1. Styles was the sort of household where you played croquet on the lawn on fine afternoons, and then had cucumber sandwiches for tea. written by dorianegrey and chosen by jeffr23
   
2. I have never, to my knowledge, been described as a modest man. written by jeffr23
   
3. The intense interest aroused in the public by what was known at the time as "The Styles Case" has now somewhat ( Read more... )

Here are the lines for Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Syles. I'll try to send out reminder posts for the next book, because we aren't getting very many lines.

1. Styles was the sort of household where you played croquet on the lawn on fine afternoons, and then had cucumber sandwiches for tea.
   
2. I have never, to my knowledge, been described ( Read more... )

So, in keeping with our theme of early works in series (ok, the Elizabeth Peters was just an early work!), this time we have the first Agatha Christie mystery. Here's the back cover of an edition from the 1990s...:

The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) is Agatha Christie's first novel, and introduces the characters of Hercule Poirot, Chief ( Read more... )

1. It was a dark, and stormy night. Written by dorianegrey
   
   
2. "The alleys of Merafi are littered with the corpses of men too brave or too foolish to be afraid of ghosts." Written by jeffr23
   
   
3. Merafi, the renowned, the prosperous, the City of Silence. Written by badgersandjam and guessed by dangerdean
   
   
4. At the heart of Merafi there stands a statue. Written by , guessed by badgersandjam and songofnewday
   
   
5. Even the ( Read more... )

1. It was a dark, and stormy night.
   
   
2. "The alleys of Merafi are littered with the corpses of men too brave or too foolish to be afraid of ghosts."
   
   
3. Merafi, the renowned, the prosperous, the City of Silence.
   
   
4. At the heart of Merafi there stands a statue.
   
   
5. Even the lieutenant's ghost looked startled as the door slammed shut.
   
   
6. Balance, always balance, is ( Read more... )

Ok, the next book is newish fantasy, Kari Sperring's Living With Ghosts -- I bought it yesterday and haven't even started it!

Here's the blurb:

Gracielis, the failed assassin priest turned courtesan and spy, wants to deny his strange abilitiies, yet he cannot ignore the ghostly presence that shadows him or the sorceress who rules him. Thiercelin ( Read more... )

Let's see how everyone got on in the wild blue waters of the Pacific. The votes work out thusly:
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Two Norwegians in a row. What was I thinking? We've gone all Nordic and efficient again. Here are your lovely suggestions for the first line of Kon Tiki.

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Sorry guys. My graveyard cough sent me to an early bed last night so am having to shove up a bunch of stuff today instead of nicely spread out. First here is the book for Round 4. Enough of snow and dog food and frostbite! It's back to the sunshine and Thor Heyerdahl's Kon Tiki. This is pure boys own adventure stuff and amazing reading and so ( Read more... )