THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN!
Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.
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YOUR BOOK BEGINNING
MY BOOK BEGINNING
The call came on the twenty-ninth of February: the one day in four years when, according to antiquated custom, women may openly choose their partners without shame.
-- The Whole World Over by Julia Glass. I really enjoyed Three Junes, Glass's debut novel for which she won the National Book Award in 2002. I'm hoping this sophomore effort is as good. She has since written a couple f other books I'd like to read as well.
I really enjoyed this one! Thanks for sharing...
ReplyDeleteWill there be a Linky? Here is mine: http://laurelrainsnow.wordpress.com/2015/04/30/from-the-interior-book-beginningsfriday-56-never-tell-a-lie/
ReplyDeleteHere's mine, if the Linky doesn't show up ;) http://guiltlessreading.blogspot.ca/2015/04/friday-56-bookbeginnings-half-of-yellow.html
ReplyDeleteSorry about the late linky! Crazy week! I will add yours!
ReplyDeleteGreat beginning, it really caught my attention.
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ReplyDeleteI know all about crazy weeks and we still have Friday left to go! Here's hoping for a peaceful and quiet weekend - it's a holiday weekend here, so an extra day off Monday :)
Do I detect romance in the air in your first lines this week - Or are things not that straightforward and simple?
This probably isn't a book for me and the ratings and reviews have been very mixed, to say the least. I hope that you enjoy it though and thanks for hosting :)
Yvonne
That beginning really grabbed me. I'm guessing something life-changing happens on February 29th!
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I've never heard of this author before, but that snippet does sound promising! Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteI love all the bread on the cover! The quote makes me think it's a man hearing his phone ring.
ReplyDeleteI have the Three Junes on my TBR pile but just can't seem to get to it. Perhaps I should based on this review.
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Now that sounds interesting. The first line intrigued me a lot. I'll have to look this book up and see what it's about! Thanks for this awesome meme!
ReplyDeleteSounds good. My first time doing Book Beginnings, enjoyed joining in.
ReplyDeleteThis definitely sounds like a great beginning. I feel like it wants you to think that someone is ringing about a marriage proposal when really that's not what will happen! Thanks for hosting :) I hope you have a great weekend!
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Juli @ Universe in Words
The cover itself is enough to get me interested. :)
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ENJOY!!
Elizabeth
Silver's Reviews
My Book Beginnings
I haven't heard of this but it does sound intriguing. I wonder what goes on for the other days of the year.
ReplyDeleteCurious beginning. Has me wondering. Please visit mine here ... http://lisaksbookthoughts.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteI would definitely keep reading! That is a great first line! I love reading a first line that is so good I wish I had written it.
ReplyDeleteSorry.I added myself twice to the linky by accident, if you could delete the second one, please and thank you ^_^
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