The temperature hit ninety degrees the day she arrived.

[LynneSin]

New York was steaming--an angry concrete animal caught unawares in an unseasonable hot spell. But she didn't mind the heat or the littered midway called Times Square. She thought New York was the most exciting city in the world.

[LynneSin]

1. Wow I figured someone would recognize this

am I the only one

:cry:

[taterguy]

2. Jaqueline Susann rocks!

[LynneSin]

3. Oh thank goodness

that's like one of the best opening paragraphs ever! You know you're in for a rocking good time from just that first paragraph

[taterguy]

4. It's very possible that a lot of people love the book but just don't remember the opening passage

I'm that way with most of the books I love.

The Lester Bangs anthology Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung is one of my all-time favorite books but I'd have to pull it off the shelf to tell you which band he writes about in the first piece.

Valley of the Dolls is a rocking good book even though I confess that I cheated by merely typing that phrase into Google.