Silly game- anyone up for it?

I suppose he is a little obscure but his books were hugely popular in their ay and well worth a read. For one
Droid of his life he lived in a house not far from me and there is a blue plaque on the wall to say so.

Now, I haven't googled but is

'I'm so busy' the woman who said life was too short to stuff a mushroom?

My other teaser should be easy, but if you google you'll get a very smart clothing company!

Oh dear iPad finger.

Day and Part

Alice in Wonderland
ANA
"The Signora had no business to do it" said Miss Bartlett "no business at all"

NanRuth is this Fay Maschler or Katherine White

horn?

The Kite Runner?

lamb A Room with a View

It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York

The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath.

The summer day was drawing to a close and dusk had fallen on ...........

well done Zengran but you have stumped me now.

The boy snapped awake. He seized his sword. Tenno hardly dared to breathe.

This is a children's book.

Gosh, didn't realise this had been resurrected! Good. (That is a straightforward comment, BTW!)

sorry, people, I was going to join in but find this whole thread too confusing! So many comments and quotes that don't relate to one another.

For anyone who is interested in exciting historical books for confident readers 9+ both boys and girls, I quoted 3 posts above from 'Young Samurai - the way of the warrior'. The series of 8 are set in Japan in the 17th century and are really cracking fast paced adventure stories. The author is Chris Bradford.

As an adult I loved them too !