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The first day of my new life began with ice and ended with flames.
Arthur at the Crossing-Places by Kevin Crossley-Holland

Arthur at the Crossing-PLACEs by Kevin Crossley-Holland
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16339645/

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At twenty minutes to four on Christmas Eve, I made my way through a circle of roisterers who danced and sang and pelted
one another under the big dome of the Stock Exchange, to the public telephone-room, where I asked for the number of my most important client.
Crime at Christmas by C H B Kitchin

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There was silence in the book room, not the silence of intimacy but a silence fraught with tension.
April Lady by Georgette Heyer

April LADY by Georgette Heyer

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"I wonder if you would mind not smoking, Mr Ushikawa," the shorter man said.
IQ84: Book Three by Haruki Murakami

(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened.
The Giver by Lois Lowry


The Turn of MIDNIGHT by Minette Walters
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16221608/

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The night seemed darker when Lady Anne took her leave of Eleanor and stepped away from the serf's hut.
The Turn of Midnight by Minette Walters



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Sir Robert Carey rode furiously from London to Edinburgh along the Great North Road, spending one night in Yorkshire
and another in Northumberland; he arrived at Holyrood Palace, 'be-bloodied with great falls and bruises' after a journey of more than 330 miles.
Civil War by Peter Ackroyd

Dates are in the diary.

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October First Sentence Thread
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Just after my divorce was final, my friend set me up on a blind date.
A Witch in Time by Constance Sayers

A WITCH in Time by Constance Sayers
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16302786/

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September First Sentence Thread
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'And we ask your abundant blessing, Lord, on these, the outcast dead...'
The Outcast Dead by Ellie Griffiths

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'If you'll accept this, sir,' said the policeman, pressing a shilling into the down-and-out's hand,
'you'll have visible means of support and I shan't have to take you along.'
Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham

The VOYAGE of the Dawn Treader by C S Lewis

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There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C S Lewis