~ I will post the first sentences of ten books. (I skip any beginning quotations or prefaces. If I think more than one sentence is necessary, I’ll post two.)
~ You guess the titles and authors and leave your guesses in the comments.
~ You don’t have to guess on all ten; guess on the ones you know.
~ I’ll update the post by putting the lines in bold and adding titles and authors when someone gets one correct.
~ Have fun!
All of today’s choices come from Newsweek’s Top 100: The Meta-List.
1. Through the fence, between the curling flower spaces, I could see them hitting. – The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner – guessed by Melissa
2. You better not never tell nobody but God. – The Color Purple, Alice Walker – guessed by Stacy
3. Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. – Animal Farm, George Orwell – guessed by Pussreboots
4. The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call “out there.” – In Cold Blood, Truman Capote – guessed by Kathy
5. They called him Moishe the Beadle, as if his entire life he had never had a surname. – Night, Elie Wiesel – guessed by Bonnie and Mindy
6. ‘What’s it going to be then, eh?’ – A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess – guessed by Susi
7. They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did. – Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys – guessed by Jules
8. They’re out there. – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey – guessed by Melissa
9. To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth. – The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck – guessed by Bonnie
10. Except for the Marabar Caves – and they are twenty miles off – the city of Chandrapore presents nothing extraordinary. – A Passage to India, E.M. Forster – This one was a stumper.
Sadly, the only one I know is #4 – In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.
.-= Kathy´s last blog ..Mailbox Monday =-.
2 is The Color Purple by Alice Walker
.-= stacybuckeye´s last blog ..What Book is That? Take Three =-.
Only one I know off the top of my head is #6: ‘A Clockwork Orange’, by Anthony Burgess.
Twitter: booksandmovies
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Kathy, Stacy, and Susi – yes, yes, and yes!
# 7 is Night, by Elie Wiesel. I think
. #9 is The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck.
.-= Bonnie´s last blog ..Quick Review: The Horse and His Boy, by C.S. Lewis =-.
Whoops. Make that #5 is Night.
.-= Bonnie´s last blog ..Quick Review: The Horse and His Boy, by C.S. Lewis =-.
Twitter: mindywithrow
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#5 is Elie Wiesel’s NIGHT!
.-= Mindy Withrow´s last blog ..Shorts on the web =-.
#3 is Animal Farm by George Orwell.
Twitter: booksandmovies
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Pussreboots – yes it is!
Number 7 sounds like “Wide Sargasso Sea” by Jean Rhys.
.-= Jules´s last blog ..An Award! =-.
Twitter: booksandmovies
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Jules – yes, you’re correct!
#1 – the sound and the fury
#8 – one flew over the cuckoo’s nest
.-= melissa moore´s last blog ..Japan, Day 3 =-.
Twitter: booksandmovies
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Melissa – yes to both!
Twitter: booksandmovies
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Thanks for playing, everyone! I added the answer to #10, the only one that wasn’t guessed – it’s A Passage to India by E.M. Forster