Book Beginnings on Friday
is a bookish meme now
sponsored by Rose City Reader (who originally inspired the meme).
Here's what you do: Share the first line
(or two) of the book you are currently
reading on your blog or in the comments
section. Include the title and author so
we know what you're reading. Then, if you
are so moved, let us know what your
first impressions were based on that first line
and if you did or did not like that sentence. Link up each week
at Gilion's place.
Here's mine from The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes:
Here's mine from The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes:
Be warned. This book has no literary merit whatsoever. It is a lurid piece of nonsense, convoluted, implausible, peopled by unconvincing characters, written in drearily pedestrian prose, frequently ridiculous and wilfully bizarre. Needless to say, I doubt you'll believe a word of it....It is all true.
[I positively love this beginning. There was no way I could not keep reading.]
The Friday 56 is a bookish meme
sponsored by Freda's Voice. It is really easy to
participate. Just grab a book, any book, and turn
to page 56. Find a sentence that grabs you and
post it.
Here's mine from The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes:
A string quartet were plucking their way through some baroque sonata or other but were all drowned out by the babble of conversation, the tinkle of polite laughter, the chink and clink of glasses, the sounds of insincerity.
Great opener! It definitely piqued my interest...and I love the descriptions in the p. 56: "tinkle of polite laughter, the chink and clink of glasses, the sounds of insincerity."
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing...and for visiting my blog.
I love the beginning! Can't really stop reading after that beginning, can you?
ReplyDeleteThat is a good beginning. I like a book with a sense of humor.
ReplyDeleteHere's my Book Beginnings Post.
That beginning is almost a challenge, isn't it? Like: I dare you to enjoy this book! In your Friday 56 post: I love the sounds the author used to portray the scene.Tinkle, chink, clink -- I can almost hear them.
ReplyDeleteHere's my Beginning and Friday 56 post.
That opener is awesome!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great beginning. Sometimes nonsense is what we need in a book, a nice break for our minds.
ReplyDeletenow THAT is a beginning! would it be somnambulist though? (this is about a sleepwalker?)
ReplyDeleteYes...Somnambulist. I missed the "N"--now fixed.
ReplyDeleteLOL, some of my favorite books have "no literary merit whatsoever".
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Interesting 56! Have a great weekend!
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