First sentence of current book

[GoldenDawn5598]

It was almost December, and Jones was beginning to be frightened.

The Giver - Lois Lowry

[Lydia]

Thousands of years ago, Radomis, the dragon king of the North, took flight on the last full moon of winter.
Soulfire (Nightwing #1), Juliette Cross

[Himmelslicht]

Marley was dead: to begin with.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

[leighbise]

Nell Page tugged at the collar of her shirt, feeling her moist, prickly skin underneath.

--West Winds of Wyoming, Caroline Fyffe

[HoneyB]

I woke to the patter of rain on canvas, with the feel of my first husband's kiss on my lips.

- The Fiery Cross, Diana Gabaldon

[fluidity]

Who is watching you?

-Dragnet Nation, Julia Angwin

[Lydia]

Yeah.
Windburn (Nightwing #2), Juliette Cross

[Sarah10]

"I started strong, the firstborn of identical twin boys, leading my reluctant brother out into the world by seven minutes flat, give or take a moment to suspend my infant's disbelief in the delivery room." - An Underachiever's Diary by Benjamin Anastas

[Alexavier-Taiga]

I am reading three books at the moment, all of them extremely well known. So I am just going to write the first sentences of each of them, and you can guess what book they are from.

• -"The village of Holcolmb stands in the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call 'out there'."
  -"In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the Army."
  -"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."

[milliethom]

By ten in the morning, the fug from the river at low tide had already crept into the upstairs office in Mead Street.

The Sea and the Silence by Peter Cunningham

[jillyshub52+]

In one way, at least, our lives really are like movies.

Revival by Stephen King

[Carla Hurst-Chandler]

It's not a new story, but at least for this book, I think it is worth telling one last time.

What I Know for Sure.
Oprah Winfrey

[SparklingOne]

We have been lost to each other for so long. The Red Tent, Anita Diamant

[Lydia]

Asher McIntyre left the keys in the front door of his Georgetown row house and stared at the note taped to the mirror right inside the door.
Chased (Titan #3.2), Cristin Harber

[SparklingOne]

I am reading three books at the moment, all of them extremely well known. So I am just going to write the first sentences of each of them, and you can guess what book they are from.

• -"The village of Holcolmb stands in the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call 'out there'."
  -"In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the Army."
  -"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."

1) In cold blood
2)Sherlock Holmes ?
3) the hobbit