What are your favourite opening book lines? List as many books as you wish?
My answers are:
The Host by Stephenie Meyer.
Opening line :The Healer's name was Fords Deep Waters. Becasuse he was a soul, by nature he was all things good: compassionate, patient, honest, virtuous, and full of love. Anxiety was an unusual emotion for Fords Deep Waters.
The Crimson Petal and The White by Michael Faber
Opening line: Watch your step. Keep your wits about you. You will need them. This city I am bringing you to is vast and intricate, and you have not been here before.
Now it's over to you
4 comments:
You read The Host? How did you find that one...I've been scared to read it as I'm not really a big fan of Meyer because of Twilight.
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, JK Rowling.
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.
And a total classic has to be:
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again."
which is of course
Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca
Probably "Emma" by Jane Austen, because it truly sets up the story so very well:
"Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her."
The Host is brilliant. Really enjoyable.
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