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 was born in the winter of 1898 at Belfast, the son of a solicitor and of a clergyman’s daughter. My parents had only two children, both sons, and I was the younger by about three years.
-- Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by C. S. Lewis. Such a prosaic beginning for the creator of Narnia!
This has been on my TBR shelf forever, so I finally decided to read it with my ears and got the audiobook download from my library.
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
My title has the word "surprise" too!
ReplyDeleteThere are quite a few "older" books on my shelves I need to get to. This sounds interesting. I have fond memories of The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, but I know so little about the author himself.
ReplyDeleteSome of the books on both my actual and virtual shelves are beyond old, they are positively ancient.
ReplyDeleteI would like to think that if I had the courage to do a hard cull and almost start again, things wouldn't build up so badly, but I just know that isn't true. I would just have more space to fill with some of those lovely charity shop book finds!!
Enjoy your book and thanksfor hosting BBOF :)
Yvonne
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I haven't read any other books by C. S. Lewis except for The Chronicles of Narnia. I do have to admit that this one looks pretty interesting.
ReplyDeleteI've read this a couple of times - once as a teenager, when I read a lot of his books on Christianity and then again a few years ago. I love his writing.
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ReplyDeleteI never read anything by him.
Thanks for sharing and hosting, Gilion.
I've done that - had a book in my TBR for years and finally get to it from an audiobook from the library. Hope you enjoy it. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteA great author! Hope you enjoy it, I'm absolutely sure you will!
ReplyDeleteHere is mine this week: http://bit.ly/Fri56Tooth
Have a lovely weekend! x
The Chronicles of Narnia have always been some of my favorite books but I really know nothing about Lewis himself. This sounds really interesting.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the Narnia books but don't know anything about the author. I hope you are enjoying the story. This week I have a book that has been on TBR mountain way too long - A Rumor of Bones by Beverly Connor. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteI've only read Narnia. I've never thought about any of his other works. Hope you enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteI would like to read this one. I like the title. The beginning isn't boring.
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