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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 8/28/2008 3:02:17 PM   
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"Rexall Hume planted his hands on the desk and leaned forward, his scowl rivaling a gargoyle's."

Fancy Pants by Cathy Marie Hake

Very cute book so far :)

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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 8/28/2008 3:05:59 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Zhi

"The goat plays in the meadow with her kids."

from "Animal Families" by Derrydale Books.

It's made of cardboard. All 6 pages.

I have seriously got to either find the nearest library to our new abode, or figure out which box is full of the fiction I haven't read yet.


LOL! The lone student I'm supervising in ISS probably thinks I'm nuts since I'm sitting here giggling to myself ;)

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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 8/28/2008 7:32:39 PM   
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Today 1.6 billion Muslims stand at center stage, while the world watches and wonders.

--The Destiny of Islam in the Endtimes: Understanding God's Heart for the Muslim People, by Faisal Malick.

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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 8/28/2008 9:11:34 PM   
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"At the age of 15 my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general, the police chief of a tenuous national government of China."~Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang


Auben, I love that book! What an incredible story of courage from three generations. What brilliant and resourceful women.

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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 8/29/2008 10:19:34 PM   
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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 8/30/2008 6:43:53 PM   
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"This is the book they don't want you to read."
the truth behind the series of unfortunate events, by lois gresh

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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 8/31/2008 10:19:43 AM   
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"With the man's first step, the others on the Row began a slow tapping on their cell doors."

- First line of Riven by Jerry Jenkins

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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 8/31/2008 7:08:05 PM   
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An east wind blew through his tangled hair, as soft and fragrant as Cersei's fingers.

A Storm of Swords
George RR Martin.

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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 8/31/2008 8:42:30 PM   
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ORIGINAL: alias007

Superficiality is the curse of our age.

from: Celebration of Discipline- Richard J. Foster


ditto!
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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 9/1/2008 11:43:03 AM   
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What is a religion?

From The Illustrated Guide to World Religions, Dean Halverston General Editor

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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 9/8/2008 11:29:23 AM   
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"Ask me what kind of adult I want to become".
-Loveless, Volume 6. Yun Kouga does it yet again, I can hardly wait for volume 8 to be translated.

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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 9/12/2008 10:01:55 AM   
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I almost died today.

From Boomtown, book 1 by Nowen N. Particular


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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 9/13/2008 7:27:16 PM   
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ORIGINAL: MeganRenee

"Rexall Hume planted his hands on the desk and leaned forward, his scowl rivaling a gargoyle's."

Fancy Pants by Cathy Marie Hake

Very cute book so far :)


i just finished that book. it was good
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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 9/13/2008 7:30:04 PM   
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"in nineteen minutes you can mow the front lawn, color your hair, watch a third of a hockey game" 19 minutes by Jodi Picoult
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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 9/15/2008 10:40:08 AM   
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"Not to disappoint you, but my troubles are nothing--not for an author, at least. Common blots aside, I have none of the usual Big Artillery: I am not penniless, brilliant, or an orphan; have never been to war, suffered starvation or lashed myself to the mast."

So Brave, Young, and Handsome by Leif Enger

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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 9/15/2008 11:21:33 AM   
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"Ever since my childhood, Father had often spoken to me about the Golden Temple"
-The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 9/15/2008 12:18:44 PM   
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"Iron schackles clanked in the mustyprison cell as huddled forms awakened."

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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 9/19/2008 5:53:32 PM   
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The prophet was drowning men on Great Wyk when they came to tell him that the king was dead.

A Feast for Crows by George RR Martin.

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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 9/25/2008 9:40:19 AM   
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It was not the rock- it was never the rock; it was the air. In High Places by Tom Morrisey
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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 10/2/2008 6:33:06 PM   
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[who] knew ..., was wise in all matters!

Gilgamesh

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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 10/17/2008 6:04:08 PM   
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A cold wind gusted through the night, across the snow-covered land where men had been killing one another for the last three days.

New Spring Robert Jordan.

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When we know who is coming, how can we worry about what is coming? When the last hour belongs to us, how can we worry about the next minute?
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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 10/24/2008 7:58:24 PM   
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As Gregor Samsa awoke from unsettling dreams one morning, he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.

The Metamorphosis, Kafka

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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 10/30/2008 9:58:00 PM   
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"Tragedy struck early in the life of my little family."

From Heaven's Calling: A Memoir of One Soul's Steep Ascent, by Leanne Payne.

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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 11/7/2008 6:07:07 PM   
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"Roth Braun slowly twisted the doorknob and gave the door a slight shove."

Obsessed by Ted Dekker

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RE: The first sentence in the book you're reading - 11/7/2008 6:21:00 PM   
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