First sentence of current book

Aarogyne_24 · Post by **Aarogyne_24** » 08 Jun 2023, 10:59

Of all people only those are at leisure who make time for philosophy,
Only they truly live..............

_ SENECA

Nasaka J · Post by **Nasaka J** » 10 Jun 2023, 07:41

"It was an ordinary night until the yard was filled with the sound of a dozen swords sliding from
their sheaths."

From the novel "We Are Voulhire: ANew Arrival under Great Skies" by Matthew Tsytz.

DePubol · Post by **DePubol** » 16 Jun 2023, 21:26

There was a wall.

The Dispossessed, Ursula Le Guin

Sian Versweyveld · Post by **Sian Versweyveld** » 17 Jun 2023, 15:29

"The wind shook the house, roaring like a great animal."
Strong Heart by Charlie Sheldon

Opeyemi Mustapha · Post by **Opeyemi Mustapha** » 23 Jun 2023, 03:43

The pick up truck hurtles down a dirt road in New Zealand

Man mission

Marquesa · Post by **Marquesa** » 25 Jun 2023, 00:44

This book is not about Marijuana but about a legal miracle plant called Industrial Hemp and its Green Hydrogen friend.

Tamara Abdellatif · Post by **Tamara Abdellatif** » 27 Jun 2023, 02:27

When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.

- LOTR, Tolkien

Marquesa · Post by **Marquesa** » 27 Jun 2023, 14:37

This is a book about finding your purpose and making it matter in modern life.

Post by **Kaitlyn Wadsworth** » 27 Jun 2023, 19:58

IT WAS FELLING NIGHT, and the usual crowd had gathered at the Waystone Inn.

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Genre Fantasy

Post by **Kaitlyn Wadsworth** » 03 Jul 2023, 22:20

"This past year has seen the coronavirus knock the entire world off its axis—and the United States has been anything but exempt from the widespread loss of life, social turmoil, and economic ruin left in the pandemic’s wake." (1st sentence of Foreword)
The Illusion of Superiority by Christopher Joseph.

Nedu Sam · Post by **Nedu Sam** » 05 Jul 2023, 01:58

I just finished reading a book titled "Taken by Twilight". But right now, I'm reading another book titled "Swimming in a sea of Stars". The first sentence of this boom is "Matt opened the front door and entered the house without knocking or ringing the bell. Not that Booker cared."

Anaïs Quesson · Post by **Anaïs Quesson** » 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!)

Sakshi Tiwari 3 · Post by **Sakshi Tiwari 3** » 07 Jul 2023, 17:13

on vacation you can be anyone you want.

~People We Meet On Vacation
(Emily Henry)

Rachel Hancock · Post by **Rachel Hancock** » 07 Jul 2023, 19:59

Alizayd al Qahtani didn’t make it a month with his caravan.

The Kingdom of Copper
Book 2 of The Daevabad Trilogy

S.A. Chakraborty

Post by **VickiReadsEverything** » 07 Jul 2023, 21:52

The terror, which would not end for another twenty-eight years—if it ever did end— began, so far as I know or can tell, with a boat made from a sheet of newspaper floating down a gutter swollen with rain.
~ IT by Stephen King