First Sentences

[SamBFN]

"The first time she slit a man's throat she felt sick to her stomach. The second time? Not so much."

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

Oooo, creepy.

[SamBFN]

Chapter 1
"Venice
Tuesday, 19 September 1820

Penises. Everywhere. "

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

WTF!!!! Wowizer!!!

[Heather]

I had a good second to end line at of a book. It was something like Just how perverse are you? and then Let's find out.

[Heather]

"When a naked man shows up on your doorstep with a bear trap clamped around his ankle, it's best just to do what he asks."

[Darcy]

That one is so good! It is on sale at Audible right now for cheap for anyone that likes audio books.

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

REally need to read my copy!

[Heather]

I feel like I was reading Men in Trees with a wolf element thrown in. It was funny.

[Brandee]

"In these dungeons the darkness was complete,but Katsa had a map in her mind"

[Heather]

"The downside of writing sex scenes is that my mother reads my books."

[SamBFN]

Heather wrote: "

"The downside of writing sex scenes is that my mother reads my books.""

Love it!

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

That is great!! It would be so embarrassing to have your mom reading sex scenes you wrote. . .

[Heather]

My mom told me to write a book. I told her sex sells and that would be too awkward for me to write. She responded with, "Don't worry, your aunts and I can write those for you." I was almost sick then and there. My mother and I don't have a very open relationship so it was disturbing to say the least.

[Darcy]

That is funny Heather, sort of a reverse of the situation.

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

Wow, poor Heather. Me and my mom have a pretty open and close relationship, but I would be sick too.

[Heather]

I can just imagine the acknowledgements at the end of the book...

Thank you mom, for all of your wonderful sexual knowledge.

Gag.

[Carrie (Care)]

ROFLMAO Heather!

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

That would be so amazing to read a book like that!!

I wonder if anyone has ever done it before?

[Heather]

I was afraid someone would spit coffee if they were drinking while reading that...

Sorry, I'm too much of a prude to write about sex, so thank my mother and over 50 aunts for stepping up and giving you something steamy to read...

It just seems so wrong.

[Heather]

"BABY, that is one fine ass."

[Jami]

Heather wrote: "

"The downside of writing sex scenes is that my mother reads my books.""

Oh, I loved these books! Let me know how it goes for ya.

[Heather]

I thought they were mediocre. The friends were good, but I felt like the author was trying too hard for the joke for some reason so most of the jokes felt forced for me. There were a few moments when it hit, but I can totally see where people have a blast with these. I'm going to try book 2 and see if it's better now that I've settled in to the authors style. Sometimes that helps.

[Heather]

"The last thing I expected to see when I stepped through the door of the coffee shop was a fairy godmother."

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

Let us know what you think of this one Amy. I've been wanting to read it, but I feel reluctant.

[SamBFN]

The chain-link gate yowled like an angry tomcat in the watery light of dawn.

Flesh and Bone by Jefferson Bass

[Whitney]

The First Day
"As last Days Go Mine Sucked"



Lia Kahn is dead.
I am Lia Khan.
Therefore--because this is a logic problem even a dim-witted child could solve-I am dead.
Except heres the thing:I'm Not

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

Snap, now I need to get a copy. Don't really want to buy a hard back.

Would you classify it as a paranormal YA or more contemp?

[Heather]

"Sometimes the fire that licks the skin from his bones dies down."

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

Is this your first time reading it?

[Heather]

Ya. And, I think my library only caries this one and not the others.

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

Heather wrote: "Ya. And, I think my library only caries this one and not the others."

Blasphemy!! So curious to know what you think. I wasn't so hot for the series when it first came out. HOwever, I'm a huge addict now. (A shameful addict now.)

You have got to let me know, email me your review if you have to!

[Heather]

It's enjoyable, but there's a lot going on in the beginning. Once you get an idea for the world it flows a little better, but until then I was lost a little bit. It's still not done yet so... about 100 pages left.

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

It was a little too much at first.

[Heather]

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"The first period of the first day of my senior year kicked off with an academic ritual that I'd dreaded since my earliest days in school."
It continues with..."The choosing of partners."
It really was the worst. I hated partner work.

[Heather]

"The alley was dark and stank of piss and vomit."

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

Sounds like an alley I visited on Halloween. *shiver*

[Colleen]

"There was a dead clown sitting in my living room."

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

That is the creepiest opener ever . . .

[Darcy]

I will agree with you Shera, but it ended up being a really sweet scene.

[Heather]

Did the series get better? I had a hard time with the first one.

[Darcy]

It got a little better for me, but I still feel like the author is trying too hard. Everything has to be funny, all sorts of crazy things happen to her every page. If that is what you expect going in, then they are good.

[Heather]

During the first one I wanted to smack the author and tell her to settle down. I see the potential, but she was turning me off at every turn by trying to keep her foot floored on the peddle at every moment.

[Heather]

"This wasn't a book club; it was a manhunt."

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

Heather wrote: "

"This wasn't a book club; it was a manhunt.""

*snorts* I"m going to read this book just for that line.

[Heather]

"Dear Diary,

Families suck."

[Heather]

"I rode into Ashville, North Carolina for all the wrong reasons, from the wrong direction, on a borrowed bike, with no weapons, ready to work for the vamps again."

[Whitney]

prologue

THEA
ROME, SEPTEMBER, A.D. 81

I opened my wrist with one firm stroke of the knife,watching withinterest as the blood leaped out of the vein. My wrists were latticed with knife scars, but I still found the sight of my own blood fascinating.


ONE
APRIL A.D. 82

The atmosphere at the Mars Street gladiator school was contented,convivial and masculine as the tired fighters trooped in through the gates. Twenty fighters had sallied out to join the main battle of the Cerealia games, and fourteen had come back alive.

[Heather]

"That right there is the meanest son of a bitch ever born."

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

Those are great first sentances.