First sentence of current book

[primrose777]

"My mother did not tell me they were coming."

Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier.

Really enjoyed that book.

-- 06 Jun 2012, 19:49 --

First the colours.
Then the humans.
That's how I usually see things.
Or at least, how I try.

" The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak.
I couldn't stop at the first line..

[StephenKingman]

"What year these events transpired is of no consequence"...

What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz.

[Fran]

I sat in the car a few more minutes to look at the old picture of her and listen to the end of "Here Comes the Sun".
............... Limassol by Yishai Sarid

[Maud Fitch]

"For reasons that will forever remain a mystery, my sister scheduled the client meeting at the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library - specifically, the government section, which is low traffic, offering privacy for a new client intake."

Trail Of The Spellmans by Lisa Lutz.

[Fran]

I was fifty-nine when I began serving as U.S. secretary of state.
.................. Prague Winter by Madeleine Albright

[Carla Hurst-Chandler]

It was the day the snow came.

The Snowman
Jo Nesbo

[primrose777]

When Sultan Khan thought the time had come to find himself a new wife, no one wanted to help him.
The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad, ( Which, half way through, really has nothing to do with selling books in Kabul.)

[Bighuey]

"A lady to see you, sir."

A Difficult Problem by Anna Greene

[Donnapants]

Harry locked his mother in the closet.

Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby

[Barbarabillig]

"The dead fish gave them away."

Crossfire by Jeanette Windle

[RuqeeD]

With a galvanic jerk Fran March opened her eyes to find herself practically nose to nose with a total stranger: a sleeping young Neptune, his lightly muscled body, carelessly disposed in sleep, green-washed by the early morning light filtering in through thin caravanette curtains.

Sowing Secrets, Trisha Ashley

[Carla Hurst-Chandler]

There are those days which seem a taking in of breath which, held, suspends the whole Earth in its waiting. Some summers refuse to end.

Ray Bradbury
Farewell Summer

[smellincoffee]

"Consider the image on the cover of this book."

The Good Citizen, a collection of essays by Cornel West, Robert Bellah, et. al, on citizenship. Powerful so far. The image is that of a painting of the American flag.

[primrose777]

The special Operations Network was instigated to handle policing duties considered too unusual or too specialised to be tackled by the regular force.
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde.

[thietkelogo]

Reading is out of my question