First Line (What's the first line of the book you're currently reading)

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beebop Oct 2018 9:13am, 23 Oct 2018 1,227 posts	0 beebop In Patagonia, Bruce Chatwin. It’s been years since I read that - memory working for once.
Wriggling Snake Oct 2018 9:27am, 23 Oct 2018 19,778 posts	0 Wriggling Snake Well done. I didn't think anyone would get that.
Sharkie Oct 2018 1:03pm, 23 Oct 2018 13,991 posts	0 Sharkie Have finished Reservoir 13 for the second time now. 2 non fictions on the go: 'It's a still June day on Knepp Castle Estate in West Sussex' (Wilding - Isabella Tree) and 'I often hear myself and others saying: "There aren't any books telling you how to work with elite athletes.'' (How to Support a Champion - Steve Ingham) Hard to say what the first line IS with non fiction sometimes what with introductions, prefaces, acknowledgements and quotes.
WA Oct 2018 9:06pm, 23 Oct 2018 5,738 posts	0 WA The first day I did not think it was funny. Heartburn, Nora Ephron.
Diogenes Oct 2018 5:27pm, 24 Oct 2018 31,114 posts	0 Diogenes “Reverting to the university at forty, one immediately recaptured all the crushing melancholy of the undergraduate condition.” Anthony Powell, Books Do Furnish A Room
Night-owl Jun 2020 4:09pm, 29 Jun 2020 34,068 posts	0 Night-owl Later, as he sat on his balcony eating the dog, Dr Robert Laing reflected on the unusual events that had taken place within this huge apartment building during the previous 3 months High Rise, J G Ballard
mrs shanksi Jun 2020 4:11pm, 29 Jun 2020 10,896 posts	0 mrs shanksi When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it's never good news. Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
Silent Runner Aug 2020 9:38pm, 2 Aug 2020 350 posts	0 Silent Runner Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence.
SusiesueH Aug 2020 10:21pm, 2 Aug 2020 330 posts	0 SusiesueH There was a scream, and then the loud roar of fire enveloping silken hangings, then a mounting crescendo of shouts of panic that spread from one tent to another as the flames ran too, leaping from one silk standard to another, running up guy ropes and bursting through muslin doors.