First Lines of October

[Michelle (MichelleBookAddict)]

For the book(s) you are reading now, tell us the first lines of the book.

Or a line(s) that you liked or not.

Let's hear it to judge if we might like the book.

[Michelle (MichelleBookAddict)]

Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid

"Admittedly, they [(places in novels)] didn't all have such ridiculous names as the ones in the Piddle Valley where her father's group of parishes was centered. It would have been hard to make credible a romantic fiction set in Farleigh Piddle, Middle Piddle, Nether Piddle and Piddle Dummer."


Lines within the first paragraph. Poor Piddle Valley. lol

[Michelle (MichelleBookAddict)]

Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid

A piece that I found true and funny....

"Cat": "Honestly, Mum, how can you say someone's a great writer if you've got a stack of reference books next to you? It's just showing off. If I behaved like that in front of other people, you'd totally tell me off when we got home. So.why is it alright for T. S. Eliot to swagger about like a complete know it all and make the rest of us feel stupid?"

[Book Concierge]

Murder Must Advertise
"And by the way," said Mr. Hankin, arresting Miss Rossiter as she rose to go, "there is a new copy-writer coming in today."

[Book Concierge]

Anna Karenina
"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

[Book Concierge]

A Kiss in Time
"If I hear one more syllable about spindles, I shall surely die!"

[John]

The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
"Sleeping in the car is cramped."

[John]

Euphoria by Lilly King
"As they were leaving the Mumbanyo, someone threw something at them."

[John]

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
"On the night of May 6, 1915, as his ship approached the coast of Ireland, Capt. William Thomas Turner left the bridge and made his way to the first-class lounge, where passengers were taking part in a concert and talent show, a customary feature of Cunard crossings.

[John]

Petty Magic by Camille DeAngelis
"There are many misconceptions of which I must disabuse you, but the most offensive concerns the wands and warts and black pointed caps."

[Book Concierge]

The Knife of Never Letting Go
"The first thing you find out when yer dog learns to talk is that dogs don't got nothing much to say."