I play this game when I’m reading a book – I try to guess what the first paragraph the author wrote is. As a writer myself, I presume what becomes the opening line isn’t how the first draft began, but I always wonder where the original kernel is buried. These are some of my favorite (published) first sentences of books.
Top Ten Tuesday: Thankful
Books and reading are such an important, and joyful, part of my life. I’m grateful for many things literary-related.
Top Ten Tuesday: Reading Life Changes
Normally I prefer to write about specific books but this topic caught my eye. My reading habits are something I hadn’t really thought about in awhile.
Top Ten Tuesday: Languishing on the TBR pile
For shame! Here are some of the books that have been on my to-be-read list the longest…
BOOKS for August
No wind, no bird. The river flames like brass. / On either side, smitten as with a spell / Of silence, brood the fields. In the deep grass, / Edging the dusty roads, lie as they fell / Handfuls of shriveled leaves from tree and bush. ~ “August” by Lizette Woodworth Reese