Okay, a month or so ago this would have been considered mundane and pointless, but I guess now it goes here.
Here’s how the challenge works:
I will quote a line from the books on my nightstand. Some are famous, some are not, but from this quote I want you to name the book. These are all actually on my nightstand right now.
[list=1] [li]The trial’s first witness was the deceased, Jacob Wood, testifying by a video deposition taken a few months before his death.[/li]
[li]“You are lazy,” says Big Pig.[/li]
[li]He returned somewhat despondently to his river again - his faithful, steady-going old river, which never packed up, flitted, or went into winter quarters.[/li]
[li]Mrs. Slade nodded. “But she really sent her because they were in love with the same man–”[/li]
[li]Yet it is easy to see that the second sentence has to do not with a prospect of the Senate but with a prospect of accepting.[/li]
[li]Jim eased himself gently out of the tree, panting with apprehension every time the leaves quivered.[/li]
[li]“You’re – you’re not coming down?” he said in a bewildered voice.[/li]
[li]“This is young William Wordsworth, a poet,” said Robespierre as the youth came up to them and took David’s proffered hand.[/li]
[li]Will lay, eyes shut, hearing the beat of the great oil-black wings as if a huge, ancient bird had drummed down to live, to breathe, to survive in the night meadow.[/li][/list=1]
A couple of these are a bit obscure, but I am sure that you can make short work of it… good luck!
No, Podkayne, and IMO, you chose the toughest of the bunch to start with. I got this book from a friend, and it popped out of a box I had in storage recently. Hint: female author on this one.
One down, well done Flymaster. That was one of the easier ones, but it’s a good start.
A hint for number 2, although I liked Pesch’s guess: I have a three year old and a five year old at home. The rest are all “grown up” books.
And Ukelele Ike, an E for effort, but no cigar. I actually had to look, because three of the books you mentioned are on my other night stand, but none were quoted there.
And dropzone knocks that one outta the park. I thought that passage would have been a little harder to place than some of the others. Do you have it memorized?
