Struggling Writers discussion

Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 59
* Find the sixth complete sentence.
* Post that sentence here, along with the book.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST book.

I'll use mine as an example.
Jesse was leaning most casually on the post of my bed

-The Mediator, Shadowland- Meg Cabot

Well, son, I don't think you would be as happy with gold nuggets as you think.

You Better Not Cry by Augusten Burroughs

Heidi burst into tears.

-Heidi (Yup, the sentence tells you nothing.)

"Samir! Stop being so nosy. Miranda, you don't have to answer that if you don't want to. "

-Wuthering high by Cara Lockwood

The b**ch is that none of us ever seem to have enough money, so Chis and I have both had to push a little pot.


Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

"Mr. Hirsch said he thought it was Mark."

Secret Weekend by Thom Racina

"Most of them, most of them were eliminated."

Subject Seven by James A. Moore

"The feeling that it so evidently manifested, rather than the direct purport of the words, caused it to vibrate within all hearts, and brought the listeners into one accord of sympathy."

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn

"At any rate, as this is all make believe, I say No. Attention!"

Alternative Alices
(Visions an Revisions of Lewis Carroll's Alice Books)

"Want my bottle want my bottle!"

Big Bear Treasure, The Green Collection

""What do you wish to do?" The voice of the high priestess was cold"

sorry, this may be two sentences but I wasn't really sure.

Lady of Avalon by Marrion Zimmer Bradley

"The undoubted littluns, those aged about six, led a quite distinct, and at the same time intense, life of their own." Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Hey, I've played this before!

Wait, the closest book only has a chapter title on page 59. That's all. I'll do the second closest book.
AGGH! The second closest book doesn't have page numbers!
How about the third closest book...

of, at, or forming a base.

-Oxford Pocket American Dictionary of Current English

"What truly sold me was completely shallow"

-Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin :) :)

u talking to me?

"My darlings,"Illi calles them.


-An Exclusive Love by Johanna Adorj`an

But he didn't have to be so obnoxious about it.

-Twilight by Erin Hunter

"Imshi took Lirael to the Robing Room, a huge room full of all the equipment, eepons, and miscellaneous items libarians needed, from climbing ropes to boathooks."

Liirael book two in the Abhorsen series by Garth Nix

He turned to the closest EMT for a second opinion.

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

"Cinderpelt loved you; do you think she would abandon you, even in death?"

Sunset by Erin Hunter

"Then I wrote a little note of thanx, unsigned, of course."

- The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice

"'Just enough for the neck,' muttered the mouse. 'no more, no less. That's what the last threadmaster taught me: enough for the neck'"
The Tale of Despereaux

Oops, by Kate DiCamillo

"Just let me do this pal."

-Left Behind by Tim Lahaye and Jerry B. Jenkins

"Why didn't Jacobi direct her message at Amos?" I asked.

The Serpent's Shadow byRick Riordan

(Edited because I forgot the period after asked. Oops.)

'No less enthusiastic than the armies were the people of Cologne, as well as the Treviri and Lingones.'

Tacitus The Histories
The Vitellian Advance
( my husbands bedside table ).

"One day when the kids had been playing, the dog had mangled a volleyball - not an act of viciousness, usually."

- The World According to Garp by John Irving

Nennen (Call, name)
- German Dictionary

"Our universe is just right."

50 IDEAS YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW, UNIVERSE by Joanne Baker published by Quercus.

I did not count the first sentence on this page because it was continued from the previous page.

"I got Moira to her feet and more or less dragged her home."

-Prom, by Laurie Halse Anderson :)

It operated at warp speed and had a massive storage capacity so that he could mine the scientific world on ever front, synthesize the data, and adapt it to his needs.

Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

wûfàn 午饭 (lunch), traditionally eaten at home between 12 noon and 2 p.m, may include a hot dish.
-Essential Chinese - Speak Chinese With Confidence

(or if you mean a real book that has a plot etc.)

These words moved Giacoppo to go to confession and avow his sins.
-The Novella of Giacoppo by Lorenzo de' Medici; translated by anonymous

They screamed and dove out of their seats
-beautiful creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret stohl

Well the closest book to me is the Bible but I have a feeling you'd prefer something else, so let's go with

"The woman sank into a chair."

-Mystery at the Ski Jump (Nancy Drew #29)

♪ Tara ♪ wrote: "Well the closest book to me is the Bible but I have a feeling you'd prefer something else, so let's go with

"The woman sank into a chair."

-Mystery at the Ski Jump (Nancy Drew #29)"
Such a great book@ I had vowed to read the entire 60+ book series...and only read about 20:)