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An old book: Treasure Island

treasure island - green book 30-5-13This copy was my father’s. It is from Collins’ ‘Laurel & Gold’ series, measures 16x11cm so fits easily into a pocket, and is bound in a pale green linen. chapter one 30-5-13In 1933 my father was nine. It is inscribed in pencil with his name and the date which makes it a second edition; the first was printed May 1931, the second January 1932. the inscription 30-5-13 title page 30-5-13I especially like the poem ‘To the Hesitating Purchaser.’ Perhaps today’s books should feature a similar ode.to the hesitating purchaser 30-5-13‘Treasure Island’ by Robert Louis Stevenson

Great opening paragraph 17… ‘The Hobbit’ #amwriting #FirstPara

The Hobbit“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort.”
‘The Hobbit’ by JRR Tolkien 
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Try one of these 1st paras & discover a new author:-
‘A Bouquet of Barbed Wire’ by Andrea Newman
‘The Guest Cat’ by Takashi Hiraide
‘Before I Go to Sleep’ by SJ Watson

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A #FirstPara which makes me want to read more: THE HOBBIT by JRR Tolkien #amwriting http://wp.me/p5gEM4-gZ via @SandraDanby

Great opening paragraph… 17

The hobbit - JRR Tolkein 4-5-13
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort.”
‘The Hobbit’ by JRR Tolkein