Writer's Block: Once upon a time…

[the_deep_magic]

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"Imagine a ruin so strange it must never have happened."

Guess the book, win a kiss on the lips (tongue optional)!

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[heartofbast (from livejournal.com)]

The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver. That came to me without the use of Google, promise:) We just read it in tenth grade honors english, and I enjoyed it a lot. But I remember that line because my teacher stressed it, relating it to the scene in the last chapter where the woman in the market tells the Prices that Kilanga never existed. Not my favorite, but good choice!

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, you win the prize! Honestly, though I love that book, I don't know if I'd have been able to guess it just from the first line. Well done!

[zjofierose.livejournal.com]

intriguing. haven't read it yet, but it's on my list.

my favorite first line is technically the first line of a second chapter, but the first chapter is like an intro anyway, soo....

"Listen: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time."

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

The writing is just... unspeakably beautiful. Lines from it are stuck forever in my head. Also, Adah Price is probably my favorite character in all of fiction.

I ought to reread Slaughterhouse Five. I remember liking Cat's Cradle better, but I read the bulk of Slaughterhouse Five in the stands at a NASCAR race (for reals, couldn't make that shit up), so I probably ought to give it another go.

[zjofierose.livejournal.com]

yeah, i've heard really good things. i've got a list a mile long to read, though, *sigh*.

i love cat's cradle, too, and mother night. but slaughterhouse five... i dunno. it has always stuck to me. there's something about the sparseness of his writing in that one- you still get all his funny little details, but there's a real elegance in the narrative. i first read it in... junior year? when i was 15? i think? and fell in love w/ it and w/ farewell to arms at the same time. i owe them both a revisit...

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my TBR pile takes up 3+ shelves. Of course, I used to read a lot more books before I got into fandom...

[zjofierose.livejournal.com]

oh, seriously. i have a whole half size bookshelf near my bed entirely devoted to "i should read this." and yeahhhh fandom. omg. it is downright embarrassing how little non-fandom stuff i have read in the last 18 mos. *sigh*

[danack.livejournal.com]

"There once was a boy named Milo who didn't know what to do with himself-not just sometimes, but always." It's a book my grandma sent me when I was 12. I've read it many times since then. It's called The Phantom Tollbooth. There are so many that I really like, though.

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I ought to see if I can find that and read it again!

[lousy-science.livejournal.com]

One of my favourites, in part because of the famous first line: The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there.

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

Not only had to Google it, but have not read it! Woe!

[lousy-science.livejournal.com]

It's a book I avoided for ages, no matter how much it popped up in my life, but finally sat down and read, resentfully adoring it. No woe - consider it a gift you've yet to give yourself.

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

Ah, resentful adoration. The Great Gatsby and I know that feeling well.

[fatty-fat.livejournal.com]

HMMMM. guess i should put it on my list after all.

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

DO IT. Yes, I know it says "Oprah's Book Club" on the cover, but the writing is just so painfully beautiful and the character voices so strong and it will stick with you for the rest of your life.

[fatty-fat.livejournal.com]

well thank god, because i've been totally fucked by an oprah rec before. (avoid 'the story of edgar sawtelle' unless you want your senses to be numbed by rage)

and now i do a dance of happy anticipation for good reading. :D

[ewinfic.livejournal.com]

DAMMIT. Saw the entry too late. Not that I knew what it was, but I would have totally Google-cheated considering the prize. :D

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

Oh, YOU. ::blushes::