Favourite book openings!

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Hi All,

I had fun reading the book recommendations just now, and I also had fun reading over an older discussion in which people posted first lines from their favourite books for people to guess. Then I thought: it would be fun to read the beginnings of some of the books people are recommending. I'm always more likely to seek a book out if I get the first few lines and want to keep going... and it's interesting to see what makes a successful beginning.

So... what are your favourite book openings? ( Read more... )

Channeling the Fannish Energies

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So, my family and roommates have been rather amused at my squeeful-fangirl antics over these last couple days. It became quickly apparent that these fangirl energies needed to be channeled into something.

So, to keep myself from annoying the roommates more than absolutely necessary, I doodled.

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Is anyone else as hyper-actively squeeful over ACoK as I am? How are you dealing with all this extra energy?