First sentence of current book

Julia Begeman · Post by **Julia Begeman** » 07 Feb 2024, 07:34

"I once married a woman from Swansea," says Mervyn Collins.
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman

Poor Mervyn doesn't know how to talk to people.

Pranav Dewangan · Post by **Pranav Dewangan** » 09 Feb 2024, 08:20

There’s a good chance you know about Mark from the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series. These books have sold more than half a billion copies. Or maybe you’ve heard his lectures, or participated in his conferences, or watched him on YouTube.

Relentless: Mark Victor Hansen

Leslie McKinley King · Post by **Leslie McKinley King** » 11 Feb 2024, 12:21

“THERE IS A long-running debate among researchers as to whether a child is born smart or whether intelligence can be taught.”

— Madame Ph.D.: Growing up Black in Dc and Beating the Odds: Nettie’s Dc Story of Perseverance, Hope, and Determination (Phd) by Gwynette Ford Lacy Ph.D. MBA

Sadiya_Khan · Post by **Sadiya_Khan** » 13 Feb 2024, 10:13

"Every snail is a cheetah in the eyes of its mother."

NicoleFaith24 · Post by **NicoleFaith24** » 17 Feb 2024, 08:48

My strongest memory is not a memory

Educated, Tara Westover

Post by **Rebecca De Figueiredo** » 17 Feb 2024, 09:00

I love this question (I always like the first sentences of a book)'. I'm reading Sent to Watch by David Lebenstein, and the first sentence is; "I believe you have had quite enough to drink, Lieutenant" admonished Major Weatherby.

Whiney Jones · Post by **Whiney Jones** » 18 Feb 2024, 17:56

Once, there was a movie chair and she loved little children.
The Movie Chair by Shari Borkin.

Christina Shupe · Post by **Christina Shupe** » 21 Feb 2024, 10:55

"The popular mall was crowded with people this Saturday evening, many of them teenagers."

The Date Farm by Jack Winnick

Whiney Jones · Post by **Whiney Jones** » 21 Feb 2024, 14:42

A sudden movement drew his attention to where the path emerged from the trees on the far side of the meadow.

Creative destruction by Alastair Bowman

Post by **Dennis Nickerson** » 28 Feb 2024, 12:29

October 1941, Russia, a small village about 80 miles from Moscow Serafima stole into the anteroom and halted, listening closely.

The Cruel Romance: A Novel of Love and War by Marina Osipova

Aroona Kashif · Post by **Aroona Kashif** » 03 Mar 2024, 14:05

“I thought pissing my brother off and storming away would make me feel something.” Hopeless - Elsie Silver

Kaitlin Bryant · Post by **Kaitlin Bryant** » 14 Mar 2024, 17:41

"There was no possibility of taking a walk that day."
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Kaitlin Bryant · Post by **Kaitlin Bryant** » 14 Mar 2024, 17:42

Haggai Edore Ovwenkepere wrote: ↑18 Feb 2024, 17:56 Once, there was a movie chair and she loved little children.
The Movie Chair by Shari Borkin.

This seems like a very interesting opening line!

Kaitlin Bryant · Post by **Kaitlin Bryant** » 14 Mar 2024, 17:43

TLIE-555 wrote: ↑16 Sep 2023, 04:00 "I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975."
The Kite Runner - KHALED HOSSEINI

I still need to read this one!