BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS
Are you looking forward to the long Labor Day weekend? That is, if you are here in the US, where we celebrate this first weekend in September as the cusp between summer and fall. Here in Portland, we are having our best summer weather, even if school starts next week. So I am looking forward to a long holiday weekend even if it is a staycation weekend for me.
What are your weekend plans? Do they involve any good books?
Let's kick off the weekend with Book Beginnings on Fridays and share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are featuring this week. Please link to you post below. If you share on social media, please use the #bookbeginnings hashtag.
MY BOOK BEGINNING
I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull.
-- Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe was published in 1719 and is often said to be the first English novel. It's one of those books that has been adapted and reimagined so many times that I always thing I've read it, but I really haven't.
I'm finally reading it now as one of the books on my Classics Club list. I always get in the mood to read classics in the fall. I don't know if it's a back to school vibe or just the whole cozy feeling that comes with the change of season.
Do you read different books in the fall than you do in the summer? What are you looking forward to reading this fall?
YOUR BOOK BEGINNINGS
This preview will disappear when the widget is displayed on your site.
If this widget does not appear, click here to display it.
Besides these things, I took all the men's clothes that I could find, and a spare fore-topsail, hammock, and some bedding; and with this unloaded my second raft, and brought them all safe on shore to my very great comfort.
I was under some apprehensions during my absence from the land, that at least my provisions might be devoured onshore; but when I came back I found no sign of any visitor, only there sat a creature like a wild cat upon one of the chests, which when I came towards it, ran away a little distance, and then so would still; she sat very composed and unconcerned, and looked full in my face, as if she had a mind to be acquainted with me.
Good book to feature!
ReplyDeleteI've never read this book but think I should.
ReplyDeleteI have not read this particular classic, but is very much a part of our culture in subtle ways, isn't it? References made here and there, some we probably aren't even aware of. I hope you enjoy it, Gillion. There are many classics I have been wanting to read, but just haven't picked up recently. Perhaps soon! Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteHi Gilion,
ReplyDeleteGoodness! This brings back memories of enforced reading at school, which was the last time I opened the cover of 'Robinson Crusoe'. I hope that you enjoy the read!
Our late holiday long weekend is always the last Monday in August, although like yourself, this year we stayed firmly locked up indoors, in an effort to stay away from all the Covid madness going on out there.
The weather has turned decidedly autumnal with the mornings and evenings definitely getting darker and chillier.
Have a peaceful weekend break :)
Yvonne xx
I don't think I've ever actually read this one, but I know I've seen a lot of the adaptations.
ReplyDeletenice
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy this one. I'm not generally a fan of "classics" because of the writing style - but this story is so well known that it might be an exception for me. This week I am spotlighting Nightshade by M. L. Huie - a historical mystery from my review stack. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteI read this one many many years ago. Good choice for a classic. Hope you have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteI read this one as a young one, but remember the show more vividly. Happy Labor Day weekend!
ReplyDeleteLike you I knew of the story, but only read the book itself a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteI need to read this Classic, too! I've had trouble with serious reading during Covid-19 Season, so I opted for a travel memoir: "Ten Years a Nomad" by Matt Kepnes. Happy Labor Day reading. It's travel dreams for me!
ReplyDelete