First sentence of current book

[Zora C Penter]

"The lights were dim and the air was thick from smoke."

Robinson, Gary. The Sword Swallower and a Chico Kid (p. 6). Kindle Edition.

It's missing a comma.

[Taylor Danvers]

John and Marjorie Love had married at twenty-three and twenty-four, respectively, and they
– or at least Marjorie – had carefully planned their family requirements down to the last
detail.

[FDKangwamu]

Is your physical and emotional well-being one of your priorities?


HAPPY HEALING, 8 Magic Steps To Relieve Physical Pain and Discomfort
By Dominic Bourlet.

[22kia]

Her husband's almost home.

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Fin

[nataliemastin1]

Way back---oh, not all that long ago actually, just a couple of years, but back before I'd gotten a glimpse of the gears and levers and pulleys that dredge the future up from the earth's core to its surface---I was going to a lot of parties.

Your Duck Is My Duck - Deborah Eisenberg

[Amber Nichole]

Today, for the second time in my life, I killed King Wylding.

Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh

[PepperedPenelope]

"The best revenge is not to become like your enemy."

Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch

[jbrydonejack]

"The fountain of knowledge was bathed in sunshine, the water throwing glimmering lights around the walls of the courtyard."

Genesis by Hazel Longuet

[SangeethaNarayan]

"The first thing that leaps to my mind, after waking up as if after a long sleep, is that me hands are bandaged."

THE LOST IDENTITY CASUALITIES by Kim Ekemar.

[jahagen]

"Deucalian seldom slept, but when he did, he dreamed."

Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz

[Redlegs]

Mme Vauquer (nee de Conflam) is an elderly person, who for the past forty years has kept a lodging-house in the Rue Nueve-Sainte-Geneveive, in the district that lies between the Latin Quarter and the Fauborg Sainte-Marcel.

Father Goriot, Honore de Balzac

[agirlwhowrites]

It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.
Love in the Time of Cholera

[chelhack]

The general fire alarm in the hallway outside my cabin howled, ringing, chattering.

[Redlegs]

In formal beds beside the Serpentine, early tulips stood in tight-lipped rows.

The Eye In the Door, Pat Barker

[Charlyt]

"The watcher boarded a cruise ship in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with a full stomach and renewed appetite for vengeance." - Twisted Threads by Kaylin McFarren