The other thread has become a bit cluttered, so I’m following on here with this continuation. Some OTF pet hates and pet loves amongst the following:
1. At the sunset hour of one warm spring day two men were to be seen at Patriach’s Ponds.
The Master and Margarita - Bulgakov
2. The boy’s name was Santiago.
The Alchemist - Coelho
3. Dr Iannis had enjoyed a satisfactory day in which none of his patients had died or got any worse.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin - De Berniere
4. I was born in the city of Bombay….once upon a time.
Midnight's Children - Rushdie
5. To the red country and part of the red country of Oklahoma the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the seared earth.
Grapes of Wrath - Steinbeck
6. There are so called inert gases in the air we breathe.
The Periodic Table - Levi
7. All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Anna Karenina - Tolstoy
8. It was inevitable: the scene of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.
Love in the Time of Cholera - GG Marquez
9. For a man of his age, 52, divorced he has, to his mind, solved the problem of sex rather well.
Disgrace - Coetzee
10. ‘Now what I want is, Facts.
Hard Times - Dickens
1. At the sunset hour of one warm spring day two men were to be seen at Patriach’s Ponds.
The Master and Margarita - Bulgakov
2. The boy’s name was Santiago.
The Alchemist - Coelho
3. Dr Iannis had enjoyed a satisfactory day in which none of his patients had died or got any worse.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin - De Berniere
4. I was born in the city of Bombay….once upon a time.
Midnight's Children - Rushdie
5. To the red country and part of the red country of Oklahoma the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the seared earth.
Grapes of Wrath - Steinbeck
6. There are so called inert gases in the air we breathe.
The Periodic Table - Levi
7. All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Anna Karenina - Tolstoy
8. It was inevitable: the scene of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.
Love in the Time of Cholera - GG Marquez
9. For a man of his age, 52, divorced he has, to his mind, solved the problem of sex rather well.
Disgrace - Coetzee
10. ‘Now what I want is, Facts.
Hard Times - Dickens
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