Are You Ready? "If I'm not home in two months, I'm dead. Her mother's warning haunted her as Enne Salta lugged her leather trunk down the bridge leading off the ship, filling her with an inescapable sense of dread. If I'm not home in two months, I'm dead. It'd been four." Can you guess? The … Continue reading First Lines Friday
Are You Ready? "Shush, shush, shush, whispered the silvery snow, as soothing as a man clamping his hand over your mouth as he sticks a knife in your back in the middle of a crowded street. " Can you guess this one? Isn't that a really good one? Makes you want to read it... Give … Continue reading First Lines Friday
Ready for the lines? "The deck of the French ship was slippery with blood, heaving in the choppy sea; a stroke might as easily bring down the man making it as the intended target. Laurence did not have time in the heat of the battle to be surprised at the degree of resistance, but even … Continue reading First Lines Friday
"The night Kate Harker decided to burn down the school chapel, she wasn't angry or drunk. She was desperate." Do you know this one? It is an older book.... By a well known author... Have you guessed? Ok, I'm just going to tell you.... Ready? Here it is ...... Did you guess? I chose this … Continue reading First Lines Friday
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 … Continue reading First Lines Friday
