Friday, February 3, 2017

First Line Fridays


Happy Friday and happy February!  Welcome to a new month and to a new first line for this week.  For 2017, I'm trying to read even more each month, so that I can reach my Goodreads reading challenge.  Last year, I read 36 out of 50 books, but hopefully, I can read and reach my 40 book challenge this year.

This week, I started looking at Suzanne Fisher's book The Newcomer.  Check back in the next couple of weeks, because I will have a review posted for this novel.  I just finished Surround Me by Marguerite Gray, and it was excellent.  If you enjoy historical pieces, you will love this book.  As always, please be sure to check out the book lines from these other amazing bloggers too:

Sydney from Singing Librarian
Rachel from Bookworm Mama
Andi from Radiant Light
Katie from Fiction Aficionado


Click the links above to be taken to their posts and...
If you would like to join us, send Carrie a message and let her know!

​Grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line!

Today I am going to post a line from: 

The Newcomer 
by Suzanne Woods Fisher 



And the first line is...

Philadelphia 
October 15, 1737

"Bairn was suffocating.  Not literally, mayhap, but as close as a man could get."  

Happy reading and happy Friday!







15 comments:

  1. Jace Rawlings, MD, sat in the damp Kenyan jail with his back against the stone wall. An Open Heart by Harry Kraus

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    1. What a frightening first line...sounds like an interesting real life book.

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  2. Near Medicine Bow, Wyoming 1892

    The squeal of the train wheels jerked Essie Vanderfair's attention from the doodles and half-formed thoughts scribbled inside her notebook to the window beside her.

    ~The Outlaw's Secret by Stacy Henrie

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    1. I love this first line! And I love the Love Inspired Historical books. :)

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  3. Happy Friday Heather! Since I shared the first line of the Prologue on my blog, here is Chapter one. "Maggie turned the hat block and examined the broad-brimmed, yellow straw hat."

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    1. Happy Friday Rachel! What a cute first line...can a first line be cute?! :)

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  4. My first line is: " "...for it is written: 'It is mine to avenge; I will repay,' says the Lord." The words grabbed the man by the throat." (I had to include that 2nd line!) from Moving Target by Lynette Eason

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    1. Those are gripping words--so happy to know the Lord is on our side throughout the trials and joys of life. Romans 12:9

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  5. Ah, historical fiction... my first love!

    Finished reading A Note Yet Unsung by Tamera Alexander

    Nashville, Tennessee
    January 12, 1871
    Rebekah Carrington stood shivering across the street from her childhood home, satchel heavy in hand, cloak dusted with snow.

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    1. Hmmm...does she still live in her childhood home? Or is she thinking about her past--wishing she could go back to simpler days? :)

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    2. Excellent questions! I highly recommend you read it to find out all the answers ;) Fabulous story!

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  6. My first line comes from Tosca Lee's upcoming book Firstborn, book 2 in the House of Bathory series.

    Six weeks ago, I woke up in a cabin in the north woods of Maine with no memory of the last two years or any pertinent details of my life before.

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    1. Oh my goodness! That's terrible. I'm super curious to hear how the author writes her journey.

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  7. “Shelby made her way slowly, carefully through complete darkness to the small guesthouse.”-Raging Storm, by Vannetta Chapman


    Happy Reading!

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    1. Awesome first line...I already want to know more about this story. Why is she walking to the guesthouse? Why isn't she staying in the main house? And why do events seem to always happen in the dark? :) Happy reading!

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