Pick up the book you are reading.....

[ericamanda01]

Sherrilyn Kenyon- Night Pleasures

"All he knew was that the sight of her parted lips tempted him in a way he'd never been tempted before."

Oh yeah, it's one of those books!

 

[NOLA_Tink]

"In fact, I've said over and over again jokingly that the only way a woman can truly be completely satisfied is to get herself four different men-an old one, an ugly one, a Mandingo, and a gay guy."
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Steve Harvey

 

[DVC Sadie]

"When I killed that man in Edinburgh," he said at last, his voice thick but controlled, "Uncle Jamie took me to confession, and told me the prayer that ye say when ye've killed someone.

An Echo In The Bone by Diana Gabaldon.

 

[tink20]

Grandma didn't try to make it all better by fabricating some crap about my mom not meaning it...she'd come around... just give her time...blah...blah...blah. From: Chosen by P.C. & Kristin Cast

 

[mjkacmom]

I'm on page 37! Which meant that he'd taken the bait, just as Noonan had known he would." Bridge of Sighs - Richard Russo.

 

[liamsaunt]

Since he didn't know any chords, Sammy Tigertail began strumming with a wild and random vigor.

Nature Girl, Carl Hiaasen. Yup, I am reading fluff right now.

 

[Maridw]

"A cleared-out cubby near the back." Deep Fathom by James Rollins

This is the second time I've read this. I just bought Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, but since I had just started reading Deep Fathom figured I would finish that first.

 

[Mrs.Toad]

His lips and nose were as thin as the rest of him, and his chin appeared squared off to the point of nonexistence.

Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane. I actually just finished this book last night, but haven't started a new one yet.

 

[QT Pooh]

He emerged amongst the Egyptian heavyweights and saw, between two huge stone legs, something rapid and white and golden that turned out to be Fergus Wolff, also heading for coffee.

Possession, A.S. Byatt

 

[Mad4Mickey]

I always thought it was Linda, bless her heart ,who had the whole family living off nuts and berries like a bunch of sunken-cheeked Unibombers.

From We're just like you only prettier, confessions of a tarnished southern belle by Celia Rivenbark

funny light hearted reading She also wrote "Stop dressing your 6 year old like a skank and other words of delicate southern wisdom " very funny book !

 

[minniebeth]

"Mom and Dad are in a strange position-- facing each other, grabbing each other's wrists, both of them leaning back." (author is describing a fountain in Rome)

From Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert

Very cool thread...

 

[Kirby]

I have a Kindle. What percentage is page 37?

Not a clue. Anyone?

"I've been checking for you," he said, "and there is no Monastery of Sainte-Mere, anywhere in the world." from Timeline by Michael Crichton.

I actually haven't begun reading this book but will later today.

 

[okeydokey]

Toby felt she was on the way to her own execution.

The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

 

[DVC Sadie]

"His expression shows uncertainty for the first time."

~ The Host, by Stephenie Meyer

(I'm actually a lot farther into the book, and it's slllooooow at first, but gets better)

I'm glad to hear that I wasn't the only one who thought that it was a sloooow beginning. It was so slow that I put the dang book down 4 or 5 times before I actually read it. Once I got through the rough patch it was smooth sailing and enjoyed it a lot.

 

[Scurvy]

Oooh, how is this? I am dying ( ) to read it.

It's good, but it needs more zombies! I haven't actually read the original book, so I don't know how much they've changed it, but so far there aren't as many zombies as I had expected. (I'm planning to read Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters next.)

 

[cruisnfamily]

I was torn between relief at finding him here and irritation at the horseplay from Outlander

 

[Jusacuz]

"What do you mean?" asked the countess, as if she did not know what the guest was talking about, though she had already heard the cause of Count Bezukhov's distress a good fifteen times.
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

 

[Handbag Lady]

Okay, so I am posting the first page that is 37% of the book, 5th sentence:

"You helping me write mine. And hers she gone tell you, while you write it down."

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

It was one quote, so I put in the 6th sentence for clarity.



I love this book. I am 41% of the way done with it.

 

[cristit14]

Ronnie felt the officer's gaze on her, but she ignored him. From "The Last Song" Nicholas Sparks

I have actually already finished it, but I haven't started a new book yet.

 

[Tinker'n'Fun]

"He wanted me to become completely transparent to him so that he could show me how wonderfully he had made me."

Springtime of the Soul - Carole Hamm