Guess What Book This First Line Comes From
 

Guess which book this is from:

It was a pleasure to burn.

AliasUnknown, welcome to the Books board and to FF.

Are you wanting to make this a game of sorts?

Yes, if that's okay??

Sounds like something from Fahrenheit 451 but that probably isn't it. I can't say that I've ever read that book, but I want to.

It is indeed Farenheit 451. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] You beat me to it, though ... your turn. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
--Rachel

"All children, except one, grow up."
This should be extremely easy...

How you play:

You answer what book the quote comes from, then post your own quote...Now begin

Peter Pan

next up .. a classic and easier than the last one. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] I hope.

"In the begining God created the heaven and earth."

"In the begining God created the heaven and earth."
-The Bible

How about
"They shoot the white girl first."

Paradise by Toni Morrison

"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."

Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger

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

1984 by George Orwell

"My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie."

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.

"The Santa Anas blew in hot from the desert, shriveling the last of the spring grass into whiskers of pale straw."

White Oleander by Janet Fitch

" 'Where's Papa going with that ax?' said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast." [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Charlotte's Web - E.B. White

“Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.