First sentence of current book

[pi_r_round]

"There once was a man from Nantuckett." First sentence of "There once was a man from Nantuckett."

-- 27 Jul 2012, 23:07 --

"Realizing he had left his cell phone at the flat of his current "other woman," WC, a British Plumbing Salesman,
hoped he hadn't left it in the same place his Personal Plumbing had spent most of the night." from "The Loo's
My Beat: The Confessions of A Randy Plumbing Salesman"

[Stardust0262]

It was said around the valley that the two Durance girls went off but just the one bothered to come back.

The Daughters of Mars - Tom Keneally

-- 30 Jul 2012, 06:51 --

It was said around the valley that the two Durance girls went off but just the one bothered to come back.

The Daughters of Mars - Tom Keneally

[primrose777]

I didnt ask to be a celebrity. Lost ina Good Book, by Jasper Fforde.

[Gannon]

"We're going to a wedding not a battle."

Daughters of Rome - Kate Quinn

[GenThomas]

"You've been here before."
'Needful Things'
Stephen King

[Carla Hurst-Chandler]

The last class of my old professor's life took place once a week in his house, by a window in the study where he could watch a small hibiscus plant shed its pink leaves.

tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom

[Gannon]

"When I was thirteen, an astrologer told me I'd lead a legion someday, a legion that would call me Vercingetorix the Red. "

Empress of Rome - Kate Quinn

[GenThomas]

Oooh I like tht one ^

[Fran]

"Erik Maria Bark is yanked reluctantly from his dream when the telephone rings".
............. The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler

[tdeblase94]

It was the summer that men first walked on the moon.

[Gannon]

"The boy crept stealthily through the low bushes, eyes darting right and left for any sign of the enemy."

Caligula -- Douglas Jackson.

[Carla Hurst-Chandler]

I have had a strange, almost unreal life, now that I look back on its history.

Dali Lama- My Son
DIKI TSERING

[Fran]

Everything was plastic in the beer garden.......... Solace by Belinda McKeon

[eris42]

My Name is Lily. - Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

[Gannon]

"The fountain was not working"

Three Hands in the Fountain -- Lindsey Davis