First Lines Fridays 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: First Lines: “Her wedding dress is the colour of the […]
Happy Tuesday, and I hope your week is off to a wonderful start. The weather outside has been beautiful in the last day—maybe to make up for all the cold weather and snow? Whatever it is, I’m not complaining. It is so pretty to go outside and see […]
Each week, I wrack my brain to come up with an interesting topic that will hopefully spark discussion amongst my readers. It doesn’t sound like a difficult job, but after coming up with topics each week can be a challenge. If you have any bookish discussion topic suggestions, […]
First Lines Fridays 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: First Lines: “Once they made sacrifices here, to appease the […]
Today’s prompt was scheduled as things characters have said. While reading, character statements are wonderful, but I never remember the quotes once I’ve finished reading. I’ve never been drawn to copying down quotes, but maybe I should start? Instead, I want to flip things around and do a […]
First Lines Fridays 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: First Lines: “Walking on a New York City sidewalk on […]
As an avid reader of both fantasy and historical fiction, today’s topic is an idea one. I’m going to be discussing books set in another time, and to further challenge myself, I want to include more than just fantasy and historical fiction reads. Here are some of my […]
Hey all and happy Sunday! I hope your year has been going well. A quick update on my week involved getting my mom to attend a therapy session with me, and then I injured my achilles tendon taking a slow step in my house. Only me, I swear! […]
First Lines Fridays 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: First Lines: “Well a day! My fingers are black with […]
Happy Tuesday! There has been a wave of snowstorms across so much of the US this week, and I hope you’re all safe and warm! I spent the weekend staying inside with my mother and our dogs. This week, I managed to get a bunch of chores done […]