First sentence of current book

[Kelly Tunstall]

We all experience stress and anxiety on a regular basis. From Natural Relief for Anxiety and Stress.

[jgndec]

The Korowai Pass had been closed since the end of the summer, when a spate of shallow earthquakes triggered a landslide that buried a stretch of the highway in rubble, killing five, and sending a long-haul transport truck over a precipice where it skimmed a power line, ploughed a channel down the mountainside, and then exploded on a viaduct below.

Birnam Wood, Eleanor Catton

[AlexGrav]

"it was thus, with libels and ill-natured ballads, that the enemies of Marie Antointette hailed the first days of her reign"

The Private Life of Marie Antoinette, A confidante's account

[Justin Christensen]

I came alert, fists raised, an electric jolt of adrenaline surging through me.

The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, Brandon Sanderson

[Blackstenius]

"He knew his mind well enough to always be aware of his dreams."

[Tristan James Retzbach]

"Now it’s about time to start telling you about my story and how I got here" - Me

[Saima Rahman]

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

~ We are Voulhire: A New Arrival under Great Skies

[AlexGrav]

Alexey Karamazov was the third son of Fyodor Karamazov, a landowner well known in our district in his own day, and still remembered among us because of his gloomy and tragic death, which happened thirteen years ago, and which I will describe in its proper place

[Christine Johanna Miszuk]

Getting dressed was always the hardest part of the afternoon.

Pretties by Scott Westerfeld

Oh my goodness. I still daydream about this series. I have to read it again. It was definitely one of my favorites

[Nora Eliana]

The Miss Chinatown contestants were clustered together behind a canvas screen near the stage.

- Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

[Blackstenius]

" "Once upon a time,” said Edwin Lutyens, “the devil and his friend were walking along the street when they saw ahead of them a man stoop down and pick up something from the ground." "

[AlexGrav]

"it was thus, with libels and ill-natured ballads, that the enemies of Marie Antointette hailed the first days of her reign"

The Private Life of Marie Antoinette, A confidante's account

[Jaidyn Taylor]

Bayrd pressed the coin between his thumb and forefinger.
-A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

[LGG]

Chloe Green is going to put her fist through a window.

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

[Myrah Kay]

Once, there lived a wise and wicked ruler of a vast and powerful nation.