First sentence of current book

[AnnObiageri]

My name is Sarah Parker Johnson and I am 10 years old.
All about Sarah by Elizabeth J. Berger

[_iw1999]

The House of New Beginnings by Lucy Diamond.

Charlotte was dreaming about Kate again.

[Redlegs]

A Registry Magistry in Ireland is not an easy thing to come by nowadays; neither is it a very attractive job; yet on the evening when I first propounded the idea to the young lady who had recently consented to become Mrs Sinclair Yeates, it seemed glittering with possibilities.

Some Experiences of an Irish R M, Edith Oenone Somerville and Martin Ross

[Anibalector]

Dee noticed him before anyone else.

New Boy by Tracy Chevalier (it is a modern rewriting of Shakespeare's Othello)

[GiselleBengochea]

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man seeking pearls.
Matt.13:45 King James Version

[Zoe Luh]

"Nik Paterson looked around at the perfect Los Angeles day: clear blue sky, bright green baseball field, warm sun shining down on the thousands of people with her at Dodger Stadium."

The Proposal-Jasmine Guillory

[Shruti_D]

Oren emerged from the tree line onto the North Road.

The Elf Accord- Book Four of the Magi Charter by Jordan David.

[Missneva]

"This is a book about opportunity and hope for addressing some of the wicked problems educators are asked to deal with every day." ~ Fostering Resilient Learners

[Balena]

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

- 1984 by George Orwell

[Neeyah]

If Maria Cortez hears the words "gorgeous" again, someone's getting it in the nuts.

The Internet President: None of the Above - P.G. Sundling

[Redlegs]

As the seventeen-year-old Karl Rossmann, who had been sent to America by his unfortunate parents because a maid had seduced him and had a child by him, sailed slowly into New York harbour, he suddenly saw the Statue of Liberty, which had already been in view for some time, as though in an intenser sunlight.

Amerika, Franz Kafka

[Amy Murdoch Coleman]

Forked lightning split the blackness of the sky.

Lady of the Sea by Rosalind Miles

[Artemis_90]

“The layered clouds, gray as cold charcoal, shifted this way and that, mirroring the waves below.”

A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan

[Rabia Farooq]

I can’t breathe!

The first line of The Hand Bringer by Christopher J. Penington.

[NurseCourtney30]

"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since; Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."

-- The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald


Will forever love this book and enjoyed the movie, ( Robert Redford's version is the best, sorry Leo Dicaprio!)