Category: First Line Friday
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First Line Friday – May 12th, 2023
First Line Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: -The First Lines- Apocalypses always kick off at the witching hour. That’s something you know now.It makes sense, if…
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First Line Friday – May 5th, 2023
First Line Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: -The First Lines- Dawn is breaking when she creeps from the house. The air is cool and fresh; birds…
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First Line Friday – April 7th, 2023
First Line Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: -The First Lines- Katie lives alone on the island. She lives less for herself than for the dead.This is…
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First Line Friday – March 31st, 2023
First Line Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: -The First Lines- There was a vulture on the mailbox of my grandmother’s house. As omens go, it doesn’t…
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First Line Friday – March 24th, 2023
First Line Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: -The First Lines- I know you loved us all, in your own way. Magdalena for her brilliance, Alexi for…
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First Line Friday – March 17th, 2023
First Line Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: -The First Lines- “Avert your gaze, foul beast!” Edgin shielded his face with his hands. “You have no power…
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First Line Friday – March 3rd, 2023
First Line Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: -The First Lines- Alex approached Black Elm as if she were sidling up to a wild animal, cautious in…
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First Line Friday – February 23rd, 2023
First Line Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: -The First Lines- Green eyes watched from the darkness like statues in a fog. I felt them like fishhooks…
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First Line Friday – February 17th, 2023
First Line Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: -The First Lines- Fuck her. These were the words that got me down the subway steps. I was going…
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First Line Friday – February 10th, 2023
First Line Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: -The First Lines- In the middle of the ocean, there was a girl who lived upon a rock. This…
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