First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
- Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
- Finally… reveal the book!
First Lines:
The day we threw Aunt Helen’s ashes into the Atlantic Ocean was very windy. I’m assuming you’ve never seen someone get a mouthful of their dead sister’s ashes, but that is exactly what happened to my dad, in slow motion, his mouth opening into an O as he lifted the top off the urn and thrust it forward. We all watched the ashes fly in a perfect arc out of the urn, and then we all watched them change direction in midair as a sudden gust of wind sent them back, back, directly into my father’s waiting horrified mouth.
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]]>First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
- Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
- Finally… reveal the book!
First Lines:
There are long stretches where I don’t remember anything.
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The Dream-Maker’s Magic by Sharon Shinn
(Safe-Keepers, book 3)
Rating: ★★★★★ – loved it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: September 3 – 6
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: Kellen’s time at the Parmer Arms.
Least Favorite Thing: Frederick can choke.
Man I’m so glad I decided to go through this series because this book was so worth it. I will definitely be reading this book again!
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I Don’t Know What You Know Me From by Judy Greer
Rating: N/A
Review: Yes
Format: Print
Reading Dates: September 8 – 9
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: That one quote I pulled?
Least Favorite Thing: So boring!
I really wish I could have liked this book, but I just couldn’t find it interesting…
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The Bling Ring by Nancy Jo Sales
Rating: ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review: Yes
Format: Print
Reading Dates: September 8 – 9
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: The bizarre-ness of the case.
Least Favorite Thing: There wasn’t really anything I didn’t like.
I feel like this was a strange book to like, but I really did like it.
The Half Life of Molly Pierce by Katrina Leno
Rating: ★★★★★ – loved it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: September 10 – 11
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: The writing style.
Least Favorite Thing: I did not like Lyle even when I was meant to.
Read this book! Read this book! Read it! It is so good I’m going to buy it first chance I get.
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Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson
Rating: ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: September 14 – 19
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: Living Room Theater
Least Favorite Thing: Skeevy Sam gave me the creeps…
It took about half the book before the pace picked up and I could really get into it, but I think that might just be that I don’t read contemporary as often. I did enjoy it once I got into it though.
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Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff
Rating: ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: September 20 – 22
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: Hannah’s extreme thirst for Finny Boone lol No, I’m kidding, it’s the homemade Ouija board.
Least Favorite Thing: Hannah’s friends all suck.
This is not even a little bit the sort of book I usually read. It’s a mystery, a murder one at that, and a little bit spooky which for me is a lot spooky because I’m paranoid as hell…. So I was surprised at how much I liked this story. The beginning seemed a little slow, but it picked up soon and then I couldn’t put it down. I definitely recommend this book.
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Orfe by Cynthia Voigt
Rating: ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: September 23
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: The descriptions of how Enny felt listening to the music.
Least Favorite Thing: All the boyfriends were garbagio.
I read this book for bibliophilicwitch‘s 24 Hour Read-A-Thon.
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
Rating: ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review: No
Format: Audiobook & Print
Reading Dates: September 23
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: Carrie’s poems.
Least Favorite Thing: I can’t think of anything…
I read along and listened to this book for bibliophilicwitch‘s 24 Hour Read-A-Thon. And I loved her journal entries, I wish I was that eloquent at 18!
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The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Rating: ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review: Yes
Format: Print
Reading Dates: July 18 – September 25
Read Count: 2
Favorite Thing: The chaos of the Wish catering gigs.
Least Favorite Thing: My fear of being too old to relate to these books, and therefore not enjoying them quite as much, has officially been realized.
It took me forever to finish this, my goodness! But I finally did it and even mini-review’d it.
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Need by Carrie Jones
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ – did not like it
Review: Yes
Format: Print
Reading Dates: September 26
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: I too would like to leave a trail of glitter wherever I go.
Least Favorite Thing: The entire premise.
Welp, looks like I’ll be donating this book… But at least I can cross one more off my TBR Shame List.
In Progress
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adjective
- (especially of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent
She walks through the house like a ghost. Sometimes she thinks she would be better off without a body. Better off floating and diaphanous and thin.
– Katrina Leno, The Half Life of Molly Pierce, page 212
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– Katrina Leno, The Half Life of Molly Pierce, page 67
Version:
Hardcover, 231 pages
Published July 8th 2014 by HarperTeen
I wonder how long he’ll be sad. I wonder if his sadness will last forever, stretching on like an ocean. Drowning everyone he cares about. Drowning people he doesn’t even know. He won’t be able to control it. Oceans ebb and flow as they wish. They cover everything. They make everything blue.
– Katrina Leno, The Half Life of Molly Pierce, page 67
Version:
Hardcover, 231 pages
Published July 8th 2014 by HarperTeen
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The Half Life of Molly Pierce by Katrina LenoMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book is amazing! I don’t have anything really coherent to say yet, but it was so amazing and everyone should read it!
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