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ea_anthony wrote: 23 Aug 2018, 18:20 I woke up to a sharp report, as if a gone had gone off next to my ear.

12th of Never (Women's Murder Club #12) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
* ... a gun had gone off... (apologies :character-grover: )
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Kiisme wrote: 24 Aug 2018, 09:59 Nadia swept through her kitchen. She long ago stopped feeling guilty about all the money Ethan had poured into it.
Hi, you missed out the book title,
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Redlegs wrote: 29 Aug 2018, 02:30 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way, - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
What an opening line! I think this sentence is among the longest sentences in literature (I think I read it somewhere)
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Kibetious wrote: 31 Aug 2018, 02:32 Are you ready to become a leader in 30 days?
This seems interesting. What's the book title?
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"I buy violets for Amy."

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It’s only life.

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Raya raymond wrote: 19 Aug 2018, 08:39 The nightmare was a darkness from within, penetrating the consciousness of its victim in seeking a way out. It was the suffering soul’s cry for help.
Hi, is this a horror thriller? Please let's have the title, cheers!
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The lovely thing about money is that it really doesn't discriminate.

- The rules of wealth by Richard Templar
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ea_anthony wrote: 29 Sep 2018, 08:40
Emi_Review wrote: 06 Sep 2018, 05:00 On a very hot day in August of 1994, my wife told me she was going down to the Derry Rite Aid to pick up a refill on her sinus medicine prescription - this is stuff you can buy over the counter these days, I believe.

Bag of Bones by Stephen King
I haven't read this book but this opening line tells me Stephen King nails this too. King is one of my fav authors.
He's one of my favourite authors as well, I'd recommend this book, it's another one of his greats 😊
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Emi_Review wrote: 30 Sep 2018, 04:10
ea_anthony wrote: 29 Sep 2018, 08:40
Emi_Review wrote: 06 Sep 2018, 05:00 On a very hot day in August of 1994, my wife told me she was going down to the Derry Rite Aid to pick up a refill on her sinus medicine prescription - this is stuff you can buy over the counter these days, I believe.

Bag of Bones by Stephen King
I haven't read this book but this opening line tells me Stephen King nails this too. King is one of my fav authors.
He's one of my favourite authors as well, I'd recommend this book, it's another one of his greats 😊
Thanks for the recommendation, it's obvious you enjoyed the book.
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In the second century of the Christian Era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume 1, Edward Gibbon
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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I woke up when Michael began screaming in the bathroom.

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As far back as I can remember, I've had hemorrhoids.

(And it gets more graphic after that!)

Wetlands, Charlotte Roche
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ea_anthony wrote: 29 Sep 2018, 08:48
Redlegs wrote: 29 Aug 2018, 02:30 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way, - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
What an opening line! I think this sentence is among the longest sentences in literature (I think I read it somewhere)
If you want some long sentences, I recommend to you The Melancholy of Resistance by Laszlo Krasznahorkai :D
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Judge Ramsey Hunt listened to the water break against the rocks below, a sound that always brought him back into himself and centered him.

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