Fun & Games discussion

"Those guys are high-rollers, big spenders at Santa Anita."

P3, 6th sentence

"He felt a worrying shudder in his chest, as if his heart wanted to escape, to flee his body."

Chapter 5, page 7, line 8

"Marco's been drilling me all my life never to say anything about the business."

Page 106, line 19

courtroom. Judge Harkin was in chambers dealing

P26, 2nd sentence, last paragraph

So, this place has so many rooms you have to color coat it? P79 Last paragraph

"As Jon watched, the man slowly raised his head and looked up at the hill high above the harbour."

Page 177, 13th sentence

In that moment I lost completely the illusion of time and space: the world unfurled its drama simultaneoualy along a meridean which had no axis.

P99, 9th sentence from the bottom.

The letter ended with half a dozen little words which, for all their gentle restraint, once more transformed speculation into bright, sorrowful certainty.

11th sentence on page 111.

I have tried to quit more than once, and my reasons have always been righteous.

P 467, 3rd sentence, 2nd paragraph

My book doesn't have 467 pages! I'll just do pg 67.

In fact, there was not one but two names written at the end of the letter: Liza Taylor.

Pg 101, 8th sentence, 1st paragraph

You saw that, the night of your family's dinner party.

pg 353 11th sentence

And when I was finished, Regal spent a number of minutes looking at his nails before he spoke to me.

Last sentence of your book.

He could not begin.


page 3, 3rd sentence

His wife, who is a dried-up cow, officiates.

p 431, 3rd paragraph's second to last sentence.

"He just stood there and waited."

page 92, 7th sentence

'I would act stormy and mad, but it never lasted.'

Page 105
6th sentence

In her mind's eye she saw it, saw it all at last: the rolling armies and the flames of battle; the graves and pits and dying cries of a hundred million souls; the spreading darkness, like a black wing stretching over the earth; the last, bitter hours of cruelty and sorrow, and terrible, final flights; death's dominion over all, and, at the last, the empty cities, becalmed by the silence of a hundred years.

4th sentence on page 200.

At dusk we turned off the road to share a bottle I allegedly had, and moments later I shot the man twice in the head.

2nd sentence on pg 44.

"Occupy Central Park has grown too, estimates of over 20,000 in attendance now."

From Husk

Third sentence of book.

Jonesmikey wrote: "At dusk we turned off the road to share a bottle I allegedly had, and moments later I shot the man twice in the head.

2nd sentence on pg 44."

What book is this from?

Nancy wrote: "Jonesmikey wrote: "At dusk we turned off the road to share a bottle I allegedly had, and moments later I shot the man twice in the head.

2nd sentence on pg 44."

What book is this from?"
Killer on the Road by James Ellroy

Jonesmikey wrote: "Killer on the Road by James Ellroy..."

He's an author I've been wanting to try. Is Killer on the Road a good place to start?

Ah wis just sitting there, focusing oan the telly, tryin no tae notice him.

2nd sentence of 3rd paragraph of p 344.

Nancy wrote: "Jonesmikey wrote: "Killer on the Road by James Ellroy..."

He's an author I've been wanting to try. Is Killer on the Road a good place to start?"

No, start with either The LA Quartet or The American Underworld Trilogy. Start the LA Quartet with either "The Black Dahlia," "The Big Nowhere," or "LA Confidential." It doesn't really matter what order you read them in, but save "White Jazz" for last. Start The Underworld trilogy with "American Tabloid."

Jonesmikey wrote: "No, start with either The LA Quartet or ..."

Thanks for the suggestions, and the friend request! A number of my friends here seem to enjoy Ellroy too.

Back to the game....

"Fermentation, photosynthesis, aerobiosis, symbioses, mitosis, meiosis, morphogenesis, and embryogenesis had made possible by then the modulation of the planet's surface by life."

First sentence of second to last paragraph in book.

The pain was so immediate and so fierce that Lisbeth stopped in mid-stride, incapable of movement.

Second sentence of third paragraph on page 192.

"All that worrying, for nothing"
The third sentence on the last paragraph on page 30

"All that worrying, for nothing"
The third sentence on the last paragraph on page 30

He was meeting Carl Hull at Wilshire Station.

p 75, 15th sentence.

The rest had stuck sullenly to their ancestral mansion, becoming more and more clannish and taciturn, yet developing a nervous responsiveness to the frequent thunderstorms.

Page 18, second paragraph, first sentence.

"You're right, and the manager said it's not the same man who robbed the store on the prior occasions.

p 402, 7th sentence

She gripped him tight.

299 paragraph 3. Sentence 5.

Mom, guess what Grace just said........


Page 67, sentence 10

I stopped when I caught an edge of nervous glee in Lee's voice, "Are you okay?"

p 75, 8th sentence.

Harsh sidelighting picked out bits of dried earth on the open metalwork of the steps.

Page 121, 2nd paragraph, 1st sentence.

"What do you mean, gone?" my mom said.

page 56, paragraph 3, 4th sentence

M/Ðɑηηɑ wrote: "Just came across an old, favorite game...
Grab the nearest book and copy the sentence on -

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Person 1:
Grab the nearest book and copy the sentence on page 1, '
paragraph 2, second sentence.

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Shouldn't we state the title of the book?

"She was so happy."

page 102, paragraph 4, first sentence

"Think about it, this young lawyer down there fighting like crazy to save a rather famous death row killer."

p 201 6th sentence

"A love spell?"

Chapter three, paragraph 5, second sentence.

Ignoring Blanchard and his brownnosing entourage and the off-duty cops who hovered around me, I hit the heavy bag, left jab-right cross-left hook, five minutes at a crack, on my toes the whole time; I sparred with my old pal Pete Lukins and rolled sets at the speed bag until sweat blinded me and my arms turned to rubber.

P 55, sentence 8

"There's something about it-"

pg. 99 sentence 3

"She just gives me the creeps."

pg. 203, sentence 12

Jack wandered the room, focusing here and there on the various conversations in progress around him.

Page 133, sentence 1.

Conspiracies

"Henry didn't really want to deal with this now."
Flying Lessons: It's Never Too Late To Change by H. Lovelyn Bettison

Next: Page 44, sentence 8.

Surely it was a vision of supreme insidiousness, spawned in the bubbling crap-craters of the abyss.
(Best Little Witch-House in Arkham)

Page 18, sentence 3

Was Sam Purdy out of control?

Compound Fractures

Page 203, last sentence.

"He motioned to the dirty footprints near the front door."

Flying Lessons

Next: page 99, sentence 3.

"What's wrong with you?"

Pg. 56 Sentence: 9

"Adrenaline coursed through my blood at the mention of a police warrant."

Compound Fractures

Pg. 277 Sentence 5