While I cower at the thought of schoolwork...
From
moosesal and
redredshoes and others:
1. Choose five 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.1. Henri found himself looking at the sky again--a clear, black crystal dome overhead. The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir --
redredshoes2. My father had been sick almost a year.
3. The day before yesterday was my birthday and Josh boiled two lobsters in seawater and then baked a chocolate cake for the party later, so rich I wanted to eat it in tissue-paper slices.
4. When she was home from her boarding-school I used to see her almost every day sometimes, because their house was right opposite the Town Hall Annexe. The Collector by John Fowles --
redredshoes5. My case is not unique: I am afraid of dying and distressed at being in this world. La Batarde by Violette Leduc --
erinbow