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desoto_hia873) wrote2005-04-20 08:23 pm
desoto_hia873) wrote2005-04-20 08:23 pm
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Book Meme
OK, I'm way slow on this one - I kept forgetting about it:
Choose five of your all time favourite books. Take the first sentence of the first chapter and make a list in your journal. Don't reveal the author or the title of the book. Now everyone try and guess.
I'm gonna do six, just because. I can't say that these are my Top 6 Favourites, but they're ones I liked alot. Publishing dates range from 1943 to 2002.
1.I was fifteen when I first met Sherlock Holmes, fifteen years old with my nose in a book as I walked the Sussex Downs, and nearly stepped on him. - The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King (Guessed by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
beadtific)
2.The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it 'the Riddle House', even though it had been many years since the Riddle family had lived there. - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (Guessed by mireille719)
3. It was half-past nine on a dark April night that all the excitement began. The village of Peterswood was perfectly quiet and peaceful, except for a dog barking somewhere. Then suddenly, to the west of the village, a great light flared up. - The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage by Enid Blyton (Sort of guessed byflurblewig)
ETA: Last one left! This is the one that was published in 1943. Those on my flist who live across the pond have a better shot at this one.
4.The priest struck the gong. (That's not much to go on, is it? But I don't think the next couple of sentences would help.)
ETA: (The next couple of sentences) The sound reverberated off the temple's vaulted domes, splendid with brightly colored carvings. The solitary note echoed back and forth, diminishing to a remembered tone, a ghost of sound. - Daughter of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts (Guessed by phendog)
5.They didn't say anything about this in the books, I thought, as the snow blew in through the gaping doorway and settled on my naked back. - All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot (Guessed by mireille719)
6.My father had a face that could stop a clock. - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (Guessed by beadtific)
(I was going to throw Chaos by James Gleick in there, but I figured that was just mean - only fellow physics nerds would have a chance at getting it.)
Choose five of your all time favourite books. Take the first sentence of the first chapter and make a list in your journal. Don't reveal the author or the title of the book. Now everyone try and guess.
I'm gonna do six, just because. I can't say that these are my Top 6 Favourites, but they're ones I liked alot. Publishing dates range from 1943 to 2002.
1.
beadtific)2.
mireille719)3. It was half-past nine on a dark April night that all the excitement began. The village of Peterswood was perfectly quiet and peaceful, except for a dog barking somewhere. Then suddenly, to the west of the village, a great light flared up. - The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage by Enid Blyton (Sort of guessed by
flurblewig)ETA: Last one left! This is the one that was published in 1943. Those on my flist who live across the pond have a better shot at this one.
4.
ETA: (The next couple of sentences) The sound reverberated off the temple's vaulted domes, splendid with brightly colored carvings. The solitary note echoed back and forth, diminishing to a remembered tone, a ghost of sound.
phendog)5.
mireille719)6.
beadtific)(I was going to throw Chaos by James Gleick in there, but I figured that was just mean - only fellow physics nerds would have a chance at getting it.)