The First Game Hosted By Yours Truly

Guys, I'm gonna take a risk and attempt to hold a small game here.  I've never done this before, so bear with me.

I'll call this the "First Line Game"-- I'll list the first lines of a number of books, and see how well-read you all are. *winkwink*

I'll try to mix up the difficulty level--some fairly well-known books, and some less-talked about books.  

*in Capricorn's voice*  Let's give it a whirl.

#1:  "In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster."

#2.  "There was no possibility of taking a walk that day."

#3.  "First the colors.  Then the humans." (Okay, for that one I did the first two lines,  because--well, for obvious reasons.)

#4.  "All children, except one, grow up."

#5.  "This story begins within the walls of a castle, with the birth of a mouse."

#6.  "In the year 1815 Monseigneur Charles-François-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of Digne."

#7.  "The year that [blank] was born, the most beautiful woman in the world was a French scullery maid named Annette."

#8.  "London.  Michaelmas term lately over, and The Lord Chancellor sitting in Lincoln's Inn Hall."  (Same issue as with #3.)

#9.  "The morning sun shone brightly on the canvas of the covered wagon, promising an unseasonably warm day for mid-October."

#10.  "When he was thirteen, my brother [blank] got his arm badly broken at the elbow."

Hope you guys like it and will participate!