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BJ Roberts's avatar

Pre-ordered!

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

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David Litt's avatar

Thank you - and that one hits home a little bit these days!

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David A Beigel's avatar

Pre-ordered but no p0lace for my favorite first ine, so here it is....

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into an enormous insect.

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David Litt's avatar

Thank you for ordering! And a classic first line.

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Marcia's avatar

Pre-ordered from my small local bookstore via Bookshop.org. Good luck hitting 500!

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David Litt's avatar

Thank you - I've got my fingers crossed!

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Ray Kirk's avatar

Pre-ordered via Amazon (I know! I'm sorry!! I live on an island, literally, with no book store. )

Moving water thrills me.

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David Litt's avatar

Thank you! And my personal view is that the benefit of people reading > Amazon getting less than $10 but there’s some self interest at work there.

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B H's avatar

If a Nashville library buys a copy I will reserve it.

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Deborah's avatar

Just pre-ordered your book. Here's one of my favorite first lines from one of my favorite novels. "On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below."

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David Litt's avatar

Thank you! And I like that use of precipitated.

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Deborah's avatar

One example of why Thornton Wilder won the Pulitzer Prize.

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Kathryn Dietz's avatar

Pre-ordered! And here's the first sentence from "Everything Sad is Untrue" :

All Persians are liars and lying is a sin.

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David Litt's avatar

Thank you! And that's also a great book title.

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Elaine Weber's avatar

How can a man that ate his Grandmothers meals provided by government program vote to cut assistance to anyone! Cheap liar!

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Cathi Connelly's avatar

As a practicing Catholic, I am embarrassed that he is among our disciples. He is mean, untruthful, untrustworthy, and most of all a cruel person in his soul. A disgrace to the faithful

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Peg S's avatar

It’s the end of May so I haven’t helped with your original goal, but I do think my daughter will love receiving a yellow book for her birthday🤣

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David Litt's avatar

In this case I’m very happy to have my book judged by its cover!

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Ellis Robinson's avatar

Preordered thru Bookshop.com and Morgan Hill Books.

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”

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David Litt's avatar

Thank you! And it sure was.

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Annie Schmidt's avatar

Pre-ordered one previously, now two more as gifts from bookshop.org. This is fun! I hope you make your goal.

"Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded yellow sun" from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Doug Adams

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David Litt's avatar

Thanks! And what a great book. (Although also Elon Musk's favorite - which seems unfair because he doesn't know what satire is.)

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Allison Clemons's avatar

Pre-ordered!

Courtesy and serenity of temper I first learnt to know from my grandfather Verus.

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David Litt's avatar

Thank you!!

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Susan Duhb-uhu's avatar

But it's not; you just have to show up with the understanding that the fight will continue, and a willingness to do your part: support independent progressive media, spread the message as a tribute, be responsible for your circle, and don't let despair overwhelm hope. - Shameless- Brian Tyler Cohen

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Melvy's avatar

Pre-ordered. Hope you get more than your last 70 pre-orders!

"Garp’s mother, Jenny Fields, was arrested in Boston in 1942 for wounding a man in a movie theater."

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David Litt's avatar

Thank you - and I love that book!

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Cynthia McReynolds's avatar

Pre-ordered. Good luck!!! We all need it these days.

From Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram: It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant.

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David Litt's avatar

Thank you - and lovely opening line.

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