First sentence of current book

Cathy Burgin · Post by **Cathy Burgin** » 08 Jul 2023, 18:43

“Blood, for the most part, tastes like pennies. Storm clouds make me shiver.”

— Praesidium: (Shadows in the Wind - Book One) by McKinley Aspen

Chad Anthony · Post by **Chad Anthony** » 10 Jul 2023, 18:52

And I Met Margaret - Rob White

Some people say that I’ve been pretty darn lucky all of my life.

ghanyyah · Post by **ghanyyah** » 13 Jul 2023, 06:00

Dear Diary,

Kaylyn_Marie · Post by **Kaylyn_Marie** » 13 Jul 2023, 07:56

"Grief is a weird thing"

Monishka Sharma · Post by **Monishka Sharma** » 15 Jul 2023, 08:49

"Glacial ice. Layered. Thick. Forming after the bewildering storm in her head and creeping up her spine."

Guess the book name?

Its Entanglement - Quantum and Otherwise

Kaylyn_Marie · Post by **Kaylyn_Marie** » 17 Jul 2023, 09:32

Wow, talk about a gripping first impression! I need to read this now.

anais_ wrote: ↑07 Jul 2023, 14:45 "The child is dead. There is nothing more to know."

From Black Leopard, Red Wolf - Marlon James
(Translated back into English from the French translation - this book is solid gold, I recommend it!)

Julie Crimlis · Post by **Julie Crimlis** » 24 Jul 2023, 20:52

CENTURIES AGO, a Japanese Shintō ritual was taking shape.

"The Misogi Method" Jody B.Miller

Cyan McMillan · Post by **Cyan McMillan** » 24 Jul 2023, 23:49

The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yard apart in the narrow, moonlit lane.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Haleemah Emiola · Post by **Haleemah Emiola** » 25 Jul 2023, 11:05

After a year of slavery in the Salt Mines of Endovier, Celaena Sardothien was accustomed to being escorted everywhere in shackles and at sword-point.

"Throne of glass" Sarah J. Mass

LY_Rachel · Post by **LY_Rachel** » 30 Jul 2023, 20:55

"When Napoleon stepped ashore at Cannes in the south of France on 1 March 1815, the clock was running against him."

24 Hours at Waterloo, Robert Kershaw.

Post by **Seetha E** » 31 Jul 2023, 13:44

The taxi driver waited as I ran up the narrow steps to try the key in the lock.
ZONA: The Forbidden Land by Fred G. Baker

Nimra Kiran · Post by **Nimra Kiran** » 08 Aug 2023, 00:13

"You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things he stretched, but mainly he told the truth."

-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain.

I am totally in love with the style and expression of this book!