Comments on: First Sentences http://readitorweep.org/2009/12/29/first-sentences/ Words about Words by the Reference Staff of Rocky River Public Library Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:46:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Chris http://readitorweep.org/2009/12/29/first-sentences/#comment-78 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:30:46 +0000 http://readitorweep.org/?p=2533#comment-78 I went to check out this book, but all five copies were already out, so I’m on hold. Thanks for sharing. I hope other readers send along their favorite opening lines, too.

Chris

]]> By: littlegirlwithabigpen http://readitorweep.org/2009/12/29/first-sentences/#comment-74 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:17:49 +0000 http://readitorweep.org/?p=2533#comment-74 one of my recent favourites (though there are many!):

“Elspeth died while Robert was standing in front of a vending machine watching tea shoot into a small plastic cup”
(from Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger)

]]> By: Cassandra Jade http://readitorweep.org/2009/12/29/first-sentences/#comment-73 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:22:29 +0000 http://readitorweep.org/?p=2533#comment-73 One Hundred Years of Solitude was one of my favourite books and it was that first sentence that grabbed my attention fully.
Thanks for sharing some interesting beginnings.

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