A new first line of current book

[Lilywhite]

It had been a traditional funeral

 

Karen Rose - Nothing to Fear

[Tiger]

When the east wind blows up Helford river the shining waters become troubled and disturbed snd the little waves beat angrily upon the sandy shores.

 

Frenchman's Creek by Daphne Du Maurier

[shelbel]

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins.

 

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

[supergran71]

"They met Matthias on a day trip to Cozumel"

 

The Ruins by Scott Smith

Edited September 7, 2008 by supergran71

[~Andrea~]

"This book is documentation of unexplainable events that occurred at the Walkingtons' residence over the period of eleven months back in 1998."

 

Eleven Terrible Months by R L Royle

[kernow_reader]

" I am merely copying, word for word, what was printed in the State Gazette today: "

 

"We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin.

[Weave]

'The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer win stireed amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.'

 

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde:readingtwo:

[Susanne]

Unfurled from its mooring, the rope flew through the air and sprayed the woman's bare arms wit droplets of seawater.

 

The Island by Victoria Hislop

[Guest ii]

Il est né le 14 septembre 1974 à 8 heures du matin par 15* 30' de latitude nord et 65* de longitude ouest, ce qui situait son berceau sur une petite île au large des côtes honduriennes.

 

Où es-tu? by Marc Levy

[shelbel]

She stands up in the garden where she has been working and looks into the distance.

 

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

[grabit]

To sleep is to die.

 

first book of Troy - Lord of the Silver Bow, by David Gemmell

[Kylie]

Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch-hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who,

for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Baronetage; there

he found occupation for an idle hour, and consolation in a distressed

one; there his faculties were roused into admiration and respect, by

contemplating the limited remnant of the earliest patents; there any

unwelcome sensations, arising from domestic affairs, changed naturally

into pity and contempt.

 

Persuasion by Jane Austen

[Stephanie2008]

"Leah peered through the gap between her curtains at the house across the road."

 

31 Dream Street - Lisa Jewell.

[wordsgood]

Apocalypse, Armageddon, dies irae, doomsday, or simply the End: there are a number of ways of referring to the end of the world just as there are many ways of reacting to such a prospect.

 

from A Brief History of The End of the World: From Revelations to Eco-Disaster, by Simon Pearson

[Heather]

'Sir?'

 

Petrified~Barbara Nadel

[Renniemist]

This morning for the first time in many years, I passed the shop on Seymour Street.

 

The Clothes on their Backs by Linda Grant

[molly]

What if I told you I had a fantasy?

 

Lover Revealed - J.R. Ward

[Pilgrim]

They were in one of the "i" states when Zeke told Isaac he had to ride in the trunk for a little while.

 

By a Spider's Thread by Laura Lippman

[Kate]

Even now I don't like leaving the house on foggy days

 

Restitution by Eliza Graham

[Tiger]

A light above the surgery door flashed on and a few people in the waiting room looked up expectantly.

 

Mates, Dates and Great Escapes by Cathy Hopkins

[Severnlad]

They removed his left leg in the morning. By evening he was awake Hotel Juliet - Belinda Seaward

[Lukeozade100]

The boy with the fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of the rock and began to pick his way towards the lagoon.

 

Lord Of The Flies by William Golding

[Kylie]

Clare: It's hard being left behind.

 

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

[Stephanie2008]

"It was reliably reported by several persons that a rain of stones fell from a clear blue sky on Carlin Street in the town of Chamberlain on August 17th." Stephen King's Carrie.

[Jo-Bridge]

It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love

 

Gabriel Garcia Marquez- Love In the time of cholera