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o.O i like this game!Title: Peeps
Author: Scott Westefeld
Paragraph: The elevator slid open on the seventh floor. The doors sitrred the air, and I caught something under the cigarettes and alcohol on their breath, an animal smell that cut through even the jasmine. For a moment, I smelled fear.
Morgan's name had scared them.
Aryll wrote: "Title: The Purple EmperorAuthor: Herbie Brennan
Paragraph: 'It's an interesting end as well,' Hairstreak went on thoughtfully. 'Agonising, but interesting. First, paralysis. Then the skin tur..."
whats this book about?
Al wrote: "Title: The Once and Future KingAuthor: T. H. White
Paragraph Kay was frightened by this, but the Wart was furious. He had loved his arrow's movement, its burning ambition in the sunlight, and, b..."
lol Kay is a weird name
Title: SaharaAuthor: Clive Cussler
Paragraph: As the range closed they distinguished a figure waving his arms like a crazy man and stumbling directly toward them. Then he staggered to a stop, swayed like a small whirlwind, and slowly crumpled into the sand face first. The shocked driver of the Renault truck nearly braked too late and was forced to swerve around the fallen man, halting in a flurry of dust.
Hehehehe!
That Odd Thomas paragraph you put on here was HILARIOUS! I totally related! LOL! :D
Aryll said: Title: The Purple Emperor Author: Herbie Brennan
Paragraph: 'It's an interesting end as well,' Hairstreak went on thoughtfully. 'Agonising, but interesting. First, paralysis. Then the skin turns blue. Then the pain starts. You scream yourself to death within four minutes. I tried it on one of the servants. Astonishing to watch - his face peeled off.' The pensive look left his eyes. 'You bring the blowpipe into the Cathedral quite openly as a bubble wand. You bring the darts in as part of the ornamentation of your hat. Now this is the clever part. When you want to kill the Emperor Elect, you simply take a dart from your hat - you'll be surrounded by my men, so no one will notice what you're doing - you take a dart from your hat, slip it into the pipe, then blow down on it sharply.'
lol ive a little bit of this book before....i had to turn it in to the library before i was finished....
You didn't renew it? Which reminds me.... I really want to go to the library soon. *sigh* I love the library....
Title: The Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the RingAuthor: J.R.R. Tolkein
Paragraph:
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
Alex, Alex.... what a bad little girl you are. :P
I will smack you silly when I become a librarian! You won't be allowed to step foot in my library! And, yes.... it will be my library.... hahahaha...
*yells something incoherent to the listener... something about being completely serious about kicking the listener's bum all the way "across the Pond"*
YOU ARE LISTENING TO ME!!! LOL! Why not? America is a lovely place!
Title: The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
Author: Trenton Lee Stewart
Paragraph: Rhonda made sure Ms. Argent was out of earshot, then stepped to a side table, opened a drawer, and took out a sealed envelope. She looked solemnly at the children. "I was to give you this," she said. "It contains Mr. Benedict's intructions for beginning your adventure. I haven't seen what's inside it yet - I didn't want Ms. Argent's crew to know about it, and there hasn't been the least opportunity to read in private - and now that you're all here it seems proper that the four of you should see it first. Mr. Benedict wanted you to, after all. I'd better go see if I can deduce what these people are planning, but we'll discuss this as soon as I return."
Author: Trenton Lee Stewart
Paragraph: Rhonda made sure Ms. Argent was out of earshot, then stepped to a side table, opened a drawer, and took out a sealed envelope. She looked solemnly at the children. "I was to give you this," she said. "It contains Mr. Benedict's intructions for beginning your adventure. I haven't seen what's inside it yet - I didn't want Ms. Argent's crew to know about it, and there hasn't been the least opportunity to read in private - and now that you're all here it seems proper that the four of you should see it first. Mr. Benedict wanted you to, after all. I'd better go see if I can deduce what these people are planning, but we'll discuss this as soon as I return."
αяỵŁŁ wrote: "Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ oıɔoɹ/rocio Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ wrote: "Aryll wrote: "Title: The Purple EmperorAuthor: Herbie Brennan
Paragraph: 'It's an interesting end as well,' Hairstreak went on thoughtfully. 'Agonising, bu..."
:P
Title: Pride and PrejudiceAuthor: Jane Austen
Paragraph: Elizabeth took up some needlework, and was sufficiently amused to what was passed between Darcy and his companion. The perpetual commendations of the lady, either on his handwriting, or on the evenness of his lines, or on the length of his letter, with perfect unconcern with which her praises were recieved, formed a curious dialogue, and was exactly in unison with her opinion of each.
"How delighted Miss Darcy will be to recieve such a letter!"
He made no answer.
"You write uncommonly fast."
"You are mistaken, I write rather slow."
(and the dialogue carries on in the same amusing fashion, but that is on page 56 :D)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is next on my "To read" list. I figured I should probably read Pride and Prejudice before I read the zombie version (I'm so excited! ZOMBIES!!!)
TITLE: Fablehaven #5 Keys to the Demon PrisonAUTHOR: Brandon Muil
PARAGRAPH: After everyone had downed the potion, Vincent accepted the iron egg from Trask. Tanu held the canoe steady as the two men climbed inside and got situated.
Title: Catching FireAuthor: Suzanne Collins
Paragraph: Rue did give me the impression that the rules in District 11 were more harshly enforced. But I never imagined something like this.
░▒▓aryll¤llʎɹɐ▓▒░ wrote: "Title:Howl's Moving CastleAuthor:Diana Wynne Jones
Paragraph:"There she whispered, 'Or I can go back on our bargain, or tell Howl about it, can't I?'
'Oh curses!' Calcifer spat. 'Why did you l..."
I watched the anime film version of that! it was amazing!
im gonna try this... it doesn;t make sense unless u read page 54Title: Curse of the Spider King
Author Wayne Tomas Batson & Christopher Hopper
Paragraph: Autumn laughed in spite of herself. "Anomaly that caused the Rocky Mountains to form?"
Title : Pretend You Don't See HerAuthor: Mary Higgins Clark
paragraph: Sloane leaned across the desk, his manner more aggressive, even accusatory. "Ms. Farrell, I don't know what you're game is, or what you're not telling us, but clearly this was no ordinary murder. The man who called himself Curtis Caldwell didn't rob that apartment or kill Isabelle Waring at random. The whole crime was carefully planned and executed. Your appearance on the scene was the only that probably did not go according to plan." He paused, then continued, his voice filled with irritation. "You told us he was carrying Mrs. Waring's leather binder. Describe it to me again."
Book: Alanna; The First AdventureAuthor: Tamora Pierce
Paragraph: Before she could recover her breath, he was gone. She stared after him, clenching and unclenching her fists. She wanted to kill him!
kill him! kill him! lol actually i don't know! i haven't read that :P
i am currently reading four books lol XP but heres one.Book: Uglies
Author: Scott Westerfeild
paragraph: Tally stepped onto her board and snapped her fingers. When she reached Shay's eye level she said, "I'm coming. I said i would."
Title: Into the DarkAuthor: Peter Abrahams
Paragraph: "I never liked that story," Mom said.
(I'm not really reading it but it was right net to me :P)Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Author:J.K. Rowling
Passage: And then, out of nowhere, out of nothing, they were surrounded. At least thirty hooded figures, suspended in midair, formed a vast circle in the midst of which the Order members had risen, oblivious-
Vanity Fair by ThackerayEven before they were acquainted, he had admired Osborne in secret. Now he was his valet, his dog, his man Friday. He believed Osborne to be the possessor of every perfection, to be the handsomest, the bravest, the most active, the cleverest, the most generous of created boys. He shared his money with him: bought him uncountable presents of knives, pencil-cases, gold seals, toffee, Little Warblers, and romantic books, with large coloured pictures of knights and robbers...
grrrr...i hated the way that one ended...
Stein, Leon. The Triangle Fire. New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1962.Trapped, she soon shared the terror of those around her. She fought her way out of the crowd and ran to a window on the Washington Place side and tried to open it. The window stuck so she smashed the glass with her hand. Somewhere in the confusion she had picked up a pail of water, and thrown it at the flames.
Hillesum, Etty. An Interrupted Life: The Diaries, 1941-1943, and Letters from Westerbork. New York: Henry Holt, 1996.
Sometimes I want to flee with everything I possess into a few words, seek refuge in them. But there are still no words to shelter me. That is the real problem. I am in search of a haven, yet I must first build it for myself, stone by stone. Everyone seeks a home, a refuge. And I am always in search of a few words.
That second one is amazing. It's as if she wrote it for you, M. I like it very much.
omg! i love Alanna: The First Adventure and the Uglies!
TITLE: Book Girl and the Suicidal MimeAUTHOR: Mizuki Nomura
PARAGRAPH: I remembered Takeda mentioning that. She'd said that the moment Shuji's arrow struck the target, it had lodged in her heart as well.
Thank you, Jan! I just read your message. This is an interesting exercise. Pick up a book and see if anything interesting or exciting is on Page 55.
TITLE: The Forbidden Game~The HunterAUTHOR: L.J. Smith
PARAGRAPH: No. STart screaming now and you'll never stop, she told herself. Don't think about it. You don't have to deal with it. Just find Tom.
Petry, Ann. The Street. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1946.It took a year and a half before she mastered the typing, because at night she was so tired when she went to the business school on 125th Street she couldn't seem to concentrate on what she was doing. Her back ached and her arms felt as though they had been pulled out of their sockets. But she finally acquired enough speed so that she could take a civil service examination. For she had made up her mind that she wasn't going to wash dishes or work in a laundry in order to earn a living for herself and Bub.
Douglas, Lloyd C. Magnificent Obsession. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929.
It was more than a smile. It was a little sonata, in three movements. It arrived first in her eyes, which gradually grew wider and bluer. Almost imperceptibly, but very disturbingly, the patrician brows lifted, ever so little, as if they asked permission. That was the adagio movement.
there was only one sentance on the 55th page...The Looking Glass Wars: Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor
Showing proper deference to their king, these rivals to Hatter Madigan's military prowess took their leave, and before Arch had retired for the night, they crossed the border into Alyss' realm with nowhere near the cunning they might have, hoping to be seen by as many Wonderlanders as possible.
i kno! im partially through it, the first book was awwesssommmeee!!
I know! I need to finish the third one...
ohh... i have it, they had the entire series at my library
This game is awesome!
Title: Looney Tunes Treasury
Author: Andrew Farago
Passage: This here is an animation cell, with no background. Notice that I'm the centre of attention, but nothing's going on around me. Story of my life - Foghorn
Title: Looney Tunes Treasury
Author: Andrew Farago
Passage: This here is an animation cell, with no background. Notice that I'm the centre of attention, but nothing's going on around me. Story of my life - Foghorn
EstherLIFE GIVZ U LEMONS, GIV EM LIFE! LEMONSTEIN! wrote: "i kno! im partially through it, the first book was awwesssommmeee!!"what's it about??
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Here's how it goes:
In the current book you are reading, you open up to the 55th page. You pick one paragraph from that page and write it.
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Title: Brian's Return
Author: Gary Paulsen
Paragraph: He didn't usually keep a journal, and he didn't want to lock himself into it now. But he had become very close to Caleb, in some ways closer than he was to his parents, and he thought he could keep a running letter Caleb, and instead of trying to send him pages in envelopes, he could send the book all at once when he found a way to get it out.