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As I step inside the kitchen, my mother holds up a silver notecard as a morning greeting.

Olympian Challenger by Astrid Arditi
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I have no idea how an apple tree works.

The Underground Man, Mick Jackson
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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Today I saved Brody Carmichael's life!

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My best friend slapped a stranger's arse so hard that she shook her hand with the pain.

Soul (Chaos Series #1)

by Claire Farrell
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Ove is fifty-nine.
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
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"I scanned the packed stadium". The Travellers Best Seller by Mr. Inconvia.
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Chapter 1 First sentence: I only realized I was staring into space when a teenage boy loudly cleared his throat right next to me.

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There are friends, I think we couldn't imagine living without.

Say Goodnight, Gracie by Julie Reece Deaver

(It goes on: People who are sisters to us, or brothers. Jimmy was one of those.)
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Instead of the first sentence of Chapter 1 I'm noting before the book starts in the author's readers guide.

I know what you're thinking...Holy crap!

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Unseasonable rain quelled the summer heat, dripping off the edges of her mother's navy-blue umbrella.
Callie stumbled along the gravel path...

The Little Girl in the Chinese Bamboo Tree

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The eyes of darkened ruby which held one of the best and simultaneously one of the worse memories of my young adult life stared back at me from the tiny white box.

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:lol: "I would never have believed it, a pair of angels."
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At home, I have a poster on my wall of a rose that's bleeding.

Roseblood, AG Howard
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Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairie, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L Frank Baum
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The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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