First sentence of current book

Post by **Brigitta Hegyi** » 05 Nov 2024, 05:20

"The bottlenose dolphins sailed through the air and splash-landed underneath the water of the wretchedly hot Low County marsh." (I loved this line:)

Deceptive Calm by Patricia Skipper

Louisa J Mackay · Post by **Louisa J Mackay** » 05 Nov 2024, 07:45

"In our heart of hearts, where we let few people enter, at some point we've all wished someone dead."
~ In the Heart of the Linden Wood by Ekta R. Garg

Ajisafe Adeyinka Ahmad · Post by **Ajisafe Adeyinka Ahmad** » 07 Nov 2024, 02:55

Death washed over the battlefield. It did not walk as a man nor crawl as a beast but, instead blew like the breeze disturbing pools of blood and scattering grains of sand as it rolled over the living.

A time of dragons 2 by Philip C Quaintrell

Blueberry Dragon · Post by **Blueberry Dragon** » 07 Nov 2024, 04:09

Louange Masiga wrote: ↑19 Sep 2024, 16:13 The first sentence: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Guess what book.

The Bible - Genesis 1:1 ?

Blueberry Dragon · Post by **Blueberry Dragon** » 07 Nov 2024, 04:09

rayreads9 wrote: ↑23 Sep 2024, 22:45 The first sentence of one of my favorite books I am re-reading right now is:
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

Which book is it?

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

Blueberry Dragon · Post by **Blueberry Dragon** » 07 Nov 2024, 04:11

Naterothwrite wrote: ↑31 Oct 2024, 14:55 This first book proposes, first in brief, the whole subject, man's disobedience, and the loss thereupon of paradise wherein he was placed

Milton's Paradise Lost.

rayreads9 · Post by **rayreads9** » 07 Nov 2024, 05:16

Blueberry Dragon wrote: ↑07 Nov 2024, 04:09
rayreads9 wrote: ↑23 Sep 2024, 22:45 The first sentence of one of my favorite books I am re-reading right now is:
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

Which book is it?
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

Yes! :)

Blueberry Dragon · Post by **Blueberry Dragon** » 07 Nov 2024, 11:52

It's one of my favorite rereads too, @@rayreads9.

Jesica Brown Terrill · Post by **Jesica Brown Terrill** » 09 Nov 2024, 14:10

I speak as a person, from a context of personal experience and personal learnings.

reading bird · Post by **reading bird** » 21 Dec 2024, 10:26

THREE SHRIVELED LEMONS AND A PLASTIC BAG OF pita bread that’s more dry than moldy sit next to one another.
As Long as The Lemon Trees Grow - Zoulfa Katouh.

gregs317 · Post by **gregs317** » 29 Dec 2024, 17:50

"Wolverine River, Alaska, 1920. Mabel had known there would be silence."
(The Snow Child, by Eowyn Ivey.)

madssygonzo · Post by **madssygonzo** » 30 Dec 2024, 10:17

“Everyone, at least once in their life, has wondered how it’s going to end.” YIKES thats deep. The book is His Captive Mistress by Evelyn Austin.

Post by **Justin Christensen** » 04 Jan 2025, 20:03

Two weeks before we were to sail, Bill McGoldrick sent a cable from Peking to stop any further assignments. The communists had begun their takeover.

I know you said "first" sentence but that second one adds too much to stop at just the one!

Arshadq · Post by **Arshadq** » 05 Jan 2025, 05:32

Seven Half-bloods shall answer the call,
To storm or fire the world must fall.
An oath to keep with a final breath,
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.

Céline Niessen · Post by **Céline Niessen** » 10 Jan 2025, 10:00

Time is
Too slow for those who wait,
Too swift for those who fear,
Too long for those who grieve,
Too short for those who rejoice;
But for those who love,
Time is Eternity