Happy Friday!!!
Summer is fast approaching! Do you have any specific Go-To reads for summer? I remember reading The Lord of the Rings trilogy (and The Hobbit) for the first time in summer. So it will forever be branded as "Summer" for me! Do you know what the First Line is from The Fellowship of the Ring? It is probably one of my very favorite opening lines EVER!
Chapter I
A Long-Expected Party
When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating hi eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.
Now it's your turn! Post your first line below and blog hop and join in more First Line fun!
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Newton and Polly by Jody Hedlund: ” I fear that our wassailing has become a nuisance.”
ReplyDeleteI LOVE THIS BOOK! And this line is fabulous!
DeleteHappy Friday! My first line is from Karen Krist's new LIH book The Engagement Charade, coming out July 1st (and it's REALLY good!): "Alexander Copeland's one goal in life was to be left alone."
ReplyDeleteSorry, but I should have said Karen Kirst. I haven't had enough coffee yet!
DeleteThe struggle is real! Thank you for the recommendation!
DeleteThat is a great story! I'm currently reading (and loving) All Of You by Sarah Monzon. "Lieutenant Michael "Finch" Carrington pulled up the zipper of his green flight suit and stared at the mass on the opposite rack."
ReplyDeleteWooo! This is a GREAT book!
DeleteTolkien is always a good idea! :) My first line is from "Missing" by Lisa Harris.
ReplyDelete"Nikki Boyd slid out of her white Mini Cooper as two bagged bodies were being wheeled from the one-story house nestled in one of Nashville's nicer suburbs."
When in doubt....go to Tolkien hahaha! Ooooh that is a gripping first line FOR sure!
DeleteI've not read LOTR. *Hangs head in embarrassment*
ReplyDeletePrologue
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 1864
Silvery moonlight slanted through the closed shutters, faintly illuminating Caroline Fletcher's bedroom.
Candle in the Darkness (Refiner's Fire Book 1) by Lynn Austin
Happy Friday and Happy Reading!
Um....I don't know if we can be friends anymore....HAHA! I am KIDDING! I know there are waaay too many books I haven't read. Oh moonlight! I love!
DeleteI'm currently reading three books: "The Valley of Vision" (devotional prayers from the Puritans), "Candle in the Darkness" (Lynn Austin), and still working on Sherman's Memoirs. Deciding on what to read over the weekend (as all of those are either for research or borrowed-to-read and I want something that I just choose to read). ;)
ReplyDeleteOH wow! I just started The Captain's Daughter by Jennifer Delamere. She is a new-to-me author and I am LOVING it so far (almost half way). Hoping to finish it tomorrow.
DeleteI loved The Lord of the Rings. I don't even remember when I read it probably in middle school. Happy Friday!
ReplyDeleteYa I think I was about that age. I have re-read it since then so I can't remember lol! Happy Friday!
Delete“She was so young and lovely, in her late twenties, but she was dying of cervical cancer, which had spread to many parts of her body.”
ReplyDeleteMore Glimpses of Heaven by Trudy Harris
Oh...I hope this story has a happy ending
DeleteHappy Friday!
ReplyDeleteMy first line is:
“It started with a phone call, deceptively simple and easy to ignore.” ~All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda.
Dinh @Arlene's Book Club
Oh my goodness...I think I need to add this to my tbr!!!!
Delete<3 Lord of the Rings.
ReplyDeleteI'm starting a novella by Melissa Tagg called "Three Little Words". The first line is "Seven years shouldn't feel like such a gaping span of time."
Oh I have been meaning to read this! I need to read Melissa's books!
DeleteThis series has always intrigued me, but at the same time made me nervous.
ReplyDeleteNervous? Because of the genre?
DeleteWonderful classic! Did you know that Tolkien led C.S. Lewis to the Lord? :) Obviously, read the books but make sure to see the films if you haven't yet. Happy Saturday!
ReplyDeleteI did! I think it is a wonderful story. The Inklings! One reason I LOVE Kara Isaac's books. They have the LOTR and Narnia threads through them. And ya...we watch the movies annually hehe!
DeleteSome day I will read that book... not today, but some day!
ReplyDeleteUnless you get one of those miracles they're always talking about in church, I don't see how you'll be able to keep the business open into spring.
Weaver's Needle by Robin Carroll