard trees;- for whom the support and warmth of some wall, some paling, some post, it is absolutely necessary;- who, in their growth, will bend and incline themselves towards some such prop for their life, creeping with their trendrils along the ground till they reach it when the circumstances of their life have brought no such prop within their natural and immediate reach" Rachel Ray- Anthony Trollope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 "There are women who cannot grow alone as standard trees;- for whom the support and warmth of some wall, some paling, some post, it is absolutely necessary;- who, in their growth, will bend and incline themselves towards some such prop for their life, creeping with their trendrils along the ground till they reach it when the circumstances of their life have brought no such prop within their natural and immediate reach" Rachel Ray- Anthony Trollope Good grief! Thats a paragraph, not a line!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 lol yes, well I went to the first fullstop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 'What's it going to be then, eh?' Anthony Burgess: A Clockwork Orange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceinwenn Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 When I was fifteen, I got hepatitis. ~ The Reader by Bernhard Schlink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethany725 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andaira Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 "This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it." The Princess Bride, by William Goldman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 "This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it." The Princess Bride, by William Goldman Aha, love that opening line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 '. . . seven-teen, eight-teen, nine-teen . . . twenty! Com-ing!' I yell. A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 ' As she neared the door the humming grew louder, like a warning inside her head.' 'Soft Voices Whispering' Adrienne Dines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookworm44 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 All our attempts at subterfuge had been in vain. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 No one believed it at first. Not even a little. ~'Brave Story' by Miyuki Miyabe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceinwenn Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 First the colours. ~ The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 "The assassins dropped into the palace grounds at midnight, four fleet shadows dark against the wall." - Ptolemy's Gate. - Jonathan Stroud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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