From Fredrik Backman's Anxious People
“The longest day of my life began tardily.”
From John Green's Paper Towns
“My wife, Megan, wrote an e-vite to our dinner party that was like Megan herself: funny, sharp, and a touch mysterious.”
From James Patterson and Richard DiLallo's The Store
“Although I’d realized six or eight weeks ago that I was crazy about Tina Zabinski and I wanted to go on a date with her the same way I want to keep converting oxygen into carbon dioxide, I’d been playing it cool, taking it slow.”
From Gary Paulsen's Crush
“The dark blue Jaguar XJ Sentinel looked no different from the other cars that surrounded it as it swept around Buckingham Palace and continued through St James’s Park.”
From Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider: Nightshade