The Book Meme
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cordilleran2:
1. Pick 10 of your favorite books or series.
2. Post the first sentence of each book. (If one sentence seems too short, post two or three!)
3. Let everyone try to guess the titles and authors of your books.
I'll point out that not all of these are fiction.1. Scotland has, in an eminent degree, a haunting character. Scotland, an Intimate Portrait by Geddes MacGregor, guessed by talloakslady2. There were five of us - Carruthers and the new recruit and myself, and Mr. Spivens and the verger. It was late afternoon on November the fifteenth, and we were in what was left of Coventry Cathedral, looking for the bishop's bird stump. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, guessed by several, but first by time_converges3. There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating, that further out-door exercise was now out of the question. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, guessed by wordweaverlynn
4. Tuesday, 1 May 1945. Important hours, important as those days at the end of August in 1939 preceding the declaration of war. This is tension of a different kind, expectancy, preparations being made for a change in our way of living. But the tempo is slower.5. The Porthkerris Council School stood half-way up the steep hill which climbed from the heart of the little town to the empty moors which lay beyond. It was a solid Victorian edifice, built of granite blocks, and had three entrances, marked Boys, Girls, and Infants, a legacy from the days when segregation of the sexes was mandatory. Coming Home</b> by Rosamunde Pilcher, guessed by rosewarren6. This is a very dull page. What is on the next page? The Monster at the End of this Book (starring Loveable Furry Old Grover) written by John Stone and illustrated by Mike Smollin, guessed by several, but first by almosee7. I didn't ask to be a celebrity. I never wanted to appear on The Adrian Lush Show. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde, guessed by themolesmother
8. In some distant arcade, a clock tower calls out six times and then stops. The young man slumps at his desk. He has come to the office at dawn, after another upheaval. His hair is uncombed and his trousers are too big.9. On the 24th of February, 1815, the lookout of Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon, from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, guessed by several, but first by fishface4410. Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. For one thing, he hated the summer holidays more than any other time of year. Okay, fine, this is sort of a gimme on the series. Name the exact book please, and no cheating. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, guessed by many, but first by time_converges
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