Thursday Thirteen (39)

Thursday Thirteen is a weekly meme with a simple theme: each Thursday you blog a list of 13 things. What kind of things? Any kind! Just come up with a list theme and run with it.
*All of my lists are in no particular order.*
 

Opening Lines

1. When I was eight, my mother lost me to zombies in a one-card draw. – The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu

2. I tossed my backpack in a corner of the studio and high-fived Rodney on his way out. – Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn

3. The moment the door opened I knew an ass-kicking was inevitable. Stray by Rachel Vincent

4. Honor Donovan took one look and knew the man was trouble. – Amber Beach by Elizabeth Lowell

5. Every night death came, slowly, painfully, and every morning Maddox awoke in bed, knowing he’d have to die again later. – The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter

6. My philosophy is pretty simple—any day nobody’s trying to kill me is a good day in my book. – Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning

7. Life as I knew it ended at half past eleven on a Tuesday morning. – Nightshade by Michelle Rowen

8. I stiffened at the red and blue lights flashing behind me, because there was no way I could explain what was in the back of my truck. - Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

9. “Myron, are you listening to me?” Carl Herbold glowered at his fellow convict, impatiently shook his head, and muttered, “Stupid, stupid.” – Unspeakable by Sandra Brown

10. Some things I remembered. – Destiny Kills by Keri Arthur

11. How ridiculously simple it would be to cause them harm. – Jacob by Jacquelyn Frank

12. “Got another letter from that Cyprien guy,” Grace Cho said as she placed the office mail on Dr. Alexandra Keller’s desk. – If Angels Burn by Lynn Viehl

13. No one knew better than Walter Rice that the only safe place was away from other people – Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs