thenephilim
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
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Post by thenephilim on Mar 19, 2008 14:18:06 GMT -5
"What kinda job"?- Of Mice and Men
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Post by Pilleriin on Mar 20, 2008 7:53:45 GMT -5
"Just managed to press Alt Screen in nick of time but big mistake as merely put CV back up on screen." - Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding.
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Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
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Post by Kristie on Mar 20, 2008 15:38:39 GMT -5
"No leaf will decay because we are removed, nor any branch become motionless although we can observe you no longer!" ~Sense and Sensibility
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Lu
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Post by Lu on Mar 24, 2008 5:28:03 GMT -5
"I just called Stacey and he hasn't called back" ~ Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason
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Laura
First piece published in the school’s newspaper
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Post by Laura on Jul 15, 2008 2:19:43 GMT -5
Kun höyhenet aika ajoin pölläyttivät ilmaan kuvitellun tomupilven, hän vetäytyi yskien taaksepäin.
From the finnish translation of The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield.
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Post by Carma on Jul 15, 2008 11:51:40 GMT -5
hmmm, page 23 only has one sentence "The regular, please." Exrtremely loud & Incredibly close by Jonathan Safran Foer
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2008 12:22:46 GMT -5
Great thread!
Something like: 'In the cracks of the sidewalk grew dusty weeds.' from 'Wicked lovely' by Melissa Marr.
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ohcaptain
First piece published in the school’s newspaper
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Post by ohcaptain on Jul 22, 2008 15:55:42 GMT -5
" "Naw," she said." from When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris
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Post by pixie on Jul 23, 2008 5:32:39 GMT -5
I love this thread! " 'Lemme lie down, lemme lie down,' Doreen was muttering. " from The Bell Jar
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Post by Pilleriin on Jul 23, 2008 10:03:29 GMT -5
"They would have cooked your mouth."
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
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Isa
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Post by Isa on Jul 29, 2008 13:19:53 GMT -5
"One woman who was seventy-two had never even seen her vagina." - The Vagina Monologues, by Eve Ensler
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Post by neveralone on Jul 29, 2008 13:38:51 GMT -5
"And we shall all come forth, without shame and shall stand before Him." - Crime and Punishment
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Post by xororygilmorexo on Jul 29, 2008 15:08:04 GMT -5
"The show starts with a tango singer, wearing an elegant dress or suit, accompained by his or her bandoneon player."
Spanish summer reading =O
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Post by Carma on Jul 30, 2008 10:33:36 GMT -5
He went over to the sink and filled his Winnie-the-Pooh mug with semi-hot water from the tap, stirring in the Folgers crystals with a plastic spoon.
-the Gossip Girl prequel it had to be you, by Cecily von Ziegesar
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Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
Posts: 7,214
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Post by Kristie on Jul 30, 2008 11:06:02 GMT -5
"Some of them exressed their astonishment, and to their questions he answered: 'It is my daughter's wish. I can refuse her nothing. She has chosen the Glandier.'" ~The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
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