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[rinnia]

Yoinked from alena_yuy:

1. Choose five to ten of your all time favorite books.
2. Take the first sentence of the first chapter and make a list in your journal.
3. Don't reveal the author or the title of the book.
4. Now everyone try and guess! Cross them off as they're guessed correctly.

Alright, here we go.

1. (guessed by vithrar) The Salinas Valley is in Northern California.
2. Through the fence, between the curling flower spaces, I could see them hitting.
3. It was love at first sight.
4. (guessed by voifac) I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one.
5. (guessed by bitrodya) It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
6. (guessed by petuniamarcus) An old blue Ford pulled into the guarded parking lot that morning, looking like a small, tired dog after a hard run.
7. (guessed by petuniamarcus) When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.
8. (guessed by draconox) Brian Robeson stared out the window of the small plane at the endless green northern wilderness below.

Some I read when I was younger, some I didn't read until much later. One I hadn't read until this year. Happy guessing!

Comments

[voifac.livejournal.com]

number 4 wouldnt happen to be Enders Game, would it?

[rinnia.livejournal.com]

Ding ding ding! You get a cookie. :)

[vithrar.livejournal.com]

number one is east of eden :D

[rinnia.livejournal.com]

Right-o. Cutie. You did buy it for me, after all. *mwah*

[vithrar.livejournal.com]

also, I want to believe

[rinnia.livejournal.com]

Yes yes, of course, Mulder.

[draconox.livejournal.com]

um. would number 8 be hatchet?

[petuniamarcus.livejournal.com]

darling dear - number 7 is the one and only "The Outsiders" by SE Hinton!

[bitrodya.livejournal.com]

1984 was an alright year, for what I can remember of it.

[rinnia.livejournal.com]

Indeed it would be. I always had a weird fascination with that book, all through elementary school. Good stuff.

[rinnia.livejournal.com]

Of course, momie! Although, there's another one there that I think only you could recognize... :D

[rinnia.livejournal.com]

Much agreed. I remember the most lovely coral paperweight that I had... Man, I wish I really had one. I need to read that book again.

[petuniamarcus.livejournal.com]

Aha - I thought I remembered that one. This passage is the opening of "The Long Walk" by Stephen King. Boy, you LOVED that book.

[petuniamarcus.livejournal.com]

ok - it might help if I say what number - how about number 6?

[petuniamarcus.livejournal.com]

ok - I do know the identity of the last 2 - but to be fair I will not divulge them. :P

[rinnia.livejournal.com]

Yep yep yep! I did enjoy that one greatly. I briefly considered putting "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" on here as well, but decided that one King/Bachman book was enough. Your second favorite book would have been very obvious. What is it... "The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." Something like that? Oh, and how does The Stand start?

[petuniamarcus.livejournal.com]

You got the beginning of The Dark Tower correct. The first line from the stand is "Sally."