First Line Friday is brought to you by Hoarding Books. Playing along is easy: open the book nearest you and share the first line. Then check out the link to see the other first lines posted this week.
"The little girls marched into the Atlanta arena in single file, heads high, shoulders back, bare toes pointed."
Honestly, I wanted to quote the first couple paragraphs. I can't imagine putting this kind of pressure on my child for anything, even if she were the next Misty Copeland or Simone Biles. Not a chance.
Happy Reading!
Sarah
Death prowled the cellblock like a dark animal seeking prey - especially the weakest. The House at the End of the Moor by Michelle Griep.
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Perrianne Askew
Thanks for sharing! (I tried to go to perrianne.askew@me.com but no page would come up?)
DeleteHappy Friday! I haven't heard of that one. Today, I'm sharing the first line from Like Flames in the Night by Connilyn Cossette: "Nothing would stop me from claiming this victory."
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It's a great read but dated. SO MUCH more has happened since it was published in the mid-90s. It was still a good and important read though, one I think could easily be expanded on today.
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ReplyDeleteToday I'm sharing from Sand Creek Serenade by Jennifer Uhlarik: https://christianfictiongirl.blog/2020/03/13/first-line-friday-127/. I'm currently on chapter 10, so I'll share a line from there.
"Five Kills tried to work moisture into his dry throat."
Hope you have a great weekend. Happy reading! 🙂❤📖
Happy Saturday! Has your school district closed?
DeleteHappy Friday! I'm sharing from The Outlaw's Daughter by Margaret Brownley today. Here is the first line of chapter 16:
ReplyDelete"The house was small and sparsely furnished but had a warm, homey feeling that filled Matt with an unfamiliar longing."
Have a great weekend!
Thank you Yvette, happy reading!
Delete"The confusion in which the British found themselves in the Transvaal and indeed throughout the whole of South Africa in the early 1880's, after the embarrassing defeat in 1881 at the battle of Majuba Hill - which effectively enabled the Transvaal to regain its independence in the was of 1880-1 - was a telling and cautionary illustration of the difficulties and hazards that very rapidly seemed an inevitable and chronic part of Britain's involvement in the region following the formal annexation of the Cape of Good Hope in 1814."
ReplyDeleteThe Boer War - A History by Denis Judd & Keith Surridge
Great line, but luckily a war I am decidedly not interested in! I have to be veeeeeery selective with what I steal from you, as I know a great deluge of books is coming soon...
DeleteMy first line is from Woman of Sunlight by Mary Connealy.
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“You look awful.” Mitch Warden poured himself a cup of coffee and studied Ilsa Nordegren’s face as she stepped into the kitchen.
How kind of him, haha. Happy Reading!
DeletePressure on kids to perform and become great at something is a gnarly question for sure.
ReplyDeleteFirst line from The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas (one of my favorite quirky writers):
"You now have one choice."
It is appalling, the lengths some parents go to. All I want is for Eleanor to be active and healthy and happy. If she finds she is really really good at something and only wants to do that thing, awesome. If she finds she is good at a couple different things and wants to do all of them, also great.
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