Literary meme - for some definition of literary ;-)

[elfwhistletree]

A first lines of books meme, because I like quizzes, and books, copied from anazri and suzie_shooter ♥

1. Choose, by random means if at all possible, ten books that you have read recently.
2. Post the first sentences of every book in your journal and invite your f'list to guess at the title and author of the book.

Comments

[halotolerant]

3 is Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, surely? Otherwise I have no clue, although I think I've either maybe read 4 or I want to... *ponders*

[elfwhistletree]

You are right about 3 :-)

4. was one of my absolute favourite childhood books - if you have read it my grin will be enormous - otherwise Amazon has second hand copies and my mouse finger is twitching ♥

[halotolerant]

*excited by puzzle*
I can't wait to see if someone guesses it now! I want to know what it is! I don't instantly recognise it but I can think of books it sort of could have been (damn this being in Canada and away from my bookshelf! and other bookshelf, and that one other shelf, and the piles, and the piles in the other room, and the shelf in the student house, and the piles and the many piles in the living room that my flatmate tolerates so very kindly)

I read 3 whilst I was in a boat on the Norfolk Broads a couple of summers ago, I have fond memories of it *g*

[halotolerant]

I see that 4 is something called The Lost Prince, which I ain't read after all (yes, I've just got up and am checking the internet to see what it was, shh) Author?
:D

[captlebubbles]

Well, I haven't a clue, but I'm quite interested in number nine, as it seems a book that I would love to read. Number 1 and number four seem strangely familiar as well, though that's not surprising as I've read quite a few books over the years.

And I'll be stealing this meme as best as I can, (I'll get around to it tomorrow) except that the last book I read were returned to the library and I'll have to pick something at random from my bookshelf.

Oh dear. This should be interesting.

[elfwhistletree]

Answers to follow when everyone has had a chance to guess.

I can recommend 9. highly - along with pretty much everything else by the same author - but 9. is more accessible than many.

[captlebubbles]

I can't believe I missed number 10! It's one of my favorite books ever! I've read it upwards of a dozen times!

Granted, that was years ago, but still!

The fact that 9 and its author come so highly recommended makes me think that it must be from Terry Pratchett- I've only just started on his works and already would recommend them to anyone who doesn't take things too seriously.

[elfwhistletree]

Yay for Watership Down ♥

If we do not own every book that Terry Pratchett has ever written, then I need to go shopping ;-) Yes, that does include Nanny Ogg's censored cookbook :-)

[dracothelizard]

I want to say 1 is something by Terry Pratchett. Is it Hogfather?

[elfwhistletree]

Close, but not quite right, my friend ;-)

[uk_sef]

Where's/That's not my cow? Or one of the Nanny Ogg extras?

[elfwhistletree]

Still close - rhosyndu has got it.

[uk_sef]

6. = ~ Plain ?

[elfwhistletree]

Yup :-)

[uk_sef]

So the only one I got was the one I haven't really read but was aware that you'd read to the DR many years ago and hence knew it was a good bet for a choice with that name in. :-D

[elfwhistletree]

The MIB was bright enough to look at the suspicious pile of books next to the ones he was checking up on ;-)

[rhosyndu]

1. Is The Amazing Maurice.
4. Lost Prince?
7. Number of The Beast.
9. Is called something like Hand of Darkness? Possibly.
10. Watership Down.

[elfwhistletree]

I'm bloody impressed! We certainly have a lot in common ♥

None of those are wrong, although I could claim 9. is incomplete.

[halotolerant]

*headdesk* I cannot believe I missed 10! I thought it sounded familiar but I, gah *headdesk* I've read that book about twenty times. I'm always eager to get on to Hazel's entrance, I guess *is rabid Hazel fan*

I saw the cartoon when I was eight or something, because one of my parental units saw it in the childrens' section at the library and was all 'hey, animated bunnies!' and yeah, blood and death and suffocation and disease later I was gently trembling and refused to read the book until I was about thirteen :D

[elfwhistletree]

You appear to have Hazel and Bigwig in your icon ;-)

Re the film, I refer you to the conversation I had with rhosyndu here - http://amy-wolf.livejournal.com/68789.html?thread=244661#t244661