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Friday Firsts: To the Nines by Janet Evanovich

May 11, 2012 By 4 Comments

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts :!: I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!: The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph. (If you want to use 2-3 sentences, that is okay but limit it to the very beginning.)
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your comment to the post.

That’s it :)

Here is my Friday Firsts: To the Nines by Janet Evanovich (ISBN: 978-0312991463) 352 pages.

My name is Stephanie Plum and I was born and raised in the Chambersburg section of Trenton, where the top male activities are scarfing pastries and pork rinds and growing love handles. The pastry and pork rind scarfing I’ve seen firsthand.

You have to love Janet Evanovich. She really catches you from the beginning so it makes starting the novels easy peasy, which is great because I do not like starting novels. I expected to be caught from the very first sentence.

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

Stephanie Plum’s got rent to pay, people shooting at her, and psychos wanting her dead every day of the week (much to the dismay of her mother, her family, the men in her life, the guy who slices meat at the deli…oh, the list goes on). An ordinary person would cave under the pressure.

But hey, she’s from Jersey.

Stephanie Plum may not be the best bounty hunter in beautiful downtown Trenton, but she’s pretty darn good at turning bad situations her way…and she always gets her man. In
To The Nines, her cousin Vinnie (who’s also her boss) has posted bail on Samuel Singh, an immigrant who becomes an illegal alien by violating his Visa and extending his stay in the United States. When the elusive Mr. Singh goes missing, Stephanie is on the case. But what she uncovers is far more sinister than anyone imagines and leads to a group of killers who give new meaning to the word “hunter…”

In a race against time that takes her from the Jersey Turnpike to the Vegas strip, Stephanie Plum is on the chase of her life.



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Friday Firsts: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

May 4, 2012 By 3 Comments

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts :!: I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!: The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph. (If you want to use 2-3 sentences, that is okay but limit it to the very beginning.)
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your comment to the post.

That’s it :)

Here is my Friday Firsts: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare (ISBN: 978-1416914297) 464 pages.

The formidable glass-and-steel structure rose from its position on Front Street like a glittering needle threading the sky.

The sentence, although well written, did not immediately draw me in. In fact, I had started this book almost immediately after I finished City of Bones, which was a while ago. But  for some reason, I couldn’t get into it. I pushed through, though and am currently enjoying my read. :)

City of Ashes

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what’s normal when you’re a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who’s becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isn’t ready to let her go—especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Clary’s only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil—and also her father.

To complicate matters, someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children. Is Valentine behind the killings—and if he is, what is he trying to do? When the second of the Mortal Instruments, the Soul-Sword, is stolen, the terrifying Inquisitor arrives to investigate and zooms right in on Jace. How can Clary stop Valentine if Jace is willing to betray everything he believes in to help their father?

In this breathtaking sequel to City of Bones, Cassandra Clare lures her readers back into the dark grip of New York City’s Downworld, where love is never safe and power becomes the deadliest temptation.



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Friday Firsts: To the Nines by Janet Evanovich

July 8, 2011 By 6 Comments

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts :!: I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!: The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph. (If you want to use 2-3 sentences, that is okay but limit it to the very beginning.)
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your comment to the post.

That’s it :)

The Book Cover

Here is my Friday Firsts: To the Nines by Janet Evanovich (ISBN: 978-0312991463) 352 pages.

My  name is Stephanie Plum and I was born and raised in the Chambersburg section of Trenton, where the top male activities are scarfing pastries and pork rinds and growing love handles.

The reason I love this series is that it is full of suspense.. and most obviously, humor. The Stephanie Plum series is so easy to read and get into. Before you know it, you’ll be on #9 and a huge fan. ;)

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

Stephanie Plum’s got rent to pay, people shooting at her, and psychos wanting her dead every day of the week (much to the dismay of her mother, her family, the men in her life, the guy who slices meat at the deli…oh, the list goes on). An ordinary person would cave under the pressure.

But hey, she’s from Jersey.

Stephanie Plum may not be the best bounty hunter in beautiful downtown Trenton, but she’s pretty darn good at turning bad situations her way…and she always gets her man. In To The Nines, her cousin Vinnie (who’s also her boss) has posted bail on Samuel Singh, an immigrant who becomes an illegal alien by violating his Visa and extending his stay in the United States. When the elusive Mr. Singh goes missing, Stephanie is on the case. But what she uncovers is far more sinister than anyone imagines and leads to a group of killers who give new meaning to the word “hunter…”

In a race against time that takes her from the Jersey Turnpike to the Vegas strip, Stephanie Plum is on the chase of her life.



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Friday Firsts: The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare @cassieclare

June 17, 2011 By 1 Comment

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts :!: I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!: The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph. (If you want to use 2-3 sentences, that is okay but limit it to the very beginning.)
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your comment to the post.

That’s it :)

Book Cover

Here is my Friday Firsts: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (ISBN: 978-1416955078) 512 pages.

“You’ve got to be kidding me,” the bouncer said, folding his arms across his massive chest. He stared down at the boy in the red zip-up jacket and shook his head. “You can’t bring that thing in here.”

This book has completely captivated me from the start. The visuals that Cassandra Clare paints are unlike anything I’ve read before. I feel like I am in a completely different world.

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder—much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It’s hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing—not even a smear of blood—to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

This is Clary’s first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It’s also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace’s world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know. . . .

Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare’s ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end.



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Friday Firsts: Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera @AnnaPerera1

June 10, 2011 By 4 Comments

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts :!: I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!: The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your comment to the post.

That’s it :)

The Book Cover

Here is my Friday Firsts: Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera (ISBN: 978-0807530771) 352 pages.

Sometimes, Khalid thinks as he drags himself home after another boring day at school, I’d rather be anywhere but here.

Knowing the synopsis of the book and where Khalid ends up, I can’t help but think of what wonderful foreshadowing the first sentence is. I wonder if he will come to regret that thought! I will have to read more to find out.

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

Innocent until proven guilty? Not here you’re not. Robbed of his childhood, this is one boy’s fictional experience of the supposed war on terror. Khalid, a fifteen-year-old Muslim boy from England, is abducted from Pakistan while on holiday with his family. He is taken to Guantanamo Bay and held without charge, where his hopes and dreams are crushed under the cruellest of circumstances. An innocent denied his freedom at a time when most boys are finding theirs, Khalid tries and fails to understand what’s happening to him.



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Friday Firsts: Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

June 3, 2011 By 2 Comments

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts :!: I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!: The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your comment to the post.

That’s it :)

Here is my Friday Firsts: Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini (ISBN: 978-0062011992) 496 pages.

“But if you bought me a car now, it would be yours when I go away to school in two years.”

Ah a typical teenager– and teen logic, hehe. I wasn’t sure what to think of Helen at this point. The first thing she ever says is in a whining tone, asking her father for a car. Although not very goddess like definitely very teen-like!

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

How do you defy destiny?

Helen Hamilton has spent her entire sixteen years trying to hide how different she is—no easy task on an island as small and sheltered as Nantucket. And it’s getting harder. Nightmares of a desperate desert journey have Helen waking parched, only to find her sheets damaged by dirt and dust. At school she’s haunted by hallucinations of three women weeping tears of blood . . . and when Helen first crosses paths with Lucas Delos, she has no way of knowing they’re destined to play the leading roles in a tragedy the Fates insist on repeating throughout history.

As Helen unlocks the secrets of her ancestry, she realizes that some myths are more than just legend. But even demigod powers might not be enough to defy the forces that are both drawing her and Lucas together—and trying to tear them apart.



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Friday Firsts: Dragonfly in Amber #Book #Meme

May 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts :!: I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!: The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your comment to the post.

That’s it :)

Here is my Friday Firsts: Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (ISBN: 978-0385335973) 768 pages.

I woke three times in the dark predawn.

There is nothing “whoa, I must read more!” about this sentance however when paired with the second, it is rather poetic — therefore causing me to want to read more!

I woke three times in the dark predawn. First in sorrow, then in joy, and at last, in solitude.

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

With her now-classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon introduced two unforgettable characters — Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser—delighting readers with a story of adventure and love that spanned two centuries. Now Gabaldon returns to that extraordinary time and place in this vivid, powerful follow-up to Outlander….

For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland’s majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones … about a love that transcends the boundaries of time … and about James Fraser, a Scottish warrior whose gallantry once drew a young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his….

Now a legacy of blood and desire will test her beautiful copper-haired daughter, Brianna, as Claire’s spellbinding journey of self-discovery continues in the intrigue-ridden Paris court of Charles Stuart … in a race to thwart a doomed Highlands uprising … and in a desperate fight to save both the child and the man she loves….



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Friday Firsts: The Memoir of Marilyn Monroe

May 20, 2011 By 2 Comments

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts :!: I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!: The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your comment to the post.

That’s it :)

Here is my Friday Firsts: The Memoir of Marilyn Monroe by Sandi Gelles-Cole (ISBN: 978-0-9786-6213-4) 178 pages.

They say only the good die young and it must be true because I’m still here.

I have to admit, the beginning of this book is rather catchy. How is Gelles-Cole going to spin Marilyn Monroe’s life if she had still been alive?

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

Sandi Gelles-Cole imagines the life the screen legend and enduring cultural icon might have led — from the opening scene (below) to her 85th birthday on June 1, 2011.

DRAMA QUEEN June 1, 2011

They say only the good die young and I guess it s true because I m still here. Today is my eighty fifth birthday. During these years I have lived three lives: Before Marilyn, Being Marilyn and After. I created Marilyn Monroe and then men molded her: studios, agents, and husbands. Ever since the night I did not die, I have tried to leave her behind, but wherever I went, the creature followed. I tried to run. I tried changing my name, my country of residence, my hair color, body type, career and sexual preference. I went to college for coursework in Humanities and studied Russian Literature. But there was no escaping her.

The character I created became my own personal monster and devoured me in the 50s, and even after she died I could no more be someone else than I could grow a penis, change my skin color, or stop being a movie star. My so-called death scene is always described the same: My housekeeper, Eunice Murray, finds my wasted, naked body tangled in a sheet, wet from secretions better left unexplained. I am face down with one hand hanging over the telephone. This detail is discussed often; am I answering a call or making one and if I am calling, then whom? But it did not happen that way. I cheated death. . .

Graphic: Thank you to Tara for the graphics! (And Cara for suggesting that she make some!)



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Friday Firsts: Song of the Silk Road by Mingmei Yip

May 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts :!: I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!: The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your comment to the post.

That’s it :)

Here is my Friday Firsts: Song of the Silk Road by Mingmei Yip (ISBN: 978-0-7582-4182-5) 356 pages.

A Chinese saying goes: “In good fortune is always some misfortune, and in misfortune, always some good fortune.”

It’s been a while that I have found a book that truly has a meaningful start. I love that already, in this book, there is a sense of history and wonder.

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

As a girl growing up in Hong Kong, Lily Lin was captivated by photographs of the desert – its long, lonely vistas and shifting sand dunes. Now living in New York, Lily is struggling to finish her graduate degree when she receives an astonishing offer. An aunt she never knew existed will pay Lily a huge sum to travel across China’s desolate Taklamakan Desert – and carry out a series of tasks along the way. Intrigued, Lily accepts. Her assignments range from the dangerous to the bizarre. Lily must seduce a monk. She must scrape a piece of clay from the famous Terracotta Warriors, and climb the Mountains of Heaven to gather a rare herb. At Xian, her first stop, Lily meets Alex, a young American with whom she forms a powerful connection. And soon, she faces revelations that will redefine her past, her destiny, and the shocking truth behind her aunt’s motivations…Powerful and eloquent, “Song of the Silk Road” is a captivating story of self-discovery, resonant with the mysteries of its haunting, exotic landscape.

Graphic: Thank you to Tara for the graphics! (And Cara for suggesting that she make some!)



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Friday Firsts: Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson

May 6, 2011 By 1 Comment

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts :!: I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!: The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your comment to the post.

That’s it :)

Here is my Friday Firsts: Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson (ISBN: 9781408312759) 314 pages.

Once upon a time there was a girl who was special.

The first sentence in this novel is pretty simply put although it does rise interest in continuing. It has me thinking, “Why is this girl special?” It kind of starts off with the stereotypical fairytale beginning so it makes me wonder if it will follow the same fairytale rules.

Synopsis: (Taken from Goodreads.com)

Once upon a time there was a girl who was special.
This is not her story.
Unless you count the part where I killed her.

Sixteen-year-old Alison has been sectioned in a mental institute for teens, having murdered the most perfect and popular girl at school. But the case is a mystery: no body has been found, and Alison’s condition is proving difficult to diagnose. Alison herself can’t explain what happened: one minute she was fighting with Tori — the next she disintegrated. Into nothing. But that’s impossible. Right?

Graphic: Thank you to Tara for the graphics! (And Cara for suggesting that she make some!)

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Friday Firsts: Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson #meme

April 29, 2011 By 2 Comments

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts :!: I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!: The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your comment to the post.

That’s it :) Here is my Friday Firsts: Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (ISBN: 067001110X) 288 pages.

So she tells me, the words dribbling out with the cranberry muffin crumbs, commas dunked in her coffee.

Anderson has painted a picture that seems something short of poetic. I really admire authors who really dedicate themselves to enriching visualization in an unique way. I picture someone who is talking with their mouth full and am wondering what is so important that she can’t wait to chew and swallow before all must be said? Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

“Dead girl walking,” the boys say in the halls. “Tell us your secret,” the girls whisper, one toilet to another. I am that girl. I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through. I am the bones they want, wired on a porcelain frame.Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the skinniest. But what comes after size zero and size double-zero? When Cassie succumbs to the demons within, Lia feels she is being haunted by her friend’s restless spirit. In her most emotionally wrenching, lyrically written book since the multiple-award-winning Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson explores Lia’s descent into the powerful vortex of anorexia, and her painful path toward recovery.

Graphic: Thank you to Tara for the graphics! (And Cara for suggesting that she make some!)

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Friday Firsts: Wither by Lauren DeStefano #Meme

April 22, 2011 By 2 Comments

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts :!: I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!: The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your comment to the post.

That’s it :) Here is my Friday Firsts: Wither by Lauren DeStefano (ISBN: 978-1442409057) 368 pages.

I wait. They keep us in the dark for so long that we lose sense of our eyelids.

I am picturing half naked people huddled together like cattle; dirty, filthy, and full of fear. Whether or not that is the actual image, it has piqued my curiosity. Who and why are these nameless people huddled together in the dark and for so long they are beginning to lose sense of their eyelids? Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

By age sixteen, Rhine Ellery has four years left to live. She can thank modern science for this genetic time bomb. A botched effort to create a perfect race has left all males with a lifespan of 25 years, and females with a lifespan of 20 years. Geneticists are seeking a miracle antidote to restore the human race, desperate orphans crowd the population, crime and poverty have skyrocketed, and young girls are being kidnapped and sold as polygamous brides to bear more children.When Rhine is kidnapped and sold as a bride, she vows to do all she can to escape.
Her husband, Linden, is hopelessly in love with her, and Rhine can’t bring herself to hate him as much as she’d like to. He opens her to a magical world of wealth and illusion she never thought existed, and it almost makes it possible to ignore the clock ticking away her short life. But Rhine quickly learns that not everything in her new husband’s strange world is what it seems. Her father-in-law, an eccentric doctor bent on finding the antidote, is hoarding corpses in the basement. Her fellow sister wives are to be trusted one day and feared the next, and Rhine is desperate to communicate to her twin brother that she is safe and alive. Will Rhine be able to escape–before her time runs out?
Graphic: Thank you to Tara for the graphics! (And Cara for suggesting that she make some!)

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Friday Firsts: Delirium by Lauren Oliver #Meme

April 15, 2011 By 2 Comments

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts

:!: I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!:

The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your comment to the post.

That’s it :)

Here is my Friday Firsts: Delirium by Lauren Oliver (ISBN: 978-0061726828) 448 pages.

The most dangerous sicknesses are those that make us believe we are well.

Ooh — what?! That was my first thought when reading this. I believe it’s an authors job to hook you from the very first sentance and Lauren Oliver may just have done that. It made me wonder — what illness so horrible makes you believe you are well?

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

There was a time when love was the most important thing in the world. People would go to the end of the earth to find it. They would tell lies for it. Even kill for it. Then, at last, they found the cure. Now, everything is different. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Haloway has always looked forward to the day when she’ll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy. But then, with only ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable.
Graphic: Thank you to Tara for the graphics! (And Cara for suggesting that she make some!)

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FRIDAY FIRSTS: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld #Meme

March 26, 2010 By 5 Comments

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts

:!: I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter user name if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!:

The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your direct link to Mr. Linky! ** Very important!

That’s it :)

Here is my Friday Firsts: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (ISBN: 0689865384) 448 pages.

The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit. Of course, Tally thought, you’d have to feed your cat only salmon-​flavored cat food for a while, to get the pinks right.

What a painted picture.. I kept reading!

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that?Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can’t wait. Not for her license — for turning pretty. In Tally’s world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there.

But Tally’s new friend Shay isn’t sure she wants to be pretty. She’d rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world — and it isn’t very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.

Graphic: Thank you to Tara for the graphics! (And Cara for suggesting that she make some!)

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FRIDAY FIRSTS: Among the Hidden #Meme

March 19, 2010 By 4 Comments

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts

:!: I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!:

The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your direct link to Mr. Linky! ** Very important!

That’s it :)

Here is my Friday Firsts: Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix (ISBN: 0689824750) 160 pages.

He saw the first tree shudder and fall, far off in the distance.

No, it’s not the most engaging sentence. It definitely takes a few before you begin to start wondering what is happening and why! But because the topic interested me and it’s such a short book, I decided to keep reading!

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

Luke has never been to school. He’s never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend’s house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend.

Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He’s lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family’s farm, he is no longer even allowed to go outside.

Then, one day Luke sees a girl’s face in the window of a house where he knows two other children already live. Finally, he’s met a shadow child like himself. Jen is willing to risk everything to come out of the shadows — does Luke dare to become involved in her dangerous plan? Can he afford not to?

Graphic: Thank you to Tara for the graphics! (And Cara for suggesting that she make some!)

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Friday Firsts: Graceling #Meme

March 12, 2010 By 3 Comments

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts

:!: I try to tweet about all participants, so don’t forget to include your Twitter username if you want to be notified of your tweet mention! :!:

The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
  • Come back to this blog post, hosted on WellReadReviews.com and add your direct link to Mr. Linky! ** Very important!

That’s it :)

Here is my Friday Firsts: Graceling by Kristin Cashore (ISBN: 0547258305) 480 pages.

In the dungeons the darkness was complete, but Katsa had a map in her mind.

I have to say, although I wasn’t hooked — I definitely wanted to continue finding out what happened next. I mean – why was she in a dark dungeon? The map was already in her mind, so she must do this often.

Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight—she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be able to live a life of privilege, but Graced as she is with killing, she is forced to work as the king’s thug.

When she first meets Prince Po, Graced with combat skills, Katsa has no hint of how her life is about to change. She never expects to become Po’s friend. She never expects to learn a new truth about her own Grace—or about a terrible secret that lies hidden far away . . . a secret that could destroy all seven kingdoms with words alone.

Graphic: Thank you to Tara for the graphics! (And Cara for suggesting that she make some!)

Make sure to add your link below if you have participated! (To do so requires a comment. When you comment, make sure to check participant so your link can be added to Mr. Linky below!)

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