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First Line Fridays -- 12.02.16

12/2/2016
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​​​​​It is Friday and I am joining these lovely ladies in First Line Fridays:

Carrie from Reading is My SuperPower
Rachel from Bookworm Mama
Beth from 
Faithfully Bookish​
Andi from Radiant Light
Heather from Encouraging Words from the Tea Queen
Sarah from All The Book Blog Names Are Taken


​Click the links above to be taken to their posts and...
If you would like to join us, send Carrie a meassage and let her know!
​
​Grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line!

Today I am going to post lines from

The Blue Ribbon Brides Collection
by
Cynthia Hickey, Gina Welborn,
Jennifer AlLee, Angela Breidenbach, Darlene Franklin,
Carrie Fancett Pagels, Amber Stockton,
Niki Turner, & Becca Whitham.

Nine stories by nine different authors...and they all take place at the fair!  The first time I heard about this novella collection, I was thrilled.  I have always loved the fair, as well as books and movies that take place at the fair.  So if you love the fair as much as I do, you are going to love this novella collection!!!
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All's Fair in Love and Friendly Competition...

North of Lansing Michigan, 1889

Across the narrow train aisle from Sarah, a matron examined her Friday newspaper, the bold print headline proclaiming ANOTHER BALLOONIST SUCCUMBS IN KALAMAZOO.

~Requilted with Love by Carrie Fancett Pagels
May 1, 1893

Bettina Gilbert gawked at the White City from a bench on the hurricane deck of the steamship as she balanced a sketchbook on one knee, a white lace glove in her lap to avoid blackening it with graphite smudges.

​~​Seven Medals and a Bride by Angela Breidenbach
Spruce Hill, Vermont
July 1896

Edith Grace checked her outfit, making sure she was prepared to garner as much hone as possible in one trip.

​~​A Taste of Honey by Darlene Franklin
Germania Hall, 220 West 9th Street, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Saturday afternoon, September 1901

Fifteen-year-old Reba Diehl gripped the back of her father's sleeve, her heart pounding against her chest as he maneuvered her through the crowded aisle.

​~​Altered Hearts by Gina Welborn
Fallon, Nevada
June 1916

If she didn't take a break soon, she was sure her fingers would snap clean off.

​~​Better with Butter by Jennifer AlLee
Comisky Park
Chicago, Illinois
April 1917

​Robert Montgomery wrapped his cold fingers around the steering wheel of the stripped-down Model T.

​~​Driven to Distraction by Becca Whitham
Western Colorado, 1920

It was a perfect apple: round, smooth, undamaged by birds or insects.

~​First Comes Pie by Niki Turner
"Please, tell me you're fooling." 

​~Front Paige Love by Amber Stockton
Arkansas, 1930

"Turn the light off!" Pa bellowed from his rolltop desk in the living room.

​~​Competing Hearts by Cynthia Hickey

​What are you reading?  What is your first line?
​Open the book nearest you and post the first line...
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Becky Smith
12/2/2016 10:41:01 am

I just finished Shelter From The Storm by Kristen Ethridge: "Ten years ago, Becca Collins caught a bus to Port Provident, Texas because it was as far south as she could get from Wisconsin without falling into the water."

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books
12/2/2016 11:43:38 am

Ooo fun! I will have to check this one out! :)

Beth Erin link
12/2/2016 10:55:57 am

I just got a delightful surprise in the mail yesterday so I’m sharing the first line of Chapter 7 from Love Everlasting by Julie Lessman…

“But I d-don’t want to see the n-nurse; I want to r-ride a h-horsey.” Little six-year-old Beth Erin … clung to Shannon’s neck, voice quivering with disappointment as they entered the reception are of the Camp Hope plantation house.

Squeeeee!!!!

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books
12/2/2016 11:46:15 am

Ahhh! How exciting! :D LOVE Julie's books!!

carriemschmidt@gmail.com link
12/2/2016 10:59:19 am

oh i love your color alternating quotes today!! Fun!

My first line currently is from Cynthia Simmons' Pursuing Gold - "What a dilemma!"

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books
12/2/2016 11:46:47 am

Thanks! :) I decided to try something different this time!

NIce! :)

Carrie Fan link
12/2/2016 12:06:28 pm

THANKS so much, Sydney!!! This is such a cute idea! Thank you for including the Blue Ribbon Brides collection!!!

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books
12/2/2016 01:26:05 pm

You are SOOOO welcome! Thanks for stopping by!! :D

Heather link
12/2/2016 12:49:18 pm

I love that you posted the first line from each novella! :)



Bad Day for a Bombshell
by Cindy Vincent

December 5th, 1941

“Two days before waves of Imperial Japanese Navy planes blasted our warships into fireballs at Pearl Harbor, my mother and I were balancing hatboxes and shopping bags in the back of a taxicab while it raced through downtown Dallas, the fashion center of the Southwest.”

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books
12/2/2016 01:27:02 pm

Haha. Thanks. :)

I have this one on my cue for this weekend! :D

Caryl Kane
12/2/2016 03:20:20 pm

If Rylan Jefferson was lucky, after tonight she'd never have to see Colin Renwycke again. - One Enchanted Christmas by Melissa Tagg

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books
12/3/2016 11:21:50 am

Oooo. Fun! I have this one sitting on my kindle waiting to be read. :)

Rachel Dixon link
12/2/2016 10:30:36 pm

"The significance of the location was unknown to those present that murky day in 1962 when four lads stood in front of a huge tea warehouse by Liverpool's dock road, having photos taken to publicize their first record." Tune In - The Beatles: All These Years by Mark Lewisohn ya ya...nonfiction...haha!

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books
12/3/2016 11:38:29 am

Absolutely NOTHING wrong with non-fiction! They are awesome too! :)


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