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MissMillie

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63. one of the best books ever!

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #60)

Thu Feb 1, 2018, 10:12 AM

Feb 2018

I could read it every year and never be disappointed.

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Post your favorite first line of a book. [View all] CTyankee Jan 2018 OP

It has been reported that Tanuki fell from the sky using his scrotum as a parachute. NT Dr Hobbitstein Jan 2018 #1

which book? CTyankee Jan 2018 #3

Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins. nt Dr Hobbitstein Jan 2018 #12

"Are you lost, Captain Cheever?" Squinch Jan 2018 #2

Far out in the uncharted backwaters shanny Jan 2018 #4

digital watches were considered really cool and froody lapfog_1 Jan 2018 #17

... shanny Jan 2018 #25

My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port of call. rainy Jan 2018 #5

Well, not exactly a book but... pangaia Jan 2018 #6

I was maybe the last generation that read that in school... First Speaker Jan 2018 #15

I have never read Hiawatha.. Maybe it is time. pangaia Jan 2018 #16

But the "forest primeval" quote is from Evangeline, not Hiawatha. Tanuki Jan 2018 #22

You're right, and my memory messed up on me. Well--read "Evangeline" in school, too... First Speaker Jan 2018 #29

Had to memorize that senior year in high school. llmart Jan 2018 #40

Me too. pangaia Jan 2018 #41

LOL! llmart Jan 2018 #47

In Xanadu did Kublai Khan a stately pleasure dome decree... Shrike47 Jan 2018 #57

This was a LONG time ago Ohiogal Jan 2018 #7

Oh boy, I'm unfamiliar with that one...sounds good! CTyankee Jan 2018 #9

That was from "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton Ohiogal Jan 2018 #10

That's another one I read at least annually, starting with the year of publication. nt Still Blue in PDX Jan 2018 #51

"It was a dark and stormy night..." underpants Jan 2018 #8

Snoopy never seemed to get beyond the first line, did he? Ohiogal Jan 2018 #11

Not true, Schulz showed us a lot of Snoopy's Novel FSogol Jan 2018 #24

Thank you, I never knew that Ohiogal Jan 2018 #35

Actually, a short story: "Bob Wilson did not see the circle glow"... First Speaker Jan 2018 #13

This one...it grabbed me and would not let me go until I had finished the book Glorfindel Jan 2018 #14

That's the First One I Thought of, Too Leith Jan 2018 #48

Call me Ishmael. Tanuki Jan 2018 #18

That intriguing line has stuck in my memory for nearly 60 years. procon Jan 2018 #37

"i'm pretty much fucked." unblock Jan 2018 #19

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Ron Obvious Jan 2018 #20

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. Thyla Jan 2018 #21

Author didn't recommend drugs and alcohol shanny Jan 2018 #27

Agreed, a huge loss Thyla Jan 2018 #42

Well, I do recall that Nixon inspired him shanny Jan 2018 #43

Marley was dead, to begin with. lkinwi Jan 2018 #23

The hills were a trap, and the trap was baited with grass. nt eppur_se_muova Jan 2018 #26

It was a bright, cold day in April, Sailor65x1 Jan 2018 #28

That was me, Runningdawg Jan 2018 #30

"It was crazy then snowybirdie Jan 2018 #31

From The Great Gatsby FM123 Jan 2018 #32

I am born. Jane Austin Jan 2018 #33

This is my favorite book in all the world. bbrady42 Jan 2018 #34

Not an opening line, but an opening paragraph. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2018 #36

I'll go with the first one I read that was memorable crazycatlady Jan 2018 #38

Above the town, on the hill brow, the stone angel used to stand. The Stone Angel, by applegrove Jan 2018 #39

It was the best of times pressbox69 Jan 2018 #44

"It was the day my grandmother exploded." cemaphonic Jan 2018 #45

Ah, yes. nt Still Blue in PDX Jan 2018 #50

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert.... fNord Jan 2018 #46

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. Still Blue in PDX Jan 2018 #49

A Tale Of Two Cities Zoonart Jan 2018 #52

From "A River Runs Through It" by Norman Maclean MontanaMama Jan 2018 #53

The drought had lasted now for ten million years, yesphan Jan 2018 #54

Probably my favorite first line... malthaussen Jan 2018 #55

Scarlet OHara... Guilded Lilly Jan 2018 #56

The one I always remember is, lark Jan 2018 #58

There was a desert wind blowing that night.... Brother Buzz Jan 2018 #59

When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow Brother Buzz Jan 2018 #60

Oh, yes, "To Kill a Mockingbird." Great book. Great movie... CTyankee Jan 2018 #62

one of the best books ever! MissMillie Feb 2018 #63

"Like a glowing jewel, the city lay upon the breast of the desert." sarge43 Jan 2018 #61