Book Chat - CLOSED by original moderator discussion

The general idea is to post a sentence from the book that's closest to you at this very moment. I will post a sentence from our first book, tell the title and author of the book, then post the next page/sentence request.

The next person would turn to that page in his/her book and post the sentence asked for. Example: If I post "page 32, sentence 4", the next person would go to page 32 of the book that's easiest to grab and post sentence 4 on that page. Then that person will post the next page/sentence request, and so on.

You can get some really short sentences, some really long sentences, and some really silly sentences, but that's the fun in the game, and it might intrigue someone else enough to check out the book :)

NOTE: To help avoid major spoilers, please LIMIT page number to under 125. Also, to ensure you'll have enough sentences on a page to comply with the request, the sentence # should be under 10.

Please remember to post the book title and author so the rest of us can check out the book if the posted sentence catches our attention!

Page 17, sentence 4

The difference between us was purely cosmetic: my father looked just like a scientist was supposed to.

-- Lab Girl by Hope Jahren


NEXT: Page 43, sentence 8

Her leather shoes shone with their softness and polish. (Page 43 sentence 8 of And After the Fire by Lauren Belfort.)

Next: page 75, sentence 12

It was a whisper on a breath of air so shallow it wouldn't have stirred a cobweb, but it combined with the touch of a blade on his neck and woke the baron instantly.
(The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner)

next: page 56, sentence 2

Pg 56, sentence 2

Cicely, whom all the boys used Patsy to get to; Cicely, who never had to give herself for boys to like her more; Cicely, who stood up first when Roy approached: "Birdie, can I have dis dance?"
-- Patsy by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn


NEXT: pg 103, sentence 4

Okay ... I'll post my own

Pg 103, sentence 4

Still, I'd never encountered anything like this level of detail at any other nannying job - at Little Nippers the staff handbook was a slim pamphlet that concentrated mostly on how to report staff sickness.
~~ The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware


NEXT: Pg 33, sentence 8

pg 33, sentence 8

"Shhh!" snaps Mistress Tipley, and she jerks her chin at me.
--The Wicked and the Just by J. Anderson Coats

Next: page 12, sentence 6

Page 12, Sentence 6

"For your momma's sake."
-- A Tangled Mercy by Joy Jordan-Lake

Next: Page 141, Semtemce 5

Pg 141 125, sentence 5 (See NOTE in original thread - please limit page numbers to 125 or less.)

"Sound general quarters," Sheperd, Harris's officer of the deck, said calmly.
Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man by Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic


NEXT: Page 112, sentence 1

page 112 sentence 1: "Your mother believed in your letter," he says.
-a heart so fierce and broken by Brigid Kemmerer.

next: page 37, sentence 5

This is going to make no sense whatsoever, but :

"Not favouring it" Tolliver said, frowning slightly.
Ill Met by Moonlight

Next: All the 9's: Page 99 sentence 9 (or the last sentence, if there are fewer than 9).

“They greeted each other with respectful nods." - The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters

Next: page 70, sentence 8

Book Concierge wrote: "Pg 141 125, sentence 5 (See NOTE in original thread - please limit page numbers to 125 or less.)

"Sound general quarters," Sheperd, Harris's officer of the deck, said calmly.
[book:Indianapolis: ..."

Thanks for the reminder... I forgot all about the limits! Will post again later.

page 70, sentence 8
"You are to come with us."

Next: Page 113, sentence 7

oh and that's from A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer

from Bram Stokers Dracula.

'Chasing an errant swarm of bees has nothing to following a naked lunatic when the fit of escaping is on him.'

p.102 sentence. 4

"The Magpie Murders", Anthony Horowitz

Pg 102 S 4:
"She wasn't sorry he was dead"

Gotta ♥ random choices

Page 150 Last sentence

Pg 150 125, last sentence (See NOTE in original thread - please limit page numbers to 125 or less.)


"Watch your mouth."
~~ An American Marriage by Tayari Jones


NEXT: page 38, sentence 3