Best Books discussion

Tell me the first sentence of the book, you are currently reading.
Ex.
Life as we knew it by Susan beth Pfeffer

Lisa is pregnant.

Our arrival didn't exactly go as planned.

Halo by Alexandra Adornetto

I'd always welcomed war, but in battle my passion rose unbidden.

Nightshade by Andrea Cremer

Strangers never walk down this road, the sisters thought in unison as the man trudged toward them.
Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce.

HEY ASHLEY IS SISTERS RED GOOD SO FAR

Blood fills my mouth. (the prologue)
The Dark Divine

Oh I loved that book. I just ordered the second book called The Lost Saint.

Normally I wouldn't have been caught dead at a field party.

Hearts at stake by Alyxandra Harvey

Haunted Haunted by Kelley Armstrong

Marie-Madeline lit the flame under the bowl.

Its good so far,a bit creepy. I'm on chapter 7. The chapters are kinda long in this book.

There was no way in hell I was looking in the mirror.

"I was never so frightened as I am now."Affinity

I loved Hearts At Stake!

A disquieting sense of irritation awakened Neferet. - Awakened by P.C. Cast. :)

"I don't like cages." -Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead

"It's funny how a name can change the world's perception of you." from The Taste of Night by Vicki Pettersson.

"I want to live my own life on my own terms." from Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles.

Dylan wrote: ""I want to live my own life on my own terms." from Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles."

Wow, nice opening. Quite attention-grabbing and sweet.

It is, I love this book so far! xD

"Mommy forgot to warn the new babysitter about the basement."
-The Summoning

"The cold snap of the previous week was over; the sun was shining brightly as Clary hurried across Luke's dusty front yard, the hood of her jacket up to keep her hair from blowing across her face." from City of Glass by Cassandra Clare.

My mother used to tell me about the ocean.


Luce barged into the fluorescent-lit lobby of the Sword & Cross School ten minutes later than she should have.

" La place Saint-Marc était envahie par les pigeons" Les sang-Bleu Melissa de la cruz.
It's the second book on the blue bloods serie(Masquerade)
But since i'm reading the french version, I thought it would be fun to say it in french!

Arianne wrote: "" La place Saint-Marc était envahie par les pigeons" Les sang-Bleu Melissa de la cruz.
It's the second book on the blue bloods serie(Masquerade)
But since i'm reading the french version, I thought ..."

That is so cool! I read that one too!

"I was born on the night of Samhain, when the barrier between the worlds is whisper thin and when magic, old magic, sings its heady and sweet song to anyone who cares to hear it." from Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough.

"Elspeth died while Robert was standing in front of a vending machine watching tea shoot into a small plastic cup."

Brittany wrote: ""Elspeth died while Robert was standing in front of a vending machine watching tea shoot into a small plastic cup."

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Wow, that's an awesome first sentece. Might check it out, because of that.

Mine is:

Once Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison. The amazing Kim Harrison of course.



I just realized... what do we put if there's a prologue? Err... I'll just put both the prologue and the first chapter sentence to play it safe.

Prologue: "Everyone does it."
First chapter: "I leaned my shoulder against a rough boulder and fumed."

Prologue: Congratulations. The fact that you're reading this means you've taken one giant step closer to surviving till your next birthday

First Chapter: The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective.

- Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson

Amy wrote: "Prologue: Congratulations. The fact that you're reading this means you've taken one giant step closer to surviving till your next birthday

First Chapter: The funny thing about facing imminent deat..."

Hooray for Maximum Ride!

@Jenna: Huzzah! :)

I got up the morning of December twenty-first anticipating a four-day weekend for the Christmas holiday.




This book is incredibly boring ugh...

Prologue: New Orleans, the summer of 1853.
Chapter 1: Torrential rain was pouring the afternoon Rebecca Brown arrived in New Orleans.Ruined
Chapter 1: Under the cafeteria table, my right knee bounced like a jackhammer possessed.
Darkness Becomes Her
Prologue: "Do what he wants, and you might survive," a harsh voice said into the boy's ear before he felt a sharp blow to the kidneys.
Chapter 1: "You can do this, Grace," Daniel said between sharp breaths.
The Lost Saint
Chapter 1: I know he'll come for me.
Angel

^ Those sound awesome.

Nation by Terry Pratchett

Prologue: "Imo set out one day to catch some fish, but there was no sea."

First Chapter: "The snow came down so thickly, it formed fragile snowballs in the air that tumbled and melted as soon as they landed on the horses lined up along the dock."

First Sentence -- The Day I Broke Up with my boyfriend Evan was the day he wrote the song.

Great Expectations
My Father's family name being Pirrip, and my christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip.

"Sunrise is coming," Balthazar said.

The week before I left my family and Florida and the rest of my minor life to go to boarding school in Alabama, my mother insisted on throwing me a going-away party.

"There was no possibility of taking a walk that day." Jane Eyre

Jessi wrote: "

The week before I left my family and Florida and the rest of my minor life to go to boarding school in Alabama, my mother insisted on throwing me a going-away..."

Gotta love John Green :)

"Nina, look." Sandy jabbed me in the ribs.

Krissi wrote: ""There was no possibility of taking a walk that day." Jane Eyre"

Oh my God, yes! Jane Eyre is one of my favorite books of all time. Awesome. ^_^

"'Caucasian vampires should never wear white,' the television announcer intoned." from Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris.



Such an awesome first sentence lol

"On an early and bitterly cold morning in late March, Schuyler Van Alen let herself inside the glass doors of the Duchesne School, feeling relieved as she walked into the soaring barrel-ceiling entryway dominated by an imposing John Singer Sargent portrait of the school's founders"





That was a long sentence lol

^ It probably looks longer because it's in the small, contained space of a comment instead of the page on a book.

"In these dungeons the darkness was complete, but Katsa had a map in her mind." from Graceling by Kristin Cashore.

The rain came down in streaming waves, pattering on the fat lush leaves like a tribal drumbeat, but by this point the six trekkers and their guide were oblivious of it.

-- The Orchard by Jeffrey Stepakoff

"A vibration rippled through my body." from Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder.

"I would have expected to see this sort of line if, say, Elvis had returned from the dead to give a concert."