Book Buying Addicts Anonymous discussion

Grab the nearest book to you and flip to page 28. Go to lines 4, 5, and 6 and list them here. I'll start.

The Red Tent
"I know what they all thought- my sisters and the shepherds- but we never touched. Well, only once. He held me to his chest, but then he began trembling and pushed me away."

"Seeing him with someone even more socially awkward than he was had been amusing, but mostly I'd felt diappointed at her relapse. I'd made good progress in getting her to come out of her shell and knew how fun she could be."

Succubus Dreams by Richelle Mead

That's the book closest to me, but I haven't started it yet, so I have no idea what she's talking about!

"But it was clean and neat as a pin, and the setting was postcard perfect. The airfiled sat in the middle of a wide, green valley surrounded on three sides by the gentle slopes of the Smokey Mountains.

Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton

Amanda watched him closely. It amazed her that he was able to talk without showing his fangs, but he
disguised them well.
And now that she thought about it, how could a vampire be so tanned and warm? How could he have a
pulse and a heartbeat?
Weren't vampires supposed to be the cold, pale undead?
"Yes," Hunter said. "I need a ride out of here, preferably before the sun gets any higher."

Night pleasures (dark hunters series) Sherrilyn Kenyon

The house was quiet, except for the creaky, creepy noises houses made at night. Outside, wind rattled the dry leaves on the trees, and she heard music coming from the other side of the bedroom door.

Glass Houses by Rachel Caine

"to scream, or laugh, or cry, but in the end I only turned the key in the ignition and drove home.

I'd wanted to sleep with a stranger, and that's exactly what I'd done."

Genre: Erotic Romance

Stranger by Megan Hart

She rolled her eyes at him. "This from a bear who got his ass kicked by a jackal?"
His eyes flared. "I was preoccupied by the at you throat."

Bad Moon Rising - Sherrilyn Kenyon

Being on this side of the river, the coffeehouse would likely be empty at this hour. It was the perfect place to sulk and regroup. I half dragged the leprechaun to the door, trying to guess the cost of a cup of coffee by the number of pre-Turn doodads in the front window.

Dead Witch Walking-Kim Harrison

Ellen was sitting with Mikey Spuchins, their goofy but very good friend. Mikey had somehow managed to sneak his THINGAMADOO portable video game player onto the bus. Jo Jo looked to see what Mikey was playing.

Magic Pickle And The Creature From The Black Legume by Scott Morse

Must Love Hellhounds by Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, Meljean Brook

As it was, they knew where they had to go in order to retrieve Crick's left-behind treasure, but they had no idea what they might encounter on the way there.

"It's not like we ever knew what to expect anyway," Clovache said to Batanya, who nodded. They'd been partners long enough to have abbreviated conversations.

A Treasury of Kahlil Gibran

""All but our lips moving. you are close by me, My Forever. How deep and wide will be the ocean of Slumber."

"Urban did opera settings that took New York and Boston by storm with his right hand,while he revolutionized and glorified the American Girl for Flo Ziegfled's Follies"

A Design for Living: Vienna in the Twenties

"'You're free to join us, but only if you promise not to stare at the new kid,' Miles laughs. 'Staring is very rude. Didn't anyone ever tell you that?'"

from Evermore by Alyson Noel

"...ever they waved in the breeze. He would stop his car, get out, and mark the location of the patch with orange flagging tape he carried for this purpose. If the highway department or winter weather didn't take down his..."

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

Hey - new to this site - but here goes for me.

"some meet and drink, and means of warmth. We choose this time because it is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices. What shall I put you down for?"

A Christmas Carol

Bound to Shadows by Keri Arthur

pg 28 - I raised my eyebrows. "How can you be so sure?"
She waived a dismissive hand. "I'm an optometrist. I know these things."

"It's only a mile and a bit into the village as the bee flies," says Isabel. "Not as the pram pushes," I point out.
Talking to the Dead by Helen Dunmore

"The dog panted and flopped on the side, exposing his stomach. Wicked fangs and glowing eyes, right. I sighed, flicked the lighter off, and went to rap my knuckles on the door. "It's me, don't shoot>"

Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews

"His hands had not been so steady for years, nor half so fluid. Davos saw, but no one else, he was certain. Cup in hand, he rose to his feet."

-A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

Inkworld was the name Meggie gave to the place of which Mo spoke so slightingly and her mother sometimes with such longing. Inkworld, after the book about it, Inkheart.

Inkspell - Cornelia Funke

Page 28 - 4,5,6th sentence....

Susan and Martin landed in a roll, tumbling several times. By contrast, I crashed into a garbage can. It was, of course, full.

From by Jim Butcher

Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

Baking winds rustled the peppers strung up to dry, and hanging pots clanged as rifle-toting Israeli soldiers, fresh from glory of victory, moved through the village.

...my stomach' revenge for panic and nausea it had endured the night before. Speaking of which...
I had found a murdered man.

Valorie wrote: "Page 28 - 4,5,6th sentence....

Susan and Martin landed in a roll, tumbling several times. By contrast, I crashed into a garbage can. It was, of course, full.

From by ..."

Hilarious!

Anger,no,rage.Something had made Asher absolutley furious.I went back to hugging my men and enjoying this moment,but I knew now the moment would pass and I'd have to deal with that look on Asher's face.

From

"Ivy's blank gaze matched Ceri's perfectly as she ran her brown eyes over the small woman sitting in her chair. She pushed herself into motion, moving with a living vampire's grace, her boots almost silent.

From:

"You can be so bourgeois," she murmured with the trace of a smile.
"Sorry. I keep forgetting how broad-minded the aristocracy is. I'll try to keep up."

From:

Mary Ann didn't mind. Really. She actually admired the trait. Penny knew what she wanted from the people in her life and expected it to be given to her. And it usually was.

"What kind of meeting?" "I'll tell you all about it right after your shower. You're not going to believe what Mayor Bascomb is thinking about doing now!"

"No" Skye replied. "She's with Angel bat at my apartment" "Oh, that's a relief. Lulu was afraid she might have to babysit her if you were incarcerated."

Bad Girls Don't by Cathie Linz

The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith

"At first the girl said nothing. Then, when she replied, her voice was flat: " That is good." Mma. Ramotswe looked at her. Motholeli had left that morning in good spirits,"

"...the Miracle. He spent most of his time in the cabin with Caroline and Lily, or, when the cold wasn't too forbidding, here on deck. The fifteenth meridian was the western extremity of the great circle that had..."

Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson

"...made this little place very charming."
"It's a muddle, I know. Not enough space. Possessions are a quandary, aren't they? They become a part of you and..."

Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher

The Sinner

"He got the impression that there was more to tell and that she was deciding whether to do so. She had given him the explanation she owed him."

Pg 28 - sentences 4,5,6...

"But I need to say it. I need someone to believe me. Don't know whether March is that someone, but I need some of the weight off my soul."

From...

"...time getting projects funded and establishing their names. A rookie who pole-vaulted into a marriage with a scientific superstar instantly gained everyone's animosity."

From:

...out, stopped. "Can you work that coffeemaker?"
He glanced at the unit on the counter. "I can figure it out."
"Do that, will you? Black, one sugar. I'm running low."

A week after their visit to Sabine's garden, Jane Bentnick was taken ill. Soon after, she succumbed to a virulent fever, followed by delirium from which she never recovered. She died a fortnight later.

Pg 28 - sentences 4,5,6...

"I don't care what you possess, but what seeks to possess you."
"Never mind the drug charges." She kicked away the traitorous coat.

From...

...in volume.
"I don't believe this," muttered John Richard
"No, Marla...Goldy's fine, just upset," Tome was saying. "But I ...

From...

"It will require me to check," he said, his voice rich with accusation.

I gave him a feeble smile as an apology. After spending the whole night explaining to the police over and over and over again who I was and what I was doing at Mme. Deauxvill's apartment holding the deadly weapon that had been used to kill her, my "be a good American abroad" muscles were all worn out.

...answering questions that did not matter though they had a
purpose, but he doubted he would ever again speak
out as long as he lived. The sound of his own truthful...

Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

...when I walk into my herb shop. Year to year, nothing much changes at Thyme and Seasons, and yet it somehow always looks new and different to me. Just now, you'll see the Valentine's wreath's hanging on the wall -

Bleeding Hearts by Susan Wittig Albert

Arianne shook her head. "I refuse to associate with pansies. Can you handle it or not?" Luce nodded. "And don't tell me you've never cut hair before." Ar-...

by Lauren Kate

...bands with names like Bloodshock and Sputum. the Hooloovooo (a super intelligent shade of blue) demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the Universe by holding their breath until they turn deep purple, while the Tubular Zingatularians...


byEoin Colfer

Pg 28 - sentences 4,5,6...

And yet...she did. The local citizens weren't numbers on a page, the were people who had owned and farmed these fields for generations. To Chandler, they were percentage points in a demographic analysis, but as far as she was concerned, they deserved to have a voice in the decision-making process, and she wasnt about to tip the balance in Chandler's favor by giving him information so that he could run around sweet-talking the naysayers.

Wow that was a long 6th sentence! From

Cornelia Funke
...along beside Orpheus like an overgrown dog, his face sweating with the effort of running up and down the narrow paths through the hills around Ombra.

Ellis Peters

...adequately supplied with bone, too, and clean shaven as the schoolboy it aimed at presenting. A guileless face, but for the suppressed smoulder of mischief in the wide hazel...

the well of the unicorn by Fletcher Pratt Pg 28, sentences 4,5 & 6:


…match the Mariupol guilds in the wool staple of their own.”
Eyes swung to Wigrak “I will not deny it,” said he. “Nor will you,
If you look on the matter closely, deny either that what comes to…

"Christian looked at the sea, and the big Ferris wheel, and when he turned back to Matt there was a measure of satisfaction there."
Mammoth by John Varley