BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS
THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN!
THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN!
MY BOOK BEGINNING
"I put beautiful paintings in my novels because when I look out the windows, all I see is fog. Now ask me a serious question." Raymond Moore, 1948
Smugglers & Scones by Morgan C. Talbot. This is the first novel in Talbot's Moorehaven Mysteries series, featuring Pippa Winterbourne, amateur sleuth and owner of a bed-and-breakfast/writers' retreat on the Oregon coast.
Each chapter starts with a quote from Raymond Moore, the (fictional) world-famous mystery writer who formerly owned Moorehaven, before his home became a B&B. I like this quote because it sets the Oregon coast scene so well.
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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TIE IN: The Friday 56 hosted by Freda's Voice is a natural tie in with this event and there is a lot of cross over, so many people combine the two. The idea is to post a teaser from page 56 of the book you are reading and share a link to your post. Find details and the Linky for your Friday 56 post on Freda’s Voice.
YOUR BOOK BEGINNING
I love a good cozy mystery. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThe scones sound good, and a writer's retreat B&B on the Oregon Coast sounds even better. I'd go.
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoy the book.
Ah a book set in Oregon so we can picture the setting so well. (I may live in Washington, but I am an Oregonian.) My Friday Quotes from Wild Things
ReplyDeleteThis one looks like an interesting book. Thanks for mentioning it. Enjoy your current read!
ReplyDeleteI like that beginning. Provocative, I think? Enjoy and enjoy your weekend.
ReplyDeleteI do read the occasional cozy mystery and this is definitely a new to me author I shall be book-marking for future reference.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of sharing quotes as the preface to a story, although if I look out of my own window today, all I can see is a mountain of snow !!
Thanks for sharing and roll on spring :)
Yvonne
The cover has everything I love; coffee and cookies, yumm. I like the beginning too. A pretty good first line!
ReplyDeleteRonnie @ Paradise Found
I love a good cozy and I can never resist a book with the word scones in the title! This sounds really good!
ReplyDeleteI like the sound of this one. I do enjoy a good cozy. I'm spotlighting Lake Silence by Anne Bishop - her latest set in the world of The Others. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your mystery! Happy Reading!
ReplyDeleteI like a good cozy mystery and the title is certainly intriguing.
ReplyDeleteDidn't expect a dozy. Who knows where a journey in reading will take us?
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