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Thanks to Katy at A Few More Pages for hosting this meme. To participate: Share the first line (or two) of the book you are currently reading on your blog or in the comments. Include the title and the author so we know what you’re reading. Then, if you feel so moved, let us know what your first impressions were based on that first line, and let us know if you liked or did not like the sentence. (You might also consider visiting the original post where you can link to your own book beginning.)

I’m at home sick for the second day in a row now; which makes FIVE days in the last two weeks, on top of the two days I took to travel to Arkansas. It’s been a rough month at work! I really don’t like missing this much. But what can you do? So I’m working on my paper, and taking the occasional break to read.

The Apothecary’s Demise followsMurder on the Boulevard that I read a few months back. Anne Sloan is a local Houston historian and author of these two Houston-history-framed murder mysteries. This one begins:

“Have a happy Valentine’s, Flora Logan.” Max Andrews spoke softly as he tossed the bouquet of yellow daisies he had clutched for the past hour onto the railroad tracks.

The first book closed with Flora and Max becoming a couple; but apparently things aren’t going so smoothly. Stick around and I’ll let you know what happens. 🙂

Fingers crossed for my general health, and my final paper, this weekend. Hopefully next week I’ll be back on track!

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