Noelia (noelia_g) wrote,
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that book meme

1. Choose 10 books that you like.
2. Write down the first sentence of each of those books.
3. Let other people try to figure out the titles.
4. Cross off books as they are guessed, let us know the correct answers and who guessed them.



1. She wanted only to sleep. The plane touched down two hours late and there'd been a marathon wait for the luggage. The Bone Collector, Jeffery Deaver. Guessed by rysiaczek

2. I'm getting chilled to the bone. What can Freddy be doing all this time? Pygmalion, G.B.Shaw. Guessed by rysiaczek

3. If it had not rained on a certain May morning Valancy Stirling's whole life would have been entirely different. Blue Castle, L.M.Montgomery. Guessed by girlupnorth

4. Twelve X-Wing snubfighters roared down into the atmosphere. Wraith Squadron, Aaron Allston. Guessed by mlekopijca

5. The boys, as they talked to the girls from Marcia Blaine School, stood on the far side of their bicycles holding the handlebars, which established a protective fence of bicycle between the sexes, and the impression that at any moment the boys were likely to be away. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Sparks. Guessed by ladysherlockian

6. Sam Vimes sighed when he heard the scream, but he finished shaving before he did anything about it. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett. Guessed by carolstime

7. The Friday before winter break, my mom packed me an overnight bag and a few deadly weapons and took me to a new boarding school. The Titan's Curse, by Rick Riordan. Guessed by rysiaczek

8. Shadow had done three years in prison. American Gods, Neil Gaiman. Guessed by garrett_black

9. Once on a dark winter's day, when the yellow fog hung so thick and heavy in the streets of London that the lamps were lighted and the shop windows blazed with gas as the do at night, an odd-looking little girl sat in a cab with her father, and was driven rather slowly through the big thoroughfares.. A Little Princess, F.H.Burnett. Guessed by novin_ha

10. It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Matilda, Roald Dahl. Guessed by zaleszczotek
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