First sentence of current book

Post by **Kibet Hillary** » 15 Mar 2024, 01:33

"My favorite writer, Voltairine de Cleyre, died over a century ago, in 1912."
In It Together: The Beautiful Struggle Uniting Us All by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes

Kaitlin Bryant · Post by **Kaitlin Bryant** » 16 Mar 2024, 07:05

Briar wrote: ↑07 Jan 2010, 00:15 My sister Kwan believes she has yin eyes.

The Hundred Secret Senses

Amy Tan

(It would be fun to give the sentence then see if anyone can guess the book.)

What an interesting quote!
And I agree giving the quote and having people guess would be fun!

Anshuman Tripathy · Post by **Anshuman Tripathy** » 20 Mar 2024, 12:09

Here comes charlie - Roald Dahl - Charlie and the chocolate factory

Post by **Shaheera Khan** » 23 Mar 2024, 20:08

Happiness is something that everyone desires,yet few know how to obtain it.

Jelena Bozin 1 · Post by **Jelena Bozin 1** » 01 Apr 2024, 03:01

At magic hour, when the sun has gone but the light has not, armies of flying foxes unhinge themselves from the Banyan trees in the old graveyard and drift across the city like smoke.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness - Arundhati Roy

Joy Habuya · Post by **Joy Habuya** » 01 Apr 2024, 05:30

"Edward Fosca was a murderer."

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides.

(So far it's such a page turner! It's a worthy read for sure.

)

Loretta Morris 1 · Post by **Loretta Morris 1** » 01 Apr 2024, 12:58

Death is so mysterious, yet we rarely talk about it in our culture.
Honest Endings by Katherine Cullen, MSW

Hykaryh · Post by **Hykaryh** » 09 Apr 2024, 12:04

“What limits your freedom is what you think you know that isn’t true.” – Tony J. Selimi

Silvia Sianto · Post by **Silvia Sianto** » 10 Apr 2024, 00:47

The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there".

Joe Muriuki · Post by **Joe Muriuki** » 10 Apr 2024, 10:50

In this summer of 2084, the sun’s scorching rays penetrated deep into the thick air, making it difficult to breathe.

Ludovica Peruzzi · Post by **Ludovica Peruzzi** » 13 Apr 2024, 19:30

"Max, Todd, Isabelle, and Walter sat in a room around a low coffee table, scheming about what image to remake the world in."

Which sure makes you wonder about the rest of the book!

Emmamackenzieee · Post by **Emmamackenzieee** » 13 Apr 2024, 20:31

“The bed was cold.”

Bite the Terror that Feeds by Penelope Barsetti

Post by **Kibet Hillary** » 13 Apr 2024, 23:10

Kaitlin Bryant wrote: ↑16 Mar 2024, 07:05
Briar wrote: ↑07 Jan 2010, 00:15 My sister Kwan believes she has yin eyes.

The Hundred Secret Senses

Amy Tan

(It would be fun to give the sentence then see if anyone can guess the book.)
What an interesting quote!
And I agree giving the quote and having people guess would be fun!

The idea of people guessing the book from which a quote is drawn sounds incredible. I am in total support of it.

Post by **Kibet Hillary** » 13 Apr 2024, 23:30

My first duck-hunting trip was to Tiptonville, Tennessee.

- Duck Blinds I Have Known, authored by Donny McElvoy

Muhammad Haikal Birton · Post by **Muhammad Haikal Birton** » 19 Apr 2024, 02:35

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice