What's the First Line in the Closest Book?

[MMXII]

It is Sunday afternoon and Dr. Kay Scarpetta is in her office at the National Forensic Academy in Hollywood, Florida, where clouds are building, promising another thunderstorm.

Predator - Patricia Cornwell

 

[VeronicasImage]

At age 7, I learned to sew under the watchful eye of my grandmother.


A sewing book!

 

[D'Ann]

My daughter is into Stephin King... his books are scary... but the first line of this book is:

On September 15th, 1981, a boy named Jack Sawyer stood where the water and land come together, hands in the pockets of his jeans, looking out at the steady Atlantic.

name of book: The Talisman... doesn't start off too scary... lol

 

[Dust and Ashes]

"To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture."

 

[Stacey]

Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story
of that man skilled in all ways of contending,
the wanderer, harried for years on end,
after he plundered the stronghold
on the proud height of Troy.
The Odyssey by Homer

 

[Steadfast7]

"All my life I've been drawn to wooded landscapes...thick green groves of maple and sycamore."

The Crossroad, by Beverly Lewis

 

[MMXII]

Some presence has joined us.

The presence by Bill Myers

 

[Tricia4Jesus]

Just because I know how to change a guy's oil doesn't mean I want to spend the rest of my life on my back, looking up his undercarriage.

Metro Girl ~ Janet Evanovich

 

[stephwalker1971]

The last class of my oldprofessor's life took place once a week in his house, by a window in the study where he could watch a small hibiscus plant shed its pink leaves.
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

 

[MarvinAndroid42]

In 1815, M. Charles-Francois-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of D——He was an old man of about seventy-five years of age; he had occupied the see of D——since 1806.

- "Les Miserables", Victor Hugo

 

[charvel]

Timothy Treadmill was the guy most Alaskans loved to hate.

 

[HisJavajunkie]

What is Poetry? -Ode to Poetry-

The Great Expansion

 

[Black_Ivy]

The Time Traveler (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated.

from The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

 

[chipmunk]

"I am Tersa the Weaver, Tersa the Liar, Tersa the Fool."

Daughters of the Blood by Anne Bishop

 

[Arch Angel 101]

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth"

The Bible~Gen. 1:1

 

[GingerbreadMan]

At this prison the doors are inches thick, steel; once factory smooth, they now carry multiple dents.

 

[seamonster]

At first, the new owner pretends he never looked at the living room floor.

 

[Focusedpoetgirl]

There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Iluvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made.

-The Silmarillion, Tolkien

 

[HisJavajunkie]

The apostle John, having recorded a portion of the words and works of Jesus Christ, concluded his Gospel by saying, "Jesus did many other things as well..." [John 21:25a]

The Words and Works of Jesus Christ - J. Dwight Pentecost

 

[Ellesar]

"The skies of Coruscant blaze with war."

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover