First Lines

[Donnajo]

Catcher in the rye is another book I remember having to read in school. Can't remember what I thought of it.
Maybe that would be a book to give another read too since I don't remember it.
And back then saying it read it and having really read it was two different things.

[Ann]

Chapter One
On a winter afternoon, diving an inland lake,south of Orlando, every small thing was going right, far better than I had anticipated, but then it all went suddenly wrong in ways I could not have imagined.
Deep Shadow by Randy Wayne White

[Carol/Bonadie]

"On the last night of August, Tess Monaghan went to the drugstore and bought a composition book--one with a black-and-white marble cover."

Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman.

[Ann]

Carol - that line certainly evokes a lot of possibilities!

Carol/Bonadie wrote: ""On the last night of August, Tess Monaghan went to the drugstore and bought a composition book--one with a black-and-white marble cover."
Baltimore Blues by [author:Laura Lippman|60..."

[Carol/Bonadie]

Ann wrote: "Carol - that line certainly evokes a lot of possibilities!

Carol/Bonadie wrote: ""On the last night of August, Tess Monaghan went to the drugstore and bought a composition book--one with a black-..."

It does indeed! Have you read the Tess Monaghan series? I'm not sure what I think of Baltimore Blues, I'm making my way through but it's not grabbing me.

[Ann]

Carol:
I have read some of the Tess Monaghan series. I started out of order and skipped Baltimore Blues, though I bought it in pb years ago and it is in a tbr pile somewhere. I sometimes have found Laura's books to be a bit hard to get into and I always want to like them as she is such a nice person from what I can tell online so usually stick with them and end up ranking them 9 of 10 or so.

Carol/Bonadie wrote: "...Have you read the Tess Monaghan series? I'm not sure what I think of Baltimore Blues, I'm making my way through but it's not grabbing me. ."

[Carol/Bonadie]

Ann, having seen her at several B-cons I can tell you that your instincts are right on, LL is a peach and a real kick. I make sure to attend any panel she's on. Like you that drives me to make it through this book, but in all honesty not sure when I'll get to the next one. I guess I haven't quite warmed up to Tess yet, these down-and-out-ers who fall into detecting by accident aren't real popular with me.

Ann wrote: "I sometimes have found Laura's books to be a bit hard to get into and I always want to like them as she is such a nice person from what I can tell online ..."

[Sandi]

>>It does indeed! Have you read the Tess Monaghan series? I'm not sure what I think of Baltimore Blues, I'm making my way through but it's not grabbing me.<<

Carol, I've read all the books in the Tess Monaghan series so far and, for me, Baltimore Blues was by far the weakest. I think the series really took off with the third book Butchers Hill.

[Ann]

Carol:
Sandi gives us an excellent testimonial to promote reading out of order! UOOOR's have more fun! ;)

Sandi wrote: "Carol, I've read all the books in the Tess Monaghan series so far and, for me, Baltimore Blues was by far the weakest. I think the series really took off with the third book Butchers Hill. ."

[Carol/Bonadie]

Ann wrote: "Carol:
Sandi gives us an excellent testimonial to promote reading out of order! UOOOR's have more fun! ;)

Sandi wrote: "Carol, I've read all the books in the Tess Monaghan series so far and, for m..."

UOOOR-style fun, sure! Not for me...

[Sandi]

"To be encumbered with a corpse is to be in a difficult position, especially when the corpse is without benefit of death certificate."

Running Blind by Desmond Bagley.

[Ann]

The rapper and his girlfriend Janiqua, stood in the sunny corral paging through the color brochure, selecting the animal they wanted to kill.

Silencer a new Thorn book by James W. Hall

[Ann]

I remember the summers best, when the days rested in the long arms of the evening and the sounds around Slieve Gullion were as muted as benediction.
1905 by Patricia Falvey The Yellow House: A Novel

[Donnajo]

The river was spawned high in the Appalachian Mountains formed of sedimentary rock and ancient ocean floor. Fed by rain and melted snow, rivulets of cold, clear water gush over boulders and between rocky ridges to lace the mountainsides.

Time is a River by Mary Alice Monroe

[Melodie]

When Sylvia and Bernie came back from That's Amore Drive-In Wedding Chapel with my car, it would've been nice if they'd taken the body out of the trunk.

Driven to Ink by Karen E. Olson

[Shomeret]

It was amazing how fast hell descended on a man.

Jasper Mountainby Kathy Steffen (historical fiction)

[Ann]

The long howl of a wolf rolls over me like a toothache.
Sweeping Up Glass by Carolyn Wall

[Donnajo]

Before I forget I wanted to write the first lines for the other books I'm reading.

Katie Converse jerked the dog's leash. Reluctantly the black lab mix lifted his nose and followed her.
Face of Betrayal (A Triple Threat novel)
by Lis Wiehl with April Henry
Nook book

My mother's name was Miriam, but most people called her Mim. She was such a character that as a child I developed a special form of literature, it was known as the Mim Tale. This is one of my Favorites.
For You Mom, Finally
by Ruth Reichl

[Shomeret]

Ann wrote: "The long howl of a wolf rolls over me like a toothache.
Sweeping Up Glass by Carolyn Wall"

Isn't that a great first line, Ann? The writing in this book is really good.

[Sherry]

"crashing dark chords smothered the cell phone's impertinent chirp, but the ringtone was the "ride of the valkyries", so it penetrated, and i stopped."
On the Line: A Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Novel-sj rozan

[Ann]

Shomeret:
Sweeping Up Glass is a really good book, very well written and a great first line! I wish I had more time to read it, it is hard to put down!

Shomeret wrote: "The long howl of a wolf rolls over me like a toothache. "
Isn't that a great first line, Ann? The writing in this book is really good. ."

[Ann]

Sherry:
I really look forward to reading this new one!!

Sherry wrote: ""crashing dark chords smothered the cell phone's impertinent chirp, but the ringtone was the "ride of the valkyries", so it penetrated, and i stopped."
On the Line: A Bill Smith Lydia Chin Novel..."

[Donnajo]

Books that are hard to put down are the best type to read. I need to find another one of those today to start reading. A book that grabs me and is hard to put down and is fast. I was thinking of grabbing one of the books I had started and put to the side but they just don't call to me.