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First Line Fridays -- Lakshire Park

4/9/2020
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​Happy Friday and welcome to First Line Fridays!

Today I'm posting a line from

Lakeshire Park
by Megan Walker.
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First Line:

Brighton, England, 1820

My fingers held teh last chord on the pianoforte a beat longer than necessary.
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First Line Fridays -- Always You

3/12/2020
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​Happy Friday and welcome to First Line Fridays!

Today I'm posting a line from

Always You
by Jennifer Rodewald.
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First Line:

Chapter 1
(in which Laurel meets a man at the airport)

She was gonna throw up.
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First Line Fridays -- Cinder

2/27/2020
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​Happy Friday and welcome to First Line Fridays!

Today I'm posting a line from

Cinder
by Marissa Meyer.
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First Line:

The screw through Cinder's ankel had rusted, the engraved cross marks worn to a mangled circle.
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First Line Fridays -- Wings Like a Dove

1/30/2020
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​Happy Friday and welcome to First Line Fridays!

Today I'm posting a line from

Wings Like a Dove
by Camille Eide.
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First Line:

Friday, March 3, 1933
Lower East Side, New York


The jangle of coins in Anna's pocket was a sound she only heard on Fridays, and only from the time she left the garment factory until she deposited each week's earnings into her mother's sugar bowl.
​What are you reading?  What is your first line?
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First Line Fridays -- Carry Me Home

1/24/2020
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Australia has recently been affected by devastating wildfires sweeping across their beloved country.  We, the admins of Hoarding Books, across our perspective blogs are sharing a book writtten by an Aussie author or set in Australia (feel free to feature on your FLF post this week).  We invite you to joun us in supporting, honoring, and celebrating Australia as readers and compassionate people.
Happy Friday and welcome to First Line Fridays!

Today I'm posting a line from

Carry Me Home
by Dorothy Adamek.
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First LIne:
​

July 10, 1875
Aboard the Aurora
Departing Liverpool for Australia
​

Aunt Sarah says I must mark the days.
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First Line Fridays -- The Baggage Handler

1/16/2020
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Australia has recently been affected by devastating wildfires sweeping across their beloved country.  We, the admins of Hoarding Books, across our perspective blogs are sharing a book writtten by an Aussie author or set in Australia (feel free to feature on your FLF post this week or next).  We invite you to joun us in supporting, honoring, and celebrating Australia as readers and compassionate people.
​Happy Friday and welcome to First Line Fridays!

Today I'm posting a line from

The Baggage Handler
by David Rawlings.
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First Line: 
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The sense of dread that began with Becky’s email pressed Gillian Short deep into her seat as passengers filed past her down the aisle, a line of eye-rubbing yawns and bouncing impatience.
What are you reading?  What is your first line?
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First Line Fridays -- Then There Was You

11/14/2019
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​Happy Friday and welcome to First Line Fridays!

Today I'm posting a line from

Then There Was You
by Kara Isaac.
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First Line:

PAIGE MCALLISTER DIDN'T THINK it was possible, but there was something worse than being single and thirty at your nine-teen-year-old sister's wedding.
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First Line Fridays -- Fall Flip

11/7/2019
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Happy Friday and welcome to First Line Fridays!

Today I'm posting a line from

Fall Flip
by Denise Weimer.
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First Line:

The moment Scott Matthews strolled into the overgrown backyard of the Wentworth bungalow, life changed.
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8 Comments

First Line Fridays -- Living Lies

10/31/2019
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Happy Friday and welcome to First Line Fridays!

Today I'm posting a line from

Living Lies
by Natalie Walters.

Check out the other books in the Harbored Secrets Series HERE.
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First Line:

Just let go.
What are you reading?  What is your first line?
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First Line Fridays -- The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond

10/18/2019
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Happy Friday and welcome to First Line Fridays!

Today I'm posting a line from


The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond
by Jaime Jo Wright.
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First Line:

Gossamer Grove, Wisconsin
1907


Libby Sheffield had never stopped to wonder what she would take specific note of if she ever stumbled upon a dead body.
​​What are you reading?  What is your first line?
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