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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

First Chapter, First Paragraph, Teaser Intros & Teaser Tuesday

 

Yvonne at Socrates' Book Reviews hosts a bookish meme where we share the first lines, first paragraph or first chapter of our current read or the next book on our TBR. 

 
 
She's also hooked up with Ambrosia at the Purple Booker for Teaser Tuesdays.
~Grab your current read or next TBR.
~Open to a random page.
~Share two "teaser" sentences--just be careful that they don't include spoilers!

Here's mine from The Distant Hours by Kate Morton:

First lines (before the first chapter): Hush...Can you hear him? The trees can. They are the first to know he is coming.

First lines (of the first chapter): It started with a letter. A letter that had been lost a long time, waiting out half a century in a forgotten postal bag in the dim attic of a nondescript house in Bermondsey. I think about it sometimes, that mailbag: of the hundreds of love letters, grocery bills, birthday cards, notes from children to their parents, that lay together, swelling and sighing as their thwarted messages whispered in the dark.

Teaser (from page 215): But he looked so glum, and the memory came upon me so intensely of how I'd fallen into the world of the Mud Man when I was laid up with mumps or whatever it was, that I couldn't help saying, "If you really want to know, I suppose I could read it to you."




Synopsis (from Goodreads): The #1 internationally bestselling author of The Forgotten Garden mesmerizes readers with a haunting tale of long-buried secrets and the twists of fate that can alter lives forever. This enthralling romantic thriller pays homage to the classics of gothic fiction, spinning a rich and intricate web of mystery, suspense, and lost love.


1 comment:

  1. Oooohhhh...this sounds really good. I haven't read gothic fiction in a long time. It used to be my favorite genre. I still love suspense and thrillers. I never read this author before. I'll have to see if my library has it. Thanks for participating!

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