First Line Of The Book Your Reading

Danielle · Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 6793 Location: Wheaton, IL

I haven't seen this posted in a while and I know I always enjoy this post.

First line:

When I was five years old, my mum sold me.

From Between the Devil and Desire by Lorraine Heath.
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Ciao,
Danielle
Lady of Leisure
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I have way way too many books and not enough time to read!?!?

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SarahLovesBooks · Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 411

This wasn't just another DVD; this was life or death.

From: It Happened One Knife by Jeffrey Cohen (A Double Feature Mystery cozy)

Sarah

nikkiphilton · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 1965 Location: El Paso

"On a cold winter's day nearly a hundred years gone past, a curse was born...."

From Highlander Unchained, by Monica McCarty, the third in her trilogy.
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Dogs have owners; cats have staff.

Robin in PA · Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:14 pm Post subject:

The building was on fire, and it wasn't my fault.

Blood Rites by Jim Butcher. It's part of his Dresden Files series.

WillaLee · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 225 Location: Ohio

The cougar was going to turn. Murder Game by Christine Feehan.

lynn4 · Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 1295

PROLOGUE

Dear Diary,

Families suck. Why can't I have a regular mom and dad?

_Cutting Loose_ by Susan Andersen

rebyj · Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 261 Location: nashville

"When I was a small boy I had a terrible dream."

Vittorio the Vampire , Anne Rice

Tina · Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 294 Location: Vermont

"Out of a cloudless sky on a windless November day came a sudden shadow that swooped across the bright aqua Corvette."

Tick Tock by Dean Koontz

Carolina · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1853 Location: NC

Her baby wouldn't stop crying.

Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian.
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~No one can make you feel inferior without your consent~ Eleanor Roosevelt

janet dutton · Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 10 Location: England

The Guardian Keys have protected Earth since the beginning of time.

The Demon King and I - Candace Havens

gail · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 794 Location: nevada

Sabrina Russo got only a few seconds' warning before disaster struck. - the Duke's New Year Resolution- Merline Lovelace,SD 1913, 12/08 Gail
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voracious reader

Stacie · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 20

"What do you mean the chicken is still alive?"

The Thing About Men by Elizabeth Bevarly

readstoomuch · Joined: 25 Mar 2007 Posts: 139 Location: Maryland, USA

"Will Scarlet hated trees. Any trees.

Woods. Holts. And Sherwood Forest, most of anything."

WHAT A SCOUNDREL WANTS by Carrie Lofty
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Later that evening, still 1789!

karalynn · Joined: 01 Apr 2006 Posts: 339

PROLOGUE

Sipping a cup of freshly brewd Colombian blend, Peter Winter sat on the couch in his spacious family room, inserted the DVD into his computer, and then waited for the slide show to appear on his fifty-two-inch flat-scren TV.

Cruel Intent by J.A. Jance.

Meloira · Joined: 29 Sep 2006 Posts: 9

I love shoes.

Alibi in High Heels by Gemma Halliday
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Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I may not lead;
Walk beside me, and just be my friend.

-Albert Camus

Stephanie M · Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 695 Location: Midwest

Well there went one of my New Year's resolutions. As soon as I read Danielle's post, I went over to Barnes & Noble and ordered it. With an opening like that, how could it not be good?

Mornings can be murder, especially when they start with a broken cofeepot.

A Suspicion of Strawberries by Lynette Sowell
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"Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier." - Kathleen Norris

So many books, not enough time! Check out my bookshelves at:
http://www.shelfari.com/stephanied_loves2read

ameliad · Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 856 Location: Kentucky

There were some things money couldn't buy.

Heiress For Hire - Erin McCarthy
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"You have more books than a library" -my nephew.

SarahLovesBooks · Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 411

I posted this last night....but alas...it was lost to the great internet graveyard.

All our attempts at subterfuge had been in vain.
Eclipse...Stephanie Meyer

So I finished that this morning....so here's the first line of my new book:

When she walked in, Sadie expected the sickening stench of ammonia that proclamed the outwardly tidy bungalow a candestine meth lab.
Devil May Ride ( A Ghost Dusters Mystery) by Wendy Roberts
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Happy Reading!
Sarah

Because I knew you....I have been changed for good.
Elphie/Glinda

Where I'm from, we believe all sorts of things that aren't true...we call it history.
The Wizard

Gem · Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 3519 Location: Chicago

He had no right to make the phone call and he knew it. -

A Coral Kiss - Jayne Ann Krentz
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Civilizations don't die. They commit suicide.

Avid Reader · Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 961 Location: Nashville, TN

Mine must have gotten lost as well.

"It was a good night to die."
The Vampire Who Loved Me by Theresa Mederois

What a great line, huh?