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message 501: by Ted (new)

Ted | 23144 comments "Water yonder."

Hondo by Louis L'Amour

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message 502: by Beverly (new)

Beverly (bjbixlerhotmailcom) Never mind the events Kevin and M and G had lined up for her over the weekend.

Body on Baker Street by Vicki Delany

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message 503: by ☯Emily (new)

☯Emily  Ginder | 115446 comments She started toward her housemaid's work each morning at seven.

Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks

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message 504: by Beverly (last edited Mar 01, 2018 07:02PM) (new)

Beverly (bjbixlerhotmailcom) "How many are still in there?" he asked.

Moon Rising by Tui T. Sutherland

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message 505: by Ted (new)

Ted | 23144 comments Presumably to inform everybody in the village who had the good fortune to miss the news broadcast, Van Veeteren thought as they hurried into the inn.

Woman with Birthmark by Håkan Nesser

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message 506: by Joyce (new)

Joyce (arscott53) | 15517 comments "She and Trotter walked down the hall together, and he went first into the small locker room that led to AA-5 while she waited in the corridor."

The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus

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message 507: by Ted (new)

Ted | 23144 comments I rushed on until I reached the Black Lake.

The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter by Ambrose Bierce

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message 508: by ☯Emily (last edited Mar 02, 2018 05:21PM) (new)

☯Emily  Ginder | 115446 comments "Dorinda Brown."

Wicked Uncle by Patricia
Wentworth


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message 509: by Beverly (last edited Mar 02, 2018 08:07PM) (new)

Beverly (bjbixlerhotmailcom) Right now, being in her home and wondering if she'll ever see it again, I needed to hear that.

Daddy's Gone A Hunting by Mary Higgins Clark

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message 510: by Ted (new)

Ted | 23144 comments He might as well be thinking of Monte Carlo or Chinese Turkestan.

Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis

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message 511: by Rosie (new)

Rosie The guard was kneeling, gripping the gun.

Cress by Marissa Meyer

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message 512: by ☯Emily (new)

☯Emily  Ginder | 115446 comments Alicia sat in a low chair beside the broad open hearth, on which huge logs burned fiercely in the frosty atmosphere,

Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

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message 513: by Beverly (new)

Beverly (bjbixlerhotmailcom) And at this juncture, dodging lightly round Blenkinsop, who had now lost his grip entirely and was suggesting things like watercress and fruit-salad, he precipitated himself into the depths and, making a good landing, raced for the open spaces at an excellent rate of speed.

"Open House" in A Wodehouse Bestiary by P.G. Wodehouse

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message 514: by ☯Emily (new)

☯Emily  Ginder | 115446 comments I could hear them yelling in their bedroom.

The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande

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message 515: by Rosie (new)

Rosie To even consider this is barbaric!

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

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message 516: by ☯Emily (new)

☯Emily  Ginder | 115446 comments Fi wrote: "“He didn’t ask again.”

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare"


Please add the next page and sentence.


message 517: by ☯Emily (new)

☯Emily  Ginder | 115446 comments So that is what I wrote, about my family and the places I had come from.

The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande

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message 518: by Ted (last edited Mar 03, 2018 11:28PM) (new)

Ted | 23144 comments So it was that Turgon fought his way southward, until coming behind the guard of Hъrin and Huor he passed down Sirion and escaped; and he vanished into the mountains and was hidden from the eyes of Morgoth.

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

next: page 83, sentence 5


message 519: by ☯Emily (new)

☯Emily  Ginder | 115446 comments She sighed

The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez

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message 520: by Jessie (new)

Jessie Lance followed Sharp across the hall into the storage room.

Say You're Sorry by Melinda Leigh

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message 521: by ☯Emily (new)

☯Emily  Ginder | 115446 comments She didn't care that I couldn't give her a lot of things.

The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez

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message 522: by Beverly (new)

Beverly (bjbixlerhotmailcom) If you have more than you need, go ahead and discard any old ones.

Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up

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message 523: by Rosie (new)

Rosie Joost glanced uneasily at the bowls of red grapes and heaps of burgundy velvet on the worktable.

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

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message 524: by Beverly (new)

Beverly (bjbixlerhotmailcom) And perhaps they were just trying to disrupt the school and didn't care who they killed.

Moon Rising by Tui T. Sutherland


message 525: by Ted (last edited Mar 04, 2018 10:19PM) (new)

Ted | 23144 comments Beverly wrote: "And perhaps they were just trying to disrupt the school and didn't care who they killed.

Moon Rising by Tui T. Sutherland"


Next page & sentence?


message 526: by Beverly (new)

Beverly (bjbixlerhotmailcom) Sorry!

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message 527: by Rosie (new)

Rosie Lizzie.
The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett by Chelsea Sedoti
(Sorry. I know that's a really boring sentence, but it was spoken aloud by a character.)

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message 528: by Beverly (new)

Beverly (bjbixlerhotmailcom) (LOL!)

Israel put a beery arm around Ted's shoulder.

The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom

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message 529: by Ted (new)

Ted | 23144 comments "Nor ever desired to," the villain replied.

The Cynic's Word Book by Ambrose Bierce

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message 530: by Beverly (new)

Beverly (bjbixlerhotmailcom) He felt for his nose--it was fine.

The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom

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message 531: by Ted (new)

Ted | 23144 comments His body, with a broken neck, swung gently from side to side beneath the timbers of the Owl Creek bridge.

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce

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message 532: by ☯Emily (new)

☯Emily  Ginder | 115446 comments They wouldn't even listen.

The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle

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message 533: by Beverly (new)

Beverly (bjbixlerhotmailcom) Once again, the hallway became a battlefield of yelling and accusations, with the added tension of Mrs. Lacy banging on Zareen's door.

The Great Shelby Holmes by Elizabeth Eulberg

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message 534: by Ted (new)

Ted | 23144 comments The ceremonies therefore begin the night before, with recitations and decorations in the temples.

Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje

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message 535: by ☯Emily (new)

☯Emily  Ginder | 115446 comments Tia Maria Felix laughed and said it was cute.

The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande

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message 536: by Sara (new)

Sara (korvenkuningatar) | 1 comments His voice shocked me.
Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice

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message 537: by Beverly (new)

Beverly (bjbixlerhotmailcom) They carefully weighed the seagrass, the crabs, the sea hares, and the algae that had grown.

Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem by Patricia Newman

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message 538: by Ted (new)

Ted | 23144 comments 'Nothing, I suppose.'

Love's Tangled Web by Mary Lyons

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message 539: by ☯Emily (new)

☯Emily  Ginder | 115446 comments Looking back on it, Delaney had a nagging suspicion that he'd made a fool of himself.

The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle

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message 540: by Jessie (last edited Mar 10, 2018 11:02AM) (new)

Jessie He was no longer too concerned with looking clueless in front of her now.

Serpentine by Barry Napier by Barry Napier

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message 541: by ☯Emily (last edited Mar 10, 2018 11:27AM) (new)

☯Emily  Ginder | 115446 comments "Leave it to me."

Picture Bride by Yoshiko Uchida

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message 542: by Jessie (new)

Jessie Other than the new boxes, the living room was tidy.

Say You're Sorry by Melinda Leigh

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message 543: by ☯Emily (new)

☯Emily  Ginder | 115446 comments "Mama, " he said hoarsely, "Mary has left us!"

Picture Bride by Yoshiko Uchida

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message 544: by Beverly (new)

Beverly (bjbixlerhotmailcom) These cast light on an idea, helping to make it clear.

Steps to the Sermon: An Eight-Step Plan For Preaching With Confidence

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message 545: by Ted (new)

Ted | 23144 comments He has so hard-and-fast a grip
That nothing from his fist can slip.

The Cynic's Word Book by Ambrose Bierce

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message 546: by Jessie (new)

Jessie Six-year-old Ava snuggled with her teddy bear.

Say You're Sorry by Melinda Leigh

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message 547: by Beverly (new)

Beverly (bjbixlerhotmailcom) "If we put our minds and our money to it, we can do it," she says, "we really can."

Impact!: Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World by Elizabeth Rusch


message 548: by Ted (last edited Mar 13, 2018 01:28AM) (new)

Ted | 23144 comments page 45, paragraph 5

DAY, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. This period is divided into two parts, the day proper and the night, or day improper – the former devoted to sins of business, the latter consecrated to the other sort. These two kinds of social activity overlap.

The Cynic's Word Book by Ambrose Bierce

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message 549: by ☯Emily (new)

☯Emily  Ginder | 115446 comments I am not going to do the paragraph, but I will do the first sentence on page 122.

I had a hot dog one time and I liked it very greatly.

Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

Next 174, sentence 4


message 550: by Beverly (new)

Beverly (bjbixlerhotmailcom) Joan is having to focus very closely on every word the girl is saying.

Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips

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