Adventures in Strand Bookstore

I don’t even know what website I was on, but someone suggested a fun exercise to do the next time you find yourself in a book store:

Pick up a book, go to the first page, and after the first sentence add “And then the

Naturally, this seemed like a great idea so I crept around Strand laughing to myself. Seeing I enjoyed myself so much , I highly recommend following suit to make your next Barnes and Noble experience pretty spectacular. Oh does the story change…

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“The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day. And then the murders began.” – The Cat in the Hat

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And then the murders began.” – The Holy Bible

“It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. And then the murders began” – 1984

“Where’s Papa going with that Ax? And then the murders began.” – Charlotte’s Web

“One sunny Sunday, the caterpillar was hatched out of a tiny egg. He was very hungry. And then the murders began.” – The Very Hungry Caterpillar

“In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines. And then the murders began.” – Madeline

“The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another his mother called him ‘Wild Thing!’ and Max said ‘I’ll eat you up!’ so he was sent to bed without eating anything. And then the murders began.” – Where the Wild Things Are

“There was an old lady who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she didn’t know what to do. And then the murders began.” -Nursery Rhyme

“Mr & Mrs Dursley, of number 4, Privet Drive, were proud to say they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. And then the murders began.” – Harry Potter