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 and, if you feel so moved, let us know what your first impressions were based on that first line.
I love Sharon Kay Penman, but I haven’t made my way through her work very quickly. She’s written quite a few books (what, 12 now?) and they tend to be long. But her books never fail to bring me great pleasure and strong emotions when I do make time. Thank you so much, Nan of Bone Island Book Blog, for prompting this read. Without further ado, here’s your beginning…
Richard did not become frightened until darkness began to settle over the woods. In the fading light, the trees began to take on unfamiliar and menacing shapes. There was movement in the shadows.
If you haven’t read any Sharon Kay Penman, I highly recommend her.
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Uh oh…what’s in the shadows? Good start.
Whoooooo! 🙂 I love her.
I like her books and I really loved her mystery series set in the same time period. Unfortunately it did not sell well enough and no more books have been written.
I just read the one – The Queen’s Man but did like it. I will certainly look for more. I’d like to read ALL her books! But I do find the long ones incredibly rewarding. Do you know for sure that it was an issue of the mysteries not selling well? I guess I had sort of assumed she liked doing the hist-fict tomes but hadn’t looked into it. I do follow her blog; she’s pretty responsive. So we could ask, couldn’t we!