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message 1: by Ana (last edited Apr 11, 2011 07:43PM) (new)

Ana (riddikulus) | 76 comments This game is exactly what it sounds like.

Unfortunately, my current line isn't as exciting as I wish it would be, but sometimes you get caught with a dead giveaway. Post the book title and the author along with it so we know what to look back to!

"If only we had something to actually drink," I said.

EDIT: Changed the rules as per Gorfo's very reasonable point. I really don't remember what this book was...


message 2: by Keerthana (last edited Apr 11, 2011 08:31AM) (new)

Keerthana | 159 comments "He reaches into his pocket and produces my purse."
-Shopaholic and Sister by Sophie Kinsella.


message 3: by Ana (new)

Ana (riddikulus) | 76 comments Gorfo wrote: Hey Ana..."

Noted and put to action!

The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer
the bed.


message 4: by Jessica Mae (new)

Jessica Mae (thewillowreaderxo) "I expected she would show signs of great distress and shame; but to my surprise she neither wept nor blushed; composed, though grave, she stood, the central mark of all eyes."


Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë


message 5: by Laurie (last edited Apr 12, 2011 09:33PM) (new)

Laurie Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore:

criminal?


message 6: by Ana (new)

Ana (riddikulus) | 76 comments As far as possible, I want you to put that from your minds.
New British Poetry by Charles Simic


message 7: by Julia (last edited Apr 15, 2011 11:47AM) (new)

Julia (taspsandiego) | 24 comments "... then shoved her out of the gate naked and bloody".

It's George R R Martin's A Storm of Swords

Always so nice with his characters...


message 8: by Laurie (new)

Laurie Susan Mallery - "Someone Like You" = fish.


message 9: by Ana (new)

Ana (riddikulus) | 76 comments Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen

When my dad left, my mom slowly began to withdraw


message 10: by Sille (new)

Sille (sssiiillleee) Her mother had always been a touch jealous of Sonea, perhaps sensing that he had once been in love with the slum girl turned magician.

The Ambassador's Mission (Hardback)


message 11: by Ana (new)

Ana (riddikulus) | 76 comments Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness by Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner

given him, he found a fairly simple formula that worked perfectly.


message 12: by Gorfo (new)

Gorfo "great-grandparent's she had never even known she had."

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare


message 13: by Debra (last edited Dec 02, 2011 08:27AM) (new)

Debra Ham (honeyham28) "I now see that I spent most of my life in doing neither what I ought nor what I liked." The Screwtape Letters


message 14: by Karl (last edited Dec 02, 2011 03:16PM) (new)

Karl Drobnic | 45 comments "In change I forgot my loneliness, and change and change and change again was the simple salve for any problem of the self, my ensuing wandering not a credential but rather a passport issued at the outskirts of hope." A Lesion of Dissent


message 15: by Nicole (new)

Nicole (nmm267) | 54 comments "A few times, I'd even come close to winning the winter tournament - once, I'd made it to the final three."

The Kite Runner


message 16: by Sorcha94 (new)

Sorcha94 | 53 comments "Up yours," I said rudely with another belch. "It's empty."
Halfway to the Grave


message 17: by Gorfo (new)

Gorfo "Speed's breathtaking high is followed by a crushing, suicidal depression. You're forced to pay tenfold for all the fun you thought you were having."

Me Talk Pretty One Day


message 18: by Nicole (new)

Nicole (nmm267) | 54 comments Gorfo wrote: ""Speed's breathtaking high is followed by a crushing, suicidal depression. You're forced to pay tenfold for all the fun you thought you were having."

Me Talk Pretty One Day"


I love David Sedaris! So much fun to read!


message 19: by Nicole (new)

Nicole (nmm267) | 54 comments "Eyes were looking at him keenly. It made him shudder, and feel very cold."

A Christmas Carol


message 20: by Keerthana (new)

Keerthana | 159 comments No, just that I can't say for certain that it isn't.

Written in Bone by Simon Beckett.


message 21: by Sorcha94 (new)

Sorcha94 | 53 comments "...why spade would fight unarmed against a vampire who had a big damn knife!"

First Drop of Crimson


message 22: by Sorcha94 (new)

Sorcha94 | 53 comments "A bullet whizzed over her head and thuddud into the wall behind her."

Secret Life of a Vampire


message 23: by Michael (new)

Michael Henderson (michael_henderson) | 2 comments "Ah was scared - yes ah was. Ah could feel mah innards become bundles of livid rope from which swung a chattering sabbat of hunchbacked bell-ringers . . ."

And the Ass Saw the Angel


message 24: by Gorfo (new)

Gorfo "but tries not to show it."

Unwind by Neil Shusterman


message 25: by Sophie (new)

Sophie | 44 comments " majority of the board is, I am afraid, behind Mr. Oats."
The Baby-Sitters Club (Mystry #25) and the Middle School Vandel.
By: Ann M. Martin


message 26: by Keerthana (new)

Keerthana | 159 comments "prisoner, the pending charges, the swift and sure hand"
The Partner by John Grisham .


message 27: by Gorfo (new)

Gorfo "the place from The Price of Dawn. As I approached, I saw"

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green


message 29: by Jaye (new)

Jaye i'm confused.
are we to use line 5 or sentence 5?

i'm new to this, as you can tell.


message 30: by Ana (new)

Ana (riddikulus) | 76 comments Jaye wrote: "i'm confused.
are we to use line 5 or sentence 5?

i'm new to this, as you can tell."


When I first came up with this, I intended it to be the line, as opposed to a whole sentence, since I find it to be interesting that way, but a sentence is definitely fine.


message 31: by Laurie (new)

Laurie "But here I am going on and on, and you're miser-

Cara Lockwood - I Do (But I Don't)


message 32: by Farah (last edited Jan 22, 2012 12:13PM) (new)

Farah (bookworm-87) "A dark haired man, neatly dressed was walking towards her."
The Shadow of Your Smile

by Mary Higgins Clark.


message 33: by Sorcha94 (new)

Sorcha94 | 53 comments "Aimed the fireball too low, I suppose."
Passage To Dawn

by R.A. Salavatore


message 34: by Skena (new)

Skena Megahed | 215 comments "He shrugged, then smiled."
Last Known Address byElizabeth Wrenn


message 35: by Ana (new)

Ana (riddikulus) | 76 comments "He approached Newt and Alby, who both knelt beside the girl."

The Maze Runner by James Dashner


message 36: by Gorfo (last edited Jun 21, 2012 03:49PM) (new)

Gorfo "All the Percy children were blonde too"

The World According to Garp by John Irving


message 37: by Gorfo (new)

Gorfo "Oh, you know as well a I do. Don't be obstinate, darling."

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway


Maurizio (matemati) "Hurrah for you, Peter! It takes you to make plans!"

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge


message 39: by Sam (new)

Sam | 11 comments " My breathe was burning my throat by the time i saw the first orange cap, glowing distantly out of the twilight"

Shiver by: Maggie Stiefvater


message 40: by Martina (new)

Martina | 4 comments ''And that's life, isn't it? Some achievements and some disappointments.''
''The Sense of an Ending '' by Julian Barnes


message 41: by Gorfo (new)

Gorfo "Greet your people also. Greet your baby and Halima,"

The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


message 42: by Maurizio (matemati) (last edited Jul 13, 2012 05:23PM) (new)

Maurizio (matemati) "Old Alex was the oldest of the crew, even if by a few months"



Jack Frusciante Has Left the Band: A Love Story- with Rock 'n' Roll by Enrico Brizzi


message 43: by Ana (new)

Ana (riddikulus) | 76 comments "to check on her before he went to his shop. From her window, she"

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini


message 44: by Jennie (last edited Jul 17, 2012 04:14AM) (new)

Jennie | 4 comments "Look, you'd better go... I'm sorry, I just..."

iBoyKevin Brooks


message 45: by Georgina (new)

Georgina (solvoaquila) | 6 comments "To her astonishment he burst suddenly into a shout of"

The Painted Veil


message 46: by Soul, the Book Keeper (new)

Soul (soulkeeper720) | 3773 comments Mod
"You can use Figure 3-1 as placement guide, if that helps..."

Apress : Exploring the iOS SDK


message 47: by Ana (new)

Ana (riddikulus) | 76 comments "'Well I daresay,' said Grace with some indignation, 'that a"

The Blessing by Nancy Mitford


message 48: by Maurizio (matemati) (last edited Jul 20, 2012 07:44PM) (new)

Maurizio (matemati) "Bernd had two trips left. We sold them quite quickly outside"

Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F. by Christiane F.


message 49: by Soul, the Book Keeper (new)

Soul (soulkeeper720) | 3773 comments Mod
"You don't want the bulk of a DSLR or the hassle of changing lenses, but you don't want to compromise on quality either."

:p

that's the copy of Digit Magazine January 13 edition :)

article was following, Best in class Point n Shoot cameras..


message 50: by Gorfo (new)

Gorfo "in the face of small-mindedness and racism?"

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia


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