Stolen from Pel...again.
List the first lines of 10 of your favourite books and get your Flist to guess what they are.
Less "all time favorite books" than "books on my very extensive list of favorites that I could locate in the chaos of my shelves." Names of main characters omitted when it makes the whole thing just too durned easy. HP and P+P are not on here, as everyone on my flist would guess those in two seconds, tops.
1. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him. 1984 -- guessed by dawnzabini
2. (Name) really existed. He was not, as was long believed, a creature of the imagination of the artists, the superstition of the managers, or the absurd and impressionable young ladies of the ballet, their mothers, the box-keepers, the cloak-room attendants, or the concierge. The Phantom of the Opera -- guessed by pelirroja_ljc
3. When (Name) announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton. LotR: Fellowship of the Ring -- guessed by dawnzabini
4. Evelyn Couch had come to Rose Terrace with her husband, Ed, who was visiting his mother, Big Momma, a recent but reluctant arrival. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe -- guessed by pelirroja_ljc
5. Grant lay on his high white cot and stared at the ceiling. Stared at it with loathing. He knew by heart every last minute crack on its nice clean surface.
6. It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York. The Bell Jar -- guessed by dawnzabini
7. A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories. Over the main entrance the words, CENTRAL LONDON HATCHERY AND CONDITIONING CENTRE, and, in a shield, the World State's motto, COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY.
8. Suppose that you and I were sitting in a quiet room overlooking a garden, chatting and sipping at our cups of green tea while we talked about something that happened a long while ago, and I said to you, "The afternoon I met so-and-so...was the very best afternoon of my life, and also the very worst afternoon." Memoirs of a Geisha -- guessed by dawnzabini
9. My father has asked me to be the fourth corner at the (Name). I am to replace my mother, whose seat at the mah jong table has been empty since she died two months ago. My father thinks she was killed by her own thoughts.
10. It was a pleasure to burn.
It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. Fahrenheit 451 -- guessed by lisleguy2001
Ladies and gentlemen, start your guesses!
Less "all time favorite books" than "books on my very extensive list of favorites that I could locate in the chaos of my shelves." Names of main characters omitted when it makes the whole thing just too durned easy. HP and P+P are not on here, as everyone on my flist would guess those in two seconds, tops.
1. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him. 1984 -- guessed by dawnzabini
2. (Name) really existed. He was not, as was long believed, a creature of the imagination of the artists, the superstition of the managers, or the absurd and impressionable young ladies of the ballet, their mothers, the box-keepers, the cloak-room attendants, or the concierge. The Phantom of the Opera -- guessed by pelirroja_ljc
3. When (Name) announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton. LotR: Fellowship of the Ring -- guessed by dawnzabini
4. Evelyn Couch had come to Rose Terrace with her husband, Ed, who was visiting his mother, Big Momma, a recent but reluctant arrival. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe -- guessed by pelirroja_ljc
5. Grant lay on his high white cot and stared at the ceiling. Stared at it with loathing. He knew by heart every last minute crack on its nice clean surface.
6. It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York. The Bell Jar -- guessed by dawnzabini
7. A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories. Over the main entrance the words, CENTRAL LONDON HATCHERY AND CONDITIONING CENTRE, and, in a shield, the World State's motto, COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY.
8. Suppose that you and I were sitting in a quiet room overlooking a garden, chatting and sipping at our cups of green tea while we talked about something that happened a long while ago, and I said to you, "The afternoon I met so-and-so...was the very best afternoon of my life, and also the very worst afternoon." Memoirs of a Geisha -- guessed by dawnzabini
9. My father has asked me to be the fourth corner at the (Name). I am to replace my mother, whose seat at the mah jong table has been empty since she died two months ago. My father thinks she was killed by her own thoughts.
10. It was a pleasure to burn.
It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. Fahrenheit 451 -- guessed by lisleguy2001
Ladies and gentlemen, start your guesses!