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Blandmum · 15/02/2006 17:08

Nice easy one to start us all off

'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.'

Book and Author then you give one.

No googling allowed

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SorenLorensen · 15/02/2006 21:40

Hard one:

I am always drawn back to places where I have lived, the houses and their neighbourhoods.

goldstarlover · 15/02/2006 21:41

well done mazzystar!

SorenLorensen · 15/02/2006 21:41

I think neighborhoods would be fairer, though it is spelled the English way in my copy.

Hazellnut · 15/02/2006 21:42

ooooohhhhhhh too easy harumph... well done Starlover....

goldstarlover · 15/02/2006 21:44

oh no, it's just that i am incredibly well read dontcha know?
lol

Hazellnut · 15/02/2006 21:47

The Boulevard Du Cange was a broad, quiet street that marked the eastern flank of the city of Amiens

Jodee · 15/02/2006 21:48

Birdsong?

goldstarlover · 15/02/2006 21:50

ok a hard one now:

"Something has happened to me: I can't doubt that any more"

Mazzystar · 15/02/2006 21:50

I was set down from the carrier's cart at the age of three; and there with a sense of bewilderment and terror my life in the village began.

SL is it a paul auster?

Mazzystar · 15/02/2006 21:51

oooh ooh i know that one - sartre's nausea

SorenLorensen · 15/02/2006 21:52

Nope, not Paul Aster. Damn, I know that one - that set down from the cart one. This is soooo frustrating!

SorenLorensen · 15/02/2006 21:52

Auster, sorry.

goldstarlover · 15/02/2006 21:53

well done mazzy! we obv had great taste in books! lol

Mazzystar · 15/02/2006 21:54

sl - you'll definitely know it

SorenLorensen · 15/02/2006 21:55

I do know it! I just can't think of it! Aaarrggggh!

I wanna google...I wanna google...

Mazzystar · 15/02/2006 21:56

you'll have done it at school

SorenLorensen · 15/02/2006 21:57

I've gone off this game...

I'll give you a clue for mine if you'll give me a clue for yours (I'll show you mine...)

goldstarlover · 15/02/2006 21:58

"It was love at first sight"

JonesTheSteam · 15/02/2006 21:58

Lonelymum - The Thorn Birds - Colleen McCullough

FrannyandZooey · 15/02/2006 21:58

Can I join in? I know the carrier's one...(thought it was Tess for a while for some reason)

JonesTheSteam · 15/02/2006 21:58

Lonelymum -

"On December 8th, 1915, Meggie Cleary had her fourth birthday."

The Thorn Birds - Colleen McCullough

SorenLorensen · 15/02/2006 21:59

Don't you dare! It's on the tip of my typing fingers...

Mazzystar · 15/02/2006 22:00

ok sl - girl's name in the title

expatinscotland · 15/02/2006 22:01

'Scarlett was not beautiful, but men seldome realized that when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were.'

SorenLorensen · 15/02/2006 22:02

Cider with Rosie! Gone with the Wind!

Double whammy!