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Erec and Enide by Chrétien de TroyesIt was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the dead of night, and the voice on the other end asking for someone he was not.
City of Glass by Paul Auster"Cold liquid splashing across his face brought Kevin Temple back to himself."
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann."Jinn and Phyllis were spending a wonderful holiday, in space, as far as possible from the inhabited world."
(one of my top 10 favorite books)
"They'd been on the train for five hours before Arlen Wagner saw the first of the dead men." The Cypress House by Michael KorytaKind of makes you want to read more ... Only up to the fourth chapter so we'll have to see if it keeps up the suspense.
Pamela wrote: ""They'd been on the train for five hours before Arlen Wagner saw the first of the dead men." The Cypress House by Michael KorytaKind of makes you want to read more ... Only up to the fourth chapt..."
But you didn't list the book my line came from! :)
Going from Kandice's post 606:Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
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"They waited at the dock, the three Venetians, for the fool to arrive."
The Serpent of Venice by Christopher MooreThrough the fence, between the curling flower spaces, I could see them hitting.
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood"Dad's dead," Wendy says offhandedly, like it's happened before, like it happens every day.
Beloved by Toni Morrison“The island of Gont, a single mountain that lifts its peak a mile above the storm-racked Northeast Sea, is a land famous for wizards.”
Beloved by Toni MorrisonThey're in the girls' room when they hear the first dot-dot-dot of semi-automatic gunfire.
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrOn the bus ride down to St. Paul to take the test that will help determine who will get ahead in life, who still stay put, and who will fall behind, a few of my closest buddies seal their fates by opening pint bottles of cherry schnapps the moment we leave the high-school parking lot.
Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever by Walter Kirn"I was perched on a barstool in a dark, noisy, overpriced restaurant in Princeton, New Jersey."
Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich"I have been with the Court all my life, travelling with the King's Progress."
The Merlin Conspiracy by Diana Wynne JonesSomewhere in la Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, a gentleman lived not long ago, one of those who has a lance and ancient shield on a shelf and keeps a skinny nag and a greyhound for racing.
Don Quixote by Miguel del Cervantes"When I leave home to walk to school, Dad always says to me, 'Marco, keep your eyelids up and see what you can see.'"
And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss"Captain First Rank Marko Ramius of the Soviet Navy was dressed for the Arctic conditions normal to the Northern Fleet submarine base at Polyarnyy."
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy"I've never been afraid of ghosts. I live with them daily, after all. When I look in the mirror, my mother's eyes look back at me; my mouth curls with the smile that lured my great-grandfather to the fate that was me."
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon"XTC was no good for drowning out the morons at the back of the bus."
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