15 Minutes Book Novels & Stories

Mother has her faults— a lot of them, actually, but this restaurant is something good to admire her for. I pull my hoodie down even more, hoping that no one would recognize me or my scent. Although the way I smell must have been altered a bit, but still! Before I left the house, I had taken one of my favourite books with me to come and read over here. Fishing into my back pack, I brought it out. The Silent Twin by Caroline Mitchell. An old favourite. A waiter came to my table and stopped. “Ma’am?” “Ma’am? I’m sorry, but you have been here for over fifteen minutes. You cannot stay here for more than ten minutes without ordering a meal. Are you going to order something, please?” He asked polit

I tell myself to be normal for five minutes, to just be a person who buys tea and listens to people read, and not someone who survived a marriage contract, a diagnosis, and a city’s gossip machine with my name in its mouth. It's downtown and it's small. The kind of bookstore that stacks chairs between tall shelves and has a crooked stage made out of two platforms pushed together. There are string lights and a chalkboard that says OPEN MIC — 7PM — 5 MINUTES EACH — BE GENTLE. Someone’s kid is playing with a paper crane by the poetry section, and the woman at the counter is making a big deal out of steaming milk for a stranger because she wants the foam to look like a heart.

Mina was whispering something to the receptionist, and before long, we'd barely settled in when the receptionist brought over some coffee and snacks. Hannah clicked her tongue. "The service here is pretty good." I glanced at Mina. "I will only wait for fifteen minutes." If Zander didn't show up in fifteen minutes, it was not like I didn't try to help. It was just bad luck. As soon as Mina heard what I said, her expression slightly changed. "Isn't fifteen minutes a bit too short?" I looked at her and smiled faintly, "Or maybe I could leave now?" Mina quickly reached out and grabbed my hand. "I think fifteen minutes is enough!"

"Asher, you walk out on me and then try to ruin me. I can't believe I wasted ten years on you! I'll kill myself right here if that's what it takes to prove I'm innocent!" She gathered her dress and ran straight for the corner of the table.

During gym class, when Coach Jim was watching, she missed six baskets in a row. Wednesday, March 17th. The cafeteria ran out of dessert. The last person to get a dessert was the person right in front of Jane Waleski and Emily Zuckerman. Friday, March 28th. Jane and Emily finally did their book reports, Ms. Reeds told them that the books they read were too short, even though she never told the class ahead of time that the book-report books had to be a certain length. Jane's book had 97 pages. Emily's book had 78 pages. Lucy Adams's book had 357 pages.

She said. "mmmm... Can I see the book? I mean if you want." The prince wanted to see the book. But Chenyin was scared to hand it over. "I promised to master that I- - -" "I won't open it. I will just want to touch it." He said. Chenyin gave the book to the Prince. The book was brown. It had a beautiful design on it. And it has also a lock on it. "Hey it has a lock on it. Did you notice?" He asked.

A quarter of an hour was equivalent to fifteen minutes. “According to the record of the Rockefeller family, Blaine Rockefeller excluded, the descendants of the family could last a quarter of an hour at best. It is about fifteen minutes under normal circumstances.” Alex received the Holy Book from Nolan. As soon as he got his hands on it, it felt as light as a feather, as if it was weightless. However, that traitorous sensation from the heavenly law’s repulsion deepened while he held it.

That's in the past. But she couldn't help picking a book that dealt with finance. She touched the thick cover and breathed in its fragrance. She longed to to read the book, at least to kill time. She helped herself to one of the chairs and placed the thick book on the table. Soon she got so immersed in the book that she didn't even notice that Jack had been standing beside her for 3 minutes. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore and cleared his throat. There was no reaction from Vanessa as she was in deep thoughts. 'This book is really good. It's a pity... a pity that I...' she was dragged back to reality when Jack knocked on the table twice.

the list goes on. "I'll leave you with some time to read it. Have you already eaten?" she asked. "Yes and thanks again," I said and she smiled warmly before leaving the room. I put my pyjamas on and got to work on the book. There were a few eye-widening moments (the delivery chapter is pretty detailed) and after reading just two chapters I realised the extent of how much I didn't know. After I had been reading the book for over five hours and it was way past midnight, my phone buzzed. I had received a text from Leo.

Then Kevin took the book and opened it. For no reason, Kevin smiled thinly as he looked at the book, "now I'm the one to say thank you to you" Kevin muttered to himself. Kevin started reading the Indonesian History book. It took Kevin 25 minutes to read the book until it finished. When finished, Kevin got up from his seat.