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[visionshadows]

i shall meme now. stolen shamelessly from callmesandy. first lines of my favourite books. you guess and i pat you on the back and feel good about myself for reading. :)



1. My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. guessed by funkthis and by wpschlitz

2. She hurries from the house, wearing a coat too heavy for the weather.

3. The elevator continued its impossibly slow ascent. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the Universe by Haruki Murakami - guessed by iterationzero

4. The woman pushed on the baby's stomach and sucked its penis into her mouth; it was thinner than the American menthols she smoked and a bit slimy, like raw fish. Coin Locker Babies by Ryu Murakami. spiked_angels is my hero because she's read this book too.

5. Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. (okay. so this one is a gimme) The Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling - guessed by callmesandy

6. On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apartment, combining Rice Krispies and Planters peanuts and chopped red onion in a bowl. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. guessed by prettypinkkitty

7. It was 7 minutes after midnight. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon - guessed by iterationzero

8. With the woman on his mind and a deep uneasiness in his heart, Spencer Grant drove through the glistening night, searching for the red door.

9. Suppose that you and I were sitting in a quiet room overlooking a garden, chatting and sipping at our cups of green tea while we talked about something that had happened a long while ago, and I said to you, "That afternoon when I met so-and-so ... was the very best afternoon of my life, and also the very worst afternoon." Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. guessed by prettypinkkitty

10. 'To be born again,' sang Gibreel Farishta tumbling from the heavens, 'first you have to die.' The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie - guessed by julitabonita

11. The dim wagon track went no further on the prairie, and Pa stopped the horses.

12. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. 1984 by George Orwell. guessed by between_names

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[julitabonita.livejournal.com]

ah this goes on my list too.

10. Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses

[visionshadows.livejournal.com]

Such a great book. I really need to sit down and reread it. Actually, I need to buy a paperback copy so I can take it to work. I only have it in hardback and that's a pain to tote around. Literally. :)

[callmesandy.livejournal.com]

p! o! a! is 5.

[visionshadows.livejournal.com]

Yay! PoA!

[loves]

[spiked-angels.livejournal.com]

4. Coin Locker Babies

[visionshadows.livejournal.com]

[boggles]

Someone else has read that book?! I've never found anyone who has actually read it besides me. [squees] Dude, you're my new hero. :)

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Number 11--Little House on the Prairie! *g*

Also, dude. #4? Very disturbing.

[visionshadows.livejournal.com]

#4 is a super-fun-cool-crazy Japanese novel about the underworld of Tokyo that ends with the world being destroyed. And there's an alligator that lives in a loft. And pretty, pretty androgynous Japanese rock singers.

Also, I gotta be picky. It's not Little House on the Prairie. But it is one of them. :)

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Huh. *is stumped* I thought it was the second one--the same titled one. Oh! Wait. By the Shores of Silver Lake?

[visionshadows.livejournal.com]

Hehe. Nope. But you're getting closer. ;)

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

*sighs* Little Town on the Prairie?

This would be a lot easier if I could FIND MY COPIES! *g*

[visionshadows.livejournal.com]

Hee!

[hides]

No.

Also, I totally stayed up all night last night finishing Little Town on the Prairie and These Happy Golden Years. Then I read The First Four Years this morning. Now I am done.

[between-names.livejournal.com]

12 is 1984.

[visionshadows.livejournal.com]

*sighs*

Yes. It's the book I read to understand a David Bowie album and then ended up falling in love with in it's own right.

[funkthis.livejournal.com]

1. lovely bones

[wpschlitz.livejournal.com]

Aww, you beat me to it! That's the only one I knew right off without cheating.

[visionshadows.livejournal.com]

You should read some of the others. They're totally up your alley. :)

[wpschlitz.livejournal.com]

I've read some of the others, I just didn't remember the 1st lines.

[visionshadows.livejournal.com]

I know you've read 1984 because I remember you posting about it. :)

[visionshadows.livejournal.com]

Yes. Such a wonderful book. I'm so glad I read it. :)

[prettypinkkitty.livejournal.com]

Nine is Memoirs of A Geisha - one of my favorite books too. And six is The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri. Such marvelous writing.

[visionshadows.livejournal.com]

Yes and yes. I kind of thought you'd be the one to recognize Lahiri's novel. :)

[iterationzero.livejournal.com]

3. hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world, haruki murakami

(have i thanked you lately for introducing me to him?)

7. the curious incident of the dog in the night time, mark haddon

(think i'll ever get my copy back from fayemeadows?)

and i know 11, but it's not fair for me to guess since i live with you.

[visionshadows.livejournal.com]

Hehe. You're right. Not that I'm surprised. :)

[auburngrl.livejournal.com]

oooh! oooh!

#11 is from the 'little house' series by laura ingalls wilder. i'm guessing its from 'little house on the prairie'.

secretly, i lurrve those books.

i also knew 'memoirs of a geisha' and 'harry potter' - but someone already guessed those - fun meme:)