mrrr. why is it cold.
No idea where this came from, but:
1. Pick 10 15 of your favorite books or series.
2. Post the first sentence of each book. (If one sentence seems too short, post two or three!)
3. Let everyone try to guess the titles (no need for authors; I barely expect anyone to know the titles) of your books.
I left off plays, otherwise this would have been like a list of 25. And I took out names so nothing was too hideously obvious. Bonus points if you can not only name the author, but fill in the blanks!
1. "It was the start of the Summer of the Late Rose." [Redwall by Brian Jacques, guessed by lyndon_head.]
2. "There once was a boy named ____ who didn't know what to do with himself - not just sometimes, but always." [The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, guessed by lyndon_head.]
3. "That fool of a fairy _______ did not intend to lay a curse on me." [Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine, guessed by orangenoslide and teh_slush.]
4. "Like most people, I didn't meet and talk to _________ until after he was dead." [Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk, guessed by teh_slush.]
5. "Ho Chi Minh City in the summer. Sweltering by anyone's standards." [Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, guessed by lyndon_head.]
6. "A true Lolita must nurture a Rococo spirit and live a Rococo lifestyle." [Kamikaze Girls by Novala Takemoto, guessed by expletives.]
7. "Rats! They fought the dogs and killed the cats, and - But there was more to it than that. As the ___________ said, it was just a story about people and rats." [The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, guessed by lyndon_head.]
8. "It was a good school, one of the best in London. Miss Banks and her sister Emily believed that girls should be taught as thoroughly and as carefully as boys." [Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson, guessed by my beloved kisforkurama, who doesn't have to comment because I love her that much.]
9. "The storm came up out of the southwest like a fiend, stalking its prey on legs of lightning. The wind it brought with it was as foul as the devil's own breath and it stirred up the peaceful waters of the sea." [Abarat by Clive Barker, guessed by orangenoslide.]
10. "When he was nearly thirteen, my brother _____ got his arm badly broken at the elbow." [To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, guessed by teh_slush who is a HEATHEN and does not appreciate it.]
11. "First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys. Not that all months aren't rare. But there be bad and good, as the pirates say."
12. "Far to the south of the land of ______, in the Sultanates of ________, a young carpet merchant called ________ lived in the city of ______." [Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones, guessed by my beloved kisforkurama, who doesn't have to comment because I love her that much.]
13. "It was autumn in Venice when ______ first heard of _______ and ______." [The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke, guessed by teh_slush.]
14. "Long, long ago, when people spoke languages quite different from our own, many fine, big cities already existed in the sunny lands of the world."
15. "It was a nice day. All the days had been nice. There had been rather more than seven of them so far, and rain hadn't been invented yet." [Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, guessed by teh_slush.]
BONUS! 16. "_____ was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought _____ 'without pictures or conversation?'" [WHY DID I EVEN MAKE THIS ONE A QUESTION. IT'S ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND IS V. OBVIOUS, AND YOU SPELL IT CARROLL, GIN, NOT CARELL.]
God, there are lots more that should be on this list. BOOKS, I EAT THEM.
1. Pick 10 15 of your favorite books or series.
2. Post the first sentence of each book. (If one sentence seems too short, post two or three!)
3. Let everyone try to guess the titles (no need for authors; I barely expect anyone to know the titles) of your books.
I left off plays, otherwise this would have been like a list of 25. And I took out names so nothing was too hideously obvious. Bonus points if you can not only name the author, but fill in the blanks!
1. "It was the start of the Summer of the Late Rose." [Redwall by Brian Jacques, guessed by lyndon_head.]
2. "There once was a boy named ____ who didn't know what to do with himself - not just sometimes, but always." [The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, guessed by lyndon_head.]
3. "That fool of a fairy _______ did not intend to lay a curse on me." [Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine, guessed by orangenoslide and teh_slush.]
4. "Like most people, I didn't meet and talk to _________ until after he was dead." [Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk, guessed by teh_slush.]
5. "Ho Chi Minh City in the summer. Sweltering by anyone's standards." [Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, guessed by lyndon_head.]
6. "A true Lolita must nurture a Rococo spirit and live a Rococo lifestyle." [Kamikaze Girls by Novala Takemoto, guessed by expletives.]
7. "Rats! They fought the dogs and killed the cats, and - But there was more to it than that. As the ___________ said, it was just a story about people and rats." [The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, guessed by lyndon_head.]
8. "It was a good school, one of the best in London. Miss Banks and her sister Emily believed that girls should be taught as thoroughly and as carefully as boys." [Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson, guessed by my beloved kisforkurama, who doesn't have to comment because I love her that much.]
9. "The storm came up out of the southwest like a fiend, stalking its prey on legs of lightning. The wind it brought with it was as foul as the devil's own breath and it stirred up the peaceful waters of the sea." [Abarat by Clive Barker, guessed by orangenoslide.]
10. "When he was nearly thirteen, my brother _____ got his arm badly broken at the elbow." [To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, guessed by teh_slush who is a HEATHEN and does not appreciate it.]
11. "First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys. Not that all months aren't rare. But there be bad and good, as the pirates say."
12. "Far to the south of the land of ______, in the Sultanates of ________, a young carpet merchant called ________ lived in the city of ______." [Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones, guessed by my beloved kisforkurama, who doesn't have to comment because I love her that much.]
13. "It was autumn in Venice when ______ first heard of _______ and ______." [The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke, guessed by teh_slush.]
14. "Long, long ago, when people spoke languages quite different from our own, many fine, big cities already existed in the sunny lands of the world."
15. "It was a nice day. All the days had been nice. There had been rather more than seven of them so far, and rain hadn't been invented yet." [Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, guessed by teh_slush.]
BONUS! 16. "_____ was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought _____ 'without pictures or conversation?'" [WHY DID I EVEN MAKE THIS ONE A QUESTION. IT'S ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND IS V. OBVIOUS, AND YOU SPELL IT CARROLL, GIN, NOT CARELL.]
God, there are lots more that should be on this list. BOOKS, I EAT THEM.