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Turn to page 50 of your current book and share the first few sentences!

This classic game comes courtesy of MadamClutter on our suggest-a-bounty bounty. Remember, the most-engaged-with replies will get organic rewards (hit that link for an explainer if you need one), so treat this thread like you would a bounty, and be sure to upvote quality contributions!

Title! My old English teacher used to say that you should give any book 50 pages to get going before deciding to continue, so turn to page 50 of whatever you're currently reading and give us the first three full sentences, or the first three that stand out to you on that page. Share the book (unless you think people will be able to guess)!

Created at 9:56am, 28th May, 2024. Page last updated at 4:20pm, 29th May, 2024.

Horror and Cats 5/28/2024, 10:13:55 AM

Sadie scoffs. "Then why come it only riles white folk?"

"Whatever the case," Molly continues, "these ku kluxes are born from hate. If the rerelease of Griffith's film has the same effect as before, we could be looking at an epidemic. Possibly worse than 1919."

Chef whispers a curse before I can get one out; 1919 was a hard year for us.

From Ring Shout by P. Djèli Clark, page 50

Sturmer 5/28/2024, 11:23:02 AM

He went heedlessly on. A shiver ran through him, and he turned cold from these evil thoughts. He made a desperate effort to interest himself in the surrounding objects and find distraction in the passers-by, but he soon fell back upon himself, and when, again shuddering, he raised his head and looked around, he neither knew what he what he had been thinking of nor where he was.

EveOnlineTutorials 5/28/2024, 11:26:43 AM

Balven entered a few minutes after Donte heard the meeting ended, with the man addressed as Eminence being escorted to some apartment set aside for visitors, or a cell in the dungeon- Donte wasn't sure what "suitable quarters" meant.

BoomerMod5/28/2024, 11:38:45 AM

There are two kinds of sampling error. The first of these are 'random' errors which occur as an inevitable consequence of using data from a subset of the overall research population. Those included in the sample are unlikely to be a perfect match with the profile of the overall research population and the data they supply are not going to be exactly the same as they would have been for the whole research population.

...riveting! 😅

Alex SinclairMod5/28/2024, 12:22:34 PM

"The history of the Old Empire stretches back for many centuries."
"Must be why they call it old."
"Don't try to be clever with me, Captain Luthar, you have not the equipment."

MadamClutter 5/28/2024, 6:39:15 PM

Sam knew himself as a person easily provoked, sensitive to how others viewed him, and too outspoken. His back, etched with layered scars, proved that much. His skin prickled at feeling less-than, the target of scorn or mockery.

-Chapter 10, Pg 50

If the Tide Turns by Rachel Rueckert

Ford JamesMod5/29/2024, 4:20:06 PM

Donald was glad he had decided to walk to his meeting with the Senator. The rain from the week before had finally let up, and the traffic in Dupont Circle was at a crawl. Heading up Connecticut and leaning into a stiffening breeze, Donald wondered why the meeting had been moved to Kramerbrooks of all places.

Possibly the most boring excerpt from the whole book, but I can highly recommend the Silo trilogy by Hugh Howey. I'm currently on Shift, the second book in the series (with Wool being the first and Dust being the third). Silo on Apple TV is based on this and it is phenomenal.