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I got this idea elsewhere – Snagged from but it intrigued me – and outside of the handicap involved because 1/2 my favorite books are still in boxes, I thought I would give it a go anyway ….

I posted this to my web board, but insisted that I post it here even though I never post here …

The way this works is to put up the first sentence of your 10(or so) favorite books, with the attributions for the book title and author …

On December 7, 2059, Emilio Sandoz was released from the isolation ward of Salvator Mundi Hospital in the middle of the night and transported in a bread van to the Jesuit Residence at Number 5 Borgo Santo Spirito, a few minutes’ walk across St. Peter’s Square from the Vatican.
The Sparrow – Mary Doria Russell

The Airplane plip-plopped down the runway to a halt before the big sign: WELCOME TO CYPRUS.
Exodus – Leon Uris

As soon as the snow melts, I will go to Rass and fetch my mother.
Jacob Have I Loved – Katherine Patterson

The house stood on a slight rise just on the edge of the village.
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams

Some people called it “the time of undoing”, some wishing to be more positive, spoke of it as “the replanting” or “the restoring” or even “the resurrection” of Earth.
Pastwatch the Redemption of Christopher Columbus – Orson Scott Card

Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith.
Stranger in A Strange Land – Robert A. Heinlein

Sweating and nauseated, Father Emilo Sandoz sat on the edge of his bed with his head in what was left of his hands.
Children of God – Mary Doria Russell

Then Great Alta plaited the left side of her hair, the golden side, and let it fall into the sinkhole of night.
Sister Light, Sister Dark – Jane Yolen

There’s a story every shark’s heard.
Infinity Hold – Barry B. Longyear