First sentence of current book

[Valkyrie Pleasant]

Twelve hours before Amber Lamont's parents tried to kill her, she was sitting between them in the principal's office, her hands in her lap, stifling all the things she wanted to say.

Demon Road - Derek Landy

[BrittaniDJ]

Chairman Mao's grandson was the fattest Chinese person I had ever met.
Jan Wong, red China blues

[talli_5]

Why is it forbidden to write down specific knowledge of the magics?

Royal Assassin Robin Hobb

[Vanessa Leong]

It was an ordinary night until the yard was filled with the sound of a dozen swords sliding from their sheaths.

We are Voulhire, A New Arrival under Great Skies by Matthew Tysz

[Stephanie Keener]

If you’re reading this right now.....no......that ain’t right.



A Bloody Book, by Chris Bowen

[MardiL]

Beign nice is like leaving your door wide-open.

The Downstairs Girl
by Stacey Lee

[Cwilde13]

The first sword missed Aidan's head by an inch.

Wayne Thomas Batson, The Door Within

[Gemjay]

It was raining.
King of May by Matthew Tysz.

[ashrutarya]

This was 1875, and it was the dare of the century!

The Penguin Book of Indian Railway Stories, Ruskin Bond.

[Neverlandgirl]

"I served in the United States Peace Corps from 2013-2015 in Moldova in Eastern Europe."

Introduction from Trish Ostroski's There's a Rooster in my Bathroom!

[Precious Naiti]

“It was an ordinary night until the yard was filled with the sound of dozen swords sliding from their sheaths.”

We are Voulhire:A new arrival under great skies. By Matthew Tysz

[Kibet Hillary]

"On Sunday morning, Fran marched into the foyer of the hotel in Dammam, disturbing my anxious lesson-planning reflections."

An Educational Journey by Raphael Wilkins

[Archaeoptery]

Bedu was sitting in the green pasture next to the pond with his seven sheep and four goats.
Bedu Bedouin Boy, Poet king by David W. Sutherland and Paul McKellips

[Mwatu]

Just by doing what they feel like doing, individual humans, elephants, and fireflies, alike, unknowingly serve and perpetuate the life of their species. - Rediscovering Human Nature by Chet Shupe.

[Holly Fleming]

"One does not have to be a combat soldier, or visit a refugee camp in Syria or the Congo to encounter trauma." The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk.