The moment one learns English, complications set in.  Felipe Alfau, opening line of Chromos (1990) #openinglines #firstsentences greatopeninglines.com/novels#21

After a game, it takes a half-hour under the shower head to get all the hairspray out.  Megan Abbott, opening line of Dare Me (2012) #openinglines #firstsentences greatopeninglines.com/novels#668

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'This book won't tell you shit about mockingbirds.'

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This week, #FirstSentences presents Kim Hye-jin heartwrenching new novel 'Concerning My Daughter', published in English by Picador USA in 2022. 💛 #PicadorProf

'I've been called Bone all my life, but my name's Ruth Anne.'
--Bastard Out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison

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'The island of Gont, a single mountain that lifts its peak a mile above the storm-racked Northeast Sea, is a land famous for wizards'
-- Urusla K Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea

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'It's starting to rot,' the old man said. 'All those miles away and you can still smell it. It's like a living thing, that stink.'

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I want the legs.  That was the first thing that came into my head.  Megan Abbott, opening words of The Queenpin (2007) #openinglines #firstsentences greatopeninglines.com/novels#17

#Flashback #blogpost , 300 Book Covers and First Sentences (March 2019): Scrolling through my Instagram posts, apart from the odd reference book and anthology, all the book covers would catch my eye in a bookshop. 📚 📘 #books #bookcovers #firstsentences tallandtrue.com.au/blog/300-book-…

Posted #TheVoiceToParliamentHandbook by Thomas Mayo & Kerry O'Brien, cartoons by The Cathy Wilcox to my #bookcovers and #firstsentences homage on Instagram. Tempted to skip intros to Chapter 1: There is no mystery about the concept of an #Indigenous #VoiceToParliament . ✅ #VoteYes

#Flashback #blogpost : In January 2018, I launched a #bookcovers and #firstsentences series on #Instagram with On the Beach by Nevil Shute. I celebrated the 300th post in March 2019 with The Natural World of New Zealand by Gerard Hutching. 📚 #books tallandtrue.com.au/blog/300-book-…

Burglars do scope out houses before robbing them, finding the best and easiest targets. After searching for people with experience in burglary, we have the list of things they look for in a potential target.

Carmen Wiigwaas Craig Ian Martínez Cassmeyer 🐢📚 'I hadn't meant to shoot the cat.'

- Spider Robinson, 'Telempath'

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#cfmadvocates Managing Issues Blog: #GreatWriters can attest #GreatWriting is no accident. Great writing starts with great #FirstSentences , benefit from #GreatEditing and center on a #GreatStory told well. cfmadvocates.com/great-writing-…

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The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy; he wis trembling.
--Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh (1993)

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I posted Talking To My Country by #StanGrant ( #HarperCollinsPublishers ) on my #bookcovers and #firstsentences homage series on #Instagram today. The 2016 book has sat in my TBR pile for too long. But Grant's opening paragraph could have been written yesterday! 👇😔

Time's Arrow by #MartinAmis (Jonathan Cape 1991), my #bookscovers and #firstsentences homage on #Instagram . #RIPMartinAmis 2/2

'Sit down and I'll tell you about the time I went hunting for Moby Dick.'

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First lines are designed to hook readers. Are you hooked? #firstsentences #AfterTheShadows bit.ly/3XfSORh