Sunday 25 July 2021

Some of The Very Best First Lines of Books

A first line in a book is a choice. Do you want to read further? Are the following lines and pages and chapters worth your time? Here are some of our favorite first lines of books, curated by the Ennymedia review team.

“124 was spiteful. Full of a baby’s venom. The women in the house knew it and so did the children.”

From Beloved by Toni Morrison

“He began to die when he was twenty-one, but tuberculosis is slow and sly and subtle.”

From Doc by Mary Doria Russell

“I sent one boy to the gas chamber at Huntsville.”

From No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

“Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents, grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.”

From Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

“I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974.”

From Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

“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.”

From The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Thursday 17 June 2021

Famous lines from dramatic literature

If you love a great drama then you will love these lines from dramatic literature, curated by the Ennymedia review team.

The Mysterious Island

Author: Jules Verne

Year: 1874

"It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason."

London Fields

Author: Martin Amis

Year: 1989

"And meanwhile time goes about its immemorial work of making everyone look and feel like shit."

The Scarlet Letter

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Year: 1850

“No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.”

The Picture Of Dorian Gray

Author: Oscar Wilde

Year: 1890

“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”

The Children Of Men

Author: P.D. James

Year: 1992

“We can experience nothing but the present moment, live in no other second of time, and to understand this is as close as we can get to eternal life.”

Revolutionary Road

Author: Richard Yates

Year: 1961

"No one forgets the truth; they just get better at lying."

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Thursday 27 May 2021

Some Best Quotes from Crime Writers

The quotes of crime authors may have some mystery flavor surrounding it, so below you will find a few of the best quotes of some of the popular mystery/crime authors randomly picked by the Ennymedia review team.

1. Agatha Christie

“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all, I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”

2. Arthur Conan Doyle

“Of all ghosts, the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.[/blockquote]

3. James Ellory

“It was easy not to think of my future; I didn’t have one.”

4. Megan Abbott

“People will always try to scare you into things. Scare you away from things. Scare you into not wanting things you can’t help wanting. You can’t be afraid.”

5. David Goodis

“The trouble with people is they don’t understand people.”

6. Raymond Chandler

“There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren’t as good as others.”

7. Bram Stoker

“There is a reason why all things are as they are.”

8. John Dickson Carr

“We don’t fall in love with a woman because of her good character.”

9. P.D. James

“God gives every bird a worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.”

10. Graham Greene

“Success is more dangerous than failure, the ripples break over a wider coastline.”

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Friday 23 April 2021

The most powerful lines in literature

Book quotes can be pretty incredible, and this collection curated by the Ennymedia review team demonstrate that perfectly.

A Room With A View

Author: E.M. Forster

Year: 1908

“We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won’t do harm - yes, choose a place where you won’t do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.”

Kafka On The Shore

Author: Haruki Murakami

Year: 2002

"Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart."

Ulysses

Author: James Joyce

Year: 1922

"History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."

The Mysterious Island

Author: Jules Verne

Year: 1874

"It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason."

London Fields

Author: Martin Amis

Year: 1989

"And meanwhile time goes about its immemorial work of making everyone look and feel like shit."

The Scarlet Letter

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Year: 1850

“No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.”

The Picture Of Dorian Gray

Author: Oscar Wilde

Year: 1890

“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”

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Monday 22 March 2021

Closing lines from literature which are powerful

If you love the classics, then you will love this list of powerful closing lines from some of the greatest literary pieces, curated by the Ennymedia review team.

"A LAST NOTE FROM YOUR NARRATOR. I am haunted by humans."

The Book Thief, Markus Zusak

"There was the hum of bees, and the musky odor of pinks filled the air."

The Awakening, Kate Chopin

"I'm fine. I have bad dreams but I never saw Mister Duck again. I play video games. I smoke a little dope. I got my thousand-yard stare. I carry a lot of scars. I like the way that sounds. I carry a lot of scars."

The Beach, Alex Garland

"The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well."

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling

"He was soon borne away 
by the waves and lost in darkness and distance."

Frankenstein, Mary Shelley

"He reached the top of the bank in a single, powerful leap. Hazel followed; and together they slipped away, running easily down through the wood, where the first primroses were beginning to bloom."

Watership Down, Richard Adams

"And the ashes blew towards us with the salt wind from the sea."

Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier

"Are there any questions?"

The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood

"It was the devious-cruising Rachel, that in her retracing search after her missing children, only found another orphan."

Moby Dick, Herman Melville

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Saturday 27 February 2021

Essential Reads On Western Civilization

If you are looking for some great dramatic books, look at these curated by the Ennymedia review team.

Truman by David McCullough (1992)

The atomic bomb dropping was an important event in human history as the reconstruction that took place immediately after the most significant conflict in human history. In this readable narrative, historian David McCullough explains how Harry Truman became the 33rd President, used his office to bring about the difficult transition to the nuclear age while navigating the communist threat and launching America into the most significant economic expansion experienced by any country, ever. McCullough's book teaches how even a mild-mannered hat salesperson can demonstrate outstanding leadership and how that doesn't necessarily need excellent communication skills (he didn’t have them) or a bombastic personality (he didn’t have that either). It just needs common sense, something he did have.

Becoming by Michelle Obama (2018)

What better way to understand the last part of the 20th century and the first decades of this century than to read an autobiography written by a woman who had a front-row seat to these as she and her husband traveled, studied, raised a family and then made their way all the to the White House? Michelle Obama gives a perspective on this current period of American history that few others can.

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Thursday 28 January 2021

Keep Yourself Busy with These Top-Ranked Drama eBooks

Drama books provide you with a much-needed source of exciting and creative drama-based activities. They are aimed to improve literacy and speech skills. Here are some of the top-ranked drama eBooks you should.

Clybourne Park - Bruce Norris

Authored by Bruce Norris, this eBook spans two generations of approximately fifty years apart. Back in 1959, Russ and Bev are trying to sell their two-bedroom house at an affordable price. Unfortunately, the first client is a black family. This creates discontent among the white residents of the estate; they resent the black family to argue that they are not equals. Claybourne Park was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2011.

Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Stephen Orgel, A. R. Braunmuller

The legendary author Shakespeare features a series of authoritative and meticulously researched texts connected with renowned scholarships. Each chapter highlights the theatrical world of Shakespeare and a detailed analysis of the texts used.

The Dreamer – J.M.Hurley

Summer Charard starts off her junior year in high school. Her biggest wish is to have fun and live a famous life. By good luck, she meets someone who changes her life in a mysterious way that impresses her. She becomes more interested to know the guy. She experiences dreams that unfold as real-life events. It turns out that the psychopath guy haunting her in her dreams is her ex-roommate.

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