The Sketch
We're pretending it's New Year's Eve tonight. Heading out to dinner with chums, then back here for games. Uno Attack, Pictionary, Buzzword. We've got it covered. We could call it penultimate night or something like that. We spent the afternoon buying books and magazines. Katha Pollitt has a list of good news from 2005. The piece perked me up considerably. And I bought Prep too. And I bought a book called "Opening Sentences of Famous Novels." I'll leave you with one.
'Sons of bitches,' Lituma felt the vomit rising in his throat.
Mario Vargas Llosa
Comments
I'm thinking of using the first line book for my grammar stumpers. fun! i'll let you know how it turns out.
"Take my camel, dear", said Aunt Dot as she climbed down from the animal on her return from High Mass."
Rose Macaulay
The Towers of Trebizond
the camel opener is indeed intriguing.
the first line of the book i just finished is/was:
The typhoon arrived that night.
bergen's time in between. v. good.
have you started prep? i want to know what you think.
happy new year! any resolutions??
cari, just started prep last night, but it's a good start. New York Times Book Review chose it as one of its five best books of 2005. That surprised me. I'll let you know. Happy New Year, Friendies