From the First Line - February

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

For this challenge, you will pick a book that you read last month. Using the first sentence in the book, find another book that is associated with that sentence.

You can read as many books as you like from one of last month's books, or
you can read a book for several of last month's books. (Did that make sense? :)

Examples:
Last month I read The Princess Bride. The first line is: "This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it." - re-read one of your favorite books or read a book you have never read

... Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The first line is: "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much." - read a book that is the 4th in a series or where the main characters are married

... Moon Called. The first line is: "I didn't realize that he was a werewolf at first." - read a book written in the first person or read a paranormal or urban fantasy story

Duration: February 1 - 29, 2019
Re-reads and audio books are okay.
There are no page limits.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Last month, I read Don't Hex with Texas. The first line is, "It had been months since I'd needed rescuing from anything - no dragons, hideous monsters from hell, evil wizards, not even a really bad blind date."

Lots of options :)

I read Beauty and the Clockwork Beast. 2/19/20 **** (Lots of monsters and rescuing :)

[Meg]

From The Diva Takes the Cake:

"Dear Sophie, My fiance's former girlfriend showed up at our engagement party uninvited and released four dozen white mice."

Sophie:
Too Big to Miss 02/25
Name of MC's late friend, whose death she investigated

fiance:
Cotillion 02/03
Kitty gets herself a pretend fiance

former:
How to Murder a Millionaire 02/17
MC is a former San Francisco cop

girlfriend:
Gator Bait 02/09
MC and her female friends solve another crime in their small Louisiana town

engagement:
Agnes and the Hitman 02/23
MC has had a couple of unfortunate broken engagements

party:
A Flair for Beignets 02/22
MC vacations in party city of New Orleans

uninvited:
Foxes and Fatal Attraction 02/18
One of the zoos had an uninvited night intruder attacking the fowl

four:
A Catered Valentine's Day 02/16
4th in series

dozen:
Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham 02/02
D-o-z-e-n found in book title

white:
The Vanishing
Hometown experiences total whiteouts due to persistent fog

mice:
Unzipped by Chrissy McMullen 02/28
M-i-c-e in author's name


P.S. Lanelle, your first line is pretty awesome

[Tari]

From the First Line February
Duration: February 1 - 29, 2019

From Theater Nights Are Murder by Libby Klein
“I can’t believe you pulled the fire alarm.”

From which I decided to read this dealing with fire and alarms: That Old Flame of Mine by JJ Cook (aka Jim/Joyce Lavene) Read 2/20/20

Getting ambitious here and hoping to read two from this quote from Hems and Homicide by Elizabeth Penney:
Bells jingled as I entered the Belgian Bean, a warm and cozy café filled with chatter and the aroma of freshly brewed coffee.

Books I hope to read dealing with freshly brewed coffee:
Dead to the Last Drop by Tonya Kappes (have to wait till it releases Feb. 21) Read 2/22/20
On What Grounds By Cleo Coyle (didn't get to this one)

[LaurLa]

From the First Line - February
February 2020

My From the First Line Challenge (msg 5)

19 Books Read

January Book ~ Maybe This Christmas

First Line ~ Tyler O'Neil stomped the snow off his boots, pushed open the door of his lakeside home and tripped over a pair of boots and a jacket abandoned in the hallway.




✔️Tyler O'Neil ~ author initial T, O or N
🔹Playing the Odds ~ 02.09 ★★★★

✔️stomped ~ someone gets stomped on (like a heart break or cheated or physically)
🔹Too Hot to Handle ~ 02.01 ★★★★

✔️snow ~ snow on cover
🔹On Thin Ice ~ 02.27 ★★★★

✔️off ~ something missing on cover (part of body, part of an object, etc)
🔹Fall Quiet ~ 02.08 ★★★

✔️boots ~ shoes or boots on cover
🔹Wishbones ~ 02.07 ★★★★

✔️pushed ~ someone gets pushed in the story
🔹Trigger Snappy ~ 02.15 ★★★

✔️open ~ something open on cover (door, book, etc)
🔹The Night Belongs to Fireman ~ 02.23 ★★★★

✔️door ~ double vowels in title
🔹Hard Wood ~ 02.16 ★★★★

✔️lakeside ~ water on cover
🔹2nd Chance ~ 02.08 ★★★★

✔️home ~ a place to live on the cover
🔹Starting Over ~ 02.14 ★★★★

✔️and ~ AND in title
🔹Of Silk and Steam ~ 02.20v ★★★★

✔️tripped ~ a book that trips me up
🔹The List ~ 02.11 ★★★

✔️over ~ last in a series
🔹Death Cache ~ 02.04 ★★★★

✔️pair ~ a pair of books (same author, author duo, same items, words on cover, etc)
🔹Second Chance Cowboy ~ 02.03 ★★★
🔹The Cowboy's Claim ~ 02.03 ★★★

✔️boots ~ boots in the text
🔹Eric stood, unlaced his boots, and stepped out of them.
🔹Slow Burn ~ 02.29 ★★★★

✔️jacket ~ jacket on the cover
🔹Fatal Accusation ~ 02.16 ★★★★

✔️abandoned ~ a standalone book
🔹Butterfly Dreams ~ 02.28 ★★★

✔️hallway ~ a book that connects other books (series book not first or last)
🔹Taken in Death ~ 02.13 ★★★★

[Celia]

I'll try this again. 6 books in January.

1. 1/4 - "'You all know why you are here.'"
-Read a book where a character assumes another character knows something OR with a quote as the first sentence.

2. 1/8 - "Fallen angels were cast down to earth and became demons."
-Read a book with a mythical creature OR where something/someone transforms into someone/something else.

3. 1/12 - "Babel's king bleeds."
-Read a book with a royal character OR with a lot of blood in the story.

4. 1/17 - "I try not to think of her."
-Read a book where a character tries not to think about something OR where a woman is a guiding figure in a character's life.

5. 1/22 - "I try not to think of him."
-Read a book where a character tries not to think about something OR where a man is an issue in a character's life.
2/10 - Johannes is a major issue in Elsa's life.
6. 1/31 - "A dragon was dead."
-Read a book with a dragon (at least mentioned) OR where a character dies

[Tari]

Calling it finished with two books out of the three I mentioned, updated msg. 4

Looking forward to the March version of this.

[LaurLa]

Complete! Thanks again for such a unique idea :-)
Updated post: My From the First Line Challenge (msg 5)

19 Books Read