It’s Friday!!! Hooray!
Since it’s Friday, it’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line
The book I’m featuring today is Someplace Familiar, the recently-released debut novel of Teresa Tysinger!
And the first line is …
“Not much had changed about Laurel Cove, North Carolina in the ten years since Livy Johnson had last visited.”
Let me know your first line in the comments & then head over to see what First Lines these friends are sharing today:
Bookworm Mama || Singing Librarian Books || Faithfully Bookish || Radiant Light
Encouraging Words from the Tea Queen || All the Book Blog Names are Taken || Robin’s Nest
Fiction Aficionado || Bibliophile Reviews || Kathleen Denly || Lauraine’s Notes
With A Joyful Noise || A Baker’s Perspective || Joy of Reading || C Jane Read
Ooooh!! I bought this book and hope to read it soon. My first line is from Finding Love on the Oregon Coast by Angela Ruth Strong, a collection of 4 novella by different authors which will be released July 1st: “Christina gazed out the window at the balcony decorated for her wedding ceremony above the sparkling Columbia River in Portland, Oregon, before turning to face the full-length mirror.”
that sounds like it sets up a good scene 🙂
Yay! Thanks Carrie!
😀
That looks like a sweet read.
My first line on my blog is from Alicia Ruggieri’s trilogy, but here I’ll share one from a non-fiction I’m reading for research (and it’s a HUGE read)… “Nearly ten years have passed since the close of the civil war in America, and yet no satisfactory history thereof is accessible to the public; nor should any be attempted until the Government has published, and placed within the reach of students, the abundant materials that are buried in the War Department at Washington.” (Memoirs of William T. Sherman)
oh that sounds interesting!
My first line is:
“A private plane sits on a runway in Martha’s Vineyard, forward stairs deployed.” ~ Before the Fall by Noah Hawley.
I can’t wait to start this book. I’ve heard it’s good.
Dinh@Arlene’s Book Club
i’ve heard good things about that one too!
Hey Carrie! I recently purchased this book, and I’m looking forward to reading it! Today on my blog I’m sharing a line from Lori Benton’s book “A Flight of Arrows”.
I thought I’d share something different in the comment, an old favorite of mine.
“From the old and pleasantly situated village of Mayenfeld, a foot-path winds through green and shady meadows to the foot of the mountains, which on this side look down from their stern and lofty heights upon the valley below.” HEIDI by: Johanna Spyri
awww i haven’t read Heidi in years!
I’m so excited about Teresa’s book! I just finished a memoir (?) FAITH TRANSPLANTED by Ray Jones to prepare for the author Q&A I’m hosting at the book’s launch party this evening. (YAY!) Told with humor covered by faith, this is Ray’s story from illness to transplant list to recovery. “Some days when I first wake up, for a brief moment, I forget what has occurred.”
that’s a powerful first line! sounds like a powerful book too!
“When it comes to men, I’m a practical girl.” ~ Love at First Date by Susan Hatler
love that line!
Hi Carrie,
I’ve seen this book around, and it sounds like a good one. I like the first line.
Happy first weekend of June!
and to you, Andi!
On the blog today I am sharing the first line from Melody Carlson’s ‘Under a Summer Sky’ so I thought I would share the first line from the book I am currently reading:
“The man relaxed in the wooden Adirondack chair in the screened-in porch of his cabin rental and stared out across the glistening waters of Lake Williwaw.” Stormy Lake by L.D. Stauth
that’s a great first line!
Great first line! Happy Friday!
Happy Friday to you too, Heather! 🙂
Incomplete Sentence by E.E.Kennedy: Tracey Parish sat at the red light and refused to fume, as she often did, over time she was kept waiting in traffic………….The light changed. Resolutely, she shifted into drive, merged into traffic, and was never seen alive again.
i have a book by her that i desperately need to read!
I’m reading A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer, which I am enjoying very much, but as the opening line is a description of the view from the library of Fontley Priory, I will decline to repeat it here.
LOL!
“The crackle on the two-way radio gave EMT Anne Lundstrom a two-second warning that someone’s life teetered on death’s fine edge.” from Tying the Knot by Susan May Warren. I just finished this one today. It makes me want to read the other books in the Deep Haven series.
ooo that sounds good!!
LOVE that it’s in North Carolina!
Cafinated Reads First Line Friday
“You may think you know the story.”
— My Lady Jane
Oooo I want to read this one!
“He was watching her again.” ~ His Guilt (The Amish of Hart County, #2) by Shelley Shepard Gray.
Eeeeee I need to read this soon!
Yes, you do!!! So good 😀 I think I am hooked on Amish Romantic Suspense (or at least on Shelley Shepard Gray’s series)!
me too!
This book…..wonderful. I loved it! 🙂 Happy Saturday!!