BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS
Merry Christmas for those of you celebrating this weekend! This post goes up Thursday evening, Christmas Eve Eve as we used to say when we were kids. By Friday, I will be deep into celebrations, with my mind far away from book blogging and concentrating only on all things Christmas.
But once the ribbons, wrapping, and cookie crumbs are swept away, I'll be in the mood to curl up with a good book. Especially if Portland gets snowed in next week like might happen!
Do you plan to do any reading this holiday weekend?
MY BOOK BEGINNING
When the doorbell rang at eight thirty on that hot, languid morning, Coco knew they'd come to arrest her.-- Coco at the Ritz: A Novel by Gioia Diliberto. That's an excellent opening sentence!
This new novel about Coco Channel is based on the true story of Channel's war-time romance with a German spy and how that affair led to her arrest for treason following the Liberation of Paris. Coco at the Ritz came out this month from Pegasus Books and is historical fiction at its page-turning best.
Coco at the Ritz went straight onto my list of French Connections books.
YOUR BOOK BEGINNINGS
Share the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, or just a book you want to highlight. Please link to your blog or social media post, not the home page of your blog or your social media profile page. If you share on social media, please use #bookbeginnings.
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Freda at Freda's Voice hosts another teaser event on Fridays. Participants share a two-sentence teaser from page 56 of the book they are reading -- or from 56% of the way through the audiobook or ebook. Please visit Freda's Voice for details and to leave a link to your post.
MY FRIDAY 56
There was no question of Coco changing addresses, of moving to another part of town. She had to be at the Ritz, where she could keep an eye on her shop across the street, the source of her income.
