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Friday Firsts: Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson #meme

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Blogger Meme: Friday Firsts :!: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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