First sentence of current book

[HoneyB]

Sherry was muttering to herself as she worked.

~The Immortal Who Loved Me, Lynsay Sands

[sadya]

'Your mother has been found.' - from the prologue.

'To begin with, it was a perfect English morning: one of those dazzling days in early April when a new sun makes it seem suddenly like full-blown summer.' - from the first chapter.

Both are from 'The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches' by Alan Bradley. I'm never sure if I should quote from the prologue or the first chapter in this thread.

[milliethom]

'Churning clouds above Sacha's head cracked with lightning, making her duck instinctively as she fled across the open field, her breath coming in broken sobs.'

This is the first sentence of a YA fantasy book, Matchmaker of Magics by Mara Fields.

[Carinabramley]

After they'd gone Eva slid the bolt across the door and disconnected the telephone.

Sue Townsend - the woman who went to bed for a year

[Lydia]

Her sword glittered as it swung in a wide arc, whistling as it cleaved the air.
The Geek Girl and the Scandalous Earl (Geek Girls #1), Gina Lamm

[Cassandra56]

" Prayer candles flicker in my bedroom ".
The girl of Fire and Thorns ...........Rae Carson

[jackblack360]

“That’s the way this world works, Muzien.

ShadowDance by David Dalglish

[amandabbeck]

"I searched for sleep curled up in my quilt-the one made for me at my birth by my paternal grandmother's own hands." Sullivan's Island by Dorothea Benton Frank.

"There are lots of good things about having a boyfriend-especially a new one."
The Cat Sitter's Nine Lives by Blaize & John Clement

"Where y'all gonna live?"
Miss Julia Meets Her Match by Ann B. Ross

[spablo_94]

Now that I've found a way to fly, which direction should I go into the night?

- Matched, Ally Condie

[Fran]

"Webster jogs down the narrow stairs in stocking feet and says, "French toast", as he rounds the corner."
- Rescue by Anita Shreve

[gali]

"Orange juice was not scheduled for Fridays." (The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion)

[natalie__online4u]

"she lay on her back fastend by leather straps to a narrow bed with a steel frame"

[csimmons032]

Suzie Sparkle sat in the passenger seat of her dad's car and played with the mice. Suzie Sparkle and the Magic Book by Steve Moran.

[NadineTimes10]

The last thing a bride needs to fret over on her wedding day is whether the ceremony will take place.

A Sparrow in Terezin by Kristy Cambron

[Lydia]

"Excuse me, you're stepping all over my farthingale."
Geek Girls Don't Date Dukes (Geek Girls #2), Gina Lamm