Fun game- grab the book nearest to you RIGHT NOW

[Megan]

Something slams into my side and I scream for the first time, a high screech that belongs to someone else and not me, and it slams into my side again, and I can't see anything at all, not even whatever is right in front of my face, the lights out.

Divergent by Veronica Roth

[Theo]

"I don't ask, he don't tell," he said.

American Gods

[Julia]

"The quantum physicists have it right; they are beginning to think like Indians: Everything is connected dynamically at an intimate level."

This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women Jay Allisonand Dan Gediman

from "Talking with the Sun" by Joy Harjo, page 113, because 111 & 112 didn't have eleven sentences.

[ree-yuh]

p. 111 "Lucky you."

Fallen; Lauren Kate

[Mary]

"I don't know why I'm so averse to taking them, since this is precisely the type of situation Xander wanted to help me through."

Crossed by Ally Condie

[Julia]

"There was a shade of expression on his face which Thora could not interpret though she was sure it was not recognition of his own present discourtesy."

Moon Called by Andre Norton

[Megan]

The book closest to me is The Oregon Parent Guide To Teen Driving, and it only has 60 pages :P

[Carly]

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
"All seven of them held out their broomsticks"

[Bo]

"What is?"
Matilda by Roald Dahl :D

[Megan]

Sleepy, his mind murmured.

The Last Olympian

[Spandana]

"Or not."

Wake by Lisa McMann

[Sam]

Dalton stabbed an accusing finger at his brother: He ate my Junior Mints.

Hunger - Michael Grant

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"After all, Lillie was capable of staging a person's funeral and convincing everyone he was dead."

Wonderland Creek by Lynn Austin

[Sam]

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH that's hilarious! staging a person's funeral....... oh the ideas i get from that....

[Sherri]

"The ones in the cupid pot were white."

Beastly by Alex Flinn

[Julia]

"Sarah Cutler will teach you what you need to know."

Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler

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Sam wrote: "HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH that's hilarious! staging a person's funeral....... oh the ideas i get from that...."

:D Hide the guy in the shed, and fill the casket with rocks. Hold a full-blown funeral, with crying and wailing and everything.

[Sam]

LOOOLLL, total inspiration for a short story! XD hahahahahaaaaa........

[Megan]

"Let me get that."

Abandon by Meg Cabot

[Princess Kayla]

"Oh my gosh, could this moment be any more awkward, I thought-just as... you guessed it... the moment got a lot more awkard."
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter

[Megan]

"I am the Lord."

The Bible.

:P

[Carly]

Strange Stories, Amazing Facts of America's Past
As a result, the Jim Wells County investigation was halted ( with voting lists "lost" or stolen), the Duval County ballots were burned by the courthouse janitor, and Johnson went on to win the Senate seat by a 2-1 margin- with it the stepping-stone to the White House.
Longest sentence ever!

[Carly]

My bad I wrote the 7th sentence I stead of 11th

[Theo]

There was a silence, except for everyone screaming.

Why We Broke Up

[Tory]

Mr. Foster was only too happy to give them a few figures.

Brave New World

[Deborah]

"What is it?"

The Snow Child I highly recommend it. Beautiful story based on the Russian fairy tale.

[Megan]

"I don't know," I said.

A Walk To Remember by Nicholas Sparks.

[Kritika]

wow Deborah that quote sounds so mysterious.

"My foot touched something slick, and before I had a chance to determine whether it was the bottom of the pit or merely a submerged root, I was swallowed" - Forever by Maggie Stiefvater

[K. M. R.]

Man.... Boring.

The technician heeded the instruction, and the image lightened a bit.

- Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

[Julia]

"'Do you feel it, too?'"

Ship of Souls by Zetta Elliot

I'm on page 66 of this 124 page very unusual-- and good so far --YA urban fantasy.

[Hannah]

I turned to see a plump middle-aged woman wearing an apron.

Die For Me by Amy Plum

[Megan]

She turned and waved before she went in, then shut the door.

[Katie]

Ok well I've got 3 books piled on top of each other nearest to me so I'll just do them all (:

The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
"Gale's eyes fastened on the bow"

Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen
"Lady Lucas could not be insensible of triumph on being able to retort on Mrs Bennett the comfort of having a daughter well married; and she called at Longbourn rather oftener than usual to say how happy she was, though mr Bennet's sour looks and ill-natured remarks might have been enough to drive happiness away"

Torn - Cat Clarke
"I yanked off my balaclava"

[Rachel]

"Beth blinked her eyes furiously for a moment, then whipped out her notebook and drew back lips in poor imitation of a smile."

Lust by Robin Wasserman

[Theo]

I started laughing at her.

As Simple as Snow

[Gisbelle]

"At first I couldn't believe my eyes."

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul III: More Stories of Life, Love and Learning by Jack Canfield

[Devon]

"Some people are not born friendly," Finn said.

Tyger Tyger

[Kristal]

"The risk is too great."

Darkness Bound -- Stella Cameron

[Megan]

Seeing him, the audience laughed and applauded.

Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz

[Frank]

But no matter how absurd nature is when examined on microscopic scales, things must conspire so that we recover the familiar prosaic happenings of the world experienced on everyday scales.

The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene
(textbook for my physics class)

[Megan]

I wish I were out of doors!

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

[Theo]

She was leaving.

Howl's Moving Castle

[T.M.]

Several lanes were still empty, but it was by no means quiet.

Dreaming Awake by Gwen Hayes!

[Liz]

"I glanced around the field and saw that all the other dogs wore the same contraptions."

City of Thieves

[Allie]

"What?"

Cinder by[author:Marissa Meyer|4684322

[Melinda]

"One of the zebras spooks, barking and throwing his striped muzzle high in the air."

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

[Julia]

Hannah called them into the living room; she opened the dark walnut chest and showed them the fine eiderdowns and white nightgowns, prettier than any nightgown Mila or Atara had ever worn.

I Am Forbidden: A Novel by Anouk Markovits

[Hannah]

pg.111: to determine the time of the moonrise in lansing, michigan:

The Old FARMERS 2011 Almanac by: Robert B. Thomas

[Deyara]

He won't come to bed with me.

Baby Be Mine by Paige Toon

[Amanda]

I highly recommend you accept the advice I'm about to give you.

The Death Cure - James Dashner